Chapter 56: Love
There are many residences left by the aristocracy, and in addition to castles, there are various buildings, and even stables and granaries can be used.
Moreover, the distribution of these buildings is quite even, because in order to manage 200,000 peasants, more than 100 lords in the past had to build "palaces" in various places, radiating their power to the whole island.
These buildings, which used to be hated by the peasants, have now become life-savers.
The officials and workers were overjoyed and had to be impressed by Luo Lan's idea.
"Your Highness, I'm going to do it, why didn't I think of it, I can make people move, you don't have to move coal." Charles was pleasantly surprised, and the anxiety of the days was gone.
Luo Lan also breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately her thinking was not rigid, otherwise it would be really difficult this winter.
However, on the sixth or seventh day, Charles's men galloped all over the island of Phuket, ordering the local governments to receive and carry the bee coal, and to make use of the buildings in various places.
More soldiers entered the countryside and announced Luo Lan's decree that the peasants should move to the nearest heating site.
This matter was done urgently, but it could not be completed in a short time, and it was not urgent.
Luo Lan's worries were halved, and he followed Charles everywhere in the past few days, and he also met many experienced old farmers.
Luo Lan specially asked the old farmer if it would definitely snow this year.
"Your Highness, I really can't say for sure, but in the past such a cold winter, it will definitely snow, and it will be next month." The old farmer, who has lived for more than 60 years, analyzed with Luo Lan, and he was still very sure in his words.
Luo Lan touched her chin and thought, if it snows next month, there will be more than twenty days, and most of the farmers should be notified, after all, the farmers live by the sea and the river, and it is relatively easy to migrate.
Wheat can also survive the winter, and snow will protect it.
After bidding farewell to the old farmer, Luo Lan and Charles went to a nearby farmland with a team of guards.
Ridge tillage has been popularized here, but wheat has not yet been used, so the growth is far less than that of Uttar Pradesh, but much better than before.
Under the howling wind, most of the wheat was already bent, and the brunt of it was even broken.
Luo Lan was distressed, and Charles comforted: "Your Highness, there is no way to do this, the peasants have no way to take care of it." But don't worry, wheat is a crop that knows how to bend over, and it will be fine if it snows. ”
That's all the way it is, let the wheat boil for another twenty days until it snows, but the next year's harvest is estimated to be much less.
Ten days later, after inspecting many castle buildings, Luo Lan relieved himself and rushed back to Phuket City.
He was very cold, and all the way back to the north, he encountered a drizzle, and his body was already wet. Thoroughly. There was no condition for heating in the wild, so he just held on all the way.
As soon as he returned to the city, Gandalf immediately wanted to scold him, but seeing that he could still scold him with blue face and white lips, he quickly asked the maid to boil water to bathe Luo Lan.
After soaking in warm water for half an hour, Luo Lan felt comfortable, this winter is really difficult.
Elle also ran in, and he broke in directly despite Luo Lan taking a bath.
"Stupid prince, you deserve it!" Elle said this at the head, but when she saw Luo Lan naked, she still turned around.
Luo Lan laughed, he had no worries now.
"Ellie, come, rub Prince Ben's back." Luo Lan, who was comfortable, waved his mouth for a while.
Ellie immediately blushed: "You stupid, don't think about it!" ”
She ran away in a rage, Luo Lan smiled lightly, put on cotton clothes, and lay in front of the fireplace like a salted fish, not wanting to move.
Outside, the wind was fierce, and the cold wind blowing from the west coast swept across the entire island of Phuket and also washed up on the southern territory.
The prosperous and powerful Nanyuan Collar also restrained its domineering spirit a little under the harsh winter. The aristocrats also rarely went out and spent their days in the castle having fun.
They had the most resources, and cartloads of charcoal roasted the castle warmly, completely unafraid of the cold wind.
And the wealthy city dwellers are not afraid of the cold winter, they are not as expensive as the nobility, and they will run to the streets on weekdays to wander around.
It is a picture of peace and prosperity, if you ignore the shivering beggars in the city and the large groups of exiled peasants outside the city.
In the palace of the second prince, Barron, the maids are serving Barron to bathe.
Steaming in the bath room, fragrant. Yan's figure twisted around, and from time to time the maid's moans were heard. Moans and Barron's amplified laughter.
Unfortunately, this joy was soon interrupted, and a general of the Guards asked to see him, and walked in with a cold wind.
His name is Linton, and he is the leader of the 3,000 Guards of Nanyuan City, responsible for guarding the Imperial City, and is highly valued by Barron.
But it was too much for him to be so reckless and break into the prince's bath.
Barron looked at the tall iron-blooded general from behind the bath cloth, and his tone was very displeased: "What's the matter?" ”
Linton knelt down on one knee and looked like he was going to die: "Your Highness, how can you let Max raise horses?" If I hadn't met him by chance at the horse camp, I wouldn't have known he ended up in such ......."
Linton's tone was extremely shocked, Max and he were both "founding heroes", when the second prince took over the Nanyuan Territory, where was there a nobleman bird him, it was not Max's policy that made Barron gain the support of the nobles.
"Oh? Did you meet him? Did he tell you anything? Barron asked nonchalantly, putting his arms around his favorite maid.
Linton raised his head and said, "Your Highness, Max said that it will definitely snow this year, and he sees that beggars are everywhere in the city, and the peasants outside the city are displaced, and there is not even a house to shelter from the cold. And so much more so at the feet of the king, and even more so in the rest of the world? ”
"What else?" Barron exhaled impatiently and slapped the maid on the ass so hard that the maid screamed.
"Max said that his aristocratic policy was wrong, that the evils had appeared, that the power of the nobility could not be suppressed, that the rights and interests of the peasants were not guaranteed, and that the southern plains would perish."
"Presumptuous!" Barron was furious, and if he hadn't been clothed, he would have rushed out and kicked Linton.
"Get out!"
In the midst of the rage, Linton clenched the hilt of his sword and left in great disappointment.
The gray sky, the cold wind swept away the last trace of heat during the day, and the entire Nanyuan Territory seemed to be shrouded in ice mist.
The island of Phuket, which is separated by a sea from the southern plains, is also cold, but the hearts of the people are hot.
In Buji City, every household burns bee coal, and some shops even use large iron cages to fill the bee coal and burn it in the store, so that the whole store is warm.
On the streets, plainly dressed people laughed and laughed with each other, carrying a piece or two of clothing in their arms or carrying some dried meat to the port of Phuket City.
This is the outlet for the southern transportation of Nest Bee coal, and workers are carrying Nest Bee coal, and fishing boats that look old and unruly are loaded with Nest Bee coal to the south.
And the people are here to give love.
They were the wealthy class of Phuket, with cotton clothes and meat, and now gave the surplus to the workers to transport to the heating points in the south and give it to the farmers.
This is an action advocated by Prince Luo Lan, who did not issue a strong decree, but only told everyone that the peasants in the south were too pitiful, with no clothes and no meat, and were in urgent need of help.
In just two days, the residents of the city have donated thousands of pieces of clothes and hundreds of catties of dried meat, although it cannot meet the needs of farmers in the south, but it is also a relief in the snow.
Luo Lan stood by the window, looking at the people on the street who spontaneously offered love, and smiled warmly in her heart.