Dabai rolled back and forth in the snow, seeing that the snow on the ground was trampled and dirty, he yelled at the evergreen pines and cypresses in the courtyard, and the whistling snowflakes fell down one after another, and spread a layer of new snow on the ground, and it cheered happily, and suddenly, some snowflakes fell on the tip of its nose, causing it to jump on the spot with its head shaken, and accidentally hit the pines and cypresses, and the large snowflakes fell and almost buried it.

Mu Yunlan stood in the pavilion and watched, with a faint smile in her eyes.

"Yunlan ......"

"Lord Wang, why are you here?" Since they met that day, Yue Jingxuan has been busy arranging the manpower of the imperial capital, and the two have not seen each other for several days, thinking that after talking about it last time, it would be embarrassing to meet again, but after getting closer, I realized that it didn't matter.

"I want to come and see you." Yue Jingxuan walked all the way, the white fox ball cloak was full of snowflakes, even on his hair and eyelashes, but the snow on his eyelashes had melted, forming fine droplets, on his handsome and incomparable face, it looked crystal clear, "In Yunnan, it is rare to see such heavy snow." Therefore, the predicament to be faced is also more critical, and I always feel that I have no bottom in my heart, and I feel more stable when I come to see you. ”

Mu Yunlan's eyes trembled, and she took out a handkerchief and handed it over: "Wipe the snow off your body, if you fall ill, the situation in Yunnan is really dangerous." ”

Yue Jingxuan was stunned for a moment, and then showed a bright smile, and those deep eyes were rendered with a smile, with a dazzling brilliance: "Thank you Yunlan." ”

Mu Yunlan looked away uncomfortably, and changed the topic a little unnaturally: "I don't know how long this heavy snow will last." ”

"It's going to be a long time." Yue Jingxuan sighed, he had already learned from Mu Huaijin that the heavy snow in winter almost covered the entire Dayong Dynasty, and countless people froze to death and starved to death, which can be described as the biggest natural disaster in a hundred years.

"If the heavy snow continues, this year will be really a disaster."

At the beginning of spring, the drought began, and after a whole hot summer, the land was dried up one by one, but after the autumn, it was plagued by locusts, and the locusts were raging, rumbling and falling, and the ravines were filled in with flat ditches, and the mountains and forests in the wild were eaten clean. After the plague broke out, the people were already killed and wounded. Finally, in winter, a sudden heavy snowfall almost extinguished the last bit of hope in people's hearts.

Yue Jingxuan nodded, stretched out his hand to catch the falling snowflakes, his deep eyes seemed to penetrate the ice and snow, and looked at the land of Dayong Country full of people crying: "It's good in Yunnan, the more you go to the north, the more serious the snow becomes, and it's normal to eat sparsely ...... children."

Looking at his tired and heavy back, Mu Yunlan felt a pain in her heart: "Lord Wang, do everything to obey the mandate of heaven, the mandate of heaven cannot be violated, only to fulfill our own duties." In the midst of disaster, it is extremely rare that you can defend Yunnan and help the people provide a pure land where they can finally live in peace. ”

Yue Jingxuan smiled bitterly: "In the past, I worked hard to plan, only thinking about taking the throne and avenging my mother and father, but now I see that the world is crumbling and the people are in danger and walking alone, only then do I know that what I want to fight for is the heaviest burden in the world." The people, the world, I can't sleep all night when I think about it, lest I can't afford it. Yun Lan, I have understood my thoughts, and I will no longer ask you to be with me, I will slowly wait for you to think clearly, make a choice, I just hope that you can stay in Yunnan for the time being and help me. ”

Mu Yunlan's lips moved slightly, and finally nodded after a while: "...... Good. ”

Yue Jingxuan smiled happily, his eyes full of pure smile: "Thank you, Yun Lan." ”

Looking at his smile, Mu Yunlan couldn't help but feel relaxed in her heart: "I see that you are dignified, how long will this heavy snow last?" ”

"All winter."

"What? So serious? Mu Yunlan was shocked.

"Yes, because of the natural disasters of the whole year, there is almost no grain harvest, and in previous years, there were also disasters, there was not much grain in stock, and the heavy snow and cold made it even more difficult. Yesterday I went to the disaster area to see, there are already people who have been frostbitten one after another, hungry, poorly clothed, some children are even wearing summer clothes, this heavy snow, I don't know how many people will take their lives. ”

Mu Yunlan's heart tightened, and her eyebrows frowned tightly: "If you want to find a way, find a way to help the victims survive this winter, the weather is cold, and the epidemic will not continue, then you can gather the people together and find a way to build a greenhouse for them, at least they don't have to freeze to death on the side of the road." ”

"It's a good method, but where is there so much to keep the temperature on?"

"The two of us have no way, it doesn't mean that the people of the world have no way, there are so many capable people in the world, can't you even think of a decent way?"

"This king will go and order now, recruit the world's capable people, if anyone can come up with a good way to help the victims survive the winter, the official will be rewarded with silver!" Yue Jingxuan's heart was slightly relieved, so that even if he failed to find a suitable solution in the end, he could let the people know that he was worried about the people, not to mention improving his reputation, at least he could not be blamed by the people.

Yue Jingxuan acted vigorously and resolutely, and two hours later, the documents for recruiting talents were pasted all over Yunli City, followed by the other five cities, and notices were also posted one after another.

Looking at the notice of the reward of 10,000 taels of silver, there were really many people rushing to the palace, Yue Jingxuan asked people to set up two large boxes and put them at the door, who had an opinion, they wrote it, marked their names and addresses, and put them into the boxes.

It's just that many opinions are flashy, Mu Yunlan flipped through the pieces of paper, and her eyebrows never loosened: "What is it on this that uses pepper as a mud coating room and sets up a fire screen, it doesn't work at all." ”

"Lord Wang, there is an old craftsman at the door, who says that he can't write, but there is a way to solve the problem of the prince."

"Oh? Please come in. ”

"Yes."

After a while, a slender old man walked in with an uneasy expression, and as soon as he entered the door, he knelt directly on the ground, touching his head to the bottom with a restrained expression.

Yue Jingxuan said gently: "The old man doesn't have to be so polite, Tianshu, look at the seat." ”

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, little old man doesn't have to sit."

After Tianshu moved the seat and asked the old man to do it, Yue Jingxuan asked, "I don't know the old man's name?" ”

"The little old man's surname is Zhang, and others call me Mud Zhang, I heard the descendants of the village say that the prince wanted to help the victims survive the winter, and he came here on purpose." Seeing the gentle expression of the high prince, the old man's mood relaxed a lot, he thought that he couldn't write at the door and couldn't get in, but after explaining the situation, those people led him into the door, it seems that the prince really wants to do things for the people.

"I don't know what the old man can do?"

"Little Lao'er fled from the north, when the village was also covered with heavy snow, freezing to death for several days, in order to let everyone survive, we dug a ditch at the foot of the mountain, led the hot spring water on the mountain, and then covered it with a wooden plank, and the people in the village sat on the wooden board to keep warm, so that they could survive the harsh winter."

Yue Jingxuan immediately called the craftsmen of the palace to come out and tell them this method, so that they could consider whether it was feasible. More than 20 people discussed for a long time, and finally showed joy:

"Lord Wang, I have seriously discussed this method, it should be feasible. However, the hot spring water in Yunnan is mostly in the mountains and forests, and the water must have been cooled down, and the ditches are dug and covered with wooden planks, and the heat transfer is too poor. Therefore, we can consider comprehensively, we can replace the ditch with copper pipes and iron pipes, and pour hot water into them, so that the cycle can be repeated to ensure more people's lives at the lowest cost. ”

Some people have also proposed digging the kang before, but the area of the kang is limited, and the burning is extremely wasteful, and the effect is low. If you boil hot water and then circulate it with hot water, you can save a lot.

Mu Yunlan nodded: "There are many people in the disaster, and there must be a lot of things needed, when will it be completed?" ”

"This is mainly the copper and iron pipes are laborious, and if the things are complete, the laying is very fast."

Yue Jingxuan spoke: "The copper pipe and iron pipe are solved by the king, what you have to do is to use the fastest time to save the people from the cold." ”

"Yes, Lord Wang, the minions and others will definitely do their best."

When the victims went inside, the victims gathered together and leaned on each other to keep warm, but the weather was wet and cold, and the breath turned into ice, and many of them had frozen their lips and could barely move.

Soon the Ning'an army called the victims up and told them to get up and move. At first, the victims still complained, but after several people's legs were frozen and blackened and died, many people had no resistance, and took the initiative to get up when they saw Ning Anjun. Only this time, after their activities ended, Ning Anjun still surrounded them and did not let them go back, and many people shivered in the cold wind.

"What is this doing?"

"I don't know, I saw a lot of people carrying sticks past."

"It's not a stick, it's a pipe, I saw it."

"It doesn't matter what it is, it can't generate heat, so that we don't freeze to death, I just want to go back quickly, although the shack is simple, but it can keep out the snow and wind."

After a while, the craftsmen left, leaving two Ning'an soldiers to guard, not allowing anyone to touch the zigzag pipes that had been erected.

This went on for many days. The snow continued so heavily that at first the road was able to be cleared, but now the snow on both sides of the road is so high that it can no longer be piled up, and there is no time for the victims to go out.

Just when despair was spreading and the victims thought they would not survive this winter, suddenly an exclamation came: "It's hot, it's hot!" ”

"What's that?"

"Those tubes, it's hot, it's hot."

For a while, everyone gathered around, carefully touched the pipe through the house, felt the warmth of the hot hand, and the fire in his eyes suddenly lit up: "It's hot, we have been saved!" ”

"Haha......"

Yue Jingxuan held an umbrella and stood side by side with Mu Yunlan on the top of the city tower, looking at the cheering disaster area, only to feel that the exhaustion of his whole body was gone.