Chapter 51: The Snow Disaster
Two feet of snow is not only beautiful, but also extremely destructive.
If not well prepared, snow can not only block roads, but also put considerable stress on homes. Perhaps with half the weight, the roof of the thatched house can be broken, the tiled house is not something to be proud of, and the heavy snow still has a chance to win.
In the midst of catastrophic weather, all people's homes are being put to the test, and most will eventually become losers.
The worst part is that in a normal year, Shaonan is not an area with heavy snowfall, so the snowflakes sprinkled in the middle of the year caused the most terrible thing - the snow disaster.
The village houses outside the city were more bad, but the experience over the years had taught them to save themselves, and at such times, even the most stingy nobleman would open his estate and let it in homeless refugees.
The citizens in the city will have more problems, most of them rely on the food transported to live, rely on the firewood supplied from outside the city for heating, the heavy snow closes the roads, and many grain and rice shops are closed because of the New Year, and the lives of countless people have suddenly become a problem. If the houses collapse again, most of them will have to stay in temples and other public institutions, such as Daikakuji Temple in the west of the city.
However, for those who have not experienced the snow storm, the temporary grass huts built according to their usual experience are completely unable to resist the weight of the snow layer.
Just a quarter of an hour earlier, a straw shed had failed. 4o people were buried under the snow, and by the time they were dug out, more than 2o people were frozen.
The soaring price of rice, the soaring cost of heating -- thinking of their own situation in the past few days, people who were anxious to vent their anger immediately pointed the finger at the prefect's yamen. A large crowd of citizens surrounded the unknown onlookers, and the small number of officials was scattered......
In fact, the government office is not inactive, at least a few days ago, Cheng Yunan started normal work, he also received a notice, and directed the disaster relief activities to be carried out unhurriedly, but their degree is obviously not satisfactory to the victims. Especially when several highways outside Shaonan are blocked by heavy snow, the state capital, which has lost supplies, can do even less.
Listening to the earth-shattering shouts outside, Cheng Jinzhou suddenly became anxious, the Cheng family's mansion is not far from the Yamen, once something happens, I am afraid that it will be a disaster.
At this time, it reflects the superiority of the small courtyard, although there are people who take advantage of the chaos to make trouble, but few people come to this kind of residential area where the poor are not rich or rich, Cheng Jinzhou ran out of the door and commanded sharply: "Meng Da Beima, let's go back." ”
"Your horse can't run." Liu Kuang calmly grabbed Cheng Jinzhou, looked ahead and said, "Let's see the situation." ”
It was almost a civil uprising, and the first word that popped into Cheng's mind was "Bastille," followed by a string of severed heads during the French Revolution, including poor Lavoisier, the brightest chemist in human history.
Thinking of this, Cheng Jinzhou calmed down, grabbed Liu Kuang's sleeve with his backhand and said, "Your Excellency Liu Kuang, do you have a way?" ”
"The Cheng family has its own star warlock, it's okay." Liu Kuang patted Cheng Jinzhou's hand and comforted.
He didn't take the situation seriously, and the political situation of the Great Xia Dynasty was still stable, but after all, it had been established for hundreds of years, and there were always some sudden incidents.
Closely related, Cheng Jinzhou is easy to think of the bad side, the urban riots he knows, not to mention a few mortar-like star warlocks, even if it is a bayonet weighted artillery, the emperor is still clicked. But it is useless to urge, looking at Liu Kuang's appearance that he has nothing to do with himself, maybe even if there is a real rebellion, he will leave.
This attitude made Cheng Jinzhou extremely disappointed. Seeing the truth in times of crisis, the Star Warlocks are not as noble and public-minded as he imagined, they are also bright on the outside and dark on the inside.
More than a dozen knights guarding the outer courtyard were all put on, but except for two or three people who were equipped with heart guards, the others were still mainly cotton armor, but their attendants, most of them wore cowhide armor, which could prevent ordinary knife cuts, but the weather was too cold, and they jumped their feet vigorously, and they looked far less calm than the knights.
Cheng Jinzhou had the heart to jump on the horse and leave, but he knew that the role he could wield was too limited, he looked at the situation outside, and then looked at Liu Kuang, and finally said: "I agree to contribute to your land measurement process......
"Serving in the Department of Transshipment is a very promising position," Liu Kuang still looks like an old pedant, but bargaining at such an urgent moment gives people a sense of sophistication.
Xiao Cheng looked at the other two and said with affection: "You have already obtained some formulas I made, and I can simplify these formulas, but it is absolutely impossible for me to join the transfer envoy, and I still have ...... unfinished studies."
Of course, he doesn't really care about his studies, what he really cares about is still the question of the success and failure of reform - most of the reforms in history have failed, and even if he succeeds in shit, as the son of an aristocratic family, he may not have much to gain.
Liu Kuang obviously saw what he was thinking, and said directly: "You are Liu Bin's son-in-law, success or failure is inseparable." ”
"It's different for the Cheng family." Cheng Jinzhou couldn't help but tell the truth. The Cheng family has deep roots, and it will not suffer any misfortune because of a failed marriage of a sister-in-law, but it is different to have a sister-in-law take the initiative to join. If it is naturally best, but from the worst point of view, if Cheng Jinzhou is implicated only because of the relationship between Weng and his son-in-law, at most he will lose his public office, lose his title, and lose his fame......
With no benefit at all, how could Cheng Jinzhou rush into a revolutionary ranks, especially when he knew that there was little hope for this team. In fact, from another angle, Cheng Jinzhou has a ring in his hand and a good mathematical foundation, why bother to seek wealth and nobility, those who have resolutely rebelled since ancient times are still hungry.
Liu Kuang frowned and stared at Cheng Jinzhou, although he was already a star warlock, he was just selfless on the surface, and he would always be towards the Liu family in private. Regardless of whether there are other voices in the family, when the Liu family in Hexi decided to take a risk by reforming the land, the entire family has been tied to the warship, and at this moment, it is good to have one more oarsman.
Finally, Wang Linghe made a round and said, "Let's go out and have a look, it's still the New Year's Festival, don't make a killing spirit." ”
The latter sentence is addressed to the knights.
A group of knights shouted and got on their horses, and surrounded the four star warlocks and Cheng Jinzhou in the middle, and the servants of Shi Yan and Mo were not so lucky, they could only mix with the servants of Liu Kuang and others, and were guarded by two or three knight servants, if it was really rioting, it would be of little use.
Meng Da Meng Er stayed next to Cheng Jinzhou, and the four knights drew out a three-foot-long wooden stick from the early stage, and galloped forward with a shout. Looking at their posture, it turned out that they wanted to disperse the team.
Cheng Jinzhou didn't have time to stop it, so he could only pray, he didn't believe that a small team of thirty people could have any impact on such a chaotic situation.
However, on this point, he was wrong.
The self-resistance of the victims was more like an irregular procession, and the mob was a minority after all, especially when Lu Xufei flew in the sky, and the people who had made up the numbers ran home directly. Just as Cheng Jinzhou believed in the power of the people, the comrades of the Great Xia Dynasty believed in the power of the Star Warlocks.
Looking from the bottom up, the second-level star warlock Lu Xu was not majestic.
Cheng Jinzhou couldn't see a smile on his tense face, others only thought that he was worried about comforting his home, but no one thought that Cheng was still missing the pot of ice water.
The road ahead is still easy to walk, and the crowds of grass people see the freshly dressed angry horses and the genuine knights with heart goggles on their chests, most of them will wisely choose to avoid them, and occasionally those who are beaten by wooden sticks will resist in groups, and they will often retreat when they see the presence of star warlocks, and Cheng Jinzhou, who has been worried about seeing blood, has gradually relaxed.
After the city square, the road began to be crowded, and in the absence of enough space to divert the flow of people, it was difficult to guarantee the knight's ability, Liu Kuang decisively decided: "The knight stays, and we fly in." ”
When he speaks of us, he naturally refers to the astromancers.
Cheng Jinzhou is not even a first-level star warlock, and there is no need to expect flying, Wang Linghe pulled him by the hand, and the two of them swayed and flew up. If possible, most astral sorcerers would tattoo flying star arrays, but in different types - it would be difficult for one to refuse this kind of pleasure and directness of degree and convenience.
A few people were only two or three blocks away from the prefect's yamen, and when they arrived, they appeared, and not only the prefect's mansion, but also the surrounding government offices were surrounded by tens of thousands of people. There are many more people who are coming from all directions, and the good New Year is being ruined.
"Your father is there." Liu Kuang seemed to have some skills, and pointed to the road from afar.
When Cheng Jinzhou was confirmed, several people had already flown over the official office. I heard Cheng Yunan shouting there: "Your request, we will definitely consider it carefully, you go back first......"
Decades or centuries have not changed the way officials have dealt with problems.
"We want to eat, we want a house, we want to eat, we want a house...... "The crowd began to shout from nowhere.
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