The whole of Xianyang was painted with a layer of silver after a night of heavy snow, and as the first rays of sunlight appeared, the merchants who closed their doors opened their doors one after another.

As the gate was opened by the small servant, the snow on the eaves slid down, and then people went out one after another with brooms and other tools to clear the snow, and the Xianyang defenders under the lieutenant also sent some soldiers with tools to start clearing the snow in the streets and alleys of Xianyang.

Ziyou sat in the carriage and walked slowly towards the Academy of Sciences, Ziyou was wearing a white velvet coat, and there was a copper basin burning charcoal in the carriage. As the snow on the road cleared almost completely, the deserted streets suddenly became more crowded, and the carriages of some large families also walked slowly on the streets, and the horsemen who drove were particularly serious.

Although the snow was cleared, the streets were still a little slippery, for fear that there would be a car accident because they were in a hurry, and the nobles in the carriage would be injured, also because this was the Qin State, it was Xianyang, if it hit someone or something on the road, the punishment would not be able to run, although under the auspices of Han Fei and Li Si, some harsh and backward punishments were modified, but the severity of the Qin law was still very high.

Ziyou kept rubbing his hands in the carriage, and after the first heavy snow fell this year, the temperature dropped very significantly, even with the stove and Da Ziyou, he still felt a little cold.

"I don't know how many places will suffer from snowstorms this year." Ziyou said in a trance.

Natural disasters in today's era often mean irresistible death, in the absence of cotton now in the winter is really difficult, thinking of the problem of cotton, Ziyou couldn't help sighing, in addition to sending people south to find Champa rice, he also sent people to the Western Regions to look for cotton, but now a long time has passed, and none of the people sent out have returned.

In the Warring States period, where there were no cotton clothes, the powerful merchants, nobles and clans mainly relied on animal fur to keep warm, while the common people could only rely on filling clothes or quilts with reeds, thatch, and willow catkins to keep warm.

Just as Ziyou was distracted, the carriage stopped, and Mo Yao lifted the curtain and said

"Sir, the Academy of Sciences has arrived."

After the guards at the gate of the Academy of Sciences saw Ziyou's carriage, a guard hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the carriage, Ziyou got up and walked out of the carriage, and the guards at the door saluted Ziyou

"Meet the sir!"

"Well, don't alarm the others, I'm here to find the master of the public loser and the master of the Xiangli." Ziyou said.

The Academy of Sciences is not now when it was first established, only Ziyou, the dean, and Qin Mo and Gong Loser, the two main forces, the general framework of the Academy of Sciences has also been improved in the past six months, the salamander and the black and white Xuanjian are responsible for the escort work, and Ying Zheng transferred a group of people from the Zhaoxian Pavilion to serve as the chief bookkeeper and the knife and pen officer to deal with things like paperwork.

"No." The guard said.

The guards returned to the door, and after a heavy body search and inspection, Ziyou and Mo Crow walked into the Academy of Sciences, which is stipulated by Ziyou, except for Ying Zheng, anyone entering and leaving the Academy of Sciences must go through a strict search and inspection.

Because of the weather and cold, there was no more crowd in the Academy of Sciences, everyone returned to the room to do things, Ziyou continued to walk inside with the ink crow, and the two of them were greeting them at the door.

"Meet the King!" The two saluted.

"The master of the public loser, the master of the Xiangli." Ziyou returned the courtesy.

The three of them did not make any other polite words, and walked directly into the room, which was not burning charcoal or a stove, but the whole room was exceptionally warm, in stark contrast to the severe cold outside.

"This wall of fire is good, but the cost is too high for ordinary people to use." Ziyou said.

During the Warring States period, the main tool to ward off the cold was the furnace, that is, the brazier, but the furnace was a processed brazier, and the stove carried a charcoal basket to transfer the fire and add charcoal. The brazier is added directly, which is easy to cause fire.

"Yes, this year's heavy snow came unexpectedly, originally the court was preparing supplies in order to cope with the heavy snow after the winter, but I didn't expect this heavy snow to come so quickly, and the people were not well prepared, I'm afraid there will be a lot of frostbite people this year." Aisato said.

"So I've come to you, can you see if this thing works?" Ziyou placed a drawing on the table.

Airi Guan turned the drawing around and began to look at the above things.

"The difficulty of making this fire kang is not high, it is equivalent to a simplified version of the fire wall, but the fire kang is different from the fire wall and has good protective measures, if the fire is too big, it is likely to cause the bed to collapse, and the people who use the soil to pile up the kang people may not be able to sleep habits." Aisato said.

"If it is mixed with some other things from stone bricks and loess, the problem of the collapse of the fire kang can be avoided to the greatest extent." Gong Yi Qiu looked at the drawings and said.

"I'll leave the matter of the kang to you, if you need anything, just say it, you must find the most suitable materials and masonry methods for building the kang in the shortest possible time." Ziyou nodded and said.

Professional things are handed over to professional people to do, this sentence is really fine, Ziyou remembers the general structure of the fire kang, but the specific feasibility and masonry method are very vague, at this time, it is necessary for professionals such as Qin Mo and Gong Loser to make up for it.

"No!" The two arched their hands.

In the face of the fire kang, the two of them are treated with twelve points of spirit, this is a matter of benefiting the country and the people, if they mess up, the two of them will face the spurning of the people of the entire Qin State, if they do a good job, the reward of Yingzheng will not need to be mentioned, they can not only improve the influence of their sect, but also improve their reputation, who doesn't want to be able to occupy more space in the future history books? 、

"Is Gongshu in the Academy of Sciences?" Ziyou asked.

"He's here, and his subordinates will summon him." Gong Defeat said with hatred.

After the public lost the revenge and left, Ziyou explained to Xiang Li Guan some things to pay attention to on the fire kang, such as the need to choose the most suitable materials to build masonry, while ensuring safety, but also to achieve the greatest heat transfer capacity, Xiang Li Guan also wrote them down one by one. In the affairs of the Academy of Sciences, the public loser and Qin Mo have made a strict division of labor, and the public loser on both sides is responsible for the research and development and supply of weapons for the army, while Qin Mo is responsible for civilian needs.

Soon Gong Yi took Gong Yi Hai to the main hall, Zi You looked at Gong Yi Hai who walked in and widened his eyes, the current Gong Yi Hai is not the sturdy young man he was at the beginning, Gong Yi Hai's left hand and right leg have become machine hands and legs, and there is also a mask made of iron on his face.

"Meet Master Wang!" Gong Yi Hai saluted and said.

"Excuse me, how did you get this?" Ziyou asked.

"Back to my lord, the disciple was accidentally injured during the experiment, but these are not important, the disciple has developed the most stable gunpowder ratio, and some of the weapons conceived by the adults have also been developed, but they are still the simplest weapons, and the stability is not enough, and the damage caused is not enough, so the disciple is speeding up the development of more powerful weapons recently, so I forgot to report the progress to the adults during this time."

Gong Yihai's eyes were full of fanaticism, although he was blown off two legs and one arm in the experiment, but these are nothing, after all, many people are like this, if you are engaged in weapon research and development, if you are not injured, you are embarrassed to say that you are engaged in a big killer.

Gong Yi Qiu and Xiang Li Guan looked at Gong Yi Hai with a full of relief, the two of them also suffered an unknown number of injuries because of the experiment, if there were no organ parts on their bodies, whether it was in Qin Mo or Gong Loser, everyone would think that this person had not yet realized the Tao, and the mechanism technique was not enough to get started. However, thinking of the destruction caused by the public sea research gunpowder, the two of them only had infinite emotion left in their hearts.

They remembered the scary time when Gong Yihai was experimenting in the middle of the night, and an explosion would blow up two houses, which scared those of them who had not left the Academy of Sciences to think that the earth dragon had turned over.

even alarmed Yingzheng in the palace of King Qin, the black ice platform, the net, the lieutenant, the court lieutenant, and the forbidden army all came, and the public sea that had just crawled out of the ruins was directly aimed at dozens of swords.

Fortunately, Ziyou reported to Yingzheng in advance, otherwise he would have been reprimanded if he would not have been imprisoned by the court lieutenant.

After Ying Zheng knew that the explosion was just a product of failure, he immediately knighted Gongyi Hai and gave him a reward, so that he must hurry up and develop it.

Looking at the frenzy in Gong Yihai's eyes, Ziyou swallowed what he wanted to say and said

"This thing doesn't happen overnight, take your time, it's important to be safe. I'll have people build a separate gunpowder test site. The developed gunpowder must be stored in accordance with what I said, and open flames are strictly prohibited. ”

The power of gunpowder Ziyou is very clear, he is not afraid that the public sea will blow himself up, but he is afraid that the public sea will blow up the entire Academy of Sciences.

"No!" Gong Zhihai said.

The sudden sound of the door slamming attracted the attention of the five people in the room, and the ink crow stepped forward to open the door, and a soldier stood outside the door.

"The king has an order to summon Master Wang into the palace." The armor said.

"Let him in."

The ink crow stepped out of the way and let the armor into the room, and the armor soldier saluted Ziyou and the others

"Master Wang, the king has summoned you to enter the palace immediately to discuss important matters."

"Did the king say what was the matter?" Ziyou asked.

"I didn't say it, but the Taiwei, the prime minister, the imperial doctor, and Jiuqing are all on their way to the palace." The armor said.

The public lost the feud and was stunned, and the three princes and nine secretaries were all summoned, this is a big incident, and it is a matter of shaking the country's foundation if it is not done.

Ziyou didn't dare to delay, and directly left the Academy of Sciences with the ink crow and followed the armor soldier, heading towards Zhangtai Palace.

When Ziyou arrived at Zhangtai Palace, and many people arrived, Ziyou came to Lu Buwei's side and asked in a low voice

"Master Hou, what's going on?"

"I don't know, but it should be related to the performance of the Xianyang Order this morning, and there are dozens of people who have frozen to death because of the heavy snow in Xianyang." Lu Buwei said in a deep voice.

"Is that wrong?" Ziyou asked.

"At least it's not much, these dozens of people are just a rough count of Xianyang Ling."

Ziyou was also silent when he heard this, this rough count should only be the number of people who froze to death in Xianyang City, not to mention the places outside Xianyang City, or even the entire Qin Kingdom, and the number of people who froze to death is probably thousands, or even thousands.

Thousands of people froze to death, this is already a terrifying thing, after all, the only places where it snows in Qin are Beidi County, Shangdang County, Xianyang County and Yingchuan County of Qin State.

In particular, Yingchuan County, which has just been established, is still in the preparation and initial stages of preparation, and its ability to deal with snow disasters is the worst. Moreover, the Korean people have just surrendered to the Qin State, and if this snow disaster causes a huge impact, it will inevitably make waves again.

But now everything is unknown, and I can only pray that the snow in Yingchuan County will be smaller.

As the gate of Zhangtai Palace opened, Zhao Gao's order was shouted, and everyone hurried to the main hall.

After a courtesy of the monarch and the minister, Ying Zheng said with a heavy face

"Now that the four counties of my Qin State have suffered heavy snowfall, dozens of people have frozen to death in Xianyang alone, not to mention Beidi County and Shangdang County.

All aspects of the court must fully cooperate and make every effort to provide disaster relief. ”

After Ying Zheng finished speaking, Lu Buwei took the lead in standing up and said

"The king is merciful, caring for all the people, is the blessing of the people of my Qin country, according to the plan before the snow disaster in the Prime Minister's Mansion, there are already some disaster relief and cold things, and people can be sent to the place for disaster relief.

According to the usual practice, the local government will also prepare winter supplies before the onset of winter to prevent the occurrence of snow disasters and the inability to provide disaster relief in time. At the same time, let the supplies of the court be escorted to the place. ”

"Father Zhong has worked hard, Xianyang Ling reported that the house was damaged a lot by heavy snow, can the Shaofu provide craftsmen and manpower to repair the house?" Ying Zheng looked at Shaofu Ling.

"Returning to the king, if the craftsmen of the Shaofu in Xianyang can still meet the needs, there are craftsmen in the local area, but the number may not be able to meet the needs of the entire county, and there is also a slight shortage of manpower." Shaofu Ling said stubbornly.

It's not that he doesn't want to cooperate with Yingzheng, but that Shaofu really can't come up with so many craftsmen.

"You can let the local government temporarily recruit private craftsmen, as long as they are paid, the craftsmen will definitely not refuse." Ziyou said.

"According to what the teacher said, if the local government has financial difficulties, it can be transferred from the court, and as for the manpower problem, can the Taiwei let the army send surplus manpower." Ying Zheng looked at Wei Yu.

"There is no problem on the part of the army, and people can be sent to help Shaofu." Wei Yu said.

"That's fine, Shaofu can't let the army shoot in vain, and pay the participating soldiers according to the normal salary." Ying Zheng said.

If it was before, Ying Zheng would definitely not say that he would let Shaofu give money, but now that he is the richest person in Qin State, he is not short of this money.

"The King is merciful!" Shaofu and Wei Yu saluted and said.

"Zhang Cang Aiqing, is there enough grain in the granary of the national treasury to allocate for disaster relief without affecting the overall situation?" Ying Zheng looked at Zhang Cang.

"Back to the king, the treasury is sufficient to deal with disaster relief and stabilize local food, and charcoal and firewood can also be allocated to support local areas." Zhang Cang said.

"That's fine, do you Aiqing have any other questions?"

"Back to the king, there is still one thing for the minister." Ziyou stood up and said.

"What else is wrong with the teacher?" Ying Zheng asked.

"The minister believes that the northern counties should be allowed to strengthen their precautions and deal with the southward movement of the Xiongnu at any time." Ziyou said.

"Huns!?"

Tomorrow's exam, the author will review it today, and it's just one chapter

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