In the twelfth lunar month, there was another heavy snowfall.
Even Guang Luhai, who grew up in a place as far north as Liaoxi County, said that this year's heavy snowfall was the heaviest he could remember.
Even if Xujiazhuang is equipped with fire pits, earth dragons, and sufficient charcoal fires, when the heavy snow falls in the twelfth lunar month, the market will not be able to open.
Even the public bathhouses are temporarily closed. What I'm afraid of are the heartless young people who have to go to the bathroom to take a bath in such weather, and then get cold and sick when they go back.
The snow was too heavy, and the workload of clearing the snow every day was also increased. Fearing that it would cause a chain reaction and cause accidents in the village, Wang specially arranged for manpower to patrol day and night.
At the same time, classes in the school were also suspended, and the trainees who were being trained at the foot of the mountain also had a holiday, and the children were strictly ordered to go out to avoid accidents.
Because the brick houses have been built one after another, the deconstruction of the bricks and the cement added by Wang secretly gave Xu Yue's family of five peace of mind, and they did not have to worry about the danger of the house collapsing due to snow.
But for the experienced old people, they seem to have foreseen the tragic scenes outside Xujiazhuang.
As the new year was approaching, Xu Da took sick leave and stayed at home to take some time off. At this time, as a boss, he could probably guess the employee's desire to take a break, and gave him understanding for the sake of his hard work in the past.
But on such a snowy day, Gongsun Zan sent a small team of people to Xujiazhuang despite the wind and snow to ask Xu Da to return to the government office quickly to handle official duties.
At that time, Xu Da was wearing a cashmere blanket, sitting in front of the stove, warming wine, and preparing to enjoy the snow around the stove with Zhao Bei.
Leng Buding saw this group of Gongsun Zan's personal guards appearing with their faces blue and blue from the cold, and his heart skipped a beat, thinking that Gongsun Zan had been stabbed in this snowy day.
After asking carefully, I found out that many places in Yuyang County were hit by heavy snowfall and houses collapsed.
But Gongsun Zan basically didn't worry about such things if he didn't put them in front of him. Xu Da understood this very well.
So he continued to ask more questions, and then he found out that it was the Yuyang County government office that collapsed. Not only did the government office collapse, but most of the houses in the entire county also collapsed at the same time. Now that there was not enough manpower in the city, they were busy recruiting him to go back to work.
This was a matter of life and death right before our eyes. No wonder Gongsun Zan wanted to call him over in a hurry.
Moreover, the personal guard who came also said that Xujiazhuang should prepare a lot of supplies and bring them there, otherwise Gongsun Zan would also freeze to death.
After hearing what the personal guard said, Xu Da twitched the corner of his mouth fiercely. It turned out that he was just waiting for him!
Xu Da scolded his mother in his mind and calmly called He Zeng to let the guards go down and drink the hot soup to warm themselves up.
At the same time, he ordered Lao Wutou to call Wang and Xu Yue over. After all these arrangements were made, he turned around and oh, there was Zhao Bei here.
It was impossible to enjoy the snow around the stove. Xu Da asked tentatively: "If Brother Xuande is already well, why don't we go into the city together?"
It's not like catching a strong laborer anyway.
Although he hadn't entered the city yet, Xu Daguang's temples began to feel a dull pain as he thought about the chain reaction of the collapse of the house.
Zhao Bei, who has been living in Xujiazhuang for nearly two months and has been an idler for two months, is simply ecstatic and wants it all!
As soon as Xu Da saw his expression, he knew that this guy agreed, so he waved his hand and told him to go get ready while he walked to his mansion.
In order to enjoy the snow, he also specially found the observation tower and the small thatched shed on the top of the mountain that Wang used to survey the entire village.
It's not difficult to go up the mountain, but it's really hard to go down the mountain.
It was also a embarrassment for those personal guards, who actually ran up the mountain to look for him regardless of hardship or fatigue.
Valley
The Wang family had already received the news since the guards entered the house. When Old Wutou ran over, Xu Yue was already waiting in the house with her mother-in-law.
The mother and daughter had already guessed the purpose of Gongsun Zan's sending people here to ask for supplies. When Xu Da came in, Xu Yue had already completed the supplies account book.
"The most important things we need to keep out the cold are clothes, quilts and charcoal fires. Heavy snow has blocked the roads, and the clothing and charcoal fires produced in our farm have not been sold all winter."
Xu Yue said while calculating: "We can provide two thousand pieces of clothes, five hundred woolen blankets, and more charcoal fires will be burned this year. I calculated the population of the city. Regardless of the hidden servants, there are more than two thousand registered."
Each person has 2 kilograms of charcoal per day, and if he prepares it for at least a month, that’s 120,000 kilograms.”
Speaking of this, Xu Yue said happily: "Fortunately, my mother-in-law opened the market this year. We will not be able to receive so much firewood before October. Otherwise, if there is a heavy snowfall, we may not be able to use enough in our own village."
Not to mention the farms, mines and brick factories."
By the way, there is also a secret limestone mine. Even Xu Yue herself has never been to this place, let alone where it is. Only Aniang and her sister know about it.
But since there are people to support there, a certain amount of expenditure has to be allocated, and naturally it has to be included in the general ledger.
It’s really not that I don’t know. It’s scary to think that it’s not an easy task to maintain the expenses of nearly a thousand people.
Therefore, the clearer she is about the difficulties involved, the clearer Xu Yue's understanding of her family's strength will be.
Without these family members, she might still be selling tofu in Wubao by herself.
Xu Da felt a pain in his heart when he heard his daughter's calculations. He carefully asked for the total, and heard a sharp intake of breath.
He thought fiercely in his heart that if Gongsun Zan didn't give him some practical compensation for having taken out so many supplies, don't blame him for turning against him!
But it’s not all a loss. There are always people who have money and can afford it.
As for those who can't afford it, they can only contribute their efforts.
While looking at the list made by his daughter, Xu Da sighed in his heart that the labor rules formulated by his family in Zhuangzi were so exquisite that they could be copied to the county to cope with the current situation.
Wang waited for Xu Da to finish reading the list before speaking.
"How can we transport so many things and there are no roads?"
Wang hit the nail on the head when he opened his mouth. Xu Dal was stunned for a moment, and then he thought for a moment and said: "The only way is to open the road first, and let those who have people at home provide help, and those who have money provide money."
The three people in the room all knew who Xu Da was talking about, and they were all powerful people from aristocratic families.
Xu Yue immediately asked: "What if they refuse?"
Xu Da and Wang said in unison: "Kill him, confiscate his property and confiscate his property!"
After the words fell, the couple looked at each other with fierce eyes.
Wang had a new idea.
She felt this was an opportunity, an opportunity to overthrow the old system.
This heavy snow is both a bad thing and a good thing.
Needless to say, the disadvantages are that the severity of the snow disaster cannot be handled so perfectly even in later generations. Deaths and injuries are inevitable, and the economic impact cannot be ignored.
But the benefits are also obvious. Heavy snow has blocked traffic and blocked the spread of information.
