Liu Jin looked out the window at the howling cold wind and heavy goose-feather snow. In just a moment, everything outside turned into a vast expanse.
It's winter again, and it's an extremely cold winter.
"The thirty-ninth year of Hongzhi is about to pass, and time flies by too fast!"
Liu Jin looked at the heavy snow outside the window and lamented that time flies so quickly, and a year is just a blink of an eye. After forty, time seems to be speeding up out of control.
One year will pass.
"Hiss~ It's so cold, so cold!"
Soon, Liu Jin felt a strong chill coming over him, and quickly put on an extra coat for himself.
Ever since he traveled through time, Liu Jin has always been very careful and cautious about himself and his family. When the weather gets a little cold, he will wear more clothes to prevent colds.
Drinking tea and hot water at the same time has become a daily routine at home.
To be honest, it's not that Liu Jin is too careful, but that in an era where a cold can kill you, it's not okay to be careless.
The medical technology in ancient times was surprisingly poor, and many common diseases in later generations are incurable in this era, even if you are not careful.
It may be normal for you to die immediately if you catch a cold, or it may be normal for you to have a cold and a fever that persists and burns out your brain.
As for if you get pneumonia, tetanus, etc., you are basically waiting to die.
Therefore, you must pay attention to defense from the beginning, enhance your resistance, and pay attention to this aspect in daily life. This will naturally lead to fewer illnesses.
Like Liu Jin, he takes time out to exercise his body every day, go for a run, sweat every day, and feels relaxed. He also pays attention to health and drinks more tea and hot water. Over the past few decades, Liu Jin has even been able to even
She rarely catches colds. Liu Jin gave birth to eleven children, and they all had the same requirements, so she has always been in good health.
"It's another cold winter. The temperature is about the same as the year before last, but it's even lowered by dozens of degrees."
Liu Jin put on an extra layer of clothing, went outside and looked at the thermometer, and immediately couldn't help but frown.
This year looks like it will be another cold winter like last year, which is not good news for Daming.
Because the winter the year before last was too cold, the result was a severe drought in the 38th year of Hongzhi. There was no rain in the north for almost ten months, and the land was withered and yellow.
Then came the terrible plague, which spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, especially in the north, causing heavy losses to the Ming Dynasty.
The severe cold triggered two disasters: drought and plague. Under the extreme climate of the Little Ice Age, various disasters occurred frequently.
Fortunately, last winter was not particularly cold. The Thirty-ninth Year of Hongzhi had a relatively smooth year. Good news came from all over the Ming Dynasty. Grain production in various places increased. This year’s production
The food produced was enough to feed the people of Ming Dynasty for several years.
But who knew that this winter would be so cold, which made Liu Jin worried about what would happen next year.
"When someone comes, send a message to various places immediately and ask for an immediate report on the weather conditions in recent months and now."
Thinking of this, Liu Jin also quickly ordered.
Soon, telegrams were sent from all over the Ming Dynasty to the capital. With telegraphs, information exchanges between various places were very fast. Even if they were far away on the other side of the earth, telegraphs could be used to quickly communicate.
Send the information back.
The Ming Dynasty established wireless telegraph communication base stations all over the world covering the entire world. The staff inside were all officially employed by the imperial court and ate royal food. This shows that the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to radio.
Of course, it is also very useful. The Ming court can grasp the situation around the world anytime and anywhere, and it is very easy and fast to control the Ming Dynasty and even the whole world.
Even the Ming Dynasty equipped every warship of the Ming Dynasty with a radio, and every army combat unit was equipped with a radio.
Once there is any disturbance, Ming Dynasty can quickly mobilize various forces to deal with it, including people, supplies, and food.
It is also very easy to know the temperature and weather conditions in various places. A telegram is sent to various places, and the relevant information is quickly gathered.
"Heavy snow in the northern grasslands, heavy snow in Liaodong!"
"The Western Region, Black Earth, Hezhong, Northwest, Central Asia, and Nanyun provinces encountered severe cold waves and extremely low temperatures!"
"A big cold wave occurred in the central plains of Huanghuangzhou."
Liu Jin carefully looked at the telegrams from various places with a solemn expression. The situation was almost exactly the same as the year before. All places were hit by extremely cold weather.
"Come here, prepare the car, I want to enter the palace."
Thinking of some possible situations, Liu Jin quickly ordered someone to prepare a car and go to the palace.
Inside the study room of the Qianqing Palace.
Emperor Hongzhi was happily playing with a baby, and beside him stood Queen Zhang and Princess Nanyang.
"Come and call grandpa!"
Emperor Hongzhi was very fond of the pink and jade-shaped little guy in his arms. This little guy had perfectly inherited the excellent genes of Princess Nanyang and Liu Qing. He was very cute and lovable.
"Father, he is only a few months old, how can he speak?"
When Princess Nanyang heard this, she immediately smiled and said.
She has been married to Liu Yang for more than a year. Not surprisingly, she has also given birth to a big fat boy for the old Liu family. It has been a few months now.
"Your father, he is so happy to be a grandpa for the first time."
Empress Zhang also had a smile on her face, she was finally a grandmother.
Although I have a lot of grandsons and granddaughters, hundreds of them, this grandson is still the first, so I often call Princess Nanyang to the palace so that I can see my precious grandson.
"Ha ha."
Emperor Hongzhi smiled happily.
My life is really comfortable now. There is nothing to worry about in the court or the country, and there is nothing to worry about in this family. I can just like ordinary people, entertain my grandchildren, and live a comfortable life. This feeling
Still quite good.
Thinking about the past, those days were really tiring. Every day we were busy with national affairs, internal and external troubles, and the family was not in good health. We were always sick, and we only had one son. There were only a few people in the family, and it was not lively at all.
It's better than now. In recent years, hundreds of people would come to the square to have a lively reunion dinner, and there would be a lot of grandchildren.
Now I have become a grandpa and have a grandson in my arms, and I am very happy.
"Why didn't Liu Qing come with you?"
Emperor Hongzhi teased the little one for a while, then handed the little one over to the wet nurse, and then asked about Liu Qing's affairs.
"He recently went to the Hezhong area to inspect the company's new oil fields. Now that he has become a manager in an oil company, he has become much busier. He often goes to various places to inspect new oil fields."
Princess Nanyang said quickly.
"You only gave birth to a child a few months ago, and you don't spend much time with your wife and child at home. You still run around everywhere. It's true."
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately said dissatisfied.
"Men should be busy with their own work and career. It's better than being a playboy waiting to die."
"My father-in-law said that you don't have to be an official. It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you can contribute to society."
Princess Nanyang replied with a smile.
"Um."
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he nodded. Naturally, the Ming Dynasty's prince-in-law would not have any future in the official career. Even if he was the prince-in-law of his precious daughter, Emperor Hongzhi was no exception.
This Liu Yang works in Daming Petroleum Company and helps manage Liu Jin's huge industry, which is actually quite suitable.
"Your Majesty, Liu Jin, the chief minister of the cabinet, would like to see you."
At this time, Zhang Zhong walked in to report.
"Liu Jin?"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he was slightly startled. Liu Jin was a notoriously lazy person. Not only was he lazy, but he also wanted Emperor Hongzhi to be lazy as well.
After getting off work, if everything was fine, he would never run into the palace. If he came to see him, then something must have happened.
"Xuan!"
Queen Zhang and Princess Nanyang on the side quickly left the study room when they heard something happened.
Soon, Liu Jin, wearing a crimson robe, came to the study room.
"Your Majesty, the weather this winter has been extremely cold, which is comparable to the temperature of the winter before last. I'm afraid next year may be like last year."
When Liu Jin came to Shang Shufang, he quickly told what he was worried about.
"What happened last year?"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, his expression suddenly became serious.
Last year, there was a severe drought and a plague, which caused huge impact and losses to the Ming Dynasty. If this happens again, it will be very troublesome.
"Your Majesty, this is the weather condition reported by various places."
"The temperature this winter is very low. Compared with the year before last, there were heavy snowfalls in the grassland provinces and Liaodong Province. Many provinces in the western region suffered from a severe cold wave and the temperature was extremely cold."
Liu Jin submitted the memorial he had written, and then talked about the matter in detail.
Emperor Hongzhi quickly read the memorial and listened carefully, his face becoming dignified and serious.
If there is another severe drought and plague next year, I am afraid that it will cause huge impact and losses. If we do it twice in the past three years, it will be enough to give the Ming Dynasty a lot of trouble.
Fortunately, the current Ming Dynasty is at the peak of its national power and prosperity, and is far stronger than the previous dynasties in all aspects. Otherwise, last year alone would have been enough to destroy a large part of the Ming Dynasty.