amaotonovel Chapter 925 A whole year of hard work, wiped out by one heavy snow.
Chapter 925 A whole year of hard work, wiped out by one heavy snow.
The Ferghana horse, which was supposed to be presented to Emperor Zhu, was never seen by the emperor from start to finish.
Now they've appeared together again at the port of Jinzhou.
After several hundred fine horses disembarked from the boats, two large yellow dogs, each the size of a calf, followed closely behind.
According to a prince who once served as a bandit for a short period, both of these big yellow dogs were only dogs, meaning that their mothers each gave birth to only one offspring.
Upon arriving in Liaodong, the two large yellow dogs showed no signs of discomfort. Instead, they ran around, driving more than three hundred horses together.
Everyone on the dock stared wide-eyed at the spectacular sight before them.
Yu Tongyuan, the Marquis of Nan'an and Commander of the Dengzhou Fleet of the Ming Dynasty, who was standing on the treasure ship, didn't want to watch. Instead, he wanted to jump off the ship.
Princess Funing.
Princess Fuyang.
There is also the eldest daughter of the Duke of E, who is the future Crown Princess.
These three people got together...
Would I, Yu, dare to let them come to Liaodong?
How could I possibly stop them from coming to Liaodong?
Yu Tongyuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with a distressed expression, and tried once again to persuade the three living ancestors: "Shouldn't we reconsider?"
"There is nothing lacking in Liaodong."
"The Prince Consort had already made arrangements in advance."
"Supplies from Shandong, laborers and livestock from Goryeo are being transported to Liaoyang Prefecture in a steady stream."
"Not to mention Prime Minister Li, Duke of E, and Duke of Cao."
"..."
Before Yu Tongyuan could finish persuading her, Jin'er directly refused: "Thank you for your kind offer, Uncle Yu."
"But with such a once-in-a-century snowfall, and my husband and His Highness the Crown Prince both in Liaoyang, how can the three of us be at ease?"
Ms. Chang nodded in agreement: "Uncle Yu, rest assured, Sister Jin'er has brought three hundred guards from the Prince Consort's Mansion, as well as six hundred people from the Ningyang County Farm. The supplies are also quite complete, enough for us to reach Liaoyang."
Yu Tongyuan wondered if this was a matter of whether the supplies were complete or not.
I, Yu Tongyuan, am sending the three of you, along with the Fourth Prince, the Fifth Prince, over a hundred students from the Medical School of Dengzhou University, and those six hundred precious darlings from Ningyang County, to Liaodong.
What would Chang Heizi think?
What would someone in a higher position think?
What will my older sister think when she finds out?
Yes, the three of you have the imperial warrants to mobilize troops from the Eastern Palace, and I, Yu Tongyuan, am merely following orders.
Even if my older sister can forgive me, will my superiors and Chang Heizi tell me that military orders are absolute?
If anything happens to the three of you, they will just be concerned old fathers who care about their daughter.
At that time, I, Yu Tongyuan, will be nothing but a scoundrel who doesn't care whether my niece lives or dies.
Life is not easy.
Yu Tongyuan sighed.
Left with no other choice, Yu Tongyuan could only accept his fate. He dejectedly summoned his deputy and had the deputy gather all three thousand-household units to accompany him.
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The sky over Liaoyang gradually cleared, the snow inside the city was slowly cleared to the outside, and the roads connecting Liaoyang to several nearby prefectures and counties were gradually opened up.
Coal slurry and honeycomb briquettes from Guide, picks, shovels, and other supplies from Wangping, are all being concentrated in Liaoyang, the area hardest hit by the snow disaster.
In short, the heavy snow that fell intermittently for fifteen days caused far less damage and impact on Liaoyang than Yang Shaofeng had anticipated.
Since there are no power lines or railways, and the snow hasn't been exposed to severe pollution, you can just boil it in a kettle and drink it without affecting the water supply.
In addition, the local people in Liaodong already had the habit of storing up food for the winter, so the most serious loss was that more cattle and sheep froze to death than in previous years, and more drunkards who fell asleep on the road and froze to death than in previous years.
Cattle and sheep that have frozen to death are easy to deal with.
In winter, Liaodong itself is a huge cold storage, and cattle and sheep that freeze to death can be treated as frozen meat.
Even if the meat tastes bloody because it wasn't bled in time, it can still be taken to the construction site to be used as an extra meal for the workers.
We can have Xu Da and Chang Yuchun find a way to supplement it later.
Anyway, it won't harm the people of the Ming Dynasty.
As for those drunkards who froze to death...
There's really no way around it.
It happens every year.
There are many people like this even after the millennium.
Of course, there are also potential losses that haven't been factored in. Because the snow is so heavy, once it melts, some of the puddles that were painstakingly cleared last year will turn into new puddles again.
If nothing unexpected happens, those pyre heads that were not completely cleared away will take root and sprout again, gradually growing into new pyre heads.
It's like working hard all year, only to have it all wiped out by a single heavy snowfall.
Hu Weiyong looked at Zhu Biao and Yang Shaofeng with a distressed expression: "Your Highness, Prince Consort, you must think of a way to save the people of Liaodong!"
Li Shanchang silently gave Hu Weiyong a thumbs up in his heart.
Correct.
That's how it is.
Lay out all the problems in Liaodong and let His Highness and Yang the Madman have a headache.
Your Highness is like a black sesame dumpling that doesn't stick to anything.
In the end, all the difficult problems ended up causing Yang Shaofeng a headache.
As for me?
I'm already over sixty years old, and I still have to worry about the Fenglangjuxu matter for them. How dare they bring up all sorts of problems in Liaodong to make things difficult for me?
Besides, even if they were to have the nerve to do it, I can't think of a solution.
Li Shanchang was secretly pleased with himself, but Yang Shaofeng looked at Hu Weiyong with a dark face: "Prefect Hu, why don't you explain to His Highness why the counties under Liaoyang Prefecture have stockpiled various supplies in advance?"
Hu Weiyong suppressed the urge to turn his head and look at Li Shanchang. He chuckled twice at Zhu Biao and said, "Well... I heard from the local people in Liaodong that it is possible to snow between the end of the year and the beginning of spring every year, so I made some preparations in advance. It just so happens that this heavy snow came in handy. It was purely coincidental."
Zhu Biao gave Hu Weiyong a deep look, then glanced at Li Shanchang and Yang Shaofeng.
What a coincidence!
Coincidentally, the supplies you prepared in advance arrived in Liaoyang Prefecture around the same time.
Coincidentally, the people you each arranged also arrived in Liaoyang Prefecture one after the other.
So both of you were prepared, while I knew nothing and foolishly worried that the people of Liaoyang might suffer heavy casualties due to the snow disaster.
I was too stupid, so stupid that I thought the people who had lived in Liaodong for so many years wouldn't know how to deal with heavy snow.
I was too stupid, so stupid that I thought both of your families were worried about the people of Liaodong, and I never thought that you two families would dig pits for each other.
Seeing that Zhu Biao's expression was not very good, Hu Weiyong couldn't help but feel uneasy, while Yang Shaofeng looked up at the sky.
The sky in Liaodong is truly blue, and the clouds are truly white.
Li Shanchang coughed lightly and said, "Your Highness, this coincidence is actually a good thing."
Zhu Biao let out a cold laugh.
Good thing?