amaotonovel Chapter 287 Shen Shuli notices something is wrong with Xiao Yuqiang
Chapter 287 Shen Shuli notices something is wrong with Xiao Yuqiang
It's freezing cold.
Racing at sea at night is definitely an unforgettable experience!
Shen Shuli felt like she was frozen solid!
Fortunately, she possessed the Fire Cloud Technique, which allowed her to use her internal energy to warm herself up.
This awful weather is definitely not something you can get through just by wearing thick clothes!
It's so barren and cold!
Shen Shuli was freezing the whole way, but finally made it back to the cabin.
A stove had already been lit inside the cabin, as Shen Shuli had told the crew beforehand.
They were reminded that they could take charge of lighting a stove for heating if the weather became abnormal.
Shen Shuli's private cabin was heated and very warm.
She quickly took out a tub of warm water from her spatial storage and took a bath, only then did she feel completely revived.
The temperature at sea is at least five degrees lower than that on land.
The spray from the bottom of the boat landed on the deck and froze into icicles.
As time went on, the ice floes grew thicker and thicker, and the crew had to find a way to shovel it away, otherwise the ice on the ship's hull would become even thicker.
Even the oars would be covered with ice, making the boat increasingly difficult to move.
As we approached the Lihai South Wharf.
A fleet of ships slowly approached from the opposite direction.
After the crew notified Shen Shuli, she quickly went to the deck to investigate.
Upon seeing that all the ships belonged to his own people, a smile appeared on his face.
These ships were mostly medium-sized, so it's likely that Xiao Yuxuan and Mu Wanjun persuaded the Marquis of Pingxi to lead his people to the island.
When the two ships met, Xiao Yuxuan flew to Shen Shuli and took the initiative to explain the situation.
"Ah Li, the bet has been decided. Marquis Pingxi has accepted his defeat and agreed to come with us to the island."
"That's great. Fortunately, Marquis Pingxi isn't an old fogey and keeps his word." Shen Shuli was very pleased.
"Yeah, the weather changed so suddenly, it feels even colder than Northeast China!" Xiao Yuxuan was still wearing thin clothes.
He forgot to bring his cotton coat when he went out, and his lips were so cold they turned purple.
If it weren't for the internal energy supporting him, he would probably be frozen solid by now.
"Can't you even remember something serious? You can't even remember this!" Shen Shuli rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"I'll get you some clothes when I get back to my cabin."
Shen Shuli had a lot of cotton-padded clothes in her space, including many men's styles.
"Okay, okay, I want to wear two sets!" Xiao Yuxuan excitedly pushed Shen Shuli to hurry up and leave.
He didn't want to stay on the deck for even a second longer!
Xiao Yuxuan actually put on two sets of cotton-padded clothes, making himself look like a silkworm pupa before he was satisfied.
"Those 150,000 troops certainly didn't prepare cotton-padded clothes, did they?" Shen Shuli frowned.
Xiao Yuxuan nodded: "Yes, definitely. How could they have imagined that the weather would become so shameless?"
"I don't have many cotton-padded coats on hand, but I have plenty of cotton and fabric in my space. I need to hurry up and make a batch."
At least 150,000 sets need to be made to meet the needs of the military.
This is without them changing their clothes.
Xiao Yuxuan nodded, then said helplessly, "I know you have it in your space, but the crew knows there isn't any in the cabin. What excuse do you have for taking it out?"
"Yes, that's what I'm worried about too."
As soon as a batch of grains in Shen Shuli's space ripened last night, she immediately planted a batch of cotton.
Unfortunately, the wild goats raised in the enclosure are short-haired, not the best breed of sheep for producing long-haired sheep.
And there are fewer than a hundred of them.
That little bit of wool isn't enough to make a wool quilt.
But better than nothing.
Shen Shuli would still find time every now and then to shear the goats and collect some wool.
But she didn't know how to handle wool, and didn't know how to turn it into quilt filling or wool yarn.
It can only be left to gather dust in the space for now.
I wonder if anyone on the island, out of so many people, knows this skill.
"Then let's hurry up and make blankets and clothes after everyone gets ashore. In the meantime, let everyone rest in the cabin," Shen Shuli said. "I guess the people have already been transferred to another boat. You should hurry back to your boat to pick them up."
"Okay, then be careful," Xiao Yuxuan instructed.
Shen Shuli was in charge of escorting the large ship. After picking up the people, she immediately sent them to the island.
In this way, it is actually more efficient than picking up people one trip at a time.
As the time goes.
The temperature is getting lower and lower.
When the first cold wave arrived, the temperature was minus ten degrees Celsius.
After everyone was transported to the island, the temperature had dropped to -25°C to -10°C over the course of a month!
Inevitable.
Most of the soldiers, who were as strong as oxen, fell ill due to the lack of winter supplies.
Even the Marquis of Pingxi fell.
Shen Shuli secretly prepared a lot of spiritual spring water for Mu Wanjun, along with Mu Wanjun's medical skills and the medicinal herbs she had prepared in advance.
This allowed everyone to gradually recover within three to five days.
This was a result of delaying things to avoid arousing suspicion if everyone got better too quickly.
The last group of people has all been sent to the island.
This includes Chiya's parents' family and her maternal grandfather's family.
have to say.
Battier is definitely a very intuitive person and a very lucky one.
Every premonition and decision he made ultimately proved that his choice was correct.
These 47 medium-sized ships will also be taken back to the island.
Fearing that the ships would be damaged, Shen Shuli ordered all the crew members to transfer to a larger ship and leave.
She then took the opportunity to store all the ships in the space.
The sudden drop in temperature has really impacted infrastructure construction.
The main problem is that the adhesive is unusable; it freezes before it can be used after each mixing.
It can only be transferred to indoor modulation.
Even if you light the floor heater and burn a fire in the house, it won't help.
The construction of the brick house had to be suspended.
Su Yunhai immediately ordered the three groups—the base, the shipyard, and the military camp—to cut down trees on the spot and build wooden houses to keep warm.
Although there was no snow during the month of extreme cold disaster.
But it had rained for three months straight before.
The rainwater on the ground and trees froze into sharp ice shards.
It's even more damaging than snow freezing on top of that.
When people are logging in the mountains, the frozen leaves, branches, and weeds can turn into sharp weapons and cut them.
Even so.
People had no choice but to cut down trees to build wooden houses.
Otherwise they would freeze to death.
The women weren't idle either.
Everyone was busy sewing quilts, making cotton-padded clothes, hats, gloves, leather boots and other winter supplies for everyone.
They were almost constantly busy so that the men could put on warm clothes as soon as possible.
The children are also very sensible, doing things like washing vegetables, preparing cooking ingredients, cleaning up trash, and taking care of their younger siblings.
Do what they can.
It also happens after the first month of the cold season.
The three rivers within the base have frozen over one after another.
Everyone is having trouble getting drinking water.
The situation was more difficult in military camps and shipyards.
There was a small river near the military camp, and the soldiers had to go to the river every day to break the ice and fetch water.
The shipyard is further away from the river.
The men had to walk a long way every day to get ice.
The shallow waters along the coast are gradually freezing over.
However, in the deep sea, the waves remain turbulent.
But the sea breeze was colder and more relentless than usual.
The entire island is constantly battered and ravaged by the sea breeze.
It's as if they won't stop until they scrape a layer of flesh off people.
The ground was frozen solid, and the slopes were icy cold, making it much more difficult for the people who went out to cut down trees.
Shen Shuli recently took some time to organize her space, wanting to know exactly what supplies were inside.
Mainly since the time of fleeing famine.
Shen Shuli kept putting things into her space.
She wasn't entirely sure what exactly she received.
"Holy crap, how come there are so many cotton-padded clothes and quilts here!"
Shen Shuli was extremely surprised!
These supplies originally belonged to Xiao Yuqiang!
She initially collected them truckload by truckload.
They kept cattle, horses, and mules in the space ranch, and even stored carts and supplies in the space warehouse.
As for the bodies of those logistics soldiers, they were left frozen in the warehouse.
After returning to the island, Shen Shuli found a place to retrieve the bodies and cremate them all.
Shen Shuli didn't have time to check the vehicles loaded with various supplies.
I only opened the boxes to check them one by one when I was organizing the space.
That's when they discovered that there were a total of 300,000 sets of winter supplies inside!
But this also gave Shen Shuli a bad feeling!
Unless you know the plot in advance, who would suddenly prepare so many winter supplies?!
This is all clearly unreasonable!
It's important to know that this extreme heat disaster lasted for a whole year.
Then comes the rainy season.
Even during the rainy season, the temperature remains warm at around 20 degrees Celsius.
There is absolutely no need for winter supplies.
What puzzled Shen Shuli the most was...
Xiao Yuqiang led his army to Lihai City, clearly indicating that he intended to make the south a strategic stronghold for the future.
The climate in the south makes it unnecessary to have any winter clothing!
Why would he go through all that trouble to bring so many winter supplies?
It's clearly unreasonable!
That can only mean one thing!
This indicates that Xiao Yuqiang knew in advance that an extreme cold disaster would occur.
Furthermore, the South was also severely affected, which is why preparations were made in advance!
"Could it be that Xiao Yuqiang is also a transmigrator or a time traveler?" A bad thought surfaced in Shen Shuli's mind.
Shen Shuli didn't think too much about it.
Immediately summon Su Yunhai, Shen Yuehua, Mu Wanjun, and Xiao Yuxuan, and distribute the 300,000 sets of winter supplies to the shipyard and military camp.
Including the batch of winter supplies that everyone worked day and night to produce during this period, the total is about 400,000 sets.
Two sets can be distributed to each person.
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The people on the island live a hard life.
The people on land were no less so.
No one could have imagined that just after the extreme heat disaster, it would rain for three months.
I thought the rains of this rainy season would finally dredge the land that had been parched for a year.
But there wasn't even time to be happy.
Overnight.
A cold front swept away countless people from their sleep.
The people in the south will definitely be the most affected.
For hundreds of years, the lowest temperature in their living environment has never dropped below 15 degrees Celsius.
But overnight.
The temperature actually dropped to minus ten degrees Celsius!
They would put on all the clothes in the house.
Even with a stove burning in the room, the bone-chilling cold couldn't be dispelled.
But they couldn't stay at home and wait for the firewood to run out; they had to go out to the nearby mountains to cut down trees.
To prevent the men from freezing to death outside, the women and children in the family had to give their clothes to the men, while they themselves stayed at home wrapped in several thin blankets and huddled together for warmth.