A rare blizzard in the past ten years also hit Zhongdu. When the blizzard that had been raging for three days and three nights stopped, the entire Hebei became a vast world of ice and snow, with fluffy and thick snow covering the fields, wheat fields, official roads, mountains and cities like white brocade.

The road has completely disappeared, and the iced riverbeds still have a little outline, so it has become the best road. The horses are dragging sleds and galloping on the riverbed. On both sides are crystal clear jade trees and branches. The sky and the earth are vast and particularly magnificent.

Although the Great Zhou Empire has been in the founding of the country for nearly half a year, the people of Zhongdu are still immersed in the joy of the establishment of the empire. The New Year is approaching, which has added a lot of celebration to this joy. The people of Zhongdu have received too many good news, and even after the news of seizing Bingzhou came, they did not cause much trouble in Zhongdu. Until the rice price fell to 70 citrus of rice, and various wine shops launched a half-price celebration banquet. The people of Zhongdu began to celebrate the return of Bingzhou. The sound of firecrackers sounded everywhere in the city, as if the New Year had arrived a month earlier.

The snow on Xinye Avenue in Zhongdu has been cleaned up. Although there is still thick white snow on the streets on both sides, snow can no longer be seen on the ground paved with blue bricks. The black snow is piled up in the corners of the buildings on both sides, and people come and go, making the ground wet.

On the middle road blocked by the street trees, hundreds of guards and cavalry were guarding a chariot pulled by twelve golden saddles and white horses and slowly heading towards the south city gate. A yellow umbrella hood stood on the roof, marking that this was the emperor's car.

It has been half a year since Zhang Xuan ascended the throne. He has gradually become accustomed to the identity of an emperor. The officials and people of Zhongdu have also been used to the emperor's low-key and simple travel. They are no longer surprised by His Majesty's car driving, but many people still bow and bow to the emperor's car driving.

Zhang Xuan looked at the lively situation on the streets with a quiet look. Today he went out of the palace to inspect the traffic outside the city. The blizzard really made him worried whether the thatched houses of poor families could withstand the heavy snow.

Especially when Cailian Pavilion in the palace was crushed by heavy snow yesterday, he was even more worried about the disaster brought by the blizzard.

The heavy snow came too early and too suddenly. The continuous rainfall in late autumn had just ended. The sky had not yet been clear for a few days. The blizzard was overwhelming, half a month earlier than the first snow in previous years, and the blizzard came at the first time.

"His Majesty!"

The guard's report interrupted Zhang Xuan's thoughts, "What's the matter?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"Liu Jun and the others are here."

“Stop the car!”

The carriage slowly stopped, several officials turned over and dismounted and walked forward quickly. The leading official was named Wang Jinyuan. He was originally the prefect of Shangdang County. He was transferred to Zhongdu to serve as the Jingzhao Yin at the beginning of the year. He followed several officials, including the Wei County Magistrate and Ye County Magistrate where Zhongdu is located.

Wang Jinyuan walked to the carriage and bowed, "I am going to see Your Majesty!"

Zhang Xuan asked in the carriage: "How many houses have collapsed in the city? How many casualties have they been killed or killed?"

"Report to Your Majesty, as of this morning, 87 houses in Zhongdu City have collapsed, thirteen people have died and forty-five people have been injured. The dead have been buried, the injured are being treated, and the collapsed families have been temporarily placed in the inn. At present, there has been basically no panic caused by snow disasters."

Zhang Xuan felt a little relieved. The loss was not too big, much better than what he was worried about. He nodded and said, "I want to go to the south gate to see it, let's go together!"

Everyone saluted, got on the horse, and followed the carriage towards the south gate.

The South City Gate is the main city gate of Zhongdu, also known as Baoding Gate. The city tower is tall and magnificent. The main gate is facing the middle road and is not opened normally. It will only be opened when the emperor or the army enters and leaves the city. Ordinary officials of pedestrians enter and exit the side doors on both sides.

At this time, the south gate was extremely lively. The stalls selling vegetables, fruits, charcoal, firewood, and mutton were filled with long strings along the city walls. There were hundreds of vendors of all sizes. Tens of thousands of people rushed from all over the city, surrounding each vendor, shouting and bargaining, and the sides of the south gate became particularly noisy and lively.

At this time, Zhang Xuan had already climbed the city wall from the urn. He stood by the female wall and looked down. Wang Jinyuan smiled and introduced: "We thought that traffic would be cut off and the people in Zhongdu would have difficulties in buying vegetables, but we didn't think that sleds would become a convenient means of transportation. Every morning, thousands of sleds came from all directions, bringing a large amount of vegetables, fruits, and meat and wild game, which greatly alleviated the food tension in Zhongdu City. However, thanks to the New Year, every household had stored a lot of items in advance, so it did not cause panic."

After a pause, Wang Jinyuan added: "The main reason is that this blizzard came too suddenly, and there were no signs in advance, and everyone was caught off guard."

At this time, Zhang Xuan asked again: "You just said that it is a sled as a means of transportation. Can you tell the road now?"

Wang Jinyuan quickly shook his head, "Report to Your Majesty, the road is not good, it is mainly to use the river channel, which can be distinguished."

Zhang Xuan left the female wall and came to the outer wall stent. He leaned out and looked out. He saw that the outside of the city was completely white, with endless snow covering the earth, and even the trees turned silver and white, blending with the earth.

However, Zhang Xuan still saw the riverbed lane, and saw more than a dozen horses running in the snow, dragging out a long black track. This track was the Anhe Riverbed outside the south city, which was obviously concave on the ground.

At this time, Zhang Xuan saw a small village more than ten miles away. He had great eyesight and could vaguely see a few black dots walking on the snow. The village should be close to the official road, and these villagers could still identify the roadbed of the official road.

Zhang Xuan immediately ordered: "Go and find Luo Shixin to see me!"

Soon, Luo Shixin, wearing armor, hurriedly ran to the top of the city. He happened to be on duty today and was leading soldiers to patrol the security of the capital. When he heard the emperor summoned him, he hurried over.

"My minister Luo Shixin, please see His Majesty the Emperor!" Luo Shixin knelt down on one knee and bowed.

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly and said, "I heard that you complained about my bias in the military camp and did not ask you to fight in Bingzhou. Is this true?"

Luo Shixin was shocked and cursed his subordinates in his heart. He said in panic: "I dare not complain about Your Majesty, but I am bored in Zhongdu, and I really long to go to war."

"If you want to fight, of course you have to have a chance. When your army attacked Jingzhou and Nanxiang, Yuchi Gong could only stay quietly in Shangdang County. Now it's their turn. Isn't it normal?"

"I know my mistake!" Luo Shixin said with shame.

Zhang Xuan stopped mentioning this matter, smiled and said, "Don't you have nothing to do? Now I will find something for you to do."

Speaking of this, Zhang Xuan pointed to a few small black dots far outside the city. At this time, the few small black dots had approached, and it could be seen that they were several farmers riding mules and donkeys.

"Did you see those farmers riding mules?"

Luo Shixin nodded, "Weichen saw it."

"Several farmers can also come along the official road, which means that the official road can still be distinguished. You can lead the army out of the city and distinguish all the official roads. The method is very simple. Use a wooden stick to paint vermilion paint, sharpen the end and insert it on both sides of the official road, and insert it every thirty steps. You can discuss the specific plan with the Ministry of Works and the officials of Jingzhao Prefecture. I have already told Li Shangshu. In short, it is just a sentence, use the fastest speed to resume traffic in the shortest time."

"I understand, but I don't know what the scope of the mark needs?"

Zhang Xuan thought for a while and said, "First do a good job in Jingzhao Prefecture, and then promote it to all counties after success."

Jingzhao Prefecture is the former Wei County, and Zhang Xuan said to Wang Jinyuan again: "You should cooperate with General Luo together! I hope that the traffic in Jingzhao area will be restored within two days."

"I obey the order!"

Luo Shi next to him calculated with confidence that if it were just Jingzhao Mansion, the project volume would be much smaller, and it would take about 10,000 troops to be completed in two days. He immediately bowed and said, "I will do it immediately."

Luo Shixin bowed and left, Wang Jinyuan hurriedly bowed and said goodbye, and brought the officials and Luo Shixin down to the city.

Zhang Xuan had long seen a guard seemingly to report to him. When Luo Shixin and others left, he asked, "What's the matter?"
Chapter completed!