“Hu—Hu—”

A gust of cold wind blew, and the air was filled with coldness. Chen Fei had been in Shuo County for almost a month and a half. It was the end of November, and it was the beginning of December in a few days. Now it was actually the beginning of winter, and the entire Central Plains had gradually entered winter. Shuo County belonged to the later generation of Shanxi, so it was already winter, so everyone started to winter. Even the office efficiency in the entire Shuo County Government office has begun to slow down, and it is obvious that it is winter and they are a little lazy.

"Sister Wanrou, it's a little cold!" Li Lizhi said with her body in her arms.

Princess Li Lizhi is now wearing the leather jacket sent by Chou, which is obviously good for warmth. Chen Fei has also started to wear winter clothes. It is obvious that winter has arrived, so of course he has to wear winter clothes, otherwise it will be really cold. Chen Fei also feels a little cold, because Chen Fei was a southerner in his previous life and served in the south in the army, so he has not been able to adapt to the coldness of the north. Therefore, Chen Fei is also a little scared of the coldness of the north. However, he knows that he is in the county government and his living conditions are still very good, so there should be no problem.

"Hmm? What is this?" Li Lizhi suddenly touched her forehead with her hand. It was obvious that something was strange to fall on her head.

"It's snowing! Sister Wanrou, it's snowing!" "It's snowing! Sister Wanrou, it's snowing!" "Sister Wanrou, let's go build a snowman!"

Li Lizhi pulled Li Wanrou and wanted to build snowmen in the yard of the county government. Now it was just beginning to snow, and some silver syrup-like things fell from the sky, which were snowflakes. Unlike Li Lizhi who was concerned about the snow, Chen Fei, the county magistrate, had to start discussing measures to spend the winter in Shuo County.

"Zhang Mingde County Magistrate, how is our Shuo County now? Are you all ready to keep warm?" Chen Fei asked.

Chen Fei knew that the conditions for winter in ancient times were no different from those in later generations. People in later generations had buildings, heating, cotton coats, quilts, or anything, to ensure that there was no problem in winter. In ancient times, farmers' houses were all thatched houses, and the people did not have any heating, and there were no equipment for winter. As for ordinary people, it was very cold in winter. They did not have cotton coats, quilts, and no cold-proof clothes such as leather jackets, so they could only hide at home to find ways to support this winter.

Even in ancient times, people were often frozen to death, which was not a news in ancient times. Although they were frozen to death in later generations, it was a super big news. However, being frozen to death in ancient times was common and people should not neglect it. Therefore, work in winter is not easy at all than the busy farming period in spring.

"Mr. Chen County, we now have more than 3,000 families in Shuo County. We have begun to prepare to notify them to strengthen their houses at any time and avoid heavy snow from collapsing these houses." Zhang Mingde said.

But Chen Fei said: "I propose to collect labor service on a small scale, collect labor service for fifty people, and form a winter duty rescue team. Winter is the slack season, and the recruitment of labor service for fifty people should not cause too many people to be disgusted. Moreover, in winter, the rescue team is ready to deal with house collapses and various snow disasters. If a house collapses, then we rescue teams will rush over as soon as possible to save the lives of the people and the throne and property. Moreover, we can let them be responsible for some disaster relief matters, so that the people should not be disgusted too much!"

The so-called corvee service is a policy that the government could provide free incentives for the people to serve the government. For example, the government built bridges and roads, and the construction of any project was to be used to recruit the people through corvee. The people were very disgusted with corvee because too much corvee would affect the people's agricultural farming. Moreover, they had to bear the food and food themselves during the corvee service. This made everyone even more disgusted.

However, Chen Fei proposed to collect fifty people's labor service and let them form a disaster relief and rescue team, so that more people can avoid the loss of their lives and property. This should be understandable to everyone. As long as the explanation is made, the people should not object to the labor service.

"Next, we start discussing. We take turns to be on duty for twelve hours in winter. All our clerks must be divided into four shifts, taking turns to follow the four of us. I, the county magistrate Zhang Mingde, the chief clerk of Sun Jiadong, and the county magistrate Fang Chengxi, are divided into four shifts every day, each shift for three hours, and each shift is on duty with different clerks. As long as there is any situation, we must deal with it as soon as possible. We ensure that there are people on duty within twelve hours and we cannot miss any crisis."

"I hereby announce that this time, the minimum goal of our Shuo County winter is not to freeze a person to death. If one person is frozen to death, then I will resign. However, I will not let you have a good time before I resign. Do you understand?"

Hearing that Chen Fei's final words were yelled, it was obvious that everyone knew that Chen Fei was not a joke. Everyone began to admire Chen Fei a little because Chen Fei actually said that if someone froze to death, he would resign. In this era, it was common for people to die of cold in winter. Frozen to death in the jurisdiction would not be a serious crime for ancient officials. At most, it would be enough to just give a few words from superiors. But Chen Fei actually made a public guarantee here that if someone froze to death in the jurisdiction, he would take the initiative to resign. This is cruel enough, but this also touched these three guys a lot. These three people are all locals, and Chen Fei, a foreigner, can do this. What else can these local officials say?

"Since the county magistrate is like this, I, Zhang Mingde, will follow me. If someone is frozen to death, I will also follow the county magistrate Chen to resign!" County magistrate Zhang Mingde also made a promise.

The chief clerk Sun Jiadong and the county magistrate Fang Chengxi have to follow and make sure after hearing this. After all, the county magistrate and county magistrate have made such promises. If they don’t follow, wouldn’t they “severe themselves from the people”? If they are abolished, what do you let the clerks and the people think of them? So in order to maintain their image, they can only follow.

"Okay, there is no motivation without pressure. Since we have all made such harsh words, of course we must work hard together! I don't have high requirements this winter. As long as one person is not frozen to death, our mission will be completed." Chen Fei said. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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