The 12th year of Jianning, winter

Compared with the past, it was particularly cold. This was a major disaster that everyone had never expected. At first, it started from Hezhou and Xinzhou. In order to enrich Hezhou's farming industry, Lu Zhi and Yangqiu specially purchased a large number of plowing oxen from the Central Plains and grazed here. However, this cold winter ruined their efforts for almost several years, and the snow was vast and it had already passed.

The plowing oxen were frozen to death, the plowing fields were destroyed in the blizzard, and the houses collapsed. Within one tenth, more than 60 people had frozen to death in Hezhou and Xinzhou. When the news reached Luoyang, the emperor was furious and rebuked Lu Zhi and Yangqiu, and asked them to provide disaster relief quickly, so that Youzhou and Bingzhou would help each other. However, unexpectedly, Youzhou and Bingzhou would suffer together.

The entire north was hit by this severe cold attack, and the commercial roads in Liangzhou were blocked by heavy snow. The emperor quickly ordered Wang Fu to open the national treasury to provide disaster relief. Fortunately, there were a lot of food stored in Youzhou, Bingzhou and other places, and the disaster victims could be resettled. However, the problem was that more and more people were frozen to death, and it took a lot of money to build a house, including dispersing clothes.

In the temple, all the officials were in a state of turmoil, and urgent reports of disasters were constantly coming from various places. Wang Fu immediately summoned all the officials. However, he did not ask for the suggestions of the officials, but instead made a direct order. He wanted to use the money from the treasury to support the affected areas. Because it was cold and the water transport in Jizhou could not be used, so he could only pass the road. He ordered the soldiers of the Southern Army to put on thick clothes and be responsible for transporting food and clothing to various places.

Of course, these soldiers are not only responsible for transportation, but also for rescue and rescue victims. In addition, some oxen transports, and they cannot allow the oxen to freeze to death. In addition, Hezhou, Xinzhou and other extremely severely affected areas can transport people to Youzhou, Bingzhou and other places. Although it is still in the cold winter, it is at least better than these two states. At the same time, the great families of aristocratic families have also begun to provide disaster relief.

In Hezhou, Lu Zhi looked at the snow all over the sky, the frozen corpses on the roadside, and cried bitterly. He personally led the soldiers of the county and county to start rescue, summoned all the victims to He County, and lent some houses from the government to them to live in. He even gave the wooden chairs and tables in his home to the people, asking them to use them as fireworks.

Yang Qiu is also working hard to provide disaster relief, but he did not take out the furniture of the aristocratic families like Lu Zhi, so that the victims could use it as a firework. There is no aristocratic families in Xinzhou, but there is one in Youzhou...

It can be encountered. If the Han Dynasty had not had the full grain silo and the capable officials, I was afraid that this cold winter would bring great harm to the Han Dynasty. At some point, some remarks suddenly appeared among the officials, hoping to give up Liangzhou, Hezhou, Xinzhou and other regions. They believed that these places had more disasters and were very deserted, and they could only drag down the Han Dynasty's finances.

Wang Fu suppressed these remarks strongly, and many ministers were delivered directly to Zhang He by Wang Fu. Three days later, Wang Fu bid farewell to the emperor and handed over many disaster relief matters in the court to Yuan Feng, and personally led people to the north. Yuan Feng was also a little puzzled about this. He was the minister in the court who opposed Wang Fu the most. However, at this critical moment, Yuan Feng did not expect to fight for power and profit, and took over the disaster relief matters from Wang Fu and began to command.

When Lu Zhi and Yangqiu were busy migrating the people, Wang Fu rushed to the north. He visited various counties and counties without a rest for half a day. When officials from all over the country heard that Wang Jiexin had arrived, none of them dared to relax and dared to escape first, they were afraid that some negligence would fall into the hands of this traitor. However, even if Wang Fu came in person, the effect he had activated was limited.

He could only beg that the disaster would pass quickly, and the whole man was looking forward to it.

Not only Lu Zhi, who was far away in Hezhou, was crying, but Wen Rengong in the court also cried loudly. After crying for three days, all the officials in the court were moved. His love for the people and compassionately made people all over the world admire him.

At this time, Yuan Feng in the court received a report from Liangzhou. The report was not for support from the court. The report was written by Zheng Xuan, a great scholar. After reading for a while, Yuan Feng immediately sent the report to the palace. The emperor was busy with disasters. Seeing Yuan Feng hurriedly walked in, he did not stop. He continued to read the report from all over the place and frowned.

"Your Majesty, Liangzhou urgently reported it!"

"Didn't I just ordered the Hanzhong prefect to transport Yizhou's supplies to Liangzhou? He dared to resist the order?!" The emperor stood up angrily.

"Your Majesty, this is not the case. The disaster in Liangzhou is not as important as the two states. This is a letter from Duke Zheng..." Yuan Feng respectfully handed over the letter. The emperor took the letter, looked at it for a moment, and asked, "What is he talking about?"

"Your Majesty, cotton."

"cotton?"

"What's the use of cotton? Nonsense!" The emperor threw the letter on the wooden table and said impatiently. Yuan Feng immediately picked up the pen and ink beside him, wrote a cotton word, and then said: "According to Master Zheng, this thing was passed down from Yuezhi and could be woven into cloth. Many Hu people in the Western Regions have made cotton clothes and made clothes. The lower clothes are called "she"..."

"kindness?"

"It's like a skull, but its crotch is not an open crotch... without a skirt..."

When the emperor heard this, he frowned, thought for a moment, and asked, "Is this thing... useful?" Yuan Feng said seriously: "Mr. Zheng is a great scholar in the world. He will not make false claims on such a big thing. Since he wrote a letter to the temple and focused on introducing this thing, this thing must be of great use. In addition, he also sent clothes made of cotton. Your Majesty... do you want to try it?"

The emperor nodded, and Yuan Feng ordered the yellow gate to send it in...

It turns out that it is really warm to wear this thing. Unfortunately, this full thorn is a little uncomfortable when worn. The place is pressed, which makes the emperor feel a little uncomfortable. He immediately took it off and said, "Let Zheng Xuan buy more cotton. Should this cotton be planted or... Forget it, Zheng Xuan himself finds a way. Also, although this is indecent, it can also resist the cold winter. Learn how to weave it from Zheng Xuan, teach the people, and give it to the victims... "

"Your Majesty, this folk have already been flirting with. Because of its indecentness, the scholars and officials are unwilling to wear it... We don't need to teach the people..." Yuan Feng said, and the emperor suddenly realized that he had never known these things. In his heart, everyone was wearing open-standard turtles and dressed in clothes. He nodded and said, "This matter will trouble Yuan Jun..."

"Abide by the order!"

When Yuan Feng left, he did not take the cotton away. The emperor stroked it curiously. This thing was softer but practical... If this thing could be cultivated, it would be great. Even if it could not be cultivated, it would have to buy cotton in large quantities, or directly take down the cotton production place... The emperor narrowed his eyes and thought to himself.
Chapter completed!