Chapter 63 Mineral Discovery
Although the wind and snow are very strong, there are still many people in the private camp, most of whom are the villagers and tribesmen, who are organizing people to use long rakes to clean up the floating snow. However, the snow that fell a few days ago has been frozen to a solid state. Although they strive to remove the snow, they only cut off the newly falling snow.
"Brother-in-law, is there any danger in this way? Will there be problems with the house?" Liu He walked to a white-bearded and was shouting and directing some people to pick up the snow. He leaned into his ear and asked loudly.
"It's okay, it's okay! The huts built by these military generals are very strong. As long as the snow doesn't keep falling, there will be no problem!" The father-in-law also shouted loudly. Those who were sweeping the snow suddenly saw Liu He and couldn't help but be stunned, and his hands couldn't help but stop.
The father-in-law was furious when he saw this and couldn't help but shout, "What are you doing? What are you doing? Do you feel tired after doing it for a while? It's really a pity that the captain can feed you two meals a day." He suddenly felt that everyone's eyes were strange, and he couldn't help but tilt his head. Then he saw Liu He standing beside him with a smile, and was shocked.
"Emmao Captain! Why are you here with such heavy snow?" The father-in-law knelt down immediately, "I have seen the captain!"
Seeing his father-in-law kneeling, the villagers then realized that they still had their things in their hands and knelt down one after another: "I've seen the lieutenant!"
"Get up quickly! Get up quickly!" Liu He pulled his father-in-law up and shouted to everyone, "Get up and work quickly! If there is too much snow, it will be troublesome!"
"Brother-in-law, is it okay to live in this house?" Liu He asked with a smile.
The father-in-law was a little excited. For them, Liu He was a noble figure, a high-ranking official, and their great benefactor. These days, many people have made Liu He's longevity tablets at home and offered them in the house. Today, he is so close to Liu He, which makes him almost suspected of being in a dream.
"Thank you, the lieutenant! This house is very good, very good!" The father-in-law said incoherently: "This winter is colder than in previous years. If we were not benefactors, we would have frozen to death if we didn't starve to death."
Liu He Xiaoxiao approached the simple buildings made of thick wood, looked at it, and couldn't help but frown. It was obviously for the sake of rushing to work. Although these wooden houses were built quite solidly, there were still many gaps between some of the woods. The wind and snowflakes poured into these gaps. You can imagine the temperature in the room. Although it was a little better than outside, it was still so cold that it made people shake. Although the house was on fire, it was obviously a drop in the bucket and was useless.
Seeing Liu He's frowning, Jian Yong explained: "It was too urgent to build a house. I thought it was a temporary residence, so I didn't take it too carefully and didn't consider it so cold this winter. This was our mistake. We will organize people to repair it, and we will definitely not let anyone die of freezing or freezing."
"Yeah!" Liu He nodded, "Jun and Xuande should be careful to turn around and urge him to do it. If there is not enough staff, you can let the Gong and Mr. transfer people from the military camp. The snow is so heavy that the soldiers cannot train, so you can find something for them to do."
While listening to it, the old man was so grateful that he hadn't seen such a good official in many years! I don't know what to say, but I just kept bowing: "Thank you, the benefactor of the lieutenant, I'll thank you for your kindness on your behalf!"
Liu He smiled and said, "Brother-in-law, don't do this. As the officials, we must let the people live and work in peace and contentment, otherwise what do we have to do?"
The father-in-law wiped his tears and nodded while thinking, even though that was the case, no official has ever done this over the years!
While sighing, a noise suddenly came from outside. Pan Feng's face changed and he walked over with big strides. His figure as if he was like a door panel was blocked at the door, but he saw a group of people running over in a panic in the wind and snow, shouting while running.
"What happened?" Liu Xiu's heart tightened, and his hand was already pressing on the knife.
"Mr. Jun. Don't panic! The one who shouted was from our village, I know him!" Seeing that Liu Xiu had already pulled out half of the knife, the father-in-law couldn't help but feel a little scared and rushed up quickly.
"Zhao Si, what's wrong? What happened? I was so panicked. The captain of the Empress is here. Can you afford to be guilty of the lieutenant?"
After hearing what his father-in-law said, Zhao Si was shocked, his knees softened, and he was kneeling on the ground, shouting: "My hometown, it's not good, something happened to Wang Sanniang's house."
"What's the matter?" The father-in-law asked when he saw that Liu He had no intention of blame.
"Mr. You know, Wang Sanniang is working in the kitchen in our village, but today it's time to cook, but she hasn't gone. Someone went to find her, but she couldn't answer her. Instead, she smelled the smell of charcoal outside her house."
"What?" The father-in-law's face changed drastically, "Carboniferous, isn't this a smelting thing from the iron official? How could she burn charcoal? It's poisonous." The father-in-law jumped and said.
"She is a woman's house and can't cut so much firewood. She thought it was so cold, so she went to pick up some charcoal to burn it."
"Carbonite? What?" Liu He turned to ask Jian Yong.
"It is a black stone that can burn, but the smoke emitted is poisonous if it is improperly handled. No one dares to use this to keep warm." Jian Yong said.
Liu He's heart was thunderous: "Black stones, charcoal? Can't it be coal? Oh! By the way! Isn't this white sandalwood the Luanping in Chengde, Hebei in later generations? I remember that I heard about Hebei's mineral resources in geography classes before."
He immediately pulled his feet and walked: "Hurry! Hurry! Lead the way! Let's go and see."
Under Zhao Si's leadership, the group hurried to Wang Sanniang's house. The door of a small wooden house was closed tightly. There was a large group of people around it, but they were all far away. Seeing that Liu Xiaowei came, they all made way through Hulala.
Liu He strode to the hut and saw that the gap on the wall of the hut was blocked tightly. When he came to the door and smelled it, a familiar smell came to his face. He couldn't help but feel ecstatic. It was indeed the smell of coal.
"Breaking the door open!" Liu Hetian said.
"Lord, it's poisonous!" Liu Xiu's face was nervous.
"I don't know whether it is poisonous or not? She is not ventilated." Liu He said sternly: "It's important to save people if it is broken!"
Liu Xiu and Pan Feng saw that Liu He was stern and dared not hesitate. He bent his body slightly, and he bumped into it. With a click, he knocked the door open. As soon as the door opened, a strong smell came to his face. Pan Feng covered his mouth and nose and retreated, but the next scene made him lose his soul. Liu He actually strode in.
"Master, don't go in!" Liu Xiu reached out and tried to pull it, but he pulled it out. Liu He had already strided into the house.
"Captain!" The people watching outside exclaimed in dismay, and they all looked inside the house with wide eyes.
The room was not big, and there was a strong and suffocating smell. In the simple stove built by a few stones, there were some half-white and half-black stones in the pile of white powder. At the base of the wall, there was a lot of black stones that had not been burned. It was indeed coal, and I felt a little ecstatic, but I immediately felt tight. On the bed in the room, a half-old child was lying, and at the foot of the bed, a middle-aged woman fell there. When she walked up to her, her face turned blue and purple, which was indeed a symptom of coal burning poisoning.
There was no need to care about anything else at the moment, so I picked up the child first and rushed outside the house. With everyone's exclamations, I put the child on the ground, rushed back into the house, and carried the woman out.
"Go and find a doctor! The man is not dead yet!" Looking at Jian Yong and others who are stunned, Liu He said sternly. [Note 1]
Note 1:
Doctor: This name began in the Tang Dynasty of our country.
Doctor, doctor, doctor: It started in the Song Dynasty, and all provinces in the south called doctors as doctors; it was called doctors in the north.
Chapter completed!