Chapter 648

"It's snowing......"

No one expected that the heavy snow this year came so early that many people were not ready for the winter.

"All localities should pay close attention to preparing grain. If there is a mistake in any place, it must be reported at the first time. It is not allowed to hide the disaster. Anyone who conceals the disaster will be copied!"

Looking at the heavy snow outside the door, Wang Zhong issued an order without mercy.

The officials have to hurry up to prepare, and no one dares to neglect, because they all know that what the emperor said is true.

Now they all know the emperor's temper. If they do well, the emperor will definitely reward them.

The emperor won't care if it's really an external reason for not doing well.

But if you cause trouble for your own reasons, once something big happens, don't let it go lightly.

Therefore, no one dared to neglect, especially the two ministers in charge of building the house, one facing south and the other facing north, hurriedly preparing for the order issued by Wang Chong.

In the sky, it is snowing heavily.

Three days later, the snow was ten centimeters thick.

Wang Zhong stood in the snow, his face dignified.

"Emperor, Minister Zheng asked for an audience." A little eunuch ran in.

"Please come soon."

"Yes!"

Soon, Zheng Shishi, dressed in a red cloak, walked in quickly: "Wei Chen Zheng Shishi, see the emperor."

"Aiqing, don't be too polite. Get up quickly. What about the grain exchange plan I asked you to discuss in the Persian Empire?"

The Persian Empire was also a large agricultural country with a large population. After knowing that there was this place, Wang Zhong sent Zheng Shishi to negotiate trade matters with some local specialties of his country.

"It's settled. That country is willing to exchange grain for our cloth and silk, and the other king also said that he was very interested in your proposal to establish Embassies with each other, saying that it would facilitate future exchanges between the two peoples and establish alliances."

"Oh?" Wang Zhong said with a smile, "that's good. Tell me how you made the other party agree."

Zheng Shishi said with a smile, "I heard from the people that there are many enemy countries around the Persian Empire, and the Persian Empire is relatively rich and often harassed by neighboring countries. So I made this suggestion to the king of the Persian Empire. As long as we establish Embassies with each other, our country can become a friendly country relationship with him. If one of the two countries is in trouble, the other must help."

"Later, I also found that there were not many ironware in that country. I showed them that our ironware was much harder than theirs. They were full of praise for our equipment and said they were willing to exchange food for our weapons."

Zheng Shishi finished in one breath, and Wang Zhong nodded repeatedly, "very good, very good, now that winter is coming, our country is just short of a lot of food. With the food support of the Persian Empire, our Dayan Dynasty has a great security."

"Zheng Shishi!"

"Wei Chen is here."

"You have made great contributions to foreign trade, and I will reward you dearly

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The heavy snow fell for several days, and the weather suddenly turned cold.

Zheng Shishi arranged all domestic fleets to transport materials in a tense manner.

There are many materials, first of all, food, followed by warm clothes.

A month later, the real snow came.

It's winter now. It's not only cold, but also snowing heavily outside.

In just one week, heavy snow covered more than half a meter high, making it inconvenient for many people to travel.

However, Wang Chong had already made various preparations and arranged for the soldiers to go out to popularize the knowledge of snow rescue.

For the convenience of the public, Wang Zhong summarized three main points.

First: the roof should be cleared of snow every day.

Because the roof does not sweep snow, once the weight is too thick, it will lead to the collapse of the house, which is very troublesome.

Second: try to wear more when you go out.

Third: if you can't live, you have to find the government.

Three easy to understand points.

Rao is so, many people in Maha ignored, and many houses collapsed.

But most of them are hiding in their own house and living this winter hard.

And soon, the food in every place began to soar, which made many people feel unable to afford to eat, and the public resentment was growing.

At this time, the court issued a new deal. All people without houses can go to the big houses in each town for the winter. Once the winter is over, the court will help each family build houses.

At this time, the people knew what these big houses were for.

In fact, the big house built by Wang Chong is just a huge workshop in modern times.

It is of no use except to shelter from the wind and rain, so the cost of construction is not high.

But the effect is different. Many people who feel unable to live enter the big house and feel a new home.

After that, these big houses were renamed by the king: shelter.

Then, the policy came out the next day.

It is strictly forbidden to speculate in grain. Anyone who finds it will be forced to buy his home.

Families without food can go to shelters to receive food.

Each household can only receive food for two days, with vouchers.

Many people who feel that they have a way to live have fewer complaints about Wang Zhong, and feel that Mingjun is on the top.

Of course, this news was known by Gao Yan, Qiu Renzhong and others.

"I'm afraid there will be tens of millions of people in Dayan Dynasty. The emperor is so bold that he can actually relieve the disaster like this. Although it has won the support of the people, in this way, the Treasury must be empty."

Gao Yan exclaimed in his study.

"Yes, but there are always places you can't take care of. When the Treasury is empty, I believe the emperor will be in a hurry."

Qiu Renzhong said, hesitating in his heart.

Because he doesn't know whether he is against Wang Zhong and is doing right now.

Once, the reason why he opposed the Dayan Dynasty was because he saw that the people were struggling, that officials protected each other, and that officials and businessmen colluded.

But now everything has changed a lot. He suddenly felt that it might not be good to rebel.

After looking at Gao Yan, Gao Yan smiled and continued, "old Qiu, then I'll go out to make porridge."

"Well, go." Old Qiu nodded slightly. Now is the best time to win the hearts of the people.

Soon, several cauldrons were set up in front of the Gao family.

"Dangdang............"

"Folks, my young master sent porridge. Come and eat it quickly."

"Fragrant and sweet rice porridge, my young master sympathizes with the hardships of the people, and specially ordered us to send everyone soup."

"Come on, come on, everyone, come on..."

Gao Yan stood beside the cauldron with a calm expression. According to previous experience, many victims will come to thank him in a moment.

"Brother Gao Yan, why are so few people here this time?"

After waiting for a long time, Gao Yan's fiancee swallow said strangely that only a few victims came.

"There may be no one at home."

Gao Yan said suspiciously, "after all, it's freezing, and everyone has nothing to eat. Maybe they went out to find something to eat."

The swallow nodded slightly, "maybe."

Swallow has always believed Gao Yan's words.

"Young master Gao, I know why." At this time, the housekeeper came dusty: "originally, many victims have gone to the shelter."

"Shelter?" Gao Yan frowned, "where is that?"

"Didn't the emperor allocate a lot of money to prepare for the construction of the big house when the flood occurred? At the beginning, we still doubted where that place was. Now we know that the emperor had already guessed that there would be a cold snap this winter, so he built the big house in advance. Now it is called a refuge, so that the people without houses can take refuge in the past..."

"Haha, good, good!"

Gao Yan smiled, "the emperor is really hidden, but does he think it's just to live for others? You know, the most important thing is to eat."

"By the way, young master, the official at the shelter heard that the young master wanted to give porridge. He said that he could go to the shelter to give porridge for the convenience of the victims."

Smell the words.

Gao Yan was a little depressed. He was kind enough to give porridge, but he had to be sent to a designated place.

It's no problem to go to the shelter, but what if someone mistakenly thinks it's the emperor who gives porridge?

Therefore, he decided to go over and give porridge in person, which must not be regarded as the emperor's credit.

Soon, under the arrangement of Gao Yan, porridge was started at the shelter.

"This is the porridge sent by my young master. Come and eat it."

"The delicious porridge was sent by my young master, who was kind-hearted, so he sent it."

The servants of the Gao family shouted at the gate of the shelter.

There are many victims here. When they hear about free porridge, they rush in one after another.

Seeing this scene, Gao Yan was very happy, but what made him speechless was that these victims were drinking porridge while talking about the emperor's kindness.

"Let's drink in the shelter. It's warm inside."

"Well, it's really cold this year. Fortunately, our emperor is considerate of the people and built a shelter for us. Otherwise, we don't know how many people died."

"Yes, I scolded the emperor before. Now it's really a sin to think about it. The emperor is really Ming Jun."

"Well, good emperor, Ming Jun is alive. This is the real Ming Jun."

At this time, the housekeeper beside Gao Yan couldn't look down and said, "although the emperor is good, our young master Gao here is also good. He gives everyone porridge every year."

"But pull it down. Every time I come out to give porridge, I have to beat the gongs and drums. It's like a war."

"That is, don't you want us to say something good about him?"

The victims didn't know that the housekeeper of the Gao family was in front of them, let alone that Gao Yan was nearby, so they spoke without hesitation.

Another person disdained and said, "look at this porridge, just a few grains of rice floating. This is also called porridge? Look at the grain sent by the emperor inside, that's generous."

"Yes, in my opinion, this young master Gao Yan is definitely a villain. He wants to show his kindness by giving a few bowls of porridge. Bah, this kind of person is the most disgusting."

Gao Yan's face looks worse the more he listens to it.

A group of untouchables dare to say so about me.

If this young master didn't want to leave a good reputation, you would have been beaten by me today!

Take a deep breath, Gao Yan snorted coldly and left here.

Qiu Renzhong on the side frowned.

Gao Yan meant well and knew how to carry out the plan.

It's just that the mind doesn't seem to be very good, utilitarian and jealous.