Chapter 112: The first snow in Yizhou

Under the guidance of Jin Daqian, Li Yin saw a slave girl who was digging in an uncultivated wasteland. Li Yin got off his horse and went over, slightly surprised. Unexpectedly, this was an open-pit coal mine, and there was a layer of carbon under the soil surface. No wonder Jin Daqian It was easy to find, and he was already prepared for a protracted war.

The tools used by the servants are all brought back by Li Yin from modern times. They have all kinds of tools such as iron shovel and iron chisel. Now they are working in full swing. With such neat tools, his work efficiency is also much higher.

Li Min went around and asked Jin Daqian to build a mine in this place. The winter wheat had been planted a long time ago, and these slaves were idle, so they transformed this place into a mine. In the future, Yizhou's coal will be produced here. up.

Jin Daqian nodded again and again, and Li Min told him some precautions for mining coal mines to avoid unnecessary casualties. However, this coal mine adopts open-pit mining, and the accident rate will be much lower.

Just as he was talking, something cold suddenly fell on Li Yin's face. Li Yin put his hand in front of his eyes, and saw a piece of snow melting quickly under the temperature of his hand. He raised his head and saw snowflakes Flying down from the sky.

"It's snowing!" Li Yin's heart suddenly burst into joy. For some reason, the first snow always makes people full of infinite joy.

Jin Daqian also smiled and said: "It should snow, and the Chinese New Year will be in half a month."

"So fast!" Unknowingly, it has been a few months since I left Chang'an, and Li Yin is just living in a daze. I didn't expect that the New Year is still half a decade away.

"Yes, Your Highness." Jin Daqian also sighed for a while, the prosperity of Chang'an seemed to be still in front of him, but now he was in a foreign land, he couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional.

Li Yin stood in place and let the snowflakes fall on his body one after another, but just now it was just a few scattered snowflakes, but in an instant it turned into heavy snow. Li Yin looked at the dark sky and said: "Let's go back!"

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and it was almost impossible to see the way ahead. A group of people got on their horses and headed for Yizhou City. They all said that the auspicious snow would herald a good year, and Li Yin thought that next year's wheat harvest would probably be good.

Galloping all the way, the group soon arrived at Yizhou City. At this time, the roads in Yizhou City had already been covered with layers of white snowflakes. Li Yin got off the horse and let out a sigh of relief at his numb hands. The winter in the Tang Dynasty was not the modern winter that was plagued by the greenhouse effect. The temperature was more than ten degrees below zero. This is why there is a saying that the roads are frozen to death. Basically, at this time, the common people stay at home and rarely go out. , such a cold day will freeze to death.

She shrank her neck and went back to the south courtyard. Li Yin felt a little warmer when she entered the house. Cui Yingying was wearing thick clothes and sitting in front of the charcoal basin to enjoy the fire. Just a few days after Tong Nian arrived, the temperature in Yizhou dropped sharply. Fortunately, at this time, He sent the coal over, otherwise Li Min would have been able to bear it for the past few days.

"His Royal Highness, come here and enjoy the fire." Cui Yingying saw Li Yin coming in, and waved her hand. After the temperature dropped, Li Yin asked Jin Daqian to transport three chariots of carbon back to the palace for storage. This winter, she could count on them to keep warm.

Li Min's ears and nose were a little numb from the cold wind, he sat down beside the charcoal basin, and quickly rubbed the frozen numb places, when Cui Yingying saw her and said, "Your Highness, why are you going out in such cold! I'll freeze you." While speaking, he helped Li Yin warm his ears with his hands.

"I went to see the carboniferous mine just now." Li Yin said, and at the same time looked at the snow that was falling faster and faster outside.

Cui Yingying understood, "Fortunately, some charcoal was brought here from Chang'an, otherwise, I really don't know how to survive this winter."

"That's why we need to dig this coal mine as soon as possible, so that the people of Yizhou can use the coal next winter." Li Yin looked at the clothes Cui Yingying was wearing outside. They were made of pure mink fur. When I came back just now, I also paid attention to the people on the road. They didn’t have such good clothes to wear, at most they just put on a few more clothes. There was no cotton in the Tang Dynasty, so naturally there were no cotton-padded jackets. This winter is over. , it seems that there are quite a few things to plant.

The two were warming by the fire and chatting, when a gust of wind came in from the window, the biting cold made both of them shiver, Cui Yingying said to Xiao Cui who was standing beside her: "Xiao Cui, close the door quickly, Just leave a window."

In Chang'an, it is normal to use coal for heating. Cui Yingying also knows that ventilation should be paid attention to when burning these coals, because every year in Chang'an, several people lose their lives due to improper use of coal.

Thinking of this, Li Yin said: "Xiaocui, go and remind me that you must leave a window when you use charcoal to grill."

"Yes, Your Highness." After finishing speaking, Xiaocui trotted away from the south courtyard and headed for the north courtyard.

Cui Yingying glanced at Xiaocui who was leaving, and leaned on Li Yin, "Your Highness, it will be Yuanzheng in half a decade, and the palace should be ready."

Li Yin was a little interested. After all, it was the first time to celebrate the New Year in the Tang Dynasty. According to the customs of the Tang Dynasty, court officials had seven days off during the New Year. They could have fun during these seven days.

"Well, it's time to prepare. The New Year's goods must be prepared for the New Year. Let Jin Daqian prepare more meat, venison, horse meat, beef, etc. The servants have been busy for so long, so give them enough. Good luck." Li Yin said.

Cui Yingying's eyes lit up with excitement, "There are also flags, I have to let them prepare them, and I will buy some plastic teeth back."

The streamer that Cui Yingying talked about is a streamer made of paper or cloth. On the morning of the first day of the Tang Dynasty, a bamboo pole was inserted on the ground, and a long flag-like thing was placed on the top of the pole. This thing is called streamer. Jiaoyazi is maltose. This kind of sugar is actually a dessert made of wheat. It is soft and sticky and not very sweet, but it is a snack that people in the Tang Dynasty like to eat. When I was in Nanshi last time, Cui Yingying I bought a lot.

Li Yin was only busy with machinery and tools last time, but he forgot about this. He said, "I'll get you some delicious food during the Chinese New Year."

"Really?" Cui Yingying said excitedly. Speaking of which, Cui Yingying is just an older girl, and she is still very greedy. Li Yin laughed and said, "I will let you eat as much as you want."

The next day, Li Yin woke up early, he likes the snow falling heavily, a silvery world, opened the door, Li Yin shrank involuntarily, today is a bit colder than yesterday, the snow outside has not stopped, just a little Quite a lot.

A thick layer of snow had already accumulated in front of the house. Li Yin stepped down with a "creak" sound. The snow directly covered his feet and reached his calves. A thick layer of snow was hanging down from the trees in the yard. The thick snow made the branches bent, and Li Yin stepped out of the South Courtyard one by one. Jin Daqian was leading a few maidservants to this side with brooms. When he saw Li Yin coming out, he said, "Your Highness, what are you doing?" Woke up so early, I'm looking for someone to clean the yard for you."

"I woke up when I couldn't sleep, you just let them clean it now, I'll just go around." Li Yin said and walked outside the Shu Palace.

Jin Daqian responded, and directed the maid to enter the south courtyard, while he was busy directing his servants to clean up the snow.

Asking the nursing home to open the gate, a world covered in silver immediately appeared in Li Yin's eyes. The palace stood facing the street. He stretched his head to look around. There was nothing but thick snow on the street, not even a There are no pedestrian footprints, and the endless buildings are covered with a layer of white ice and snow. The whole world looks clean and intoxicating.

Standing at the door for a while, Li Yin walked towards the North Courtyard. Su Xiaoyan lives in the North Courtyard and is taken care of by several maids. Su Moer also entrusts her to his care, and he also has to serve snacks.

Compared to the south courtyard, the north courtyard is much more lively. The servants and maidservants shuttled back and forth, busy with their own affairs. When they saw Li Yin, they kept saluting. Li Yin nodded and walked towards Su Xiaoyan's room.

"ah!"

Li Yin was walking when a scream sounded suddenly. Li Yin turned to the direction of the sound and saw an object heading straight for the door. a snowball.

Li Yin wiped off the snow from his face, and looked at the culprit who threw the snowball, unexpectedly it was Su Xiaoyan, the girl looked excited, but when she saw the snowball thrown on Li Yin's face, her smile froze suddenly Of course, Su Morer told her about Li Yin's identity. Although she was only ten years old, she already understood some things.

Li Yan didn't care. Wouldn't it be too wasteful not to have a snowball fight in such a heavy snow?

The little girl smiled again when she saw it, knowing that Li Yin didn't blame him, but was playing with her, she laughed and grabbed a handful of snow, rolled it into a snowball and threw it at Li Yin.

Li Yin wanted to make her happy, so he dodged one, and chased her with another snowball. With a smile on his face, the little girl hid among the servants, throwing a few snowballs from time to time to fight back, but Li Yin didn't hit her. After seeing her a few times, he was hit by the little girl several times, and after arguing with Su Xiaoyan for a while, Li Yin thought that Cui Yingying should get up too, so he scratched the little girl's nose and walked towards the south courtyard. After throwing it away, it seems that she still didn't have enough fun, Li Yin said to the maidservants: "Just play with her, there is no need to restrict any etiquette."

The maidservants looked at each other with excitement in their eyes. They were all fifteen or sixteen years old, and when they were playful, they started fighting with the little girl while talking.

Li Yin returned to the room, Cui Yingying was already up, and Xiaocui was serving her to get dressed, she saw that Li Yin was covered in snow, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, why don't you call me when you throw snowballs!"

"You slept so soundly, why am I willing to bother you? Aren't I coming back now? How about I build a snowman and catch sparrows later?" Li Yin said with a smile, nothing can be done with such a heavy snow, What else can I do but play.

"Catch sparrows?" Cui Yingying wondered, "How?"

Li Yin smiled mysteriously and said, "You'll find out later."