Chapter 208 Taking the Place of a Life-Saving Grace
Ji Yingying planned to work with some modern technology, but she needed to think and research, and she didn't understand things like load-bearing walls.
And reinforced concrete...
She didn't get any sleep that night, and sure enough, there was a little bit of sunshine the next day.
[Host, the sun is out. You predicted it correctly.]
[Pah, I predicted, I didn't predict. Sunshine is normal. The heavy snowfall was just intense, and it only lasted for a couple of days. Do you know why the death rate was so high with such heavy snow?]
Two days ago, the mortality rate was tallied, and nearly 5,000 people died in total, which is eight-tenths of the mortality rate in the entire north. Not to mention the economy, it feels like the entire army has been wiped out.
The survivors are now experiencing eye problems due to excessive exposure to white light.
【have no idea】
Because of poverty, those houses simply couldn't withstand the weight of the thick snow. Moreover, it was a blizzard; the snowfall over those two days reached 160 percent, which is a severe snowstorm even in modern times. For this era, it was a matter of utmost importance.
[Early spring has passed a few days ago, but I expect there will be another round.]
Therefore, you had someone dig underground to prepare for a possible heavy snowfall after early spring.
Yes, there's nothing we can do about it. Snow accumulation usually occurs in winter or early spring, and winter is over; it's early spring now.
The more Ji Yingying thought about it, the more she felt her brain capacity was failing. For two days in a row, Ji Yingying studied load-bearing walls and reinforced concrete. Everyone has their own expertise, and she admitted that her Chinese language and literature knowledge was of no use in this area.
When the Crown Prince entered, he saw her dejected appearance and quickly asked, "What's wrong this time?"
"What else can we do? I suspect there will be more heavy snow, but I don't know when. We also don't know if the tunnel we dug can withstand the snow."
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a rumbling sound outside, and then someone came in and shouted, "Your Highness, another building has collapsed."
"What? There's really another match?"
Just as Ji Yingying was about to organize the people to enter the makeshift tunnels to stay inside, someone else came in and said, "Your Highness, our people have rescued more than a dozen people from a nearby village in a windproof ravine."
"Okay, accept it as usual."
"yes"
"Wait, arrange for all civilians to go into the tunnels, and the soldiers should go in too, to hide for a while."
"yes"
After arranging everything, Ji Yingying started organizing again, but it was a mess. She was just going about her business haphazardly, without any plan or strategy.
It would be better to send a useful minister, the kind who knows how to win people's hearts.
Dealing with people like that is a breeze! Unlike her...
She hid in the tunnel for two days, and during those two days she was not idle. She kept discussing load-bearing walls and reinforced concrete with the Crown Prince and the squad leaders of each squad.
If she doesn't understand, then find a professional.
They did manage to come up with some ideas in two days, enough to build a new house.
The new house was built according to the blueprints provided by Ji Yingying, and it was basically a house with blue bricks and tiles.
The common people are the main force, as this is where they will live in the future. As for the army, they have already been given a break.
Occasionally, they would also arrange to help people build houses. Since it was for their own residence, everyone worked very hard, and the houses were completed in about ten days.
They were all single-story houses with small courtyards, typical of the 1960s and 70s. After the houses were built, Ji Yingying had people draw lots, with families as the unit and individuals as the unit.
Moreover, it's a one-by-one comparison; whichever house you draw is the house you get.
It cannot be exchanged, and it cannot be rejected.
Once they settled into their house, Ji Yingying taught them how to plant corn, explaining everything from how to plant it to how to grow it.
After two whole months, Youzhou City finally recovered, and she could almost call it a day and go home.
After two busy months, dealing with this and that, I'm finally done and can go home.
Do you miss home?
[I'm thinking, next up is a twenty-day holiday, haha...]
[Can the host now enjoy the show?]
What kind of melon?
[The melon that takes the place of someone who saved your life.]
Feeling like she hadn't had any gossip in a long time, Ji Yingying became interested and quickly urged it to tell her.
[Isn't there a widow in that family in room number three? She was originally the third young mistress of a wealthy landlord family in Youzhou, but the third young master didn't die.]
Why didn't he die?
[Because he fell in love with the third young mistress's younger sister, who was very cunning and took the place of the third young mistress in saving his life, thus seducing the third young master away.]
[I understand. So, next, the Third Young Master realizes he's mistaken someone for someone else, and then he relentlessly pursues the Third Young Master's wife, right?]
[Pretty much, but it's a tragic love story. It's the kind where the third young mistress doesn't want to leave at all, and the two men who can't stand living outside come back and then bully her relentlessly.]
[He even spent someone else's dowry as if it were his own money.]
[Did she have a dowry?] Ji Yingying remembered that this family had unearthed a lot of gold and donated it all. Because of her generosity, the surviving wealthy merchants also had to donate their silver.
They're capable and know how to make money!
How can someone who's so good at making money be so love-obsessed?
[Um...it's hard to say. In the end, after the third young master realized he had wronged her by saving his life, he became kinder to his wife again, and then he killed that younger sister.]
[Ugh, what a disgusting guy. I guess I won't forgive him in the end?]
【right. 】
【Ugh…】 Ji Yingying felt disgusted.
Do you find it offensive?
[Can you not mind? We women can pursue any career—business, politics, medicine, etc.—anything but our husbands. As for the reasons, I won't go into them.]
Love is beautiful, and marriage is possible, but don't lose your dignity as a woman! It's best to love yourself and not place your love on others.
Little did they know that the gossip reached the ears of the third young mistress, who promptly remarried and started a business.
"I'm going back tomorrow." The Crown Prince came in and arranged for someone to come in and pack her things. She had been away for two months, and not only was Ji Yingying busy, but the Crown Prince was also extremely busy.
He's lost weight.
"Your Highness, you've lost weight. Your Highness's wife will be worried when we get back."
"Your mother also feels sorry for you."
"No, my mother would beat me."
"You should just try not to upset your mother."
When the people of Youzhou City learned that the Crown Prince and His Highness were leaving, they all brought chickens, ducks, fish, meat, eggs, dried vegetables, and other food to the government office.
The new lord of Youzhou, the prefect, and others have all taken up their posts.
How they live their lives from now on remains to be seen.
There were too many people at the gate, so the city lord had to send someone to invite the two of them over.
Ji Yingying found it quite amusing to see so many people at the entrance.
【Oh dear, this is so embarrassing, hehe~】If you're embarrassed, don't laugh so lewdly!
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