The Protector of the Country and his entourage arrived at their destination one after another and saw that the people were suffering and had no hope of overcoming the plague.
He also saw many people wandering the streets, looking pale and thin, starving. He was furious and immediately arrested the officials who had done nothing and put them in jail, awaiting the court's decision.
People were immediately sent to distribute porridge and boiled herbs for patients suffering from the plague to take.
Under their governance, the plague was brought under control and the people smiled with hope.
Li Yun returned to Dongnan Town and went directly back to the quarantine area.
With everyone's efforts, the Jin Dynasty brought the epidemic under control.
After a month of treatment, many places had been cured of the plague.
The plague in the capital was also brought under control, and the King of Jin ordered the city gates to be opened so that people could enter and exit freely.
The rain stopped, and the people and animals who died in the heavy rain were carried together and burned.
At the beginning, many relatives of the deceased opposed it and refused to cremate the bodies, saying that it was disrespectful to the deceased.
After experiencing the plague, they also knew that if the bodies were not burned, the plague would spread again, and they and their surviving relatives might die.
They don't want to experience life and death again, nor do they want to lose their loved ones again.
Finally, they agreed to burn the body to let the deceased relatives rest in peace.
As the days passed, the plague was completely under control, and the people of the Jin Dynasty began to have hope for life.
It is winter now and the New Year is approaching.
After the heavy rain, the temperature became lower and lower, and frost and snow appeared in some places. This was undoubtedly a fatal blow to the Jin Dynasty.
"Yun'er, the weather is getting colder and colder, and the floods have destroyed many houses. What should the people do?" The emperor asked Li Yun anxiously while sitting on a chair, his eyes full of worry for the people.
"Father, the most urgent task is to help the people rebuild their homes.
I am willing to donate 100,000 taels of gold to help the people build their homes, and I am also willing to donate food to help them survive the winter." Li Yun said.
"Yun'er is so righteous. I thank Yun'er on behalf of the people!" The emperor said excitedly while holding Li Yun's hand.
"As a descendant of the Great Jin, this is what I should do.
"Father, the rain has stopped and the plague is under control. It's time for us to return to the capital." Li Yun said to the emperor, looking at the gray sky outside.
“I’ve been away from the palace for too long, it’s time to go back and clean up the mess.
"After the New Year, I will come to live in Qingshan Village again. The Empress and Mother like this place very much." said the Emperor.
“Okay, we’ll go back in three days.
From now on, Your Majesty can come whenever he wants." Li Yun assured.
"Yun'er, rebuilding the homes of the people is a big deal. Have you thought of a solution?" The emperor asked Li Yun.
"Father, I want to set up a construction team, and they will mainly help the people build houses." Li Yun said after thinking for a while.
"Construction Team, what a novel name, what did Yun'er think?
To set up a construction team, we need a lot of masons. Where can Yun'er find them? "The emperor was attracted by Li Yun's fresh idea.
"This is not important. What is important is that the members of the construction team only need to be responsible for building the more important places, and the villagers can help with the rest. In this way, we can save manpower in the construction team and allow the villagers to earn some living expenses. What do you think, Your Majesty?" Li Yun told his plan.
"Great! Yun'er's idea is really great.
However, even if the people have houses to live in, they cannot withstand the cold winter. "Although the emperor was happy that the people had new houses to live in, ordinary people could not withstand the cold at all without thick cotton-padded jackets.
"Cotton coats and cotton pants will be available soon.
"Besides, the house I built is warm inside. As long as you don't go out, you won't freeze to death." Li Yun said mysteriously.
"What kind of house is it? Yun'er, tell me about it quickly?" The emperor asked curiously, looking at Li Yun with anticipation.
"Well, let me keep you in suspense for now. Your Majesty will soon know what kind of house it is." Li Yun did not give the answer, but kept the emperor in suspense.
"Since Yun'er wants to give me a surprise, I agree!" said the emperor with a smile.
"Thank you, father!" said Li Yun.
Li Yun drew the floor heating in Northeast China in his previous life and gave it to the construction team, asking them to build houses for the people with floor heating.
The floor heating designed by Li Yun is a combination of a fire pit and a fire wall. As long as you burn fire at the entrance of the pit on the wall, heat will be emitted from the wall inside, making the room warm.
A large pit was dug under the bed, which led directly to the fire wall. As long as firewood was burned at night, the bed would be warm. People no longer had to worry about being cold when sleeping at night, and they no longer had to worry about freezing to death throughout the winter.
The next day, Li Yun gathered villagers from the surrounding villages who knew how to be bricklayers and joined the construction team to teach them how to build the house as shown in the blueprint.
It took a whole day of explaining and demonstrating to finally teach the villagers.
Li Yun asked them to form a team of two, responsible for a village, and then hire villagers as laborers to help the villagers who lost their homes build this kind of house. She paid all the labor and expenses.
Li Yun gave a copy of the blueprint to Ma Youcai and asked him to gather the people who were bricklayers in Qingshan County to come to the county government office. She wanted to personally teach them how to build floor heating.
Soon more than 200 bricklayers were gathered, and Li Yun patiently explained and demonstrated to them until they learned it.
And they were given the task of working in groups of two to go to the village below and build houses for the villagers.
Li Yun told Ma Youcai that if those officials or wealthy families also wanted to build such a house, they could give him 10,000 taels of silver, and use the silver as funds to help the people rebuild their homes.
Qingshan County is bustling with activity: villagers in every village are busy working to help those who have no houses build new ones.
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