Chapter 400: Continuously busy, the New Year is coming
"Oh!"
Putting down the letter, Shen Xiangwan curled his lips and sneered: "As the saying goes, it is better to guide than to block. Instead of relying on this method to suppress the people who are forced to resist, it is better to find a way to provide relief to the victims and win over the people's hearts. If the dog emperor still doesn't take the people seriously, even if the Binzhou uprising is completely suppressed, there will soon be other uprisings. How can he suppress them when the uprisings are everywhere?"
As our ancestors said, he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. The dog emperor and those so-called ministers in the court do not take the people seriously at all. They only know how to oppress them and are unwilling to give them anything. They have long lost all the people's hearts. It won't be long before they will suffer backlash and completely destroy the Li royal family's kingdom.
"The rebels are not pushovers. They won't be completely suppressed so easily."
Reaching out to hold her hand, Wei Chengyi curled his lips and smiled. Snow disasters once again swept across the Tianqi Kingdom. A large number of people froze to death in various places. The emperor and the court still did nothing. He had someone secretly pass these things on to the military advisor of the rebel army, asking him to publicize it widely in Binzhou. By then, the rebel army would be even more angry and their morale would be boosted, while the Binzhou army would become even more unstable. Even if the commander-in-chief was Wanqi Shan, he would not be able to easily suppress the rebel army completely under such harsh conditions.
"Um."
Shen Xiangwan exhaled deeply and changed the subject directly, "How is the construction of the city wall connecting the three counties going?"
Counting it all up, they've been building for almost two months, right? With hundreds of thousands of people working simultaneously, the pace should be pretty fast.
"Thanks to the cement you provided, the newly built city wall is extremely strong. The basic shape has been fully formed. The next step is to continue to raise it and strengthen it."
Speaking of this, Wei Chengyi couldn't help but smile even more. What they built was not just a city wall, but a real city tower. The hollow design could store a large number of soldiers, and the wall was made very thick, about one foot thick. No one could easily knock it down. When it was completely built, the border would have an unbreakable line of defense. Even if there were no large number of soldiers guarding it in the future, the Western Hu people would not be able to break in easily.
"The snowstorm this year was so severe that even if the Western Hu people were to attack again, they would probably have to wait until the snow melted a little. Otherwise, their horses wouldn't be able to run in the thick snow. So, they would most likely not attack until February or March, which would give us plenty of time to build the city wall."
The heavy snow will not only bring them inconvenience, but also hinder the invasion of the Western Hu people, giving them enough time to build the city wall. As long as the city wall is completed, they will no longer have to worry about the Western Hu people breaking in and massacring their people like they did last year. By then, the three border counties will no longer be the most dangerous counties.
"Well, we expect to have it all completed by early February at the latest."
Nodding, Wei Chengyi agreed with her. They would start building roads within Chenzhou only after the city wall was completed, which was also expected to take two to three months. By then, the first season's crops would be almost ripe, and they would have truly solved the refugee crisis.
“Are there still refugees pouring into Chenzhou?”
They have been busy with their own things recently, and Shen Xiangwan doesn't know much about these things.
“It’s much less now.”
Wei Chengyi sighed helplessly, "There have only been two to three thousand people these days, but almost all of them have caught a cold and can't work right away. We've relocated them to several villages in Daping County and sent military doctors to treat them. We'll only assign them work after they recover."
Those people were all half-naked, it would be strange if they didn't catch a cold. Moreover, almost all of them had frostbite, which was shocking to see.
"Well, I'll write down a few common prescriptions for treating colds later. Send them to the military doctors and let them use them."
Shen Xiangwan shook his head helplessly. If people hadn't been unable to survive, why would they leave their homes and rush to the border prefectures? Ultimately, it was all the fault of the damn emperor and the court. If they had paid a little more attention to the people, and used the energy they used to extort money from the people to provide relief to the victims, they wouldn't have been forced into this state of destitution.
The drought had just ended, and the snowstorm came again. The people of Tianqi Kingdom were suffering terribly. Countless people were frozen to death every day in various places. Even the emperor who did not take the people seriously was overwhelmed. In comparison, the people of Chenzhou were so happy. Under the leadership of Wei Chengyi and his wife, there were no deaths in Chenzhou regardless of the drought or the snowstorm.
Wei Chengyi left home after only a few days. There were as many as one million refugees pouring into Chenzhou. In addition, heavy snow still fell from time to time and the temperature continued to drop. He had too many things to do and it was impossible for him to sit at home peacefully. Moreover, the New Year was coming soon, and the Western Hu people would soon invade after the New Year. Before that, he had to rectify the military discipline again and sort it out personally to make sure that there were no other people's spies mixed in the army.
In mid-December, all the raw materials in the warehouse were used up and the ointment workshop was declared shut down. Shen Xiangwan personally settled everyone's wages and gave them three months' wages as a year-end bonus so that they could all have a good new year. Not long afterward, the papermaking and printing workshops also closed for the holidays. Now their printed books have been sold to several nearby state capitals, and the money they earn is slightly more than last year. After discussing with Shen Xiangwan, Zhou Changqing also gave the workers three months' extra wages as a reward.
Then they really entered hibernation mode. Including the children, they stayed at home every day. Chen Xiangwan got up later and later, and most of the time she could only make it in time for lunch. Zhao Yuping and Yun Mengyi were so distressed that they complained about her several times. When they saw that it was of no use, they could only ask the kitchen to make more stews for her to nourish herself, because they all knew that she was not sleeping in, but was studying various medicines every night to prepare for the war that would come after the new year.
"Each family will get a little, and then we can set it off together."
It was the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the Chinese New Year was about to begin. Shen Xiangwan took out a large number of fireworks and asked Yuanyue and the others to deliver them to the Yan family, the Zhou family, and the homes of the generals. When Wei Chengyi returned to the space to rest last night, he had said that Wei Chenghe and Yan Junling would come back together today, and he himself would be back later.
"good."
After agreeing, Yuan Yue Yuanying called a few servants, found a few carts, and moved all the fireworks to be distributed to everyone.
“Pah pah…”
"Hahaha···"
“Ahhh…”
“Woof woof woof!”
On the other side, the little cubs were already playing with firecrackers, and their laughter filled every corner of the house. Even the little ball, who was over seven months old and could sit on his own, was screaming with excitement. The wolf and the dog, who had become very smart, were circling around them non-stop, and they were having so much fun.
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