Chapter 374 Fireplace, space upgraded again
The walkie-talkie was very popular with everyone, not only the family, but also the branch family, the Yan family, the generals' families, and the guards all asked Shen Xiangwan for one. In addition, when Wei Chengyi sent someone to install a relay station and deliver the walkie-talkie to Yan Junling and others, Shen Xiangwan also asked him to give one to Mu Yunran as well. Within a few days, the family was able to communicate with her.
Time passed slowly, and more and more refugees poured into Chenzhou. The remaining officials in the city once again demanded to close the city gates and refuse refugees entry. This move undoubtedly angered Wei Chengyi. On the same day, he ordered the army through the intercom to assist the imperial envoy in arresting all the remaining officials and sentenced them to death based on the crimes currently collected.
After dealing with them, Xie Yanzhi carried out drastic reforms to the government office and gathered the refugees who were driven to Chenzhou. He settled them in the villages that had been massacred by the Western Hu people. He also distributed food and potato seeds to them, found water sources for them, and helped them plant potatoes as soon as possible. The refugees never dreamed that they would arrive at the border state capital in a daze, not only would they no longer be hungry, but they would also have houses and land. Everyone excitedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed in the direction of the state capital, thanking the prefect for saving their lives.
"They are all growing well. Those who planted them first will be able to harvest them in late August or early September."
That day, Shen Xiangwan and Wei Chengyi went to the fields together. The couple squatted down to check the growth of the sweet potato seedlings. This year, only Datong County had planted two crops of high-yield crops in a row, and the drought had caused panic among the people. Next year, if all counties planted two crops of high-yield crops in a unified manner, they would have more than enough food to overflow.
"There's also a snowstorm this year, but as long as there's enough food, the people should be able to get through it safely."
Stepping forward and holding her hand again, Wei Chengyi lowered his voice and said that he had people all over the country and in the countries outside the Great Wall to purchase large quantities of cotton. He must ensure that all 400,000 soldiers have cotton clothes to wear and quilts to cover themselves with before winter comes. As for the people, after the second season of grain harvest, he will also let the government notify them to renovate their houses and store enough firewood.
"Speaking of snowstorms, I have a good idea for staying warm."
The snow disaster in the second half of the year was also nationwide. Even Chenzhou, which rarely snowed, was not spared. According to the original book, many people would freeze to death this winter. They could not protect the people all over the world, but they had to at least ensure that the people in Chenzhou would not be frozen to death.
"What method?"
Wei Chengyi's eyes lit up and he immediately became interested. As long as he could protect the people, he was willing to try any method.
"Charcoal."
Pei Ji did not keep the secret and moved his lips to utter two words.
"Charcoal?"
Raising an eyebrow, Wei Chengyi was still a little confused. He knew that black charcoal was very useful. They mined a lot of black charcoal last year, including smokeless charcoal. However, most of the charcoal was toxic after burning. There was very little smokeless charcoal, and it was completely unable to replace firewood for people to keep warm.
"Um."
Nodding, Pei Ji continued, "Black charcoal burns longer than charcoal. We can increase our mining efforts and distribute it free of charge to the people in each village for heating in winter."
"But most of the black smoke produced by burning charcoal is toxic."
"Just don't let the black smoke get into the house, okay?"
Pulling him down to squat, Shen Xiangwan picked up a branch and drew a simple fireplace on the ground: "This way, the black smoke will run out through the flue, and there will be no more tragedy of poisoning. The smokeless charcoal can be directly placed in the brazier for heating, and can be sold to those wealthy families."
It is not a difficult thing to build a simple fireplace at home. After the people harvest the grain, they will have more money in their hands. At that time, the government will issue an official document saying that the Imperial Astronomical Observatory has predicted a snow disaster this winter, and ask everyone to build a fireplace at home. The government will distribute charcoal for free, and the people should respond actively. As for those who don't believe it, they will naturally believe it when the snow disaster really comes.
Of course, they could also build a kang like in the north, but the winter in Chenzhou is not particularly cold, and snow disasters like this year's are rare in a century. There is really no need to waste it. Building a simple fireplace is much easier than building a kang.
"Well, I need to discuss this with Jun Ling and the others."
Mining charcoal is not an easy job. If they increase the efforts, they will have to hire more people. The expense is not a small amount. Currently, their income and expenditure are managed by Yan Junling. He wants to ask him if he can spare the money. In order to purchase cotton clothes and quilts for 400,000 soldiers, they almost emptied their capital and asked their wives for one million taels of silver. Their money is not so flexible.
"Take your time, there are still a few months to go."
Shen Xiangwan also knew their difficulties and was thinking about giving him some money after returning. Her wine had been selling very well in the past few months and she had made a lot of money. When her senior sister went back, she also asked her to take away a million taels of silver notes. The court was not helpful and the military pay was given very stingily. It was not easy for Chu Liang and others to support more than 200,000 people.
As the calendar entered August, Shen Xiangwan's research finally made a breakthrough. She extracted active molecules from the spiritual well water and several medicines. The injections made with them could revitalize broken bones and blood vessels, achieving the effect of rapid healing and repair. Just as she was about to make further improvements, she was ejected from the space.
“···”
Shen Xiangwan, who was still holding the test tube in her hand, was completely bewildered. After a long while, she held her forehead in her hand speechlessly. This was not the first time she had encountered such a situation. Her previous experience told her that this was the time when the space was about to be upgraded. If she closed her eyes and felt it carefully, she could clearly feel the fluctuation of her mental power. Before crossing over, she had just broken through to level eight. Last year, she had only been able to reach level nine through continuous free purchases. After a year, she was finally going to break through to level ten.
"Um?"
Sensing something strange, Shen Xiangwan casually placed the test tube on the dressing table and removed her medical rubber gloves. The next second, a transparent ball of water hovered above her palm. "Level five? Can upgrading the space also lead to an upgrade in water-based abilities?"
"puff!"
Just as she was wondering, the water ball shrank rapidly, becoming two times smaller in size. However, the power contained within it became even more refined, and it actually jumped to level six again. Shen Xiangwan was stunned to the extreme. She had never heard of one ability being promoted and another ability being promoted as well. No, to be precise, no one could have two abilities that needed to be promoted at the same time.
Everyone will awaken primary superpowers after being injected with the primary gene potion. Only when the primary superpower is upgraded to the maximum level, that is, level ten, can they be injected with the intermediate gene potion to awaken the second level of superpowers. Therefore, even if one has multiple superpowers in one person, it is impossible for two or more superpowers to all need to be upgraded.
She was undoubtedly an outsider, and the current situation had already touched upon her blind spots in knowledge.
[End of this chapter]
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