Because the house was very warm and dry with the stove lit, people drank more water. It was impossible not to light the stove because the weather was too cold, which created a vicious cycle.
Luo Sheng didn't know what the Northeast was, so he reached out and pulled her into the house and closed the door: "Don't stand in the cold wind at the door, or you'll catch a cold and have to drink that bitter medicine again."
Xiao Yunying sat down at the table: "In the past two days, several more families' sheds and houses have collapsed under the weight of the snow. Fortunately, the first thing I did when I had money was to build a new house. Otherwise, our old wooden house would have been the first to collapse."
Even if it wasn't crushed, the drafty walls would freeze people to death.
"I made you suffer back then."
"That's not what I meant, don't take it to heart. I just thought about myself and was just making a casual remark... Let's not talk about this anymore, I'm going to draw a few more pictures."
Luo Yong noticed that she had been drawing a booklet lately: "Why are you drawing so many pictures and binding them into a booklet? Are you planning to publish a book?"
Xiao Yunying skillfully ground ink in the inkstone by circling the ink stick: "Publishing a book only costs a few dollars, but each of these sample drawings can bring me a lot of wealth. I'm just staying at home with nothing to do, so I'm drawing the drawings in advance. Otherwise, I'd just be idling around anyway."
It's windy and snowing outside, so I can't go out at all. I have to find something to do to pass the time so I'm not so bored.
She chatted with Luo Sheng about the soldiers: "Have you solved the problem of supplies for the soldiers at the border that you mentioned some time ago?"
Luo Yong leaned against the wall and said, "It's resolved. We can't let them interfere in this matter. His Majesty has already imprisoned all those involved and exchanged the money and valuables from the confiscation of their property for supplies, which have been sent there."
Xiao Yunying admired the emperor quite a bit; despite his frail health, he was still able to act so decisively and suppress those various ill-intentioned forces.
The key point is that he was indeed a good emperor, wholeheartedly devoted to the country and its people; it's just a pity that good people don't live long.
Xiao Yunying pursed her lips: "I don't know what those people are thinking. The border has only been stabilized thanks to you. Instead of treating the soldiers guarding the border well, they're thinking of embezzling military pay. Aren't they out of their minds?"
If this chills the hearts of the soldiers, then when the enemy attacks again, whether they are "willing but unable" or "open the city gates to meet the enemy in a fit of anger," it will not be a good thing for those high-ranking officials in the capital who are used to a life of ease.
"People who are capable of doing such things, how can they care about the lives of others, let alone have any humanity?"
Xiao Yunying added disdainfully, "Not only are they inhuman, they've lost their brains too."
She couldn't understand how someone who only saw immediate gains and didn't consider the long-term future could climb to such a high position.
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