Upon hearing this, Zhao Wenxiang frowned unhappily and then glared at Zhao Hao fiercely.
"You bastard, are you allowed to ask these questions?"
"Get out of here right now!"
"I'll settle the score with you after I'm done with this busy period!"
Zhao Hao was immediately shocked. He thought they were going to settle the account for movable type printing.
"Father, I invented the printing technology in order to force the noble families to bow to His Majesty."
"If it weren't for this, would you have money to provide relief to the victims now?"
"I have made such great contributions that His Majesty has said that my contributions will be remembered for generations to come. If you still want to settle accounts with me, be careful or I will tell His Majesty!"
"Let His Majesty dismiss you from office!"
If Zhao Hao dared to say this at any other time, Zhao Wenxiang would have stood up and taken action long ago.
But now, he was really too tired.
Taking a deep breath, Zhao Wenxiang said, "Go home quickly if you have nothing to do. I don't have time to deal with you!"
Zhao Hao said, "Dad, I want to help you think of a solution. You are like headless flies now. How many more victims will die?"
Zhao Wenxiang's eyes flashed.
"Okay, then tell me, what good ideas do you have?"
Zhao Hao asked: "Let me first hear about your current relief methods."
Zhao Wenxiang said: "At present, we are setting up a resettlement site for disaster victims in the outer city, and then distributing porridge to them."
"This way, we can solve the problem of food for the disaster victims."
"In addition, the court is still purchasing cloth."
"Let the victims wear warm clothes as soon as possible and try to prevent them from freezing to death."
"If we solve these two problems, most of the disaster relief work will be solved."
"No matter what, as long as we persevere through this winter and wait until the weather warms up, everything will be better."
Zhao Hao nodded slightly, then frowned again.
"that's all?"
"No more?"
Zhao Wenxiang had a gloomy face.
"What else?"
"what else?"
"Are you talking about the heating issue?"
“Don’t think about it!”
"We have made a comprehensive estimate, taking into account the number of disaster victims that will be needed later."
"The total number of disaster victims is at least 120,000 to 130,000."
“With this number of disaster victims, it’s simply impossible to do that.”
"Do you think you're the only smart kid?"
“Can you think of these questions?”
Zhao Wenxiang said this and glared at Zhao Hao fiercely again.
Zhao Hao said, "Don't tell me, I really have a way to solve this heating problem."
"Dad, I'm afraid you know that if we just give porridge to the victims, we can buy some cloth to distribute to them."
"It actually doesn't do anything at all!"
“Especially buying fabric to distribute.”
"Not only does it cost a lot of money, but it also gets twice the result with half the effort."
Without cotton, cloth alone is not enough to keep out the cold.
This approach can only be said to be better than nothing, and is not even as practical as giving each disaster victim a cart of straw.
Besides, how much cloth can be given to each disaster victim?
With just a single layer of clothing, in this weather temperature, you will end up freezing to death.
Zhao Wenxiang certainly knew all this, but there was nothing anyone could do.
He looked at Zhao Hao thoughtfully: "So, you have a solution to the problem?"
Zhao Hao said, "I just have an idea, but whether it will work or not, I'll tell you and you can judge for yourself!"
Zhao Wenxiang nodded immediately and said, "Okay, tell me about it."
Zhao Hao said: "There are still many old and dilapidated houses in the outer city."
"Now that most of the disaster victims have gathered, the court has also chosen to open places to make porridge in the outer city."
“That’s what makes the outer city overcrowded.”
"If we want to resettle these disaster victims, can we use the large manors around the Imperial Capital?"
"For example, the three imperial estates that His Majesty has bestowed upon me."
"Each of our villages has tens of thousands of people, and each village can accommodate some people."
"Not to mention food and drink, just living space, each village can accommodate several thousand people, which shouldn't be a problem."
"Even if there are no ready-made houses, we can quickly build one by mobilizing all the people in the village."
"Dad, I did a simple calculation. My three farms alone can accommodate at least 10,000 people."
"If all the manors around the Imperial Capital were put to use, wouldn't these hundreds of thousands of disaster victims be like a handful of dirt being scattered on a pile of dirt?"
Except for the north, almost all the farms within a hundred miles around the imperial capital belong to the royal family and other major families.
"Now all the major noble families have taken action."
"Let them take the disaster victims to their respective families' farms for resettlement. This shouldn't be a big problem, right?"
"Besides, most of them are imperial estates, so that's even less of a problem."
"After they are settled, the court will distribute food and, if possible, purchase coal and charcoal."
"In this way, although the situation is not too good, it is still very likely that the victims will survive this winter!"
After hearing what Zhao Hao said, Zhao Wenxiang's eyes flickered repeatedly, and even the fatigue in his body dissipated a lot.
He did not express his opinion directly, but lowered his head and carefully thought about the feasibility of Zhao Hao's methods.
After a long time, he took a deep breath and looked up at Zhao Hao.
"Yes, your method is troublesome and complicated, but it is indeed feasible."
"You go back first. Dad wants to perfect this method."
Hearing his father say this, Zhao Hao smiled slightly, then nodded, turned and walked out.
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