Chapter 88 Snow Disaster
"It's even more different now. The roads in our Yanquan County are now easier to travel on." Another boss said, "People are starving to death everywhere now, but in our Yanquan County, there are no beggars!"
There are no beggars! What an incredible thing!
Because all the beggars were packed up and taken away by Lu Chenyang and went to work. Lu Chenyang would not allow any idle people to exist in Yanquan County!
The world is in a bad state, and people from all over the country are displaced. It is good enough if they can barely make ends meet, but Yanquan County is like a paradise.
What is there? Nothing. As we all know, places with water are richer because they can be used to ship goods and have convenient transportation.
But what specialties does Yanquan County have? Just some mushrooms. How could a wealthy businessman get rich selling mushrooms?
But Lu Chenyang fought his way out of the medicinal herbs, finished medicines, and mushrooms, and supported the entire Yanquan County.
What if Lu Chenyang was in those wealthy areas? As long as there was a canal, how much wealth could Lu Chenyang create?
No one dares to think about it.
Lu Chenyang walked in and saw that everyone had arrived. He smiled and bowed, "It's me who's late. I apologize to you all."
Everyone immediately stood up and said they dared not to, "Your Excellency is busy working for the livelihood of the people in Yanquan County. It is only right that I wait a little longer."
Ah, he is really good at flattering.
Lu Chenyang smiled and said, "The people of Yanquan County have been doing well this year, and this is all thanks to everyone's support. This first glass of wine is in honor of everyone."
Everyone was flattered and quickly picked up their glasses and drank the wine with Lu Chenyang.
Lu Chenyang breathed a sigh of relief and drank his wine, so he had to help him.
Lu Chenyang has been living a tight life for the past three months, but this time he was willing to treat them to a drink.
Lu Chenyang's true colors soon emerged. "As you can see, our Yanquan County is getting better and better, and more and more children are going to school. However, there is still no bookstore in the city. You all have connections, so I wonder if you could introduce us to one or two. You all know my character. As long as a bookstore is willing to come, I promise that I will treat them well!"
With more and more people reading in Yanquan County, the demand for paper is huge. Previously, there were no bookstores in Yanquan County, so people had to go to Sanyang County to buy books.
Now Lu Chenyang wants to build his own bookstore, which is not easy, so Lu Chenyang plans to cooperate with merchants.
This was not a big deal. Everyone agreed to go back and ask their acquaintances to help contact them. Lu Chenyang was very happy.
As a result, everyone, both the host and the guests, enjoyed the meal to their heart's content.
After finishing his meal, Lu Chenyang walked slowly towards the county government office.
The weather is cold, and the streets are full of people busy reinforcing houses. These are people hired by the government and paid by the government.
The streets are no longer deserted. With more people now living in Yanquan County, many have started small businesses. For example, a snack shop might set up a stall with a few tables and chairs, and a skillful woman could make a bowl of noodle soup and sell it quite well.
The most important thing is that every household is now well-off.
Lu Chenyang asked everyone to grow medicinal herbs, and the government would come to purchase them as soon as the harvest was ready and pay them on the spot. So after a year, everyone found that they had surplus in their pockets.
Lord Lu said that they will continue to purchase medicinal herbs next year, and the quantity needed will be even greater, so everyone has to continue planting them and earn more money.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon. There are people selling candy figures, and scholars setting up stalls to help people write the word "Fu".
There were children running around on the street, reciting the Three Character Classic as they ran. Lu Chenyang was surprised. Are all the children in Yanquan County so hardworking?
"When a person is born, he is hungry by nature. If you don't teach me, I will come and call..."
Lu Chenyang's face darkened when he heard this.
Ah, this naughty kid really deserves a beating.
Lu Chenyang walked back to the county government office and couldn't help frowning. He always felt that this winter seemed to be a little colder than last year.
Last year, some locals said that this winter seemed to be particularly cold, with several heavy snowfalls, which resulted in several people freezing to death.
Lu Chenyang called Li Dajun over and said, "I'll have to work hard on you guys during the Spring Festival. You'll have to take turns on patrol duty. I'll also have the garrison help. It's too cold this winter, so don't let anything get into trouble."
Li Dajun nodded heavily. This year during the Chinese New Year, Lu Chenyang gave them red envelopes, each of which contained five taels of silver.
Although the silver was not too much, they all knew that it was the best Lu Chenyang could give them so far.
Watching your hometown get better and better is addictive.
No one complained, everyone agreed immediately and did it with great enthusiasm.
Lu Chenyang had a very happy Spring Festival this year. It was the same people who sat together and had a lively meal.
Halfway through the banquet, Yan Xing glanced at Lu Chenyang. Lu Chenyang understood and immediately followed him out.
The two men walked out. Last year, Yan Xing found a flower maker in the army to perform his art for Lu Chenyang.
This year, when he walked to the backyard, Yan Xing secretly took out a red lantern.
The lantern was very beautiful, with a handsome man painted on the outside. Lu Chenyang's eyes lit up, "Is it me?"
Yan Xing nodded and handed him the lantern.
"Lord Lu, thank you for your hard work this year. This is for you. I wish you a smooth and fulfilling new year." Yan Xing said in a gentle voice.
Lu Chenyang said, "I'm so sorry, I didn't prepare anything for you." But his hand had already reached out and took the lantern.
Seeing how cute he was, Yan Xing curled the corners of his lips.
The fiery red lanterns reflected his gentle and handsome face, and Yan Xing was a little embarrassed for a moment.
If you ask him, Lu Chenyang is good in every way, except that he is a little too handsome.
Lu Chenyang smiled brightly, "Thank you, I like it very much."
Yan Xing curled the corners of his lips and said, "If you like it, I will prepare it for you every year in the future."
Every year, this promise seems a bit heavy, but he said it lightly, as if he didn't care.
Lu Chenyang's heart moved, but he just thought it was a promise he made casually, so he smiled and nodded.
"good."
Lu Chenyang lowered his head and looked at the lantern in his hand with gentle eyes. The red light seemed to warm this cold night.
The blessings are beautiful, but the reality is cruel, and this winter is destined to be turbulent.
Because this winter, most parts of Lingnan suffered snow disasters.
At first it was just a little bit heavier, but the heavy snow continued for five days, and the snow that was as tall as a person still shocked everyone.
Yanquan County is very cold in winter because it is surrounded by mountains and is located in the mountains, so the sunlight cannot enter. But in fact, it rarely snows here, and even if it does, it is not heavy.
This is almost the heaviest snowfall in Yanquan County's history. Many elderly people said that they have never seen such heavy snow in all their lives.
Lu Chenyang responded quickly, reinforcing the house and clearing the snow.
Lu Chenyang transferred all the garrison troops into the city to help with snow removal, and they also had to patrol every day, checking every household to see if there were any people suffering from the cold.
Although it was snowing heavily and the weather was very cold, everything was still in order and there was no chaos at all because of Lu Chenyang.
If we were to go to another place, I'm afraid that food prices would skyrocket, and the prices of charcoal fires and cotton clothes for heating would also increase, but that is not the case in Yanquan County.
They dare not.
But, the people in other places don’t have Lu Chenyang.
During this Spring Festival alone, before the end of the first lunar month, more than 30 counties in Lingnan were affected by the disaster, and the number of people who died due to heavy snow exceeded 3,000.
Lu Chenyang felt extremely heavy-hearted when he received the news because the number was still increasing.
Until now, many people have not received proper resettlement and may lose their lives at any time.
Lu Chenyang was very worried about this, but he was only the county magistrate of Yanquan County and had no jurisdiction over other counties.
Several counties were affected by the disaster, even Sanyang County was not spared, so Deng Mingbo came to Lu Chenyang for help again.
This time Deng Mingbo came in person.
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