Two days later, they finally arrived in Le'an.
On their way to Le'an, they experienced a light snowfall.
After passing Mayi, it stopped snowing, but the weather became a little colder.
As Yun Zheng pulled Ye Zi down from the carriage, a gust of cold wind blew over.
Ye Zi, who had just gotten off the carriage, couldn't help but shiver from the cold.
Seeing this, Xin Sheng quickly took out a snow-white mink cloak and handed it over, "Madam Zi, let me help you put on the cloak! Don't freeze yourself."
"Um."
Ye Zi nodded slightly.
"Let me do it!"
Yun Zheng took the cloak from Xin Sheng and slowly helped Ye Zi put it on, then walked forward with the girls.
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Ye Zi let Yun Zheng hold her hand and looked up at the foggy sky. "It's expected to snow heavily in the next two days. Let's see if the people in Le'an have any winter supplies. If they don't have any, I'm afraid we'll have to transfer some of them from the military supply."
“That won’t work!”
Yun Zheng refused without a second thought, "Military supplies are military supplies! Soldiers are fighting outside and bleeding. Although there is no war now, it does not mean that they do not need to train. We cannot let them freeze!"
He would rather send people to Fuzhou to clean out all the cloth and garment shops than touch the military supplies.
Looking at Yun Zheng's determined look, Ye Zi and Miao Yin couldn't help but smile helplessly.
never mind!
If you don’t want to move the military supplies, then don’t move the military supplies!
Anyway, it's not the coldest yet, and Chen Bu has already ordered people to speed up the purchase of large quantities of cold-resistant supplies from inside the country.
It is estimated that a large amount of cold-resistant supplies will soon enter Shuobei.
Le'an looks very dilapidated at this moment.
Of course, looking at it from the other side, we can also say that this place is growing.
The outer city wall has been built to a height of half a meter, and the roads in the city are paved with stone slabs and cement.
The cement production in Shuobei is still very limited, so it is not realistic to directly use cement mixed with gravel to pave the road.
There are some scattered houses on both sides of the road.
The better ones are made of stone walls, the next best ones are made of rammed earth, and the next best ones are made of thatched walls.
Some houses have been built, and some are still under construction.
There were also some disaster relief tents provided by the government, but there were basically no people inside the tents.
I guess most people are busy.
Seeing this group of people, many people subconsciously stopped what they were doing and looked over curiously.
However, facing these armored and armed soldiers, no one dared to approach.
Soon, Yun Zheng saw a grain shop.
There were several yamen runners guarding the door of the grain shop.
"Are you afraid that these people will steal the food?"
Miaoyin asked Ye Zi in a low voice.
"Um."
Ye Zi nodded gently. "At the beginning, there were incidents of disaster victims looting grain stores. Later, we sent people to guard grain stores and banks, and gradually stopped this kind of thing."
"Do these disaster victims have money to buy food?" Miaoyin asked again.
“Most people should still have it.”
Ye Zi smiled and said, "There are money houses that lend money here. Even if you have nothing, everyone can borrow one or two taels of silver from the money house! You can also get wages for helping the government build roads and cities."
The reason why Le'an built roads and constructed city walls first was to provide these disaster victims with the opportunity to receive work in exchange for relief.
As long as these disaster victims are willing to work, they will not starve to death.
Just as they were looking around, a group of people came running hurriedly from a distance.
"Your humble servant, Wu Shengtai, the magistrate of Le'an County, pays respects to His Majesty and the two ladies."
Wu Shengtai, still three meters away, led the people around him to salute Yun Zheng and others.
"No need to be polite."
Yun Zheng waved his hand gently, then slowly stepped forward and stared at Wu Shengtai, "You look familiar to me!"
Wu Shengtai bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have stayed in the palace before."
“No wonder!”
Yun Zheng suddenly realized, "Since you are here, come walk around the city with us!"
"yes!"
Wu Shengtai accepted the order.
Led by Wu Shengtai, the group continued to wander around the city.
On the way, Wu Shengtai also told them about Le An's situation.
At present, there are 130,000 people in Le'an, most of whom are disaster victims from inland areas, and a very small number of people come to Le'an to do business.
Le'an currently has only one decent restaurant and a small number of inns.
The government buildings and government offices are quite well built.
The people who worked for the government received different rewards according to their labor. The daily wages were basically between three and ten cents. A small number of skilled craftsmen could get ten to twenty cents.
Le'an's biggest difficulty at the moment is the lack of cold-resistant supplies.
Wu Shengtai has written to Chen Bu several times to explain the situation. Chen Bu has also allocated some cold-resistant supplies to Le'an, but that amount is far from enough.
Seeing that the weather was getting colder day by day, Wu Shengtai became anxious.
If there are not enough cold-resistant supplies, many people here will freeze to death when the weather gets colder.
Listening to Wu Shengtai's introduction, Yun Zheng and Ye Zi couldn't help but look at each other silently.
As expected, they guessed it right.
"A large amount of cold-resistant supplies will soon arrive in Shuobei. I will ask Chen Bu to allocate them to Le'an first."
Yun Zheng gave Wu Shengtai a reassurance.
Wu Shengtai was delighted and said loudly, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Yun Zheng waved his hand and ordered, "Take us to where there are many people working."
"yes!"
Wu Shengtai said this and immediately took Yun Zheng and the others to the quarry.
The construction of Le'an requires a large amount of stone. A large number of people are quarrying, chiseling and transporting stones here. The quarry is undoubtedly the busiest place.
There were also some children who looked less than ten years old, carrying kettles and walking among the crowd, responsible for giving people water.
Yun Zheng walked over to a large pot where water was boiling and frowned instantly, "You're not going to feed people with these things, are you?"
Yun Zheng pointed at the big pot in front of him, in which something like grass roots was cooking.
“No, no!”
Wu Shengtai quickly explained, "This is boiled water for everyone. It contains herbs that can help drive away the cold."
"oh?"
Yun Zheng took another look into the pot and said, "I'm a little thirsty. Give me a bowl so I can taste it."
"this……"
Wu Shengtai opened his mouth slightly, looking embarrassed.
Yun Zheng noticed Wu Shengtai's strangeness and asked, "Why, I can't drink this?"
“No, no.”
Wu Shengtai shook his head quickly, "Your Highness, although the water boiled with this herb can drive away the cold, it will make people feel very uncomfortable..."
Feeling uncomfortable?
Yun Zheng became even more curious.
"Now that you say so, I really want to try it and see how uncomfortable it is."
Yun Zheng said this and winked at Chen Kuan beside him.
"Your Highness, let me have a taste first!"
Shen Kuan said alertly.
No one knows whether the water is poisonous or not, so we should be cautious.
"Okay!"
Yun Zheng nodded and said nothing more.
Chen Kuan immediately scooped up half a bowl of steaming hot herbal water, blew it to cool it down a little, and poured it into his mouth.
As soon as he took a sip of water, Shen Kuan felt something was wrong.
The next moment, Shen Kuan suddenly drew his sword and put it on Wu Shengtai's neck, shouting murderously: "How dare you! How dare you murder His Highness! Come, arrest all the people who made the herbal water!"
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