How is it possible that someone can tell time by the hour? It's impossible, absolutely impossible.

However, facts soon told Nalan Mingyue that she was wrong, and Li Xiuzhu proved himself again with his performance from morning to night.

“Damn it, bastard, how could someone take so long…”

This was what Nalan Mingyue was thinking before he fell asleep for the third time.

Li Xiuzhu did not rest at Nalan Mingyue's place. Firstly, it was unsafe. This girl had always wanted to kill him, and he really couldn't give her the chance.

Secondly, I don’t feel tired at all. With the Su Nu Jing as a base, I feel really refreshed.

As it was getting dark, Li Xiuzhu returned home.

The snow stopped today. Walking on the road, Li Xiuzhu looked at the snow on the roof and sighed.

Not to mention other places, even in the capital, with such heavy snow, there must be a lot of places affected.

Not every roof can withstand such a thick layer of snow.

Now that the snow has stopped, the people who have suffered from the disaster should soon gather in the capital.

Fortunately, he had prepared a lot of food beforehand. Although he did not anticipate the Little Ice River, he was still well prepared because he had to adopt orphans and women from the suburbs.

As soon as Li Xiuzhu got home, he heard Du Sanniang, who was now the housekeeper, say, "My Lord, you are finally back. Prime Minister Fu sent someone to look for you at noon and urged you three times."

"Um, my father-in-law?"

Li Xiuzhu was stunned, as if he did not expect that his father-in-law Fu Wenhan would send someone to call him, and urged him three times, obviously there was something urgent.

Li Xiuzhu rarely faces unexpected things, but this was obviously one of them.

"But what did you say?"

Upon hearing this, Du Sanniang rolled her eyes at Li Xiuzhu, which was rare.

However, this is also because Du Sanniang and Li Xiuzhu have a close relationship, and she knows that Li Xiuzhu is a kind person who is not fussy about trivial matters.

"Minister Fu is looking for us so urgently, it must be something serious, how could he possibly tell us?"

"Prime Minister Fu asked you to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion when you return."

"It's been just half an hour since the last time you came to urge me. My Lord, please go and take a look."

Li Xiuzhu nodded and asked, "Have you heard anything new outside today?"

Du Sanniang rolled her eyes at Li Xiuzhu again.

"I haven't been out of the house since I entered the mansion, how do I know if there is anything new?"

"Maybe Cui Niang, who is in charge of purchasing, might know. Should we call her over to ask her?"

Li Xiuzhu was silent for a moment after hearing this and shook his head.

"never mind."

Li Xiuzhu turned around and walked out of the Marquis' Mansion again.

Instead of making wild guesses, it’s better to go and listen.

It only takes a cup of tea to get from the Marquis's residence to the Prime Minister's residence, and there is no need to go through the trouble of harnessing a carriage.

Li Xiuzhu thought as he walked, but when he reached the gate of the Marquis' Mansion he still hadn't figured out what was going on.

"My Lord, you are here. The master is waiting for you in the study."

"Um!"

The housekeeper led Li Xiuzhu to Fu Wenhan's study, knocked on the door, and then said to the inside: "Master, the Marquis is here."

"Come in."

Old Ma pushed open the door, stopped outside, and closed the door again after Li Xiuzhu went in.

A detail of the piece.

When Li Xiuzhu walked in, Fu Wenhan had already put down his brush and left the desk.

"Father-in-law, I don't know what you are so anxious about."

Hearing this, Fu Wenhan said in a very unhappy mood: "You are really busy. You don't come home all day."

Li Xiuzhu paused, then smiled brightly.

"Before I left, I didn't expect to be away for so long, nor did I think about where I would go."

Fu Wenhan just complained a little and nodded when he heard it, and that was it.

"I came to you today because I want to ask you what you think."

"Please speak, father-in-law." Li Xiuzhu's expression became much more serious. He was very curious about what Fu Wenhan wanted to talk to him about so urgently.

"Please sit down first."

As soon as the two of them sat down, there was a knock on the study door, followed by the voice of Manager Ma.

"Master, the tea is ready."

"Well, bring it in."

Steward Ma did not come in. Instead, a maid came in, poured tea and left.

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Fu Wenhan took a sip of tea and then said to Li Xiuzhu: "Today's morning court, clerks from all over the country have arrived one after another."

"The snow this year is particularly heavy, and disasters have occurred everywhere."

"The south is relatively better, but the north, especially the villages, has been hit particularly hard."

"It can be said that three out of ten houses were crushed. I want to ask if you have any way to help these victims?"

Li Xiuzhu was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that Fu Wenhan was talking about this. He was thinking about it before he came back.

Li Xiuzhu smiled bitterly and said, "My father-in-law thinks too highly of me. This is a disaster year for half of the Great Zhou. I..."

Fu Wenhan interrupted and said, "Don't talk about those nonsense, tell me the solution."

Good man, you think I can do anything? And it's a hard and fast arrangement, right?

But thinking about the people who were affected by the disaster, Li Xiuzhu thought for a moment and then said, "I do have two ideas, but they are difficult to implement."

Fu Wenhan frowned slightly.

"If you have any ideas, just speak up. Whether they can be implemented depends on me and Your Majesty."

Li Xiuzhu heard this and said, "The most important thing for the victims is the relief grain. The snow disaster is better than other things in that it will not affect the inventory of relief grain in the warehouses."

"But the main problem with snowstorms being more severe than others is that post-disaster reconstruction is difficult."

"The hardness of the frozen soil and the difficulty in cutting down trees are major challenges in rebuilding homes after the disaster."

“So my advice is, rent a house!”

Fu Wenhan was stunned. He didn't expect to hear the idea of ​​renting a house.

"Rent a house?"

Li Xiuzhu nodded and continued, "I checked the situation in the city today. Most of the houses and inns in the city are fine. I didn't check the civilian area, but if there is any damage, it must be there."

"So what's the difference between the houses in the civilian area and the ones we live in?"

“The difference is that some of the houses have thin roofs.”

"Except for some lazy people or those with mobility problems, most people will clear snow off their roofs to prevent them from collapsing."

“That’s why three out of ten houses were destroyed during the snowstorm.”

"If that's the case, it means that many families should still have relatively intact houses. Then we can ask the government to register and let the owners of intact houses rent out the extra rooms to the victims."

"Of course we can't live here for free. If we do that, we'll be taking advantage of others and spending their money generously, and the people will lose their trust."

“So we have to set the rent to balance the owner’s mentality.”

"Spring is coming in three months. It will be much easier to fell trees in the spring. By then, we can repair the roofs and most of the houses will be habitable."

"As for the rent, it's three to five copper coins a day. If you use something from someone else's house, you need to compensate them according to the price. The deadline is the autumn harvest."

"This must be guaranteed by the government, and it also means that if the victims of the autumn harvest cannot pay, the government will have to pay for this part of the money."

(End of this chapter)