Chapter 939 Let Go and Do It
After leaving the Shen family, Zheng Shicheng was full of energy and wanted to fly back to the government office immediately to issue a notice.
Before leaving, he took Liang Cheng's hand and said, "General, Ezhou's safety this winter is in your hands! Sixth Miss is right. All our plans now are based on the premise that there will be no war."
"Just go ahead and do it, I know what I'm doing!" Liang Cheng patted his shoulder with full confidence.
Intelligence was reported a few days ago that the temperature in the imperial court and the six northwestern states had begun to drop sharply half a month ago. Everyone could foresee that this winter would be difficult.
Ezhou’s external enemies are nothing more than the tribes outside the Great Wall, the Jun tribe, the imperial army, and the Zhao Wang army.
The first two were destroyed by the Hubei Northern Army and will not cause any trouble in the short term. The last two have already launched several wars this year and have definitely suffered a lot of internal friction. Unless they are a tyrant, they will definitely not mobilize troops again this winter.
Of course, Sheng Zhan did look a bit like a tyrant, and Liang Cheng had to focus on guarding against only the imperial army.
But Sheng Ze is there. As long as Sheng Ze is there, they can find a way to let Prince Zhao contain the imperial court. Even if Prince Zhao responds passively and allows the imperial army to attack, the Hubei Northern Army can take advantage of the situation.
In short, after Liang Cheng's multi-faceted analysis of the security issue, he can basically confirm that there will be no war in the entire Ezhou at least before the beginning of spring.
And after the beginning of spring, isn't it time for spring plowing? Unless Sheng Zhan and King Zhao want to shake the foundation of the country, it is impossible for them to cause trouble during the spring plowing.
After the spring plowing, haha, their high-yield crops in Ezhou have already been harvested! Who is afraid of war?
After they left, Shen Qingqian gathered the people from Huanxiyuan and Wu Laoliu's courtyard that night and explained in detail the winter plan.
"What Miss Six means is that this winter, we should grow crops at home."
"Are you stupid? The Sixth Miss also said that we should dig the ground and build a shed as soon as possible. It doesn't matter what kind of shed it is, as long as the ground is dug, it's better than doing nothing!"
"Yes! And we can't sit idle at home. Since the general said that we have enough coal for the winter, wouldn't it be perfect to grow something in the warm house?"
“So that’s how it is.”
Everyone had a heated discussion. Because of last year's experience of growing vegetables in the small valley, they were not worried at all about how to grow food in the winter.
At this time, someone asked weakly, "Sixth Miss, it's easy to say that we can grow vegetables at home, but how do we do it?"
There was almost no precedent before, and many people are still confused about this.
Shen Qingqian pushed Xiao who was beside her and said, "Second sister-in-law, you came up with the idea, so you tell me."
Xiao's heart tightened, but when she saw Shen Qingqian looking at her with a smile, she mustered up the courage to speak again, "On the way here, I found a lot of grass and shrubs growing particularly well in the mountains. They all grew on the muddy ground covered with dead branches and rotten leaves."
Previously, Shen Qingqian had built a fence in the Shen family's yard to plant some green onions and the like. After Xiao came, whenever she went out and saw fertile mud land, she would get some soil and put it in the fence.
Over time, the vegetables in the Shen family's yard grew better than those in other families'.
This afternoon, when Liang Cheng and the others were discussing the issue of wintering, they mentioned that everyone should be self-sufficient at home as much as possible and not waste the warmth generated by burning coal at home. Xiao then remembered this and brought it up unconsciously.
Unexpectedly, they received strong support from Shen Qingqian and others. Zheng Shicheng even clapped his hands and said, "That's great! Before the snow piles up, let's go to the mountains and get some soil to grow vegetables!"
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