Chapter 973 Two Worlds
Half a month ago, the villages around northern Hubei all used the boiler rooms that were built in an emergency, as well as various warm products produced to survive this winter.
We spent the next half month working hard to ship the finished products to other places in Ezhou.
Zheng Shicheng issued a formal notice that every village in Ezhou must do its utmost to ensure that no one died this year. Statistics will be collected in March of next year, and the village that performed best will be rewarded by the government. Those that performed poorly will also be reported to the entire Ezhou.
At first glance, this decree seems insignificant, and many people don’t care about rewards or anything like that. However, the fact that people have died must be reported to the entire Ezhou, which makes people below feel uneasy.
You know, in this day and age, the most difficult thing is getting married.
The genes engraved in human bones are reproduction. In order to achieve this mission, generation after generation repeats the life of the previous generation.
Under the constraints of morality and law, if one wants to reproduce normally, one must get married.
In fact, there were no fewer bachelors in ancient times than there are today. As long as their family conditions allowed, ancient men could have three wives and four concubines. The emperor had a harem, and the powerful class represented by dukes, marquises, and earls were no less so.
This has led to women becoming a resource, and for ordinary people, it has become difficult to get married.
If we take the village as the unit, then the reputation of each village determines how many women are willing to marry into it, and whether the women in this village can marry well.
Therefore, Zheng Shicheng's decree immediately set the entire village in Ezhou in motion.
Families who had originally despaired of the severe cold became proactive because of this decree. Villages that had already made preparations for the cold became even more active in helping surrounding villages in order to gain a good reputation.
In short, the people of Ezhou tried all kinds of ways to keep warm during the month when the temperature suddenly dropped.
Many places spontaneously formed groups, and the government asked them to build large houses with centralized heating, which gave them even more motivation. In this month, no one froze to death.
Li Hezhou's arrival made everyone in the room stop what they were doing and look at him.
"Don't worry about me, everyone. You guys go ahead and do your own thing. I'm here to transport things." Li Hezhou greeted everyone with a smile.
Seeing their enthusiasm, Lord Zheng and the general can finally rest assured.
"Hehe, Mr. Li, you have come from far away. Why don't you have lunch here before leaving? Don't worry, we have food!" The village chief rubbed his hands and smiled.
Because of the sudden drop in temperature, he thought that many people would die in the village this year, so he planned to lock his doors and not see other people's misery.
Unexpectedly, the government took the initiative to take care of their lives. Not only did they send people to teach them how to keep warm, they also arranged jobs for them that paid them money, and even sent them a batch of supplies every ten days to ensure that they would not starve.
"Thank you, Village Chief, but we are in a hurry to deliver the things to other places, so we won't bother you anymore." Li Hezhou quickly refused.
What they are doing now doesn't make money, but he feels full of energy every day.
Because Lord Zheng said that the merchants who contributed this time can share the profits from Ezhou's foreign caravans in the future.
Anyone smart knows the meaning behind this statement. There are many people involved in this matter like the Li family, and many of them want to get in but have no way to do so.
Just when Li Hezhou and his team were transporting a large amount of supplies to areas that had not yet received thermal insulation supplies, Chenzhou and Ezhou, separated by a river, seemed like two different worlds.
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