Chapter 180 Beware of Man-Made Disasters and Natural Disasters
Seeing Qin Yuzhuo's face flushed, Zhou Jingnan didn't bother to avoid suspicion. He hurriedly took some water and fed it to Qin Yuzhuo, while patting her back gently: "Why are you still like when you were a child, choking when you eat too fast? Why are you so anxious? I'll leave all the delicious food for you..."
Qin Yuzhuo: ...
After drinking some water and taking a breath, Qin Yuzhuo waved and pushed Zhou Jingnan away: "Who said I was anxious? I was..."
It was hard to explain, so he simply stopped talking. He took the cake and called Zhou Jinxi and Zhuang Yan over. They sat down and talked while eating snacks.
Su Qianqian also brought some snacks to Qin Mian and praised him for his perseverance in practicing martial arts and for being able to persist for so long on the first day.
"I only practiced for a quarter of an hour..." Qin Mian said expressionlessly.
Su Qianqian: ...
"That's amazing. I can't even stand for a quarter of an hour." Su Qianqian did not hesitate to lie to encourage the naughty kid.
"Really?" Qin Mian was skeptical, and looked at Su Qianqian's eyes scrutinizingly while eating apple scones.
[Little brat, even when I lie to others, I am sincere. 】
Su Qianqian allowed Qin Mian to look at her frankly, and said, "Of course it's true. I never lie."
Qin Mian blinked, and the expression on his face was as if he had eaten something with a strange taste, which was hard to describe.
Qin Hanjin and Qin Yuzhuo beside them bit their lips and dared not laugh.
"Is it so unpalatable? We'll have to ask the cook to improve it when we get back. You can try something else." Su Qianqian quickly went to get another snack.
"No need, Third Aunt, this is delicious. I will practice hard and won't slack off." Qin Mian said quickly.
Su Qianqian stopped disturbing Qin Mian and let him rest and eat in peace. She turned around and found that Xin and Zhou Jinghuai had also sat down, with a wooden stool between them. They spoke to each other from time to time, and when their eyes met, they hurriedly looked away.
[The sun is in the east and the rain is in the west...] Su Qianqian sighed in her heart.
Qin Yuzhuo and Qin Hanjin looked up as if nothing had happened and saw the sun in the east, but could not tell where the rain in the west was coming from.
After they had almost finished eating, Qin Yuzhuo wanted to continue practicing martial arts with Qin Mian, so Su Qianqian and Xin said goodbye and went back home. Zhou Jinxi also asked Su Qianqian to tell Mr. Su to take good care of his health, and she would ask her father to help find out who harmed him.
Su Qianqian nodded and agreed, thanked him, and left the small parade ground with Xin.
Xin, who fell behind, walked out of the fence of the training ground and then quietly turned her head to look over. Zhou Jinghuai was staring at her direction. She quickly withdrew her gaze as if she had been electrocuted and quickened her pace.
After returning to the Marquis' Mansion, the two went to He's courtyard again, and seemed to casually talk about Qin Mian's practice.
He seemed to not care at all and drank her tea carelessly, but Su Qianqian found that she was listening attentively and didn't even dare to make a sound for fear of missing anything.
It rained the next day and the room was a bit damp and cold. Su Qianqian stayed in bed and couldn't get up. In fact, she entered the space, where the temperature was much more comfortable.
Suddenly I remembered the snowstorm at the end of winter. It seemed that some servants in the Marquis' Mansion had relatives who froze to death. The original owner was very sad when he heard about it.
What if we make some preparations in advance?
However, these were all glossed over in the original book's plot. Su Qianqian didn't know exactly where the snowstorm was severe. She only knew that it snowed heavily for three days in late winter, causing great harm to the people who had never experienced such bad weather. King Xiang assisted the prince in disaster relief, not fearing dirt or fatigue, and won unanimous praise and was rewarded by the emperor.
During the snowstorm, many people caught cold and fell ill, and died before they had time to receive treatment. Therefore, before that time comes, we should popularize both cold prevention and disease prevention, and the extent of casualties among the people should be reduced.
Houses that are about to collapse must also be repaired in a timely manner to avoid being crushed by heavy snow. People inside will either freeze to death or be crushed to death. Even if these are done for other reasons, they will always be remembered in the end.
Doing these is also to win the hearts of the emperor and the people for the Wuning Marquisate, and it may save lives at the critical moment.
It just costs money! Su Qianqian frowned in pain. Money should be spent on the blade, and the blade is here to cut the flesh!
Su Qianqian was laying the groundwork to save the Wuning Marquisate, and Qin Hanzhang was also busy non-stop.
Nine years ago, the reckless decision made by their father and brother, which was uncharacteristically harsh, led to the annihilation of 30,000 elite soldiers of the Great Qi. The Qin family was not without suspicion about this.
But all the evidence pointed to Marquis Wuning, who was greedy for merit and reckless. Even if the Qin family had suspicions, they could only remain silent at that time, otherwise it would arouse dissatisfaction among civil officials and families of the fallen soldiers.
Now, Liang Xun's words were like a spark, causing Qin Hanzhang's disbelief, which had been suppressed by force at that time, to grow uncontrollably into a raging flame. He wanted to verify the truth for his father and brother one last time. No matter whether it was true or not, he had to find the answer to the nightmare of many years.
In fact, during these five years, Qin Hanzhang had also discovered some suspicious points. For example, none of the 30,000 soldiers survived. As for the Qin family soldiers who stayed behind, as long as they were the confidants of his father and brother, they were either sent to garrison elsewhere or punished and not allowed to leave the barracks.
However, the news the emperor received was that Duke Xu, who had gone to escort military rations, sent an urgent memorial back to Xijing, and temporarily took over the military camp, built city defenses and prevented Daliang from attacking the border town.
Duke Xu negotiated with Daliang again, retrieved the bodies of the Qin family's two sons, and personally escorted them back to Xijing. Because of his performance, he was admired and praised by the court, but Duke Xu still kept a low profile and concealed his achievements and fame.
All this happened so naturally, and no one benefited from it.
But now that Liang Xun mentioned the dead military officer, it seemed that there was an important secret hidden in it, and he couldn't help but be excited. In the past few days, in addition to checking the location where Lu Jing hid the assassins, he also had to search for Zhou Tang's files in the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Justice, hoping to find some clues.
In the autumn wind, the city of Xijing is surging...
After much thought, Su Qianqian began to make preparations.
First, continue to collect large quantities of cow dung and send it to all the farms owned by Wuning Hou. Also, collect straw, bean pods, rice straw, hay and firewood. As long as they can be used for burning and are cheap, they can be sent to the farms to be sold. They will take as much as they can.
He also instructed the housekeeper to buy large quantities of felt and wood, and to send them to the farm for storage. He also asked him to recruit farmhands who were skilled in carpentry so that they would be ready to start work at any time.
The new rice harvested from the fields in various places was counted and stored in granaries on the farms. It was not allowed to be sold or bought, and farmhands were assigned to guard it strictly.
Su Qianqian's actions alarmed Madam Qin and several old ladies, but the entire marquis's mansion was left to Su Qianqian to manage, so they did not ask too many questions, but just gathered together to think about it out of curiosity.
It was not until the third evening that Su Qianqian said what she was going to do.
"I learned a little bit of astrology from my mother before, and I found that the celestial phenomena this year are strange. I am afraid that the weather will be abnormal during the transition from winter to spring, so I made some preparations in advance."
Madam Qin blinked and asked carefully, "Is there anything your mother doesn't know? If this happened in the court, Xue Jing and your father would have to take a back seat."
【puff! Your mother was always capable, but now she is too capable! Be careful or you’ll attract the Imperial Observatory and see how you explain it! 】
The system couldn't help laughing.
[I just want to recruit the Imperial Observatory. It’s time for my uncle who is devoted to his career to make a name for himself! 】
Su Qianqian replied calmly.
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