mtl008 Chapter 428 Heading to Yulong Pass
Chapter 428 Heading to Yulong Pass
Dong'er's family was stunned, but Dong'er was the quickest to come back to his senses and shouted, "Someone, someone, there's someone at my house!"
"We need help. We are running out of food and firewood at home. The door is blocked by snow. We are cold and hungry."
His parents also reacted and rushed outside to ask for help.
Lu Hao outside heard the cry for help and immediately waved behind him: "Come over here, this family needs help, bring some food and charcoal."
"I'm coming!"
Seven or eight people came over on an animal-pulled sled loaded with food, charcoal, and various snow-clearing tools.
Lu Hao took out a telescopic wooden ladder, extended it, and climbed onto the roof with two people to shovel snow.
Large chunks of snow were shoveled down and piled into a mountain. The rest of the people used shovels to clear the snow at the door, pushed the door open, distributed food according to the number of people, and also distributed snow shoveling tools to Dong'er's family.
"If you want to live, move, don't hide under the covers."
After Dong'er and his family ate some food and drank some warm water, they joined the snow shoveling team.
After shoveling the snow at home, I went to help my neighbor.
You help me, I help you, and soon more people come outside.
As long as there is food and warm clothes, I am not afraid of working even if it is cold.
They are all ordinary people who have worked since childhood. It's just a snowstorm. With the government taking the lead and the rescue team helping, there is nothing to be afraid of.
The snow-clearing team is growing.
At the Xianwang Mansion, the snow at the door was cleared. The prefect took the letter, looked at it again uncertainly, and murmured in a low voice: "I hope it is true as Princess Pingshan wrote in the letter, that there are winter supplies in the palace."
Cuiying, who was in charge of bringing them here, smiled and said, "My princess said that Xianwang Mansion has supplies, so there must be some. The prince and princess like to stock up, and they store things in Xianwang Mansion every year."
The prefect heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this: "That's great."
Cuiying smiled and said, "Sir, my princess entrusted this place to you because she trusts you and thinks you can distribute the supplies well. You must not let my princess down."
"Don't worry, Miss Cuiying. The supplies are related to the safety of the lives of the people in the whole city and even the neighboring counties. I will never let Princess Pingshan down." The prefect said, bowing to Cuiying, "Please tell Princess Pingshan a message from me, Miss Cuiying. I thank Princess Pingshan for her understanding and generous help on behalf of the people of the whole city. The people of the whole city will never forget Princess Pingshan's kindness."
Although the Xianwang Mansion belongs to the prince, all the supplies in it were saved by Prince Pingshan and his wife. Princess Pingshan was willing to donate so many supplies to help the people in the face of the snow disaster. She was so kind and worthy of being the wife of Prince Pingshan. One fought on the battlefield while the other relieved the people's worries. It was a great blessing for the Yuan Dynasty to have such a couple.
Cuiying and the prefect, along with a few trustworthy people, entered Prince Xian's mansion and came to the granary. The moment they pushed open the door, they saw the granary was full of grain. When they came to the warehouse, they saw it was full of cotton-padded clothes, quilts, charcoal, firewood, and everything needed for heating.
The prefect cried with joy.
"Great, great! With these things, Tianan Prefecture can be saved!"
After leaving Prince Xian's Mansion, Cuiying went to a small courtyard. The snow in the courtyard had been cleared away, and all the snow in the city was pushed into the deep depressions by carts.
"Cuiying, you're back. How's things going?" Liu Dong, the steward in charge of looking after this house, strode over.
"It's been done. How about you?" Cuiying replied.
"I have made arrangements here too. There is plenty of food and heating supplies." Liu Dong looked at her and said.
"That's good." Cuiying looked at the horizon and said, "I wonder where the princess is now?"
Liu Dong said: "The princess is of noble status, she should have stayed at home with the young master, but she couldn't let go of the people, and insisted on coming out to help the people, and she wouldn't let us follow her. Now where she is, none of us know, if anything really happens, we can't help. But the princess is extremely capable, a hundred of us can't compare to her alone, she will definitely be fine."
Cuiying nodded vigorously: "You are right, the princess will be fine. Instead of wasting our energy here thinking about it, we should complete all the tasks assigned by the princess. Let's go, eat something, and then go out to work."
"Okay!" Liu Dong followed Cuiying happily.
At this moment, Shangguan Tang had already ridden a horse-drawn sleigh out of Tianan Prefecture and headed straight for Yulong Pass.
Yunling Pass and Tian'an Prefecture are not far apart. Tian'an Prefecture has abundant supplies and can help Yunling Pass at any time. The Jiangcheng maritime battlefield also has abundant supplies, and the surrounding prefectures can all help. Only Yulong Pass is far away, and there are not many supplies around it, only the food and grass sent before. If the weather does not warm up, the army at Yulong Pass will face food shortages at any time.
Shangguan Tang went to deliver supplies this time.
"Xueyu, work harder, we will be at the post station soon and we can rest then." On the official road, Shangguan Tang gently stroked the white horse's head and gave it some warm water to drink.
After a while, the warm water was taken out of the space and then turned into cold water, and was about to freeze.
Shangguan Tang put the remaining water back into the space, touched his head with his gloved hand, and shook off the snowflakes on his head.
She was wearing a down jacket made of goose down. There were only eight such clothes in her space. They were made by women in the village using down from their domestic white geese. They were warm and light.
Shangguan Tang looked ahead and said, "I am so tired wearing such warm clothes and rushing on the road. I am afraid that the soldiers far away on the battlefield must be suffering even more. Is this snowstorm the end of the world?"
She looked up at the sky, her breath hazy. "Damn God, you're really annoying me. You made me bring those things into this world, is it just for this snowstorm?"
A lot of things she learned in modern times can come in handy during the snowstorm, including the food.
After resting for a while and eating some food, Shangguan Tang continued to drive the white horse and drag the sled forward.
An hour later, a man and a horse arrived at the post station. The post station was covered with snow and all the staff were shoveling snow. When they saw Ye Tang appear, they were very surprised.
It's so snowy that there are still horse-drawn carriages. This carriage is so weird!
Shangguan Tang took out his ID card and revealed his identity directly.
The people at the post station welcomed her in respectfully.
"What's the situation on your side? Are there any casualties?" Ye Tang asked Yichen.
The post station official said, "One person froze to death. There were about a hundred people in the post station, ten of whom were passing merchants."
"Is there enough food?"
"Enough, enough to last until the end of the Chinese New Year."
"That's good." Shangguan Tang nodded. "Since you have enough food and warmth, try not to go out to avoid any accidents. In addition, you must always pay attention to the surroundings to prevent lawless people from causing chaos during the snowstorm. If you see such people, control them with violence first, and kill them if you can't control them."
"During a natural disaster, anyone who does not follow the rules will be severely punished."
"The sleds that my princess brought this time were made by the Xiao clan in Qingquan Village, Tian'an Prefecture. Someone will send some to you in a few days. Of course, if you don't want to wait, you can make them yourself, but you don't have all the tools you need, so the quality of the sleds and sleds you make may not be very good."
Shangguan Tang said, and then he took out a blueprint from his backpack and handed it to the post official: "Remember, you must guard the post station well. The court will not give up on you. The Imperial Observatory has already calculated this snowstorm, and the court has made preparations long ago. As long as you are obedient and do everything according to the court's arrangements, you will be able to overcome the difficulties."