mtl008 Chapter 421 The 1st Heavy Snow
Chapter 421 The 1st Heavy Snow
Emperor Yuanwu always thought of danger in times of peace. If you think about it, you will be prepared. If you are prepared, there will be no danger. If you say you want to prevent snow disasters, you will definitely take action.
After the court was dismissed, Emperor Yuanwu immediately sent Baili to rush to various prefectures to deliver documents on prevention of snow disasters, and ordered local government offices to promptly form emergency rescue teams and ensure that the news of the snow disaster reached the ears of all the people.
When the news reached Qingquan Village, it was almost the twelfth lunar month. Tian'an Prefecture had been experiencing freezing rain for three consecutive days. The ground was frozen and the cold penetrated into the bone marrow.
Ye Tang had already asked Qingquan Village, Wenggang Village and the surrounding villages to prepare winter supplies in advance.
After learning about the emergency documents for the snow disaster, Ye Tang handed Xiao Yunting over to Liu An's care, and she went to the county town, prefectural city and other places alone, quietly filling up all the granaries, and by the way, also filled up the granaries of the various villas under her and Xiao Jingxuan's name.
Afterwards, she went to Prince Xian’s Mansion again.
After Gongsun Tianhua and his family moved away, the Prince Xian's Mansion did not change its name and remained the Prince Xian's Mansion, but no one lived there.
After entering, Ye Tang went straight to the granary and filled it with a wave of his hand.
Then he went to the cellar and filled it in the same way.
After doing all this, she looked at the space. Good, there were still 10,000 tons of food.
Her space originally couldn't hold so much food. Last year, perhaps because the number and variety of seeds she bought had reached saturation, an option was added to the seed space, which allowed her to expand the space with gold, silver and jewelry.
It just so happened that she had several vaults and was good at making money. The thing she had the most was money, so she used gold, silver and jewelry to expand the space thousands of times.
Now her space can accommodate not only 10,000 tons of food, but also 20,000 or 30,000 tons.
After coming out of Prince Xian's Mansion, Ye Tang went to the government office again and spoke to the prefect. When she came out again, there were more than twenty yamen runners following her.
She brought the runners to Prince Xian's mansion and said, "From now on, you will guard this mansion. No one is allowed to enter without my permission. If anything is missing, I will hold you accountable."
The guards immediately tensed up: "Don't worry, Princess. We will definitely protect the Prince Xian's Mansion."
Everyone in Tianan Prefecture knew that Prince Xian's Mansion was the former residence of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Even if no one lived here anymore, it was not to be offended. If Prince Xian's Mansion was stolen or vandalized, the entire population of Tianan Prefecture would be suspected and everyone would be in trouble.
After arranging the yamen runners, Ye Tang left with peace of mind.
The bailiff looked at her departing back and couldn't help but murmur in a low voice.
"I never thought that Princess Pingshan would appear in Tianan Prefecture."
"It's so cold, I don't know what the princess is doing here. The prince is fighting at the border, and she won't stay in the capital and will run around. If something happens, won't the prince worry?"
"After all, you are just a woman, you don't understand the hard work of the prince."
"The emperor has just issued an emergency order to prevent snowstorms. The government office is short of manpower. The princess called us to guard the idle prince's mansion. I don't know what she is up to?"
"Stop talking. How could Prince Pingshan, who is so smart, marry an ordinary princess? The princess called us here, she must have her own ideas. What are you talking about? Just do your job." One of the bailiffs couldn't stand it any longer and spoke a few words for Ye Tang.
Thinking of the way the prefect was fawning on Ye Tang, the yamen runners dared not comment any further.
The road was very icy. Ye Tang's horse was equipped with special horseshoes for winter, but even so, it was still a little slippery and he had to walk very carefully.
Because the horse's speed was limited, it was already dark when Ye Tang returned to Qingquan Village. As soon as he entered the village, it started snowing heavily.
Big snowflakes fell on Ye Tang's cloak. Many people in the village who had not yet gone to bed were very happy to see the snowflakes, especially the children, who clamored to go out and play in the snow, but were forcibly taken back by the adults.
The heavy snow fell heavier and heavier, coming very quickly.
When Ye Tang got home, he was covered in snow. The moment he took off his cloak, the snow fell all over the ground.
Xiao Yunting was still at the willow bank, but he had fallen asleep now. Ye Tang rubbed his palms and sat down by the fire to warm himself.
The moment I touched the iron stove, my cold hands instantly warmed up.
"It's still warm at home. It's too cold outside!" Ye Tang exhaled and said to Tan Yun and Zeng Qing: "Tan Yun, Sister Zeng Qing, is there any little tofu at home?"
Zeng Qing immediately said, "Yes, I will get it right away."
Zeng Qing went to get the tofu, and Tan Yun went to get the grill net, washed it and put it on the iron stove.
After Zeng Qing brought the grilled tofu over, Ye Tang asked them all to sit down and chat while eating the grilled tofu.
As he spoke, Ye Tang looked out the window and saw that it was already white outside and the snow was falling even harder.
Zeng Qing was surprised: "This is the heaviest snow I have seen in the past few years since I came to Qingquan Village."
Tan Yun frowned, "Such heavy snow is extremely rare, not to mention Tian'an Prefecture, even in the northeastern region where the winter is the coldest."
Ye Tang looked at the heavy snow outside the window with deep eyes.
Is it possible that there will really be a snowstorm this year?
"Tan Yun, notify everyone. Starting tomorrow, have all the strong laborers go up the mountain to chop firewood and store charcoal."
There was charcoal in her space, but it was not appropriate to take it out now.
Xiao Yunting slept at the willow bank all night. He woke up early the next morning and wanted to go home to find his mother.
The moment he opened the door, a strong wind and snowstorm hit him, hitting his face and making him shiver with cold.
"Young master, it's snowing heavily outside, don't go out." The follower Qingtong hurriedly carried him back into the house and closed the door to keep him out of the wind and snow outside.
After returning to the house, Xiao Yunting shuddered and came back to his senses: "It's snowing heavily outside. It's really snowing heavily. This is the first time I've seen such heavy snow."
To be precise, this was the first time he had seen snow since he could remember.
It never snows in Haicheng.
Xiao Yunting was a little excited: "Mom said that we can make snowmen and play snowball fights when it snows."
Qingtong is eighteen years old and a strong boy. He has lived in the coldest northeast and knows the horror of blizzards.
Hearing Xiao Yunting's innocent words, he hurriedly said, "Young Master, snow is fun, but a blizzard is not fun at all. Not only is it not fun, it is also very dangerous. If you are not careful, it can cost your life. It is very scary."
Xiao Yunting was surprised: "Is it so scary?"
Qingtong nodded seriously and said, "Yes, it's terrible. The snow came very quickly last night and formed a blizzard all of a sudden. This is extremely rare. If it snows for a long time, the snow will probably be taller than a person."
Xiao Yunting was extremely surprised: "If it is taller than a human, then can we dig a hole in the snow and play hide-and-seek?"
Qingtong smiled helplessly. No matter how smart the young master was, he was still a child. When he saw the heavy snow, all he thought about was playing.
This is better, less worries.
It was snowing heavily until noon. When Xiao Yunting saw that the snow had stopped, he hurried out to play. As soon as he took a step, half of his body sank into the snow.