System, help me be an empress

Chapter 178 Burning Incense
The snow in Shangjing City is very strange. In previous years, there has never been a snowfall for ten days in a row, and there is no sign of the snow stopping at all.

The Chinese New Year is coming up in a few days, and people in the whole of the north don’t have the slightest atmosphere of celebrating the New Year. They should also be thankful that they have the habit of buying new year’s goods. Most people have a lot of food in their homes in advance.

"Your Majesty, the water transportation is really difficult. The waterways are all frozen, and the grain ships are all stuck on the road."

"The food transportation team basically gave up the waterway and started to follow the official path."

Xu Youxi issued an edict on the third day of the snowfall to use water transport to transport grain to the north, but the edict road was delayed, and when the officials in the south prepared the grain, they found that the waterways were completely frozen.

Water transportation will definitely not work.

The only hope now is to transport grain by land. However, in this case, it is very difficult for the grain transport team to move forward, and the snow must be cleared while advancing.

Moreover, the closer to Shangjing, the thicker the snow tends to accumulate.

Xu Youxi looked at the few courtiers who were urgently called over in the meeting hall, and asked, "How long can the food stored in Shangjing last?"

Du Zhiyi made a simple estimate: "The food reserves in Shangjing City guarantee that the people in the city will not be hungry for two or three months, so there is not much problem; but the cities and counties outside Shangjing City are not so good, and many places can last for another two or three days. It's already the limit."

"How about adjusting the food in Shangjing to places that are more food-deficient?" Xu Youxi took the initiative to propose this suggestion.

"It's difficult." Several ministers looked at each other, but they all immediately vetoed, "It's also difficult to move an inch here in Shangjing."

Xu Youxi shook his head: "No, food transportation must be done. If you can't care about their lives even if you go to the capital, then no one really cares."

……

In the end, the discussion hall ended in an extremely depressing atmosphere.This time, even Du Zhiyi seldom spoke. It wasn't that they didn't actively respond to the snow disaster, but that human beings were always helpless under the influence of natural disasters.

Snow is still falling.

How long will it take?
This is everyone's question.

Even Grand Master Jiang Zuo couldn't stop sighing when he saw the hexagram just revealed. There was no response period in the hexagram, but the line representing the snow disaster showed an evolutionary trend, which meant that the snow would continue.

Xu Youxi sat in the imperial study room, and as a last resort, began to write letters personally to borrow food from the neighboring neighboring countries.

It's not that Xu Youxi never thought of using the power of the system to stop the snowstorm. On the contrary, she tried countless times these days, but each time she used the [Weather Talisman], it could only last for a few tens of seconds at most. will float again.

[Host, this snow disaster is due to the decline of the dynasty's luck, the system skills cannot intervene]

"Is there no solution?"

【have.Today, disasters are rampant in the world, it is a good time to launch an uprising!To overthrow the dog emperor and establish a new imperial power, would the princes and generals be kind to each other? 】

A few seconds later, the words "Dog Emperor" were automatically mosaiced.

Oh.

You also know who you are scolding.

"..." Xu Youxi asked earnestly, "Will launching an uprising stop the snow disaster?"

【cannot】

"Oh." It's all nonsense.

Xu Youxi didn't want to deal with the system anymore.

After sitting in front of the window for a while, Xu Youxi sighed, and began to put on waterproof raincoat and rain boots to prepare to leave the palace.

People in Shangjing have been sweeping snow spontaneously, but even so, there is still more and more snow. Nowadays, there are two or three huge snow door gods brandishing brooms and shovels at the door of almost every household.

The expressions of these snowmen are exaggerated and playful, but it can also be seen from these snowmen that the people of Shangjing did not have much panic about the snow disaster.

After all, in their eyes, the snow can always be cleared within one or two hours, the family has food reserves, and the court regularly sends food and winter clothes. To help them repair.

This white snow is more like a gift from God to them.

Seeing the snowmen of different shapes, Xu Youxi gradually felt better. They were stepping deep and shallow in the snow, and there was some noise at the intersection ahead. Xu Youxi walked over anxiously to see what was going on.

The snow at the entrance of the quaint courtyard was swept clean, and a string of firecrackers was hung. A few young people wearing dragon dance hoods were obviously doing this job for the first time. There was a burst of laughter.

"Why is it so lively today?"

When Xu Youxi asked about the old lady next to her, she was suddenly a little surprised. What a coincidence, wasn't this the one who asked me to pay homage to the Weaver Girl on the Qixi Festival last year?
Think of it this way.

This street, this house,

They all look familiar.

Isn't this the temple dedicated to the Weaver Girl on the Qixi Festival every year? !

"Today is a good day for Lady Teng Liu to enter the temple, everyone come to congratulate!" When the old woman laughed, her eyes narrowed.

"Teng Liu?"

Isn't this the Zhinu Temple?
"Snow God Sixth Lady Teng, hasn't it snowed for ten days in a row? Everyone said that Lady Sixth Teng might be upset, so they invited her to the temple to worship."

Xu Youxi was a little confused: "Here, before here, wasn't it dedicated to Zhinu?"

"Yes." The old woman nodded, "But isn't it the seventh day of the seventh lunar month? Of course it's the most appropriate time to worship the Snow Goddess."

"..."

"Girl, you also pray, there are so many people, so powerful, what if the Snow God Empress appears!"

Believe in this thing,
Also pay attention to the strength of the number of people?

Xu Youxi thought about it, and always felt that something was wrong, but in the end she couldn't get over the hurdle in her heart, and didn't go in to pay her respects.

……

Three days later, the snow still hasn't stopped.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the people have completely lost their enthusiasm for the New Year, staying at home and not coming out.

Xu Youxi came out of the palace and passed by this Snow Temple, and suddenly had a whim, or else he should go to worship, what if it is really useful?

After all, after she worships the God of Wealth every year, it seems to be quite effective.

However, when Xu Youxi walked to the front of the temple, he was shocked to find out.

The temple was demolished? ? ?
"Girl, what are you doing here?" The middle-aged man wrapped in a thick coir raincoat hurriedly persuaded, "This snow temple is not working at all. The villagers have worshiped for three days, and the snow hasn't stopped. Everyone In a fit of anger, I demolished this place, why don't you go next door to worship the sun goddess Xi He?"

Xu Youxi couldn't say a word for a moment.

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No. 17 days of heavy snowfall in the capital.

The first batch of soldiers who delivered supplies to the cities and counties hit hard by the snowstorm returned to Shangjing. The soldiers were all busy, and every time they mentioned what they had seen in those places, a group of middle-aged men couldn't help crying.

There were only 70 or so soldiers assigned by the local government to transport supplies, but more than [-] people came back with them, most of whom were homeless children in their teens.

Xu Youxi originally planned to let the soldiers rest for two days before going on the next mission, but none of these soldiers would listen, and all knelt down and begged that they were not tired and just wanted to save more people.

"Row."

Among the supplies that Xu Youxi took away with the soldiers, only part of them was normal grain, and the other part was corn cobs that were transported from all over the country to the Shangjing Feed Factory not long ago to be used as feed.

Let them grind corn cob cores into powder and cook them thick to drink, or directly boil them over fire to soften them and eat them.Otherwise, what can be done, there is only so much food, or everyone will starve to death together, or they can eat whatever they can.

After Xu Youxi comforted the soldiers, he counted a total of 36 children behind them. These children were all wrapped in cotton clothes, but the long journey made their cotton clothes soaked and even frozen.

Even so, none of these children cried or cried bitterly.

"I'll take them away."

Xu Youxi took a little girl who was at most three or four years old from the arms of the soldiers.

After carefully covering the little girl's ears, the soldier said distressedly: "After her parents went up the mountain to look for food, they never came back. Later, the leader went up the mountain and found some clothes of her parents in the place where the wild wolves shared their food." Pieces...she is called Guaiguai, and she doesn't cry or make trouble."

The little girl didn't have any flesh at all, and when she was held in her arms, it was obvious that her body was full of bones.

"it is good."

Xu Youxi hugged the little girl, walked in front of these children, and began to take the children to the "shelter center" run by Bailian.

"Help Hao, help Hao!"

It was Fu Guang, the son of Fu Hao, who opened the door.

"Find two rooms, and find some clothes suitable for children."

Xu Youxi changed the boys' and girls' clothes separately, letting them transition for a while before entering a slightly warmer room.

The cook heard that a lot of children were coming, so she quickly boiled some warm water and brought them over to wash their hands and wipe their faces. There were two large pots in the kitchen, one for ginger soup and the other for sweet potato porridge.

The children were very quiet, and Xu Youxi didn't take the initiative to talk to them, so they just sat in silence.

'Ginger tea' was delivered.

Xu Youxi distributed a bowl to each child, and drank a few sips first: "Ginger tea, it can dispel the cold, and you won't get sick after drinking it. Is there anything you can't eat ginger?"

The children all drank in small sips, and even the youngest, Guaiguai, was drinking with a spoon by himself, even though his eyes were tearing from the heat, he didn't cry.

Taking advantage of this time, Xu Youxi asked each child's name, and remembered all the names in his heart.

The cook put the steaming vat on the table, and wiped the sweat from her forehead: "Ginger tea is a bit bitter, but sweet potato porridge is very sweet, Auntie, I will fill a bowl full for each of you." OK."

Xu Youxi hurriedly reminded: "You can't drink too much in one breath. They have just traveled a long distance and suddenly eat too much, and their bodies will not be able to bear it."

"Okay, let's start with half a bowl. When you are hungry, there will be delicious food. I will steam the rest of the eggs later, and give the children nourishment first. Poor, why are they all so thin?"

After the children ate something and their bodies finally warmed up, Xu Youxi lit a stove in the room where they were staying and asked Fu Guang to take care of the children first.

At this time, Fu Hao, who had gone out to sweep the snow, just came back with a group of people, and the cook mentioned this matter to him.

Fu Hao sighed: "Eggs are not enough. I go to the river to catch a few fish at night, and I have to cook some meat dishes for the children."

"Okay, I'll prepare. There are more than 30 children! You have to catch at least seven or eight." The cook added.

When Xu Youxi heard this, she felt a little guilty and said, "Fuhao, I'm causing you trouble. The parents of these children are basically gone, and staying in the local area will only lead to death. I saw soldiers bringing the children into the city, but they didn't know how to arrange them. So I took it upon myself to bring them all to you."

"What is this? Fu Mou likes children very much, so it's lively when there are many people. Ever since that kid Ke Ke went to public school, he has been running to school all day. Our compound hasn't been this lively for a long time."

"It's not easy for you." Xu Youxi sighed, "Right now food is in short supply, and there are so many mouths in one breath. I made an agreement with those soldiers that these children are staying temporarily, and all the food they eat will be provided by the army. .”

"No need, you still care about me about the food, you really treat yourself as an outsider." Fuhao smiled and patted Xu Youxi's shoulder, "Our yard is big and we have enough food. If it's not possible, It’s okay for adults to be hungry for two meals, let the children eat first. In the future, there will be such wandering children who have no place to take them in, and they will all be sent to me.”

"When the snowstorm is over and the public school reopens, these children will be taken to live in the school until they are of a certain age..." Xu Youxi hadn't finished speaking when there was a knock on the door outside the yard, "Why is there someone here?" Kick the door? What happened?"

"The weirdo is here!"

Fu Hao frowned, and began to complain to Xu Youxi: "Oh, I don't know where the imperial court found such a fool with a bad brain!"

"Every day when I have nothing to do, I come to our yard and kick the door. After kicking, I said that I found evidence of our collusion with the White Lotus Sect, and I will lead someone to interrogate. As a result, the evidence of collusion has never been seen, and the door of the yard was kicked to pieces. Five, I specially spent a lot of money to install the iron gate this time, I don't believe he can still..."

Before Fu Hao finished speaking, the iron door was kicked out a big hole, followed by several kicks, and the door was completely rotten.

Fu Hao rubbed his temples with a headache: "Ever since this Qin Zhuangshu appeared, I can see that Fu Guang has become more beautiful."

"?"

Qin Zhuangshu?
Is it the Imperial Guard Qin Zhuangshu she knew?

The door was opened, and Qin Zhuangshu pointed at Fuhao coldly: "Fuhao, someone reported that you are conspiring with people from the White Lotus Sect! This time I must be caught."

Qin Zhuangshu looked around with cold eyes, but when he and Xu Youxi looked at each other, he almost lost his balance.

"This is Fu Mou's sworn sister, who has a clean background, you really misunderstood." Fu Hao was tired of explaining, so let's wait for the government to meet.

Seeing that Xu Youxi didn't refute, Qin Zhuangshu was a little dizzy, what is he doing?
Why, I accidentally investigated His Majesty!

and many more.

He heard that Fu Hao declared to the outside world long ago that his adopted sister would inherit all his property in the future...

In this way, it is absolutely impossible for Fu Hao to be Fu Hao, the leader of the White Lotus Sect, otherwise, wouldn't His Majesty become the next leader of the White Lotus Sect!
It turned out to be a misunderstanding!

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