My whole family was in exile, and I relied on my space to buy half of my country.

Chapter 353 Bad Weather
The entire city of the Imperial Capital of Xirong was under martial law and was searched for three days. Soldiers searched all the rat holes in the city, but no suspicious person was found.

The food and grass prepared for war really seemed to have been taken away by gods, without any trace at all.

The original plan to send troops to attack Bohai County was temporarily suspended due to the sudden disappearance of food and grass.

It's just that Xirong's life is more difficult.

Jiang Tangtang did not force her way into Emperor Xirong's private treasury, but she took care of all the small treasury rooms.

The grain, mountain treasures, and seafood in the warehouse were all looted.

The food and delicacies taken from these palaces were placed by her in the ruined temples outside Xia City and other places where there were many refugees.

The refugees knelt down to thank the gods in the sky for giving them food.However, the Emperor of Xirong lived a frugal life because of the disappearance of food.

What's more serious than the fact that Xirong Palace can only eat rice bran vegetables is that a bigger crisis is quietly sweeping Xirong.

Xirong is located in the north, and the winter is colder than that of Dazhou.

This winter is colder than in previous years.

After a hailstorm at the beginning of winter, most of the land in Xirong was hit by heavy rain.

After finally ending the drought, we entered floods again.

Xirong had no time to deal with the corpses because of the plague, and they were washed everywhere by the flood.Disease-infected corpses contaminated water sources, further worsening the plague.

Xirong seemed to be pulled into the abyss of the devil, and the people lived in dire straits every day.

The same severe weather also appeared in Bohai County, Lingnan and other places.

However, because Jiang Tangtang strictly implemented the policy of burning corpses, although the flood caused some inconvenience and losses at the time, the situation was not too serious.

As early as the first rain, Jiang Tangtang was worried about flooding.After returning from Xirong, she began to recruit a large number of workers to dig canals and dredge the rivers to minimize the losses caused by floods.

Originally not wanting to waste fiscal revenue, we had already organized several groups of workers to learn the technology of building fire pits, but we did not actually issue an order to repair them.

But looking at the heavy rain, Jiang Tangtang guessed that it would get colder in the future, and he didn't care about the waste of financial revenue. He first arranged for people to build a refugee shelter and build a fire pit.

In order for the refugees to be able to use it in the future, Jiang Tangtang built it like a modern employee dormitory.

If there is extreme weather this year, this refugee center will be arranged by the government to take in the refugees and help them tide over the difficulties.

But if there is no extreme weather, the house repaired will not be wasted.From now on, a workshop will be built next to it, and this house will be used to house workers.

In addition to the refugee shelters built on the outskirts of the city, one was also built at the foot of Boshan Mountain.

Whether they are workers digging canals and dredging rivers, or workers building houses or building fire pits, they can only work in the rain.

In order to reduce workers' illness, Jiang Tangtang planted several acres of ginger in the space.

Every worker will be given a bowl of ginger water before going to work, and a bowl will be given to them when they return from work.

In modern times, ginger is a very common condiment.

But in this era, ginger is used as medicine.Ordinary families don’t know how to grow ginger, but using ginger as a seasoning is also the exclusive preserve of wealthy families.

The workers felt that the value of these two bowls of ginger water simply exceeded the wages they received.

In fact, the value of this ginger water is indeed more than the value of a dozen copper coins and a few grain cereals per day.Not only did these workers who worked in the rain every day not get sick, many of them also felt that their health was better.

For a time, the work of digging ditches and dredging rivers in Bohai County, Lingnan and other places became popular.

Many people are looking for help, but the government is still recruiting people.

Jiang Tangtang has always adhered to the principle of survival of the fittest when recruiting workers.

She will provide the best conditions for the workers as much as possible, but workers who are cheating, cheating, and just goofing around will also be eliminated.

Eliminate unqualified workers, replace them with new ones, and then continue the original principle of survival of the fittest.

This kind of labor mechanism allowed the workers to respond with great vigor. The construction schedules of dredging rivers and building houses in various places were not affected by the weather.

"Mrs. Lu is truly a divine person!"

Several Beijing officials who had escaped from Beijing looked at the newly built houses with eyes filled with wonder.

Such a large house had only been available in the capital for at least three to five months.But how long has it been?But within half a month, it was actually about to be repaired.

Although there are many workers and many advanced tools they have never seen before, the recent weather has been too bad. It rains every day and the temperature is getting lower day by day.

In such bad weather conditions, it is really rare for the workers to work hard without cheating.

Some people thought about Xiao Yu, who recently brought troops to steal food and was caught but not dealt with. He shook his head and said: "If only Da Zhou had not exiled such talents but reused them, why would we be here today!"

But some people disagreed, "It's easy to say, even if the Lu family had not been exiled at that time, Mrs. Lu would have become a virtuous woman at most.

Mrs. Lu is able to achieve what she has today precisely because she was exiled to Lingnan, without the constraints of imperial power and secular rules. "

"Don't you think that besides imperial power and secular agreements, General Lu's attitude is more important? If there is no support from General Lu, what will happen to her, no matter how smart she is? She is only a counselor at most. How can she be as prosperous as she is now."

The remaining people all agreed with this.I feel that although Jiang Tangtang is powerful, he cannot do without Lu Shiyan’s support.

A few people chatted for a while, then turned around and started talking about Xiao Yu again.

Xiao Yu brought people to steal food but failed, and they were all captured by the local generals.Jiang Tangtang did not execute these people after he came back, but sent them directly to the mine.

Many people disagreed with Jiang Tangtang's handling.

"She is a woman after all, and she is too merciful in handling things. At this time, we should eradicate the roots and kill Xiao Yu and the other princes. Keeping these will sooner or later be a disaster."

"When the time comes for a prince to start a rebellion, it will be useless no matter how well-renovated the house is."

Someone said along his beard: "I think this is a good time. If she thinks so comprehensively, how can we be of any use?"

Recently, too many people have poured into Bohai County, and many officials who were originally in the capital were not assigned positions after coming to Bohai County. These people are inevitably anxious and go around to inquire about connections.

But Jiang Tangtang's whereabouts are unpredictable and it's easy to keep silent, so it's not easy to impress her.

They have many colleagues with high qualifications and who consider themselves to be very good, but they can't even get a small official position under Jiang Tangtang.

This is very sad.

While these officials from the capital were studying how to defeat Jiang Tangtang and get a job as an official, Jiang Tangtang was also considering whether to conduct a wave of talent selection.

(End of this chapter)