Eastern Palace.

This time, when I entered the door, no house collapsed, and the snow that had been falling for almost a week finally stopped. The sun was exposed for a long time, spreading a trace of warmth to the earth.

"Your Highness, the Ministry of Revenue has sent 30,000 taels of silver..."

"So fast?"

Yu Zhigan looked at Heshen's round head and felt a little funny inexplicably. The haze just now was swept away. As expected, everyone has their own corresponding responsibilities. For example, Chen Wansan, this guy will not be able to manage finances without a treasure pot, but he can speak nonsense and talk about the Hu people. Heshen can find out the financial loopholes in the Eastern Palace. Recently, two big rats were caught in the Eastern Palace. The largest of them was to purchase, and he actually greedy for fifty taels of silver. It was really hateful!

"The money is collected first, Wansan, Zhang Zhan, Chen Qingzhi, and take people to the outside of the city with me!"

"Here!"

There has not been any serious snow disaster in Chang'an City. After leaving Chang'an City, it is pale. From the horizon to the foot, there is a vast white area. Only a temporarily cleared road leads from the city gate to the distance.

Auspicious snow indicates a good harvest, but the corresponding price is the disaster brought about by the auspicious snowfall. The ancient people's resistance to natural disasters was almost zero.

The fire cellar in the Royal Manor was not greatly affected, and dozens of newly built fire cellars were busy. Yu Zhigan looked at the burning firewood inside and patted his head. He almost forgot what he thought of this morning.

"Zhang Zhan, is there a place called Xishan in this area around Chang'an City?"

"Xishan?"

"Your Highness, there is such a place, and our current location is Xishan!"

"This is Xishan?"

"Your Highness doesn't know that there was originally a hill here, because it was located west of Chang'an and called it the West Mountain. However, the trees on the hills were cut down and stones were mined. This originally low-high hill has become what it is today.

"Is there coal in the West Mountain?"

"coal?"

Zhang Zhan was stunned for a moment, not knowing what the coal in Yu Zhigan's mouth was.

"Black stones can burn, do you know?"

After thinking for a while, Zhang Zhan shook his head: "Your Highness, the emperor has never heard of it!"

"No, there is coal in the western mountains among the prodigal sons of the Ming Dynasty, how could there be no coal?"

Yu Zhigan looked up at the sky. Could it be that the novels are all lying, and there is no coal in the West Mountain at all!

"Wait, something seems to be wrong!"

Yu Zhigan suddenly realized something was wrong and thought about it carefully. The prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty, the bad Ming Dynasty, he was the Yu Tang Empire. According to the general timeline and story plot, it is now the Tang Dynasty!

The capitals of the Ming Dynasty were all Sijiucheng, and the capitals of the Tang Dynasty were all Chang'an. There was coal in the west of the Sijiucheng, and there was a shit coal in the west of the Tang Dynasty, which was more than a thousand kilometers apart!

"Damn it! I'm a pig's brain!" Yu Zhigan complained about himself...

"But by the way, Chang'an is not bad. It's closer to Shanxi. Shanxi is the king. Shanxi is rich in coal-producing bosses!"

"Your Highness!"

Just when Yu Zhigan was distracted, Zhang Zhan called Yu Zhigan and pulled Yu Zhigan back from his fantasy.

"What's wrong?"

"The craftsman just said that the burned cement is already full in the warehouse. If you don't use it, there will be no place to fill the cement..."

Yu Zhigan took a look and found that there are now ten cement fire cellars. Although the output is not large every day, the amount accumulated is really quite large.

"Well, don't worry, it will be useful tomorrow. By the way, ask the craftsman if you know where the black stone is produced!"

"Here!"

Soon a low-talented craftsman was brought over. After seeing Yu Zhikan, he quickly bowed: "Caomin, Caomin Zhao Si has seen His Highness, His Highness, His Highness, His Highness..."

The honest craftsman, after seeing Yu Zhi do it, was so excited that he didn't know how to speak. After thinking for a long time, he didn't think of anything suitable.

"No gift, do you know there are black stones there?"

"Is what Your Highness is talking about a pure black stone? If it sticks to your hands, there will be black..."

"Have you seen it?"

"Your Highness, the stones like this are everywhere in my little hometown!"

"Where is your hometown?"

"Changwu!"

"How far is Changan?"

Zhao Si thought for a moment: "It takes five days for a villain to return home. If you are a fast horse, you should arrive in one day!"

"Okay, if what you said is true, I will be rewarded with a lot!"

The coal is roughly in place, and cement production is stable. Yu Zhigan put aside a little concern. The cement solidification period in winter is longer than in summer. If the temperature is too low, it is necessary to artificially create a greenhouse around it. This is not difficult. The only worry is the operation problem. There is no skilled bricklayer!

When Yu Zhigan returned to the East Palace, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works had arrived. After seeing Yu Zhigan, he immediately surrounded him.

"Your Highness, I don't know when the construction will start!"

"The East Palace will be available tomorrow. Where are the main concentrations of disaster victims?"

"It is mainly concentrated in Lantian County, Tongxian County, among which Tongxian County was seriously affected, with more than half of the houses collapsed, and last night the victims were frozen to death..."

"Then send people to Lantian, Tongxian, and other areas of disaster victims, county governments, or ask wealthy families to take shelter, and money and grain are sent from the Ministry of Revenue. At the same time, the disaster victims are organized. They cannot be idle, level the land and prepare to build a house!"

"Your Highness, it is easy to organize disaster victims, but the roads are covered with snow, and disaster relief supplies are difficult to deliver, let alone the materials used to build houses!"

"Can't you get lucky?"

"Yes, Your Highness, the thickest snowy place on the road to Tongxian has reached the adult waist, and it is difficult for people to pass!"

"So serious!"

Yu Zhigan then realized that the situation was serious. The city was blocked with heavy snow. What should I do if I wanted to transport the materials? Hot air balloons? Forget it, the risk is too great and I haven't studied it myself, so it will definitely be difficult to do it in a short period of time.

“Snowboard? Sled?”

Yu Zhigan already had an idea in his mind.

Compared with ancient people, Yu Zhigan found that he was not much smarter, but knowledgeable. The ancients had never seen anything. Yu Zhigan knew that after encountering problems, Yu Zhigan could quickly think of solutions, such as sleds, which ancient people would definitely not have thought of, and Yu Zhigan could think of a little bit of it. The technical requirements of this thing were almost zero, and only wood was needed.

As for what to use, it is good to pull a dog sled, and there is no problem with horse sledding. Chang'an has no shortage of dogs or horses. Now the most common ones in Chang'an are tiny dogs. This thing is more than 100,000 in later generations, but now it is a wild dog. Homeless people like to catch them and kill them and eat dog meat.

"The transportation problem can be solved. How many craftsmen are there in the Ministry of Works? Now we will immediately transfer to the East Palace, bring wood, and build a sled!"

"sled?"

The people from the Ministry of Works were stunned and didn't know what Yu Zhigan was talking about.

"Call people immediately. Whether the construction will start tomorrow depends on the progress tonight!"

"Here!"

Yu Zhigan was rarely serious. Soon all the craftsmen in Chang'an City of the Ministry of Works were concentrated in the East Palace. Yu Zhigan had already asked Zhu Youxiao to take the lead in creating a sled. Well, Zhu Youxiao has not returned to the Ministry of Works for a long time. During this time in the East Palace, Zhu Youxiao has lived a very fulfilling life and has lost more than ten pounds.

Seeing his colleagues from the Ministry of Works, Zhu Youxiao kept winking at his colleagues with tears in his eyes, hoping that they could speak to the Minister of Works and rescue him from the Eastern Palace.

"Is this the East Palace? It looks dilapidated on the outside, but it's so dilapidated on the inside. Your Highness is really frugal!"

A small official from the Ministry of Works observed the East Palace and couldn't help but sigh, there was a rumor outside that the prince was living in such a way, but in fact, after seeing it, then...

"Zhu Youxiao, let me explain to you how to use this sled!"

"Here!"

The principle of sled is very simple, which is to reduce contact with the snow surface and reduce friction, so as to... Well, Yu Zhigan knows so much, but the design can still be designed, which is to add two curved wooden boards under a wooden board. Basically, the cart removes the wheels and replaces the curved wooden boards!

"Your Highness, can this work?" The officials of the Ministry of Works were a little unsure.

"You guys come and try it in the snow to see if you can pull it!"

"good!"

Soon, Chang'an City began to jump in chaos. To be precise, it was a mess. The dogs did not jump. The stray dogs were affected. The soldiers from the Eastern Palace went to catch the dogs everywhere and then gathered together.

"The rest of the people started to build sleds, and the affairs were urgent, so today we don't have to stay up late, just spend all night to protect tomorrow's disaster relief!"

"Here!"

"boom!"

A sudden loud noise scared many craftsmen. Yu Zhigan glanced at the back and sighed. Another house was poured down today, with more than 100 rooms in the East Palace. At the rate of collapse of one room on this day, the East Palace could not last the New Year...

"Don't panic, you just collapsed the house. Keep busy and don't run around. Some people's rooms are relatively sturdy, so don't worry too much about safety!"

"Here!"

The voices of a group of craftsmen's speech dropped a little, afraid that they would not pay attention to a word, and another house in the East Palace collapsed.

At the gate of Chang'an City, several officials from the Ministry of Works and a group of guards in the East Palace were trembling in the cold wind. One of the craftsmen took a deep breath: "I'll try it!"

"good!"

A sleigh official sat on a sled, and five or six stray dogs were controlled by the guards in front of him. The sleigh official took the rope to control the wild dogs and waved his hand to signal the guards to disperse.

"shelf!"

The little official whipped hard, and after a group of wild dogs suffered, they ran forward quickly.
To be continued...