Traveling through Great Qin: Father Qin Shihuang!

"Dear dear ones, is there enough grain stored in various parts of Daqin for the winter this year?"

Time flies, more than two months have passed, and Daqin has officially entered the cold winter.

The winter in Daqin this year was extremely cold. When Fusu was in court, even though he was wrapped in a thick jacket, he felt cold all over.

Fortunately, the underground of the Xianyang Palace has long been paved with a layer of pipelines for transporting heat.

Previously, Yingzheng tried to install a stove in Xianyang Palace to dispel the severe cold.

But the stove, not to mention the space it occupies, looks very unsightly when placed in the palace.

Later, after Zhao Che learned about this incident, he made a suggestion, that is to bury the stove underground.

Ying Zheng followed his suggestion and laid a layer of official roads on the ground of the Xianyang Palace Hall, and then covered it with new ground.

In this way, when heat needs to be transported, just burn the fire in the boiler, and then the heat will enter the ground of the Xianyang Palace Hall along the pipeline.

This is not only convenient and beautiful, but also has more stable heat, so it has become the favorite of many high-ranking officials and nobles in Xianyang City.

When they were building a house, they also imitated the appearance of Xianyang Palace and laid floor heating underneath.

After Fusu entered the main hall, the cold on his body was also dispelled, and he began to talk about government affairs with the courtiers.

This year's winter seems to be much colder than previous years, and even snow disasters have occurred in many places.

Fusu's heart is attached to the head of Guizhou, so he is naturally very concerned about this.

Fortunately, Daqin now needs money and people, and timely rescues have been carried out in various places that have been hit by snowstorms, and the situation has stabilized.

"Your Majesty, except for those areas that have suffered severe snow disasters, the heads of Guizhou in other places are fine, but this year's heavy snow still has a great impact on us."

Zhisunai Shimei Changsu stepped forward, and immediately began to report to Fusu.

"In recent days, the prices of firewood and coal in various parts of Daqin have been on the rise, and even many places have seen a shortage of supply."

"Moreover, due to the heavy snow blocking the mountains, the leaders of Guizhou are unable to enter the mountain forests to cut trees and firewood, and the heavy snow has affected the roads, which has greatly weakened our transportation capacity now."

"Secondly, due to the heavy snowfall for several days, many construction projects that we had previously finalized were also forced to stop."

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Hearing Mei Changsu's report, a bit of sadness appeared on the faces of everyone.

Xianyang is located in the northwest of Great Qin, and the economic and political center of Great Qin will naturally be biased towards the north.

Although the south has gradually got rid of the backwardness due to Zhao Che's vigorous development and the construction of railways and canals in recent years, the development is obviously extremely limited.

After all, the south side is close to the sea, and the most important thing is sea transportation.

However, Daqin has no sea trade routes yet, so the importance of the south will be greatly reduced.

And this year's heavy snow has had a great impact on the north, and will even further affect Daqin's economy and politics in different ways.

The most intuitive manifestation is that because of the cold, the lack of productivity in various places has made life in many Guishou families a problem.

Especially coal and firewood, almost one price per day.

Even the ministers in the court do not dare to turn on the floor heating every day now. After all, now that the Great Qin is strictly investigating corruption, although the salaries of the ministers are quite a lot, no one can afford such squandering.

"Well, let's pass the decree to transport more firewood and coal from the south. First of all, we must meet the daily needs of our Great Qin and Qianshou."

"Secondly, take out a sum of money to be responsible for cleaning up the disasters caused by the snowstorm, and resume production in factories everywhere as soon as possible."

"Finally, I will give you an extra winter subsidy. After all, you have worked hard for me, Daqin, and I will naturally not treat you badly!"

……

Fusu waved his hand and issued three orders in succession.

Things like snow disasters cannot be controlled by humans, and the current Daqin is no longer what it used to be. Even if there is a relatively serious snow disaster, it can be dealt with in time.

And what Fusu can do is to minimize the impact of heavy snow on the lives and production of the leaders of the Great Qin Dynasty.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The courtiers didn't expect that Fusu would give them an extra subsidy, and they immediately became happy and thanked them quickly.

But Mei Changsu shook his head and said.

"Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with the last two things you mentioned. The ministers can take out the money at any time, but the first thing cannot be solved with money alone."

"Daqin currently has only one railway leading to the south, and the rest is still under construction, and because of the snowstorm, the progress of the construction has also been affected."

"The amount of firewood that can be supplied in the south is limited. If there is too much felling, it will also cause local soil erosion. Therefore, it is not enough to solve the current problems of Daqin by only relying on the firewood transported from the south. The main thing is to rely on the current Daqin those coal mines."

……

What Mei Changsu said also made sense. There are many trees in the south, but it is impossible to cut them all down and transport them to the north for fuel.

Daqin's field law has long stipulated that trees should not be cut down at will, otherwise they will be convicted.

This point was not canceled after Zhao Che and Li Sibian usurped the new Tian Law, and even increased the penalty.

All of this is naturally because the random cutting of trees has too much impact on the environment, and the problem in the north this time obviously cannot be solved by simply bringing a batch of firewood over.

"Then order coal mines everywhere to step up production!"

Fu Su rubbed his head and said.

"Report to Your Majesty, the coal mines in various places are already digging with all their strength, but it is not enough to support our consumption!"

"Then there is no fuel that can replace coal?"

Fusu said after being silent for a while.

As soon as Fusu finished speaking, the eyes of some of the courtiers below instantly lit up.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think that cow dung can be used as an alternative fuel."

"Yes, now the entire northern grassland is under the control of Daqin, and the number of cattle and sheep raised is huge. We can collect these cow dung and put them on the market temporarily to fill the fuel gap. At least it is enough for heating! "

"This heavy snow has lasted for nearly a month. As long as the snow stops, we can resume normal production in various places, and then we don't have to worry about these problems."

……

The method of using dried animal dung as fuel actually appeared a long time ago.

For example, the beacon towers on the Great Wall use wolf feces as fuel.

However, the flammability of animal dung is naturally not as good as that of firewood and coal. It may not work for cooking, but it is enough for heating and kang.