Unknown Knight

As Tangquan Winter School became more and more prosperous, the affairs of the territory became more active, and people's minds also became more active, and they began to try to do something.

Except for the snow on the roofs that had not yet melted, people seemed to have forgotten how harsh the winter was in the north, especially the subjects from Swadia.

They had no idea what the North Wind God was and had no concept of extreme cold. With the help of fire walls, fireplaces, and kangs and other heating facilities, they thought that winter was not that bad and the cold was just this cold.

Nearly two months after the first snow, Igor suddenly interrupted Aix while he was teaching. He said to Aix in panic:

"My lord, it's bad. The North Wind God is about to descend. Please quickly inform the people to return to their homes and take shelter!"

"North Wind God, haven't we experienced his power? It's nothing more than this."

Aix's words were met with laughter from everyone in the classroom. The comfortable days during this period had built up their confidence. They thought that the so-called terrifying North Wind God that the locals often talked about was nothing but a nobody and not as scary as they said.

Igor shouted anxiously:

"Don't laugh at the North Wind God, or you will be punished by God, my lord! Please listen to me and go outside to take a look!"

Seeing how confident he was, Aix began to feel a little nervous and had no choice but to follow him outside.

Although the sky outside was not completely dark, it was still overcast. There was an oppressive feeling as if the dark clouds were covering the sky, which made people feel very uncomfortable.

As Igor came to the city wall, the sky above the northern horizon was actually getting darker and darker, and there were also long and connected clouds of different colors floating in the sky. Wasn’t that the aurora that only appears in the polar regions?

"Look, sir. That's the colorful cloud that the North Wind God rides on. When it floats over us, it will bring down divine punishment. Tell the people in our territory to stop staying outside and go back to their houses to hide!

You should also warn everyone not to make loud noises, lest you anger the North Wind God, and if he punishes you, it will be troublesome."

"Oh, is it troublesome?"

The ice and snow covering the fields were too dazzling, so Aix was building a awning and admiring the gorgeous aurora in the distance.

In his original world, he had always wanted to visit Mohe in Northeast China, but he heard that a single trip there would take up half a year of his hard work, and he was heartbroken and never made the trip.

He was enjoying the beautiful view and didn't pay any attention to what Igor said. He just replied casually.

Seeing that Aix ignored him, Igor became anxious. He didn't care about being rude or not, and stepped forward, pulling Aix's sleeve and said:

"My Lord, please listen to me. If the North Wind God comes, it will be too late. Once his divine wind blows, a living person will be frozen into an ice stick in the blink of an eye."

His overreaction successfully attracted Axe's attention. He turned around and said to Igor seriously:

"Really? Is it really that scary?"

"Sir, I saw this with my own eyes. My father froze to death when he went out! Can you please listen to me and ask everyone to stay indoors for the time being? If it is not what I said, I am willing to be punished."

Human life is at stake. Igor began to get anxious when he saw that Axel still didn't believe him.

Seeing his anxious look, Axe couldn't help but believe it a little. The original World News also reported that the rapid arrival of extreme cold weather would indeed freeze people to death, so he said to Liu Tang beside him:

"Notify all residents not to come outside for the time being and return to their living areas. Tell all leaders to ensure heating."

Watching Liu Tang leave, Aix still stayed on the top of the city wall to admire the aurora. What surprised him was that the darkness in the northern sky seemed to be rapidly expanding to the south, occupying an increasingly larger area of ​​the sky.

The cold wind blowing from the ground, rolling up the frozen snowflakes, made a hollering sound of "ding-ling, ding-ling-ling", and suddenly rushed up to the top of the city wall. The snow flakes flew all over his head and face, making him shiver.

He felt as if the wind had penetrated the mink coat he was wearing, and the overbearing coldness went straight to his bones. He couldn't help shivering again, and his head began to ache slightly.

It seems that the threat of freezing to death is not an exaggeration. If he hadn't been wearing warm clothes, he might have died right here. Frightened, he quickly asked everyone to get off the wall and go back to the house to take shelter.

Not long after, it was completely dark outside. It was noon now, and the wind was like a whistle, shrill and creepy, as if a group of evil spirits were screaming and howling in the sky above the roof, patrolling back and forth, ready to search souls and take lives at any time.

When the local Vigria people heard the sound of the wind, they trembled with fear and hushed the Swadians who accidentally made a noise next to them, as if the murderous North Wind God was really on the roof.

The temperature in the originally warm and cozy house was dropping rapidly. Everyone in the freezing house hurriedly put on their coats. The leaders had to order people to add more firewood to the fire wall, fireplace, and heated kang.

From time to time, there was a sound of ice breaking. It was because the ice bars on the eaves were getting bigger and bigger and couldn't hold up and fell to the ground and broke.

When the strong wind blew past, the whole house seemed to tremble. The wooden roof was even partially deformed due to the huge temperature difference between the inside and the outside, and a series of "bang, bang, bang" sounds were heard. The local Vigians were so frightened that they whispered:

"Hush! Hush! Don't make any noise. The North Wind is knocking at the door!"

It seemed as if it was really the case, and the room suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

The whistling wind blew for three days and three nights, and finally stopped on the fourth day.

Then it began to snow heavily, without any exaggerated description. It snowed for four consecutive days before it stopped. When Aix asked someone to open the door of the house, the snow had blocked the door and was level with the roof.

After a lot of effort, everyone shoveled the snow into the house, and finally everyone in Aix's house created a way out.

Aix left the house, climbed onto the roof and looked at the other buildings in the territory. Without exception, the doors of all the houses were sealed. The low-lying rooms were even buried under the snow, leaving only a chimney emitting smoke.

Accustomed to a comfortable life in the city of his original world, Aix had never seen such a scene. For the first time, he was shocked by the power of nature and was speechless for a moment.

Bandak, who followed him, asked him:

"Sir, what should we do now?"

"What should we do? Oh, notify everyone to check all settlements to see if there are any frostbitten residents or any other additional losses."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone had a direction and started to get busy.

Everyone worked hard all day and was exhausted. It was not until dark that they finally opened up all the settlements.

Fortunately, the previous unified residence had taken effect. Each settlement had enough supplies and firewood stored, and no one was freezing to death or frostbite. The emotions of all the people in the territory were relatively stable.

But Zhang Ping came over with a sad face, knelt down in front of Aix, and kept saying that he was guilty of a capital crime.

Upon inquiry, it turned out that the rapid drop in temperature in recent days had caused many horses and livestock on the farm to freeze to death, with a total loss of more than 30 horses, more than 50 sheep, and more than 20 cows.

Aix could only sigh and help Zhang Ping up. It was not his fault. Not much consideration was given when the horse farm was built. In order to facilitate ventilation, the roof was built too high. This ensured ventilation, but it certainly could not keep warm. Just think of it as a lesson learned, but this lesson was too big.

Aix hurriedly called over Amanti and asked him to take people to see if there was any way to remedy the situation. Igor said that this kind of weather will occur many times, and he hoped that such a tragic thing would not happen again next time.

But he saw that his subjects had been suppressed for a week, staying in their houses in fear, and they all seemed to feel sympathetic and were in low spirits.

Aix had no choice but to call all the leaders over and ask them to go to each settlement to do some comfort work. He knew that low moods were contagious.

Then he led the group to the horse farm to see the damage to the livestock.

Looking at the frozen dead livestock piled up together, a newly-carried-out frozen cow made a stone-like collision sound when it was added to the pile, which made Aix's heart twitch. This was a huge sum of money, and it was gone just like that.

It is said that livestock that died of freezing have a bloody smell and are not tasty. In the original world, they were buried. However, these were frozen to death due to the rapid drop in temperature and do not carry any bacteria that could cause disease. The residents here will not despise them, so they are given to them as a snack.

At this time, he thought about how to eat it, and suddenly remembered a more common way of eating in the original world - hot pot, so he asked Zhang Ping and others to cut the beef, mutton and horse meat into thin slices and send them over.

That night in his temporary residence, Aix tested the poison on himself and had a long-missed hotpot.

He first heated the soup in the pot in the middle of the table, added salt and spices to the soup, and then put the thinly sliced ​​beef and mutton into the boiling pot to remove the bloody smell.

After it is fully cooked, put it in the dipping dish in front of you. He put wine, salt and spices in the dipping dish. After mixing them evenly, you can taste the dipping sauce. It is very fragrant. Although there is still a little fishy smell, it has little impact overall and the taste is still very good.

Moreover, for the people who drink porridge all year round, these are no different from delicious dishes. When paired with cabbage slices, taro slices, and radish slices, the combination of meat and vegetables is almost as good as the Chinese New Year.

Right now the morale of the people is low due to the extremely cold weather, so they can use delicious food to boost their morale.

Soon, this way of eating invented by the lord became popular, and a scene familiar to the Chinese appeared in every settlement: thinly sliced ​​beef, mutton and horse meat were cooked in hanging pottery pots.

Everyone held a bowl and sat around the fire, roasting the meat. When the meat was cooked, they took it out and dipped it in the sauce. It was so delicious.

With delicious food in front of them, the low mood brought by the severe cold was not worth mentioning and had long been thrown out of the window.