Great Qin Shi Empress

==·Changes·==

Liu Ji was just an ordinary gangster in Peixian County, but fortunately he had a wide range of friends, and he could drink and have fun with three or two friends every day, or find his lover to spend the day, and his life was considered leisurely.

That day, he was drinking and chatting with his friends Xiao He, Fan Kui, Cao Can and others, when he heard other guests talk about the news that Qin State and Chu State were fighting in Pingyu area. Characters, but also quite knowledgeable.

Just as Liu Ji knew that Chu State would be defeated as soon as he heard the news, Xiao He also heaved a long sigh after learning that the Lord of Qin would be Wang Jian and brought 80 troops to attack Chu State: "I'm afraid this battle won't last long. It’s just that none of us are rich, and we have never committed crimes in the past, so we don’t need to worry too much about life after Qin takes over Chu.”

"It's just," Xiao He looked at Liu Ji, "you don't want to be as frivolous as you were before. The laws of Qin are strict, and there will be no good end for an idler like you."

Liu Ji was very depressed: "I have a flexible brain and can earn a day's work. I am not begging for money from my parents at home. Why do I have to be scolded by my parents all day long? Every time my parents compare me with my elder brother, it is enough to make people bored." Now, even the law has to control how I live my life?"

Xiao He was helpless: "You are almost in your thirties, you have to find someone to make a living."

Liu Ji picked up the wine bowl and took a sip: "Where is it so easy?"

Xiao He thought for a while: "When Qin Guo really takes down Chu State, it's not like there is no chance at all."

Not only Liu Ji, but everyone else also looked towards Xiao He.

Xiao He seriously explained: "I heard that after the Qin State took over the countries, the country could not send enough manpower to govern these places. In order to prevent the old nobles from various countries from taking power and affecting the Qin State's rule, we had to let literate women be officials. The school that teaches Qin Law in Qin State has even begun to recruit women who can read and write. Liu Ji, you can read and read anyway, and now you are starting to learn Qin Law. I will find a few people to help recommend it. No, ordinary officials and pavilion chiefs are definitely fine."

If you can be an official, who wants to be a gangster?

Liu Ji immediately nodded in response, promising to start studying Qin Law when he returned today.

Others were somewhat disappointed—

Fan Kuai and Xia Houyuan were illiterate, so they couldn't follow Liu Ji's path.And Cao Shen was originally a jailer, and he didn't need Xiao He's recommendation.

But Liu Ji can have such a way out, and everyone is very happy for him.

Several people clinked glasses happily.

Little gangsters like Liu Ji in Pei County know the news of the fight between Qin and Chu, let alone Lu Gong, who has a higher status?

However, rather than caring about the demise of Chu State, Liu Ji and others were thinking about whether they could make a profit from it. Lu Gong, who had a higher status in Shanfu County, had more wealth, and was more famous, was very concerned about the war between Qin and Chu. The reaction is much greater.

He knew that Chu State had no hope for this battle, so he still prayed at home every day for Chu State to win.

Even, Lu Gong sold some of his family property and sent it to the front line, hoping to contribute a little to the battle between Qin and Chu.

The sons of the Lu family have always obeyed their father's orders, and dare not raise any objections. On the contrary, the young daughter Lu Zhi, after hearing about his actions, took the initiative to find Lu Gong: "The first battle between Qin and Chu, Chu There is no hope for the country. My father is not wise enough to protect himself at this time. Why should he sell his property to fill this bottomless pit? Money is a trivial matter, but when Qin takes over Chu, his father will now act as if he were to come to take over Shanfu County. The officials of the Qin State know that our family can still live in peace like today in Shanfu County?"

How could Duke Lu not know, but...

"If the state of Qin takes over the state of Chu, the ordinary people will be fine. Wealthy people like us would not be able to be so comfortable anymore," Duke Lu sighed. liquidation."

Only then did Lu Zhi know that his father had a good relationship with the officials of Shanfu County, and he was a little flustered for a while: "Father, what should we do?"

Lu Gong patted her on the head with a smile: "Don't worry, this part of the family property sold for father is not easy to take away."

Lu Zhi was taken aback, and quickly realized: "Father is going to move?"

Lu Gong nodded: "After thinking about it for my father, Pei County seems to be good. If Chu State is really powerless, our family will leave before the officials sent by Qin State arrive in Shanfu County. The Lu family should be able to escape."

Seeing that his father knew what was going on, Lu Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Jian arrived in Pingyu with 80 troops and stopped immediately. He didn't respond to Xiang Yan after a big victory. He still went his own way and stationed in the barracks. When you arrive at the soldiers, you will greet them and express your condolences to the soldiers' living conditions.

For nearly two months, except for Qin Jun's fight with Chu Jun when he first arrived in Pingyu, he didn't do anything else.

At first Xiang Yan thought that Wang Jian was just playing a show, just to lure himself to lead troops out of the city, and then catch him in the urn.

But after waiting for so long, Xiang Yan watched Qin Jun go from being tense at the beginning to now being at ease——

Yes, leisurely.

The Qin army actually rested, bathed, played, and even ate, drank, and played recklessly under the eyes of the Chu army, completely ignoring the Chu army not far away.

Xiang Yan was dumbfounded.

The most shocking thing is that not only did the old man Wang Jian not stop Qin Jun's actions, but he even participated in it himself, eating and having fun with the soldiers.Several times, Xiang Yan saw Wang Jian running to a group of soldiers on his own initiative, throwing pots with those undisciplined soldiers.

The Chu army was tense all the time, not daring to relax in the slightest: "..."

If Yingzheng was here, he might have heard a bunch of scolding soldiers in the Chu army.

Without him, the contrast was so tragic that it caused a great imbalance in the hearts of the soldiers of the Chu army.However, the Qin army did not take any offensive actions and could not distract the Chu army's attention. Such unwillingness spread among the Chu army at an extremely fast speed.

Xiang Yan knew at a glance that it was not good, and realized that he could no longer let it go like this, so he decisively dispatched a team to harass Qin Jun.

Unexpectedly, the Qin army was loose inside and outside, and the Chu army's attack failed again.

Morale has always been a thing of "one bang, then decline, and three exhaustion", and it has failed twice. Even Xiang Yan dared not lead troops to take the initiative to take the initiative and look loose, but in fact the defense was as tight as a tortoise shell. .

He was caught in a dilemma for a while.

If you want to fight, you can't fight; if you don't fight, the atmosphere inside the Chu army is really bad, and compared with the Qin army who seems to be getting more and more moist in the small days, there is a tendency to get worse and worse.

Xiang Yan was thinking, why not take this opportunity to surrender.

But thinking of how much the kings of Chu valued the Xiang family in the past, Xiang Yan could only stand on the front line with all the pressure and wait for the Qin army's final blow: Yes, no matter how calm he is on the face, Xiang Yan has nothing to do with this battle in his heart Half a fluke.

But what he didn't expect was that Xiang Yan almost gave up completely, but the situation turned around again, which gave him a big surprise——

In late September, it was almost the end of the new year, and the Qin army seemed to have almost recuperated. There were frequent changes in the direction of the Qin army's camp, and it seemed that it might send troops to attack the Chu army at any time.

But at this time, the weather suddenly turned cold, the temperature dropped sharply, and even a little salt snow fell in the sky.

Xiang Yan was observing the Qin army on the city wall at that time. The snow particles fell on his face and turned into a trace of coldness, which made him, a strong man with a strong physique, feel a bit of chill.

He froze for a moment, then turned his head to find that the deputy general's eyebrows and eyelashes were covered with snowflakes the size of salt grains.

Xiang Yan: "!!!"

At that time, Xiang Yan had only one thought in his mind——

God helps me too!

What is the road to heaven and earth?That's it!

Xiang Yan immediately sent troops to the capital of the state of Chu, and asked the king of Chu for more warm clothes. At the same time, he also made all the defenses, and ordered all soldiers to guard against death, and no matter what happened, they should not conflict with the Qin army.

Even if the Qin army sent troops to the front of the battle to shout and scold, they should never pay attention to them: "It's just like what the Qin army did to us before."

After all, apart from sporadic snowflakes falling in the coldest twelfth lunar month and January every year, Chudi has never had snow at the end of September when the Chinese New Year is approaching.

If the sudden drop in temperature and the snowflakes were not accidental, then there is no doubt that this winter will be extremely cold, and there is even a great possibility of snow disasters.

Snow disasters are disasters and disasters for everyone.

But even so, there are great differences in the specific snow disasters that fall on different countries and different people.

It's as if the disasters brought by the snow disaster and extreme cold weather to the common people are almost devastating. Once it happens, many people will freeze to death, but it will fall on the heads of the nobles, but it is just that they go out a few times less in winter and wear more clothes. The little things of clothes and extra quilts are annoying, but never fatal.

The reason is the same, and the same snow disaster will have different effects on different troops.

For example, Pingyu belongs to Chu State, Qin and Chu are fighting in Pingyu, Chu State may supply supplies from the rear at any time, but the Qin army has no way to send more warm items to the rear because of the long distance front.

Moreover, Qin State is not as rich as Chu State, so how could they gather enough warm clothes for 80 soldiers?

This is Chu's opportunity.

They just need to wait for the soldiers of Qin State to be eroded by the cold, and it is best to lead troops to attack when hundreds of thousands of soldiers are frozen to death, and they will definitely be able to catch Qin State by surprise.

==·Snowstorm·==

After Wang Jian heard the news of snowfall in September, he was still joking with himself as a soldier: "Don't mention that Chu State is located in the south, it is rare to see snow once a year, let alone this is September, you have heard of September Did it just snow?"

The soldier smiled wryly: "It's really not a lowly post. If you don't believe it, just stand outside the big tent for a while and you will find out."

Wang Jian didn't believe in evil, so he immediately walked out of the big tent and stood outside for a while.

then……

"Hiss!" Wang Jian touched his mouth, "Why is it so cold outside?"

At the end of September in previous years, the weather wasn't too hot, but it didn't make people feel cold.

He's still wearing armor, he's wearing armor.

The personal soldier stood beside him, lowering his head to let Wang Jian look at the top of his head: "General, take a closer look, is there a lot of snow particles hanging on the head of the humble officer?"

Wang Jian heard the sound and looked at the hair on the top of the soldier's head: "...My God, is it really snowing?"

After a moment of astonishment, Wang Jian instantly realized the threat that Xue was posing to the soldiers of Qin State, and immediately changed his face: "Go and call Meng Tian and Li Xin to the big tent immediately!"

……

Li Xin and Meng Tian soon arrived at Wang Jian's camp. Wang Jian and Li Xin could be said to have experienced many battles, and Meng Tian also had a strong family background. When the three met, they quickly reached a tacit understanding——

They can no longer follow the previous thinking towards Chu State, and must take Chu State as soon as possible.

Anyway, the Qin army has a large number, and it is fearless to go directly without paying attention to strategy.

So soon, the Qin army rectified the soldiers and launched an attack on the Chu army before New Year's Eve.

however……

The Chu army made preparations early, and when they saw the Qin army approaching, they immediately retreated and retreated to the city, completely giving up the attack.

It's time to defend the city!

Wang Jian frowned fiercely: "Xiang Yan, a slippery loach, can run so fast!"

Meng Tian and Li Xin couldn't help worrying.

Meng Tian looked at Wang Jian: "General Wang, why don't we lead our troops around Pingyu to attack other cities of Chu State for supplies?"

Li Xin agrees very much: "Although we have prepared for a protracted war before and specially ordered the soldiers to bring enough clothes, those clothes can't withstand the severe cold weather like heavy snow. If we don't find a city for supplies, Don’t let the soldiers not die on the battlefield, but freeze to death in the barracks.”

Wang Jian was helpless: "Pingyu has gathered all the troops that Chu State can dispatch at present. Once we allocate part of our troops to attack other cities of Chu State, do you believe that Xiang Yan will immediately lead troops out of Pingyu City?"

Moreover, Chu State is different from Qin State. Qin State can only send more than 80 soldiers to the front line, but the 40 soldiers in Pingyu are not all of Chu State——

The Chu State imitated the Zhou Dynasty to implement the enfeoffment system, and there were many nobles and nobles in the interior, each supporting its own soldiers.

Even if these soldiers in Pingyu are excluded, other cities may not have enough troops to defend the city.

As we all know, in the battle of defending the city, the side defending the city does not need too many troops.

At least hundreds of thousands of troops are not needed.

Dividing Qin's 80 troops into two teams, one stationed in Pingyu and the other attacking other cities, may not take the time faster than concentrating troops to take Pingyu directly.

Li Xin and Meng Tian looked at each other with fearlessness in their eyes.

Li Xin suggested directly: "In that case, General Wang, let's send troops to attack the city directly!"

Wang Jian nodded: "That's exactly what I mean!"

It's just that once the siege battle starts, the casualty rate of Qin's soldiers cannot be guaranteed.

It's almost New Years...

Wang Jian looked in the direction of the gate, feeling very helpless: Why did it snow so early?As long as one month is late...

However, the situation on the battlefield could change dramatically in an instant, and now it is not bad to have only abnormal weather. At least this kind of unexpected weather affects both Qin and Chu, not just the Qin army.

Wang Jian and others sent someone to pass the news, ordering everyone to rest well at night and prepare for the siege battle tomorrow.

Not only Wang Jian, Xiang Yan also issued similar orders.

Everyone is looking forward to tomorrow's confrontation.

But to everyone's surprise, that night, the snow became heavier and heavier.

Many soldiers fell asleep halfway through, only to wake up from the cold.

Some soldiers even failed to wake up in time, and were found to have developed a high fever by their companions early the next morning.

No one died because of it, but...

Seeing that almost half of the soldiers in the whole army were sick, Wang Jian, Meng Tian and Li Xin had no choice but to give up their plan to attack the city.

The soldiers of Chu State are not much better than the soldiers of Qin State, and their sickness rate is even higher than that of Qin Army——

Among other things, the Qin army has been resting with food and drink at least during the period after arriving in Pingyu, in order to adapt to the local climate and water and soil, and avoid the occurrence of unacceptable conditions, plus an exaggerated number of 80 troops Blessings, Qin Jun never worried about losing this battle, so everyone was very big-hearted, and his body and mental outlook were well maintained. Although some people fell ill after the temperature dropped sharply, they were not serious.

The Chu army was different: they had lost two battles before, and although they didn’t hurt their bones, they also greatly affected the morale of the Chu army; Life, but one's own side has to be on guard at all times, in case the Qin army suddenly attacks, the mental state has long been on the verge of collapse.

Now that the temperature has dropped sharply, a large number of Chu soldiers fell down in an instant.

In addition to the worrying physical and mental conditions of the Chu soldiers themselves, the Chu army has one more unexpected factor than the Qin army——

The common people in the city.

The people of Chu State are not comparable to those of Qin State. The lives of the nobles of Chu State are as moist as the lives of ordinary people.

And life is miserable, and the physical condition is naturally poor.

Not only did they get sick quickly after the temperature dropped sharply, but there was no way to save them afterwards——

There are no extra clothes at home, and no money left to buy medicine.

And most colds are contagious, and the illness of the common people is worse than that of the soldiers, and the bodies of many people who died of illness are thrown on the streets without paying attention, so...

Some soldiers were not overwhelmed by the sudden drop in temperature, but were infected by their colleagues and civilians.

What's even more frightening is that this is just the beginning.

After the temperature dropped sharply that night, the sun came out the next day, and the snow melted brought lower temperatures. In the evening of the same day, the sky once again fell snow, and the temperature dropped again with the falling snowflakes... …

The soldiers of the Qin State were fine. It was too cold when the snow melted during the day. In order to keep warm, they rushed into the mountains and forests in small groups after seeking the consent of Wang Jian and others, and brought back a lot of firewood, barely able to withstand another drop However, the soldiers of Chu State were trapped in the city and could not even find firewood for heating. In order to keep warm, many soldiers rushed into the homes of the people in disregard of the military order to rob them.

In this case, what is the fight?

It was too late for the armies of Qin and Chu to protect themselves, so they could only call a truce.

……

Wang Jian immediately sent troops to write a letter to Xianyang. After Chen Mingping discussed the situation, he asked for more warm clothes and bedding.

He thought that even if such extreme weather was not accidental, only some parts of Chu State should have been affected.Therefore, if you ask Xianyang for help, you will definitely get help, and it will not affect the lives of the people.

But the fact is, it is also snowing in Xianyang.

Not only Xianyang, but also all the counties and counties in Qin State are snowing.

Pingyu's climate is warmer than Xianyang's and even with so much snow falling, the situation in most counties and counties in Qin State will only be worse than Pingyu's.

Among them, the most serious snow disaster was Yandi, which had just been won——

The Yan Kingdom was originally the country closest to the north among all the vassal states. The winter has always been colder than other countries. Now the temperature has dropped sharply, and there has been heavy snowfall in Liaodong almost in the same day.

Under such circumstances, it is impossible for Qin to give too much support to the front line.

It was originally like this.

But isn't this, does Lin Qian have a plane trader in his hand?

Just when the state of Chu learned that the snow disaster might be the only chance to change the country's ruin and family ruin, and all the nobles in the whole country had to let go of their selfishness and take out all the extra cloth and animal furs to send to the front line, Lin Qian also found out The first time it snowed abnormally, I immediately thought of the catastrophic snow disaster that was not only recorded in the historical records by Tai Shigong, but also obtained specific data from the people after so many years.

"Heavy rain and snow, two feet and five inches deep." [Quoting Historical Records]

Only a few figures describe the horror of this snow disaster.

She found Ying Zheng at the first time: "This heavy snow is very likely to be a big snow disaster that will spread across the country. If you don't prepare in time, when the disaster becomes serious, many people in Qin State will freeze to death, even in Chu State. It will not be affected, we must prepare for the worst in advance and make the best and most detailed preparations."

When it comes to government affairs and people's livelihood, Ying Zheng is more sensitive than anyone else.

The abnormal heavy snowfall before was enough to arouse his vigilance, so after hearing Lin Qian's words, Ying Zheng asked her directly: "How much do you need?"

Lin Qian was taken aback, and then looked at Ying Zheng in surprise: "The more the better!"

Ying Zheng didn't even ask, and immediately called Meng Yi——

After Meng Tian went to the battlefield, Meng Yi replaced Meng Tian to take charge of Ying Zheng's safety, while Lin Qian was replaced by a young general who was well-informed by Wang Jian to be in charge of safety.

As soon as Meng Yi stepped into the hall, before he saluted, he listened to Ying Zheng's order: "Go to the warehouse and take all the property you copied from Han, Zhao, Yan, Wei and other countries, especially the gold products, and bring them to the hall."

Meng Yi glanced at Ying Zheng in surprise, and saw that he was head to head with Lin Qian, discussing something with a solemn expression, not daring to delay, he immediately turned around and took a few servants to the warehouse, and directly put the All the gold ornaments from the palace were transported to the main hall.

After waving everyone away, Ying Zheng immediately looked at Lin Qian: "You can use these things as you like, and you can buy as much cloth and cotton as you can!"

Anyway, it was windfall money, and he didn't feel distressed at all when he spent it.

If it can reduce the casualties of the people, he will only feel that it is a good deal——

Because of the wars every year, the population of all countries began to decrease significantly.Yingzheng didn't want to see a situation where there were not many people under his rule after he had completed the cause of unification.

Lin Qian nodded, and immediately opened the plane trader.

==·Disaster Relief·==

Since the second host opened the store, except for a few times when he went out, most of the time was quite leisurely, so he saw the message from Lin Qian immediately.

He clicked on the voice——

"How much cloth and cotton do you have? How much can you sell to me? How much can you buy from other people?"

The second host was stunned.

Although Lin Qian tried her best to conceal it, he could still hear the eagerness in her tone.

She must have encountered some trouble and needed to buy a lot of cloth.

Host No. [-]'s eyes lit up: "How much do you want?"

Lin Qian didn't hide anything: "I want as much as you can give me!"

After finishing speaking, she directly scanned the several large boxes of gold ornaments in the main hall into pictures and sent them to the second host.

"I want as many of these gold ornaments as I can buy."

"By the way, no calico, just buy plain cotton and linen."

The second host looked at the gleaming boxes of gold, his eyes were almost glued to the screen.

What else is there to say?

He replied decisively to Lin Qian: "I probably only have one warehouse of cotton and linen coarse cloth, but I have two warehouses of pure cotton cloth. The price is not much higher than that of cotton and linen coarse cloth. It's only half a gold cup, do you want it?"

"It's not that I took advantage of the fire to rob you of your money, but after the gradual promotion of hydraulic looms, the cost of pure cotton cloth has dropped significantly. The cost of a piece of pure cotton cloth is no higher than that of a piece of cotton and linen coarse cloth mixed with half hemp. A few dollars, so now most of the manufacturers with hydraulic looms only produce pure cotton cloth, and use this to compete with the cotton and linen coarse cloth produced by others. The manufacturers of cotton and linen coarse cloth have almost closed down in the past two years. Most of the cotton and linen coarse cloth circulating in the world were produced before.”

"If you only want cotton and linen coarse cloth, I have to go to other places to find it. If the transportation cost is added, the price may be higher than the price of cotton cloth."

"On the contrary, if you accept pure cotton cloth, I can send you two warehouses now, and I can send you more tomorrow."

After hearing this, Lin Qian was taken aback for a moment, and then she was overjoyed: "Yes, if the price is the same as what you said, you can buy all pure cotton cloth."

After all, the warmth retention of pure cotton cloth is much better than that of cotton and linen coarse cloth.

One of the main advantages of later generations of cotton and linen coarse cloth is breathability, but in winter when you need to keep warm, who wants breathability?

The two were very happy to make this deal.

The next moment, the No. [-] host directly sent Lin Qian all the cloth in stock.

Lin Qian sent him fourteen golden cups of gold jewelry at the price previously set, and then immediately went to the warehouse, choosing to receive all the cloth.

At this time, the second host sent another message: "I just listened to it again, and it seems that you still need cotton? Are you sure you need cotton that has not been spun?"

Lin Qian quickly replied: "In fact, my demand for cotton may be greater than cloth."

After a pause, she explained, "I'm going to use the cotton as stuffing for clothes to make warmer cotton clothes."

The second host paused for a moment, as if he got some inspiration from it.

He sent a message after a while: "If you also want cotton, I still have cotton reserves in several warehouses. As for the price, in order to repay the inspiration you just said, I can add transportation to the original price." I'll give you the cost price, how about one gold cup per warehouse?"

Lin Qian naturally had no answer.

But even the second host needs some time to buy enough cotton and cloth.

During this period of time, because the temperature drop and heavy snowfall in Liaodong and other places have gradually caused disasters, Ying Zheng ordered someone to escort the cloth and cotton that Lin Qian first exchanged from the second host, as well as the previously unknown The sold cloth and the cotton harvested in the previous two years went to Liaodong first.

After Yingzheng brought up the matter in the court, he was strongly opposed by civil servants headed by Wang Wanli.

It is not against the use of cloth and cotton for disaster relief, but against the word "free".

They also gave their reasons.

For example, Li Si felt: "There is no rule without rules. If the cloth is really given away for free, there may be some skinless people who lie and loot it in order to get more cloth. Don't be kind enough to relieve disasters, but give some people brought disaster."

Wang Wan was even more worried about the future: "Because the disaster relief was supported by the property of the six royal families and nobles, the cotton and cotton cloth can be given to the people for free; but what about other disasters next time? Will the people want the court to distribute them for free?" Disaster relief food and items? At the beginning, it can be used, but when the properties of the six royal families and nobles are used up, what should I do? The minister is worried that this will increase the appetite of the people, and when the court no longer distributes the supplies for free, They will develop resentment against the court."

When Ying Zheng heard it was reasonable, he decisively rejected the previous idea.

only……

He looked at Wang Wan and Li Si: "People usually save a lot of money to buy a piece of cloth. If the cloth sent to the disaster relief is sold this time, how can the people afford enough cotton and cloth to keep out the cold?"

Wang Wan and Li Si looked at each other, and in the end they only came up with an "answer to lower the price".

Ying Zheng was a little disappointed.

However, Lin Qian offered a solution: "Why don't the court set up an interest-free loan?"

Ying Zheng turned to look at Lin Qian: "Loan without interest?"

Lin Qian nodded: "In the face of disasters, I believe that the common people are far more eager to survive than we are. Whenever there is an opportunity, they will seize it. If it is not feasible to distribute cloth and cotton for free, then it is not feasible to directly lend cotton and cloth to the common people." That’s enough? The price is based on the price of the shop, which is already very low for the common people, but this kind of loan does not charge the common people interest, and there is no set repayment date.”

Li Si frowned: "Don't set a repayment date?"

"Yes," Lin Qian smiled, "There is no repayment date, but every year, a certain percentage can be deducted from the grain harvested by the common people until the deduction is exhausted. The specific proportion refers to the amount owned by the common people. The amount of land property shall be deducted under the premise of not affecting the food and clothing of the people."

Because the court is the guarantee, the common people don't need to worry too much about being cheated.

Wang Wan suddenly realized, and nodded after serious thinking: "This method is not bad. Cloth can buy many things. Usually, when paying taxes, you can also use cloth to pay for it. It is convenient to directly lend cloth to the people as money. Collecting interest will not add too much burden to the people, so that the people can borrow from the court with more peace of mind."

Li Si once again put forward different opinions: "The method is good, but Gu Fenghou, has he ever thought about whether the officials below will use the opportunity to deceive the people?"

Lin Qian knew that what Li Si said was very likely to happen.

Even if the imperial court personally promised not to charge interest on the loan, it would be fine to pay it back slowly in the future, but after this order is implemented in various counties and counties, the officials responsible for implementing this decision may not be able to resist the temptation.

How many film and television dramas have officials embezzled disaster relief money?Now that loans are involved, the hidden dangers are even greater.

Lin Qian collapsed immediately.

Ying Zheng looked at Lin Qian and Ying Zheng who were sitting in a row above Lin Qian's head, then looked at the disappointment on Lin Qian's face, and suddenly chuckled: "If this method is feasible, we can directly promote it. Just go down."

Seeing that Li Si seemed about to interrupt, his eyes suddenly turned cold, "If anyone dares to take the opportunity to deal with cloth, cotton, or even the amount or terms of the debts of the common people, they will directly punish the Jiuzu after they find out!"

Li Si shut up instantly and did not try to persuade him.

If someone really dared to die after learning of Ying Zheng's order, no matter what kind of government order he implemented, such a person might take advantage of the loopholes.

……

Lin Qian raised one more thing: "Except for Liaodong, there should be no snow in other places, and it will take some time for other cotton and cloth to be sent to Xianyang. Should we do something else during this time?" Prepare?"

Ying Zheng looked at Lin Qian: "What preparation?"

The others also looked towards Lin Qian.

Lin Qian explained: "With the cotton and cloth sent to Liaodong, isn't there still the practice of cotton jacket? But this is only because the disaster happened too fast in Liaodong, and there is no time, so we can only combine the method of cotton jacket with cloth and cotton. Wait for the raw materials to be sent directly to Liaodong to let the local people make their own clothes.”

"Other places may not be able to continue disaster relief according to this method. After all, most of the people who are still staying at home are the elderly, children and women. They can make padded jackets by themselves if they have time."

"However," Lin Qian glanced at Ying Zheng, "Soldiers on the front line shouldn't carry needles and thread when they go to the battlefield, right?"

Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment before realizing Lin Qian's meaning.

Thinking of the 80 soldiers on the front line, Ying Zheng couldn't help but frown: such a large group of old men, he can guarantee that most of them can't even mend clothes, let alone make padded jackets.

He looked at Lin Qian helplessly: "Do you have a better way?"

Lin Qian smiled and rolled her eyes: "Why don't you hire a group of women who are good at making clothes to make padded jackets for frontline soldiers?"

== Opening of factory ==

Hire more women who are good at making clothes to make padded jackets for soldiers?

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and then looked at Lin Qian in surprise: This method is wonderful!

After the weather turned cold, almost all the people stopped their activities, and most of the people were also free.If it was in previous years, everyone might still be busy with autumn sweet potatoes and autumn potatoes at this time, but this year...

Sweet potatoes are drought-resistant, but not frost-resistant!

This year's autumn sweet potatoes and autumn potatoes are completely hopeless.

The sweet potatoes are okay, and the sweet potato vines can be cut off and stored in a cellar until next year in a certain way, but there is really no way for potatoes.

Therefore, the common people are still very free at this time.

Li Si immediately became interested: "Women don't need to serve corvee, but they can make clothes instead of their family members, such as father, brother, husband, son and others. If there are no adult men in the family, they can also pay them some wages."

Wang Wan added: "It's actually a good way to use work as relief. Every piece of clothing those women make can offset part of the price of cotton cloth and cotton. Those women should be very willing."

"If the cloth and cotton are directly handed over to the people, it is inevitable that there will be greed for petty gain. Why not just invite people to a fixed place to make padded jackets? Send a few more officials to watch, and this should be able to prevent this."

"It's a good idea, but heating is a big problem."

"Why is it so difficult? Just light a few braziers in the house?"

"Cotton and cloth are very easy to ignite. If you light a brazier in the house, it may cause a fire if you don't pay attention."

"Then what do you say?"

"Safety is more important. Once the cloth is burned, it will be completely useless, and it may hurt other people's lives. It is good to give them some more clothes. It is best not to use open flames to keep warm."

"You hired people to do the work, but someone froze to death in your place. Isn't it going to affect His Majesty's reputation?"

"..."

A group of civil servants completed Lin Qian's casual sentence with a few words, and even extended more possibilities.

Lin Qian was shocked when she heard everyone's words.

It wasn't until they found that they were deadlocked on the issue of heating that they took the initiative to stand up: "If everyone is in the same room, floor heating can actually be used for heating."

Ying Zheng looked at Lin Qian: "Ground heating?"

Lin Qian nodded: "Generally, a place for burning a fire is dug underground outside the house. When the fire burns, a lot of smoke is produced. The smoke is collected, and the flue dug from the ground is sent to the flue dug under the floor of a certain room. .As long as the burning continues, the room can maintain a certain temperature."

After a pause, she looked at the floor under the cushion, "If the flue is well done, even if you step on the ground with bare feet, it won't be cold."

Everyone subconsciously followed Lin Qian's gaze and looked at the floor.

Ok……

I didn't think it before, but after the temperature dropped, everyone kneeling on the mats had only one thought: It's really cold!

Everyone looked at Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng: "..."

He smiled helplessly, nodded his head and said: "Please ask Marquis Gu Feng to inform Mohist Juzi about the specific structure of this floor heating. After they have studied thoroughly, the widow will immediately order