Chapter 973 Two Worlds

Half a month ago, the surrounding villages in northern Hubei used emergency boiler rooms and various thermal products produced to survive this winter.

In the next half month, I was busy working hard to transport the finished things to other places in Ezhou.

Zheng Shicheng issued a formal notice. This year, every village in Ezhou must ensure that no one is killed as much as possible. When statistics are collected in March next year, whichever village does the best will be rewarded by the government. Those who do poorly will also be rewarded. Notified throughout Ezhou.

At first glance, this decree is nothing, and many people have no idea about awards or anything like that. However, the death of a person has to be reported throughout Ezhou, which makes the people below sit still.

You know, what is the most difficult thing in this era? The answer is, get married.

The gene engraved in human bones is reproduction. In order to achieve this mission, one generation after another repeats the life of the previous generation.

Under the constraints of morality and law, if you want to reproduce normally, you must take the road of marriage.

In fact, there were no fewer bachelors in ancient times than in modern times. In ancient times, men could have three wives and four concubines as long as their family conditions allowed. The emperor had a harem, and the powerful class represented by dukes, princes and counts were no less generous.

This has resulted in women becoming a resource. At the level of ordinary people, it shows that it is not easy to get a wife.

If the village is taken as the unit, then the reputation of each village determines how many women are willing to marry in, and whether the women in this village can marry well.

Therefore, Zheng Shicheng's decree immediately stirred up the entire village in Ezhou.

Families who were originally desperate for this severe cold became active because of this decree. Villages that were already well prepared to withstand the cold were even more active in helping surrounding villages in order to gain a good reputation.

In short, the people of Ezhou tried every means to stay warm during the month when the temperature suddenly dropped.

Many places spontaneously formed groups, and the government asked them to build large houses with central heating, which made them even more motivated. Not a single person froze to death in this month.

Li Hezhou's arrival caused everyone in the room to temporarily stop what they were doing and look at him.

"Everyone, please don't mind me. You are busy first. I am here to transport things." Li Hezhou greeted everyone with a smile.

Seeing their enthusiasm, Master Zheng and the General can feel relieved, right?

"Hey, Mr. Li, you have come all the way, why don't you just have dinner with us at noon today before leaving? Don't worry, we have something to eat!" The village chief here rubbed his hands and said with a smile.

When the temperature suddenly dropped, he thought that many people would die in the village this year, so he planned to lock the door of his house and not see other people's misery.

Unexpectedly, the government took the initiative to take care of their life and death. Not only did they come to teach them how to keep warm, they also arranged errands with money for them, and even sent a batch of supplies every ten days to ensure that they would not starve.

"Thank you, village chief, but we have to rush to send things to other places, so I won't bother you." Li Hezhou quickly refused.

What they are doing now is not profitable, but he feels full of motivation every day.

Because Mr. Zheng said that the merchants who contributed this time can profit from Ezhou's external caravan profits in the future.

Smart people know the meaning behind these words. There are not many people involved in this matter like the Li family, and many of them have no way to get in.

Just when Li Hezhou and the others were transporting large quantities of supplies to areas that had not yet received thermal supplies, Chenzhou and Ezhou, across the river, seemed like two different worlds.