Ming Dynasty is not short of money.
Spending some money on disaster relief is not a big problem.
Zhu Xuan and Zhu Song could just take out a little profit, which would be enough for the Ming Dynasty to provide relief to the victims, but the relief materials could not be created out of thin air.
For example, for cold-weather clothing, even if Zhu Xuan's machines were produced day and night, and the sewing machines would run out of smoke, it would still be difficult to produce clothing that could supply all the poor people in the entire northern Ming Dynasty in a short period of time.
Even if it can be provided, what about transportation?
The transportation of disaster relief supplies is also a problem in the ice and snow. There are some roads blocked by ice and snow, and even access is a problem.
Hu Guang fell silent after hearing Zhu Xuan's words.
"What are you going to do, my dear grandson?"
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but frown.
Nowadays, the problem of cold disaster seems to be more serious than drought and flood.
If it is not handled well, it will probably affect the Ming Dynasty.
"Sun'er believes that Mr. Hu's suggestions still have merit."
"For example, for cold-weather clothing, my grandson will send people to Suzhou, Fujian and other places later to tell the workers there to gather all our cloth, cotton and other materials, and then allocate several ships of cotton from Guangzhou to sew cotton clothes as much as possible. .”
"My grandson requisitioned all the ready-made cotton clothes."
"As much as possible, transport to the affected areas in the north."
Zhu Xuan said.
After hearing this, Hu Guang raised a question: "Your Highness is right, but in the ice and snow, cold clothing is inconvenient to transport. Shipping by sea is very convenient, but it is only limited to coastal areas."
Zhu Xuan said: "Inland transportation is indeed troublesome, but no matter how troublesome it is, it must be done. We can't continue to have people freeze to death, right?"
Hu Guang nodded slightly, disaster relief must be provided.
"Actually, there is something that can melt ice and snow very well, making it easier to transport."
Zhu Xuan said again.
"what?"
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished asking, he was relieved again.
Today's good grandson is more and more considerate of the people. This is similar to him. He can become a qualified emperor. He can be regarded as teaching his good grandson.
"Salt!"
Zhu Xuan said: "This is the latest research result of our Science Pavilion. Grandpa Huang can ask the transportation team to bring a lot of salt to melt the ice and snow before they can travel. Our Ming Dynasty is not short of salt now."
Zhu Yuanzhang and others did not understand the principle of salt turning ice and snow.
But this is the research of the Science Pavilion, so there is basically no problem.
After all, the Science Pavilion can even make flying things, what else can the Science Pavilion not do?
"Why are you standing there stunned? Why don't you record it quickly!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded first, and then saw Hu Guang froze on the spot, thinking, and almost threw a shoe at Hu Guang.
"My lord, take your orders."
Hu Guang rummaged around quickly, found a pen and paper, and wrote down what Zhu Xuan said.
Wenhua Pavilion was the place where Lao Zhu read memorials every day.
For the sake of Grandpa Huang, Zhu Xuan also installed floor heating in the Wenhua Pavilion. It was still very warm here. Hu Guang's hands were not frozen and he could still record his movements quickly.
However, Hu Guang asked again: "Your Highness, that flying thing, can it be used to transport supplies?"
If you use this to transport it, the speed may be faster and it will not be limited by snow.
"no!"
Zhu Xuan shook his head and said: "Hot air balloons have very high requirements on the weather, the load cannot be too large, and the cost is relatively high, so they cannot be used for transportation."
Hearing this, they could only put down this idea.
"In addition to warm clothes, Mr. Hu just mentioned that burning charcoal for heating should be clear to Mr. Hu. How expensive is charcoal? To make charcoal, you need to cut down trees. The cost is not low. I don't think it is feasible to distribute charcoal."
"The coal from our factory is more suitable."
"Grandpa Huang must have heard of the popular heaters among nobles nowadays, right? In fact, they are also from the Science Pavilion."
"The heater burns coal. This thing has been improved by the people in the Science Pavilion. It no longer produces thick smoke, is more resistant to burning, and has better heating effect."
"The floor heating in Wenhua Pavilion is made of coal."
Zhu Xuan continued.
"real?"
Of course Zhu Yuanzhang had heard about those stoves, but he quickly frowned and said: "Guaishun's coal has to be transported from Annan and other places. The journey is even longer and the transportation is troublesome. After sea transportation, it has to be transported by land. Coal It is much heavier than warm clothing, and transportation will definitely be more inconvenient. By the time the coal is transported to the north, countless people will freeze to death."
Making charcoal is more difficult and the steps are complicated.
But these charcoals were made by local people who went out of the city to cut down trees and burn them.
When needed, just deliver the charcoal to the city and it will be there, which is much more convenient than transporting coal over long distances.
"Grandpa Huang, it's not necessarily useless."
"In places like Taiyuan and Datong, according to Sun'er's survey, coal is buried underground."
"As long as Sun Er sends a few teams north."
“Once the coal is dug out, it can be transported to the prefecture and county where the coal mine is located.”
"In coastal areas, coal is transported by sea."
"As for the inland areas, those prefectures and counties without coal mines can only cut down trees to burn charcoal, and then wait for the unified deployment of coal."
"If you want to make charcoal affordable for ordinary people, the imperial court must do this. Only then can we achieve the purpose of the imperial court's free distribution of charcoal for heating."
Zhu Xuan told Zhu Yuanzhang everything he knew.
As for whether they will adopt it, it depends on what Zhu Yuanzhang and the others think.
Zhu Yuanzhang urged: "Record everything, and my dear grandson will arrange the team matters as soon as possible. Do you have any other suggestions?"
"My grandson thought of something else."
"Actually, another reason why people suffer from cold disasters is that the houses they live in are not good enough."
"The emperor can issue an imperial decree and tell all the officials below to record the ordinary people whose houses are damaged, and the court will give money to help rebuild them."
"Of course, to do this, there must be supervision by Jin Yiwei."
Zhu Xuan said again.
Usually involving demolition, housing and other issues, corruption will definitely breed.
It is more likely to lead to corruption if the court pays for it.
The officials below, as the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, they have the idea of not being greedy for nothing.
The more remote the petty officials in the area, the more greedy they are.
They can be very unscrupulous in their greed because the court is too far away to control them.
Zhu Xuan said: "I have said all that my grandson can say."
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and said: "Hu Guang, please send all the six ministers to Wenhua Pavilion, and we can discuss what should be done."
The next step is to discuss whether it is feasible based on the plan given by Zhu Xuan.
These are all related to the national economy and people's livelihood. Without discussing it with the ministers, no matter how much Lao Zhu trusts Zhu Xuan, he will not dare to implement it casually.
"yes!"
Hu Guang said.
"Wait a minute, Mr. Hu, are there any people affected by the disaster near Yingtian?"
Zhu Xuan asked.
"Yes! The six counties under Yingtian's rule all suffered from disasters of varying degrees."
Hu Guang nodded.
However, there were not many people affected by the disaster near Yingtian Mansion, at the feet of the emperor.
It is also easier for the court to provide disaster relief, and the problem is not that big.
Zhu Xuan finally found an opportunity without having to go to the main hall all the time, and said: "Grandpa Huang, my grandson is requesting relief for the victims near Yingtian."
