The blizzard suddenly fell at night, when people were sleeping and without any precautions. The roof collapsed without warning, and some unlucky people were trapped underneath.
More than 200 houses collapsed, and some people were killed by frostbite. The number of casualties was shocking.
If this casualty expanded to the entire city and the villages and towns outside the city, Li Qiao would simply not dare to imagine the number.
Li Qiao was busy until noon the next day, and then completed the work assigned by Sheng Hong. He did not close his eyes all night, but the seventh prince next to him was responsible for a large area, and not all the injured had been sent to the hospital, so he led the imperial army again. The soldiers went to help the seventh prince.
This busyness lasted until late at night.
He returned to the palace to report back to Sheng Hong. Sheng Hong gave him two days of leave to take a good rest.
However, thinking of the human tragedy he had witnessed in the past two days and one night, he couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, I also want to do something for the people affected by the disaster."
Hearing this, Sheng Hong looked at the red bloodshot eyes in his eyes, shook his head and said, "All expenses for this snow disaster will be borne by Yan'er."
"Weichen knows, but Weichen saw a father and son. This father is a widower, and the child is only five years old. The father and son make a living by mending clothes for others."
"In this snowstorm, this father had his arm broken. From now on, he can't be mended. A disabled person who can't work and a five-year-old child. In this situation, what should the father and son do in the future? Woolen cloth?"
"Moreover, the father and son are not special cases. There are many people like them who have lost their livelihood due to this snow disaster."
Recalling the poor people he had seen over the past two days and one night, Li Qiao frowned deeply.
"What do you want?" Sheng Hong looked at him quietly, surprise flashed in his eyes.
"Weichen is waiting for your order. If you let Weichen intervene, Weichen can provide these people with a part-time job that can sustain their livelihood."
"Your plan is good, but Yan'er will be responsible for this disaster."
Sheng Hong refused again.
He wanted to see what his third son could do in the face of a natural disaster of this level.
"……yes."
Li Qiao shut up.
Leave the palace and go home.
The lantern in front of the mansion was on, the door was open, and Tao Zhu, wrapped in a thick cloak, was waiting for him.
"Why don't you wait in the room?" He held Tao Zhu's already cold hand and rubbed it in his palm.
"I've been in the house for a long time and it's stuffy. I came out to get some air. I didn't stand at the door for long. Are you hungry? Let's go eat. After eating, you can go to bed quickly."
Tao Zhu's face was filled with distress.
He really didn't stand at the door for too long. After receiving the letter from Li Qiao, he first arranged for the people in the kitchen to cook, and then came to the door.
Li Qiao had not rested for two days and one night, so he must be exhausted.
"It's not bad." Li Qiao smiled. Part of his tiredness was fake, but more of it was heart tiredness.
He led Tao Zhu towards the kitchen: "Let's eat first, I'm really hungry."
"I asked people to cook a lot of dishes, all of which you like."
"Brother Zhu is so kind. What have you done at home these past two days?"
"Live life as before. The three little guys miss you so much that they even talk about you when they are playing sledding."
The last time it snowed, the three little guys showed off their sleds. The neighbors picked up Li Qiao's Amway and rushed to the Royal Toy Store to order the sleds.
These neighbors also enthusiastically made amends to their relatives and friends. When these relatives and friends went to the Royal Toy Store to reserve sleds, they were seen by other customers. In addition, the Royal Toy Store also advertised, so even if it didn't snow, the sleds were still for sale. very good.
People got sleds, but it never snowed.
Now it's finally snowing. After waiting for so long, the three little guys are going crazy. They wish they could sleep in the sled.
Li Qiao knew this.
While the poor people in the south of the city were almost dying of the snowstorm, the rich and noble people who bought sleds took advantage of the heavy snow to play sleds inside and outside the city.
Although the snow has stopped for the past two days, the sun has not come out, and the snow melts slowly. The original snow outside the city and the snow transported out of the city are combined to form an undulating ski resort.
Not only were the three little guys going crazy, but everyone with sleds was also going crazy. Orders for sleds at the Royal Toy Store soared like a rocket.
The world is so divided.
Li Qiao sighed softly and entered the kitchen with Tao Zhu.
Let Li He and Li Le, who were in charge of the dishes, go out first, and the couple sat down at the dining table.
There was a table full of dishes, all of which were Li Qiao's favorites. Li Qiao handed his chopsticks to Tao Zhu: "Eat some with me."
"Do you want to drink? Have a bowl of rice wine."
"...Okay." Tao Zhu watched Li Qiao take out a jar of rice wine from the cupboard. When Li Qiao poured the wine for him and sat down, he said softly: "Is the situation very bad?"
He actually let Li Qiao take the initiative to drink in the middle of the night. This situation must be so bad.
"It's okay."
Li Qiao picked up the wine bowl, lowered his eyes and took a sip, and then looked at Tao Zhu, who was looking at him with concern: "It's because I have some emotions in my heart."
"What happened?"
The concern on Tao Zhu's face became even stronger, and she reached out and grabbed his wrist.
Li Qiao sighed softly and put down the wine bowl in his hand. He held Tao Zhu's hand and said with a wry smile: "I had a few words with the seventh prince this evening. He said that the Holy Emperor was testing the third prince. This time Disaster relief is actually up to the third prince to coordinate the overall situation and make decisions."
While transporting the wounded today, he had a few words with the Seventh Prince. Now all the medical clinics in the city were full. The Seventh Prince even asked his own doctor to go to the medical clinics in the city to provide support.
Not only are there not enough doctors, there are also not enough medicines.
He asked the Seventh Prince if he could donate some medicine to the hospital.
The seventh prince shook his head and refused, saying that this disaster relief was Sheng Hong's test for the third prince and asked him not to interfere.
However, some victims were really miserable. When he returned to the palace, he failed to control his words. He didn't have to donate anything, and all the supplies were borne by the third prince.
But what about the future livelihood of the victims?
Can the Third Prince do this?
He doesn't think so.
So he put forward his suggestion to Sheng Hong.
But Sheng Hong rejected him.
In fact, Sheng Hong is right. Selecting a qualified heir from among several princes is responsible for the entire Dasheng. However, does a person like the third prince still need to be tested?
It's not necessary at all.
But Sheng Hong put on a layer of his father's filter and had to be tested, so in the end the only people who suffered were the people affected by the disaster.
The seventh prince also understood this and knew that Sheng Hong would not give up any of his biological sons easily, so he forced the third prince to bear all the expenses of this disaster relief. The seventh prince not only wanted to see the third prince's performance this time, but also wanted to see the third prince. subsequent performance.
The seventh prince was sure that the third prince would find ways to make money after spending a lot of money and would make mistakes.
The seventh prince had a good idea. He wanted to kick the third prince out, but the third prince would have to make his own mistakes, just like the fifth prince did.
However, regardless of whether it was Sheng Hong's test or the Seventh Prince's simple plan, the innocent people suffered here.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he could simply sum it up with the words "affected people", but over the past two days and one night he had witnessed with his own eyes the miserable conditions of the victims, those frostbites that were unbearable to look at, those helpless tears, those heart-wrenching victims. The lung-breaking cries, all this made it difficult for him to calm down.
I'm sorry for how difficult people's lives are.
"I see."
After hearing this, Tao Zhu felt a little uncomfortable. He had truly climbed out of the quagmire, and he knew the suffering at the bottom.
He didn't want the third prince to give Sheng Hong a satisfactory answer, and he didn't want the third prince to pass the test.
But if the third prince failed to pass the test, it meant that the victims were not properly accommodated.
…
"Let's eat, it's just for these few days anyway, let's see how the third prince does." He could only say this to Li Qiao.
"Yeah." Li Qiao smiled bitterly.
No, it just happened in the past few days.
In fact, you should be happier. Compared with floods, snow disasters are much less harmful. Sheng Hong used snow disasters to test the third prince and actually saved many people.
Li Qiao rested at home for two days. During this period, it was always cloudy and the snow melted very slowly, so the three little guys still had to play sledding every day.
Before, Li Qiao was not at home, and Tao Zhu only let the three of them play in the alley in front of the door. Now that Li Qiao is home, Li Xiaorui wants to go out to play.
The alley was too narrow and he wanted to go to the main street.
Human beings' joys and sorrows are not the same. Li Qiao would not let the victims affect his life. He smiled and took the three little guys out of the city.
The open space at the city gate and several official roads and trails have become natural ski resorts. Although part of the snow has melted now, there is still some snow left, so I can continue sledding.
During this period, Li Qiao saw the third prince leading the imperial soldiers out of the city, and also saw some supplies being transported out of the city.
When Li Qiao returned to work and saw Sheng Hong in the morning, Sheng Hong had a dark face and was in a bad mood.
It turned out that in the past two days, Sheng Honglu had received news from other places one after another. This heavy snowfall not only hit the Shengjing area, but also affected the three surrounding provinces.
The current number of casualties in Shengjing is already a headache. If it expands to three provinces, then this number can be called terrifying.
Moreover, such heavy snow will freeze crops. After the snow melts, people will definitely replant.
For a snow disaster of this level, one person certainly cannot bear all the expenses. The court must provide warmth to the people.
However, although the autumn tax has just been collected, the revenue to the treasury is only so little every year. Therefore, even if the court sends warmth to the victims, it cannot send much warmth.
It is impossible for the imperial court to provide disaster relief like Shengjing.
In order to obtain the position of crown prince, the third prince has really been bleeding heavily in recent days. He sent people to rebuild any house at home that was crushed by the snow.
The injured can receive free treatment at the hospital.
In addition, some warm clothes and bedding were distributed.
People were also asked to give porridge inside and outside the city.
We have also prepared some grain seeds. If someone’s crops are damaged by the freeze, you can receive the grain seeds for free.
The imperial court was unable to promote these measures in the three provinces that suffered from the snow disaster, such as clothing and bedding to keep out the cold. The third prince raised donations of old clothes and bedding from the rich and nobles in the city, so that the affected people inside and outside the city could get enough to keep out the cold. supplies.
There was no one from other provinces to collect donations. Where could the imperial court get so many clothes and bedding to keep out the cold?
