"It's snowing..."

No one expected that the heavy snow this year came so early that many people were not ready for winter.

"Everyone should prepare food quickly. If there is a mistake in any place, they must report it as soon as possible and do not conceal the disaster. Anyone who conceals the disaster will be searched!"

Looking at the heavy snow outside the door, Wang Chong issued an order mercilessly.

The officials were in a good manner and prepared quickly. No one dared to neglect because they all knew that what the emperor said was true.

Now they all figured out the emperor's temper. If they did a good job, the emperor had a clear distinction between grievances and grievances. They would definitely give rewards.

If it is not done well, the emperor will not care about it if it is really an external reason.

But if you cause trouble by yourself, you will never let it go if you cause a big problem.

Therefore, no one dared to neglect, especially the two ministers responsible for building the house, one left the palace and one faced south and the other faced north, and quickly prepared for the order issued by the king.

It was snowing heavily in the sky.

Three days later, the heavy snow was already ten centimeters thick.

Wang Chong stood in the snow with a serious expression.

"Emperor, Minister Zheng asked for a meeting." A little eunuch ran in.

"Come on your behalf."

"yes!"

Soon, Zheng Shishi, wearing a red cloak, walked in quickly: "My minister Zheng Shishi, please see the emperor."

"Your dear, don't be too polite, get up quickly. How is the food exchange plan I asked you to go to the Persian Empire to negotiate?"

The Persian Empire was also a major agricultural country with a large population. After knowing that there was this place, Wang Chong sent Zheng Shishi to discuss trade affairs with some of his own local specialties.

"After the negotiation, that country is willing to exchange food for our cloth and silk, and the other king also said that he is very interested in your proposal to establish an embassy with each other, saying that this will facilitate the exchanges between the two peoples in the future and an alliance can be established."

"Oh?" Wang Chongming said, "That's good, tell me how you got the other party to agree."

Zheng Shishi smiled and said, "I heard from the people that there were many enemy countries around the Persian Empire, and the Persian Empire was relatively rich and often harassed by neighboring countries. So I asked the King of the Persian Empire this suggestion. As long as we establish an embassy with each other, our country can become friendly relations with him. If one of the two countries is in trouble, the other party will definitely provide assistance."

"After that, I found that there were not many iron tools in that country. I showed them the iron tools of our country, which were much harder than theirs. They praised our equipment and said they were willing to exchange food for our weapons."

Zheng Shishi finished speaking in one breath, and Wang Chong nodded repeatedly: "Very good, very good. Winter is coming now, and our country is just short of a lot of food. With the food support of the Persian Empire, our Great Yan Dynasty has great security."

"Zheng Shishi!"

"I am here."

"You have made contributions to foreign trade, and I will reward you very much..."

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The heavy snow fell for several days and the weather suddenly turned cold.

Zheng Shishi arranged all the domestic fleets to transport supplies nervously.

There are a lot of supplies, first of all, food, and secondly, warm clothing.

A month later, the real heavy snow came.

Now it is completely winter. Not only is the weather cold, but the snow outside is also very heavy.

In just one week, heavy snow covered more than half a meter of high, and many people were inconvenient to travel.

However, Wang Chong had already made various preparations and arranged for the soldiers to go out to popularize the knowledge of snow-saving.

In order to facilitate the public's view, Wang Chong summarized three key points.

First: The roof must be swept snow every day.

Because the roof does not clear snow, once the weight is too thick, the house will collapse, which is very troublesome.

Second: Try to wear as much as possible when going out.

Third: If you can’t survive, you have to find the government.

Three simple and easy-to-understand points.

Even so, many people in Madaha ignored it and collapsed many houses.

But more of them are hiding in their own houses and living this winter hard.

Soon, the food in every place began to soar, which made many people feel that they could not afford it, and the public grievances became increasingly serious.

At this time, the court issued a new policy, that all people without houses could go to the big houses in each town for winter. After winter passed, the court would help every household build houses.

Only then did the people know what these big houses do.

In fact, the big house built by Wang Chong is just a huge factory building in modern times.

It has no use except for being able to shelter from wind and rain, and therefore the construction cost is not high.

But the effect is different. Many people who feel that they can't survive enter the big house and feel the new home.

Afterwards, these big houses were renamed by the king, called "Sanctuary".

Immediately afterwards, the policy came out the next day.

It is strictly forbidden to speculate in grain, and those who find it will be searched.

Families who have no food to eat can go to shelters and receive food.

Each household can only receive two days of food and receive it with certificate.

Many people who felt that they had a way out of their lives had fewer complaints about Wang Chong, and they lamented that the wise king was above.

Of course, Gao Yan, Qiu Renzhong and others learned about this news.

"The people of Dayan Dynasty may have tens of millions. The emperor is so courageous that he actually provides disaster relief in such a way. Although he has won the hearts of the people, the treasury will definitely be empty."

Gao Yan was amazed in his study.

"Not bad, but there are always places that cannot be taken care of. When the treasury is empty, I believe that the emperor will be anxious."

Qiu Renzhong said, and hesitated.

Because he didn't know whether he was against Wang Chong, what he did now was right.

Once upon a time, the reason why he opposed the Great Yan Dynasty was because he saw the people living in poverty, the officials protected each other, and the officials and businessmen colluded.

But now everything has changed a lot, and he suddenly felt that maybe the rebellion would be not good.

Looking at Gao Yan, Gao Yan smiled at this moment and continued, "Old Qiu, then I'll go out to serve porridge."

"Well, go." Mr. Qiu nodded slightly. Now is an excellent time to win the hearts of the people.

Soon, several large pots were set up in front of Gao's house.

"Dangdangdang..."

"Friends, my young master is delivering porridge, come and eat it."

"My young master is sympathetic to the suffering of the people and specially ordered us to give everyone soup."

"Come on, come on, come on everyone..."

Gao Yan stood by the cauldron, with a calm expression. According to previous experience, many victims would come to him in a while and be grateful to him.

"Brother Gao Yan, why are there so few people coming this time?"

After waiting for a long time, Gao Yan's fiancée Yan Zi said strangely when she saw that only a few victims came.

"Maybe there is no one at home."

Gao Yan said suspiciously: "After all, it's cold and there's nothing to eat, so you might go out to find something to eat."

Swallow nodded slightly, "Maybe."

Yan Zi has always believed in Gao Yan's words.

"Young Master Gao, I know the reason." At this time, the housekeeper rushed over: "It turns out that many victims have gone to the shelter."

"Sanctuary?" Gao Yan frowned, "Where is that?"

"Didn't the emperor allocate a lot of silver to build a big house when the flood was launched? We had doubted what that place was. Now we know. It turns out that the emperor had already guessed that there would be a cold wave this winter, so we built a big house in advance, and now it is called a shelter, so the people who have no houses went to take refuge..."

"Hahaha, okay, okay!"

Gao Yan smiled, "This emperor is really hidden, but does he think it's better to just live there? You know, the most important thing is to eat."

"By the way, young master, the officials in the shelter heard that the young master was going to give porridge. He said he could go to the shelter to give porridge so that the victims could get it."

Hearing words.

Gao Yan was a little depressed. He was kind-hearted and wanted to give porridge, but someone even wanted to go to a designated place.

There is no problem going to the shelter, but what if someone mistakenly thinks it is the emperor who distributes the porridge?

So he decided to go over and serve the porridge in person, and people must not think it was the emperor's credit.

Soon, under Gao Yan's arrangement, he began to serve porridge at the shelter.

"This is the porridge given by my young master, everyone will come and eat it."
To be continued...