[Red Mansion] The happiness of a winner in life

Jia Amnesty escorted supplies all the way to the northeast. Originally, there was only light snow in the capital, but the further north it became, the colder it became, and the snow became heavier and heavier.

Fortunately, the thick clothes prepared by the imperial court were prepared for the border soldiers. Although it cost more money, the soldiers would not be frozen and unable to move around.

Jia Amnesty also understood why the emperor tolerated these courtiers. Although they were flawed in some aspects, their ability to handle affairs was first-class.In other words, he might be reluctant to drive these courtiers out, and the newcomers might not be as good as these old courtiers.

The people who came to deliver the letter rushed to the capital on the first day of the snow disaster, and they were replaced by one post station.Relying on the lack of snow at that time and the familiarity with the road section, the disaster information could be sent to the capital in a short time.

Instead, they could only follow the official road and send a team of soldiers to clear the roadblocks in advance every day.Coupled with the help of the people at the stations along the way, their speed is not very slow.

When they were about to enter the Liaoning area, the scouts in front suddenly came to report: "Report! My lord, the snow is too deep and the ice is too thick for our people to shovel through."

Jia Shele reined in his horse, "Take me there to have a look. Vice General Yang, you can still lead people to move forward slowly, I will come as soon as I go."

"Your subordinates take orders." Yang Qianhu rode to the middle of the team after receiving the order, and he wanted to lead the way for the army.

Jia Amnesty followed the scouts to the front for only two miles, when he saw soldiers shoveling snow vigorously.God's favor, it's not snowing now, which saves them a lot of trouble.

When the soldiers saw Jia She approaching, they stepped aside. Jia She picked up a shovel and tried to shovel the snow.His strength is relatively strong, and it took five minutes to shovel away a small piece of snow.

The soldiers around were surprised and admired Jia She's easy shoveling away, but they were even more worried.I'm afraid that Jia She will think that they are lazy and not working hard. If they are beaten, they will die in this weather.

"I'm much stronger than you guys, so I only shovel a little bit. The ice is too hard. I guess it won't work just to shovel it. We don't have so many people and time." Jia She was helpless.

Looking at the official road on the other side, it was a bit difficult, "Where's the chief of your station? There should be sand here. Let's speed up the time and spread a layer of sand to prevent slipping. Time waits for no one, the sooner the better."

The people from the post station came out, "My lord, the soil in our post station should only be enough to cover this short section, and we can only ask them for it at the next station."

"Okay, that's enough. Liu Baihu, take your men over there to lift the sand, and move quickly." Jia Amnesty hastily told Liu Baihu that the main force is only two miles away from here and will arrive soon.

"Your subordinates take orders." Liu Baihu took his soldiers and followed the people at the post station, and the remaining dozen or so people hurriedly swept away the floating snow on the ice, lest the upper layer of snow melt into the sand and it would be useless. .

Jia Amnesty always felt that he had overlooked something, and he suddenly remembered when he caught a soldier's eyes.They walked all the way, only this part of the road is covered with snow, and the rest is due to some pine trees and sandy soil.

The reflectivity of snow to sunlight is extremely high, reaching nearly 95%. Looking directly at the snow is like looking directly at the sun.And these snow shoveling soldiers had to stare at the snow all the time, and their eyes were red after such a long time.

"Come on, please don't sweep the snow before going down, hurry down and let the next team come and replace." Jia Amnesty asked the messengers around him to call everyone back.

When everyone gathered, Jia Amnesty frowned, "This is the first time I have encountered such a blizzard, and I have no experience. You should report it in time when you encounter such a situation. Everyone's eyes are like rabbits. I don't want eyes anymore." ?"

A hundred households hesitated, "Our eyes are just a little red and weeping. The brothers before also had this situation. Just rest for a night."

"Okay, don't talk about this yet. You tear off your dark clothes and tie them on your glasses to cover them up. You can see the road clearly even though it's a bit blurry. You should return now, and you should do the same when the next team comes over."

When the group left, Jia Amnesty looked at the snow that could not be seen beyond the horizon. It was clearly the real scene in front of him, but what he remembered was the sentence of Jia's family in the red building, "The land is so clean after falling a piece of white."

The ruin of the Jia family is not only due to the meddling and seizing of the heirs and the failure of future generations, but also the continuous natural disasters and the riots of the people.

The Jia family's literary generation has begun to withdraw from the upper echelon of the capital's elite circle because of the seizure of the heir, and has become what Jia's mother called a "middle family".The emperor is still alive, even if it is because of Jia Daishan's legacy, he will not target the Jia family again.

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and a broken boat still has three catties of nails.Jia's family can't live on if they go back to their hometown, and it will never be true that "the vast expanse of white land is so clean".

Looking at the blizzard in front of him now, Jia She felt a little enlightened.

Taking Liaoning alone as an example, although previous years have been prepared for the cold weather, such heavy snowstorms mean that reinforced houses will collapse.Moreover, the blizzard came without warning on the first day, and many people were frozen to death at home.

For the people who survived, the materials originally prepared for one month may not be enough for only half a month.If you don't add it in time, you will definitely die at home. If you go out in such weather, you may encounter an accident and die.

Although the government will organize people to clear the snow in time, such a blizzard must be inefficient.The roads are impassable, and the people can't get out of the heavy snow with two legs, and they will be gone if they can't wait for rescue.

Nowadays, it is safe to burrow into the soil, but the frozen ground cannot be dug open at all.The dead can't be buried, and the family members can't bear the cremation, so they can only stay at home.

The weather is cold and harmless. Once the weather warms up, these corpses will cause plague if they are not disposed of in time.At this time, the snow melts, and it is accompanied by floods.The flood will bring the plague to all places along the way, and once it spreads, the consequences will be disastrous.

Jia Amnesty had a headache, this errand was not an easy one, and he had to do his best.I hope that these people can read less because they have enough food to eat and clothes to keep them warm.

Soon, the second team came over with their eyes blindfolded.The cloth at that time was not as dense as it is in modern times, and you could still see things vaguely with your eyes covered.Together with them, Jia She took a shovel to sweep down the drifting snow. Since there was no need to shovel snow, the speed was much faster.

Liu Baihu came over with people pushing the cart, which was covered with sand from the post station.I didn't bother seeing them clearing the snow, and arranged for someone to scatter the sand evenly.

When the big troops came over, they saw a long section of road covered with sand and soil. The deputy general rode on to try it and found that it was not slippery, so he waved his hand to the troops to move on.

But after walking two miles, the sandy dirt road came to an end.The lieutenant looked helplessly at the soldiers who were still laying sand in front of him, "Do you know where the snow sweeper is?"

"My subordinates don't know, it should be in front of us. The road is blocked here due to heavy snow, and there are many post stations. The adults said that we should sweep directly to the post station in front, and then take sand to spread forward."

The deputy general was a little anxious, seeing that there was still sand and soil beside him, he ordered 50 people to come out. "You take the sand and put it up, and try to finish it as soon as possible."

"Yes."

At this time, most of the troops pulled cloth strips to cover their eyes. After feeling some effect, they were very grateful to Jia She.I am no longer afraid of working in the snow, and I just passed after receiving the order.

With the help of these 50 people, the speed of spreading the sand quickly increased, and the troops began to move forward slowly.After paving a mile, they changed people, and everyone worked harder after getting a rest.

Soon, they saw another section of sandy road.The lieutenant looked over with his binoculars, "It's our people, the general is paving the road with people."

The soldiers cheered up, and they entered Sanshui County after passing this station.It is estimated that there will be another twenty or thirty miles to the place, and they will just put the supplies down.

Seeing the troops approaching from a distance, Jia Amnesty got on his horse and headed over there. The sandy road was not slippery, and his riding speed was not slow.

"Walking 25 miles further from this post station will lead to Sanshui, and we will walk another ten miles along the way to the junction of the four counties. When the time comes, we will send them there one by one, which will save us trouble in the follow-up."

"My lord, since we have reached the junction, let the government office pick it up by ourselves, and it will save time." The deputy general was a little puzzled.

"This is a snowstorm, which is different from others. The land here is rich and fertile, and there is also a lot of food. If the food in the field is gone, there is still food in stock, so it won't last for half a month.

It's always cold here, the clothes of the common people must be thick enough, and the firewood can be carried through this half a month at least.This is the time when food and firewood have just started to be scarce, and the people who are still alive will not dare to grab disaster relief items. "

The deputy general was even more puzzled, and according to what Jia She said, there was no need to go and see it in person.

"You don't even think about who I am. If it's an ordinary delivery of supplies, why do I need to come here? The snowstorm is nothing like anything else, as long as the supplies are enough to build houses and the people can survive. I'm afraid that those people will cover up and lie. I won't see it for myself. How can I explain to His Majesty when I return to Beijing?"

Only then did the lieutenant understand what Jia Amnesty meant, and he was indeed a smart man, much better than himself, a big bastard.

Jia Amnesty sighed, not daring to say that the dead people probably belonged to one family, and they also had to check the situation when sending supplies.When the four counties are finished, they have to cooperate with the local government officials to collect the corpses of the dead people.

Soon the large troops passed through the sandy dirt road, and the next team went to replace those who were with Jia She.After a while, we came to the edge of the village, and we could vaguely see many houses, some of which had collapsed.

Such a large group of them passed by, many houses quietly opened the windows to observe, and wept with joy when they saw officers and soldiers coming.The communication in the village now relies on roaring, and the village chief knew the officers and soldiers were coming after a while.

Wrapped in a thick bearskin, the village head took a shortcut to the official road with the support of the young man and waited.Seeing the officers and soldiers coming over, they knelt down excitedly, "The little old man has seen the adults."

Jia She got off his horse and helped him, "Get up, old man, you are..."

"The little old man is the village head of Nancun. Dare I ask if you are here to help the disaster?" The village head stood up tremblingly and asked excitedly while holding Jia She's hand.

"Yes, we are going to send the relief supplies to the county government. It is estimated that tomorrow or this afternoon someone will notify you to pick up the supplies. Has your county magistrate here sent someone to count the disaster situation?" Jia Amnesty asked.

"The county magistrate sent someone here a few days ago. Since you are such a young man, I don't want to delay your business. I hope you have a smooth journey." The village chief was a little excited. Fortunately, he hoped that the relief supplies would arrive. I'm afraid someone will not be able to hold on.

He is old and has experienced snow disasters before.I generally know that the imperial court's disaster relief supplies are divided into several batches, and this young general should be the first batch, and he will be in the back soon.

Watching the convoy go away, everyone had hope in their hearts.