Chapter 431 Snow Melting Smart Plan

Three people had a happy meal. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is Duan Qingming and Duan Yu who really enjoy eating. Duan Yu ate his mouth full of dishes. Even Duan Qingming, who had always been reserved, let go of his belly and kept eating the dishes on the plate clean.

And Yan Lingyu doesn't seem to have much interest in food. During the whole process, he was just busy helping Duan Yu and Duan Qingming pick up vegetables. Even the braised tofu that was praised by Duan Yu, he just moved his chopsticks and tasted it lightly.

Duan Qingming and Duan Yu were not polite to Yan Lingyu. In fact, he has been in the court since he was a child. What's the best thing he hasn't eaten? Therefore, it is also difficult to have a great interest in dishes like Xie Guo.

Actually, Duan Qingming only guessed half right. Yan Lingyu was embarrassed to move his chopsticks when he saw the two siblings eating well. In addition, it was difficult for Duan Qingming to relax as he is now, so the meal became secondary, and Yan Lingyu has now become a pure audience.

After the three people finished eating, someone immediately took away the dishes. While the three people were drinking tea, Duan Qingming suddenly said, "Yes, Your Highness, I sent you a letter a few days ago. Do you remember?"

Yan Lingyu nodded: "Of course I remember."

A few days ago, Duan Qingming sent a letter to Yan Lingyu, vaguely saying that there were many people who froze to death and starved to death on the streets, and that the snow in and outside the city was too deep for fear of disaster. Therefore, I hope he can prepare early.

Yan Lingyu listened to this and remembered it in his heart, so he had made full preparations early in the morning. Finally, it cooperated with Duan Yu to make a Qingliu market here. Now, it can be said that this is the daily gold fight. However, compared with the future disaster situation, it is still a drop in the bucket.

Duan Qingming actually thought about this issue for a long time. However, she is not in her position and does not seek political affairs. Therefore, she hasn't spoken for a long time. But now that she meets Yan Lingyu, of course she has to say it well.

To be honest, Yan Lingyu is also having a headache.

The deep accumulation of ice and snow in and outside the city has affected the normal life of ordinary people. At present, many disaster victims have starved to death and froze to death. Although they have opened porridge sheds before, it is the same cup of water, and it is not a long-term solution.

In addition, if this snow disaster affects the crops after spring, then the real disaster is just the beginning. At present, there has been a heated discussion on this matter in the court. Everyone expresses their own opinions and has no head at all. Although Yan Lingyu wants to do more for the people, it seems impossible.

Yan Lingyu believes that the urgent thing at present is to solve the problems of the people first. However, the snow is deep and it is difficult to walk. Although many people have been organized in various prefectures and courts to clean up the snow. However, as the saying goes, this sweeps less and falls more than lifts. Only the main road in the city can barely pass through this sweeping. However, just now, the sky has cleared up and it has been gloomy again. It seems that there will be another ice and snow in the evening.

Yan Lingyu sighed, "This time, I don't know how many people will starve to death..."

Yes, the traffic is not good and everything is not going well. To put it bluntly, the road is not easy to walk, and everything must be discounted.

Duan Qingming thought for a moment and said, "According to the third prince, the key to this matter is on the road or in people?"

Yan Lingyu stared and said, "What do you call me?"

Just now, when Duan Qingming called Brother Daning and Brother Xiaoning in the market, Yan Lingyu was no longer happy. Now, there are only three people in the room, and she is still a "Three Prince." Looking at her appearance, she seems to be addicted?

Duan Qingming's heart was stagnant and knew that this master wanted to settle accounts after another autumn. She stiffened her scalp and gritted her teeth and said, "Well, Yan Lingyu, tell me, what do you think in your heart?"

Duan Qingming despised Yan Lingyu 120 times in his heart again. This guy who robbed during the fire seems to be really retribution, and he is not merciless at all.

I saw Duan Qingming compromised cleverly. Yan Lingyu raised his eyebrows happily and said, "Naturally, the road is important."

Halfway through the words, Yan Lingyu's tone became heavy again: "Think about it, if the snow is still coming down, then in less than half a month, the road to the capital will be blocked. Once the road is blocked, the people can't get out, and naturally their livelihood will be difficult. In addition, the weather is cold, and the people don's food and clothing. No, many people will starve to death and die of ice. If so, I'm afraid it will cause a plague after this spring.

Duan Qingming couldn't help nodding. In fact, the situation in the coming year is basically the same as Yan Lingyu expected. You should know that first the road was blocked by ice and snow, and then it was difficult to walk. In the end, the poor people with no food at home either froze to death or starved to death. Or the simple residence was crushed and turned into an undetermined place, so in the end, a certain number of people died in the snow disaster.

After the beginning of spring, if these corpses are not dealt with in time, then once the smell and poison gas of the dead body spread, a plague will be inevitable.

Therefore, what Yan Lingyu said is the same as what Duan Qingming thought, that is, the road first.

You should know that the road is connected with people, and people are connected with goods. Although the fundamental problem cannot be solved, at the very least, goods and people, then most people should escape this disaster.

But the problem now is that the temperature is so low that dripping water can turn into ice. What can we do to clean up the ice and snow and then make the road smooth?

Duan Qingming still remembers that after they left the house, they saw a lot of officers and soldiers cleaning up the snow. Moreover, it really took a lot of effort to get out of the city.

Yan Lingyu frowned and seemed to be really embarrassed.

Duan Qingming smiled and said, "Actually, it's not difficult to melt ice and snow, but it needs one thing."

When Yan Lingyu heard this, he immediately asked, "What do you need?" "What do you say?"

Duan Qingming said, "Salt..."

Yan Lingyu was stunned for a moment: "Salt?"

Isn't salt used for cooking and eating? How can it be used to melt ice and snow? Besides, how much salt does it take to melt the ice and snow? How much can it melt?

You know, in that era, salt was just developed and eaten. All salt was uniformly controlled by salt officials under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and then distributed everywhere. Therefore, salt was controlled quite strictly at that time.

Seeing Yan Lingyu's expression, Duan Qingming said confidently, "Salt is the best way to melt ice and snow. Even if the weather is cold, it doesn't matter. Moreover, this salt does not need good refined salt, just needs unprocessed coarse salt. After the salt melts the ice and snow, it can be used repeatedly. Moreover, I We can start with the official roads and the traffic arteries in the city. I believe that there should be no problem with the coarse salt in the imperial court's inventory.

Yan Lingyu frowned and said, "But, is it really okay?"

Of course, Yan Lingyu is not suspicious of Duan Qingming. What he doubted was the feasibility of this method and the necessity of salt. Moreover, the size of the quantity.

Duan Qingming nodded: "It will definitely work."

In her previous life, Duan Qingming once had a relationship with a salt merchant. The salt merchant told Duan Qingming that he accidentally spilled a bag of salt on the mountain road in winter. At that time, he was alone, the waiter fell to death, and the donkey also ran away. He was injured again. I was unable to get the salt back, so I made a mark and wanted to get it back the next day. Unexpectedly, when he went to the same place the next day, he found that the snow there had melted. Moreover, his salt has disappeared.

At that time, the salt merchant thought that someone had stolen his salt, so he stood in the ice and snow and wanted to cry without tears and scolded the unscrupulous thief. However, in the end, he found that he spilled a salt and melted the snow and poured into the snow water.