Chapter 374 Fireplace, space upgraded again

The walkie-talkie was very popular with everyone, not only family members, but also the branch family, the Yan family, the generals' families, and the guards all asked Shen Xiangwan for one. In addition, when Wei Chengyi sent someone to install a relay station and deliver walkie-talkies to Yan Junling and others, Shen Xiangwan also asked him to give one to Mu Yunran as well. Within a few days, the family was able to communicate with her.

Time passed slowly, and more and more refugees poured into Chenzhou. The remaining officials in the city once again demanded to close the city gates and refuse refugees entry. This move undoubtedly angered Wei Chengyi. On the same day, he ordered the army through the walkie-talkie to assist the imperial envoy in arresting all the remaining officials, and sentenced them to immediate execution based on the crimes currently found.

After dealing with them, Xie Yanzhi made drastic changes to the government office and gathered the refugees who were driven to Chenzhou. He settled them in the villages that had been massacred by the Western Hu people. He also distributed food and potato seeds to them, found water for them, and helped them plant potatoes as soon as possible. The refugees never dreamed that after arriving at the border prefecture, they would not only no longer be hungry, but also have houses and land. Everyone excitedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed in the direction of the prefecture, thanking the prefect for saving their lives.

"They are all growing quite well. Those who planted them first will be able to harvest them in late August or early September."

That day, Shen Xiangwan and Wei Chengyi went to the fields together. The couple squatted down to check the growth of the sweet potato seedlings. This year, only Datong County had planted two crops of high-yield crops in a row, and the drought had made people panic. Next year, all counties would uniformly plant two crops of high-yield crops. By then, they would have so much food that it would overflow.

"There will be snowstorms this year, but as long as there is enough food, the people should be able to get through it safely."

Stepping forward and holding her hands again, Wei Chengyi lowered his voice and said that he had already asked people to purchase large quantities of cotton from all over the country and from countries outside the Great Wall. He must ensure that the 400,000 soldiers all have cotton-padded clothes and quilts before winter comes. As for the people, after the second harvest, he will also let the government notify them to renovate their houses and store enough firewood.

"Speaking of snowstorms, I have a good idea for staying warm."

The snow disaster in the second half of the year was also nationwide. Even Chenzhou, which rarely snowed, was not spared. According to the original book, many people will freeze to death this winter. They cannot protect people all over the world, but they have to at least ensure that people in Chenzhou will not be frozen to death.

"any solution?"

Wei Chengyi's eyes lit up and he immediately became interested. As long as he could protect the people, he was willing to try any method.

"Black charcoal."

Pei Ji did not keep the person in suspense and moved his lips to utter two words.

"Black charcoal?"

Raising an eyebrow, Wei Chengyi was still a little confused. He knew that black charcoal was very useful. They mined a lot of black charcoal last year, including smokeless charcoal. However, most of the charcoal was toxic after burning. There was very little smokeless charcoal and it was completely unable to replace firewood for people to keep warm.

"Ah."

Nodding, Pei Ji continued, "Black charcoal burns longer than charcoal. We can increase the mining efforts and distribute it free of charge to the people in each village for heating in winter."

"But most of the black smoke produced by burning black charcoal is toxic."

"Just don't let the black smoke get into the house, okay?" Pulling him down to squat, Shen Xiangwan picked up a branch and drew a simple fireplace on the ground: "This way, the black smoke will go outside along the flue, and there will be no more tragedy of poisoning. The smokeless charcoal can be directly put into the brazier for heating, and can be sold to those wealthy families."

It is not a difficult thing to build a simple fireplace at home. After the people harvest the grain, they will have more money in their hands. At that time, the government will issue an official document saying that the Imperial Astronomical Observatory predicted that there will be a snowstorm this winter, and let everyone build a fireplace at home. The government will distribute charcoal for free, and the people should respond positively. As for those who don't believe it, they will naturally believe it when the snowstorm really comes.

Of course, they could also build a kang like in the north, but the winter in Chenzhou is not particularly cold, and snow disasters like this year's are rare in a century. There is really no need to waste it. Building a simple fireplace is much easier than building a kang.

"Well, I need to discuss this with Jun Ling and the others."

Mining charcoal is not an easy job, and if they increase the effort, they will have to hire more people, and the expense is not a small amount. Currently, their income and expenditure are managed by Yan Junling. He wants to ask him if he can spare the money. In order to purchase cotton clothes and quilts for 400,000 soldiers, they almost emptied their capital and asked their wife for one million taels of silver. Their money is not that flexible.

"Take your time, there are still a few months to go."

Shen Xiangwan also knew their difficulties and was thinking about giving him some money after returning. Her wine sales were very good in the past few months and she made a lot of money. When her senior sister went back, she also asked her to take away a million taels of silver notes. The court was not supportive and the military pay was given very sparingly. It was not easy for Chu Liang and his men to support more than 200,000 people.

As the calendar entered August, Shen Xiangwan's research finally made a breakthrough. She extracted active molecules from the spiritual well water and several medicines. The injections made with them could revitalize broken bones and blood vessels, achieving the effect of rapid healing and repair. Just when she was about to further optimize, she was ejected from space.

"···"

Shen Xiangwan, who was still holding the test tube in her hand, was completely bewildered. After a long while, she held her forehead in silence. This was not the first time she had encountered this situation. Her previous experience told her that this was the time when the space was about to be upgraded. If she closed her eyes and felt it carefully, she could clearly feel the fluctuation of her mental power. Before the time travel, she had just broken through to level eight. Last year, she had only been able to upgrade to level nine through continuous free purchases. After a year, she was finally going to break through to level ten.

"Ok?"

Sensing something strange, Shen Xiangwan casually placed the test tube on the dressing table and took off her medical rubber gloves. The next second, a ball of transparent water floated above her palm. "Level 5? Can the space upgrade also drive the upgrade of water-based abilities?"

"puff!"

Just as she was wondering, the water ball shrank rapidly, its volume became two circles smaller, but the power contained in it became more refined, and it actually jumped to level six again. Shen Xiangwan was stunned to the extreme. She had never heard of that the advancement of one superpower could also lead to the advancement of another superpower. No, to be precise, no one can have two superpowers that need to be promoted at the same time.

Everyone will awaken primary superpowers after being injected with the primary gene potion. Only when the primary superpowers are upgraded to the maximum level, that is, level ten, can they be injected with the intermediate gene potion to awaken the second level of superpowers. Therefore, even if one has multiple superpowers in one person, there is no possibility that two or more superpowers all need to be upgraded.

She was undoubtedly an outsider, and the current situation had already touched upon her blind spots in knowledge.

【End of this chapter】

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