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Chapter 919 The Dragon King of Liaodong, he probably has some kind of problem.
Liaodong Guard Commandery, Shenyang Guard, West Mining Area of Guide Prefecture (Fushun).
Zhang Liyong, who was assigned by Yang Shaofeng to oversee coal mining, summoned all the managers and supervisors in the mining area as soon as the snow fell to knee level.
"First, the snow in all the workers' shacks should be cleared every two hours to prevent the shacks from collapsing."
"Second, immediately take stock of how many available workers we have in our mining area, take stock of all the coal inventory, and bring out all the coal face."
"Forty percent of the laborers were assigned to dig soil, twenty percent to clear the snow from the roads, and the remaining twenty percent mixed the dug soil with coal dust to make coal slurry."
"Let the remaining 20% continue mining coal, mainly coal face."
"Third, take stock of all usable oxen, horses, and carts in the mining area. Once the roads are open, load them with coal slurry to ensure the supply of coal slurry to the nearby people, as well as to Guide Prefecture and Shenyangwei."
"Fourth, as soon as the road is open, immediately send people to tell the nearby people to arrange for able-bodied men to work in the mine. Use the able-bodied men from the area to replace the laborers who work on the coal slurry. Arrange for the replaced laborers to dig coal and clear snow from the roads. The wages will be calculated at one hundred coins per day."
"Fifth, take stock of all the grain and frozen meat stored in the mining area, give priority to ensuring the supply of the people of the Ming Dynasty, and then give a hard time to those corrupt officials, the poor and weak laborers."
Zhang Liyong glanced at the many managers and supervisors and said, "Use all the laborers as long as they don't die. As long as the coal slurry supply is guaranteed and the people don't freeze to death, it doesn't matter if all the laborers die. I'll find a way to ask my master for new laborers to replace them."
"Don't worry about the extra wages. Even if Hu Buzheng doesn't pay, I'll ask my master to find a way. We don't need to take the blame."
"However, if people freeze to death because of our inaction in the mining area, you all need to think carefully about how you will explain this to Governor Hu and the imperial court."
The many managers and supervisors readily agreed, but in their hearts they were somewhat unsure.
Logically speaking, everyone knows that the arrangement made by Mine Manager Zhang is correct.
But the reality is that whether it's paying 100 coins a day or exploiting laborers to the point of exhaustion, it's actually a bit taboo.
In particular, the unauthorized use of coal face in mining areas.
This thing is worthless, but it belongs to the imperial court.
They arbitrarily used the stored coal face material, and even continued to mine it.
Can this mine manager Zhang really withstand it?
Or rather, can the prince consort behind him protect him, and can he protect us all?
Just as the managers and supervisors were pondering this, the mine supervisor sitting next to Zhang Liyong coughed and said, "Don't worry, if anything happens, we'll take responsibility with Mine Manager Zhang. It won't affect you."
"But there's one thing: if anyone dares to outwardly comply but inwardly defy Zhang and not take his words seriously, we may know you, but the knife in the hand of Chen, the garrison commander, may not."
After the many managers and supervisors got up and left, the mine supervisor looked at the resident centurion and said with a smile, "Centurion Chen, I'll have to trouble you a lot during this time. Send people to keep an eye on them."
Chen, the stationed mine manager, cupped his hands to Zhang Liyong and the mine supervisor and said, "Don't worry, Mine Manager Zhang, don't worry, Mine Supervisor Liu, nothing will go wrong."
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"It's been snowing for five days now, hasn't it?"
As Zhu Biao walked forward, he said, "Judging from the sky, I wonder how many more days it will rain?"
Yang Shaofeng looked up at the sky and said in a muffled voice, "It might rain for another three to five days."
The boots crunched on the snow.
Yang Shaofeng and Zhu Biao had white smoke rising from their heads and exhaling puffs of white smoke from their noses. When they spoke, puffs of white smoke also came out of their mouths. From a distance, they looked like two immortals shrouded in smoke chatting.
Zhu Biao grunted in agreement, then muttered in a low voice, "This is never going to end."
"It didn't snow much in the first month of the lunar calendar, but then this snow came in February when spring was in the air."
"The Dragon King of Liaodong probably has some kind of problem."
After a slight pause, Zhu Biao turned to Yang Shaofeng and asked, "I heard that the snow outside the city is almost ten feet thick, and it seems like it won't stop falling. Do you think we can make it through this?"
A layer of snow ten feet thick was enough to bury the people's houses.
The snow was ten feet thick, so thick that neither cattle nor horses could pass, nor could people.
What's worse is that the snow doesn't seem to be stopping anytime soon—just when a path was barely cleared by manpower and animal power, it was covered by heavy snow again in the blink of an eye. Although it wasn't ten feet thick, it was still about two feet deep and above the knees.
This snow has become a disaster.
As Yang Shaofeng walked forward, he muttered, "We can definitely get through this."
Zhu Biao's eyes lit up, and Yang Shaofeng added, "It means we're probably going to get beaten up."
The fact that Liaoyang is suffering from severe snow disasters does not mean that Jinzhou, Fuzhou and other places are also suffering from severe snow disasters.
In counties where the snowfall is slightly less, people will try to contact the higher-level prefecture, and the prefecture government will also send people to contact the Liaodong Provincial Administration Commission.
When a prefectural-level government office discovers that it cannot contact the Liaodong Provincial Administration Commission, the news will inevitably reach the capital.
The Crown Prince, the Grand Secretary, and the Left Vice Ministers of various departments of the court—it could be said that almost half of the court was located in the Liaodong Provincial Administration Office.
Lao Denghui will spare no effort to help with the snow disaster in Liaodong.
As for himself and Zhu Biao, being the instigators, the most likely outcome after the snow disaster is over is that they will be captured and brought back to the capital, where they will be hung up and beaten by Empress Ma.
Thinking of this, Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but click his tongue again.
sloppy.
I originally thought that by developing a rotary tiller, I could escape the fate of being hung up and beaten.
Unexpectedly, the Dragon King of Liaodong suddenly went mad and inexplicably brought a heavy snowfall to Liaodong.
Forget about rotary tillers; even if they come up with internal combustion engines, they probably won't be able to avoid this one.
Just as Yang Shaofeng was pondering this, Zhu Biao suddenly stopped and said in a trembling voice, "Brother-in-law, do you think it's possible that it's snowing inside the pass as well?"
Yang Shaofeng was slightly taken aback, and then became somewhat flustered.
Who the hell can say for sure?
Communication in Liaodong is now cut off, so they have no idea what's happening inside the Great Wall.
If Black Sesame Dumpling's jinx really comes true, and it's snowing nonstop in the interior right now, then damn it, that could be a matter of life and death!
Yang Shaofeng glared at Zhu Biao and said, "Your Highness had better pray that it doesn't snow inside the pass."
"Otherwise, the imperial court will not have enough manpower to send to Liaodong, and supplies will not be able to be transported to Liaodong."
"We really can only rely on ourselves to get through this snow disaster."