Restart the Disaster of Another World

Many families who listened to the advice believed the headman. After returning, they took action and began to check the conditions of their own homes. After such inspection, they found that many families had problems. If it were the normal climate in the south, they could have persisted. However, when northerners talked about the snow scene there, people always felt a little uneasy. So they began to prepare for repairs. For a time, every household in the village began to bang hammers and bangs.

All the assigned refugees have been resettled, and the wooden houses planned by Jing Yao have also been built. Although they are made of wood, the houses built with the materials and technology provided by Jing Yao are no worse than the houses where the villagers live now. On the contrary, because they are new, they may be even better. This makes the refugees very grateful, and seeing that the villagers have just started to repair their houses, many people came out to help.

Jing Yao returned home and began to prepare to stock up winter supplies. He and Wen Qun were not just two people, but also some workers in the factory. They were responsible for the people in the mine they bought, so they had to inspect the houses first. Fortunately, the houses were newly built and there were no major problems. Then they began to build warehouses around to store firewood, food, coal and other things needed for winter. They also ordered a lot of cotton clothes. There were many ducks and geese on the farm. After killing them earlier, Jing Yao asked them to collect their feathers. Now they can be made into down jackets. This down jacket is warmer than cotton. It’s just that Jing Yao hasn’t started raising goats yet, otherwise the sweaters made of wool are also very good.

All these matters were handed over to Wen Qun. He organized the hunters and men in the village to go to the mountains and bring back all the wild animals in the surrounding area. There were many animals running down the mountain, especially the big prey, which were basically from the deep mountains. Many of them had not been hunted before, but now they had all been hunted. A lot of dried meat was made, and the rest was sent to the factory to be canned.

Jing Yao's actions were not slow but they made a big splash. Not only did he write a letter to the magistrate of Lin'an County, who was a good friend of the Crown Prince, to tell him about this matter, he also wrote a letter to the Crown Prince and Wen Yu who were far away in Shangjing, telling them what might happen in Jiangnan.

Although the prefect of Lin'an County was very confused about this, he also felt that the weather was very abnormal. He had been to the north and had experienced bitter cold. He knew how many lives the disaster had taken. For the safety of all the people in the jurisdiction, he still chose to trust Jing Yao and made some emergency preparations. He knew what needed to be prepared, and told his colleagues that they needed to stockpile some food, medicinal materials, and matches.

Seeing that the granaries in the county were full, and several new warehouses were also filled with all kinds of things, and the coal, timber, and medicinal materials that Jing Yao proposed also filled most of the warehouses, Jing Yao felt relieved.

The mine produced a lot of coal, but because it was a new thing, many people were skeptical about it, so sales were not very high. Jing Yao only sold a portion of it in the several warehouses he stored. As for those wealthy people, he did not persuade them excessively or force them to sell the coal.

However, many of the refugees who had just arrived in the south could not afford to pay, so Jing Yao sold or gave away a lot of the coal. Those people were very happy to get the coal. The northerners had experienced such a severe cold weather, so they cherished anything that could keep them warm, unlike the southerners who were always skeptical.

I thought that even if the temperature dropped in such weather, it would not drop quickly. However, in the following days, the sky was covered by dark clouds during the day, making it very dark. Gusts of cold air blew from nowhere, making people shiver while walking on the road. They had to put on more clothes. Many people could no longer stay in the house and had to light a few matches to maintain a normal body temperature.

Upon seeing this, Jing Yao quickly organized people and started to build the earthen kang. He drew out the blueprints and taught on the spot, asking everyone to learn. Once they learned how to do it, they would go back to build it in their own homes. Seeing that this project was simple, many people could learn how to do it right away. Two or three people at home could complete it, and it could be used after being left for a day or two.

He also told everyone to leave gaps when burning coal at home, and to close all the gaps before burning. He would explain these precautions to everyone who came to buy his coal, and he also required the distributors of his coal to tell every customer that if anyone was negligent and killed people, he would send them to see the authorities.

Jing Yao spoke very sternly, and his words were powerful. No one dared to disobey his orders. He made it clear to everyone who came to buy the coal mine. Soon, almost everyone in the county knew that coal was a good thing. It could be used for heating after burning. It could not be burned in a closed room, otherwise people would die because there was poisonous gas in it.

After hearing this, many people refused to buy coal and were unwilling to use this stuff anymore. However, more people, seeing the cold weather, still bought a lot and stored it at home in case of emergency.

On an ordinary night, the temperature dropped at an incredible speed. Many people died while they were still asleep and fell into eternal sleep. This abnormal drop in temperature brought winter into Lin'an County overnight.

This cold winter came suddenly, and even though they were prepared in advance, many people were still caught off guard. When Jing Yao and Wen Qun were sleeping in the middle of the night, Jing Yao was awakened by the cold. Even when he was sleeping, he was very alert and keenly felt the temperature change. He quickly got up and looked at Wen Qun who was shivering in his arms. He lifted the quilt and walked to the window. He opened the curtains and saw that the sky outside was very gloomy. Something was slowly descending from the sky in the distance, in large pieces, like clouds falling from the sky.

Realizing what had happened, Jing Yao hurried back to the bed, took out a thick quilt to cover Wen Qun, then got out of bed, and first heated up the earthen kang, then the floor heating in the room. He put on his coat, wrapped himself tightly, opened the door and walked out. He first checked the doors and windows of the house to make sure they were all closed, with only a small gap left for ventilation in the room on the second floor, and then he closed the door and walked out.

Jing Yao walked around the village with a big gong, beating it. Many people were woken up by him. Feeling the drastic drop in temperature outside, they quickly got up to light a fire and add clothes and blankets. When Jing Yao arrived at the headman's house, everyone had already woken up. Seeing Jing Yao coming, the headman asked, "What's wrong, Yao boy?"

"Check on the people at home and in the village, and ask them to get up and light the fire, and also pay attention to the elderly at home, so they don't freeze to death in the middle of the night without us knowing."

Hearing what Jing Yao said, many people shuddered and started to head home. They knew how many people there were in each family, whether there were elderly people or children at home, and who lived nearby. They woke them all up and checked, and only breathed a sigh of relief when no one had any accidents.

Jing Yao arrived at the Wen family's house. Wen Xing had already woken up and was wearing a thick down coat. He was standing at the door. When he saw Jing Yao coming, he waved for him to come over: "I knew you were coming. Everything is fine at home. It's cold outside, so I didn't let your mother and your brothers and sisters come out."

Jing Yao was relieved to see that he was in good spirits. "Don't save the coal, light up the fire, and drink more hot water. You can boil some of this in water. Your health is the most important thing. Don't get cold."

Wen Xing took the thing wrapped in cloth and nodded, "Got it, you and Qun Qun need to be well at home. Okay, it's too cold outside, don't stay too long, go back quickly."

Jing Yao nodded, said goodbye to Wen Xing and walked back. Along the way, he called out to those who were still at home and called out a few times. Only after he was sure that there was a response did he let go and left.

Soon everyone in the village woke up, and every household started to heat their kangs. Jing Yao then told everyone to go home quickly and not to hang around outside, and he went back himself.

He walked in the fierce cold wind, and a whirlwind blew and made him shiver. His mind was immediately confused, and he quickly used his supernatural power to form a small barrier around his body to isolate the cold air. He felt the temperature. The temperature before going to bed was more than 20 degrees, but now it was at least a few degrees below zero. It dropped more than 20 degrees, and the temperature dropped too quickly. It was just a snowfall.

When he returned home, everyone in the other courtyard had woken up. They followed his instructions, heating up the kang and boiling water, and asked some of the elderly people who had covered themselves with thin blankets before going to bed to put on thicker blankets. Especially for the elderly, the temperature had dropped suddenly, and he didn't know if they could adapt to it. Now he asked them all to get up and drink hot water. Jing Yao saw that they were in good condition and after making sure that nothing was wrong, he left a few slices of ginseng for them to boil in water and drink. He also told them to take out the thickest blankets to cover themselves, close the doors and windows, and pay attention to ventilation before returning to the main courtyard.

In just a moment, the temperature outside dropped again and the snow fell heavier. Snow began to accumulate on the ground, but the temperature inside the room did not rise that fast.

When he left, he turned on the floor heating and also the kang on the second floor. Feeling the temperature dropping quickly, Jing Yao felt relieved and added a quilt on the bed. The quilt was made of pure cotton and was slightly heavier than the quilts they usually covered themselves with.

Wen Qun felt uncomfortable being pressed like this, and was about to kick off the quilt in a daze. Jing Yao took off his coat, waited until his body was warm, and then held Wen Qun in his arms.

Wen Qun had already woken up. He hugged Jing Yao back and asked, "Where have you been? Why is it so cold?"

Jing Yao pressed him into the quilt, not letting him move, and then explained: "The temperature has dropped, and it's snowing heavily outside. I went out to inform the villagers and check the situation outside, but the temperature is very low now, so cover yourself with a thicker quilt and hold on."

Wenquan nodded and pulled his hands into his arms, trying to warm them up.

When Jing Yao came in, he used his supernatural powers to warm up his body. In fact, he was no longer cold, but he still enjoyed Wen Qun's care for him. He let him pull his hand into his arms and hugged him tightly.

The two hugged each other quietly for a while, but neither fell asleep. After a while, they felt the air getting colder and colder. They realized that it was not because the fire in the house had not been lit, but because the temperature outside continued to drop, causing the house to still be cold even with the floor heating and coal burning.

"Ayao, how many degrees is it outside?" Wen Qun asked confusedly while leaning in Jing Yao's warm arms.

Jing Yao estimated and answered, "It might be around 10 degrees below zero!"

"It's so low." Wen Qun was very worried about his brother who was far away in Beijing. He didn't know how he was doing. "I don't know how my eldest brother is doing."

Jing Yao had written a letter to the prince a long time ago, reminding him of the temperature drop here. He didn't know what the weather in Shangjing would be like, but it was indeed dangerous for him to be alone outside. However, the journey was long and it was difficult to send someone to take care of him. He could only comfort Wen Qun, "It's okay, he will take good care of himself, and the people in the Treasure Pavilion will also pay attention to his safety."

Wen Qun knew that there was nothing he could do about his worry, so he had to stop talking about this topic. However, both of them couldn't sleep and stayed in bed for a long time. After slowly adapting to the temperature, they got up and looked at the heavy snow outside. The snowflakes were like clouds in the sky, which were broken up and fell down in clumps. When they hit the ground, they would increase the thickness by several centimeters. They were not like normal snowflakes, but small grains.

Not only was it snowing, but the cold wind was also blowing in gusts, blowing up the snow on the ground and then flipping it wildly in the air. At first, you could see the muddy ground exposed by the wind, but gradually, even when strong winds blew across the ground, there were no traces of mud. Instead, there were large patches of white snow, covering the sky and the earth.

Jing Yao held Wen Qun in his arms and watched the outside world turn into a white world. Both of them felt heavy in their hearts. They both remembered the plan Jing Yao had written. In the history that Jing Yao referred to, heavy snow took away many lives, and this heavy snow might coincide with that brief period of history.

In this world without heating systems, solar energy, or air conditioning, heating can only be achieved by burning firewood, but how long can the firewood burn? What if it runs out?

Many families don't even have one piece of warm clothing, and can only wear their summer clothes as inner clothes, layer by layer, to get through the cold winter. However, facing such an extremely cold climate, these methods are obviously not feasible.

The two of them just stood outside the window for a while, and let the wind blow for a while. The wind seemed to be able to blow through the thick clothes and into the gaps between people's bones, making people's teeth chatter with cold. Seeing this, Jing Yao quickly closed the curtains, pulled up the screen window with only a gap, and then hugged Wen Qun back to the bed, burying him in the warm and thick quilt. "I don't know when the snow will stop. Maybe we can still do something during the day. Let's go to sleep first!"

Wen Qun nodded and took his hand, wanting him to come up as well.

Jing Yao did not refuse and lay on the bed with him. He touched Wen Qun's stomach and asked him, "Are you hungry?" They both exercised before going to bed, and the food they ate should have been digested.

Wen Qun blushed and shook his head: "Not very hungry."

Seeing this, Jing Yao took out a bedside table from the space and placed it on the table, then took out some small cakes and snacks that they could not finish storing in the space. "It's too cold, eat something to store some energy."

Wen Qun saw the beautiful little cake and nodded, "Okay, Ayao, have some too."

The two of them ate together, and after finishing, they rinsed their mouths with water and went straight to bed.