Ancient paintings connect the present, I hoard goods to support the villain Wang

As more and more villagers were rescued, some girls and women were also carried into the tents. The Xiao family army was unable to keep them warm by rubbing their bodies.

It is not advisable for frostbite patients to sit directly by the fire, which makes everyone feel embarrassed.

The Xiao family's military camp is full of men, and there are no women around to help at this late hour.

"Your Highness, men and women should not touch each other. These girls..."

Several soldiers looked at the women in the tent who were shivering, their lips were pale, and even their skin was frozen purple, and shook their heads as if they couldn't bear to watch.

Xiao Jingyan also had a headache.

At this time, he really needs a capable woman by his side.

He forced himself to calm down, he couldn't panic.

"Human lives are at stake. Let's forget about etiquette and laws. We can't just watch these girls freeze to death!"

Wang Tiezhu gritted his teeth and thought, at worst, he would do what the scoundrel did.

Others also feel that critical moments should be treated differently.

Xiao Jingyan sighed and said helplessly:

"Well, let them gather together for warmth first."

"If that doesn't work, have some married women stand outside and let their husbands hug them, and our people will hug those men."

This stacking method is too slow to warm up the people in the innermost circle.

But right now, there is no better way.

"I'll do it now, little man."

Several soldiers took orders and ran into the tent.

Just then, a reindeer came into their sight.

On this snowy night with howling north wind, the little deer seemed to feel no cold at all and was still walking in the snow.

"Strange? Why isn't it cold?"

Wang Tiezhu also saw the deer. As someone who loves small animals, if he wasn't in a tense rescue situation at the time, he would have gone over and caught it.

Xiao Jingyan followed his gaze.

The reindeer's body was covered with dark brown hair, which was thick and fine.

From a distance, it looks very light.

"Nonsense, they have fur, of course they're not cold!"

Xiao Jingyan rolled his eyes at Wang Tiezhu and was speechless.

However, it was precisely because of answering Wang Tiezhu's question that Xiao Jingyan instantly came up with a solution.

"Quickly send someone back to get the 500 sheep we exchanged with Qian Shuo a few days ago, and give one to each of the girls so they can hold onto them for warmth."

He came up with this good idea by accident.

Is the wool of these sheep warm enough?

Moreover, they were all live sheep with body temperature, which were most suitable for warming the women's frozen and purple bodies.

Hearing what Xiao Jingyan said, Wang Tiezhu touched his big round head.

"Your Majesty is indeed resourceful!"

"Why didn't I think of that!"

He was very ashamed and laughed foolishly.

Since he likes small animals, he assigned people to feed the animals in the camp.

He is the most familiar with these little things, but he didn't even think of this.

The soldier who received the order immediately mounted his horse and ran back to the camp as fast as he could.

After meeting Shi Xi, the horses in the military camp were fed with high-quality cornmeal feed. After a month of fattening, they ran faster than usual.

The sheep have long and soft fur, and they don't get very dirty even if they roll around in the snow all day.

Holding it in your arms feels like an oversized stove, warm and comfortable.

That little tongue would occasionally lick people like a puppy, which made the girls so happy that they almost forgot about their frozen limbs.

When Xiao Jingyan saw the frostbite and bruises on their bodies, he did not forget to order someone to get the frostbite ointment that Shi Xi had given him.

There were a few civilians who were seriously injured and were carried back to the barracks by the soldiers to have military doctors help stop the bleeding and set their bones.

Everyone worked from the middle of the night until dawn.

In the morning, Xiao Jingyan generously opened the granary and asked the cook to cook rice into porridge and distribute it to the villagers.

Even the villagers who came to the rescue from the western village were given rice porridge to drink.

After eating the warm rice porridge, everyone's body temperature gradually rose.

Seeing that everyone was fine, Xiao Jingyan was extremely happy.

"Your Majesty, would you like to have a bowl too?"

Wang Tiezhu brought a bowl of rice soup and specially put a handful of pickled mustard greens in it for Xiao Jingyan.

"I won't eat for now. Go and count all the deaths."

Xiao Jingyan sighed and observed a moment of silence for the dead people.

"Just now, Chiang Kai-shek sent a message. The death toll is not large. They are all elderly people and children."

"There are one hundred and thirty-eight people in total."

Wang Tiezhu reported.

There are more than 1,500 people in these villages combined, and the death toll of 138 is indeed not too many.

Xiao Jingyan nodded and was about to say something else when a soldier ran towards the tent.

"Your Majesty, General, the local prefect is here."

Currently, there is no royal family in Lingyao City, nor any officials sent by the court. The prefect Song Yi is the highest official.

Xiao Jingyan knew him well and considered him to be a loyal official serving the country and the people.

I heard that he was a native of Lingyao City. After passing the imperial examination, he gave up his wealthy life in Beijing and resolutely returned to his hometown to build Lingyao City.

Indeed, under his management in recent years, there have been fewer thieves and bandits in Lingyao City.

"Humph, he really is a deep sleeper. He only came after our Xiao family army had rescued everyone!"

Wang Tiezhu snorted in dissatisfaction and complained.

Xiao Jingyan didn't say anything. He had no connection with the prefect, so it didn't matter to him.

"Hey, Your Majesty, I greet you."

"Thank you for your kindness in dealing with the avalanche. I was negligent in my oversight. Your Highness, please punish me."

Before Song Yi arrived, his voice of apology was heard.

I don’t know if he heard Wang Tiezhu’s complaint.

He hunched his back, clasped his hands together in a bow, and walked towards Xiao Jingyan.

"That's fine. As the Prince of Dayong, I naturally have to work for the people."

Xiao Jingyan's tone was flat and no meaning could be heard.

Song Yi didn't know if this sentence was meant for him, so he could only humbly admit his mistake and said:

"The official is guilty."

"If Your Majesty does not mind, I will be at your command if there is anything you need from me."

Xiao Jingyan thought about it and decided that there was something he needed to discuss with the prefect.

"The heavy snow has destroyed the villagers' houses. They have nothing left. How are we going to accommodate these refugees?"

This problem also made Song Yi embarrassed.

The avalanche not only destroyed their homes, but also destroyed the roots of the crops in the fields.

Even if the snow melts in the spring of next year, they will have to spend extra money to buy seeds if they want to farm.

This amount of money is undoubtedly a huge sum for the villagers who have little source of income.

Just now, Xiao Jingyan saw and heard with his own eyes that many elderly men and women began to cry after they recovered their strength and warmed up.

They were all crying about their future livelihood issues.

Young people may be able to take this opportunity to leave the village completely and go to Lingyao City to make a living as a temporary worker, maid, or waiter.

But what should these people who are half buried in the ground and can't do any work do?

"Most of them are from Lingyao. Why not send them to their relatives?"

This is the best solution Song Yi can think of so far.

Xiao Jingyan agreed.

He knew that he was not a local official after all, and he could not interfere too much in many matters.