"The first, of course, is to repair villages and houses. It turns out that many villages here are in dilapidated condition, with leaks and drafts everywhere, but the masonry foundations are still there, and they are easy to repair. The main ones are wooden houses and roofs," Zheng Kun replied first.

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After hearing this, Chen Tianhua pointed to the simple wooden houses and patches of white tents in the distance, and said in a deep voice:

"Priority will be given to the houses and stables needed for the current expansion of the horse ranch. They will be resettled in batches so that they can live and work in peace and contentment quickly. As well as various shops and handicraft workshops in the town, priority will be given to restoring people's livelihood. As for the private residences and courtyards in each village, they will be given priority.

The head of each village will preside over the repairs themselves, and the government affairs committee office can provide appropriate material support to households in need. I have only one request, that no one will freeze to death or starve to death this winter."

"I understand, I understand." Zheng Kun cupped his hands and said.

Then, Liao Yunpeng stood up and raised his hands and said:

"Your Majesty cares about the people's livelihood. This thought makes the subordinates feel embarrassed. However, I believe that the current issue is not just about housing."

"Mr. Liao, please tell me?"

Liao Yunpeng took out a notepad and said calmly:

"These days, I have checked some information and asked some local elders and hired agronomists. Although the land in our jurisdiction is vast, it is all mountainous, dry land and wasteland, far away from water sources. Whether it is planting grass or not,

Animal husbandry and other crops also need to be irrigated with regular water."

"Although we have enough food now to sustain next autumn's harvest, what about after next year? If the harvest fails again due to drought, it will be a disaster. We can't expect to spend your limited silver to buy rice from outside and then distribute relief.

Food."

What he was thinking about was whether the region could be self-sufficient in food and other crops, solving the problem of feeding hundreds of thousands of mountain residents.

Chen Tianhua was very pleased to hear this. He suddenly woke up and said, "Mr. Liao is right. Our top priority after the beginning of the new year is to allocate special funds for water conservancy projects."

He stood up excitedly, walked back and forth in the room, and said:

"There are many mountains around us, and they are all continuous virgin forests. There is a lot of snow in the mountains and forests in winter. When spring comes, the melting of ice and snow and the rainy season can easily form mountain streams. We can choose sites to build dams in the mountains.

, build some water storage reservoirs of different sizes to collect the mountain streams that flow all year round, so that people can not only store drinking water, but also have enough water to irrigate the fields."

Liao Yunpeng's ideas coincided with his.

He suddenly remembered that during the bandit suppression campaign last winter, there was Langzui Lake on the edge of Langzui Mountain, which was a natural reservoir. He could take people there to investigate in a few days.

It can be seen that as long as you choose a reasonable location and make some repairs, you can store water, which is a small reservoir.

"Building canals on flat land to store rainwater, especially the damaged old canals must be dredged and strengthened. In addition, new canals will be built to irrigate the fields in the hinterland, so that we can ensure a bumper harvest every year in our jurisdiction!"

Having said this, Chen Tianhua clasped his hands together and said in a deep voice:

"This is the case with matters such as the construction of reservoirs. You two mayors, this matter is a top priority. We will make preparations for site selection before the year. We can send people to Langzui Mountain not far away, and there is Langzui Lake next to it.

Look, that so-called lake is actually a natural reservoir. We can learn from how to take advantage of the mountain shape to build a dam, so that when the new year comes and spring comes, we will start construction."

Zheng Kun nodded in agreement, "That's very good. I will immediately arrange for people to investigate and investigate."

“Very good.”

Then, the three of them discussed the details of spring plowing and production after the new year for a while.

At this time, it started to snow heavily in the courtyard.

Seeing the snowflakes flying all over the sky, Chen Tianhua thought of the many cases told by later generations of snow that destroyed thatched houses and cattle and sheep horse pens. He said with worry:

"This year's twelfth lunar month of winter may be colder than in previous years. In another month and a half, it will be New Year's Eve. With such weather, many people's homes are experiencing draft leaks. In addition, it snows continuously and there is too much snow that will crush them.

The roofs and the cattle and horse fences in the horse ranch are simple and must be repaired and reinforced as soon as possible. If people's houses collapse and people and animals are injured or killed, how can we feel at ease?"

Zheng Kun also said with a sad face:

"Your Majesty is right, not to mention ordinary people, even the front yard of my subordinate's home in Huaikan Town was crushed by heavy snow a few days ago, so we need to organize personnel to remove snow and ice."

"In addition, it is too cold in the winter months, so the fire pit will naturally be more prosperous. This year, with the construction of roads, bridges and tunnel supports, the firewood was once in great demand and the average people could not afford it, so they used bituminous coal to make fires to keep warm."

"Yes, heating is a big problem in the winter months this year. Using bituminous coal fires for heating is to prevent gas poisoning. It requires good ventilation conditions or a smoke exhaust pipe." Chen Tianhua frowned for a moment and asked the two government officials.

The head of the commissioned yamen said:

"Order all towns, towns and villages to try their best to organize young and middle-aged people to go into the mountains and forests to cut trees to solve the problem of heating in winter, and to help remove snow and ice from the homes of the people in the village."

"Understood, I will take care of it right away." After saying that, Zheng Kun resigned first. He wanted to ride back to the town office office thirty miles away.

Liao Yunpeng spent most of his time in Meishan Town, and his town office temporarily rented a private courtyard as the office space of the Yamen.

The new town office compound will be planned and re-selected for construction after the start of the new year. In all likelihood, the town office will be in the headquarters compound, and another building will be erected.

After Zheng Kun left, Chen Tianhua stood up, glanced uneasily at the snow falling heavier and heavier in the courtyard, and said to Liao Yunpeng:

"Mr. Liao, why don't you accompany me to the villages outside the town to take a look. It has been snowing for so many days in a row. Seeing that the old snow has not melted, but new snow has begun to cover it, I am a little worried.

This newly built frame house will be crushed."

"I am very happy to accompany you to inspect the situation of the people." Liao Yunpeng agreed.

The two of them, one after the other, had just walked out of the door of the headquarters building when a cold air hit them. The temperature difference between the inside and outside of the house was more than 30 degrees, which ordinary people could not bear.

Both of them couldn't help but tighten their bodies.

Chen Tianhua is better off. After all, he has been doing cold-warming exercises and physical training for a long time. He is young and his cold-resistant ability is much stronger than that of Liao Yunpeng, a middle-aged scholar.

As soon as Liao Yunpeng came out of the door, he started to shiver when the wind blew.

"Xiao Niu, go to the study and bring me my leopard skin robe." Chen Tianhua ordered loudly.

"Yes..." Song Xiaoniu ran into the study room in the building to get the leopard skin robe.

"Mr. Liao, this leopard skin robe has been with me for several years and I have relied on him when traveling through the mountains and forests. Today, I give it to you. It is very effective in keeping out the cold."
Chapter completed!