AWB Chapter 200: Picking up Du Hao
Chapter 200: Picking up Du Hao
Censor Xie took it from a distance and looked at it carefully, then asked his son to identify it.
"Dad, it's Youzhi. He's with the King of Chu. Our Youzhi is fine." Xie Youzhi's father said excitedly.
Censor Xie finally relaxed after being worried all the way.
When Censor Xie and his family were looking at the photos, the general's wife also came over and took a few glances.
Shan Ronghao was not seen in the photo, and the general's wife almost burst into tears, "Your Highness, my Ronghao?"
"He's fine, he was just hospitalized after being injured. He didn't participate in this battle. When I set out, he had already been discharged from the hospital and taken home to recuperate."
"Since both children are fine, it's okay for us to travel slower." said Censor Xie.
"Why are you in such a hurry? Come back to the capital with me. When I set out, the official road outside the city was already covered with ice over a foot thick. Now it's probably even harder to travel on. You won't be able to get through at all."
Chu Tianlin’s real thought was that I couldn’t go back to the capital alone to suffer, so I had to bring as many people as possible.
"This...has the prince met my general and Rong Jie and the others?" the general's wife asked worriedly.
After hearing about Beichuan's situation, the general's wife was very worried about her husband. After all, he was old and not as strong as young people. What if he fell again?
"Yes, they had already entered Pingyang County when we saw them. They should have been enjoying themselves over the charcoal fire by now."
Xie Yushi and his four companions were tricked by King Xiaoyao into returning to the capital, missing out on their future journey.
King Xiaoyao sent someone back to Beichuan to inform General Shan.
He didn't believe that if he brought his wife back to the capital, the father and son could still live peacefully in modern times.
King Xiaoyao didn't lie too much. Beichuan was currently experiencing a severe cold snap that had not been seen in a hundred years.
Chu Moyuan asked the glass factory to speed up production and replace the produced glass with that of ordinary people in Beichuan at a very low price.
Thinking of Du Qianhao who was still in Fengxiang County, Chu Moyuan and Xia Youan rode snowmobiles to Fengxiang County.
The people take good care of the vegetable greenhouses. There is no snow on the greenhouses along the way, and you can see the lush green inside through the glass.
The glass greenhouse was covered with straw curtains. Now it was noon, and the curtains were lifted up, revealing people working inside.
Chu Moyuan did not rush to find Du Qianhao, but randomly entered a village along the way.
It is lunchtime now, and smoke is rising from the chimneys of every household, giving people a warm feeling in this extremely cold weather.
After entering the village, Chu Moyuan found a farmhouse and sent a guard to knock on the door.
"Auntie, we're passing by here. It's so cold. Can we go in and have a cup of hot water?"
The aunt leaned out from the crack of the door, looked around, and saw a group of unfamiliar men.
He said "It's inconvenient!" and slammed the door shut.
This happened to several companies in a row.
This made the guards very embarrassed. Chu Moyuan and Xia Youan were puzzled. "I'll go knock on the door later. I guess he was scared when he saw a group of men."
"Oh, that's the only way!"
There was a house in front with its door open, and someone came out. Xia Youan hurried forward.
"Uncle, we're passing by here and want to ask for a cup of hot water, but we knocked on several doors and they closed the door as soon as they saw us. Is there something going on in our village?"
The middle-aged man looked at Xia Youan for a while, then suddenly realized, "Hey~ Are you Miss Xia?"
Xia Youan didn't expect someone to recognize her in a random village she walked into. "Uh~ Am I that famous?"
"That's right. When I took a few young men from the village to the trade center to buy quilts, it was Miss Xia who received us. Come in, come in!"
The middle-aged man invited Xia Youan and his group in, and as they walked in, he explained, "Miss Xia, it's not that our villagers are not welcoming and don't want you to come in. It's really that after hearing about what happened in Daniu Village, everyone is scared.
You said that we finally had some hope these days, but in the end, everyone lost their lives."
The middle-aged man said this and shook his head regretfully.
Xia Youan understood. He had already heard about the affairs of Daniu Village from Xie Youzhi.
As soon as I entered the house, it was warm inside. "Uncle, did you set up a kang?"
The middle-aged man didn't expect Xia Youan to know about the kang, and said with a smile: "Miss Xia, you know about the kang? I heard that it was invented by Lord Du.
Now every household has a kang, which is a good thing. We are counting on it this winter.
While cooking, I heated up the house. We had never been so warm in previous years.
Thanks to the affordable quilts provided by Miss Xia, even the poorest families can afford them if they save some money.
Thanks to the kang that Master Du taught us to build, there have been no incidents of people freezing to death in the village."
Du Qianhao's time in the modern world was not in vain, he even learned how to build a kang.
As soon as Chu Moyuan and his group entered the house, they filled the entire room. The middle-aged man poured hot water for everyone and asked the old woman to cook for them.
Chu Moyuan quickly refused, "No need, uncle, we'll just warm ourselves up and leave."
After putting down the bowl of water, Chu Moyuan and Xia Youan asked about the vegetable greenhouse in unison and then said goodbye.
Du Qianhao had been trapped in Fengxiang County for so long, and when he saw Chu Moyuan, he excitedly ran over.
"Your Majesty, it's too cold here. Are you finally here to pick me up?"
Chu Moyuan did not respond to Du Qianhao's words, and asked: "What is the current situation in Fengxiang County?"
"Your Highness, a few beggars were found frozen to death in a dilapidated temple a few days ago. The other villagers are all fine thanks to the quilts and cotton clothes provided by the princess.
The subordinates in each household also learned how to build a kang by following the instructions in the video, so there was no problem for the people to keep warm in their homes.
Ever since someone died in the greenhouse last time, everyone has been taught to pay attention to ventilation. Each greenhouse is equipped with a fireplace with a chimney leading to the outside.
The greenhouse was also covered with straw mats, and the vegetables grew well.
The problem is that the roads are blocked. You've seen it all along the way, and the villagers are worried about how to transport the vegetables after they're harvested."
"Aren't we here to find a solution?"
"Miss Xia, what can we do? If the weather doesn't warm up, the ice won't break."
Xia Youan pointed to the snowmobile they had ridden when they arrived, "Look, don't we still have snowmobiles? Even though we can't transport as much as trucks, we have people. We can just attach a sled to the back and make a few more trips."
Du Qianhao craned his neck to look at the snowmobile through the guards standing in front of him.
Du Qianhao's mouth twitched. "You guys just came here in this cold wind?"
"How can that be? Our snowmobiles are all equipped with windshields. But Master Du's will have to endure the cold wind and go back!"
"I reject!"
Xia Youan did not make things difficult for Du Qianhao, "Alright, then please ask Mr. Du to take over Qingying's job, and we will take her back."
Du Qianhao: “…”