Chapter 129 First Snow

The weather was still cold. When Chen Heng arrived at the camp, the huge sun was hanging overhead, and the golden light sprinkled on the refugees' simple houses, making everything bright and dazzling.

What made people particularly happy was that there were a few smoke rising slowly between the gaps between the wooden houses and tents. It seemed that some people were not satisfied with eating porridge every day and were improving their own meals.

This was the credit of Wei Yinghong and Lin Ruhai. After the refugees rushed to the west of the city, they took the initiative to propose to pay some wages to the refugees as soon as possible.

In order to let the refugees have a better New Year, Wei Yinghong shortened the payment time to every five days. Even if the amount received was not much, it was enough for the women at home to keep busy.

What people fear most is not too many things to do, but doing nothing.

Now Yangzhou has sufficient food reserves, and Suzhou, Hangzhou and other places are backing them up. As long as the refugees do not take the initiative to make trouble, the charity granaries that have been prepared since September will be enough for them to live until the next spring plowing.

If the next year is a good time.

When Chen Heng came to the greenhouse, his classmates were discussing this matter.

Their topic had jumped from "whether there will be floods" to "what should we do with spring ploughing when floods come".

Seeing that everyone was discussing very excitingly, Chen Heng quietly found a seat in the back, sat outside quietly, and watched Du Yunjing and Cui Youdao debate.

These two people are smart, but their intelligence is more like the students who just graduated from college in Chen Heng's previous life. All their talents are in knowledge, but when it comes to looking at and handling a matter, they are still more bookish.

Intelligence and wisdom are like the relationship between talent and ability. Although the former is a gift from heaven, it is often the latter that really leads a person to the top.

If talent is compared to the beautiful fireworks that pass by in an instant, then talent is the sun and the moon that lasts forever, which is ever-lasting and can shine for a lifetime.

For smart people, the most needed thing is experience.

When experience is transformed into experience and the connection between all things in the world and people is understood, it is time for a person to do something.

Du Yunjing and Cui Youdao are undoubtedly the most obvious group of people who have grown up. Chen Heng can feel from the issues they discuss that their perspectives on issues are already higher than others.

Chen Heng listened for a while, and the topic of this group of people turned to "how to deal with floods". The warm atmosphere in the shed really reminded him of his leisure time when he was studying in the past.

But Chen Heng was happy to hear it, but Du Yunjing noticed his figure, and hurriedly smiled and stretched out his hand, pointing to the crowd, "We have been talking for a long time, why not let this lazy person come up and talk to us again."

Everyone turned their heads and saw Chen Heng who wanted to hide, and they all started to make a fuss.

Although they didn't know some things, they could still see the changes in the camp and the government office since Chen Heng took charge.

Although they still couldn't figure out the role Chen Heng played in it, it didn't prevent everyone from appreciating Chen Heng.

Those who are good at fighting don't have great achievements. This man surnamed Chen is a person who can plan, judge, and work together.

Chen Heng couldn't refuse the invitation, so he walked to the front of the stage amid everyone's booing. He coughed lightly and decided to tell his thoughts on all the previous questions.

"I think the flood will come, but it's hard to say how big it will be."

Chen Heng said it confidently, and he was not aimless.

This involves a piece of geographical knowledge from the past. The earth is a circle, and the equator receives more solar radiation, so the temperature is higher. After these hot air rises to the sky, they move to the poles of the earth. Therefore, the tropics can be understood as a circular heat lamp on the earth.

This circle is like a cover. Wherever it goes, it squeezes the air under itself, forming a short-term high-pressure area, which is what we call subtropical high pressure in geography class.

The function of subtropical high pressure is to suppress the evaporated water vapor and prevent it from rising and condensing into rain. This is also the origin of the drought. But these additional water vapor will not disappear for no reason. They have been gathering under the circle.

Once it retreats, the water vapor will rise directly, forming a rare rainstorm.

But Chen Heng couldn't just speak out the knowledge in his mind. He thought about it and used a reason that was more acceptable to the world. He related the disasters in the dynasties and the arguments about rain in the "Xiangyushu".

Everyone was a little surprised when they heard it. Someone asked immediately: "What is this Xiangyushu? Why have I never heard of it?"

Chen Heng was dumbfounded. He found this book in the library of the Lin family. He read it because he thought it was interesting. He didn't expect that someone didn't know it.

"It was written by Huang Zifa in the Tang Dynasty. I only heard that it was hidden in the Imperial Observatory in the capital. Brother, where did you find this book? Can you lend it to us?"

"This book belongs to my elders. I dare not make a decision on my own. I will ask when I go back." Chen Heng didn't dare to agree. Although this book was hidden in a corner, it might not be Uncle Lin's favorite.

This classmate was very sorry. Scholars like them always feel itchy when they encounter such a rare and unique copy.

After this interruption, everyone was obviously more curious about the "Book of Predicting Rain" than the flood disaster.

Everyone urged Chen Heng to talk about the contents of the book. This was easy to do, so Chen Heng picked out some easy-to-understand knowledge points.

From how to look at the wind and clouds to the density of rain, everyone was curious and interesting. Some people took out paper and pen to record.

Chen Heng spoke for a while, and then he met several refugees who came to ask about things.

Everyone got up and asked only before leaving.

"Brother, it doesn't matter if you can't borrow the book. Can you tell us more tomorrow?"

"That's right, Senior Brother, I think what you said is simple and thorough. It might be easier than reading the book myself."

In fact, it is not surprising that the students in several academies were excited. The masters only taught the Four Books and Five Classics. Regarding extracurricular knowledge, they still had to rely on their own study to supplement it. For example, "Salt and Iron Theory", "Shui Jing Zhu", and this time "Xiang Yu Shu".

If you want to expect every master to be proficient in these, it is undoubtedly a fool's errand.

Chen Heng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he had no choice but to agree.

Seeing this, the students dispersed happily.

When they left, Chen Heng saw Xue Biao and others waiting for him. Jiang Yuanbai rushed up and complained on the spot, "Okay, brother Heng, you are secretly reading a book from us again."

"When I was watching in the dormitory, I didn't hide from you." Chen Heng spread his hands, his face full of innocence.

"Next time you read something, I will bring your book and read the title first." Jiang Yuanbai couldn't help but shook his head and said with some sadness and anger.

Xue Biao smiled and patted Jiang Yuanbai on the back, "Okay, okay, even if Brother Heng gives you the book, you will read it for a few days and then throw it aside."

Jiang Yuanbai was dumbfounded, glanced at Xue Biao up and down, and said, "Brother Xue Biao, are you really comforting me?"

"Hahahaha, let's go, let's go outside and talk while patrolling." Qian Dayou pushed the two of them behind him. He was wearing very thick clothes today and had a gong hanging on his waist. He looked very interesting.

On the way, Chen Heng told them about Miss Zhen again.

After they learned about each other's relationship with Jia Yucun, they couldn't help but feel that their fate was clever.

As the topic continued, it turned to Xu Mazi again.

"Is there any news from the government office?"

"I heard that the investigation is still ongoing. There should be one or two salt merchants involved. I'm afraid there will be no results in a while."

"Don't you have any news from the people at the newspaper shop?"

"Even if there is, I'm afraid it won't be publicized."

"By the way, Brother Heng, there is something I need you to be careful about." Xue Biao suddenly said to Chen Heng, "I went home yesterday and heard from my father that there are many underground banks in Yangzhou city that are secretly selling money to illegals. People lend money.”

"What?!" Chen Heng frowned when he heard this, but he felt helpless when he thought about it.

After all, this kind of thing between you and me is not easy to deal with in this era. He thought for a while and said, "Forget about the serious origin. If you have the idea of ​​​​deception and abduction, find a way to expose their methods through newspapers. Talk to the refugees.”

"Okay, I'll go back and tell daddy." Xue Biao nodded.

"These rats are really like the gang of national thieves and ghosts in the capital. They lie on the people and suck blood. It makes people want to kill them all with their swords."

Jiang Yuanbai was filled with indignation after hearing this. Among the refugees were a large number of people who had fled from the capital. Through their stories and spread through newspapers, Yangzhou people also knew about the outrageous prices in the capital and the behavior of wealthy families hoarding goods to make money.

The emergence of newspapers is quietly changing the way and speed at which people receive news. Ordinary people can know more and more distant news with less money than before.

From the moment a person is born, he has a desire for unknown exploration and information. The so-called wealthy families, while occupying massive resources, also set up information barriers.

So that people outside can neither see nor hear.

The gap between people, apart from their intelligence, is the only barrier to information.

But it doesn't matter, some things are like lights before dawn. As long as the seeds are in the soil, sooner or later they will grow into big trees in the sky.

Chen Heng lowered his head silently and hurried on. He actually wanted to know the news about Guangzhou more than the wealthy people in the capital.

Does the glass that can bring foreigners over there indicate a broader world?

Are there any other so-called Guangzhou Thirteen Banks?

Or it has been changed to another name, I really want to see it.

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That night, Chen Heng returned home and was sitting at home reviewing his homework. The two younger brothers suddenly ran in excitedly and pointed to the door.

"Brother, it's snowing. It's snowing."

The first snow in December came so early.

Hahahaha, the extra chapter may be late. There will be extra chapters for several female protagonists, don’t worry, but they won’t be written together. Thank you in advance for the poem Wang Shu wrote for Xiang Ling.