Traveling through the farmhouse: farming and making a fortune and raising cubs

It was almost the same as what Li Changhui had learned from the prefect before, but in addition, shopkeeper Liu also brought a letter, saying that his master requested that it be delivered to Li Changhui and Lin He in person.

Although the two of them were surprised, they still opened it and looked at it. After seeing it, they instantly became serious.

The handwriting on the letter was not Jinrong's. Jinrong must have been the messenger. After all, letters from the capital could not be delivered to Guanzhou Mansion so quickly.

What's more, a lot of things still need to be sent back, and they can only be told after investigation. Looking at the pen and ink on this letter, it seems that it was written freshly in the past two days.

The content of the letter also shocked the two of them even more. It actually wrote about the source of the plague.

The main thing that happened was the busiest market. In addition to Guanzhou Prefecture, there was another county town that survived.

Yongfeng Trading Company in that county was inspected when they entered the city. The guards at the city gate thought there was something wrong with the corpse and prohibited them from entering the city.

Early the next morning, when I received the urgent order from the prefect, I found the people who were discussing how to secretly send the body to Yongfeng Trading Company in the city in time, and burned the body.

However, several other cities were not so lucky. The plague-infected corpses were disguised and placed in the busiest markets. By the time the magistrates and prefects received the news, it was sometimes even two or three days later.

Not only people in the county were infected with the plague, but some people who came to the market brought the plague back to the village.

It can be said that there were heavy deaths.

The source of those corpses was also investigated clearly, and they indeed came from outside the customs.

Last year, there was a snowstorm further north in Da'an, and many people died. When the spring came after the new year, the ice and snow melted, and the corpses were not treated well and piled up, and a plague broke out.

I don’t know who suffered a thousand cuts, but actually let someone who had just been infected with the plague and was not particularly serious yet follow the Yongfeng caravan to come to Da’an to see the doctor.

Yongfeng Trading Company was also unlucky. They had good intentions at first, but when they entered the customs and found out that those people were infected with the plague, they had already boarded the pirate ship.

In fact, at that time, if the manager of Yongfeng Trading Company had directly reported the matter to the official, and promptly isolated and treated everyone, perhaps the following incidents would not have happened.

Unfortunately, the manager did not take the matter forward because he was afraid of being blamed. The enemy used this as a handle to threaten the manager of Yongfeng Trading Company and send the dead patients to the hinterland of Da'an.

What the prefect and shopkeeper Liu knew was just superficial.

What they didn't know was that, in addition to the counties where the plague was released, the plague had already begun to break out a month ago in places further north, but the news had been blocked and had not spread yet.

The letter was signed with only one word: Caution.

Lin He instantly thought of a word: Be careful in your words and deeds.

Li Changhui folded the letter and put it back in the envelope: "This is written by the second child. He should be not far from Guanzhou Mansion, so he can deliver the letter so quickly."

Lin He thought that indeed, although she had not asked, considering that Li Changhui's original name was Xie Jinyan, it was not impossible for his younger brother to be named Xie Shenxing.

Li Changhui looked at Shopkeeper Liu and said, "Shopkeeper Liu, please go there in person. Don't worry, Shopkeeper Liu, we won't leave until the epidemic outside has completely subsided. You can rest assured to go home and do business."

They also saw that shopkeeper Liu was here mainly because he was worried about their sudden departure. If something happened, it was probably Jinrong who told them.

Shopkeeper Liu quickly left wisely, and Li Changhui sighed softly: "It's only been a few years of stability."

Lin He patted Li Changhui's arm: "Actually, it's normal. Didn't you say that before? There have always been minor frictions at the border. Last year, there were many snowstorms in Da'an, but because there was enough food, they all received timely rescue."

"Other places are envious and jealous, but they can't beat or rob them, so they can only resort to this despicable method."

Li Changhui shook his head: "Why don't I know this? It's just that so many people died after all." I originally thought that tens of thousands of people died in this plague, which was already heartbreaking, but I didn't expect that the death toll was actually far higher than they knew. Much more.

Fortunately, Li Changhui quickly adjusted his mood.

"Fortunately, in the past few years, the country has been peaceful and the people have been safe, and the court has sufficient food reserves. If this had been the case before, more people would have died after the snow disaster."

"Dad, have there been snow disasters before?"

When shopkeeper Liu hadn't left just now, the three children were nearby pretending to read, but they were actually listening to their conversation.

Lin He didn't have any idea that children shouldn't listen to anything. As long as it wasn't something scandalous, it was actually good for the children to know it earlier.

What's more, it's better to know and wake up to some things earlier than to understand them only after running into obstacles everywhere.

However, the children, even Li An, were very sensible and listened without interrupting. After Shopkeeper Liu left, he started asking about his parents.

I couldn't help but be curious when I heard Li Changhui talking about the previous snow disaster.

He is still young, but now that he has grown up, he saw it snowing last year and was particularly excited.

Now I know that many people have died due to the heavy snow, which is a bit shocking.

Li Changhui nodded: "Snow disasters are very common in the north, but last year seemed to be the largest snow disaster in recorded history in recent decades, so people died."

Li An continued to be shocked: "It's so serious. What should we do if we go to the capital and encounter another snowstorm?"

As he asked, even he became worried.

He is less than ten years old and has not lived enough yet, and he does not want to freeze to death early.

There was even a moment when he didn't want to go to the capital.

The little guy didn't know how to hide his expression at all, which made his parents and two brothers very amused.

Li Changhui showed a rare moment of tenderness and rubbed the little guy's head.

"Don't worry, if it was hundreds of years ago, snow disasters might starve to death, but now it rarely happens."

When Li Changhui said this, several others became curious, even Lin He.

Upon seeing this, Li Changhui explained: "According to the records in the book, there used to be very little food in the Da'an Dynasty. Later, a senior went out to sea and brought a lot of edible food from outside."

"For example, the corn, sweet potatoes, etc. we eat now, as well as some vegetable seeds, are all brought back from outside."

"Sweet potatoes, in particular, have a high yield and can be made into vermicelli for a year or two. The imperial court has more grain reserves, and naturally the soldiers and horses are strong. The people's lives are stable, and it is easier to survive disasters."

Lin He immediately remembered: "Yes, you said before that she is the senior lady from the capital, she is very powerful!"

That's the senior time traveler!

She almost forgot.

All in all, that senior brought back a lot of things from overseas, enriching the dining table of the Da'an Dynasty and the granary of the Da'an Dynasty.