Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2036, big cold

In the Grassland Province, the cold wind howls on the vast grassland, and the heavy snow like goose feathers flutters between the sky and the earth with the cold wind, forming the white hair wind that is most feared by the herdsmen on the grassland.

In the past, whenever the white hair wind blows, a large number of cattle and sheep will be frozen to death, which directly makes it difficult for the grassland herdsmen to survive in the coming year.

Therefore, in the year when there is a white hair wind, the grassland tribes will gather to plunder the Central Plains in the south. If they do not plunder some food, they will not be able to survive in the coming year and will starve to death.

The cattle and sheep on the grassland are not only the property of the herdsmen, but also the rations of the herdsmen. Too many cattle and sheep are frozen to death in winter, which means that the rations will be cut off in the coming year.

Therefore, the herdsmen are most afraid of the white hair wind, especially the white hair wind that lasts for many days. It is even more terrifying. Sometimes, all the cattle and sheep will be frozen to death.

The herdsman Batu opened a corner of the yurt, and the heavy snow had almost blocked the door. There was a full meter of snow, which made it extremely difficult to travel.

"It hasn't stopped yet, it's been a day and a night!"

Batu was so worried that he didn't care about shoveling the snow, so he hurried out to check the situation of the cattle and sheep in the house.

When Batu saw almost all the cattle and sheep that had been frozen to death, his eyes could not help but widen. It was too miserable. All the cattle and sheep were deeply covered by heavy snow, crawling through the thick accumulation. Snow, found that the cattle and sheep have been frozen.

As for the sheds that provided the cows and sheep to toss, they flew to nowhere. The wind last night was really too strong.

"It's gone, it's gone!"

While Batu was crawling through the snow to see if there were any live cattle and sheep, his eyes were blood red. The cattle and sheep were all dead. What will we do next year?
Although there is no need to worry about starving to death now, with the inclusion of the Grassland Province into the territory of the Ming Empire, the emperor has always cared about the grassland herdsmen. There is almost no big difference between the Grassland Province and Daming Pass, and everything can be bought.

Food is not a problem either, it is cheap and of good quality.

In fact, the grassland herdsmen have already undergone great changes. The biggest change is the diet structure. In the past, they could only eat beef and mutton. Vegetables, fruits, tea and salt were all scarce.

Therefore, many times, the herdsmen on the grassland will lack vitamins, and they can’t pull out the tuba. It’s not enough to eat beef and mutton every day.

Along with the integration into the Ming Dynasty, a large amount of vegetables, fruits, salt tea and grains poured into the grassland, which greatly enriched the diet structure of grassland people. Although beef and mutton are already eaten a lot, rice, wheat, corn, etc. are also gradually increased. At the same time, vegetable and fruit tea gradually entered thousands of households and became an indispensable living material for herdsmen.

Even if the cattle and sheep are all frozen to death, there is no need to worry about being hungry in the coming year. A little money is enough to buy food for a family for a year.

It’s just that the cattle and sheep are also the wealth of the herdsmen, and they all froze to death all of a sudden, and it’s still a severe winter, so there’s no way to sell them, and the price must be very, very low, which is a huge loss.

"Meaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah"

When he got to the middle area, Batu finally heard the sound of a sheep, and suddenly he seemed to come alive, so he hurried over.

It turns out that there are still more than a dozen sheep alive in the middle, and there are a few lambs among them. Because these sheep are in the center, the temperature is the highest, so they can survive.

"It's okay, it's okay, I finally left some seeds for me."

Batu was overjoyed, and quickly transferred the dozen sheep to his yurt, regardless of whether it was dirty or not. If the dozen sheep froze to death again, there would be no sheep left. .

The weather of Baimaofeng continued. For several days in a row, the sky and the earth were full of howling cold wind and blizzard, until the weather cleared and Baimaofeng passed.

Batu hurriedly used the carriage to pull the dead cattle and sheep to a nearby town to sell, and the dead cattle and sheep could still be sold for some money.

This is also a benefit now.

In the past, cattle and sheep that froze to death in winter could only be eaten, but too many froze to death at once, even if they could be eaten again, they would never be able to eat them all. It is the most distressing place for herdsmen.

It is different now. There are trains on the grassland leading to the Beijing-Tianjin area of ​​Ming Dynasty. There are also concrete roads connecting the various towns. The dead cattle and sheep can be sold for money, and then directly pulled to the Beijing-Tianjin area by train, or even So the whole Ming Dynasty went to sell it.

The thick snow made it extremely difficult for a horse-drawn carriage to travel, but fortunately, in winter, when everyone set up their camp, they would choose places closer to small towns or concrete roads.

Once something happens, you can also go to the nearest town for help in time.

The same is true for Batu. The place where he camps is very close to the cement road. After clearing a road, he will soon be able to get onto the cement road. On the cement road, there are also government officials using snow plows to clear the thick snow on the cement road. .

The snowplow driven by a powerful internal combustion engine is very powerful. It only took a few rounds to remove all the thick snow and restore the road.

When Batu drove a carriage to the nearest town with a carriage of dead cattle and sheep, he realized that the town was already overcrowded, and there were too many herdsmen who came here to sell frozen dead cattle and sheep.

Carload after cartload of froze-to-dead cattle and sheep were pulled down here in the town, and the herdsmen were frowning at each other. Everyone's situation was similar to Batu's. Almost all the cattle and sheep in the house were frozen to death.

Now only a small part has been pulled over, and there are still a large number of frozen cattle and sheep waiting to be sold at home.

"Come, come, collect the frozen cattle and sheep!"

"Frozen big cows cost 3 taels of silver per head, medium cows cost 2 taels of silver each, small cows cost 1 taels of silver each, and sheep cost 1 taels of silver each. Those who sell come quickly."

At this time, a businessman brought several large trucks and kept shouting with tin horns.

Hearing the businessman's words, many herdsmen immediately surrounded him, scrambling to sell their cattle and sheep.

Although this price is very, very cheap, you must know that in normal times, a full-grown cow costs at least ten taels of silver, and a sheep costs at least six or seven hundred renminbi.

But now, this price is directly broken, 3 taels of silver for a big cow, this price is really too low.

But there is no way, these are frozen cattle and sheep, not alive, and secondly, how many cattle and sheep have been frozen to death on the grassland now, it is already very good to be able to charge this price.

This is also thanks to the well-developed transportation in Daming, there are trains that can go to various places in Daming, so these frozen cattle and sheep can be transported to various places in Daming for sale by train.

In the past, even if it was 1 tael of silver, no one would collect it, because if it was collected, it would not be shipped or sold, and it could only slowly rot in the hands.

Soon, Batu sold the cattle and sheep transported this time, exchanged some silver, and then went to the town to buy some grain, tea and so on.

Here in the small town, the carloads of froze-to-dead cattle and sheep are quickly transported by truck and road to the nearest city with trains, and then transported by train to the Beijing-Tianjin area and various places in Daming.

Scenes like this happened in every corner of the grassland.

This winter is really too cold.

The temperature on the grassland has dropped to minus [-] to [-] degrees. Coupled with the terrifying white hair wind, a large number of cattle and sheep were frozen to death, and even herdsmen were frozen to death. The entire vast grassland suffered heavy losses.

Train after train of frozen cattle, sheep, and horses were continuously pulled from the grasslands to various parts of Daming, and it was also the first time that Daming people bought the cheapest beef and mutton in history.

At this moment, it is not only the Prairie Province that is suffering from severe cold.

Black soil province also encountered unprecedented cold here.

Here at Li Da's breeding farm in Dafeng Town, Heitu Province, at this moment, Li Da and Li Carpenter are also grim, an unprecedented cold weather and heavy snowfall.

It directly led to the collapse of some houses in the farm by the heavy snow, and a large number of cattle, sheep and pigs were frozen to death. Only a few houses did not collapse, but many cattle, sheep and pigs inside still froze to death. .

"A sin!"

Li Carpenter looked at the large number of frozen cattle, sheep and pigs, and his whole heart ached.

It has been a few years since he came to Heitu Province, and he has always lived in the home of his eldest son, and also helped to raise cattle, sheep and pigs, all of which he watched to expand the scale little by little.

Who knew that this blizzard would immediately return to before liberation.

"Father, add more hay to the remaining cattle, sheep and pigs."

"I'm going to shovel off the snow on the roof. If this continues, all these cattle, sheep and pigs will freeze to death!"

However, Li Da could no longer care about the pain in his heart, and got busy quickly while giving orders.

The farm, which has worked hard for many years in Heitu Province, has finally expanded in scale, and it has encountered such severe cold weather.

This winter this year is really too cold.

This time I suffered a real loss. More than two-thirds of the cattle, sheep and pigs were frozen to death. The key point is that more than half of the houses on the farm collapsed. It cost a lot of money to build these houses. Now it’s really It was in vain.

"I shouldn't have saved money in the first place. It would have been better to build reinforced concrete directly, so that it would be strong and wouldn't be knocked down by a heavy snowfall."

"No one expected this year's winter to be so cold and accompanied by such horrific snow."

While busy tidying up, Li Da felt regretful in his heart.

(End of this chapter)