Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 1240 Epilogue Worry-free Cave needs to be cleaned every to years

The rubber brought back from America was quickly used up in experiments.

The rubber vulcanization group was temporarily disbanded and several chemists returned to their original positions.

Of course, Shi Huai, the vice president of chemistry, continued to work. While handling the daily affairs of the society, he arranged for his assistants to do experiments and study the vulcanized rubber.

For example, using acid and alkali substances to corrode it, throwing it outside to be exposed to wind, sun and rain, repeatedly beating, crushing, stretching, etc.

"It snowed so early this year!" Zhu Tangxi sighed as he looked at the snow outside the house.

It snowed last night.

At first it was sleet and then gradually it started to snow lightly, and there was actually snow when I woke up in the morning.

Of course, the snow outside is shallow and will melt quickly.

Xie Yan thought to himself: Is this fucking Little Ice Age coming?

Although he was not familiar with history, he had heard of the Little Ice Age.

In fact, over the past three decades, although temperatures have continued to rise overall, they have become increasingly chaotic.

About every ten years, there is a "cool summer" of one or two months.

Historical records state: In June of a certain year (Lunar calendar), the heat was gone and the nights were cold. Or, in May of a certain year (Lunar calendar), the heat was gone and the weather was as chilly as autumn.

Last year in March (Lunar Calendar), there was a sudden light snowfall in Zhejiang!
The Little Ice Age had not yet arrived, but the global average temperature was about to reach its peak. After another 10 to 20 years of fluctuations, the temperature would plummet.

"Sister, please go back to the room quickly, or you will catch a cold." Xie Yan helped her inside.

Zhu Tangxi ordered the maid: "Please bring a coat for my lord."

Soon, a woolen windbreaker was brought in. It was worth more than 300 guan and was bought by Zhu Tangxi a while ago. She and her husband each had one custom-made.

Xie Yan walked out of the yard and soon felt the cold wind coming, so he quickly put on his woolen windbreaker.

When he arrived at Shangdongmen Street in a carriage, Xie Yan found that the remaining snow on the street had been swept away, and all the shops along the street automatically swept the snow in front of their doors.

Go out of the east gate and arrive at the east city Guofang.

A team of officials came trotting from the city and gradually caught up with Xie Yan's carriage. Then they stopped and moved forward slowly, not daring to overtake Xie Yan's carriage.

Xie Yan heard the noise, lifted the curtain and looked, then shouted to the driver, "Pull over, make way!"

Seeing that the prince consort actually pulled over to the side of the road, the officer in charge of the team hurried over to salute and express his gratitude.

"What are you going to do?" Xie Yan asked.

The leading officer whispered, "We are blocking the exit of Dongguo Tunnel and are going to catch the bad guys in Wuyou Cave."

Xie Yan did not ask any more questions: "The mission is urgent, please go quickly."

Only after the team of officials ran past quickly did Xie Yan let the driver continue moving forward.

Not long after, they ran into a group of imperial guards.

Those imperial guards were stationed in the suburbs, but they were also called in today to help capture the criminals in the underground tunnel.

Luoyang is the capital after all. How could there be real slums under the feet of the emperor?
The slums are in the sewers!

In the four years since the young emperor ascended the throne, he spent the first year rectifying public security inside and outside the city, and the second year investigating Luoyang welfare institutions (nursing homes, orphanages, etc.).

Among all the so-called poor people provided relief and support by Luoyang’s official welfare institutions, more than four-fifths are people with connections!

Those who really need help are forced to hide in the sewers.

Or they lived in shacks along the banks of the Luo River in the outskirts of Luoyang. There were even shanty towns, which meant that there were slums under the feet of the emperor.

A large number of people with connections were cleared out of welfare institutions by the government, and the widows, widowers, orphans, the disabled and children who were truly in need of assistance were placed in them.

In the third year, the shanty towns began to be gradually demolished, and groups of people moved to the Ryukyu Islands and the Nanyang Islands. This move could also increase the proportion of Han people in those areas.

This autumn, the demolition of the shantytowns in Luoyang was finally completed.

The plan was to clean the sewers again next year, but due to the disappearance of the shantytowns, the number of missing cases in and around Luoyang City increased dramatically. The bad guys in Wuyou Cave were unable to obtain population from the shantytowns, so they actually directly abducted women and children.

The temperature dropped last night and it suddenly started snowing. We can’t wait any longer.

The sewers must be cleaned before the heavy snowfall. Otherwise, more homeless people will hide in the sewers in winter, which will make it more difficult to check.

In order to prevent the news from leaking out and to prevent petty officials from colluding with criminals, all the officials from Luoyang government office and the two counties attached to the city were transferred to each other's areas to enforce the law.

The Wucheng Bingmasi in Luoyang also reversed the law enforcement duties.

Also, upon receiving the order, you must set off immediately and not deliberately delay.

Even the imperial guards outside the city were transferred to serve as the main attacking force!

"Take this and give it to Zhang Chong (teaching assistant)." Xie Yan handed Wang Xing a handout.

As a chemistry teacher, he has a very perfunctory attitude towards work and often lets his teaching assistant take his place.

I actually chose to skip work today just to watch the fun.

As the news spread, more and more people gathered around, gathering far away outside each exit of the underpass.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

A burst of gunfire rang out. Although the distance was far, Xie Yan's followers hurried to protect the carriage.

However, there is a gang leader who does not live in the sewers, but instead opens a shop in the suburban area. They use the shop as the headquarters of the thieves' den, and are now under siege by a group of imperial guards.

Next to the imperial guards officers, there were several sergeants in black.

They belong to the Imperial City Department!

That is, the beggar version of Jinyiwei, who only operated in Luoyang area.

The larger intelligence department is still called the Military Intelligence Department, and is under the dual jurisdiction of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War.

Xie Yan picked up his service pistol and quickly reloaded it.

He shrank back but was eager to try. He didn't hear any more gunshots for a long time. "Is the fight over?" Wang Sheng laughed and said, "How can a few villains resist the imperial guards?"

Soon, several people were tied up and taken to the Dali Temple. If the cells of the Dali Temple were full, they would be stuffed into the prison of the Ministry of Justice, in addition to the prison cells of the prefectural government and the two county governments.

Some other bodies were directly dragged away for cremation.

Cremation was very popular in ancient times and was not as opposed to as modern people imagine.

Especially in big cities, cremation is extremely common. In history, the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty even issued orders to ban cremation many times, but the people simply did not listen. Because cremation saves money!

Seeing that there was no danger for the time being, Xie Yan got off the car with his flintlock rifle and was surrounded by male followers and moved closer.

"Someone is coming out!"

With a shout, the police officers blocking the sewer exit swung their swords and sticks and rushed inside.

"Spare your life, spare your life!"

"Drop your weapons and come out one by one."

Soon, someone crawled out with bare hands and was immediately pinned down and tied up by the officers.

"Good! Good catch!"

"It's time to deal with these villains!"

The onlookers applauded and cheered, obviously hating the rats in the sewer.

One after another, they were held down as they crawled out of the sewer, and in a blink of an eye, more than a dozen people were tied up.

Xie Yan was watching with great interest when he heard some noise coming from the next block.

However, there were officials rounding up beggars, especially those with disabilities, most of whom had their hands and feet cut off deliberately.

Some of the beggars, seeing that the government was serious, immediately reported that a beggar leader was watching nearby. The officials immediately took the beggars to arrest the person. Not only did they search along the streets, they also asked the common people to help provide clues.

"Don't come over here, or I'll kill someone!"

A beggar leader rushed into a street shop and held a woman selling wine hostage with a dagger in hand.

The woman was so frightened that she burst into tears and felt so weak that she couldn't even stand up straight.

More than a dozen officers surrounded them, and then more people followed, watching the fun and cheering for the officers.

"Let go of that woman and let her surrender immediately."

"Don't try to fool me. Cutting a living person's body into pieces is a capital crime. If I'm caught by you, I'll definitely die. Get out of the way!"

"You are just an accomplice, and you can still make up for your crime with merit. The real principal offender would definitely not come out to beg in such a cold day."

"Get out of the way, get out of the way quickly!"

"..."

The woman's family members were also crying and begging in the store, and the scene became increasingly chaotic.

After a long standoff, two military academy student soldiers arrived and entered the building across the street in plain clothes.

Another military school teacher walked behind the chief of the police and whispered, "Make way and let him out of the store onto the street."

"Who are you?" asked the chief constable.

The military school teacher took out his badge and said, "The imperial guards have all entered Wuyou Cave. The sharpshooters from Luoyang Military School have been transferred to the city and beyond to help."

The chief of the police officers immediately shouted, "Don't hurt innocent people, otherwise you will be punished even more severely. Move back, everyone, and make way for him."

The beggar leader was delighted. He put the dagger on the woman's neck and moved slowly towards the street.

call out!
An arrow was shot from the second floor across the street and hit the beggar leader's throat accurately.

The officers didn't react in time and were stunned for a moment before rushing over.

The common people turned their heads and looked towards where the arrow came from.

Yang Boyan put away his bow and arrow and bowed to the people on the street.

"The young general has a great shot! The young general has a great shot!"

Not only did the common people start cheering, but even the officials started shouting.

Xie Yan muttered: Damn, a sniper, worthy of being the descendant of Yang Zaixing.

The sewer cleaning operation was still going on, with tens of thousands of imperial guards entering from various main passages. They occupied the space bit by bit, drove the criminals to several wide holes to gather, and then used cold and hot weapons to attack.

And also announced the policy:
The big boss will be beheaded and will surely die.

Small leaders can make meritorious deeds to atone for their crimes. But they can avoid death penalty, but they cannot escape punishment for their crimes. The main thing is to be taken to the government-run mines to mine, and this must not be explained to them clearly.

Ordinary minions and poor people living in sewers were all transported to the Governor-General's Office of India to farm the land! It didn't matter if they didn't know how to farm, there would be people to teach them when the time came.

The desperate small leaders and ordinary minions started to take action one after another when they heard that they could survive.

They teamed up to kill the big boss, then went out to surrender to the Imperial Guards.

Xie Yan had been watching the fun and even went to a random restaurant for lunch. Some people recognized him as the Prince Consort and started chatting with him, and everyone talked loudly about what they had seen and heard today.

Wang Xing went to the Imperial College to deliver lecture notes and had returned to report long ago, bringing with him two letters addressed to the school.

Xie Yan opened the letter and read it, which was related to the chemistry textbook.

The two chemist pen pals both suggested changing the previously formulated outline of the imperial examination chemistry textbooks, removing sulfides from the imperial examination textbooks and putting them in the Imperial College curriculum.

The reason is simple. When they were doing experiments, they found that it was difficult to determine the molecular formula of many sulfides.

The molecular formula is now mainly determined by the "combustion method", and the molecular formulas of hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon related compounds are the easiest to obtain. These are sufficient for the chemistry content of the imperial examination.

After a while, the school will have winter vacation.

By that time, Xie Yan should have participated in compiling the chemistry textbooks for the imperial examination.

(End of this chapter)