My brother entrusted his child to me, and I livestreamed raising the baby, making the Empress cry wi

The inconvenient transportation in Da Yan was one of the most troublesome problems in backward ancient times.

In modern times, trucks roar past on highways on land, massive ships cut through the waves on water, and airplanes soar through the clouds in the sky.

A multi-modal logistics network, integrating land, sea, and air transport, can deliver goods from the southernmost to the northernmost point, spanning thousands of kilometers, in just a few hours.

However, in Dayan, because the sea routes did not cover a wide area, most of the goods needed to be transported were by land, and the only land transport available was the official road.

The entire official road system of the Great Flame was built under the supervision of Ye Fan when he was alive.

When Ye Fan first arrived in Dayan, the so-called official road was not much wider than a narrow mountain path. When two carriages met head-on, one of them had to back up a long way before finding a slightly wider section of road to barely pass each other.

If it rains, the roadbed becomes soft, and a horse-drawn carriage traveling on it can easily slip into the ditch by the roadside, causing both the rider and the horse to fall and get into a sorry state.

The ditch was filled with stagnant water and mud, which splashed all over the cart. The horse struggled in the mud for a long time but could not stand up.

Ye Fan spent two years painstakingly creating a network of official roads across the territory of the Great Flame.

Although it was called an official road, it was actually nothing more than a road surface made of rammed earth.

The loess and gravel are mixed together and then rolled back and forth with a stone roller until they are compacted, at which point the work is complete.

Ye Fan spent two years building the road, and this was all he could do. After all, the Great Yan's treasury wasn't very wealthy, and he was using his own assets to support the road construction. It was already quite an achievement to get the road completed.

As for the extravagant things like laying stone slabs and building drainage ditches, he planned to do them later, after he and Shu Jingwei had developed the Great Flame and the national treasury was fuller.

It's just a pity that there will be no "after".

The official road of Da Yan was thus completely preserved in this version.

On sunny days, the road surface is fairly flat. The compacted loess road surface is dried and hardened by the sun, with a light grayish-white layer on the surface. It feels hard underfoot, but walking on it is quite stable.

It's just that there's a lot of dust; the dust kicked up by the carriages and horses can blind the horses, so coachmen are used to wearing masks when traveling on official roads.

Looking into the distance, a carriage drove by, leaving a trail of dust that lingered in the air like a grayish-yellow tail.

However, this kind of rammed earth road is completely ruined if it is soaked for a long time during heavy rain. The soil absorbs water and turns into a muddy pond, where a horse-drawn carriage can sink halfway down.

Normally, it would take three or four days to transport a cartload of grain from one city to another, but now, due to the floods, roads have been either washed away or submerged.

On the washed-out road surface, the originally compacted hard soil was broken into pieces by the water, exposing the soft subsoil underneath, and gravel from the roadbed was scattered everywhere.

The flooded sections of the road were so indistinguishable from the river; the muddy yellow water had overflowed, leaving only the tips of a few clumps of weeds visible along the roadside.

In such cases, it might take up to half a month to deliver.

A distant source of water cannot quench an immediate thirst; by the time the food arrives slowly on the road, people will have already starved to death.

Thinking of this, Lin Ye had an idea and immediately bought a thousand Instant Travel Talismans.

Each teleportation talisman can carry up to 10,000 people for a total of 300 miles.

The distance between two adjacent cities in the Great Flame Kingdom is at most about 100 li, and 300 li is enough to cross several cities.

At most, ten thousand men were needed. The nine thousand elite soldiers that Wang Meng selected, plus himself, Xiao Douzi, and other accompanying personnel such as doctors and physicians, were enough.

Also, although we can't intervene in natural disasters right now, there are still usable items in the system shop if we're just concerned with flood prevention.

[Prefabricated Floodwall: Each wall is 500 meters long and 10 meters high, made of indestructible material, and can be stacked. It automatically installs upon placement on the ground and has a ten-year lifespan. Required Shock Points: 3000.]

3000 points...that's pretty cheap. I'll just take 10,000 points first. Anyway, I won't use them and they won't expire if I put them in my backpack.

When needed, simply take it out and place it on the ground; it will install automatically, saving time and effort.

With these supplies and the prepared materials, we should be able to cope with natural disasters.

Food, medicine, tents, bedding, flood walls, teleportation scrolls... Lin Ye quickly went through the list in his mind.

The rest is to make temporary adjustments based on the actual situation once we arrive on site.

others……

Lin Ye shifted his gaze from the system store to the living room.

The central air conditioning in the living room was blowing warm air continuously, and a thin layer of fog had formed on the floor-to-ceiling windows, blurring the snow scene outside into a hazy white blur.

The world outside the window was blocked by this layer of fog, leaving only a vague outline, like looking at a traditional Chinese ink painting through frosted glass, where all the sharp edges were softened.

The room was lit with soft, warm light; the overhead light fell on the wooden floor, creating a halo of orange-yellow light.

The edges of the light and shadow trembled slightly, somewhat like a flickering candle flame, but without the flickering brightness of a candle.

The floor near the French windows was bathed in the cool light of the snow outside, giving it a pale bluish-gray hue that contrasted sharply with the warm light inside, creating a distinct contrast between cool and warm tones.

Little Douzi was still curled up on the sofa, but now she sat up and crossed her legs.

She sat on the soft sofa, creating a small indentation. The surrounding fabric billowed slightly, enveloping her in a little nest.

The cushion had also tilted to one side, which she casually grabbed and stuffed behind her.

The theme song for the new episode is playing on TV. The wolves and sheep on the screen are jumping around, accompanied by a cheerful melody that makes people feel relaxed.

Taking advantage of the moment, Xiao Douzi picked up the water glass on the coffee table and took a sip of water. He held the glass with both hands, taking small sips, and wiped his mouth with a tissue after he finished drinking.

Then, unable to resist, I started singing along softly to the melody: "Don't underestimate me just because I'm a sheep..."

Lin Ye looked at her, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously curved into a smile.

Outside the window, the snow was still falling, flakes drifting down from the gray-white sky and landing on the ground. The snow that had been cleared from the balcony that morning had accumulated into a thick layer again.

The parasol in the yard was covered in white, and the tassels hanging down the edges were frozen into stiff icicles that gently bumped against each other in the wind.

A small chunk of snow slowly slid off the edge of the umbrella and landed on the snow below with a dull thud.

Judging from this trend, the kindergarten will probably issue a notice to suspend classes soon.

Lin Ye couldn't leave Xiao Douzi alone at home, and he was worried about her, so he had to take her with him.

Moreover, although the natural disaster caused countless deaths, the floods left devastation and displaced people, making it a complete tragedy.

But disaster relief is undoubtedly a good opportunity to make everyone in Da Yan willingly worship Xiao Douzi as their emperor.

When people are in despair, whoever feeds them and helps them survive is their heaven and earth.

If Xiao Douzi could reach out to the people during this natural disaster, her standing in the hearts of the people of Dayan would be completely different.

Since the disaster has already occurred, we might as well make good use of it.