In the face of natural disasters, although everyone has a premonition, there is no way to deal with it, the only thing that can be done is to try to prepare for defense, and there is no other way.

Mao Wenlong and Hong Chengchou acted separately, and Mao Jingwen also led the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces to start transporting grain to various places, and a vigorous defense against natural disasters was staged in the Ming Dynasty.

After the cold night, Mao Wenlong got up early in the morning and prepared to go to the Ministry of Works, but when he opened the door, he saw that the outside was completely covered with ice and snow.

It's only been one night, and the snow is already up to the knees. Looking at the sky again, there is still goose feather snow, and there is a tendency to get bigger and bigger.

Haoda was wearing a thick cotton jacket, but he was still frozen and shrunk his head, looking at the thick snow outside the door, he frowned and asked Mao Wenlong for instructions; "Chief soldier, do we still want to go to the Ministry of Industry?"

The snow was already up to the knees, and if you wanted to get out, you had to clear a way out. But the goose feather snow outside is still flying, and it is estimated that before everyone clears the snow, there will definitely be a thick layer behind it.

Mao Wenlong shook his head and said, "Close the door and wait until the snow stops." ”

Hao Da complied, closed the door, and the room was suddenly much warmer.

Under the heavy snowfall, even the hot air balloon couldn't fly, and Mao Wenlong was very helpless. For the first time since he came to the Ming Dynasty, he felt that man was so small in front of nature.

The snow continued until it was almost dusk. And when everyone went out to watch again, the world outside the house seemed to be a world of ice and snow.

The big tree in the yard was covered with snowflakes, and the bare branches were about to break, and every time the cold wind blew, the branches could always be heard creaking and moaning.

The snow on the ground is already below the neck of an adult, and the gate is more than two meters high, which will be completely buried by the snow.

It took a lot of the boss's strength to push the door open, and at that moment, the snowflakes that had accumulated outside seemed to have found an outlet for catharsis, and they collapsed into the house. The vast man who opened the door bore the brunt of the blow, and was immediately buried by the ferocious snowflakes, and it took a lot of effort for the mighty to get out of the snowdrift.

Looking at the gate completely blocked by snowdrifts, Mao Wenlong frowned deeply, it was obvious that the heavy snow was indeed fierce enough this time.

Soon there was a noisy sound outside the snowdrift, and faintly, Mao Wenlong could hear many people digging snow outside. Sure enough, it didn't take long for Mao Wenlong's secret guards to dig out a passage more than one meter wide.

"How's it going out there?" Mao Wenlong didn't wait for those secret guards to salute, and immediately asked.

"Back to the commander-in-chief, we don't know the situation outside, the snow has just stopped, and the outside is completely covered with ice and snow. And we have just dug a passage through this courtyard, and the rest of the place still can't get out. The leader of the Dark Guard bowed.

Hearing this, Mao Wenlong sighed, and then instructed the dark guard to send a signal, hoping to lift off with the help of a hot air balloon, and then check the situation of Weihaiwei's disaster this time.

An arrow then explodes in the air, and each of the signal arrows for the Dark Guard has a different meaning. This time, the arrow was fired as a signal to use a hot air balloon.

However, this time, Mao Wenlong didn't wait long before he saw a hot air balloon in the air. There were also Xin Wei and Hong Chengchou with them.

Mao Wenlong then boarded the hot air balloon, and after slowly rising into the air, at a glance, the entire earth had become a snowy world. There is not even a roof in the white expanse, and in such a situation, it is easy for a hot air balloon to get lost if it flies high in the sky.

"Chief soldier, it seems that this cold winter is much more ferocious than we imagined!" Xin Wei arched his hand and sighed to Mao Wenlong!

"Ferocious, it seems that we are not prepared enough. What is the situation outside, and can the people understand the situation of the disaster? Mao Wenlong asked continuously.

Seeing such a severe snowfall, needless to say, the crops outside must have been harvested. And now Mao Wenlong is most worried about the personal safety of the people. With such thick ice and snow, the ordinary tiled houses of the people must not be able to withstand the pressure, and if they collapse, it will inevitably affect the lives of the people.

Xin Wei shook his head and replied, "We have just been picked up in a hot air balloon, and we don't know anything about the situation outside now." ”

Hong Chengchou interjected at this time: "Chief soldier, we might as well go and see it directly now?" ”

Mao Wenlong looked up at the sky that had begun to darken, shook his head helplessly, and said, "Let's wait for tomorrow, it's not early, and I can't do anything if I leave the academy." ”

Hong Chengchou and Xin Wei both felt reasonable, so they both nodded and agreed. The hot air balloon slowly flew to the city wall and fell, and the snow on it had been cleared by the soldiers defending the city.

With so much ice and snow, it is obviously not feasible to completely clean it up, but fortunately, Weihaiwei is close to the sea. It is possible to get the cleared snow out into the sea, so that the snowdrifts have a place to dump.

Mao Wenlong gave an order, and everyone in the city who could do it must join the ranks of clearing the snow. Most of the 300,000 people are successful, and even if only half of them clear the snow by hand, it is enough.

The hot air balloons in the academy were all lifted off to help the people transport the cleared snow. With the mobilization of the whole people, the roads of the college soon began to pass, and disaster relief operations were launched. Help those whose houses are overwhelmed and have no place to live, and find a place to live temporarily.

The rescue is in full swing, but unfortunately the sky has completely darkened, which has brought a lot of trouble to the rescue. A sudden heavy snowfall completely disrupted Mao Wenlong's original plan. In desperation, he had to postpone the matter of the steam engine warship.

The Xiaoice River period at the end of the Ming Dynasty was far more violent than Mao Wenlong imagined, and this heavy snow was just the first snow before winter. But it is already so serious, it is conceivable that every snow in the future may be worse than this one.

With the failure of the grain harvest and such severe cold weather, those unsuspecting people will definitely be unable to survive. Disaster relief is imperative and there can be no ambiguity.

Later, the Jingshi also sent news of the situation in various places, and the north was the most severely affected. The south is better, there is no snow, but there are many places directly frozen, everything is testing this newly reborn Ming Dynasty.

Fortunately, at this time, the Ming Dynasty still had hot air balloons to fly, otherwise without knowing the disasters in various places, its losses would be far more than what was in front of them.