Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it was already the middle of the wax month.

When it was close to fifteen, it was very unexpected, there was a heavy snow in the sky above Chang'an City, the size of the fingernail snow flakes were sprinkled in Chang'an City for three days, the snow on the ground was knee-thick, inside and outside Chang'an, most of the families were closed, nesting at home curled up on the couch, avoiding the snow and cold, hoping that this cold winter day could pass as soon as possible.

Chang'an, as well as all the larger counties and cities nearby, restaurants, inns, and other merchants, because there are few customers coming to the door, most of them have closed their doors, and only the shops that are necessary for daily life such as rice grain, butcher shops, clothing stores, and coal shops are still open, and even made a lot of extra money because of the heavy snow.

The snow closed the front door, and the New Year's end is approaching, all the families who braved the wind and snow to buy clothes and food, a purchase is dozens of days of rations, completely according to the standard of purchasing New Year's goods, so many grain stores and clothing stores are doing good business at the same time, the supply of goods is inevitably a little stretched.

The snow is slippery, the freight is difficult, and what was originally a morning trip can now be completed in a day, not counting some unexpected situations such as skidding and overturning on the road.

Such weather conditions are undoubtedly a very serious and even fatal blow to many chambers of commerce. Stores that are not frequented are closed, and stores that are frequented are in short supply, and only one day out of three days is open for business.

In comparison, among all the chambers of commerce, only the Liu Chamber of Commerce had a relatively better life. Half a month of strong publicity just passed, not to mention the lot of money, but also because of the lessons in the promotion and developed the habit of usually stocking up on the supply, all the stores under Liu's jurisdiction, almost all of them have three to five days of stock, so in the three days of heavy snowfall, they did not have the trouble of insufficient supply, but made a lot of money again through this snowfall.

Liu Yiyi didn't feel much joy about making so much money, and now he was worried about the impact of the heavy snow.

A large amount of snow crushed many dirt and grass houses in the village, not to mention, and also blocked the road for Liu Bing to transport Bai Diezi from Gaochang.

Although the first batch of 10 million catties has been delivered before the snow, temporarily relieving the pressure of the shortage of raw materials in the cotton mill, Liu Bing has not only received 10 million catties in Gaochang this time, but there is a second 10 million catties behind him, and the third or even the fourth, and it is very likely that the second and third batches are already on the way back.

Now the heavy snow is blocking the road, and it is not known how many counties and counties this heavy snow has affected, if half of the road leading to the northwest is covered by heavy snow, then the caravan will not even want to return to Sanyuan before the year.

Originally, cotton is not a fresh fruit thing, and there is no big problem with putting it for a year and a half, and there is no need to worry about this kind of snowy weather, and waiting for the last month and a half.

But now, seeing that the swords of the two countries of Datang and Gaochang are about to rise, if these caravans are blocked outside, I am afraid that there will be more and less luck, so I can't help but worry about it.

"Young master, you said this ghost weather, how can it just go down?" Accompanying their young master around the manor, looking at the high snow layer piled up on the side of the road, Liu Cheng sighed softly very gloomily: "If there is no snow, our hotel will not be closed, with the momentum of the previous promotion, how can there be 10,000 yuan of silver every day, 10,000 yuan......"

Liu Cheng crossed his fingers and looked sorry, 10,000 guan, although it is a little pitiful compared to the 100,000 guan on the first day of the promotion, but it is much more than the usual sales before, just like this, seeing 10,000 guan slip away from his eyes in vain, Liu Cheng is really a little reluctant.

"** can be found, natural disasters are expected. Now that the matter has come to this, what good is it to say more? Walking lightly towards the boundary of the collapsed house on the outside of the manor, Liu Yiyi sighed softly: "However, fortunately, there are still cotton mills and coal and grain stores, so I won't lose too much." ”

The promotional activities a while ago have made the Liu's circle nearly 1.5 million yuan into the account, and finally grabbed a lot of profits before the snow disaster, otherwise, if the promotion is catching up with the heavy snow, then their Liu's Chamber of Commerce will completely want to cry without tears and have no skills to return to the sky.

"Ming Ze and Chongzhou are really lucky," Seeing that Chen Mingze and Liu Chongzhou still have something to do, Liu Cheng was a little red-eyed, and said in a sour voice: "Whether it is coal, cotton, or grain, the business has not been affected much, and even the profit is better than in the past, only the restaurant and wine business I am responsible for now have nothing to do." ”

"Okay," glanced at Liu Cheng angrily, and Liu Yi said: "There can be a legitimate reason to be lazy and rest at home, the two of them may not be able to envy you, so don't say anything cool here." ”

"Huh?" Liu Cheng glanced at their young master with grievances on his face, and his eyes were full of resentment: Do you think that we are all like you, we are used to being the shopkeeper and doing nothing every day?

"Do you know whose house was crushed by the snow?" Looking at the roof of the wooden house in the manor, although there was a thick layer of snow, the house was still strong, and there was no collapse or leakage, Liu Yiyi couldn't help but ask Liu Cheng: "Are people safe and sound?" Have you ever been smashed? ”

"Back to the young master," Speaking of the business of this trip, Liu Cheng couldn't help but reply: "There are more than a dozen households, all of which are some newly recruited tenants, because they are not enough to contribute to the new houses in the village, they live in mud walls and grass roofs, and the general light snow can still be handled, such as this time with three days of heavy snow, but it is a little choking, and more than half of them have been pressed down." ”

"Fortunately, the collapse of the house mostly occurred during the daytime, and the people inside were aware of it and were able to escape in time." Beware of the road under his feet, Liu Cheng continued: "There are only more than ten households because it is at night, and they sleep too deeply, and their legs and feet were smashed by the beams of the roof, there are injuries but not serious, the house has invited them to take a look, and the families of these collapsed houses have been temporarily arranged to live in the manor and there are still vacant rooms, young master don't worry." ”

"Huh?" Liu Yiyi's brows furrowed slightly, and he asked softly with some dissatisfaction: "Since there are still rooms left in the manor, why didn't you move them in before the snow disaster?" ”

Liu Yiyi was very dissatisfied, the tenants in his house, suffered from the snow disaster, and were actually injured by the mud house outside when they had a good house, which is really unreasonable!

"This, Cheng has some understanding," Liu Cheng looked embarrassed, and said softly: "This matter has always been in charge of Steward Liu before, but in the past few days, the dustless housekeeper has been busy in Chang'an, and there has been little slowdown, and then he was trapped in Chang'an because of the snow, and he has not returned yet." And these tenant farmers in the village, because they did not contribute enough, were embarrassed to trouble the old and young masters, so they dragged it until the house collapsed. ”

"This is my fault," Liu Yichi couldn't help but blame himself a little when he heard the reason: "If I could have thought of it beforehand, or if I could have been alert the next day when it snowed, they wouldn't have suffered from this." ”

"Actually, this can't be blamed on the young master," Liu Cheng opened his voice to excuse their young master, and said: "In previous years, the tenants in the house all came over like this, with mud and grass roofs, sheltering from the wind and rain, and there have been no accidents. If you want to blame this year's heavy snowfall, which has not been encountered once in decades, it suddenly came, and I don't know how many families were crushed. ”

As he walked, he said that he was about to leave the manor, Liu Cheng stopped and asked Liu Yiyi: "The collapsed house is on the periphery of the manor, and the injured tenant has been placed in the empty courtyard on the right side of the manor, I don't know if the young master will go to see the injured first, or the earthen house outside?" ”

"What's so nice about a collapsed house?" As if he had heard some commotion, and knew that the house was near, Yanagiichi turned to the right and walked towards the place where the sound came from.

Seeing that their young master did not go in the wrong direction, Liu Cheng also quickly walked forward and followed.

"Heavy snow is a good year," approaching the somewhat noisy courtyard, Li Dechen's voice was heard from a distance: "Although this snow came a little suddenly, and it also caused some big disasters, but it also ensured a good harvest of crops in the coming year, so this can be regarded as a good thing." ”

"You can think about it," Li Dechen continued to do his ideological work: "The crops in the coming year are good, and the harvest of the owner is more, and we tenants will naturally have a much better life." Isn't it just a little disaster, I can't stay on this day, and I don't need to be so sad. ”

"Uncle Li is right," Liu Yiyi stepped into the door, took Li Dechen's words and said loudly: "You can't just think about its disadvantages in everything, and you can't be depressed and cowardly because of one or two natural disasters. ”

"The owner!" "The owner is here!"

Seeing Liu Yiyi and the two coming in, several men in the courtyard couldn't help but call out loudly, causing the villagers who were resting in the house to come out one after another, looking at their owners very excitedly.

"Although your house is gone, your belongings are buried in the earth, and it seems that you have nothing to rely on." Stretching out his hand to greet him, Liu Yiyi's words did not stop: "But don't forget, you are now the tenants of the Liu Mansion, and there is our Liu family behind you." As long as the Liu clan does not fall, you will never be without support! ”

"Most of you are new to me a month ago, and you may not know much about me, but Uncle Li is an old man in our mansion, and he has been in the mansion since the beginning of the construction of this manor, and it has been three years now."

"How is Liu's personality and how he treats the tenants in the house, I think you have also seen and heard about it during this time, and you can also ask Uncle Li and any villager in the village for verification in person." Turning his head and glancing at everyone, Liu Yi said: "Liu is still the same as he said at the beginning, no matter when, as long as your heart is still here, as long as you are down-to-earth and willing to work, and you don't cheat and play tricks when you are busy farming, Liu will never treat you badly!" ”

"Didn't you just collapse a few grass sheds and bury some belongings?" Liu Yiyi waved his big hand and said loudly very agitatedly: "Our Liu Manor has a house!" More than living utensils! ”

"Previously, I was limited to the regulations, and your merits to the Liu family were insufficient, and the conditions for living in the manor were not yet met, so according to the previous rules, I let you temporarily live in the old house where the previous tenants lived." His voice slowed slightly, and Liu Yiyi continued to say firmly: "But now, since we have encountered a snow disaster and are in a hurry, there is no need to follow the rules anymore." ”

Saying that, Liu Yiyi glanced at Li Dechen in front of him, and said softly: "Uncle Li, you know the situation in the village best, and after a while, you will go to the village to talk to the villagers who have not yet moved in, before the New Year, let them all live in the village temporarily, and then go to the cotton mill to get some quilts and clothes to distribute, and then get through this New Year." ”

"Yes, yes, the villain thanked the owner on behalf of these villagers!" Although the later villagers are not the old acquaintances of their original village, although they know that this is their owner's move to gather the people's hearts, just like when the owner gathered their old villagers.

But Li Dechen, who was also a tenant farmer and knew the suffering of his tenant farmers, was still moved by their owner's generosity and benevolent style, and bent over to thank their owner.

"Thank you, owner!" "Thank you, owner!"

The villagers in the courtyard also thanked them vigorously, and several men even knelt on the ground excitedly, crying silently, just knocking their heads on the snow again and again.

I have always heard Old Man Li say that the owner is benevolent and righteous, and how to take their old tenants, he will never ignore them, the families who have been affected by the disaster, although they are harmonious on the surface, but they are still a little apprehensive in their hearts, even if they come from Lang Zhong before, they can't eliminate the uneasiness in their hearts.

But now, seeing with their own eyes and hearing their owner's commands, they are completely at ease.

"Didn't you say that you had already invited Lang Zhong? What is the condition of the injured? After reassuring the villagers, seeing that everyone was calm, and they had obviously developed a strong sense of belonging to Liufu, Liu Yiyi said the purpose of this.

"Young Master Lao is worried." Seeing that all the villagers looked at their owners gratefully, but no one dared to step forward to reply, Li Dechen had no choice but to stand up again and respectfully bow to their owners: "Langzhong who came here has already seen it, and said that it is all fine, just some skin injuries, a little bandaging, and it can be healed in three or five days." ”

"Well, that's the best thing to do." Liu Yiyi nodded lightly, the expression on his face was slightly softened, seeing that everyone was in a state of nervousness, knowing that it was mostly due to his arrival, he shook his head and chuckled and moved the idea of leaving.

"If there is nothing to do, Uncle Li will go over," Glancing at Li Dechen, Liu Yiyi ordered lightly: "Together with Liu Cheng's steward, no matter whether the house collapses or not, as long as it is a tenant farmer of our Liu Mansion, all of them will be taken to the manor to settle down." After all, it's the middle of winter, and no one can say when it will snow again, and I don't want to hear any more news that there are villagers in my Liufu who will be injured by the snow again. ”

"Yes, the owner (young master)!" Li Dechen and Liu Cheng bent down at the same time, and after saluting their hosts again, they stepped out of the door and walked to the outside of the village.

And Liu Yiyi, because he didn't want the villagers to be restrained and uneasy because of his presence, so after comforting the villagers again, he also turned around and left.