A salt farm cannot be built in a day. From recruitment to training, it takes several months to prepare.
Fortunately, it is winter now, and it is not the best time to produce edible salt. Once the construction is completed, it will be just before summer, when the tide begins to collect and the salt is dried, it is just right!
Wen Nuan and Nalan Jinnian stayed here for less than half a month. After giving instructions about the construction of the salt farm and the training of personnel, they immediately rushed back to the capital.
By this time, it was already the twelfth lunar month.
They must rush back to prepare for the New Year and Longevity Festival.
The Longevity Festival is just after the New Year. Strictly speaking, at this time, the envoys from various countries have already entered the land of Nalan Kingdom and are on their way to the capital.
The emperor sent a message to Nalan Jinnian by flying pigeons, telling Nalan Jinnian to go back quickly.
Nuan Nuan and Nalan Jinnian drove for half a month day and night.
The carriage went all the way north, getting colder and colder as it went.
The temperature is so low that water turns to ice!
At first in the morning, they saw that the fields on both sides of the road were covered with a layer of white frost. The closer they got to the capital, it was either snow or ice!
The day before yesterday, it started snowing heavily in the middle of the night, and it didn't stop for two days in a row.
Most people in this dynasty are hard-working and not afraid of doing anything.
Therefore, during the day, the villagers near the official road will take the initiative to sweep the snow on the official road to make it convenient for merchants coming and going.
Traveling during the day is basically no problem.
At night, because everyone was asleep, the snow kept falling, so the snow on the road was relatively thick. As dawn approached, the snow became thicker, making it much more difficult to travel.
"The snow is a bit heavy this year!" Wen Nuan raised the curtain of the carriage and looked at the heavy snowstorm outside, worriedly.
Nalan Jinnian glanced at the heavy snow falling outside and frowned slightly: "It's a bit heavy."
I'm afraid there will be an avalanche.
The envoy team should be at the moment...
Lin Feng: "Auspicious snow heralds a good harvest. The coming year will be very good!"
Nuan Nuan: "Of course, but that will happen next year. I'm worried that the snow is too heavy now and this mountain road is prone to avalanches. Especially the envoy's team, their team is so long, if an avalanche occurs, the consequences will be unimaginable."
When walking on mountain roads in heavy snow, the biggest worry is that there will be avalanches.
Wen Nuan did not expect that there would be heavy snowstorms for so many days in a row, although Wen Nuan had already warned Wen Jiarui to be careful of avalanches when rushing, especially on that section of the road!
But whether or when this avalanche will happen is unpredictable!
Lin Feng heard the conversation between the two and comforted him: "Don't worry, Princess. In the past few years, I haven't heard of any avalanches on this road back to Beijing. It's very safe!"
Nuan Nuan remembered that when they set off, she saw a newly opened section of road not far ahead, about a hundred meters.
The yellow mud is still exposed.
That road was much closer because a section of the mountain was dug out.
But in these days of heavy snowstorms and heavy summer rains, those newly opened mountain roads are the most dangerous.
It is either prone to avalanches or mudslides.
Nuan Nuan was still worried. The most important thing was that according to Xiao Hei's message yesterday, the envoy's team should be passing through that section of the road today.
She thought she should be reminded again.
Because the envoy's team was so large, they did not travel overnight. They only traveled during the day. Then, there happened to be a few days of heavy snow and wind blocking the road halfway, so they were delayed for a few days on the road.
Therefore, Wen Nuan and the others are almost catching up with the envoy team.
Wen Nuan said to Nalan Jinnian: "Brother Seventeen..."
What Nuan Nuan thought of, Nalan Jinnian also thought of it at this moment. He clapped Nuan Nuan's hand and said, "I know what you are worried about. I asked Xiao Hei to remind them that there may be avalanches on that newly opened mountain road. , let them go faster when passing by."
Nalan Jinnian took out a ceramic flute and blew it.
Xiaohei is hovering in the sky.
Hearing the sound, he immediately flew down.
Nuan Nuan touched Xiao Hei's head: "Xiao Hei, do you know that there is a newly opened mountain road ahead?"
Xiao Hei nodded: I know!
It had flown back and forth on this road countless times delivering messages. It had also seen it when the villagers opened the mountain road!
Seeing it nod, Nuan Nuan continued: "The newly opened mountain road has damaged the mountain and loosened the soil. The snow is falling so heavily now, and it has been falling for two or three times. I am worried that there will be an avalanche. Please go and remind me. Call my dad and tell them to be careful when passing through that mountain road."
Xiao Hei patted his chest with his wings: Don't worry, leave it to me!
Then it flapped its wings and flew away.
Nalan Jinnian said to Wen Wen, "I'll ride over first and take a look. You go there in a carriage. If Uncle Wen and the others pass smoothly, I'll come back."
This kind of thing can be big or small. There are so many soldiers and so much money. If they encounter an avalanche, it will be troublesome.
Nalan Jinnian was also worried, so he simply rode over to have a look.
Wen Nuan immediately refused after hearing this: "I'll go riding with you!"
Nalan Jinnian disagreed: "The snow is too heavy! Besides, you can't help with this kind of thing! I can just go! You can't be much slower in a carriage!"
"Okay, I'm not afraid of heavy snow, don't be nagging, let's go together."
Wen Nuan opened the curtain of the carriage, and then jumped directly from the carriage onto the horse.
Their horses followed the carriage along the way, so that in case of special circumstances, they could leave on horseback.
Nalan Jinnian had no choice but to pick up the cloak from the carriage and jump on the horse.
At the same time, he put the cloak on her body: "Then put on the cloak!"
"Okay!" Nuan Nuan tied the belt of his cloak and put on his hat. The two rode horses and ran away quickly.
Lin Feng's speed of driving the carriage also increased.
at this time
Carrying fifty million taels of gold, the mighty team moved forward in the wind and snow.
The soldiers who were walking had their noses red from the cold!
Their hands and feet were so cold that they couldn't feel anything.
"Oh my God, what the hell kind of weather is this? It's coming to the capital soon. Can't it rain for a few days at night?" Liu Kai led the team and walked at the front.
"No, it's so damn freezing to drive on this snowy day!" A deputy general next to him echoed.
"I don't know how long this snow will continue to fall. Really, stop it immediately! Otherwise, many poor people will suffer, and this house may even collapse!"
... ...
Wen Jiarui was sitting in the carriage, and he kept raising the curtains. Looking at the heavy snow falling outside.
It's a good thing that it's snowing heavily. The auspicious snow heralds a good harvest!
Covering wheat with a thick layer of snow will help it survive the winter.
But if it rains too hard, it will become a snow disaster!