Chapter 1181: Natural Disasters Are Normal

Cold waves are all the same; when Earth lets out a fart early, it is a very serious matter for humanity.

Don't talk about how Huaxia is always suffering from all kinds of disasters, whether it's entering winter early, or summer, or heavy rain; why is it that the Xuanyuan Tribe doesn't have so many difficulties?

Just look at the location and you will know: the further north a place is, the greater the impact of the cold wave, and the higher the frequency; at the same time, the ocean moisture that is already difficult to cross over the Qinling Mountains manifests even more unstably in the far north.

If it comes too early, it is a flood; if it comes too late, it is a drought. Before entering an agricultural society, these things did not need to be considered at all, but once planting begins, these things become extremely important, because humanity must start relying on Heaven for food.

Xuanyuan, located neither too far south nor too far north, and the Shennong Clan, which has an even better location, naturally do not have such worries, because whether it is a cold wave or ocean moisture, by the time it reaches them, it is basically just right.

It is not particularly cold, nor is it particularly hot; floods basically do not occur, but when they do, they are the most fatal. The terrain is flat, so there is no better place for a Grain Storehouse.

In some years of later generations, even people who were not very old experienced many abnormal cold waves; they would come every few years, with heavy snow in the north and freezing rain in the south.

One year, the snow line pushed directly into the Fujian and Guangdong regions, letting people who had never seen snow experience a snow disaster. Because they had never seen snow and did not think it would snow there, they naturally did not take any protective measures against snow. Once it snowed, wasn't it naturally a disaster?

In this era, if they were not planting food, everyone would naturally be accustomed to it, and one by one, they did not have such a heavy concept of time and seasons. Once the weather turned cold, it was naturally winter, and it should snow. Who cares if ninety days or a hundred days had passed; the season was entirely determined by the temperature.

Now that it has turned cold and started snowing early like this, these Soldiers naturally think that winter has arrived. Once winter arrives, there is nothing left to do, and it is time to go home.

Changle, however, believes that after this cold wave passes, the temperature should warm up; it mainly depends on how many days this cold wave will last.

He is no longer in a hurry to find the capital city; it has been delayed for so long anyway, so he will continue to look next year. He must find the best place; he cannot be so muddled like last time, searching for a place like the Western Development Group again and wasting a large amount of manpower and resources.

He is only worried about Yishang now. They have been in the Wasteland for a long time; according to the time, they might be almost at the place for the Golden Autumn Gathering. In another ten days or so, it should be about right.

However, this snow will definitely disrupt Yishang's plans and preparations. If they are blocked halfway, what should they do? Can they still make it to the gathering? This is a question Changle is very concerned about.

The last one is naturally the Engineering Team building the road. Now they are only missing the very last bit; all the local Engineering Teams have gathered together, and they have already seen the location of the Western Development Group.

It is just that last little bit left. Thinking that as long as they work a little harder, at most three days, the road will be completely cleared, and they will still have some time to help the Western Development Group with some infrastructure construction.

Especially the people from the Ministry of Works; after going to the Western Development Group and taking a look, they thought it was still too crude and too miserable. After all, Wuzhong's technology was not yet up to par, and there were not that many Workers available under him; one could even say there was not a single usable Worker. Being able to build it to this point was already very difficult.

But once the professionals came over and took one look, they saw where the problem lay. The problems of the Western Development Group were a bit too many; if it continued for a long time, there would definitely be trouble, and it would be very troublesome to solve it then.

Taking advantage of the fact that they have people now, enough skilled Workers, and enough food, they can make the entire Western Development Group look brand new and become better in the shortest possible time.

If they specifically sent such a ten-thousand-man team to wholeheartedly build such a city, the cost would be a bit too high. But like this, after the main task is completed, doing it as an extra task, then Huaxia would be making a huge profit; after all, this is something outside the plan, and there are not many extra expenses.

It is just this sudden snow that has thrown everyone off balance. Let alone snow, even if it rained, they would have to stop work; after all, road construction is not like other things.

If they used mud to build the road, it would definitely be mud as soon as it rained. For the sake of engineering quality, they must wait until the snow stops and the rain stops before doing anything.

It is just that the people in the Engineering Team are also very anxious. This snow is falling a bit early, right? According to the time, there is still some distance to go before winter, and even if it is winter, it wouldn't start snowing immediately like this, would it? What exactly is going on?

Those Laborers from the Xuanyuan Tribe were fine at first, but as soon as they saw the snow, they immediately had emotional outbursts. They think it is already winter, but why are they not allowed to return to the Xuanyuan Tribe? This is unreasonable, this is inappropriate!

Some people from the Xuanyuan Tribe have already started to come out to express their opinions, but they are not people of Huaxia, so the people of the Engineering Team cannot easily use force against them and can only reason with them.

After much persuasion, they finally stabilized them, telling them that it is not winter yet, and it is just that it snowed early. After these few days pass, it will be fine.

And they promised them that as long as the snow does not stop, or if the snow stops but the temperature does not rise and it is still this cold, just like winter, then everyone will return along the same path and go back to the Xuanyuan Tribe.

Of course, there is a reason why these people from the Xuanyuan Tribe are making a fuss. It snowed, making them think it was winter, and in winter, they must go back. There are people at home waiting for them; several women are waiting for the food they earned and brought back.

Another thing is that they are a bit too cold and cannot stand it. From spring until now, everyone has at most two pieces of clothing, or just one. If there are no clothes to wear, tying a skirt made of Grass is perfectly fine; everyone is the same.

Huaxia only provides food, not clothing; this is a strict rule written in the contract. Because the period is short and everyone knows they will return before winter, they naturally would not take such thick clothes.

Isn't Huaxia the same? They also didn't bring any, wearing autumn clothes and hard-carrying it in this winter-like environment; who could stand it?

The people of the Xuanyuan Tribe cannot stand it, and it is not much warmer inside the Tent, so they have such a strong demand to go home; otherwise, they might freeze to death here.