Weiyang Palace held a lamp, illuminating the hall as if it was daytime.
Liu Jin stepped into the hall.
There was a bowl of unfinished noodles on Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's imperial table. The old man's face was filled with worry.
"Imperial Grandfather, aren't you eating your noodles?"
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ignored Liu Jin and continued to stare at the bamboo slips.
"I haven't eaten yet. Why don't I eat it for you?" Liu Jin said with a smile.”
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty still did not speak.
Liu Jin didn't stand out either. He held the celadon bowl on the imperial table and began to suck the noodles in big mouthfuls.
He held the bowl and stood beside Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. From time to time, he glanced at the bamboo slips and memorials, curious about what could make Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty so worried.
It turned out to be a memorial from the local governors of Longxi, Shuofang, and other places. Because of this snowstorm, the houses in villages all over the country collapsed, and even the people were displaced. There was no place to live, and tens of thousands of people froze to death.
This was indeed a thorny problem. There were already tens of thousands of refugees who had their houses crushed by the heavy snow.
It was unknown when this snow would end. At that time, how many refugees would there be in the northwest and Guanzhong?
As Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty went all out in Dawan, Wusun, and other places, there were already countless refugees. Before the previous refugees could be pacified, a new wave of refugees was about to erupt.
This was indeed a huge blow to the old Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's political career.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty let out a long sigh and put down the bamboo slips. He rubbed his forehead and glanced sideways at Liu Jin.
Liu Jin held the noodles in his hand. The noodles were hanging in his mouth, and he was halfway through sucking them. Then, he said reluctantly,"Do you want to eat noodles?"
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was speechless.
A little disgusted. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty waved his hand impatiently."No! Eat it yourself!"
"Oh."
Liu Jin quickly finished the noodles in the bowl, afraid that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would snatch them from him.
Was it necessary?
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"You did well."
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty suddenly spoke.
Liu Jin looked at him in shock and asked,"" What do you mean by 'very well'…Burp…"
She was very embarrassed. She ate a little too much and burped.
The look of disgust on Emperor Wu's face became even more serious as he rubbed his forehead weakly.
"After staying in the palace for a long time, you won't understand the viciousness of the human heart and will become weak. That's why I asked you to go out and kill.”
"I want to see your courage.”
"You didn't disappoint me. You're stronger than your father. Your father might not even dare to kill people now, but you dare!”
In fact, when he first ordered a large-scale massacre, he was even worse than Liu Jin, even though he had already become the emperor at that time.
"How does it feel to witness a massacre with your own eyes?”
Han Wudi asked Liu Jin playfully.
What?
I didn't see it with my own eyes. I didn't even open my eyes.
" It doesn't feel good..." Liu Jin said suspiciously," How do you know that I witnessed the massacre?"”
"Why didn't I know that Anu was beside you?" Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty replied.”
Anu? So the cold woman holding the sword was called Anu.
Wait, wasn't she deaf and mute?
Oh, he should have a special way of communicating with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Liu Jin did not think too much about it.
So the old man asked me to kill people to test my courage? But I clearly didn't open my eyes to see the massacre, so why is Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty so satisfied?
Liu Jin suddenly thought of the ice-cold girl with a sword.
Did she lie to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty?
"Oh, right." Liu Jin said to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty," When I went out, I saw that the houses of the Han Dynasty were all flat tile-roofed.”
"Yes." Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty nodded." Why?"
Liu Jin said," Why don't we use the swallow-eave buildings in Jiangnan? That way, it's not easy to accumulate snow on the top of the houses. It'll be easier for the people to clean up the snow."”
"After the snowstorm falls on the houses, it will fall off easily and not collapse the houses easily.”
Liu Jin spoke with assurance.
The construction pattern of houses in the north and south was different. In the north, there was little rain but it was very cold, so many low-rise houses were built.
This kind of building layout could keep the houses in the north warm.
The buildings in the south mostly used the method of opening the eaves on both sides. Because there was a lot of rain in Jiangnan, the buildings with the eaves on both sides could allow the rainwater to fall easily and not accumulate rain. However, the warmth was not as good as the low tile-roofed buildings in the north.
The geographical location and climate of the two places were different, so the buildings in the north and south were different.
Now that the entire north was in a blizzard, why didn't they imitate the buildings in the south with swallow eaves on both sides?
This way, the accumulated snow on the roof of the house could be easily cleared away, and the snow would not collapse the house.
If there was snow on the top of a low tile-roofed building, it would usually be difficult to clear it. It was fine in the town, as the buildings were relatively sturdy. However, most farmers did not have the conditions to use relatively hard tiles.
The houses of the peasants of the Great Han Dynasty were mostly made of wood and grass mixed with mud. The houses would probably collapse when people climbed to the roof.
After Liu Jin finished speaking, the air suddenly quieted down.
Liu Jin looked up in confusion and found that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was staring at him thoughtfully. Then, he suddenly asked,"What is a house with swallows on both sides?”
"Puff!"
Liu Jin almost spat out a mouthful of tea.
You don't even know this?
The old man had never been to the south, but he had never seen the architectural paintings of the south.
"It's similar to the architectural layout of Weiyang Palace, except that the four sides of the roof of Weiyang Palace are slightly more inclined.”
Liu Jin was afraid that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would not understand, so he took the cloth and used a brush to draw an architectural style of a house with swallows on both sides.
At the top of the house, the roofs on both sides were inclined downward at a very large angle, with both sides facing downward at about 45 degrees.
"Old Master, look. Isn't it easy for the snow to fall on it? Even if they couldn't, they could easily sweep the snow off with a rake or something.”
"Of course, such a house also has its shortcomings. The heat preservation may not be that good.”
"But it's already like this. Having a house to live in is better than not having a house to live in, right?”
I don't know why the imperial court didn't consider opening the eaves on both sides. Maybe there's something I don't understand…"
Before Liu Jin could finish, he suddenly felt a pain in his arm.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's face was red. He pinched Liu Jin's arm with both hands, and his hands were trembling violently.
"What's wrong?"
Liu Jin stared at him in shock.
"Good! Good! Good!"
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty called out three times in a row, and his white beard was trembling.
"You said it very well! However, for such a building, would the roof tiles or grass on both sides of the building not fall down?”
Liu Jin scratched his head and thought, What's so good about this? Aren't all the buildings in Jiangnan like this?
" No," he replied." The force of a triangle is not worse than a flat one. The firmness is about the same…"
"No, Old Master. Haven't you seen the shape of this house before?”
Liu Jin realized that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was too excited. His eyes had changed color, so he asked.
It wasn't something new.
"No!" Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty gritted his teeth.
Liu Jin was speechless.
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