"No politeness is allowed, put it on quickly. I want you to accompany me to observe the people's sentiments, but my husband has frostbite, which is counterproductive. Put it on quickly!" Chen Tianhua said in a semi-command tone.

"Yes, in that position, being respectful is worse than obeying orders. Thank you, sir."

Liao Yunpeng excitedly took over the leopard skin robe and put it on. Suddenly, a warm current surged into his heart, and his eyes became moist.

Song Xiaoniu looked at this scene, but felt secretly unhappy.

This leopard skin robe was brought over by his old boss, General Li Cunzhi, from the Northeast three years ago. He gave it to his beloved son-in-law, the young master.

The eldest young master only wore it for three years. Although he had other leather robes to add to his body, this leopard skin robe was a rare item, so he gave it as a gift.

Moreover, the recipient was Liao Yunpeng, a big thorn in the side.

The snow was falling heavier and heavier, and the mountain wind picked up the snowflakes, which were flying all over the sky. It was impossible to see people from more than ten steps away, and it was almost impossible to open their eyes.

Chen Tianhua and Liao Yunpeng, surrounded by twenty personal guards including Song Xiaoniu, rode against the wind in the face of heavy snow.

The cold wind made the clothes and hats on my body fly back like sails.

"Young Master... If you don't want to give me orders, the wind and snow are too heavy today. Let's go back first. It won't be too late to come out when the wind and snow calm down!"

As soon as Song Xiaoniu opened his mouth, he took a sip of cold air, turned his head and said loudly.

After hearing this, Chen Tianhua shook his head and shouted angrily:

"It's not unfair at all to say you are stupid. This public sentiment is the military sentiment. The heavier the wind and snow, the more we have to go down and investigate. If something happens below, we will deal with it immediately. If there is a big accident, I will go there

That’s an afterthought, what’s the point?”

Song Xiaoniu was scolded and lost his temper. Seeing that he could not stop him, he had no choice but to form a wall with all his guards in front of the adults, trying their best to block the wind and snow with their bodies.

Chen Tianhua couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw this, and couldn't help but cursed angrily: "What are you going to do? Are you a weak woman? What a shame, get out of here!"

As he spoke, he angrily stretched out his hands to push a few people away and galloped forward on his horse.

Liao Yunpeng behind him looked at Chen Tianhua's unhesitating look and thought to himself:

This young lord is dedicated to serving the people. At the same time, in public, this is also the best way to win people's hearts. How can these rude soldiers understand this?

Think about how the mountain people would feel when the top official of the autonomous region appeared in front of the people in such a wind and snow.

Those officials who usually don't care enough about the sufferings of the people will respond with praise when they see the commander acting like this. This truly sets an example.

Now Mr. Chen Tianhua is the life benefactor of hundreds of thousands of people in Meiguang Autonomous Region.

He is really very different from other senior officials of the Qing Dynasty.

If it were other senior officials, in such windy and snowy weather, they would be either lying on brocade quilts or beside the small stove, drinking warm wine, hugging the little beauty, and reciting poems.

This is probably related to your family background. I heard that you are from a poor family, and you have climbed to this position at a young age. You must have experienced the hardships of the world and been moved by the situation, so you care so much about the sufferings of the people.

Oh shit, everything made this big thorny Liao Yunpeng think of everything.

Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but think of the great men in Qin, Han, Tang and Song Dynasties who expressed themselves in this way before they achieved hegemony.

As soon as this thought came up, Liao Yunpeng was startled, and he quickly extinguished it and buried it deep in his heart.

He just looked at Chen Tianhua's broad back, with some eagerness and special thoughts in his eyes.

Everyone rode horses and faced the cold wind towards Baixian Township. The villages here were covered with a blanket of white, as if covered with a completely white blanket. Many houses were half-buried in the snow. If it weren't for the smoke coming from the chimneys on the roofs, Still can’t see clearly where there are still people?

Looking closer, the situation is completely different.

Despite the heavy wind and snow, there are still many villagers in many villages using long fences to clear the snow from roofs and roads.

It's just that the old snow has been frozen very solid. Although we tried hard to remove the snow, we could only remove the floating snow that had just fallen.

"Old man, are these houses in danger?"

Chen Tianhua got off his horse and walked straight to an old man with gray hair and beard who was shouting and instructing the villagers to clear the snow. He leaned into his ear and asked loudly.

"It's okay. The house that the Yamen specially asked craftsmen to build a few days ago is very strong. As long as the snow doesn't stop falling, there will be no danger!" the old man also said loudly.

Those who were clearing the snow suddenly saw Chen Tianhua, and some of them recognized him. They were stunned and stopped involuntarily.

If you don't recognize him, you can tell by looking at the wolf-like guards behind him that he is a high official.

When the old man saw that the villagers had stopped, he became furious. He couldn't help shouting and cursing:

"What do you have to do to make you feel tired now? It's all thanks to the hard work of our great master, Mr. Chen!"

Amidst the shouts of curses, he suddenly felt something strange in the eyes of everyone. The old man involuntarily turned his head and saw a tall young man standing next to him with a smile.

Behind him were more than twenty men and horses, all of whom were guards with swords and guns. He couldn't help but be shocked.

"Oh, it turns out to be Mr. Chen, the great master of Qingtian. I am too old and too dim to see clearly. It is snowing so heavily. Why is Mr. Chen here?"

After saying that, he immediately knelt down and said, "I pay my respects to Mr. Chen!"

Seeing the old man kneeling down, the villagers reacted and dropped their tools one after another and knelt down, "The common people have seen Master Qingtian!"

"Please get up quickly, please get up quickly!" Chen Tianhua first pulled the old man up, helped him remove the snow from his knees, then raised his head and shouted to the villagers:

"Folks, please get up and work quickly. Snow removal must be done every day. The snow must not be allowed to accumulate into ice. It must be swept frequently. If it is not removed for a day, the snow will pile up and become more and more ice and snow, which will cause trouble. !”

He was talking about a simple principle of snow removal. Many people are ignorant nowadays, and problems arise when people are lazy.

"I understand, thank you, sir."

"Old man, is this house okay to live in?" Chen Tianhua asked with a smile.

The white-haired old man was a little excited at this time.

This is Shigenzi Village in Baixian Township, Meishan Town. It is the village with the largest poppy planting area, but it is also the poorest village.

It stands to reason that with more opium poppies planted, the farmers' harvests should be good. However, this is not the case. In their village and several neighboring villages, the largest number of opiate smokers is among young and middle-aged men.

What little crops were harvested was wasted by the men taking opium.
Chapter completed!