Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 1240 Postscript 96 · Wuyou Cave needs to be cleaned every 20 to 30 years

The rubber brought back from America was soon used up for experiments.

The rubber vulcanization team was temporarily disbanded, and several chemists returned to their original positions.

Of course, Shi Huai, the vice president of chemistry, continued. While handling the daily affairs of the society, he arranged for assistants to do experiments and study the rubber after vulcanization.

For example, using acid and alkali substances to corrode, such as throwing it outside the house to be exposed to the wind, sun and rain, such as repeated beating, rolling, stretching, etc.

"It snowed so early this year!" Zhu Tangxi sighed as he looked at the snow outside the house.

It snowed last night.

At first it was sleet and then gradually it started to snow lightly. In the morning, there was snow.

Of course, the snow outside the house was very shallow and would melt quickly.

Xie Yan thought: Is this fucking Little Ice Age coming?

Although he was not familiar with history, he had heard of the reputation of the Little Ice Age.

In fact, in the past thirty years, although the overall temperature is still rising, it has become more and more chaotic.

About every ten years, there are one or two months of "cool summer".

Historical records are: In June of a certain year (Lunar calendar), there is no heat and the night is cold. Or, in May of a certain year (Lunar calendar), there is no heat and the air is as cold as autumn.

In March of last year (Lunar calendar), Zhejiang suddenly had a light snowfall!

The Little Ice Age has not come yet, but the global average temperature is about to reach its peak. After another ten or twenty years of fluctuations, the temperature will drop sharply.

"Sister, go back to the room quickly, don't catch a cold." Xie Yan helped her in.

Zhu Tangxi told the maid: "Bring another coat for my husband."

Soon, a woolen windbreaker was brought. It was worth more than 300 guan, and was bought by Zhu Tangxi a while ago. She and her husband each ordered one.

Xie Yan walked out of the yard and soon felt the cold wind coming, so he quickly put on the woolen windbreaker.

Riding a carriage to Shangdongmen Street, Xie Yan found that the remaining snow on the street had been swept away, and all the shops on the street automatically swept the snow in front of their doors.

Go out of Shangdongmen and arrive at Dongcheng Guofang.

A team of officials came trotting from the city and gradually caught up with Xie Yan's carriage. Then they stopped and moved forward slowly, not daring to overtake Xie Yan's carriage.

Xie Yan heard the noise, lifted the curtain and looked, and shouted to the driver: "Pull over, let go!"

Seeing that the son-in-law actually pulled over, the official in charge of the team hurried over to salute and thank him.

"What are you going to do?" Xie Yan asked.

The leading official whispered: "Blocking the exit of Dongguo Tunnel to catch the bad guys in Wuyou Cave."

Xie Yan did not ask any more questions: "The mission is urgent, you go quickly."

After the team of officials ran past quickly, Xie Yan let the driver continue to move forward.

Not long after, they ran into a group of imperial guards again.

Those imperial guards were stationed in the suburbs, but today they were also called in to catch the gangsters in the underground tunnels.

Luoyang is the capital after all. How can there be real slums under the emperor's feet?

The slums are in the sewers!

In the four years since the young emperor ascended the throne, he rectified the public security inside and outside the city in the first year, and investigated Luoyang welfare institutions (nursing homes, orphanages, etc.) in the second year.

In all the so-called poor people who were supported by Luoyang's official welfare institutions, more than four-fifths of them were related households!

Those who really needed relief were forced to hide in the sewers.

Or they lived in shacks along the banks of the Luo River in the far suburbs of Luoyang. There were even large areas of shanty towns, which meant that there were slums under the emperor's feet.

A large number of related households were cleared out of the welfare institutions by the government, and the widows, orphans, disabled and young people who really needed relief were arranged in.

In the third year, the shanty towns began to be gradually demolished, and batches of them migrated to the Ryukyu Islands and the South Sea Islands. This move can also increase the proportion of Han people in those areas.

This autumn, the demolition of the shantytowns in Luoyang was finally completed.

We had planned to clean the sewers next year, but due to the disappearance of the shantytowns, the number of missing cases in and outside Luoyang City increased greatly. The bad guys in Wuyou Cave could not get people from the shantytowns, so they directly abducted women and children.

The temperature dropped last night and it suddenly snowed. We can't wait any longer.

The sewers must be cleaned before the heavy snow falls. Otherwise, there will be more homeless people in winter who will take the initiative to hide in the sewers, which will make it more troublesome to check them.

In order to prevent the news from leaking out and prevent the petty officials from colluding with the bad guys, the officials of Luoyang Prefecture and the two counties attached to the city were all transferred to the other side to enforce the law.

The Wucheng Bingma Si of Luoyang also exchanged law enforcement.

Moreover, they had to set off immediately after receiving the order and should not deliberately delay the time.

Even the imperial guards outside the city were transferred to serve as the main attack force!

"Take this to Zhang Chong (assistant)." Xie Yan handed Wang Xing a handout.

As a chemistry teacher, he had a very perfunctory attitude towards work and often asked his assistant to take his place.

Today, he chose to skip work to watch the fun.

As the news spread, more and more onlookers gathered far away outside the exits of the underground tunnel.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

A burst of gunfire rang out. Although it was far away, Xie Yan's followers hurried to protect the carriage.

However, there was a leader of the gangsters who did not live in the sewers, but opened a shop in the suburban district. They used the shop as the headquarters of the thieves' den and were now besieged by a group of imperial guards.

Next to the imperial guards, there were several black-clad sergeants.

They belonged to the Imperial City Department!

That is, the beggar version of the Jinyiwei, which only operated in the Luoyang area.

The larger intelligence department was still called the Military Intelligence Department, which was under the dual jurisdiction of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War.

Xie Yan took his pistol and quickly finished reloading.

He was timid but eager to try. He didn't hear the gunshot for a long time: "Is it over?"

Wang Sheng laughed and said, "How can a few villains resist the imperial guards?"

Soon, several people were tied up and taken to the Dali Temple. If the cells of the Dali Temple were full, they would be stuffed into the prison of the Ministry of Justice. In addition, there were cells in the government office and two county offices.

Some other bodies were directly dragged to be cremated.

Cremation was still very popular in ancient times, and it was not as resistant as modern people imagine.

Especially in big cities, cremation was extremely common. In history, the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty even issued orders to ban cremation many times, but the people didn't listen at all. Because cremation saves money!

Seeing that there was no danger for the time being, Xie Yan got off the car with a flintlock and was surrounded by male followers and moved closer.

"Someone is coming out!"

With a shout, the officers who were blocking the exit of the sewer swung their swords and sticks and smashed into it.

"Spare my life, spare my life!"

"Drop your weapons and come out one by one."

Soon, someone climbed out with bare hands and was immediately held down and tied up by the officers.

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"Good! Good catch!"

"These bad guys should have been dealt with long ago!"

The onlookers applauded and cheered, obviously hating the rats in the sewer.

One after another, they were held down after climbing out of the sewer, and more than a dozen were tied up in a blink of an eye.

Xie Yan was watching with great interest when he heard another noise from the next block.

It turned out that the officers were collecting beggars, especially those disabled beggars, most of whom had their hands and feet deliberately cut off.

Seeing that the government was serious, several beggars immediately reported that a beggar leader was watching nearby. The officials hurriedly took the beggars to arrest people. Not only did they search along the street, they also asked the people to help provide clues.

"Don't come over, I will kill you if you come over again!"

A beggar leader rushed into a street shop and hijacked a woman selling wine with a dagger in his hand.

The woman was so scared that she burst into tears and her whole body was weak and she couldn't stand up straight.

More than a dozen officials surrounded her, and then more people also surrounded her, watching the excitement and cheering for the officials.

"Let go of the woman and tie her up quickly and honestly."

"Don't fool me. Cutting and dismembering is a capital crime. If you catch me, I will definitely die. Get out of the way!"

"You are just an accomplice, and you can still make meritorious contributions. The real principal offender will definitely not come out to beg in such a cold day."

"Get out of the way, get out of the way quickly!"

"..."

The woman's family members also cried and begged in the store, and the scene became more and more chaotic.

After a long standoff, two military academy students came and entered the building across the street in plain clothes.

Another military academy teacher walked behind the chief of the officials and whispered: "Make way and let him out of the store to the street."

"Who is it?" the chief of the officials asked.

The military academy teacher took out his badge: "The imperial guards have entered Wuyou Cave. The sharpshooters of Luoyang Military Academy have been transferred to help inside and outside the city."

The chief of the officials immediately shouted: "Don't hurt innocent people, otherwise you will be guilty. Back off, everyone back off, and make way for him."

The beggar leader was delighted, put a dagger on the woman's neck, and moved towards the street little by little.

Whoosh!

An arrow shot from the second floor across the street and accurately hit the throat of the beggar leader.

The officials didn't react, and they were stunned for a while before rushing over.

The common people turned their heads and looked at the source of the arrow.

Yang Boyan put away his bow and arrow and bowed to the people on the street.

"The young general shoots! The young general shoots!"

Not only did the common people start to cheer, but even the officials shouted.

Xie Yan muttered: "My god, a sniper, worthy of being the descendant of Yang Zaixing."

The sewer cleaning operation is still going on, and tens of thousands of imperial guards are drilling in from various main passages. They occupy the space bit by bit, drive the criminals to several wide caves to gather, and then use cold and hot weapons to attack.

And they also preach the policy:

The big boss will be beheaded and will die without a doubt.

The small boss can make meritorious deeds to atone for his sins. But the death penalty can be exempted, but the living crime cannot be escaped. The main thing is to be taken to the government-run mines to mine, and this must not be explained to them clearly.

Ordinary minions, as well as the poor who take shelter in the sewers, are all transported to the Governor's Office of India to divide the land and cultivate it! It doesn't matter if they don't know how to farm, someone will teach them when the time comes.

The desperate small bosses and those ordinary minions, hearing that they can survive, they take action one after another.

They join forces to kill the big boss, and then go out to surrender to the imperial guards.

Xie Yan had been watching the fun and even found a random restaurant to eat lunch. Some people recognized him as the prince consort and started chatting with him. Everyone talked loudly about what they had seen and heard today.

Wang Xing went to the Imperial College to deliver lecture notes and had returned to report long ago. He also brought two letters sent to the school.

Xie Yan opened the letter and read it, but it was related to the chemistry textbook.

These two chemist pen pals both suggested changing the previously formulated outline of the imperial examination chemistry textbook. That is, sulfides should be removed from the imperial examination textbooks and put into the Imperial College courses.

The reason is very simple. When they were doing experiments, they found that it was difficult to determine the molecular formula of many sulfides.

Now the molecular formula is mainly determined by the "combustion method", and the molecular formulas of hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon related compounds are the easiest to obtain. It is enough to use these as the content of the imperial examination chemistry.

After a while, the school will have a winter vacation.

By that time, Xie Yan should participate in the compilation of the chemistry textbook for the imperial examination.