When Li Xiang walked in, he found that there were indeed fires in the house. Otherwise, it would be too humid in there, especially for the northern soldiers, it would be a deadly place.
They were not afraid of fighting on the battlefield. In fact, it was a very simple thing for them. After all, they had been fighting for so many years, and a mere Vietnam was really no problem for them.
But this kind of weather is really unbearable for them. The beds they sleep on every day seem to be soaked in water, and when they touch their faces at night, they are covered with sweat. There is no dry place on their bodies. Even if they live in the house, it feels damp everywhere.
"Isn't the dry firewood running out?"
Li Xiang saw the problem at a glance. This was where he lived. If it was where ordinary soldiers lived, it would probably be even more difficult. In this place, if you want to find a pile of dry firewood, it would be too difficult. It has been snowing for three days including today.
You have to know that this is not a drizzle, but a downpour. It is said that a flash flood broke out not far away. Fortunately, the place where we built the military camp is relatively high, otherwise, it might even be washed away by the flash flood. At that time, many soldiers saw the situation there and were still scared in their hearts.
"Your Highness is wise. I previously stored a batch of supplies, but the daily consumption is too high. Now that some houses are empty, we can still dismantle a batch of supplies from them. But if the rain doesn't stop, our lives will be really difficult."
Chang Sunze said with a bitter face that he had thought of many ways to solve this problem, such as transporting dry firewood from other places, but it was simply impossible. It was raining within a radius of hundreds of miles. If he wanted to transport it, he would have to do it hundreds of miles away.
Not to mention the transportation costs, if you bring it from far away, it's likely to get wet. If it gets wet, what's the difference between it and the nearby wood? And if there really is no fire, the soldiers really can't survive. Now, let alone drying clothes, they don't even have firewood for cooking.
"Once they're all burned out, you won't have to add more wood. I'm just like the other soldiers. After all, I've only just arrived here. You've all been suffering for a long time."
Li Xiang had no way to deal with this matter. He was not a god in the sky, and he had no way to solve the weather problem. Naturally, the system would not exchange firewood for you. It was not a strategic material at all, so it would not appear in the system mall.
When Li Xiang thought of the system mall, he suddenly had an idea. Although there was no firewood in the system, there was lamp oil in the system. If these things were applied to some slightly damp wood, they would be able to burn. After the lamp oil burned out, wouldn't the firewood be dry?
"Go outside and find some wet wood and bring it in."
Li Xiang gave the order when he thought of this. Chang Sun Ze and Huo Qubing stared at each other in confusion, wondering why Li Xiang was looking for these wet woods. Did he find something?
"Go quickly."
Seeing that the two men did not move, Li Xiang immediately shouted, and the two men immediately understood and immediately asked their men to work. There was no dry firewood outside, but if it was wet wood, it was too easy. He took out his waist knife and chopped it, and a small tree fell down. Then after a little trimming, a piece of wood was brought in.
Li Xiang picked up the oil lamp on the table, poured all the oil inside onto the wood, and then lit the wood. At the beginning, all the lamp oil was lit, and the moisture on the wood was also evaporating in large quantities. Although the smell was not very pleasant, it could at least generate a series of heat sources.
When the lamp oil was almost burned, the wood soon started to burn. At first, the flames were not very good, but as the water lost a lot, the wood began to burn slowly. After seeing this scene, the people around thought that His Highness was too exaggerated. How much is a piece of wood? If you use so much lamp oil to burn a piece of wood, it is really too expensive, right?
"Long San, tell the people back home right away and ask them to purchase a large amount of lamp oil."
Just when everyone was speculating, Li Xiang actually issued this order. The entire army has tens of thousands of troops. If we count the vassal troops, it would be nearly 100,000. How much lamp oil would we need? Our costs would go up instantly. Lamp oil is not cheap nowadays.
"Your Highness..."
"I know what you're trying to say. It's just that it costs a little more money, but you should also understand that the soldiers' combat effectiveness is the most important. They're in this humid environment every day. I'm afraid they won't be in a good mood, let alone fighting. You guys are already in a bad mood, not to mention the soldiers below. Go and order them to find firewood immediately, even wet firewood is fine. Let them warm themselves by the fire tonight."
Li Xiang asked Long San to do this because it could be exchanged immediately. Long San was not a fool. He immediately went to the army and picked out the system soldiers. These people would never betray Li Xiang. As for the source of the lamp oil, you guys can guess it slowly. Even if you rack your brains, I'm afraid you still can't guess it.
The soldiers didn't know what their superiors were up to, but they were asking us to go out and gather firewood in such heavy rain. They were already soaking wet, and now they were asking us to go out. We could do the work faster inside.
However, when they heard that this order was issued by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, these people had no complaints. Many veterans had been with His Royal Highness for quite some time, and of course they knew that His Royal Highness was very quick-witted and would at least not let us do useless work, especially at this time when morale was low.
Sure enough, when the sun was about to set, a large number of carriages came from afar, and hundreds of carriages carrying lamp oil were pulled in. Each tent received some, and then someone taught them how to make a fire.
Many people don't know what to say about His Highness's gesture...
