February 13.
More than a month had passed since this year's first Grand Court Assembly.
Lanling City and its surrounding areas had also been snowed under continuously for more than a month, something rarely seen in previous years.
Because the region lay near the capital, the court provided ample benefits and support, so no problems had arisen.
But the prolonged low temperatures and heavy snow had already caused extensive snow disasters in several provinces!
Roads were blocked, livestock froze to death, and houses collapsed under the weight of the snow. Although the Central Authority had swiftly ordered every region to send people and resources to carry out disaster relief, many remote areas had no railways, while the ordinary roads were blocked by snow, so the rescue efforts were delayed again and again.
Luo Province, Fuhua Prefecture.
Kangjia Town, more than three hundred li from Jiashi City.
The town was surrounded by mountains on all sides. After the mountains were sealed by snow, even its few entrances and exits froze over.
The telephone lines had also been damaged, and the entire town had been cut off from the outside world for almost a week.
The charcoal and firewood the townspeople used for heating were nearly exhausted. Some people had already frozen to death!
In the most luxurious three-story loft in Kangjia Town, Town Head Yu Ming sat in his study with a solemn expression.
There was a furnace in the study, warming the entire room.
When Yu Ming was young, he had served in the army and become a Body Breaking Stage martial artist. After earning merits on the battlefield and retiring, he had spent money and called in favors, eventually securing himself the position of town head.
His family had enough supplies to last the winter. With a martial artist's