Prefect Tián knew all too well just how grave the situation was in Huaiyang Prefecture. During the first blizzard, countless ordinary people had perished in the snow, and no one had foreseen the second disaster. A conservative estimate was that half the population of Huaiyang Prefecture was gone. Innumerable people had been left destitute and displaced, and even when they managed to survive the blizzard itself, they ultimately froze to death because they lacked any shelter from the wind and rain—the elderly and children hardest hit of all. As the father and mother official of Huaiyang Prefecture, Prefect Tián had been shaken to the core by the catastrophe.
It was nothing short of a white slaughter.
Now, just the sight of snow made Prefect Tián's heart tremble.
Chapter 556