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Chapter 318 Sudden Drought Disrupts Plans

Chapter 319 Sudden Drought Disrupts Plans

According to Ye Xiao's previous plan, we built a large number of agricultural projects in Yuzhou and Xuzhou, and planned to use water for irrigation, but those rivers did not know what happened. After these few droughts, they have already dried up, and Qingzhou by the sea originally wanted to However, because Yuan Shao often harassed Qingzhou and other places for irrigation, the project in Qingzhou was also delayed.

If it is said that Zhang Liang stepped forward and continued.

"Now Qingzhou and Xuzhou have a population of more than 300 million, and Yuzhou has a population of nearly 500 million. Among them, there are nearly 60 victims of the disaster. If these people only eat the food and grass in Yuzhou , I am afraid that the whole Yuzhou will be eaten up if it cannot last for three months."

In Yuzhou, Ye Xiao has been in business for the longest time. Due to the protection of Yanzhou, the people in Yuzhou live in a relatively stable life, resulting in a huge increase in the population of Yuzhou. After hearing Zhang Liang's report, Ye Xiao immediately fell silent. Now he has a large population. , but with very limited productivity.

You have to know that the population of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty was only 500 million to 3000 million, but now he monopolizes a population of nearly 1000 million.

With the help of Quyuanli and Ye Xiao's policies, the vast population had enough food to eat, but now that there is a drought, so many victims need help at once, which makes Ye Xiao feel a headache .

"An order given to Jin Yiwei, no matter how much it costs, no matter where it comes from, buy me food."

Ye Xiao pondered for a long time, and he still breathed a sigh of relief. There was a hint of hoarseness in his voice. This was the time when he felt the most powerless. Such a severe drought, even if he had the help of the system, he couldn't conjure up so much food.

Although Ye Xiao began to stockpile food continuously when he was in Yizhou, the war has never stopped in the past few years, and it is often tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops fighting, resulting in the continuous transportation of grain and grass in Yuzhou , and now they have just acquired Yangzhou and other places, and Qingzhou has only been in hand for a year. These two places need a lot of food and grass to stabilize the hearts of the people. Another main reason is that such a vast forest land requires a large number of soldiers To transport grain and grass.

"By the way, let all the local government officers and arresters be mobilized quickly. This disaster relief is mainly in Qinzhou and Xuzhou, and their food is strictly controlled."

"Also, as long as the disaster victims who enter Yuzhou are discovered by me, those who are expelled, or refuse to provide relief, or embezzle the relief food, will be killed without mercy."

Ye Xiao's orders became more and more ruthless, and he knew that if he did not give ruthless orders under such circumstances, it might deal a heavy blow to him.

"The Zifang quickly concentrated the grain in Yuzhou, rescued the local Baixing in Yuzhou, and then quickly sent the surplus grain to Qingzhou and Xuzhou."

The continuous orders exhausted Ye Xiao's inner voice, and his face became sluggish. He took a few breaths and continued.

"Let the soldiers on the Jiangdong side sell food to support Qingxu Erzhou immediately after occupying Jiangdong."

At this time, Ye Xiao's brain was running fast, he was thinking about how to minimize the loss of this disaster, while Zhang Liang and Liu Bowen were a little at a loss by Ye Xiao's series of orders .

It was because Liu Bowen had been with Ye Xiao for a long time, and he quickly reacted until Ye Xiao gave this series of orders. Although some punishments were heavier, they were still unavoidable. are default.

"Zifang will distribute all the batch of grain sent by the Wa country. Let's hold it for a while. After this period is over, we will think of other ways."

It turned out that the queen of the Wa Kingdom came to the Central Plains to ask to see Ye Xiao, and Ye Xiao received him in the name of the emperor and gave him some rewards, while the Queen of the Wa Kingdom left a lot of food in Qingzhou and other places. used.

Originally, Liu Bei's surprise attack on Jiangdong and Ye Xiao's decisive battle with Yuan Shao would change the course of history, but a drought made Ye Xiao see what revision of history is.

It is precisely because of this drought that Yuan Shao entered a rare moment of relaxation, which just allowed him to digest the Youzhou and other places he had just acquired, while the Central Plains fell into an extremely terrifying and strange situation.

After Ye Xiao's order document was issued, the manor area quickly launched an operation, and the number of soldiers used to rescue the victims reached 60. In addition to the local Pukuai government servants, the people who rescued the disaster this time probably There are as many as [-]. Although the panic caused by the drought has been temporarily quelled, the impact of the drought is not the least that can be quelled in a short period of time. This year, Ye Xiao does not want to receive taxes in Qingzhou, Xuzhou and Yuzhou. .

And Ye Xiao also took advantage of this rare peaceful time to start building roads, reclaiming wasteland, and building canals, and the background of all this was on the premise of helping the victims. .

The roads in various places have been repaired, the barren fields have been cleared out to be irrigated with water, and the daily food is depleted at an alarming rate, but the only thing that is fortunate is that under the harsh orders and punishments, no one appeared in Ye Xiao's territory. The phenomenon of turmoil relieved Liu Bowen and others who had been worried all the time, and Ye Xiao also breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the news of the disaster from Jin Yiwei from all over the place.

Ye Xiao came out of the study, and suddenly felt that today's weather is still good. Looking at it, the burning clouds in the sky, and the gorgeous sunset glow filled the whole sky, as if heralding a good start.

"father"

When Ye Xiao was sitting on the recliner and was about to take a nap, Ye Xiao was awakened by a crisp voice. Ye Xiao fixed his eyes and saw that it was his son Ye Ying running over unsteadily. Ye Ying kept shaking his hands. Shaking, with arms outstretched, wanting Ye Xiao to hug him.

At this time, Ye Ying was already two years old, and she could definitely speak vaguely, especially under the teachings of Ye Zitian and Diao Chan, he had already learned to call father and mother.

"Does the young man miss his father?"

Ye Xiao bent down, squatted in front of his son and stretched out his hand, with a smile on his face, he looked at the son in front of him and said.

"Yes."

Ye Ying ran in front of Ye Xiao, bumped her head against Ye Xiao's legs, hugged it tightly, and looked at Ye Xiao with a smile. Seeing this, Xiao picked up her son Ye Ying.

This scene was clearly seen by Ye Zitian and Diao Chan in the distance. Diao Chan touched her slightly raised belly and said to herself.

"At that time, Ye Ying will have a younger brother or younger sister, so we will have one more person in our family."

"Yes, sister Diaochan, you have to pay attention to your body."

(End of this chapter)