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Besides, there are still a large number of people in the Shangdang territory. If they really give up and ignore them, how will they survive? Do we want us to watch them become disaster victims? "

As Gongsun Xu's lieutenant general and the No. [-] military chief of Bingzhou, Gao Lan has his own opinions on issues. Many times, he disagrees with Gongsun Xu.

Fortunately, these two people are both right and wrong, so even if they quarrel fiercely, they can still talk happily afterwards. This time, Gao Lan has a different opinion.

Gao Lan's question was actually the question of most of the generals and officials. It is easy to abandon Shangdang, but how to preserve the entire Bingzhou is even more difficult.

Looking at the faces of the others, Gongsun Xu nodded. He knew that his decision was a bit shocking. He gave up Shangdang once last year because of the locust plague. If he gave up again this time, how would he explain to the people of Shangdang?

"Shangdang's garrison will not change, and may even send additional troops. As for food and grass, except for the local military camps, the rest of the food and grass will be transferred from the north.

Within this year, there will be no food reserves in Bingzhou. The continuous natural disasters are not what we can predict. We will give up the people's livelihood of the Shangdang and preserve the military value of the Shangdang.

As for the local people, except for some old and weak people who migrated to Taiyuan and other places for resettlement, the rest stayed in the local area to work for relief. "

"Relief for work?"

At this time, everyone has doubts again. These four words are not difficult to say. In many famine years, those in power will use this method instead of disaster relief.

However, Shangdang's people's livelihood has been given up. Is it still necessary to use work as relief?Moreover, with so many people in Shangdang territory, how much labor is needed, and what projects need them to complete.

Gao Lan seemed to have thought of something at this time. After all, he was the military commander. The first thing he thought of was the defense line in the southern part of the Shangdang.

"What does the general mean? Order the people to repair the city wall of Shangdang, strengthen the defenses of the southern and eastern camps of Shangdang, and increase the strength to resist foreign enemies?"

"Yes, but this is only part of it. In addition, I plan to widen and pave the roads in the Shangdang territory. This is also based on the transfer of our army's food and troops and the mobilization of troops.

In addition, I plan to follow Huangfusong's strategy of governing Jizhou, and take advantage of the drought and the drying up of rivers to build water conservancy facilities in Shangdang territory. "

It has to be said that Gongsun Xu's vision is really not covered. Others only think about how to survive this drought year, but what he thinks is to use this drought year to prepare for the future.

Needless to say, building roads and strengthening city walls are all decisions closely related to the military, but building water conservancy facilities is a preparation for the future.

Jizhou can now be called a major grain-producing area, more because when Huangfusong was guarding Jizhou, he built and improved the local water conservancy facilities, so that Jizhou was no longer affected by the drought.

At the beginning, Yuan Shao was able to develop and grow so quickly after occupying Jizhou. It can be said that even now, Jizhou is still the richest and most important territory in the north.

And all of this has to start when Huangfusong governed Jizhou. Although the infrastructure has been accumulated for several generations, Huangfusong is the one who perfected the infrastructure.

What Gongsun Xu has to do now is to seriously renovate the infrastructure of Shangdang Land. This may be a huge project, but once it is completed, it will definitely be a great deed for Fuze's future generations.

"I'm afraid it's difficult for us to decide on such a major plan, whether we should tell the Lord, and we should explain clearly to the local people before giving up Shangdang's people's livelihood.

Otherwise, if it is exploited or even instigated by the enemy army, civil unrest may break out in Shangdang territory. "

Gongsun Xu's decision is not bad, but this plan is too large and the starting point is very high, even all the militia forces in the Shangdang territory will be invested. Such a plan cannot be decided by everyone.

Gongsun Xu nodded again. Now he has great power, but Chen Feng's consent is indeed needed for this kind of thing.

"I have already sent someone to report to the lord. However, before the lord can reply, we must start some work. The people's livelihood work in Taiyuan, Xihe and other places can start. Let's send someone there now. As for the Shangdang, it doesn't matter if the lord agrees. If you don’t agree, let’s leave it at the end for now.”

Gongsun Xu is not a counselor, nor is he an expert in people's livelihood, but under such circumstances, it is really rare for him to come up with such a solution.

In the final analysis, he thinks from a different height than others. What others care about is Shangdang, while he focuses on Bingzhou. It is not a bad idea to exchange the upper party for the stability of the entire Bingzhou.

Chapter 589 Disaster Relief 1

Unsurprisingly, Gongsun Xu's report to Chang'an was approved by Chen Feng, and he even gave Gongsun Xu full responsibility. Whether Bingzhou can recover from the drought this time depends on Gongsun Xu. How to do it.

From this point, it can be seen that Chen Feng's trust in this brother-in-law is far beyond the imagination of others.

Bingzhou was hit by a drought, and the Central Plains was no exception, and it was even more serious. After all, the Central Plains has been fighting continuously in recent years. The Yellow Turbans have been a disaster for a long time in the past few years, and the water conservancy infrastructure in many places has long been destroyed.

Coupled with the impact of last year's drought and locust plagues, the food harvests in various parts of the Central Plains were poor. Although Cao Cao also adopted the strategy of working for relief to build some infrastructure, it was still not enough.

The strange thing is that when there was a drought in the Central Plains this year, Cao Cao was not as panicked or impatient as last year. The more severe the drought, the more intelligence work he did.

"According to the information from various places, the drought is the worst in the north, but the south is better. Jingzhou, Jiangdong and other places are hardly affected by the drought.

It seems that only the Central Plains, Bingzhou and other places will have a bad harvest this time, that is to say, only the Lord and that Chen Feng will be worried about this year's summer grain. "

In the hall, Cheng Yu was reporting to Cao Cao the information sent from various places. Judging from the current situation, Cao Cao and Chen Feng suffered the most severe drought.

Although it is not impossible to have no crops, if the summer grain cannot be harvested, I am afraid that it will not be possible to launch a war, expand the territory, and it will be impossible to talk about unifying the world.

Hearing Cheng Yu's report, especially the final summary, Cao Cao smiled inexplicably. It turned out that under the influence of the drought, it was he and Chen Feng who were the ones who worried about the summer grain.

"Really? It seems that God is fair this time. All parts of Yanzhou have suffered from drought to some extent. Because of the population in Yuzhou, the grain production is not high.

Especially in Runan and other places, the remnants of the Yellow Turbans are still making trouble, hehe, Xia Liang is even more out of the question, so I should really worry about Xia Liang. "

Under such circumstances, Cao Cao can still smile so calmly, which is really thanks to his good temper.Guo Jia, who was sitting next to him, also sneered at this time.

Of course Cheng Yu knew what they were laughing at. During this period of time, he had been collecting information. Whether it was from the north, the south, or outside the Great Wall, he had collected a lot of news about people's livelihood.

In this natural disaster, Bingzhou in the north suffered more severe disasters. At the same time, the grassland outside the Great Wall was also affected. In other words, Chen Feng's pasture on the grassland was not much better.

When such a thing happened, maybe the Yuan brothers and the princes in Jingzhou, Jiangdong and other places would hide under the covers and laugh, but they didn't realize that the two most powerful princes in the world suffered a disaster, so they would be better off ?

For example, just now, when Cheng Yu said that only Cao Cao and Chen Feng would worry about Xia Liang, Cao Cao laughed. He has soldiers in his hand, and there are countless generals, so why would he worry about Xia Liang?

"Fengxiao, tell me, Chen Feng's son is suffering from a drought, and both food and livestock will be reduced, what will he do?"

There was a gleam in Cao Cao's eyes. The so-called knowing yourself and the enemy is the only way to win a hundred battles. Now he would think about Chen Feng's reaction before making a decision.

"My lord already has calculations in his mind, how dare Feng Xiao speak too much."

"Then tell me and see if we think the same? What will Chen Feng do?"

Hearing this, Guo Jia cleared his throat.He could somewhat guess what Chen Feng would do. After all, he had studied the other party for too long.

"From entering Liaoxi to now, every time Chen Feng improves his strength, he cannot do without taking risks and looting.

Over the years, he has robbed the Huns, the Xianbei, and the Yuan brothers.As long as he was short of food or people, he, Chen Feng, would loot like a robber.

Moreover, Chen Feng took huge risks in several big actions over the years. It can be said that this guy is a desperate gambler.

Although the risks are high, the rewards are also great. He won the bet, so he grew up again and again, both in terms of territory and strength, far surpassing before.

Such a person has integrated gambling into his blood, and this time is definitely no exception.I dare say that Chen Feng will launch a war outside to relieve the pressure brought about by this natural disaster. "

Guo Jia didn't have much expression on his face. It may be his wishful thinking to say such an inference, but it is also the result of his careful study of Chen Feng.

"Gambler, yes, this guy is indeed a gambler, since Li Yang, he has been gambling, and he has won every time.

Sometimes, I really envy his luck. So many times, he didn't have a disastrous defeat. If not, he wouldn't have achieved what he is today. "

Cao Cao still had that relaxed expression. It stands to reason that Chen Feng's matter is a big one, at least it is related to him, but now, he is chatting so easily.