"My lord doesn't know something. Cao Anmin has a deep understanding of Cao Cao's military strategy, and most of his subordinates are the world's elite and fierce generals. In the battle of Runan, he led 5 troops to fight against 3000 people in the yellow scarves. They killed the enemy chieftains and countless enemies; 3 people attacked Yuan Shu's son Yuan Yao with [-] people, beheaded Yuan Yao, and killed countless enemies; later fought against Yuan Shu's general Ji Ling, drew water from the Baihe River, and then beheaded Ji Ling, killing [-] enemies. Bai Qi, the God of Killing, couldn't do it even at this age. Now, they are stationed in Jiujiang, which happens to be in the middle area between us and Sun Ce. The two are also young and frivolous, and there is bound to be a battle. And the Lord is good Act as a yellow bird, sit still and watch the fish, and try to see the success or failure of the two."

Liu Biao was so excited by Cai Mao's words that he couldn't sit still anymore, he paced around the room, thinking about the success or failure of this plan.

Sun Ce is too strong.If there is one more Cao Anmin, it will definitely become his biggest threat.

As long as I let the two of them continue to exchange fire and friction, in the end, no matter whether it is Cao Ying or Sun Ying, the winning side will definitely be seriously injured.At that time, if you make another move yourself, the ultimate winner will only be yourself.

"Okay, as Yi Degui said, form an alliance with them."

Seeing that Liu Biao agreed, Cai Mao already had a [-]-[-] chance of winning in his heart.Taking this opportunity, I just strike while the iron is hot and continue talking.

"My lord, I went to check several granaries in Jiangling before, and a lot of the granaries in the bottom granaries were spoiled due to improper storage."

Today's Liu Biao can be said to regard wealth as his life, especially the food, even if it is spoiled, he is not willing to give it to the victims of the disaster.

"What, are there many bad ones?"

"Fortunately, I dealt with it in time and took out the spoiled ones to dry. The loss is not big. But it's a pity to lose these grains. Why don't you just give them to Cao Anmin as a favor."

"Send?" Liu Biao's face suddenly sank, looking extremely ugly.

"They are willing to pay [-] gold as sincerity to achieve this alliance."

Thirty thousand gold!

Liu Biao's eyes suddenly lit up.

It is a fool not to trade mildewed grain for thirty thousand gold.Immediately agreed to Cai Mao's request, and handed over all matters to Cai Mao.

After leaving Zhennan General's Mansion, Cai Mao sneered.

The so-called mildew was actually made up by myself to deceive Liu Biao.As long as one has the power to adjust the grain, it is only a matter of saying whether the grain is good or bad, whether it is more or less.

Chapter 56 The Rare Drought in a Century

The severe drought seemed to be more serious than Cao Anmin imagined.By mid-November, the Jianghuai River Basin was basically dry, except for a trace of water in the main channel, the tributaries of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River were basically cut off.Moreover, the scope of the spread has continued to expand, eventually covering most of the area in Jingzhou and Yangzhou.

At this moment, Cao Anmin's arrangements in advance finally showed their effect.

From early October to mid-November, all the people in Jiujiang were mobilized to join in the movement of repairing river channels and digging deep wells.For the common people, anyway, the government will distribute food regularly every day, such good things are indeed rare in ancient and modern times.Some people even wish they could keep doing it.

Although the drought is extremely serious, it does not affect the people's life much by relying on deep wells.It's a pity that [-]% to [-]% of the crops in the farmland can be preserved before the heavy rain.

Drinking water is sufficient, and many people even use the excess water to irrigate the farmland. Regarding this situation, Cao Anmin urgently ordered to stop it all.The drought looks like it will last for a while. If water is wasted, I am afraid that the loss will not be farmland, but population.

"Do you have any countermeasures?" Sun Ce went crazy. Since he ruled Jiangdong, it was the first time he encountered such a difficult problem.

The water level of the Yangtze River has been greatly reduced, and most of the river has been cut off.

Today, in the six counties and 81 states, nearly forty states have been seriously affected, and twenty states may fall into famine at any time.What's more troublesome is that those Shanyue people in the Jiangdong Mountains, who are affected by the environment, will inevitably rush out of the mountains due to lack of water, and then Jiangdong will be confronted with war again.

"My lord, now I can only learn from Jiujiang and dig deep wells." As the chief historian of Jiangdong, Zhang Zhao feels that he is now in Alexander.The eyes of the six counties and 81 states are staring at him, but unfortunately he can't come up with any good solution.

"Dig a well, dig a well, even if we dig a well now, how much can we dig, and according to the severity of the current severe drought, I'm afraid it won't help when we dig it." Sun Ce's hair stood on end, like a lion, exuding Faintly murderous.

It was a look of fear.

Until now, these people remembered the matter of digging a deep well.However, Cao Anmin had started to fully deploy it more than a month ago.

At the beginning, I still laughed at the other party as a waste of time and money, but now it seems that I am the most ridiculous.

Others do not know the foretelling, so prepare a countermeasure, and now I can only walk to the grave step by step, waiting for death.

"My lord, the most troublesome thing right now is not Shenjing and Shanyue, but our lack of food. The governor sent people from Chaisang to urge the army rations. I dare not allocate food and grass, so I can only wait for the lord's instructions."

If it was urgent before, then what Zhang Hong said now is the real catastrophe.

Jiangdong is not Jiujiang, hundreds of thousands of shi, grain and grass can get the job done.

Once Jiangdong is hit by a disaster, at least millions of stones, grain and grass will be needed.

Where will I find the gap of millions of stones?

"Isn't the harvest of autumn grain just a bumper harvest? Why is there no food in the treasury? Could it be that some of them filled their pockets?"

Zhang Hong shook his head repeatedly when he heard the words: "Master Mingjian, the treasury originally reserved 50 shi for grain and grass, but it used a full 30 shi to change the Lujiang River before, and used another 10,000+ shi to appease Shanyue. I'm afraid we can only get 20 shi together."

"Bastard!" Sun Ce was really angry.

A few months ago, he thought he had made a profit on this deal, but now it seems that everything is a big loss.

Not only was the population of Lujiang nearly halved by the opponent, but he also took 10,000+ catties of iron and [-] Shanyue people in vain.

If he hadn't changed to Lujiang, he wouldn't have gotten tens of thousands of mouths out of thin air, and he could have 30 shi of grain.

This is life-saving food. With this, even if the drought continues, the people in their own territory can persist.

But now, it's too late.

Thinking of this, Sun Ce gave Zhang Zhao a hard look.

Zhang Zhao couldn't help shivering, a terrifying idea emerged from his mind.

"Could it be that this Jiujiang prefect will be a prophet?"

The severe drought in the south of the Yangtze River continued. Except for Jiujiang, all other prefectures and counties were affected, and the number of deaths was also rising.

On the contrary, Jiujiang became a paradise on earth, the deep well policy was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and Cao Anmin became a living god in the mouths of countless people.The people in the surrounding states and counties joined Cao Anmin's command one after another with their families.

Cao Anmin did not reject them because of the heavy burden.All the fleeing people were accepted, and the population of Jiujiang has also increased from more than 30 at the beginning to a terrifying figure of nearly 50.

For the newly accepted people, Cao Anmin did not let them idle.Tens of thousands of people are all engaged in the process of excavating the river and strengthening the embankment.

In just half a month, all the rivers in Jiujiang were stabilized by them.

The days are advancing day by day, and the faces of the people in the south of the Yangtze River have a look of despair on their faces.

Half a year, a whole half a year, without a drop of rain, when will this terrible drought start.

According to previous years, at this time, every household should be full of grain and have extra money on hand. They are planning to buy decent clothes for their wives and some delicious food for their children during the Chinese New Year.But now, the vast land from Lingling to Wujun is completely barren, with the yellow land exposed.

The famine finally broke out completely, and the hungry people kept looking for something to eat.

Grass roots, bark, and everything that could be eaten went into their stomachs.

The government also knows that the people in the territory are suffering, but at the moment the landlord has no food left.With huge expenses, they can only tighten their belts if they want to survive the famine.

Human tragedies continue to unfold in the south.

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