His Majesty is a sick beauty

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"It's a water well. I want you to help me find some places around Suiyang that are suitable for digging wells to draw water. The more the better! This matter is very urgent. No matter who you need or how much money you need, you can tell me. Its priority is number one."

There is no other way to deal with the drought. There are two ways of thinking. One is to build water conservancy, such as building canals or reservoirs, and the other is to find improved drought-tolerant crops and implement them during droughts.But no matter which one it is, it is by no means something that can be completed overnight, but what Su Xun lacks most now is time.

If he is given a few more years, under the premise of mastering the advanced knowledge of modern times, Su Xun is sure that Yu Chao can obtain the ability to withstand at least one catastrophe.But not now, the current Yu Dynasty is too fragile. The current Yu Dynasty is like a tall building built on steel wires. A slight gust of wind will blow down this seemingly flowery building.

I only hope that his worries are just unfounded, otherwise, with his current ability, at most, he can guarantee that the people in the capital Suiyang will not starve to death, and the other states farther away...

Su Xun couldn't help clenching his fists when he thought of the tragic scene of Yizi eating and starving all over the place that had been heard in history.

Those are my people.

Conan sensed a sense of urgency from His Majesty's words. At that moment, he felt an invisible rope around his neck, and it was constantly tightening.Just as he was about to ask, Xiao Buwen who was standing beside him waved his hand.

After Su Xun opened his eyes again, Xiao Buwen had already recovered that smiling expression. He didn't notice anything, but emphasized again: "This matter is very important, Ai Qing must take care of it."

Conan was equally serious: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will look for the old craftsman who digs the well when I get back, and prepare to start work."

Su Xun nodded, and didn't say any polite words to tell him not to worry, after all, this matter is really imminent.

Seeing that His Majesty still has other things to do next, after Conan put away the blueprint, he stood up and left, leaving in a hurry to find a craftsman to start work as soon as possible.

Su Xun also got up at the right time: "Let's go with Aiqing, I happen to have something to do, so I will go out of the palace with Aiqing."

When the little emperor arrived at Qin Tianjian, Prime Minister Murong Che had already arrived.He pushed the door open and entered, seeing Qinghe Hao's dignified expression on Murong Che's expression, his heart skipped a beat, with a hint of ominous premonition.

The people in the room turned around to salute him, Su Xun waved his hand to indicate that there is no need to be too polite, and he walked forward quickly: "How is the situation of the national teacher?"

"Your Majesty." Qinghe's snow-colored long hair was tied behind his head. Although his brows were still cold, the tiredness in his eyes could not escape the eyes of everyone. Farm book."

"It's hard work for the national teacher." Su Xun took the thick booklet. Fortunately, the paper improvement technology has made great progress in the past month. Otherwise, looking at the content, if it is written on the bamboo slips, it will have to be pulled by a cart. .

The agricultural conditions of various places, whether it is rainy or not rainy in a year, whether there are locust plagues and floods, and the annual production of various grains in various places will be recorded in the agricultural affairs book.More than half of the agricultural affairs books of the previous dynasty were destroyed by the war, but many of them were received in the palace. In the past few days, Qinghe led a group of people to make such a summary by comparing the precipitation in previous years.

Su Xun quickly flipped through the pages, frowning more and more.

Qinghe: "Whether it's the high temperature, the drop in the water level of the well, or the cloud and astrology, they are all consistent with the conditions before a drought recorded by the previous dynasty. I have also calculated several times with the people of Qin Tianjian, and the results are not consistent with the remaining books of the previous dynasty. Collaborate."

He took a deep breath, looked at Su Xun, his dark blue eyes like the night sky concealed a rare earnestness: "Your Majesty, this year, there may be a severe drought."

"...The national teacher thinks, what scale will this drought have?"

"The seven prefectures of the Yu Dynasty, except for Qingzhou and Ganzhou near the Yellow Sea, I'm afraid..." Qinghe sighed, "I'm afraid there will be almost no harvest."

A suffocating silence permeated the room. At this moment, countless pictures flashed in Su Xun's mind. It was a tenant farmer wearing old sackcloth working in the field, holding black and yellow broomcorn millet and bitter The child who swallowed wild vegetables is a bony corpse in the documentary, a figure in countless historical materials!

They all looked at him, their eyes were open, their lips and tongues were dry and bloody, and they stretched out their arms towards him in despair and pain. Everyone, every mouth was talking.

I just want to live...

"His Majesty!"

Su Xun's body shook a bit, Murong Che quickly supported the little emperor, let him half lean on his body.He looked down, on the little emperor's fair face, the black eyes were so glaring, it looked worse than the national teacher who had been up for several days and nights.

Murong Che frowned disapprovingly, and looked up at Qinghe.

Qinghe sighed deeply, he knew that after he was imprisoned in Qin Tianjian by the little emperor, the wayward emperor would immediately let himself go as soon as no one was restraining him.Look at the black and blue under the eyes, how many nights he may have stayed up, and look at the thin chin, the little flesh he spent months growing has completely disappeared in just a few days.

But he still can't say anything, the weather in the Yu Dynasty is so dry and hot, as the emperor Su Xun, if he is not worried, he will see the devil.It can only be said that being a doctor for the emperor is really the most difficult job in the world.

He could only persuade one sentence: "Your Majesty, you should pay attention to the dragon's body."

Su Xun nodded, he understood that this drought will be a protracted war, and he couldn't fall down before the war started: "Let's add another bowl of the medicine that the national teacher gave me before."

Murong Che frowned: "...Your Majesty."

"You don't need to say too much, Prime Minister. I know my body well. This is the time when we are racing against time... It is not too late to talk about the matter of the body after this year is over."

He took a deep breath: "I hope you will keep this matter a secret."

Famine after drought is a big problem, but the fear of drought at this time is equally dire.This matter cannot, at least, only spread among a limited number of people. Once the news of a severe drought this year spreads, people will panic immediately, and those fields that could have been rescued will also be abandoned.

Everyone said: "I will understand."

Su Xun looked at Xiao Buwen: "Is it still possible to sell food from other places?"

"The Wei Dynasty has banned the sale of grain. Although the Mongolian Dynasty has no explicit regulations, the price of grain is still rising. As for the Gushuo Dynasty..." Xiao Buwen shook his head and didn't say much.

The Gu Shuo Dynasty was a nomadic people, and they were not good at food production. They would be thankful for not stealing food from the Yu Dynasty every year. Su Xun never expected to buy food from them.

"No matter how much money it costs, replace the cloth in the national treasury with grain as soon as possible." Thanks to the hydraulic textile technology, the speed of cloth production in the Yu Dynasty has been greatly improved, and Su Xun has ordered people to set up ten similar textile factories along the river. , so far, the effect is good.The price of cloth in the entire Yu Dynasty fell by nearly [-]% in just a few months. This is because the little emperor deliberately suppressed the production of cloth because he was worried that the price of grain would hurt farmers.The result of not letting it hit the market too much.

Su Xun calculated according to the current price of grain. If all the cloth in the treasury is replaced with grain, at most a few thousand shi of grain can be exchanged.This amount of food is not even enough for emergency.

He couldn't help heaving a long sigh, the first emperor was indeed a great talent, and his lifelong battle established the status of the Yu Dynasty, but the current predicament of the Yu Dynasty is also a hidden danger left by Emperor Wu.The entire country's population is seriously short of food, but any turbulence encountered is the rhythm of the end.He should feel that Murong Che and others are indeed ambitious, but they are indeed talented in governing the country. In such a dilapidated country, there is a little emperor who doesn't care about everything, and they can keep going. for several years.

I really miss the abundant food per mu, corn, potatoes... Woohoo, I really miss you all.

"Food is the most important thing. You tell the seller, we don't want gold, as long as grain... It doesn't have to be refined grains, coarse grains are fine, or even old grains from previous years are fine." In the face of the crisis of starvation , Let alone old grain, even bran and bark can be eaten!

Xiao Buwen sighed, "Where is Chen Liang now?"

That's right, the emptiness of the national treasury is not only a problem of the Yu Dynasty. There are perennial wars and frequent disasters, and the rest of the countries may not be able to save much food.

"Forget it, let's exchange coarse grains as much as possible." Su Xun said, "I have ordered people to survey the water source, and try to dig a few wells near Suiyang as soon as possible."

But this is just a drop in the bucket. Drought will also lead to a drop in the groundwater level. A few more wells will be good enough to ensure drinking water for the people in Suiyang City. It is almost impossible to use these wells for farming.Fortunately, there is Sui water in Suiyang City, which can at least ensure that the winter wheat can survive until it matures.

Murong Che and the others also understand that manpower is very small under such a natural disaster, but thanks to the acumen of the upper echelons of the Yu Dynasty, they were able to take advantage of the severe drought before the real arrival and make a time difference: "I'm afraid Chunmai won't survive." gone."

"Issuing an order to ban the planting of spring wheat in Suiyang City, and replace them all with drought-resistant millet and miscellaneous beans." Su Xun said decisively, "And the fields of those aristocratic families, in addition to the rations of the people of the clan, will also be planted for me. High-yielding and drought-tolerant coarse grains."

Murong Che shook his head: "I'm afraid this will not be easy."

Born in the Murong family, he couldn't be more clear about the so-called persistence of those aristocratic families, asking them to grow beans and broomcorns in their ancestral fields?They would rather leave the fields uncultivated, and even plant some useless spices and flowers, rather than plant the kind of things that they think are eaten by "lower people".Even if he is the patriarch of the Murong family, he can't force the Murong family to obey orders, let alone other uncontrolled families?

"Then kill them. Whoever doesn't stop ordering will start killing them. I want to see if their backs are tough or their heads are hard!"