"Think about it in the sky, and control it with the animals", this slogan is also shouted to the educated officials and the scholars of the Linzhang Academy. After decades of education, the old man and the old lady should be superstitious, because Chinese people always prefer to believe what they have or not, and worship God when they see God, see Buddha and worship Buddha. `Le`wen`novel`www`lwXs520`com But the people can be confused, but the officials responsible for disaster relief cannot be confused. If there is any official under the Zhao family who does not actively manage disasters, but prays to gods and ghosts all day long and waits for them It's not a reward, but a dismissal.

Therefore, although not everyone agrees with Zhao Wuxi's theory, Zhao's disaster relief work is still carried out in an orderly manner based on this.

"Counties in Handan County are hurt by the drought, so this year's rent is exempted, and the people are empowered." This is a tax-free reduction.

"There was a severe drought in Changzi County, and the government gave the people the tools for their fields and houses, including plows, oxen, seeds, and food." This is the official appearance, lending grain, seeds, and farming tools for cattle, hoping to help the people overcome the famine and avoid private of usury.

In Hanoi County, which is close to the Yellow River and suffered less damage, it has to undertake the heavy responsibility of transporting grain for disaster relief. The food that Zhao Wuxi dispatched from Ludi also continuously entered Hanoi through Wei Canal, and it was inevitable to distribute some of it to Wei Qing Zhao Yi along the way. Now Zhao Wei’s family, Wei Guo, is no different from a county in Zhao’s administrative system. .

In addition to the normal relief, there are also "additional relief", that is, additional relief measures according to the disaster situation, around Yecheng, which is highly organized. In addition, the Zhao family also advocated weekly aid in the villages, and the folks used the Shiwuli gathering as a unit for self-help, as a supplementary form of government relief.

Therefore, despite suffering from the same drought, Zhao's situation is much better than that of neighboring Wei and Han. In addition to active government actions, Zhao's past few years have protected vegetation, improved crops, and improved farming techniques in Hebei. , even in the drought showed miraculous effects! This is something Zhao Wuxi never thought of...

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If you fly thousands of meters and overlook the North China Plain, you will find that in the future, there is only one large plain where a single crop is planted, and now there are dense forests everywhere. The forest belt continues from the Bai people in Dongyang to the south, covering most of Handan, Hejian, and Yecheng. The reason is that Hebei has not been developed for less than a hundred years, so the vegetation remains intact. Only Hanoi County, which was developed earlier, has a larger proportion of farmland, but it is close to a large river and has abundant water.

Guan Zhong once said, "The plan for ten years is nothing like trees." The ancestors of the Spring and Autumn Period have recognized a certain connection between the protection of forest trees and flood and drought disasters. In the past few years, Zhao Wuxi has prohibited the deforestation of forests. A certain amount of green space has been maintained around Yecheng, and vegetation is maintained along the Zhangshui River, which can preserve soil and water and prevent droughts. On the other hand, the Zhao family also released the ban on Shanze. The farmers took up hunting bows and went into the forest to catch birds and beasts. in return.

On the other hand, the ecological damage is serious. Some hills have been cut down to the east of the Weishi River, especially around Xinjiang, Gujiang, Quwo, and Anyi. Because of the single ecology, soil erosion is more serious than Hebei, so the drought is more and more raging.

The Daitian method promoted by the Zhao family also has great advantages in droughts.

Under the guidance of the persuading officials, the farmers of the Zhao family divided the arable land into alternate ridges and ridges. The seeds were sown at the bottom of the ridges to keep moisture, and the seedlings grew in the ridges to maintain a certain amount of water. When cultivating and weeding, the soil on the ridge is hoeed into the ridge together with the grass. When it is summer, the soil on the ridge is flattened and the ridge is aligned, which plays a role in drought resistance and wind resistance. This farming method made the millet in Zhao's territory wilted, but not dead.

"If you don't accumulate a small step, you can't go a thousand miles, you don't accumulate a trickle, and you can't think of a river or sea. What I did ten years ago has an effect today. It's really unexpected."

When Zhao Wuxi received Fan Chi's report on the matter, he also sighed that he was doomed, the only regret was the lack of drought-resistant crops.

In addition to the traditional five grains, the Zhao family also introduced Rongshu from the State of Yan, which is a high-yield and drought-tolerant crop. It is usually hybridized with wheat, corn, and sorghum to make full use of its nitrogen-fixing properties to increase crop yields. During the drought, other crops withered, but Rongshu was still growing vigorously.

However, only Rong Shu is not enough. Zhao Wuxi longs for more drought-resistant crops. Unfortunately, it takes decades or even hundreds of years to cultivate and select crops to be effective, so there is no rush. He even came up with the idea of ​​alfalfa, which is drought-tolerant and adaptable to the soil. Unfortunately, there is no direct communication between the Central Plains and the Western Regions. Even the Qin people who had great influence in Xirong, the farthest known to the west, were only "Yuzhi people" who transited the jade trade in the Hexi area. Zhao Wuxi guessed that this was the "Da Yuezhi" in later generations. .

Wanting to pass through hundreds of barbarian tribes in the Western Qiang, and across thousands of miles of quicksand to reach Dawan, west of Congling Mountain, is simply difficult to get to the sky. This is not something Zhao Wuxi can consider now. What method did King Mu of Zhou use to reach Kunlun? what about?

In short, the Zhao family did not try to please the ghosts and gods, but carried out the attempt of manpower to control disasters to the extreme. When the people of the Wei family in the east of the river were hungry, the people of the Zhao family in Hebei were able to maintain their fullness.

In July, the drought that lasted for March finally came to an end.

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"Haotian is kind, let the rain master rain!"

Wei Shi, Anyi, the sky was overcast with clouds, feeling the humid wind on the eve of the rain, Wei Mandu was in tears.

He and his son cooperated in a division of labor. Wei Ju was stationed in Hexi to defend against the constant temptation of the Qin people, and Wei Manduo stayed behind in Hedong, trying to solve the drought that had devastated them. Cumulonimbus finally accumulated in Hedong.

"This is the result of our efforts to cultivate morality and worship God devoutly." He vowed to declare to the officials and the people that although Weimanduo did not believe in the rewards and punishments of ghosts and gods in his heart, Wei's family was too stretched to deal with Qin. Unable to organize an effective disaster relief, Weimanduo can only be blinded by the foolish people and pin their hopes on ghosts and gods, so that no one will take risks and steal.

Now, his performance is not over yet.

"This is Haotian's piety in rewarding the Wei family, and this is the blessing of the Wei family!"

"As for those who disrespect heaven, those who specialize in state affairs will continue to be punished! The people under the rule will also suffer."

Weimando was exhausted, pointing at Sang and scolding Huai to condemn. He believed that the Wei family would be so difficult in the drought that he could hardly support the low-key loan of grain from the Zhao family. It was because the Zhao family used merchants last year to buy autumn grain from neighboring countries at high prices. hoarding.

"Zhao Wuxi must have known there was a disaster this year, but he didn't give us any hints..." He gritted his teeth in the rain, swearing that he would never forget this loss.

It's a pity that Wei Shi is very weak and tired now, and he has to continue to rely on Zhao's support to wrestle with Qin in the quagmire of Hexi. Even if he has hatred in his heart, he can't show it, and can only silently curse, Zhao's best year is drought. .

The autumn rain fell in big drops, moisturizing the dry land, and thousands of farmers in the Wei family wept with joy.

Beside the salt pond, the daughter of the Yan family leaned against the door and looked at the vines and crops that had re-stretched under the rain.

And she will not be forced to remarry because the family's rations are not enough.

For five years, she has been a widow for five years. When she just escaped from Jiangdu, her father kept forcing her to remarry, but the daughter of the Yan family gritted her teeth. Because although the war was over, her husband's body was never found, and most of his colleagues were killed and wounded, and the few people she searched for were also unclear. Are they killed or disappeared and fled abroad? No one can tell. So for his life and death, Yan's daughter has always held a glimmer of hope.

She always felt that one day in the future, he would suddenly stand in front of her, just like the day when the two of them were happy with each other...

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What disappointed Weimando was that this heavy rain was caused by the warm and humid air blowing the Taihang things again, not because of his "religion". After the autumn rain, this timely rain caused a boil in Yecheng.

"The rain is in the public field, so it's my own!"

Ximen Leopard watched his grandparents and uncles, as well as his father and mother run into the rain to revel, singing ancient poems and praises, and then he realized that maybe he didn't need to drink porridge every day and eat pickles pickled with wild vegetables...

The rain didn't last long, and soon, the dry north wind blew again, but a little rain was enough to make the crops in the farmland grow strong~lightnovelpub.net~ Gouquan life, farmers are all looking forward to a month later. Autumn harvest, at least they still have a harvest, right? Talk is better than nothing.

However, just as the entire territory of Jizhou, millions of people in Zhao, Wei and Han thought that they had escaped the disaster. In the Huotaishan area in the south of Taiyuan County, Yi Dun, who was in charge of the trade between Taiyuan and Shangjun and Daidi, stopped the convoy. Like everyone else, he was looking at the top of his head in horror. A huge cloud covered the sky. The wind swept away toward the south.

They are grouped in groups, I do not know there are tens of millions, covering dozens of miles of area...

They vibrated their wings and made a loud, terrifying sound...

Wherever they pass, there is no loneliness in the wild, and no grass is left...

They are the most terrifying killing stars in ancient times, the disaster of agricultural countries...

"It's a katydid!"

Yi Dun watched helplessly as the swarm of insects roared south, grabbed his entourage, and said, "Quick, take a quick horse to Yecheng to inform Shangqing that the catfish disaster is coming!"

(To be continued.)