Chapter 1052, drought

  March, Xiliang.

  The earth is warming up, and Daohua took the rice and the twins to Daoxiang Village to inspect the situation of spring plowing.

  Taohua doesn't want to raise the three children so that they don't work hard, but hope that through contact with the farmers, they can understand the hardships of life.

  After several years of operation, the barren wasteland around Daoxiang Village has developed. With the migration of a large number of people, the surrounding area has now developed into a small town called Daoxiang Town.

   After arriving at Zhuangzi, after Daohua said that he could move around freely, Daozi hurriedly wanted to find his friends. Of course, he did not forget his younger siblings.

  Under the cultivation of Daohua intentionally or unintentionally, Daozi has now consciously played the role of the elder brother, and she never forgets to take care of her younger siblings wherever he goes.

   After Sanxiao left, Zhuangtou took the initiative to report to Daohua about the situation of spring plowing this year, and then talked about his worries.

   "Wang Hao, the weather this year is a bit abnormal. According to reason, in March in Xiliang, even if we no longer wear cotton trousers, we should wear two more coats."

   "But this year, when it just entered March, when working in the field, the younger ones only wear single clothes."

   "The weather this year is a bit too hot, little worry."

   Daohua frowned and frowned: "What are you worried about?"

  Zhuangtou: “The little one is worried that this year may be less water than in previous years. Therefore, the little one thinks that there should be a variety of drought-tolerant potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn in the field this year.”

   Daohua thought of the heavy snowfall in Xiliang’s prefectures last year. There is a saying that there will be a severe drought after the snowstorm. Now, after listening to the Zhuangzuo specifically mention it, she immediately paid attention to it.

   "Sowing the plant as you said, and a variety of drought-tolerant grains."

  Zhuangtou nodded and took note.

  After the village head left, Daohua thought for a while, got up and went to the field, checked the seeding process, and chatted with the old man in the field by the way.

  Elderly people are always more sensitive to disasters. As soon as Daohua spoke, the old people started talking.

   "Last year, the snow on our side was really heavier. In the past few years, everyone's life has been better. The houses have been strengthened, and there is more or less food in the house. Few people have died of freezing and starvation."

   "After the beginning of spring this year, the old man, I noticed that the weather was not right, and maybe there was another drought."

  The opinions of the elderly are all unified, and they all feel that there may be a drought this year.

   Daohua felt that this matter was very important, and after staying in Zhuangzi for a day, she took Daozi and the twins back to the palace. This matter must be told to Xiao Yeyang as soon as possible.

  If there is a real possibility of drought, we must prepare early.

  Don’t say anything else, spring plowing has just begun, so people can plant more drought-tolerant grains.

  The day when Xiao Yeyang returned to the palace, Daohua was busy telling him what was wrong with the weather this year.

  Xiao Yeyang did not show any unexpected expressions after hearing this. Obviously, he knew this a long time ago, and also told Daohua that some provinces had not rained since the first month.

   Daohua's complexion changed: "Is there really a drought?"

  Xiao Yeyang nodded solemnly: "According to the current situation, there are already signs of this kind. I only hope that the scope of this drought will not be too wide."

   said, paused.

  "Do you still remember the former political envoy Wu of Ninglu?"

   Daohua nodded: "Why don't you remember that the tribe of Governor Wu? When we first came to Xiliang, we asked someone to borrow food. Didn't he transfer back to the capital a few years ago?"

Xiao Yeyang: "He has been transferred back to the capital. It is a friend of his who took over his position. The current chief envoy holding the famous post of Wu's family sent me a letter yesterday, asking me for help. Woolen cloth."

  Taohua raised her eyebrows: "Looking for you to borrow food?"

  Xiao Yeyang shook his head: "It's not borrowing grain, it's borrowing grain to grow. I can know that other provinces may experience drought so quickly, he told me."

   "From the perspective of Wu's family, he has to lend him a batch, but not too much."

   "If there is a drought, it may not have a great impact on Xiliang. The grain varieties we promote here are relatively drought-tolerant and will not have a deadly harvest. It is difficult to say in other provinces."

   "At that time, Uncle Huang might also ask me to grow grain. I have to reserve a batch."

   Daohua sighed: "The high-yield grains are still too few. I hope that one day, I can spread the four-season grains throughout the summer."

  Xiao Yeyang patted Daohua's hand: "You have done a good job. Think about the old Xiliang. Although the people of Xiliang are not well-fed, at least the hungry situation has improved significantly."

   "Nowadays, there are almost no empty granaries built by the government. After the autumn harvest every year, what I like most is to visit the granaries everywhere."

   "The land of Xiliang is very sparsely populated. When all the wasteland is used, Xiliang might still become our granary for the great summer."

   Daohua smiled and said, "If that were the case, it would be great." After speaking, he paused, "There are still too few people in Xiliang."

  Xiao Yeyang smiled and said: "This is not anxious. Now that life is better, the population will naturally rise."

  Time slips away bit by bit, and the drought situation in various places is becoming more and more obvious and more and more serious.

  The capital, the imperial palace.

  The emperor looked at the piles of papers about droughts in various places on the imperial case, and his face became heavy and severe.

  It’s almost July, and the drought in the provinces of Ninglu, Fenjin, and Qin’an is still continuing, and there has been no rain in many places since the beginning of the year.

  This drought is the most serious since he succeeded to the throne.

   Soon, Yang Shoufu, Liubu Shangshu, and several princes came to the palace together.

  Yang Shoufu first said: "The emperor, this drought has affected several provinces, and disaster relief must be put on the agenda as soon as possible."

  The emperor: "I called you over today to discuss disaster relief. You can all talk about your views."

The eldest prince looked at the crowd and took the lead: "Father, Ninglu and other places have experienced drought conditions. Of course relief supplies must be prepared, but according to Erchen Yujian, the most important thing is to deliver drought-tolerant food to these places. Planting the past, only in this way can we really help the people through the drought."

Seeing the emperor nodded in agreement, the eldest prince was overjoyed, and continued his efforts: "Father, Xiliang has been developing pretty well these years. This year's drought has actually affected Xiliang, but Xiliang did not pass it up. "

  “The main reason for this is that the grains grown in Xiliang are drought-tolerant grains.”

   "Father, the sons and ministers have petitioned that they are willing to collect drought-tolerant grain seeds from Xiliang, so as to relieve the danger of drought in the provinces of Ninglu."

  As soon as the words came out, the ministers present couldn't help but look at the eldest prince.

  Who doesn’t know now, Prince Ping’s Mansion is at odds with the eldest prince. The eldest prince proposed to go to Xiliang at this time because he wanted to suppress the king of Weiyuan in the past.

  Take the merits made by others to build one's own merits, and rush up to step on the faces of others. This trick of the eldest prince is really cruel.

  The emperor did not comment, and continued to ask other ministers for their opinions.

  After all the ministers had expressed their opinions, an **** held a zipper in both hands and entered the hall: "The emperor, the king of Xiliang Weiyuan has just sent the zipper."

The emperor took the Zhezi, and after reading it, he smiled and looked at the eldest prince: "You don’t need to go to Xiliang, Yeyang sent a Zhezi saying that the people of Xiliang are willing to donate 100,000 stone grains to the affected provinces. ."

  The prince looked stiff. In order to get this job, he lowered his status to beg a few younger brothers a few days ago, don't fight with him, I didn't expect Xiao Yeyang to do this!

  Not only did he not expect it, but also others did not expect it.

  The main reason is that the starting point of Xiliang is too low. Even if it has developed well over the years, it has nothing to do with the wealthy provincial government.

  Who knows, Xiao Yeyang would come up with such a large batch of grains under such severe drought conditions in the north.

   Before everyone was surprised to play, the emperor spoke again: "Yeyang also said that Xiliang is very sparsely populated. If Ninglu and others are unable to help the people, they can move a group to Xiliang."

  As soon as these words came out, Yang Shoufu couldn't help it: "Emperor, can Xiliang support so many people now?"

  The emperor thought of the news that Jin Lingwei reported, and he also had some surprises between his eyebrows. Yeyang dared to move people in the year of drought, mainly potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, which were too high-yielding food.

  (End of this chapter)