Liaodong has had good weather for six years.

Perhaps it was really declining after its peak. Wu Nian’s expectations did not come true. From the end of the year to February and March, there were three light rains in Yingqing Prefecture and Guangchuan Prefecture, and they only moistened the soil.

surface level.

The water level in the river is getting shallower and shallower.

There are more and more wrinkles on the heads of ordinary people.

Beishan Fort.

With the transfer of military and political affairs in Wu Nian, and with the departure of Wu Nian in worshiping his ancestors, this ordinary small castle became more and more inconspicuous.

outside the city.

A large number of fields were scattered with sad-looking people.

Under Wu Nian's rule, there were no military households, only ordinary people. There were not many large households in Beishan Fort, and almost every household had a field.

The advantage is that the distribution is even, but the disadvantage is that the ability to resist risks is extremely poor.

"We are going to suffer this year. Most of the crops under this kind of conditions will not survive." Zhang You stood on the field with a hoe, looking at the dry fields and the crops, and sighed.

He is the descendant of Zhang Sheng, and has a son who works as a soldier beside Zhang Sheng. But his roots are still in Beishan Fort, making a living by farming with his wife and family.

As an old farmer, he is very familiar with this situation. If you are lucky and it rains next, then that's fine. If you are unlucky, there will be no harvest.

"No matter how bad things are, you have to plant. If you plant, you will be able to produce food. If you don't plant, you will have to eat the northwest wind." Zhang You's wife wiped the sweat from her forehead and sighed.

"Why."

Zhang You sighed and nodded.

"That's right. From now on, we have to save our food rations. As long as the whole family eats the minimum standard of food every day, we can survive. Especially if we eat less, let our children and grandchildren eat more."

Zhang You turned around and said to his wife.

"If there is no harvest this year, even if we calculate the daily rations like this, I'm afraid we can only last until March or April next year. How will we survive the rest of the time?" my wife sighed.

This is because Beishan Fort has had good harvests every year in these years. Even if it supports an army, every household has a surplus of food.

This is what this kind of field is like.

If there is a good harvest one year, a drought or something else, the people can survive. But if there is a drought for two consecutive years, basically every household will be clean.

"Let's talk about it then." Zhang You smiled bitterly and shook his head.

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Jinghai County.

Although Goguryeo, Fusang, and Chu were far away, merchants still transported food from the sea to make money.

Wu Nian's plan for a rainy day was indeed the right thing to do.

Now everyone in Liaodong knows that this year will probably be very difficult. The price of grain in Liaodong has begun to rise.

Although before Wu Nian, the prices he offered to merchants were very high, but now they look ordinary. But Wu Nian took action first and made an agreement with these merchants.

They were reputable and had no debts. Therefore, after these merchants arrived in Liaodong, they immediately delivered the grain to the prefect Lu Sheng.

Because there was so much food, the granary in Jinghai County could no longer hold it. Lu Sheng asked Liu Wu to send troops to transport half of it to Jiang County.

As soon as the merchant's ship docked, it was served by a one-stop service. Liu Wu's soldiers watched the whole process.

Li Tianbao's entire naval force was also dispatched to patrol the sea and protect merchant ships. There was no other way.

Before, it was a precautionary measure, but now it is a life-saving weapon.

These foods are life-saving.

In the magistrate's yamen, Lu Sheng was wearing a black dress and sitting on the main seat. Below him were a large number of officials, who were working with abacus to calculate the amount of grain they had purchased during this period.

After a while, an official from the household, sweating profusely, took a piece of paper and handed it to Lu Sheng. He bent down and said, "Sir, this is the total number."

Lu Sheng quickly stretched out his hand to take the white paper and began to read it. There was both joy and worry on his face. The black and white words on the paper were clearly written.

Not to mention erasing the small changes, this group of merchants transported food from the sea. It is said that it is too much, and it is too little to say that it is small.

There are 5.23 million jins of rice and 2.3 million jins of wheat. Together, there are 7.5 million jins of grain.

It seems like quite a lot.

But there are really few special codes.

According to Wu Nian's army food level, a soldier eats at least half a catty of grain every day. Now Wu Nian has 130,000 to 40,000 soldiers under his command, calculated as 100,000.

You need to eat at least 50,000 kilograms of grain every day, and you have to earn 20 million yuan a year.

The population of Yingqing Prefecture and Guangchuan Prefecture is between one and two million. This does not include children. The annual ration is at least 200 million.

Of course, you can also make porridge, as long as you don't starve to death.

Moreover, this also requires a prerequisite. This year, Yingqing Prefecture and Guangchuan Prefecture really have no harvest.

All in all, these 7.5 million grains may seem like a lot, but they are actually not much.

But there is nothing we can do. The ship's carrying capacity is really limited. The sea is so wide.

"Immediately spread the news. Raise the price of grain even higher. As long as they can transport it, we, the generals of the Fu Han Dynasty, will eat it. We will give them real money and silver. They will never be short of a copper penny."

Lu Sheng's forehead was dripping with cold sweat, he raised his head and said to the household official.

"Yes." The official responded and immediately went down.

"I hope everything goes well." Lu Sheng stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and thought to himself.

Trade on this large sea is very risky. Now Wu Nian, Meng, Yuan and Chu are enemies at the same time. Moreover, the Goguryeo people are also eyeing Liaodong.

This time, Wu Nian took precautions and launched his attack in advance, without any obstruction from any party.

Now that it is clear that there is a drought in Liaodong, all parties may use their strength to block grain. There is no other way. All parties have a vast land and abundant resources.

There is drought here, but there is relief there.

In the year of Wu, there were only two mansions here. There was a drought all of a sudden. Wasn't it because it was controlled by others?

Those who have ambitions for Liaodong will probably laugh out of their dreams.

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Jiang County. The weather is getting hotter and hotter. There are gradually fewer pedestrians on the streets.

In the study room of General Fuhan's Mansion, Wu Nian is sitting on the main seat, followed by Chief Shi Liu Zhixing and Magistrate Zhang Haiping.

"Chen Jiagui received news. It was said that the Queen Mother of Goguryeo ordered to block food and not allow food to leave the country. There is no news from Chu State, but it is likely to be the same."

"The Mongolian people seem to be contacting the pirates at sea to block us and prevent merchant ships from coming in."

"Every one of these people around me wishes that I, Wu Nian, would die in the drought. Although we have taken precautions and obtained seven to eight million kilograms of grain, we can breathe a sigh of relief. But in the long run, I am afraid that the whole plate will be full.

lose."

Wu Nian was sitting on the main seat, drinking a cold drink and speaking in a very serious tone.

This war is easy to talk about. When we meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins.

But a good woman can't make a living without rice. Now the entire officials of the Fu Han General's Mansion are in dire straits.

Meng Yuan people, Goguryeo people, Chu people, Fusang pirates, all are tigers and wolves, and they all want to get a piece of his body.

Wu Nian was discussing countermeasures with two civil servants. This wave of waves broke out again and again. A soldier came in from outside and reported: "Report to the general. The county magistrate came to report. They said that people from two villages outside the city were fighting for water.

In a fight with weapons, two people died and dozens of others were injured."
Chapter completed!