The spring rains are falling earlier than in any previous year, and farmers all over the country are looking happy, which is a good sign of a good harvest.

Perhaps, this year you can have a full meal, this is the inner thought of every low-level person.

It's a pity, this is just a foreshadowing of a catastrophe made by God, and the despair after hope, if there are gods in this world, is also that kind of twisted guy.

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"It's so hot... Sure enough, the summer of the disaster year was a little hotter than ever... ”

It's been two months in a row that I've received news that the eastern provinces are flooded and overwhelmed, and now the center of Wuhan and Nanjing can start rowing.

Now the Yellow River has begun to burst its banks again. According to history, there are about two months left in the Northeast... Gee..

"It is true that a large part of the grain harvest at low altitudes will be lost, and the flood will be followed by the drought, and there will be large eaters in these places in the south of the lake (meow), and then it will be recorded by a librarian and passed on to future generations. Tsk, it's a pity he left in the second half of 1909... Otherwise, he would have known that the next three years would be even more serious~"

An anthology is also a very useful material at this time, any person in this era left behind, recording the information of life, can be a good help Yu Ling to judge the situation.

In an anthology, there are some interesting things recorded.

"One hundred stone of grain, that is, six thousand catties, tsk, even if you add enough food for a hundred people, can a township of several hundred people only make up such a little? It seems that this disaster is worse than imagined... ”

No matter how you calculate it, the grain output of a township plus the stock is only 6,000 catties in the end... It's all the rhythm of pills...

No wonder there are millions of people eating big households... If this is the case in other provinces, Yu Ling suspects that he is a pill...

"There's no problem on our side, right?"

For this problem, we still have to confirm, in case something unexpected happens, it will be bad, Sichuan's grain is the key to the next safe and stable life.

"Don't worry, there is no problem, whether it is based on historical data or meteorological calculations, the rain here in the future will be normal, there will be no such situation, of course, it is only a flood, I can't guarantee other problems, such as the collapse of the Himalayas, being airdropped locust eggs or something, but this is enough, right?" Clea had a playful look on her face, basically, this place in Sichuan, 90% of the time there may be no problems.

"Tsk, if nothing else, the grain output of Si (Meow) Sichuan should be 10 million tons, and the population of Si (Meow) Sichuan is also 40 million, tsk, it's good to feed one Si (Meow) Chuan, etc.? Lake (meow) south, lake (meow) north, Jiang (meow) Su, Jiang (meow) west, Fu (meow) Jian, An (meow) Hui, Heilong (meow) river, this is all the hardest hit areas? Not much... How can it be so serious? ”

Yu Ling was a little puzzled, the book said that the whole country was flooded and drought, and hunger was everywhere. How did it become that there were only seven provinces... If there is a deviation in the report, you have to be responsible!!

“。。。 You figured it out... The summer grain harvest is gone!! And nearly two-thirds of these provinces will have a drought, and production will drop by 60 percent! There is also a loss of tens of millions of people!! (Generally speaking, 85% of the famine + 15% of starvation) A large-scale war will only lose so many people... It's not serious?!! Moreover, this is only the hardest-hit area, and the provinces that have been affected by the disaster have not yet been counted. ”

Clea said angrily, this guy has a completely every concept of these data, and he really thinks that 50 million died in World War II and thinks that 10 million is not a thing? This kind of thinking eats jujube pills.

"Okay... In this case, at least 40 million tons of grain production will be lost in the country... But the gap will not be so big as to destroy the country, and sweet potatoes, potatoes or something can also be emergency... All right... The double blow of drought and flood. ”

No matter what crop you can't stand it, this situation is that if there is a flood now, it should be a drought, and then there will be a flood again, and so on. Tut... These provinces are in a state of abolition, and it's no wonder that they have lost at least a third of their population in ten years.

"This is only the first year, the second year there are other places affected by the disaster, all say that it was this disaster and the rumors that came out of nowhere in 1911 that caused the financial crisis, of course, plus our kind of two or five boys, under the promotion of several parties, the Qing Dynasty was finished. Now, it is true that it has not yet reached the point of destroying the country. ”

There is nothing wrong with the current Qing Dynasty being empty, but it is not enough for a rumor to collapse.

Many people still trust the government's creditworthiness, and if there is no clear evidence that the treasury is empty, the bank run will not be able to start.

"Actually... No matter how you look at it, this flood is caused by the disrepair of various water conservancy facilities accumulated over the years, just like the floods that occur every year in later generations are also caused by the failure of various dams, and the government's reluctance to clean up the silt and return farmland... So... ”

There's a lot to be seen in what the Intelligence Bureau collects.

Some of the recorded continuous heavy rains only appeared in some areas, and although some other places also caused floods, the rainfall was definitely not like this, and many places were caused by rivers, and no matter how you think about it, it is the pot of ecological environment destruction.

"You don't want to save the people of the whole country again, do you? Hey, do you know how much work it takes to clean up the sludge? With the technology of this era, to do all these things well in the whole country, it will take at least one year's income from the Qing government. Do you understand? Moreover, not only do this, afforestation, water diversion or something, there are a lot of troubles... Now is definitely not the time to take over. ”

What's wrong with this, Clea couldn't help but have an expression on her face.

Not to mention the question of timing, it's obviously hundreds of kilometers away, and I want to forcibly intervene... Don't you look at your own strength?

"Okay...

I touched my tea helplessly, and the temperature was about the same.

"Wait, that's what ... Your lumbermills need to start planting trees again, or else that could happen here, and it's a mistake to forget to take this variable into account. Now, it shouldn't be too late. ”

Clea and Yuling were shocked by this incident at the same time, but, indeed, it's not too late, it's just a year's worth of trees, and they have specifically explained that they are not allowed to look at the trees that are young a few times... There should be no problem if you lose under planting.

"Miss, something happened!"

Just thinking about it, the door was rudely pushed open, I haven't met Leshan this guy so rude for a long time.

"What's the matter, don't be so generous, be calm when you encounter things."

Yu Ling picked up the teacup, brushed the tea with the lid, and took a sip elegantly.

"Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Hu (Meow) Guang, didn't know where he got the information about the deployment of our troops, saying that we have self-respecting troops and want to rebel, so we have already led our troops to this side."

After taking a breath, as Yu Ling wished, Leshan made things clear at a very fast speed.

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"Poof, what did you say? Zhang Zhidong wants to make trouble? "Yu Ling, who wants to make an elder demeanor, is not calm at once." Let the General Command gather troops! ”