Although the Dawu Dynasty was considered strong, in this era when communication only relied on horses, it took a lot of time for the news from Jiangnan and other places to reach the capital.

Zhao Tiannan received the news of the chaos from Jiangnan and other places, and he was so anxious that his eyes were dark, and he almost fainted directly.

Before he could respond to the matter, another, even worse news came.

After these several comings and goings, it is now the autumn harvest season of previous years, and due to the impact of this drought in Jiangnan and other places, the grain output is even lower than expected, and it is less than 30% of previous years!

Jiangnan and other places are the main source of food in the Dawu Dynasty, it can be said that in the entire Dawu Dynasty, at least one-third of the people pointed to the grain produced in these places to eat, and now the grain production is strictly reduced, which means that nearly one-third of the people in the Dawu Dynasty have the possibility of starvation.

Not to mention the people in other places, even the tenants in Jiangnan and other places, this year's grain harvest was not good, and among the pitiful grain, they had to pay a large part of the rent, and when the rent was paid, the family who had worked hard for a year could only get a little ration.

Even the tenants who farmed the land were like this, but what about the people who bought grain with money?

As soon as the harvest situation in Jiangnan and other places came out, the price of grain, which had already risen by several percent compared with previous years, rose all the way, and a stone of grain that could be bought for five cents of silver in the past may not be able to be bought even for five taels of silver now.

Don't be too expensive, at a time when it is obvious that many people will go to famine, of course, food that fills their stomachs is more important than silver.

Those who have money in their hands and have a long-term view will naturally take the money to buy enough food to store at home before everyone else, while those who either have no silver or have money and are reluctant to spend a high price on food. They can only watch the price of grain rise to a high price that they have never thought of before.

In addition to the peasants who farmed the land, how could there be much grain in the homes of ordinary people. So it didn't take more than a month, and the victims of the Dawu Dynasty had already begun to appear in various parts of the Dawu Dynasty. They appeared on the streets in twos and threes, barely surviving on the help of the occasional well-wishers.

Some of these victims left their hometowns to join their relatives but failed to fulfill their wishes, and some were really forced by the situation of this year to have no choice but to beg on the streets.

In those places that are not shrouded in the shadow of drought. The simple and kind people were kind to these victims at first, but when these people also found that the food in the grain shops was decreasing day by day and the price of food was rising day by day, they naturally felt that they could not protect themselves and no longer had extra compassion to help others.

The panic caused by the food shortness gradually spread to the entire Dawu Dynasty with the footsteps of the victims.

If anyone takes a closer look at the road that has been traversed by the disaster, they will be shocked by the devastated situation.

People have an instinctive fear of hunger, and if they are only hungry for a day or two, it is better to say, at this time, people still have reason. But if this hunger continues for another two or three days, then even the people themselves will not know what they can do.

The victims fled to various places, relying on some bark and grass roots to survive on the way. But after entering the cities of the Great Wu Dynasty, there were no so many grass roots and bark for them to gnaw, and after not getting help from kind-hearted people, they gradually abandoned their reason and humanity when they were hungry, and did all kinds of things that they would never dare to do before in order to survive.

If you don't have anything to eat, then you will rob it, and you will not dare to rob the official house, will they not even dare to rob the homes of ordinary people?

That's it. Under the actions of these victims who did not care about it in order to survive, the whole part of the Dawu Dynasty was in chaos. When it's time to eat, the local people are like a great enemy. I am afraid that the little food I have saved with great difficulty will be taken away by those desperate victims.

In the midst of such panic, both the victims and the ordinary people who suffered greatly felt very tormented.

After that, the people's calls for the government to open warehouses and release grain became louder and louder.

But everyone knows that officials in Jiangnan and other places have long stolen and sold out the official grain in the granary, and now although the granary still exists, they don't want to find even a grain of grain in it.

This fact made countless people feel deeply desperate, and then those corrupt officials gritted their teeth with hatred, eager to eat their flesh raw.

This kind of hatred gathers together, and it becomes a popular grievance that is terrified even by those in power.

The Dawu Dynasty was able to be established at the beginning, not only because Zhao Tiannan and others could win the battle, but also because they were supported by the people of the world.

Zhao Tiannan had this feeling at this time.

He also regretted it a little at this time, if he had really made up his mind to strictly investigate the merchants related to the official grain and take out some grain from them, he would not have been so passive at this time.

As the most important heart of the Dawu Dynasty, the situation here is undoubtedly much better than other places, although you can occasionally see a few miserable victims on the streets and alleys, fighting with beggars and wild dogs for food, but the number is not much.

However, Zhao Tiannan also knows that such a situation is only temporary.

The people of the world all know that the capital is the richest place in the Dawu Dynasty, how could those victims not know this, and in desperation, they will naturally instinctively go to the capital.

I'm afraid that after a while, there will be more people in the capital who don't know about the disaster.

And when the time comes, Zhao Tiannan, the emperor, will he want to provide disaster relief, or will he drive these victims out of the capital?

Zhao Tiannan wanted to start a grain relief campaign, but it was difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, even if he was willing, the empty granary would not allow it.

But he can't drive the victims out of the capital, if he really does this, he is afraid that the public anger that has been aroused will be even more intense, maybe a bad one will let the people of the world pull him off the throne.

After sitting on the dragon chair for more than 20 years, Zhao Tiannan had already regarded the rivers and mountains of the Great Wu Dynasty as his and the Zhao family's bag, how could he allow such a thing to happen under his nose?

Many ministers were summoned to discuss in the imperial study for most of the day, and it was not until some of the old and frail ministers were almost exhausted and paralyzed that Zhao Tiannan finally made a decision. (To be continued.) )

ps: There are only 2,000 words today, and I will make up for it later, I really can't spare time these days......