Chapter 469: Ice Age? Xiaoice period? 2/2
The tenth city is the city of Haocheng, with Hu Nan as the lord of the city, and the Ri clan and the Hua clan moved to the city; The eleventh city was Pengcheng, with Lu Shi as the city lord, and (second) the snake clan and the fox clan moved to Pengcheng; The rest of the Crow Clan migrated to Zhongjing City.
Before the autumn harvest, three more A-type ships and two B-type ships were launched in the two shipyards, bringing the number of ships owned by Xia to 44, including 39 A-type ships and 5 B-type ships.
The construction speed of Type A ships is very fast, Yuancheng Shipyard can build three ships every year, and the construction speed of Type B ships is a little slower, only two Type B ships can be built every two years, and it is expected that it can reach the level of three ships every two years next year.
Thanks to the increase in the number of ships, it took only two trips for the five clans to migrate to the Xia Kingdom, and all the grain of the five clans was transported back, and the second trip was also the last foreign trade of the Xia Kingdom this year.
Before the snow falls, the ice freezes first.
When he got up early in the morning and saw ice in the basin outside the house, Su Yan was stunned, winter is here again, and I don't know if this year's water freezing time is earlier or delayed than last year.
"Hopefully it's a delay." Su Yan thought silently.
Just after breakfast, the deer witch, the snake witch, and the tiger witch came to the palace to meet Su Yan, and the serious looks of the three witches made Su Yan feel that something bad was happening.
"King, the time for the water to freeze has been advanced by four days!" There was a hint of helplessness in the solemn look of the deer witch, the water has frozen earlier, the pace of climate change is still advancing, and it is expected that this winter will last longer and be colder than last year's winter.
Hearing Lu Wu's words, Su Yan didn't know what to say, this is a natural disaster, this is the power of nature, even if Su Yan has the strength of a hundred enemies, he is powerless to resist natural disasters, even if Xia has a population of 70,000 or 80,000, he is unable to resist natural disasters, even if Xia and all the tribes on the earth are united, they cannot resist natural disasters.
"What shall we do, King?" The Tiger Witch looked at the king with hopeful eyes, it was the king who established the dragon tribe to establish the Xia Kingdom, it was the king who brought us to overcome one difficulty after another and become strong, as long as the king said yes, we will definitely be able to survive this crisis.
"Go back, I will make all kinds of arrangements, even if this world is to be destroyed, our Xia Kingdom is the last one to perish." Su Yan said to the three witches with emotion, helplessness and comfort.
There is no solution from the king, the three witches can only leave the palace silently, too, they are people, the king is also a person, the so-called god has never appeared, in the face of this natural disaster, what strength do people have to resist.
However, the three witches still pinned their hopes on the king, everyone is human, but the king is the most unique one in the world, if someone can lead the Xia Kingdom through this natural disaster, that person will definitely be the king.
Standing at the door, Su Yan looked at the figures of the three witches in the distance, until the figures of the three witches disappeared, Su Yan still stood there silently, looking at the somewhat gloomy sky.
Ice age, ice age, Xiaoice period, these words are the information that Su Yan learned in the history books in the previous life, the horror of the ice age Su Yan can not imagine, but the terrible Su Yan of the Xiaoice period can still know some.
From the data on China's meteorological history written by Zhu Kejiao, it can be known that several of the largest social/social turmoil/turmoil periods in Chinese history are indeed closely related to the four Xiaoice River periods, and are not entirely caused by the failure of the bureaucracy.
From the end of the Yin Shang dynasty to the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty was the first Xiaoice River period, the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, and the Western Jin Dynasty was the second Xiaoice River period, the late Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties, and the early Northern Song Dynasty were the third Xiaoice River period, and the late Ming and early Qing dynasties were the fourth Xiaoice River period.
At that time, the temperature dropped sharply, causing drought in the north, a large reduction in grain production, and the formation of decades of violent social turmoil and war, and long-term famine was the fundamental cause of the unrestrained expansion of war.
Even if the Xiaoice River period falls on the land where Xia Country is located, the impact on Xia Country will definitely not be small, drought and flooding will cause food production to decrease, and food is the most important component of daily food, if food is missing, the consequences can be imagined.
Fortunately, the cities of the Xia Kingdom are located on both sides of the Yellow River or on both sides of the tributaries of the Yellow River, and there will be absolutely no shortage of water, and the farmland outside the cities has also dug ditches in all directions.
The Xiaoice River period will have an impact on the Xia Kingdom, but it will not let the Xia Kingdom fall, and the impact on other tribes outside the Xia Kingdom will be very large, for food, various tribes will fight each other, in the absence of food, some tribes will even incarnate cannibals, in order to survive, cannibalism is also the path they can choose.
Of course, if it is only the Xiaoice Age, Xia Guo may still expand itself in the Xiaoice Age, I am afraid that this is not a shrunken version of the Xiaoice Age, but a real Ice Age, when the earth is covered by ice and snow for a long time, I am afraid that the creatures on the land will be sharply reduced, even the Xia Kingdom will be destroyed in the Ice Age, as long as a few lives survive the Ice Age.
Lead all the people of Xia to migrate to a warmer place in the south? It can't be, it's too hard, and the problem of food is hard to solve.
Su Yan gave up thinking about the question of the ice age or the Xiaoice period, and only wanted to get together with his family, if the ice age really came, even if he could not keep the Xia country, he could rely on the power of the Xia country to retain the "fire" of at least a few hundred people.
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Except for the Xia Kingdom, only an ancient and powerful tribe like the Fishing Tribe has noticed the climate change for several years.
In the cold winter of last year, some members of the fishing tribe died, and the central settlement was better, and nearly 200 people were frozen to death in the scattered small settlements.
In an ordinary cold winter, the fishing tribe will not be suspicious, but at this time, the cold winter has become colder and colder for several years, and the fishing tribe can feel the climate change no matter how dull it is.
In a certain house of the fishing tribe, the high-level of the fisherman tribe with serious faces sat in a circle, and the raging flames in the stove brought heat and some light to the house.
The house of the fishing tribe was learned by the fishing tribe from the Xia country itself, at least it is better than the original house of the fishing tribe, there is a stove, and the people who live in this kind of house will hardly be frozen to death.
"Chief, it's getting colder and colder, we're better here, I'm afraid a lot of the clansmen outside will freeze to death." A stocky middle-aged man said with a sigh.
"What's going on on this day, many people have been frozen to death in the past few years." A young warrior followed.
The old leader shook his head and replied, "I don't know, I've never experienced anything like it. ”