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The influx of displaced people into the prefecture has put tremendous pressure on the local government.

In order to resettle the victims, Wei Shuo issued a shilling order to urgently transfer the grain storage in Shuozhou to Bingzhou, and sent people to purchase a large amount of grain from Persia and Jiangdong.

Unexpectedly, due to the invasion, Persia reduced the outflow of grain.

And relying only on Jiangdong alone, Hexi was suddenly stretched up and down.

Wei Shuo immediately summoned Song Xuan, Cui Hao, Zhang Zhan, Zhao Rou and others to discuss the strategy of raising grain.

"Most of the capital, nearly 30,000 displaced people poured into the state last month, and now the total number of displaced people has exceeded 110,000."

"The sudden increase in the population by nearly a quarter has put tremendous pressure on the state to survive."

"Zhang Tingshi has repeatedly asked the Metropolitan Protectorate for help, requesting the allocation of grain and grass to Jin."

"At present, the amount of grain reserves in Hexi has dropped below the warning line, and if we don't try to replenish it, we may be completely exhausted by the tide of displaced people."

"Even if a batch of grain is urgently purchased from Jiangdong, it is still a drop in the bucket compared to tens of thousands of displaced people."

"In case of other emergencies, Hexi may not be able to cope with it."

Now, with the tacit agreement reached with Houyan, the number of westward migrants has increased dramatically.

More than 100,000 displaced people need to be resettled, and everyone in the local and metropolitan areas is busy.

And the most worrying thing for everyone is that there will be a shortage of grain and grass.

Wei Shuo also felt a headache, although the entry of displaced people into Jin increased the population, but it also brought huge material supply pressure to Hexi.

More than 100,000 displaced people have little output, and the amount of food consumed every day alone is astronomical.

Wei Shuo's fingers tapped lightly on the table, pondered for a while and asked, "Can you support it even if you count all the reserve grain?" ”

"Yes, yes."

Song Miao frowned and said, "It's just that in this way, at least before this year's autumn harvest, Hexi will not be able to withstand any turmoil." ”

"Even if there is any disturbance in the outside world, you can only watch and do nothing."

"That being the case...... Then we will make every effort to resettle the displaced people first, and as for the changes in the external situation......"

In the end, Wei Shuo made a final decision: "Hmm...... As long as it does not affect the core interests of Hexi, it can be ignored for the time being. ”

"The resettlement of displaced people should not only focus on food, but also find something for them to do, otherwise it will be easy to cause chaos."

"In order to resettle more than 100,000 displaced people, the Metropolitan Protectorate has urgently allocated 300,000 yuan in disaster relief funds."

"It is specially used to prepare for the establishment of various workshops to increase the opportunities for working in the state, so that the majority of displaced people have something to do."

"Well, good, well done."

……

As the saying goes: Blessings are incomparable, but disasters are not singular!

The matter of the displaced people entering Jin has not been completely resolved, and another news has come that has almost collapsed the upper and lower parts of Hexi.

Since last winter, the weather in Longyou, Hexi, has been very dry and cold, and the snowfall has been more than half of that of previous years.

The abnormal weather caused great attention from Hexi up and down, and sure enough, after the beginning of spring, Duhufu received an urgent report from Qinliang and Erzhou.

According to the local government, due to the dry climate, in a few months, in the spring and summer, there is a high probability of a severe drought and locust plague in Qinliang Prefecture.

Zuo Changshi Song Miao did not dare to slack off after receiving the urgent report, he sent his subordinate officials to verify, and at the same time sent the emergency report to the capital guard.

Wei Shuo was also extremely shocked when he learned about it, he knew that locust plagues and droughts were no less harmful than a war in ancient times.

Every locust plague outbreak is often accompanied by displaced people everywhere, starving all over the wilderness, and for the common people, it is almost a catastrophe.

As he scanned the urgent report from the Metropolitan Protectorate, his brain spun rapidly, thinking about a solution to the problem.

Guo Wen, the assassin of Qinzhou, also said in an emergency report that since the beginning of winter last year, there has not been a single heavy snow in the entire Qinzhou.

Since the beginning of spring, several counties in the territory have experienced drought of varying degrees.

Guo Wen repeatedly reminded the capital that due to the lack of snow in winter, a large number of insect eggs escaped the severe cold.

Not surprisingly, by August this year, Qinzhou will inevitably suffer a large-scale locust plague.

Even in modern times, locust plagues are still one of the most harmful natural disasters, let alone ancient times when conditions were scarce?!

Locust plagues are not easy to manage, and even in modern times, they require long-term agricultural control.

Only by transforming the local water and soil and changing the local climate can the locust plague be completely ended.

In addition, such as raising poultry to feed on locusts and spraying with drugs, these are all temporary measures, and they do not cure the symptoms.

Thinking of this, Wei Shuo couldn't help frowning, poultry is okay, but where to find insecticidal pesticides?

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"Let's discuss it and see how this matter is resolved."

"My lord, in my opinion, whether it is a large influx of displaced people or an imminent disaster, the key to solving the problem lies in food."

"As long as there is enough food, whether it is drought relief or relief for the victims, Hexi will be able to do it with ease."

Hearing that Cui Hao put food as the top priority, everyone nodded in agreement.

Wei Shuo thought about it carefully, it was really like that.

Historically, the main reason for the serious harm caused by natural disasters is that disaster relief has lagged behind, resulting in natural disasters turning into human disasters.

"What Bo Yuan said is very true, since all the grain reserves have been transferred to the state, it is now necessary to purchase grain from outside as soon as possible to prevent natural disasters."

"Persia and Jiangdong have always been the grain import areas of Hexi, but Persia has fallen into war, and there is not much grain outflow."

"Last year, in order to recover the annexed states and quell the rebellion in the Western Regions, Hexi has purchased a large amount of grain from Jiangdong."

"Before the autumn of this year, there may be no surplus grain in the Jiangdong market."

"Hebei? Guanzhong? Outside the plug? Where else can you meet the needs of Hexi? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent, could it be that Hexi really made it difficult for a good woman to cook without rice?

Just when everyone was helpless, they saw Liu Mu take a step forward and said loudly: "Ahem, there is a way below, I don't know if it is feasible?" ”

When everyone heard this, they looked at Liu Muzhi with a look of surprise, even Wei Shuo was no exception.

"You should know that you grow up in Jiangnan."

"And Jingkou is located at the confluence of rivers and seas, so it is common to see local people forced to go to the sea to fish for their livelihood."

"It's just that the smell of sea fish is very strong, except for ordinary people who eat it, most powerful families only eat river fish."

"And the sea is so vast, there must be much more fish in it than in the rivers."

"As long as most of the protectors spend a lot of money to buy them, I believe that the coastal people will definitely catch enough marine fish in a short period of time."

"With fish and meat for dinner, a lot of food will be saved."

"In addition, there is indeed no surplus food in the Jiangdong market, but the minister thinks that there must be a lot of grain in the hands of the Jiangdong family."

"The minister is willing to go to Jiangnan in person to buy grain from the Sanwu family."

"These two are enough for Hexi to tide over the difficulties."

However, just as everyone was rejoicing at Liu Muzhi's suggestion, Cui Hao poured another basin of cold water.

"Right Sima's proposal is very constructive, but there is a problem, how to transport the collected fish back to Hexi?"

"It is important to know that fish are not easy to preserve, and it is good to say that if they are alive, once they die, they will stink in a few days."

"And Hexi and Jiangdong are thousands of miles apart, and they come and go for more than half a month, and when the sea fish arrives in Guzang, I am afraid that they will not be able to eat it for a long time."

"Huh? This, this ......"

As soon as Cui Hao's words came out, everyone present was disappointed.

Wei Weishuo didn't know what he thought, and there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

It has to be said that Liu Muzhi reminded Wei Shuo and made him realize that he was ignoring the ocean, a huge treasure trove no less than land.

Others may not know, don't Wei Shuo know how rich food is in the ocean?

"Hahaha, Dao and the proposal are excellent, and finally solve Shuo's worries." Wei Shuo said in high spirits.

"It's true that marine fish are not easy to transport over long distances, but we can canned marine fish so that we can solve the storage problem."

"Canned?" Everyone was confused and completely puzzled.

"Yes, in addition to processing it into canned food, it can also be dried into dried fish, which can extend the storage time of fish."

"We can first send people to the southeast coastal areas such as Huiji to set up canning workshops there."

"Then we buy a large number of marine fish, and finally process them into canned food and transport them back to Hexi."

"In addition, let the caravans increase their efforts to purchase food and buy as much food as possible."

In the end, Wei Shuo suddenly said in an inexplicable tone: "Now Murong Chui should be assured to boldly attack the Northern Wei Dynasty." ”

"Tiye, you go and say hello to Tao Qian, and ask him to publish the information that the natural disaster is about to break out."