Although there were exaggerated reports of disasters and civil unrest reported to the imperial court in various places, the purpose was to reduce the number of annual taxes of the prefectures in Honshu, but most of them actually happened, and the situation was even worsening.

Spring and summer were supposed to be the season for sowing and cultivating, but due to frequent droughts, earthquakes, locust plagues, floods, and plagues in various places, coupled with endless civil uprisings and unrest, a large number of displaced people began to emerge in the prefectures, blindly moving towards places where food might be found, the most concentrated of which were Youzhou, Luoyang, Xiangyang, and Chengdu.

The victims of the disaster in Jizhou chose to flee to Youzhou without exception, Jizhou could barely protect themselves, and no large-scale tide of displaced people was found for the time being, the hungry people in Guanzhong and Hedong chose to flock to Luoyang, most of the hungry people in the Jianghuai region fled west to Jingzhou, and some of them went north into Xuzhou, and the affected people in Liangzhou migrated south and fled to Yizhou, which is rich in natural products, to make a living......

Large-scale waves of displaced people began to appear in various places, but at this time, we can see the difference between Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Sun Jian and others.

Although various parts of Yanzhou also suffered from disasters ranging from Cheng dù, because Cao Cao followed Liu He's practice in the north and devoted himself to building water conservancy and cultivating land in the fields, he stored a lot of grain, and the whole territory of Yanzhou remained stable. The situation in Yuzhou is even worse than that in Yanzhou, especially in some counties close to Jianghuai, but because Cao Cao is currently actually in control of Yuzhou, when the displaced people began to appear, he sent a large number of officials from Changyi to various parts of Yuzhou, on the one hand, to urge the local large households to open warehouses to relieve the people, and on the other hand, to guide the displaced people to Yanzhou to eat, so there was no large-scale flow of displaced people in Yuzhou.

Although Cao Cao was known as the hero of the troubled times in later generations, in fact, he was definitely a good hand in internal affairs, because of his storage, Yanzhou and Yuzhou hardly had to bother with the imperial court, as long as Liu He did not go south to attack Cao Cao at this time. He will be able to get through it smoothly.

Of course, Liu He would not attack Cao Cao at such a time, as long as Lao Cao worked hard to solve the problems of Yanzhou and Yuzhou, Liu He was even willing to help him with advice and provide a batch of new water conservancy and agricultural tools invented and produced by Youzhou. For fighting the civil war, Liu He has always lacked interest and enthusiasm.

Liu He's vision has never been limited to such a small place as Youzhou and Jizhou, the short-term goal he pursues is the revival of the Han Dynasty, and the long-term goal is that the Han nation can cover every plate of the planet, not only will the tragedy of Wuhu Chaohua not happen, but also make the Han nation the master of the entire planet.

The situation in Jingzhou is mixed. Liu Biaokongzhì's territory was so large that the whole of Jingzhou covered the southern part of Henan, Hubei, all of Hunan, Chongqing, Anhui, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Guangdong, and part of Guangxi. Such a large territory. It is impossible to have good weather everywhere, and it is impossible to suffer disasters at the same time, all Liu Biao can do is to transport the grain to the places where he is guarding, and resettle the homeless people who have been displaced after the disaster to the places where there is no disaster. For the people who fled from the Jianghuai area, Liu Biao's attitude was to receive as many as he could, and did not set up passes at the junctions and ferries leading to Jingzhou.

At this time, the Jiangdong region was not as prosperous and rich as after the opening of the country in later generations, especially the grain production had not yet increased, and the land here in Jiangnan and Jiangdong was rich in iron and acid in the Han Dynasty because of geological structures. There is not much fertile land that is actually used for farming. During the Han Dynasty, the densely populated areas were mainly concentrated in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and north of the Yangtze River, mainly because these areas had sufficient water and suitable land for cultivation.

Although Sun Jian's father and son now control the territory south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, they also extended their tentacles to the Jianghuai region after destroying Yuan Shu. But what Yuan Shu left them was not a golden bowl, but a huge burden. Jiangdong was originally a place where wealthy families lived, and although Sun Jian's father and son controlled it, they did not have a long foothold. Therefore, these wealthy families are also jealous, and they dare not use knives without scruples like Liu He did in the north.

The clans controlled a large amount of land, and in their dock forts stored enough food for the rest of the family to eat for several years. When disaster struck, they relied on the Dock Fort to defend themselves, and watched the hungry people outside the fort pass by in droves, without food to eat, and then turned into the ubiquitous starvation in the migration path.

Sun Jian's father and son are definitely good at fighting, but they are inexperienced in governing internal affairs, and in the face of endless disasters in various counties, as well as Shanyue people who come out to make trouble from time to time, the father and son are so worried that they can't even eat. Fortunately, Jiangdong has many talents, although Sun Jian's father and son are not good at internal affairs, but they are crowded with domestic affairs masters in their camp. Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Wu Jing, Zhu Zhi, Yu Fan, Zhuge Jin, Xue Zong...... In addition, I have to add a Lu Su who has only recently joined us, so many masters of internal affairs help Sun Jian and his son solve the problems of Jiangdong, but it is just a piece of cake.

The chief strategist Zhang Zhao proposed to Sun Jian that he could borrow grain from the wealthy scholars in Jiangdong, on the condition that a group of children with good conduct and learning would be selected from these soldiers' families to serve as officials in various places. To put it bluntly, this is tantamount to selling officials in disguise, but the equivalent of the transaction has changed from money to food. Zhang Zhao also pointed out that this can also win the hearts of the wealthy families of the Jiangdong clan and firmly tie these families to the Sun chariot.

Although Sun Jian's heart didn't want to bow to the wealthy family, he couldn't take care of so much of the emergency, and it was imperative to properly solve the problem of the displaced people in the territory first.

The strategist Zhang Hongjian expanded his territory to the south and moved the displaced people closer to Jiaozhou, which not only solved the current problems, but also paved the way for future control of Jiaozhou in the long run.

Sun Jian humbly adopted the advice of the strategists, on the one hand, he used his official position to exchange food for the local wealthy families to relieve the hungry people, and on the other hand, he sent troops and sailors to escort the displaced people to the south to solve the pressure of eating grain in Jiangdong. Under this double management, the problem of displaced people in Jiangdong was alleviated, and Sun Jian and his son stayed in Jiangdong with peace of mind to accumulate strength and wait for new changes in the situation.

Because of the unique geographical location and climatic conditions, the Sichuan Basin is suitable for cultivation and sericulture, and the mountains are blocked, so the plague and cholera and other viruses are not easy to spread from the outside.

In the places mentioned above, because of the ability of the ruler or the geographical advantage, the people can still survive, but the people in other places are not so lucky.

After a series of major battles in the Guanzhong region over the years, the originally prosperous and rich land of Sanqin was devastated, and after a rare drought generals, the local people were unable to resist. After eating the food at home, many poor people began to eat bark and grass roots, and ate rats, snakes, and even cockroaches in the ground. There are also those who do not want to eat Guanyin soil, so they take advantage of the darkness to secretly come out to eat the flesh of the starving people, because the meat of the dead is not enough to eat and it is not delicious, so there is a tragedy of two families exchanging children with each other to eat.

When Guanzhong began to eat each other, the troubled men in Bingzhou ate other people's mothers-in-law, and others came to eat this man's mother-in-law...... Many large wooden stakes have been erected at the entrances of some newly opened restaurants in the Jianghuai region, which are not used to tie mules, horses, and livestock, but to tie up "vegetable people." The so-called "vegetable people" are living people who are used to eat as meals.

"What kind of meat do you want, this guest officer? Thighs or arms? ”

"Bring me half a pound of breast meat, thigh meat is too expensive to eat!"

"Little Er, bring me a pair of ears!"

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When Liu Yu saw these reports about cannibalism, he only felt that his heart was like a knife, and he almost couldn't cry.

"Big Han, it's starting to eat people again...... It's all my incompetence, incompetence! ”

As the head of Taifu Mansion, Li Yan couldn't bear to look at a benevolent elder like Liu Yu too sad, he comforted and persuaded him: "How can you complain about Taifu you!" Since you came to Luoyang to preside over the army, you can only sleep after three watches every night, and you only eat one meat and one vegetarian dish for each meal. If there is still someone in the world who is thinking about the people of Limin, it is Taifu you! ”

Liu Yu shook his head and stopped Li Yan from continuing.

"Zhengfang, you are wrong. There are people who really think about the people of Limin, but it is not me, but Shiren. You have been in Luoyang all these years, and you don't know how terrible the drought and locust plague that covered Youzhou, He, and Hebei in the past few years were, but under such a bad situation, because of Shiren's foresight and advance preparation, there was no starvation to death in Youzhou, let alone such a tragic thing as cannibalism! ”

"What Taifu said is that I also heard about the catastrophe in Luoyang. Although I have never seen it with my own eyes, I know Childe's ability, and as long as he is there, I will definitely find a way. I heard that at that time, in order to save food, Shiren actually mobilized the people of the whole state to catch locusts, and then the government paid for them, but I don't know where these sun-dried locusts ended up? ”

"Where did you go? Hehe, it's all in the stomachs of the soldiers of the army! Liu Yu said this, and suddenly felt a little better.

At that time, Liu Yu was very worried when he learned that Liu He actually ordered the locusts to be dried and ground into powder to be used as military food and feed, but Liu He explained to him with a smile, saying that this is the real "pure natural, additive-free green food".

"Zhengfang, summon Shiren for me, just say that I said it, and ask him to immediately come up with a complete set of plans to solve the problem of hungry people in various places, and it must be sent to my desk in ten days!" (To be continued......)