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Seeing that everyone's faces changed one by two, panicked like ants on a hot pot, Tian Fan couldn't help but be a little puzzled! Isn't it a drought? What's so scary? Even the more terrible locust plague, Xuzhou can survive safely, why are these people afraid of drought?

At this time, everyone in the hall was already in chaos, and one or two did not have the slightest joy of being promoted to become rich, but one or two were worried. No one could sit still, and everyone stood up and gathered around Fewer, babbling this and that.

Relatively speaking, the panic of the Wenchen is more obvious, and the local clans among the Wenchen are more and more panicked. It is no wonder that Wenchen always thinks more than military generals, military generals only have to stretch out their hands to ask for money and food, and go into battle to kill the enemy, while Wenchen also has to consider people's livelihood and taxes. The local clans in the Wenchen have a large number of fields, and when the drought comes, they will naturally suffer a lot of losses, and they should pay attention, and it is abnormal not to pay attention.

Spinning a few times at high speed in his head, he suddenly understood! In ancient times, except for large families, few people could save enough food to eat for a year. There are many people who often do not have enough food to eat in their homes for a year, and the crops in the fields are still green, and when they are not yellow and ripe, there is no food in their homes. Therefore, there is the idiom "green and yellow do not connect". Every time there is a disaster, seeing that the crops in the field are no longer available, everyone is naturally flustered and at a loss, and there will be a large-scale wave of displaced people.

The cultivation and harvesting law of crops is roughly divided into three kinds, one is spring planting and autumn harvesting, like millet, one is autumn planting and summer harvesting, such as wheat, and one is summer planting and autumn harvesting, such as rice and soybeans, millet can also be planted after wheat harvest, but the yield is slightly lower, and the quality of millet produced is lower than that of spring millet.

It can be seen that as long as the drought lasts for one spring, the wheat planted last year is gone, the millet that cannot be planted in the spring is gone, and the millet harvested in the autumn is gone. If the spring and summer seasons are continued, there will be no harvest during the year. If it continues into autumn, the wheat harvest for next summer will be gone. People are wrong for a while, and people are wrong for a year, that's the truth.

Although Xuzhou is rich, in the depths of these people's memories, they still deeply remember the above truths, and still remember the scenes when there was a drought in the past.

After thinking about this, Tian Fan felt that he should say something. He stood up and shouted, "Everyone, be quiet! I have something to say! ”

Liu Bei, who was standing on the steps at a loss, was the first to notice him. As soon as he saw that he had something to say, Liu Bei immediately remembered Tian Fan's magic, so he rushed over, grabbed Tian Fan's hand, and said eagerly: "Boguang, can you deal with the locust plague, is there a way to deal with the drought?" ”

Tian Fan smiled, held Liu Bei's hand, and said, "The lord is wise, I really have a way!" ”

Liu Bei was stunned at first, and then overjoyed! He laughed, opened his arms to everyone, and shouted with great excitement: "Be quiet, Boguang has a way, be quiet!" ”

shouted several times in a row, and everyone heard it, and slowly quieted down. When they understood what was going on, the gang immediately abandoned Fei Wo, gave up Hula, and surrounded Tian Fan and Liu Bei.

Liu Bei pulled Tian Fan and said with pride: "Don't speak, listen to Boguang!" ”

Tian Fan hugged his fists at everyone, and said with a smile: "Everyone, I really have a way to deal with the drought!" But first, I'm going to ask you a few questions that you will have to answer. ”

Naturally, everyone had nothing to do, but they just looked at him with expectant eyes. …,

Tian Fan said: "First, why are you afraid of drought? ”

Everyone was stunned, Liu Bei was also stunned, and after coming back to his senses, Liu Bei cried and laughed: "Boguang, are you confused?" What's so scary about drought? When the drought comes, the crops will die of drought, and the yield will be reduced or even eliminated. ”

Lu Su was also puzzled, he said: "Hunger is everywhere, corpses are everywhere, do you say it's terrible?" ”

Tian Fan smiled and asked, "Then I want to ask, how much grain does I have in Xuzhou?" How long is it enough to hold on? ”

As soon as these words were asked, everyone was stunned!

Can't help but look at Mi Zhu at the same time, the big housekeeper of the Xuzhou Treasury!

Mi Zhu was also stunned, and after a while, he laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "Lord, everyone, when we heard that there was going to be a drought, we were all stupid!" Haha, please rest assured, my Xuzhou Mansion has enough grain to support the Xuzhou Army for three years. In addition, the people of Xuzhou also have surplus grain, according to the statistics of various counties and counties, enough to support more than a year! ”

Fei Wo is no longer in charge of the craftsman camp, he is now a full-time Tuntian Zhonglang general. This position was originally in charge of Xie Qi, but since Xie Qi came into contact with the experimental field, he devoted himself to it, and he no longer cared about the affairs of Tuntian, so Liu Bei appointed Fei Wo as the general of Tuntian.

He thought for a moment, nodded slightly, and added: "The people in Tuntian, when we collected taxes last summer, regardless of men, women, and children, each of us left enough fifteen stone of surplus grain for them. When the autumn tax was levied, the same rule was to leave enough grain for each person to be ten stones. Therefore, I estimate that the surplus food of each family can support more than a year! ”

Zhao Yu also turned over the taste, he said: "Lord, everyone, Guangling County is mountainous, but because of the construction of terraces, the grain output has more than doubled, and we have not levied taxes on the grain produced by the terraces in the past two years, so they will also have enough food to support a year!" The fishermen at the seaside do not have to worry about it, since the lord Mr. Wada has prepared enough fishing boats for them, they have a stable income, and by the end of this year, the tax they borrowed from the fishing boats has been paid. In the future, the fish that come up will be theirs, hehe, even if the people in our inland are starving to death, they will have something to eat, and they will still eat meat! ”

Everyone couldn't help laughing, and for a while, everyone's mood became much better! Yes, if you have enough food reserves, why worry about drought? Weren't we stupid?

Jian Yong laughed for a while and added: "Lord, everyone, I don't know about other places, but in our Langya country, I'm afraid there will be no drought in spring!" In November, there was a heavy snowfall in Langya, a heavy snow that has not been seen for ten years, and until now, I am afraid that the snow in Langya has not yet melted! ”

When Liu Bei heard these news, he was in a very good mood! Looking at this, this drought will not have much impact on Xuzhou!

Chen Deng said suddenly: "My lord, there is no need to worry about Xuzhou locally, but the Liang State and Pei Kingdom of Yuzhou under our control may not be enough to support it for a year." ”

Mi Zhu smiled and said, "Mr. Yuanlong is too worried!" Peiguo and Liang Guo, they have been practicing Boguang's farming method for a year, and besides, we didn't collect their taxes last year, so I estimate that even if they can't support it for a year, they can support it for more than half a year. Well, the total population of these two places is only about 400,000, I will calculate...... Well, the food in our treasury is enough! ”

These people all had a bad taste, so they all counted the accounts, but they found that Xuzhou could not produce a grain a year! So, everyone was happy, so Tian Fan felt neglected, so ashamed, and he was embarrassed!

He yelled, "Shut up!" ”…,

Everyone was shocked by this voice, and they all stopped their mouths and looked at Tian Fan.

Tian Fan said loudly: "Who said that we can't produce any food? ”

Everyone was stunned, what do you mean by this? Could it be that Tian Fan can ask for rain?

Tian Fan glanced at everyone for a week, his stiff face suddenly melted like spring snow, he hugged his fist at everyone with a smile on his face, and then saluted Liu Bei, and said with a slight twist: "Lord, hehe, when Fan was in the craftsman camp today, he remembered something, and now Deheng and others are studying it." Well, if this thing is made, I don't dare to say that I can keep all the crops in Xuzhou, but within ten or twenty miles of the river, I am still sure! ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't believe it for a while, and Liu Bei asked nervously: "Boguang, is this true?" ”

Tian Fan nodded firmly, and said in a deep voice: "It's true! ”

He then explained in detail the shape of the waterwheel and its future prospects. Everyone was excited, good thing, really good thing. With this thing, what drought are you afraid of in the future?

Liu Bei's face was full of relief, patted Tian Fan's shoulder, and said, "Boguang, haha, I won't say anything else!" I won't talk about your past contributions, but today's incident, I have to credit you for everything. Waving his hand to signal Tian Fan not to speak, he continued: "I know your character, you will definitely not ask for any reward!" However, today you remember one sentence, and with your credit for today, you can ask me to do anything! ”

Stretching out a finger, he said solemnly: "Remember, it's anything!" ”

Tian Fan nodded and said, "Lord, I remember!" He agreed, but he didn't think so, he really didn't think he had anything to ask Liu Bei to come forward!

However, he never thought that in less than three months, he would ask Liu Bei for help.

Since the problem of drought was resolved by Tian Fan in a few words, everyone naturally regained their interest. Zhang Fei shouted: "Big brother, hahaha, I really want to see the waterwheel that Boguang said now, let's go and see it together, right?" ”

Everyone was also tickled by the waterwheel, and when they heard the words, one or two said nonchalantly: "Yes, yes, let's go and have a look!" ”

Liu Bei was also very interested, he looked at Tian Fan with a smile on his face, and asked, "Boguang, what do you think?" ”

Tian Fan smiled and said, "Yes!" However, at this time, the waterwheel only has a model, no finished product, and there is really nothing to look at, so I am afraid that you will be disappointed when you see it! ”

Lu Bu shook his head and said, "Boguang, hehe, we just want to see what the waterwheel is, and why it can rotate all the time without manpower." As for whether it's a model or a real thing, we don't care! ”

Everyone nodded again and again, and said one after another: "Wen Hou is right! ”

Tian Fan nodded, looked at Liu Bei and said, "So, lord, let's go and have a look?" ”

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Hehe, let's go, let's ......"

"Report ...... Urgent! A sudden shout interrupted Liu Bei's words.

When everyone saw the door, they saw Cao Yong running in stride, also sweating profusely and looking anxious. Everyone couldn't help but look at Fei Wo and said in their hearts, "What's wrong today?"

After Cao Yong entered the house, he was obviously stunned when he saw so many people. After coming back to his senses, he came to Liu Bei's side, and without taking a breath, he handed over the sweaty silk silk in his hand to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei took it, and he didn't shy away from Tian Fan, after opening it, he looked at it and immediately exclaimed!

I saw a few words on the silk: Yuan Shu is called the emperor, and the country name is Zhongshi!

This sentence was like a slap in the face, knocking Liu Bei's high interest to the bottom.