Text: The Struggle of Great Powers_Chapter 231 The Great Army Goes Out
Three days later, Li Ancheng took most of the sailors to protect 10 million honest farmers. [Ran^Text^Library] [ ] The passengers of 5,000 large ships, after going through many difficulties and dangers, officially came to the country of Beichen. At this moment, Xun Yu was frightened. Originally, Li Ancheng said that there were millions of people, but now the tents and food prepared by Xun Yu are only enough for eight million people to use for the time being.
But Xun Yu still didn't expect Li Ancheng to bring 10 million people to himself, and he was so well prepared, only to find that it was still not enough. Xun Yu now wants to hack Li Ancheng to death with a knife, but as soon as this guy leaves people behind, he takes people back by himself.
The population of 10 million is much more than Xun Yu had predicted before. I thought that there were only a few million people, not even more than eight million, so Xun Yu directly prepared the food, tents and other materials needed by eight million people. As a result, 10 million came, and Xun Yu was about to die of depression. Luckily, the items needed for eight million people have been prepared, and now it will be fine.
In addition, Xun Yu also mobilized a large number of slaves and began to build houses in various counties in Beichen County, and it is estimated that in a few days, there will be places for 10 million people to live. However, the food problem is still difficult to solve. These 10 million people did not have a single bit of food with them, or when they arrived in Beichen Kingdom, they ran out of food.
In desperation, Xun Yu had no choice but to temporarily allocate five million stones of grain and grass to these ten million people, so that they could spend these two or three months first. Nowadays, the situation in the country is becoming more and more critical, the drought is getting worse day by day, and many residents of Beichen have begun to have the problem of food shortage. After all, every household does not have much food in stock, and no one thought that this drought would come.
There is also a very serious problem, there is no surplus vacant land in the counties of Beichen County. The 10 million new arrivals had no land to cultivate. In the whole country, only Yunjun and Zhongjun still have a lot of vacant land, but they can only meet the cultivation of more than 3 million people. Judging from the plot of the Chinese people's treatment of land, if it is true that more than 7 million people are left without land to plant, it is definitely the biggest harm to Beichen Kingdom.
Therefore, the top priority is to quickly resettle these people, and then move half of them to the areas of Yunjun and Zhongjun. Aim to settle 5 million people in two counties. The remaining five million people can barely eat for Beichen County. Although there is no land to plant, the capital is naturally located in a prosperous area, and it is not difficult to find a job.
In the eyes of the domestic people, if there are Han Chinese and foreign Yi people competing for a job, it is definitely the Han people who are preferred. Even though slaves are cheaper, many people still think that they can help their own people. Moreover, many of the young and strong people in Beichen have gone to serve as soldiers, or are cultivating the land. There is a shortage of strong labor in the country, and many workshops recruit workers at high prices. Even the workers in the workshops are short of a third, and they are in dire need of a large number of young and strong laborers.
Therefore, with a population of five million, Beichen County can still eat it.
But food is still scarce, especially now that the drought is getting worse. Needless to say, there will be no harvest this month, and relief will begin next month. If there is still no harvest next month, the 80 million stone grain will not last for a few months, and then the inventory in the Zhenguo warehouse can only be used.
Regarding the arrangement of 10 million new arrivals, Xun Yu also reported to Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen feels pretty good, at least to the point of rational use of human resources. So the whole thing was settled, and after living in Beichen County for a few days, the population of five million began to slowly migrate towards Yun County and Zhong County.
The migration of people in all dynasties is the biggest thing, and it has been done well for the benefit of the country and the people. If it is not done well, it is extremely easy to cause turmoil in the domestic situation, which will cause great damage to the vitality at least and ruin the country at worst.
On the matter of population migration, Xiao Chen made strict regulations, and sent an army of 500,000 in Beichen County to escort them all the way. Moreover, it was strictly ordered that the local armed forces must be responsible for protecting the people crossing the border, and all the military commanders in the places where there were banditry troubles were killed. Local administrators have no choice but to use any excuse to embarrass the people crossing the border. If there is a disobedient, the escort force has the right to cut first and then play.
As a result, officers from all over the country launched a large-scale anti-bandit operation, which caused all the bandits that had not been suppressed in Beichen for several years to be wiped out. An unintentional anti-bandit operation actually brought tens of millions of copper coins to Beichen Kingdom, as well as hundreds of thousands of people, which is incredible.
The chief executives of various places are also honest. Now the guys who have a relationship in the court, who don't know that their king plans to clean up the officialdom, no one dares to move at this juncture. Of course, most of the administrative officials in Beichen are honest people.
In more than a month, these five million people finally came to Zhongjun and Yunjun. However, from this migration, Xiao Chen still found a big problem. Beichen is naturally large, and it is also one of the top five countries in the world in terms of territory. But in fact, Beichen is not as big as Hunan and Hubei in the real society.
But it's such a small territory, and it takes a month to run it. In addition to the lack of transportation, the domestic road facilities are also not good. The roads in China in all dynasties are very spacious, requiring at least ten meters wide, and some important roads are even wider. As for the road in Beichen Kingdom, it is only a little five meters wide. Of course, the roads of the North Star Kingdom are not useless. It was built by the blood and sweat of millions of slaves, and although the road was wide, it was by no means solid.
The quality of the road works, combined with the limited labor and resources, turned out to be five meters wide. Now, there is not much territory, and millions of people and horses have to go for a month. If there are fewer people traveling, the speed can be increased a lot. However, when did Beichen Kingdom move with fewer people.
Therefore, from this incident, Xiao Chen once again had the idea of widening the road.
As for money, materials, and labor, there is no shortage of them now. After millions of people reached Zhongjun and Yunjun, we saw such a scene.
Tens of thousands of people received sacks of grain at the gates of every city. Every populace is yellow, and this is because they have not eaten enough for a long time. The four-month drought caused all the people to eat up all the food in their homes.
If it weren't for Xiao Chen's order to mobilize the military rations stored in various places to rescue the victims in various places, Beichen Kingdom would have been hungry all over the country. It's just that the reserve of 80 million stone of military rations is only 12,300 million stone distributed to the counties. For millions of people everywhere, it can only be a few months.
However, the drought continues, and no one knows when the rain will come.
Now that the counties of Beichen Kingdom have begun to implement grain distribution, they are worried that this drought will last for a long time. Because, now that the weather is hot, looking at the scorching sun above my head every day, there is no possibility of rain at all.
Great drought, damn drought. This month, there was no harvest in all the fields. Moreover, because of the long-term dry weather, the soil has long formed hard lumps, cracks tens of centimeters deep, all over the entire field. With the hoes in the hands of the people, there is no way to cultivate such land for this month.
It's September, and it's the driest and hottest time.
At the head of a whitening field, a group of people appeared. This group of people is equipped with horses, long swords at their waists, and dressed in brocade clothes, and they must be dignitaries.
Xiao Chen jumped off the horse and casually handed the sword at his waist to the guards behind him. Then, slowly walking into the field, I squatted down.
The entire field, including the surrounding cultivated fields as far as the eye can see. It's all white, and it's completely lost as yellow as it should be. Hideous wounds spread throughout the field.
Xiao Chen stroked the fields on the ground, the dried and whitished soil was firm, and even a little hot. Xiao Chen sighed, then got up and walked towards Tianzhong, Yue Fei, Xun Yu and the others also hurried up.
While walking, I watched, and the more I looked, the more frightened everyone became. The land in the center of the field has been completely dried piece by piece, and the surrounding dry and hard soil blocks are separated by cracks, and its width is two or three centimeters narrow, and the width is five or six centimeters. This is a situation that occurs when the fields are not nourished by water for a long time, which is often referred to as a great drought.
"Alas~ This is enough for the mother's God, is he going to play to death our Beichen Kingdom? Fuck, it hasn't rained for four months in a row, and it's not going to live! Xiao Chen sighed and said to the people behind him.
Xun Yu also sighed and said, "King, the fields have been dry for several months now, and they can no longer be cultivated. And the wells dug next to the fields are not enough to irrigate all the fields. The surrounding rivers and streams have almost dried up. β
"Wen Ruo, then what should we do! It is not easy for tens of millions of people to work hard to cultivate the land, but in the end, it has become such a scene! β
"Your Majesty, food distribution has already begun in various places, and we can only wait like this for now. Wait for the first rain after the drought, as long as it rains, Beichen Kingdom will survive! β
Xiao Chen frowned and said, "Wen Ruo, from tomorrow onwards, the distribution of grain will be canceled, and all of them will be paid for work." All the victims of the disaster can respond to the call of the state and start working. You can give as much food as you want for a day, and you can do it yourself! β
"Yes, my lord. However, my lord, there are 40 million victims in China, and we don't have so much work to meet the needs of the victims! β
"This is simple, the domestic road facilities are not good, and they need to be widened, and the requirements are up to five to eight zhang. And the cities shall be strengthened and repaired in all places, and after the great drought there will be great floods. Let the people start digging ditches under the call of the government. In this way, losses can also be reduced during periods of high floods. β
"No! Wechen is going to give orders to officials at all levels! After speaking, Xun Yu bowed to Xiao Chen and saluted, and then turned to leave.
And Xiao Chen, Yue Fei and the others continued to walk among the fields.
At this moment, suddenly a fast horse came running from afar, and when he came to the ground, the knight hurriedly rolled over from his horse. Then, the knight hurriedly ran to Xiao Chen, saluted urgently, and said: "King Qiyu, the five counties of Yun County, Zhong County, Lu County, Tachi County, and Fengdu County have urgent letters!" With that, the knight pulled out a stack of envelopes from his bosom.
Xiao Chen was suddenly shocked, out of the six counties of Beichen Kingdom, five counties actually sent urgent information. What the hell is going on, it's about to involve the whole country.
"Bring it here, I'll take a look!" Xiao Chen hurriedly took more envelopes from the knight's hand and opened them one by one.
Yunjun: Within three days, more than 2 million displaced people have poured in from outside the border, and the grain and grass in the county are depleted very quickly, so they asked for support.
Fengdu County: In one day, more than 3 million displaced people poured into the territory, asking for instructions.
Zhongjun: In the past few days, more than 5 million displaced people have poured into the county from outside the country, and the situation in the county is critical.
Lu County: In one day, more than 700,000 displaced people poured into the territory, and they couldn't stop it, and the grain and grass in the county town were in an emergency.
Tachi County: In the past three days, more than 400,000 displaced people have poured into the county seat and subordinate counties, and more displaced people will definitely pour in in the future.
After reading these envelopes, Xiao Chen was completely dumbfounded. Now there are 40 million people in Beichen Kingdom, and they can survive with the help of state relief. Now, in just a few days, more than 10 million displaced people have poured into the five counties. This is not counting the days that have passed since the envelope arrived, and I am afraid that by this time, the five counties are already full of displaced people.
What kind of thing is this, when there is a great drought, there are still so many displaced people. The point is, where do these displaced people come from? The only Han country around Beichen is the Xia Kingdom, and as one of the world's great powers, the Xia Kingdom will definitely not let go of these people.
Then, the origin of these people is a little suspicious. Xiao Chen can be sure that these homeless people are definitely brushed out by the system. And now that there is a major drought in Beichen, and there are so many displaced people, what is the system doing this for?
Nearly 60 million people have no food to eat, and the 80 million military rations reserved by Beichen Country are definitely not enough. Because, I don't know how many displaced people will follow.
"Let's go! Swing back to the palace now! Xiao Chen stuffed the envelope into his arms, and walked quickly towards the war horse on the ground. Although the generals behind him wondered what was going on, looking at the expression of their own king, the matter would definitely not be small.
Back in the palace, Xiao Chen directly called Xun Yu, who was busy, and summoned some other adults to come to the study.
That afternoon, the study was filled with sighs and sighs, or arguments. It wasn't until late at night that all the dignitaries of Beichen Kingdom left the study one by one. You provide the latest, fastest and most complete free updatesγγ
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