Chapter 224: Great Drought
Xiao Chen sat on the top of the main hall solemnly, looking at the group of guys below and talking about it. [Ran^Text^Library] Anyway, Xiao Chen didn't hear anything useful, most of them praised himself for his wisdom, or the happiness and health of the people in China. In short, the state of the country is very good, and all this is because of the great and wise king.
Listening to the large number of flattering words below, Xiao Chen's heart naturally didn't feel too happy. However, no one will be disgusted by good words. It's just that Xiao Chen always thinks that the current situation in Beichen Kingdom is not very good, and it has not yet reached the level of peace every day.
Now the situation on the Beacon Fire Continent has begun to be somewhat unfavorable to the Beichen Kingdom, mainly due to the threat from the Xia Kingdom. Before attacking the Uzi Kingdom, the Xia Kingdom united with a group of foreign players to suppress the Beichen Kingdom and prohibit expansion. Not only did it cut off the road to the development and growth of Beichen Kingdom, but also made Beichen Kingdom indifferent to the development of more than 300 cities.
But this is not a way after all, Xia Guo was originally stronger than Beichen Guo's comprehensive strength. Beichen Kingdom can't expand at will now, and in the long run, Xia Kingdom can definitely play with itself. Moreover, because of the stubborn resistance of the 3 Uzi Kingdom, the Beichen Kingdom lost 800,000 horses, and its military strength was also greatly weakened.
In this case, Xiao Chen didn't dare to continue to expand after killing him. Xiao Chen believed that as long as he dared to invade other countries, he would definitely be attacked by the Xia Kingdom. Although the Xia Kingdom had also experienced a brutal war before, its military strength had remained at five million men.
The Beichen Kingdom has now lost 800,000 troops, including many elites, and the country's military strength has dropped sharply, reaching more than 5 million horses. However, 3 million of them are second-line garrisons, and their combat effectiveness is not much stronger than that of the militia.
Apart from this, the domestic economy did not stop because of the war. It's just that because the daimyo of Beichen Province likes to invade, it has spread all over the world. Some neighboring countries have banned merchants from Beichen Kingdom from entering the country, causing many merchants to sue the yamen.
In the face of such a situation, it would be strange if Xiao Chen could be happy! Therefore, for those who say flattering words below, there is no longer a good face as before. As soon as the official of His Royal Highness finished saying the flattering words, Xiao Chen directly jumped up and announced his retreat from the court.
Nima, what is called millions of domestic armor, will be able to dominate the world! Didn't you see that King Ben had just been forced back to his hometown from the front line? If labor and management can dominate the world with these millions of soldiers in their hands, then it is really a god!
This world is so crazy, it is completely a stream of violent soldiers, and if you don't have violent soldiers, you can only be swallowed by others, and there is not even scum left. The same is true of Beichen now, the total population of the country is only about 30 million, and there are 16 million men in the prime of life. However, how many troops are in the Beichen Kingdom, there are two million people in the standing army and the royal army, and this is not counting the three million second-line troops in the garrison.
Because the three million second-line troops are stationed locally, it does not affect the domestic labor force much. However, the elite troops of 2 million alone account for one-eighth of the country's prime-aged men.
What kind of concept is this, even in the most powerful period of ancient China, it is impossible to have such a large proportion. It stands to reason that out of the 18 million strong men, one out of 10 is exactly in line with the minimum conscription ratio, and no matter how high it is, it will cause a shortage of domestic labor force and affect the normal operation of the country.
Of course, the Great Qin Empire cannot be judged by ordinary people. The Qin State was really forced to have no choice, so it could only use the national fortune to fight, so the proportion of soldiers in the Qin period was the highest. And Beichen Kingdom is different, there are still a lot of things to play in this world, although the strength of Beichen Kingdom has decreased a lot in recent times, but it is not impossible to catch up.
As long as Beichen Kingdom has been erecting for a few years, it will be able to recover its strength again. It's just that it is impossible to increase the army, and now the army of two million has reached the highest point in the proportion of soldiers in Beichen. There are now many slaves working for the Beichen Kingdom, and there is no shortage of labor. But if you want to expand the army, you have no choice but to wait for the population to grow.
Alas, it seems that Beichen Kingdom will have to continue to cultivate for another year and a half!
Came to the harem in a huff, and before he had taken a few steps, the little guy Chen Zhao ran over with a wooden sword. Now Chen Zhao is more than three years old, and he will be four years old before the New Year. Perhaps because of the anti-heaven nature of his body, the little guy is now more than seventy centimeters tall, no less than a five or six-year-old child.
"Oops~ My baby son Ah Lai, my father hugs!" Xiao Chen squatted down with a smile, took Chen Zhao who ran over into his arms, and hugged him.
The little guy looks active, and he doesn't have the shyness he used to have when he was a child. "Father, I want you to fight with me. Hmph, what I have in my hand is a peerless sword, and the guards in the palace have all been beaten down by me! β
After speaking, the little guy was still waving a small wooden sword in Xiao Chen's arms. Xiao Chen smoked, he really smoked, who taught his son to play with swords, isn't it just fooling the prince? A broken wood sword can become a peerless sword, so what is your own matching sword!
Also, you little guy is the most important person in the entire Beichen Kingdom, and now even your father is not as important as you. Which guard in the palace dares to really play with you, if you accidentally bump into it, you will definitely be chopped into scum by those Ziwenchen generals.
Hey, by the way, Zhao'er is almost four years old, and it's almost time to find him a teacher. Well, let Xun Yu teach you how to govern the country, let Zhao Yun teach martial arts, and let Yue Fei teach you the art of war and commanding the army to fight. In this way, after our son is sixteen years old and crowned, there will be another super general under his hands!
"Oh, my son, my father just came back, so I'm going to play first. After eating, my father will take you on a horse! Xiao Chen stroked the back of the little guy's head and said.
As soon as the little guy heard that he could ride a big horse, he originally looked a little crying, but he immediately changed it to a happy smile. The little one danced happily and ran towards the garden, shouting loudly, "Oh...... You can ride a big horse, you can ride a big horse! β
Xiao Chen looked at Chen Zhao, who was leaving happily, and a feeling of joy suddenly appeared in his heart, and a trace of sorrow in the main hall before disappeared completely.
Back in the backyard, the three beauties of Ling Xue'er, Wu Min, and Li Xiangyun were sitting by the pond chatting about family life, talking and laughing, and they didn't see Xiao Chen who had just walked in. Xiao Chen looked at the happy faces of the three girls, like hibiscus out of water, pure and beautiful.
Then, Xiao Chen turned around and left directly, and walked straight to the study. Sitting quietly in the chair, rubbing his temples as he thought about something. Wu Min, Li Xiangyun and their son Chen Zhao suddenly had scenes in their minds.
At the beginning of Donglin City, in the early morning of the fourth day of the game, he and the generals in the army were walking around the kiln. At ten o'clock in the middle of the night, thousands of enemy troops raided the city. It was Wu Min and Xiangyun, two little girls, who put on a suit of armor and held a spear and a big knife. led thousands of soldiers in the city, fought bloodily, and finally defeated the enemy army who attacked by surprise, and then launched the expansion of Donglin City.
Every time I returned from an expedition, I could see my two wives waiting outside the west gate of Donglin City. The moment I saw myself, tears flowed down my face, and my haggard face vaguely appeared in my mind.
Donglin City was established, and until now the Beichen Kingdom has slowly become stronger. Along the way, how many troubles have I encountered, and which time was not the two girls who solved their worries. When he was in a bad mood, the two wives always supported him behind him in obscurity.
Also, on the day Chen Zhao was born, Li Xiangyun's tragic pain still echoed in his ears. I still remember that when Chen Zhao was born, the happiness on Xiangyun's red face was so beautiful and beautiful.
After that, I watched Xiao Chenzhao grow up slowly and play happily with his son for two years. The joyful laughter of the son as he rode on his back and used himself as a big horse. Bathing and playing with my son, my son has a happy and lovely smile.
Suddenly, Xiao Chen realized how heavy the burden was on his shoulders. The smiling faces of Wu Min, Li Xiangyun and their son are so nostalgic, and I am used to seeing these smiling faces every day.
Is Beacon Century an imaginary world in the game, or a real real society?
You can play the game for a few years, but can you play it for a lifetime? It's been four years since I played the game, and I'm twenty-two years old in the game. You can play in the game for decades, or even hundreds of years, but what about Min'er Xiangyun?
I have become accustomed to the world, to having my own family, and to playing with my son. If so, will all this disappear suddenly, or will Donglin City be breached by the enemy......
It's terrible, thinking of these worst things, Xiao Chen has a headache!
No way! He must protect Min'er, Xiangyun and Chenzhao, they are characters in the game, and if they die, they can never be resurrected. I must protect them and let them live happily. By the way, I still have to work hard to make Beichen a powerful country and leave my son with the best country.
"Little Dezi!" Xiao Chen suddenly opened his eyes, and a gloomy gaze came out in vain.
Xiao Dezi heard the king calling him in the study, so he hurriedly pushed open the door and trotted in. "King, Xiao Dezi is here!"
"Go, call Marshal Yue Fei and Prime Minister over!"
"No!"
After speaking, Xiao Dezi saluted respectfully, and then slowly exited the study.
After a while, Xiao Dezi's duck voice sounded outside the study again: "King Qiyu, Prime Minister and Marshal Yue ask to meet!" β
Xiao Chen listened to Xiao Dezi's voice outside, put down the fold in his hand casually, and said, "Let them in!" β
Xiao Dezi immediately slipped in front of Yue Fei and Xun Yu and said, "Prime Minister, Generalissimo, please!" β
Yue Fei and Xun Yu walked into the study quickly, these two also had something to report to the king.
"Wechen (the last general) see the king, long live my king, long live, long live!"
Seeing the two ministers in front of him saluting so respectfully, Xiao Chen immediately frowned. Then he said: "I said the two of you, why do you have so many false courtesies between our monarchs and ministers! β
"King, don't waste the ceremony!" Xun Yu said, and then stood up with a smile. To be honest, the two of them have such a set of false etiquette to deal with it. For Xiao Chen's temperament, the two couldn't know each other better.
Xun Yu stood up and continued: "King, Weichen has something to report! β
"Oh? Wen Ruo, tell me something! β
"Great, something happened, there was a great drought in Annan County. It has not been a drop of water for three months now, and the rainfall in the rest of the country is extremely scarce! The crops in the field have been reduced to two percent, and it may be even worse next month! Xun Yu Zhengyan said.
Xiao Chen's eyes widened suddenly: "Wen Ruo, what do you mean, there will be ......"
Xun Yu also looked dark, and said: "Yes, the whole country may face drought!" β
"Drought!" Xiao Chen leaned back in his chair in a trance, and there were only two words in his mind.
These two words weighed like three mountains and five mountains, and Xiao Chen's chest was out of breath. The whole country of Beichen will face drought, which shows that this drought will definitely not be small. It may even be not far worse than the famous drought in China's history.
For the great nation of the Han Chinese, the biggest enemy is not foreigners, but food! From the time of the emergence of the first dynasty in the land of China, it was not until after the nineties of the twentieth century that the Han nationality completely got rid of the great difficulty of starvation.
From the Qin Dynasty to the Republic of China, for thousands of years, the Han nation has faced the point of having no land to plant, and many ordinary people do not have their own land. In order to feed themselves, they had to work as tenants for the landlords, paying more than 50% of the rent. At the end of the year, God can still have some surplus food when he is in a good mood, and once there is a natural disaster, the people will directly face the threat of death.
Whether it is a natural disaster or *, it has caused great harm to the common people. The lack of food is very terrible, and what catastrophe in China's history did not kill tens of thousands of people. Even in peacetime, in disaster years, countless people will starve to death. During the Republican period, China's grain production was very high, but a great famine caused millions of people to starve to death in Henan Province.
Now when the word drought is mentioned, Xiao Chen feels that the sky is about to fall. After a great drought, there will be a great flood, and this is the sum of the Chinese people's experience over the millennium, and it is also very effective. Once there is a drought in the whole of Beichen Kingdom, then there will be floods next to it.
That shows that when Beichen was facing a famine, there was no piece of land in the country that could continue to provide food for the country. You can't buy grain, even if the field tax is high, what's the use of getting more money! Nowadays, there is a certain amount of grain reserves in the whole of Beichen, which is more than 70 million stones.
But Beichen has more than 30 million people, and on average, each person can get more than two stones of grain. This made Xiao Chen's heart calm down a little, one stone is about one hundred and twenty catties, which can be enough for a strong man for half a year. Two stones are enough to weigh 250 catties, which should be able to help the people survive the disaster year.
Selling sons and daughters, gnawing tree bark and eating grass roots, as well as Guanyin soil, and even cannibalism!
This kind of thing, I, Xiao Chen, will never allow it to happen! You provide the latest, fastest and most complete free novel updatesγγ
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