The frequency of disaster reports in the Qian Dong style is getting more and more dense, and the drought in Hanoi Province is also getting more and more serious.

By the beginning of August, not a single drop of rain had fallen in Hanoi Province, and the rice and wheat crops in Henan and Ezhou were not only scorched, but a large area of dry up, and there was no harvest.

The people wept in the fields, and the tears that fell fell on the rice and wheat, but the scorching sun hung high, and soon these tears were dried up. Cracks in the ground, drying up of rice and wheat, and the howling of the people can be seen everywhere in Hanoi.

In August, last year's surplus grain had been used up, this year's harvest was gone, and the people's crying was irrepressible despair, and some people even pointed to the sky and cursed "thief God".

The sky is unkind, it should be scolded!

Qian Tongshi took his subordinate officials to inspect all parts of Hanoi Province, and when he saw such a tragic situation, his eyes couldn't help but moisten. No matter how shrewd he is like a fox, there is nothing he can do in the face of such a great natural disaster.

While trying his best to relieve the disaster and appease, he could only send a document reporting the disaster to Jingzhao urgently, waiting for the imperial court's disaster relief move.

In the face of such a great heavenly way, how small manpower is!

Jiang Chenghai and Fan Zaichang received an urgent letter from Hanoi Province, and their faces became more and more solemn. Henan, Ezhou, and Jinzhou were the most severely affected, and many people had no surplus grain at home.

Originally, Hanoi Province only paid 500 wen per stone of rice, but now when the great drought came, the price per stone of rice rose to more than 900 wen, almost doubled.

Even at this price, there are still long queues in front of the rice shops in these three places, and even some rice shops have hung out "sold out" signs, I don't know if there is no rice to sell or keep the high price.

Qian Tongshi knew that this was a bad merchant who was taking advantage of the drought to make a fortune, although he made an appointment with the rice merchants in these three places. However, the situation has not been effectively improved. These rice merchants looked like they were talking to him, and promised that they would definitely stabilize the price of grain and never deepen the calamity of the people in these three places. But he turned his head. However, the price of rice was raised by dozens of yuan.

If the government sends people to supervise these rice shops, they are forced to lower the price of grain. They simply closed their shops and stopped selling any grain, which caused the people to complain, and finally the officials had no choice but to leave.

At the time of Taizu, the rice merchants of Dayong had the iron training of "natural disasters will never raise the price of grain", and now more than 200 years have passed, these rice merchants. I don't remember this sentence for a long time.

This high price of food has made the lives of the people of Hanoi even worse. With such a high price of food, ordinary people's homes simply cannot afford it. If there is no extra food at home, then you can only become a homeless person and a disaster victim.

In just half a month, the number of displaced people in these three places has increased by 20%, and ordinary people who do not want to become homeless have turned around and become bandits. Some, relying on their youth and strength, robbed the money of the poor people.

is also from the common people, but they are too anxious to fry each other, and they are really forced by natural disasters and food prices to have no way out. There are extenuating circumstances, but the law does not tolerate it!

Time. Banditry in these three places is rampant as never before. The soldiers of Hanoi Wei had to provide disaster relief and suppress bandits, and they could not cope with it at all. The Hanoi Wei general Gu Dacun sent proud generals to these three places to suppress bandits, but with little success.

In Hanoi, chaos began.

The reason for these chaos is because of the severe drought in Hanoi Province. The most effective way to curb these chaos is to fight disasters and provide disaster relief.

If the people had enough to eat, how could they become bandits? How can they become outcasts? If the disaster is alleviated, even if the profiteers raise the price of food even higher, the people will not be affected.

Qian Tongshi and Gu Dacun knew this, and Jiang Chenghai and Fan Zaichang of Jingzhao also knew it, so they acted quickly. In order to cope with the drought in Hanoi Province and stabilize the grain price in Hanoi Province, Jiang Chenghai asked Emperor Changtai for an edict to open the granary in Hanoi Province to relieve the people.

As the name suggests, a granary is a granary specially prepared to deal with natural disasters such as floods and droughts. These granaries are available in the Seven Great Avenues. When the harvest year is peaceful, the government, merchants, and the common people all pay a part of the grain to be used as a reserve of grain for the famine.

Now that there is such a major drought in Hanoi Province, Jiang Chenghai and others believe that it is time to open the granary for the desert, otherwise, the chaos in Hanoi Province will not be able to be cleaned up.

Jiang Chenghai's request was quickly approved by Emperor Jingxing. An edict was issued by the province of Chung Shu and quickly delivered to Hanoi Province, ordering the officials of Hanoi Province to immediately comply with the edict and open the granary.

In order to ensure that the disaster relief was carried out effectively, Zhang Duan, the head of the household department, and Huang Yi, the head of the Ministry of Works, both set off to Hanoi Province to supervise the matter.

Although the edict to open the granary had been issued, and Zhang Duan and Huang Yi also went to Hanoi, Jiang Chenghai was still not at ease. In the past few days, his brow has jumped violently, as if something is about to happen.

"It's not enough to just open a granary for disaster relief, but the food for the shortage is limited, and it is impossible to supply it to the people of Hanoi Province for a long time. It is still necessary to find a way to let the people of Hanoi Province help themselves, and at the same time find a way to stabilize the food price in Hanoi Province. Only a few prongs can be taken to solve the disaster situation in Hanoi Province. ”

In the official office of the Chinese book, Shen Huashan said with a frown. The worries in Jiang Chenghai's heart could not be dissipated, so he came to Zhongshu Province to find Shen Huashan and wanted to discuss the matter of this great drought with him.

"Jun Fule, that old ghost has already been out of the customs and has already told me about the celestial phenomena. According to his speculation, there will be no rain in Hanoi Province for half a year. Shen Huashan said this sentence firmly.

Jun Fule didn't dare to say this sentence at all, if such words reached the ears of Hanoi officials and ordinary people, it would cause a lot of panic. Now the drought in Hanoi Province is out of control, and if there is no rain for another half a year, Hanoi Province will be in chaos.

"What?!" Jiang Chenghai felt that his heart stopped for a moment, this was really bad news like a thunderbolt from the blue. Half...... Half a month, Hanoi Province is difficult, half a year, what to do?

"Could he have miscalculated?" After a long time, Jiang Chenghai asked with a wistful expression. He didn't know what he was going to do, so he had to get away with it.

Shen Huashan also wanted Jun Fule to miscalculate, but he knew Jun Fule's ability, and he would never miscalculate this matter. What Shen Huashan didn't tell Jiang Chenghai was that the drought in Hanoi Province might be longer than Jun Fule had speculated.

Yesterday, Shen Ning asked Qiu Wu to bring a letter to Shen Huashan, which said that in the previous life, the drought in Hanoi Province lasted for two years, and it was not until Emperor Zhengzhao ascended the throne that there was no rain in Hanoi Province. Moreover, Shen Ning also said that in the previous life, in addition to the drought in Hanoi, there was also a locust plague!

Thinking of this, Shen Huashan spoke again: "The drought is a disaster, and you can still open a warehouse for disaster relief, but you are afraid of the drought and locusts." You know this. ”

Drought and locusts, this kind of climatic phenomenon, has been recorded in agricultural books, thousands of miles, the grass and trees are exhausted, or the cattle and horses are exhausted, and the harm is especially tragic than the drought.

If the drought in Hanoi continues, the probability of locust plague will be more than ninety percent, and then the situation of the previous life mentioned by Shen Ning will still appear. Thinking of the horror of the locust plague, Shen Huashan repeatedly reminded Jiang Chenghai.

"......" Jiang Chenghai didn't know what to say anymore, he only felt that Hanoi Dao was in dire straits now, and the natural disasters seemed to be coming one after another, and he didn't know how to deal with it.

However, neither Shen Huashan nor Jiang Chenghai thought that the drought and locusts were not the deepest disaster in Hanoi Province; For Hanoi Province, the deepest catastrophe comes from *! Officials from *!

The great drought, the locust plague, the profiteers and so on, in front of the * officials, it seems too weak! In the end, it was not the drought and locust plague that caused the turmoil in Hanoi Province, but the government of Hanoi Province!

The granaries of Henan, Ezhou, and Jinzhou are all empty! In these three places, there is no shortage of grain to be relieved, and the preparation of grain stored by the government every year simply exists!

This is a document sent back by Zhang Duan and Huang Yi from Hanoi Road, through the military road, several strong military horses were exhausted, and in just three days, they were sent to Jiang Chenghai's hands.

After receiving this document, Jiang Chenghai roared sadly: "*Ah! Then his eyes went dark and he fainted.

It is said that Zhang Duan and Huang Yi, with the edict of opening a granary for drought relief, came to Hanoi Province and met the Hanoi Province Observation Envoy Qian Tongshi. This edict was waited for a long time by Qian Tongshi. Because of its importance, the granary can only be opened by the emperor's edict, and even if he is an observer of Hanoi Province, he does not have the power to open a warehouse.

Qian Tongshi didn't think about it, so he took Zhang Duan and Huang Yi to Henan, which is the most serious place in Hanoi Province, and also the place with the most homeless bandits.

But when they arrived in Henan and showed the edict to open the warehouse, Zheng Duo, the assassin of Henan, looked panicked, his face was pale and speechless, and then he said that the officials who managed the granary had already returned to his hometown, and even he did not have the key to the granary, so please ask Qian Tongshi and others to come back in three days.

"Three days...... It only took three days, and the official came back three days later, and then the lower official immediately opened a warehouse for disaster relief. Zheng Duo nodded and explained to Qian Tongshi, Zhang Duan and the others.

"Lord Zheng, this official must immediately see the situation inside the granary of the preparation of the waste! Give you half an hour, and if you don't find the key, then bang on the door! Qian Tongshi said coldly, not leaving Zheng Duo a trace of affection.

Zheng Duo looks like this, he knows that he has when he sees it, isn't there something greasy in the barren granary? Perhaps the food reserves in the barren granary are insufficient, or the granary is reduced due to rodent infestation?

This was guessed by Qian Tongshi, Zhang Duan and others, they never expected that the situation in the granary was much more serious than they imagined.

Dozens of granaries are empty! It's not that they don't think it's enough or it's less, it's that it's not at all!

Not only Henan, but even the granaries in Ezhou and Jinzhou are also like this, all of them are empty!

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Midnight! Roll and sell cuteness for pink! I continue to work diligently for three watches, but they don't praise me, it's too sad~~~