Yan Liqiang lazily lay on the car, closed his eyes, tried not to think about anything, just felt the sound of the wheels turning and the slight bumps on the road, the copper incense burner in the car, is spitting out a trace of aroma, the sun is scorching outside, and the freezer with ice cubes stored in the car makes the temperature in the car several degrees lower than outside, and it feels very comfortable.

Before becoming an official, he felt that being an official was majestic, and after the real power leaned to one side, Yan Liqiang found that in fact, this official was not as easy and good as he imagined, especially for a responsible person like him, it is easy to eat and drink spicy wine and meat every day, but he has no way to live like that kind of day with peace of mind, so he can only grit his teeth and carry the burden on his shoulders, even if he is tired, even if he is bitter, even if he is bored, he can only hold on, sitting in this position, you are someone else's dependence, and you have no support!

There is no way to do it except to make yourself stronger.

Just like at this moment, even if Yan Liqiang wanted to be quiet, Qian Su and Lu Wenbin, who were also sitting in the car with him, still made Yan Liqiang, who had his eyes closed, have to deal with official business at this time.

After the carriage left Pingxi City, first Qian Su reported on the official business for half an hour, talking about the current financial revenue and expenditure of Qiyun County, and then it was Lu Wenbin's turn to talk about the construction of the project in the Shatu gathering area of Pingxi City for half an hour, and the two people took turns to finish speaking, and more than an hour had almost passed, and the four-wheeled carriage where the three people were was also on the official road, and the accompanying 500 cavalry guards walked dozens of kilometers.

During this process, Yan Liqiang kept his eyes closed and did not make a sound, Qian Su and Lu Wenbin also knew that Yan Liqiang was tired enough in the official office of the Governor's Mansion these days, so it was not surprising that the two of them were not surprised......

"The latest imperial court newspaper has just been sent to the Governor's Mansion this morning, I read it, the palace newspaper said, Zhuzhou July is really drought, now although August has not passed, but it seems that the drought will be further intensified, Zhuzhou August drought has become settled, since March, many places in Zhuzhou have not had a drop of rain, the Zhu River has almost dried up, the lake surface of Pinglan Lake has shrunk by almost half, in addition to the drought, Zhuzhou has also suffered a locust plague this year, the newspaper said that thousands of miles of fertile land in Zhuzhou, this year may have no harvest, locusts cover the sky and the sun, and there is no grass everywhere, in July, Zhuzhou has already begun to flee the famine, the imperial court is already trying to find a way to mobilize money and grain for disaster relief......"

Qian Su said the news of the drought in Zhuzhou, while observing Yan Liqiang's face, although this news was published in the imperial court's newspaper, the location of the news was not conspicuous, but Qian Su knew that this was not an ordinary news, in fact, this news tugged at the heartstrings of hundreds of millions of people in the Han Empire, and the impact of this news was a hundred times more serious than the drought in Zhuzhou itself......

——In May of the 16th year of Yuanping of the Han Empire, Liuzhou Tengu Eclipse Day......

——In August of the 16th year of Yuanping of the Han Empire, there was a great drought in Zhuzhou......

The Tengu Eclipse Day in Liuzhou has happened, but there will still be people in Gyeonggi who are lucky, and the news of the great drought in Nagju this time has completely shattered the last line of defense in the hearts of those who are lucky!

Everything in the Han Empire, the stone turtle has already been prophesied on its back, and now it is still in the land of Gyeonggi, and by this time next year, it will really be left without bones.

Sure enough, as Qian Su expected, Yan Liqiang, who had been resting with his eyes closed before, finally opened his eyes, sighed, and then opened his mouth when he heard the news about the drought in Zhuzhou in the Di newspaper, "Is there any news from the Imperial Capital City?"

Of course, the news of the Imperial Capital City will not be written in the Di Bao, but the Governor's Mansion also has sources in the Imperial Capital City, and the Ganzhou Guild Hall and the caravans that transport the wool products of the world's first factory in the world will bring back the first-hand news of the Imperial Capital City every month.

"The Imperial Capital was a little chaotic last month, because His Majesty the Emperor and many dignitaries in the Imperial Capital City paid attention to the news of Zhuzhou and did not need to wait for the Di Bao to know it, but the news from Zhuzhou almost every day came to the Imperial Capital City, just last month, many dignitaries and dignitaries in the Imperial Capital City have begun to evacuate from the Imperial Capital City in large numbers, and there are mansions and mansions everywhere that are being pawned, and the entire Imperial Capital City is now panicking, and everyone is trying to find a way, and the houses in the entire Imperial Capital City are now completely unsellable......"

"No matter where those dignitaries and wealthy families go, they have a way back, but in the land of Gyeonggi, there are many people, and there is an evacuation strategy in the imperial court's palace report this time!" Yan Liqiang asked.

Di Bao mentioned a sentence, saying that Sun Bingchen advocated that the states and counties within the empire should accept the people fleeing from Gyeonggi according to their distance and proportion, and all parts of the country should share it together, even Ganzhou seems to have shared the target of evacuating 200,000 people from Jingxigi, but although Sun Bingchen's proposal is good, but if it is really done, it is definitely not small, this is not a matter of evacuating 180,000 people, but tens of millions of people, I think about it I feel that my scalp is numb, so many people want to flee, where can be solved by the order of the imperial court, so many people move, not to mention the land of Gyeonggi, even the situation in several states close to the land of Gyeonggi may also be chaotic......”

Yan Liqiang also sighed in his heart, he also expected this situation, but compared to letting so many people die silently under the catastrophe next year without any resistance and struggle, Yan Liqiang felt that no matter what, let them know that the catastrophe was coming, and then rely on their abilities to leave the imperial capital city to break a way to live, although the latter may also bring a lot of chaos to the local area, but there is one thing, at least not so many people will die.

"Is there any news of the White Lotus Sect in the newspaper?"

This White Lotus Sect is what Yan Liqiang is most worried about at the moment, with the urine nature of the White Lotus Sect, Yan Liqiang feels that if the White Lotus Sect does not make some trouble at this time, it is simply unreasonable.

Qian Su shook his head, "There is no news of the White Lotus Sect in the newspaper, but I heard that the White Lotus Sect in various parts of the Han Empire has disappeared all at once in the past few months, and even in the few places in the south where the White Lotus Sect has made a lot of trouble, the White Lotus Sect has no news all of a sudden, I don't know what the White Lotus Sect is doing!"

Yan Liqiang's brows furrowed suddenly, at this time, no news from the White Lotus Sect might be the worst news.

"Uncle Qian, I think we Qiyun County will also prepare, this time there must be many people fleeing in the land of Gyeonggi, although our Qiyun County is thousands of miles away from Gyeonggi, but we can also make a contribution, the land of Gyeonggi is full of talents, I think we can send people to the land of Gyeonggi to recruit a group of talents, craftsmen are preferred, others as long as there is a skill or unique skills and abilities, samurai can also, writers can also come, as long as one of them is willing to come, we can give his family a place to settle down, Uncle Qian, you can find someone to sum it up, see what talents we still lack here, how many people can be settled, and wait for the train to go back from Yingwei County......”

"Liqiang, your idea is good, but it costs a lot of money to do this, and the Governor's Mansion doesn't have much money now, I'm afraid it's ......"

"Don't worry about money, Uncle Qian, our Yan family will pay 300,000 taels of silver, Uncle Qian, you just have to spend it!"

"It's easy to do if you have money, if you really want to use this money to settle people, I think you can at least settle 10,000 people, that is, the cost on the road is a bit large, those people have the ability, as long as they come to Pingxi County, they can naturally find a job to earn money, and it is not a big problem to support their families." You are kind......"

"Please have peace of mind!" Yan Liqiang sighed and said, "By the way, did I let those craftsmen study the machines that I asked those craftsmen to build over there?"

"The air hammer you said has been studied for many days, and there are some eyebrows, but the coinage machine you said is a little difficult, even if you draw the drawings, those craftsmen are still pondering, I'm afraid it will take some time......" Speaking of this, Qian Su was a little puzzled, "The role of the air hammer craftsmen is easy to understand, but the coinage machine you said doesn't know what to do......

Yan Liqiang scratched his head, "That mint can divide gold and silver into small pieces of equal weight......"

"Now gold and silver can also be used, why do you have to divide it into small pieces, and you have to make a special machine?" Qian Su asked puzzled.

Yan Liqiang didn't know how to explain to Qian Su all of a sudden, because casting pieces of gold and silver into currency was of great significance across the ages in many ways, but the people of the Han Empire didn't understand it......