North of Nanyang City, at the foot of Fengshan Mountain.

On both sides of the river, the golden ears of rice bend heavily, swaying gently with the wind.

"Open the sickle~~~~"

The village is shouting excitedly with a broken gong.

The young and strong Housheng in the village spat on the palm of his hand, bent down, grasped the straw, and the sickle in the other hand slammed the ground, poof~~~ A handful of sturdy rice was cut.

Ten handfuls of straw were bundled into a small bundle and stood in the rice field behind them.

The descendants cut out dozens of zhang away in one go, only then did they straighten their waists, wipe their sweat, and look at the distance between other people's homes, and then they proudly buried themselves in cutting rice.

The older man was behind the latter and piled the bales of rice together and waited for the family's ox cart to carry them back.

Women and children picked up the fish that had slipped through the net, and every time they picked up an ear of rice, the children cheered and were happier than the New Year.

These people were displaced three years ago. Escaping from his hometown, he walked for more than half a year, and there was no place to stay.

It was Nanyang who took them in.

They were given land, they were given a new home, where they could have children and reproduce.

Who has the most affection for Nanyang? It is the displaced people who have come to Nanyang to beg for a life over the years.

They can't forget the empty eyes of their own Ye Niang when she was dying.

They must not forget that their young son died of hunger in his arms.

They must not forget that all the cities were closed and watched them die.

They can't forget that their own flesh and blood relatives are boiling in a big iron pot.

Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are dogs!

When did God take pity on all living beings?!

Only Nanyang, only King De, he opened the city gate, took out the grain, and he gave everyone a way to live.

Looking at the piles of rice piled up like a hill at the edge of the field, the old man was stunned.

"Old man, why are you stunned? Hurry up and load the truck, and transport it home early and down-to-earth. ”

"Huh."

The old man withdrew his gaze and busied himself loading the straw bales onto the ox cart.

A little doll secretly pulled out an ear of rice, picked up the rice grains with her little hands, picked one down and stuffed it into her mouth, chewing while hehe.

Seeing this, the other children did the same, pulling out the ears of rice to play.

"What are you doing?!"

The old lady was furious when she saw that the children were wasting food, and she screamed strangely, not like a human voice.

The doll that was playing was frightened, and then when I saw the old lady with a blue face, I cried out.

The daughter-in-law who helped the old man load the car saw the doll crying, and was busy with the work in her hands, so she said, "What are you crying about?" It's a good job. ”

She suddenly saw the ear of rice in the doll's hand and was stunned for a moment.

He jumped down from the ox cart, took two steps in front of the doll, grabbed the doll's little arm, dragged one by one, and slapped the child's ass with his palm.

"I Have a Catalogue of Ghosts and Gods"

"Make you naughty, let you spoil the food!"

The little lady was especially angry and slapped her twice.

The little doll cried even harder.

Suddenly, the little lady sat on the ground with her buttocks, tears coming out of her eyes.

The old man and the old woman were busy with their own work with blue faces, and they didn't pay attention to the doll that was still crying.

Seeing this, the other dolls were so frightened that they hid the rice ears in their hands behind them, and their faces were at a loss.

"You've only had a full meal for a few days? Yes? I don't know what to do! How dare you waste food?! Woo woo woo, how did I raise you losers, unangry things! ”

Hearing the crying at the edge of the field, the man in the field raised his head, looked at the edge of the field, and lowered his head again to harvest.

For him, harvesting rice is his most important task.

O rice, life-saving food!

"Mother, I was wrong...... Woowoo woo ......"

The little doll saw that her mother was angry, and she was so frightened that she quickly admitted her mistake.

"Get on your knees!"

The little lady shouted loudly, and the little doll fell to her knees on the edge of the field.

"What is this? What are you ruining about? It's food, life-saving food! ”

"If there is even a grain of grain on the way to escape the famine, your mother-in-law will not starve to death...... Woohoo......"

The little lady burst into tears and couldn't cry.

The neighboring fields were full of harvesters, and while they were busy harvesting, they listened to the little lady teaching her son in the field, and no one dissuaded them.

They are all people who have experienced it and know what it is like to be hungry.

Their relatives are dying of starvation on the road because they don't have enough food.

Seeing that the little dolls forgot about hunger and suffering so quickly, these people were angry. Put on airs! Waste food!

Not far away, Li Yu looked at the scene of Tanabe's godson and nodded secretly in his heart.

It is good that the displaced people know the suffering, know the gratitude, and know that the abundance of food and clothing is not easy to come by.

"Husband, let Yang Er Jue'er participate in the autumn harvest labor in two years."

Concubine Xian Xiuniang whispered behind Li Yu.

"It is good for them to know the afflictions of the people."

Concubine Min agreed.

"Brother Huang, there is a great drought in the world, only Nanyang has a bumper harvest, it seems that Nanyang has to go to the sky, and there is a great prosperity."

Princess Plains whispered.

Since she followed Li Yu to Nanyang at the beginning of last year, she didn't think about returning to Chang'an.

She is not very old, but she has experienced great ups and downs.

was originally a royal princess and the younger sister of Li Yuyi's compatriot, but she followed her father and the emperor to flee.

was originally a noble girl with fine clothes and food, but she was once reduced to a fleeing princess.

While in Fengxiang, in order to save his life, Li Ye agreed to Li Maozhen's shameless request and married the princess of the plains of the golden branches and jade leaves to his son Li Jiyi (kǎn).

A few months later, Li Maozhen made peace with Zhu Wen, and at Li Ye's request, Zhu Wen brought Princess Pingyuan back to Chang'an.

It can be said that Princess Pingyuan is not only kind to the royal family, but also kind to Li Yu.

If she hadn't sacrificed herself for the royal family, how could Li Yu be where she is today.

"Imperial sister, I still rely on the imperial sister to have Nanyang today, if it weren't for you, ......"

Li Yu was about to say more, but was interrupted by Princess Pingyuan.

"Brother Huang, I am a woman, I can't be the master, and it is my wish to do something for the royal family."

Pingyuan bit his lip and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Li Yu knew the bitterness in her heart.

Her marriage is in turmoil, and she can't count it for a long time.

But this is a scar in her heart.

"Let's go ahead and have a look."

Li Yu walked with a group of family roll guards on the edge of the bumper rice field.

Looking at the sweaty rice harvesters in the fields and the piles of rice bales, the sense of fullness in his heart is not felt by outsiders.

The people regard food as their heaven, and if there is food, there will be people.

Looking at the people working in the fields, Li Yu suddenly thought of Zhu Wen, and he didn't know what kind of mood this old boy was in.

Bianzhou, outside the city of Kaifeng.

Zhu Wen took his civil and military officials and walked on the edge of the field.

This is a rice field next to the Bianhe River.

Under the severe drought, the amount of water has decreased, and it is difficult for rice fields to use water.

This is the paddy field that he is fully protecting, and because of the lack of water, the growth is sparse and pulled, and the yellow and shriveled rice ears look up with the wind, which shows that the rice grains are not ripe.

Zhu Wen stepped into the field, reached out and grabbed the ears of rice, rubbed his hands vigorously, only a few shriveled rice grains fell off, and there were still some that stuck to the ears of rice and could not be rubbed off.

Zhu Wen's brow twisted into a pimple.

"This is the best rice field, the other ......"

Jing Xiang also rubbed an ear of rice and said.

“……”

Li Zhen was speechless.

There is nothing to say at this time, and there is basically no harvest this year.

"Let's go, let's see."

Zhu Wen was a little reluctant.

My Central Plains is fertile and fertile, so there is no place to hunt grain?

Chenliu, Yongqiu, Xiangyi, Ningling, Songcheng......

From west to east, along the Bianshui Road to the southeast.

The land is thousands of miles away, and there is no one and no land.

Even the wild grass does not grow.

The further downstream the water goes, the less water there is.

Only there is still some popularity in the city, and outside the city is the wilderness.

Hiss ~ oops ~~~

At this time, Zhu Wen suddenly woke up.

If the people are gone, who will cultivate the land?

The scorching sun was in the sky, the ground under his feet was cracked with an inch wide, and the horses' hooves stepped on the earth, and the dust was high.

Zhu Wen walked for four or five days without seeing a single figure.

Finished.

These refugees shouldn't be driven away!

Blunder!

He glanced at Jingxiang and Li Zhen, and felt very uncomfortable.

If they hadn't supported their ideas, they wouldn't have ended up in the predicament they are in.

Who are Jing Xiang and Li Zhen? They have long been aware of this problem.

But they also have their own difficulties.

Let's not talk about who will farm the land in the future, let's talk about how they can survive?

King Liang, aren't you reluctant to give up food?

If you were to help the people, could we come up with this idea?

If we don't give them food, we will watch them starve to death?

Didn't this also bring trouble to Li Yu. Our strategic goal has been achieved!

Although there are some harvests in individual places, it is really a drop in the bucket for the entire Liang Wangfu.

It seems that you can't go to the grass valley anymore.

September 20th.

Zhu Wen and his entourage returned to Kaifeng.

A meeting was held at the palace of King Liang.

After the meeting, one after another edicts were sent to various places.

The garrisons of the entire Henan Province left the city guarded by the town and assembled towards Kaifeng.

Xiangyang Festival in the house.

The statistics of the autumn harvest have been reported in various places.

The prefectures and counties of Nanyang have benefited from water conservancy facilities.

Despite the severe drought this year, a bumper harvest was still achieved.

500,000 stone of new grain has been put into storage.

Jingxiang also had a bumper harvest of grain this year, with 150,000 stones.

There are 200,000 stones in Jingnan.

There are 200,000 stones in northern Xiangbei.

Jiangxi has put 300,000 stone of new grain into storage this year.

These places benefited from Li Yu's policies.

Jingnan and Xiangbei are both imitating Nanyang.

Reducing taxes in various places and using money to buy surplus grain in the hands of the people, as for where does the money come from? It's good to cast it yourself, as long as there is copper.

All of a sudden, the Nanyang system was full of grain, the population was full, the commerce and trade were prosperous, the people had money in their hands, and their consumption power was greatly improved.

A thriving scene.