Liaodong has been in good weather for six years.

Maybe it's really booming and declining. Wu Nian's expectations did not come true. From the end of the year to February and March, there were three light rains in the entire Yeqing and Gwangcheon provinces, and all of them only moistened the surface of the soil.

The water level on the river is getting shallower and shallower.

There are more and more wrinkles on people's heads.

North Hill Fort.

With the transfer of military and political affairs in Wu Nian, he left with Wu Nian's ancestors. This ordinary small castle is becoming more and more inconspicuous.

Outside the city.

A large number of fields were scattered with people with sad faces.

Under Wu Nian's rule, there were no military households, only ordinary people. There are not too many large households in Beishan Fort, and almost every household has a field.

The advantage is that the distribution is even, and the disadvantage is that the ability to resist risks is extremely poor.

"I'm going to suffer this year. Most of the crops under this kind of crop will not survive. Zhang You stood on the field with a hoe, looked at the dry fields and the crops, and sighed.

He is Zhang Sheng's own family, and he has a son who is a personal soldier by Zhang Sheng's side. But the roots are still in Beishan Fort, and together with his wife and family, he makes a living from farming.

As an old farmer, he was all too familiar with this situation. If you're lucky, it rains next, that's easy to say. If you're unlucky, the pellets won't be harvested.

"No matter how bad it is, you have to plant it. Only when it is planted can it be possible to produce food. If you don't plant it, you will have to eat the northwest wind. Zhang You's wife wiped the sweat from her forehead and sighed.

"Hey."

Zhang You sighed and nodded.

"That's right. Start with today. We have to save our rations. The whole family eats food according to the minimum standard every day, and it is enough to survive. Especially if we eat less, let our children and grandchildren eat more. ”

Zhang You turned his head and said to his wife.

"If there is no harvest this year. Even if we calculate the daily ration in this way. I'm afraid I can only hold out until March and April next year. How can you survive the rest of the days? My wife sighed.

This is still these years, Beishan Fort has a bumper harvest every year, even if it supports the army, every household has surplus food.

That's what this kind of field is.

One year of harvest, one year of drought or whatever, the common people can live. But if there is two consecutive years of drought, then basically every household is clean.

"We'll talk about it then." Zhang You smiled bitterly, shook his head and said.

..........

Jinghai County.

Although Goguryeo, Fusang, and Chu were far away, they had money to be made, and merchants still transported grain from the sea.

Wu Nian's precautions were really right.

Now the whole of Liaodong knows that this year is probably going to be very sad. The price of grain in Liaodong as a whole has already begun to rise.

Although the price offered to merchants was very high before Wu Nian, but now that I look at it, it is ordinary. But Wu Nian made the first move and made an agreement with these businessmen.

It is also creditworthy, and does not owe debts. Therefore, after these merchants arrived in Liaodong, they immediately delivered the grain to the prefect Lu Sheng.

Because there is too much food, the granary in Jinghai County can no longer be filled. Lu Sheng asked Liu Wu to send troops and transport half of them to Jiangxian County.

As soon as the merchants' big ships docked, they were served by a one-stop service. Liu Wu's soldiers stared at the whole time.

Li Tianbao's navy was also dispatched to patrol the sea to protect merchant ships. No way.

Before, it was a rainy day, but now it is a life-saving weapon.

These grains are all life-saving.

In the prefect's yamen. Lu Sheng sat on the throne in a black robe, and below him were a large number of officials, who were manipulating their calculations and calculating the amount of grain they had purchased during this period.

After a while, an official in the household, sweating profusely, held a piece of paper, handed it to Lu Sheng, bent down and said, "My lord." This is the total. ”

Lu Sheng hurriedly stretched out his hand to take the white paper and watched it. There are both joy and sadness on his face. It's written in black and white.

Erase the odds and don't say anything. This group of merchants, the grain brought in from the sea. More is more, and less is really less.

5,230,000 catties of rice and 2,300,000 catties of wheat. In total, there are 7.5 million catties of grain.

Looks like a lot.

But the special code is really less.

According to the level of food in Wu Nian's army. A soldier eats at least half a pound of grain a day. Now there are 1340,000 soldiers under Wu Nian's command, which is calculated according to 100,000.

You need to eat at least 50,000 catties of grain every day. I have to run 20 million a year.

The population of Yeongyeongfu and Gwangcheon is between one and two million. This is not counting children, a year's ration is at least 200 million.

Of course, you can also make porridge, as long as you don't starve to death.

And. This is also a prerequisite, this year's Yingqing Mansion and Guangchuan Mansion are really not harvested.

All in all, the seven and a half million grains seem like a lot, but in reality they are really not much.

But there is no way, the carrying capacity of the ship is really limited. The sea is so wide.

"Word came out immediately. Raise the price of food even further. As long as they can be transported, our Fuhan generals will eat them. Real money is given. They will never be missing a copper plate. ”

Cold sweat flowed from Lu Sheng's forehead, and he raised his head and said to the official of the household.

"Yes." The officer answered and immediately went down.

"Let's hope everything goes well." Lu Sheng stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and said secretly in his heart.

Trade on this sea is very risky. Now Wu Nian is the enemy of Meng Yuan and Chu at the same time. Moreover, the Goguryeo people are also eyeing Liaodong.

This time, taking precautions, Wu Nian launched it ahead of schedule, and all parties did not stop it.

Now that Liaodong is clearly drought, all parties may exert their strength. Vigorously blockade food. No way. All parties are rich in land and resources.

If there is a drought here, there will be help.

Here in Wu Nian, there are only two mansions. If there is a drought all of a sudden, isn't it just controlled by others?

Those who have ambitions for Liaodong are afraid that they will wake up laughing from their dreams.

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Jiang County. It's getting hotter. There are fewer pedestrians on the streets.

General Fuhan's Mansion. Inside the study. Wu Nian sat on the main seat, and below him were Liu Zhixing, the prefect, and Zhang Haiping, the prefect.

Chen Jiagui received the news. It is said that the Empress Dowager of Goguryeo ordered that grain be blocked and grain not allowed to leave the country. There is no news from the Chu State yet, but there is a high probability that it is the same. ”

"The Mengyuan people seem to be contacting the pirates at sea and blockading us. Merchant ships are not allowed to come in. ”

"Of these people around, one counts as one. I wish I had died in drought. Although we took precautions and got seven or eight million catties of grain, we were able to breathe a sigh of relief. But in the long run, I'm afraid I really have to lose everything. ”

Wu Nian sat on the main seat, drinking cold and white, and his tone was very heavy.

This war is easy to say, and the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road.

But a good woman has no rice to cook. Now the officials of the entire Fuhan General's Mansion are all anxious.

The Mengyuan people, the Goguryeo people, the Chu people, and the Fusang pirates were all tigers and wolves, and they all wanted a piece of the pie from him.

Wu Nian is discussing countermeasures with two civil officials. This wave of unsettled waves has risen again and again. A personal soldier walked in from outside and reported: "Report to the general." The county order came to report. It is said that there are two villages outside the city that people fought for water, killing two people and injuring dozens of others. ”

"What did you say?!" Wu Nian patted the desk in front of him and stood up, and said sharply.