In the eighth year of Yanxi (165), there was a great drought in Yuzhou. Yuzhou Thorn Shi ordered to hold disaster ceremonies in various places, and the county order moved when he heard the wind and sacrificed to Hebo. There is a river in the north of Wu County, which is a branch of Surabaya, and this time to worship Hebo, it is here to worship Hebo.

Zhang Zhao, as the third elder of the township and the most important hero in Wu County, could not help but participate. Zhang Han was also taken by him and went with him, so that he could see the world.

"It's a pity that all the good three animal sacrifices are thrown into the river!"

On the way back, Zhang Han sat in the same car with his grandfather and walked slowly. Recalling the scene of the sacrifice just now, after burning incense and praying, the sacrifices were thrown into the river one by one, Zhang Han couldn't help but sigh heartily.

Zhang Han didn't want to give up the meat, but he just felt that it was a waste, which was a pity.

In the pre-Qin period, only officials and the elderly could eat meat, and the common people could hardly eat meat when they were not sacrificial. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, meat was much more common. When a medium-sized family encounters a happy event, they will also buy some meat to eat. But the diet of ordinary civilians is still very poor, and there is not enough vegetables, let alone meat.

"This is how it is ...... to worship the river gods"

Hearing his grandson say this, Zhang Zhao was not angry. Zhang Han has always lacked reverence for ghosts and gods, and Zhang Zhao didn't know whether it was good or bad, so he patiently explained to him.

"It's a pity! Can't you change it? For example, in the case of the shrine festival, the meat is divided into ......."

Zhang Han remembered the social sacrifice, and he had participated in several social sacrifices in this life.

The festival is divided into spring and autumn festivals, and is held in February and August each year. In addition to the Chinese New Year, the spring and autumn festivals are the most lively days of the year in the Han Kingdom. Most of the residents of Zhangwu are members of the Zhang clan, and the social festival is held together.

At this time, according to the abundance and thrift, each household in the whole dock will pay 800~1,200 yuan. Then, a special person went to buy some pigs, cattle, sheep, wine, rice, gizzard meat, etc. as sacrifices, and gathered in front of the big tree next to the Zhang ancestral hall to worship the land god.

Men and women, young and old, can participate in the festival, where everyone beats drums and bells, drums and sheng, and sings and dances to entertain the gods. After the sacrifice was completed, Zhang Zhao presided over it, and the sacrifices such as gizzard meat were fairly distributed to everyone, and they indulged in feasting and drinking all day before they returned drunk.

Zhang Han likes the festive atmosphere of the social festival very much, and the meat tastes fragrant when there are many people. Where would this be, after sacrificing to the river god, I didn't even care about a meal.

“……”

Hearing this, Zhang Zhao couldn't help but Wan'er, it was really a child's talk.

"Sacrifice to the river god, will the river god bless us?"

"Sometimes it ......" – that is, sometimes it doesn't.

"Then why do you still worship the river god?"

Zhang Han has always felt that it is stupid to do this, not to mention manpower to sacrifice to the river god, just various sacrifices will cost at least 108,000 yuan. With these manpower and material resources, it is better to use them for disaster reduction and relief.

There are a lot of questions involved in this question, Zhang Zhao thought about it for a while, and then thought about how to say it. At his age, he is also half-suspicious of ghosts and gods, and he is silent and confused. Speaking of which, Zhang Zhao is also quite contradictory, he believes in the Book of Heaven, believes in Guang Shouzi, but he is still the same for these - he is a pragmatist, and the Chinese are realists.

"If everybody believes it's useful, then it's useful."

Zhang Han listened to his grandfather's words and couldn't help but be silent. It turns out that he is the fool.

The Han people are not completely superstitious, but they are forced to do so. At this time, transportation is inconvenient, there are no trains and cars, and it often takes a long time to get from one place to another. In other words, the cost of disaster relief and mitigation is so high that governments cannot afford it. As a result, some sacrificial prayers were held to appease the people.

That's what Zhang Zhao said.

As for the result after the sacrifice, it all depends on luck, it depends on God.

Obviously, Yuzhou was unlucky this time, the disaster situation did not improve, and it was still the same, and the further south it went, the more severe the drought became. In autumn, it finally started to rain. As a result, the heavy rain was out of control, and it was another flood.

In this way, the harvest of Yuzhou that year can be imagined.

Lu is located in the northeast corner of Yuzhou, and the climate is closer to Qingzhou and Xuzhou. There was little damage and last year's harvest was pretty good. In particular, the fields of the Zhang family were harvested. The harvest of the other counties was miserable.

In the winter, with the little grain harvested, the farmers could barely cope. By the spring of this year, the grain was almost eaten. Eating leaves, bark, and grass roots is reluctant to eat green seedlings. But in February and March, in order to survive, people had to abandon the green seedlings in the field and flee to other places to eat.

However, when they can see that the situation is not good, they will make a decision immediately and lead their families to escape the famine. People are away from their hometowns, and more people are reluctant to leave their homes. By the time we have to leave, it's probably too late. People died on the road everywhere, and many died of starvation at home.

Lu is located in the northeast of Yuzhou, and Wu County is an important city in the south of Lu. Displaced people who fled also flocked to the city, and Suxian County bore the brunt.

In March of the ninth year of Yanxi (166), a large number of hungry people poured into the country of Lu, and the displaced people soon came to Wu County.

When the homeless people came to Zhangwu, Zhang Han was playing with a group of people. That day, Zhang Han remembered very clearly, everyone was fighting together, and he still rarely won against Zhang Huan, and rarely won against Wood, but others were no longer his opponents. He had won a few people in a row, and was having a good time, when he suddenly saw some people coming by the river, all in rags and covered with dust.

"It's the ...... of the homeless," Zhang Chao muttered in a low voice. His family secretly does some business, so he is very well informed.

Of course, Zhang Chao's family is not from the city, and his father Zhang Ping is only in Wu County, and a few nearby farms, using the name of the Zhang family and flexible means, to do some things such as buying low and selling high, but no one pays attention to it. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the Lu people Cao Bing became extremely rich because of business, so the land of Zou and Lu originally had the wind of "good Jia seeking profit". As long as Zhang Ping doesn't change his household registration to city registration, he will be embarrassed, and the elders in the clan will not pay attention to him.

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

Zhang Huan was the most courageous, so he wanted to go and see. Zhang Han was also a little curious, but he hurriedly stopped Zhang Huan - gentlemen do not stand under dangerous walls, and homeless people are often accompanied by the spread of epidemics, so there is no need to take this risk.

……

"......, these people are all from Peixian, they can't live there anymore, and they are all fleeing the famine. I've heard that the south side is even more miserable,......"

When Zhang Han went home, he was just in time for the housekeeper Liang Zihui to tell Zhang Wang about the matter. He listened to it for a while, and after the two finished speaking, he saluted his mother, and then called "Grandpa Liang" sweetly.

"Xiao Langjun, I'm back!"

Steward Liang smiled, and said hello. Right now, these displaced people are coming, and there are many more to come. He didn't have the heart to say more to Zhang Han.

"There are a lot of displaced people by the river......" Zhang Han stopped halfway through his words.

"Oh, what do you think?" As soon as Zhang Wang heard it, he knew that Zhang Han had something to say, so he asked with a smile.

"These displaced people cannot be left alone, after the catastrophe there will be a great epidemic, and they must be organized."

These are all common sense, Zhang Han came as soon as he opened his mouth and talked eloquently.

"Let them do their own work, and our housekeepers will lead them to cut down some trees, build a few toilets, build some dwellings, and build some stoves (some distance from their dwellings). They must be allowed to live in the lower reaches of the Qingshui River; Must urinate in the toilet; Sick people must be isolated; The dead must be buried deeply; ……

However, first transfer more soldiers to Zhangwu, and if necessary, we must be able to suppress these people. Also, just now Grandpa Liang said that the corn valley in the county has risen to more than 1,000 yuan a stone, which is to force people to death. Zhang Wu can't do this, let his grandfather say hello, Sugu can't exceed 550 yuan a stone,......"

"That's not going to work!" Zhang Wangshi heard this with great interest, and hurriedly interjected, "Baby, you have a good heart, like your father, this is a good thing." However, the young and old in the dock are counting on earning two more dollars, and you ...... do that."

"This is easy to do," Zhang Han had already prepared, "just say that the Zhang family does not participate in the sale of grain." I don't think the elders will have any opinions......"

Steward Liang and Zhang Wang's looked at each other, and the loss was the Zhang family.

PS: Today's first update, there are three more. The white bamboo pig shouted yesterday, and the aftermath echoed to this day, 'Ticket~'