The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 746
There is a man in the south, two or three feet long, with his body uncovered and his eyes on the top, walking like the wind. His name is Ba.The country I saw was severely drought, with thousands of miles of barren land.A dry mother.

Hanba is actually just a legendary spirit monster, in fact there is no such spirit monster at all.

Xu An is now the Taoist master of the Taiping Dao, and he doesn't know any so-called fairy arts or Taoism. There is indeed a so-called "Qi Refining Technique" in the "Taiping Jing", but Xu An has also tried this Qi Refining Technique, and he didn't understand it. I feel something mysterious, but it is similar to the effect of Wu Qin Xi, and it has some benefits for strengthening the body.

The Taihang Mountains have always been the gathering place for mountain spirits and monsters in the ghost novels, but Xu An has never encountered them once after staying in the Taihang Mountains for a long time.

There is no magic in this world, nor is there any internal energy.

Lv Bu, Zhang Liao and others are superior in military strength, and they all fight in an upright battle formation, relying on their martial arts acquired through hard training, their physical fitness beyond ordinary people, and their long-term experience.

They will also be injured and exhausted, so when they charge into battle, they are all wearing solid armor and leading their personal guards.

At this time, except for a very small number of people, most people believe in the existence of ghosts and gods.

Dong Zhongshu's suggestion of the interaction between heaven and man has aggravated the connection.

When a famine occurs, it must be due to the lack of morality in the court, and the fact that some of them are also stealing from the court, or even because of the monarch.

"Book of Rites The Doctrine of the Mean": "When the country is going to prosper, there must be auspiciousness; when the country is going to perish, there must be evildoers."

Now that the country has just been founded, it has suffered successive droughts and locust plagues. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the current Taipingdao.

If it is not dealt with, this will undoubtedly become a sign that Taiping Dao has lost its destiny.

For such a situation, Xu An had expected it a long time ago, but the founding of the country must not be postponed, otherwise, based on legal principles, he would have no way to maintain such a large territory, make foreign countries surrender, and domestic stability.

Go ahead to dangers.

Xu An is not unprepared, since people in this era believe in ghosts and gods, they need to use the theory of ghosts and gods to solve the famine.

Explain what a so-called natural disaster is, and not many people will believe it.

In ancient times, it was believed that the drought was caused by the drought, and the locust plague was the "natural poison and famine".

It is precisely because the king is unvirtuous and the officials are corrupt that God will send a famine as a warning.

Therefore, Xu An used his status as the Taoist master of the Taiping Road to issue an order.

The heaven is dead, but its claws and claws still exist. They release spirits and monsters in the world, thinking that they will cause chaos, in order to scatter people's hearts and restore them in vain.

Traces of drought demons and katydids have been found in Guanzhong, and the Taoist and Fu Zhu of Taiping Road are searching for traces and killing evildoers.

At the same time, information is also widely recruited. If someone finds the traces of the dry man and the katydid and reports it to the Taoist temples of the Taiping Road in various places, they will be rewarded.

On the square, there was an uproar, and everyone in the crowd looked terrified.

Drought demons and katydids are both monsters in mythology and monsters.

Drought is present in this world, thousands of miles of barren land, and severe drought in the country that can be seen. When the drought comes, not only the crops in the fields will not get water, but people and animals will not have water to drink.

If a person just doesn't eat, he can persist for a while, but if he doesn't drink water, he can't persist at all.

"call out------"

A sharp whistle sounded suddenly, and the commotional crowd on the square were all stunned.

"Dashun heaven and earth, without losing money, achieve peace, auspiciousness and prosperity!"

"During the Ming Dynasty, the six will be completed at the same time, and the six dragons will be used to control the sky at the time!"

"My Ming Dynasty is established by the fate of the heavens. Even if some ghosts and ghosts can cause chaos for a while, how can they live happily ever after?"

On the high platform, Tang Liang, who was wearing a khaki Taoist robe, spoke righteously and shouted with emotion.

"My Daoist of the Taiping Dao is already searching for traces of the drought demon and the katydid. The disaster will pass soon."

"We will never let the disaster spread. This time we are here to help everyone."

"This is the first batch of supplies. As long as the drought continues, the assistance will not stop. Please rest assured."

The sackcloth bound on the carriage was lifted, revealing the contents inside.

Liang Ping stood on tiptoe and looked behind the high platform, where the four-wheeled carriages were filled with clay pots.

"The river has not withered. These are clay pots for water storage. You can temporarily store more water for emergencies."

"Later, my Taiping Road Taoist will survey the land in the village and dig a deep well. I hope everyone will cooperate. After digging a deep well, at least drinking water can be guaranteed."

"The fields and crops are difficult to protect. You have no farm work. If you go to help dig a well, you will repair the road and build a water storage cellar. Otherwise, if the horse-drawn carts for transporting water and grain are difficult to travel due to road problems and delay the time, it will be everyone who suffers in the end."

Tang Liang's voice was already a little hoarse. This was not the first settlement he had been to. The days of running around made him not only dusty, but the constant yelling made his voice almost change its tone.

"We will never give up on any of our comrades!"

"Please believe in us, believe in our Taiping Dao, believe in our Yellow Turban Army, and believe in our country!"

Looking at Tang Liang standing on the high platform, looking at the khaki flag flying on the high platform, and the yellow scarves around the high platform fluttering in the wind one after another.

Everyone in the square fell silent.

"our country……"

Liang Ping's heart skipped a beat. Looking at everything in front of him, he suddenly felt that the world he was familiar with was slowly changing.

The country... the imperial court... the government...

He knows what it means, the government is the person who will come to collect taxes every time, the court seems to be the superior of the government, as for the country...

He knew that the emperor's surname was Liu and the country's name was Han, so their country was called "Han".

From ancient times to the present, from generation to generation, the emperor of Han has ruled this world, this world.

Emperor Han is the master of the world.

The world is the world of the emperor of Han, the world is the world of powerful families, not the world of them who are as humble as dust, traffickers, peasants and soldiers.

But the Fu Zhu standing on the high platform said "our country"...

Some time ago, those people with yellow scarves on their heads walked into the settlement, and those Tiqi, who called themselves Eagle Wolf Guards, arrested some people and gathered all the people in the settlement.

Eighty percent of the land in the settlement belongs to the Li family in Hu County. The Li family is a big family in Hu County. It is said that there are thousands of hectares of fertile land and countless servants.
Liang Ping didn't know much about the Li family in Hu County, but he was indeed a tenant farmer of the Li family in Hu County before. The Li family in Hu County had a branch here, and most of the land here belonged to them.

The Tiqi of the Eagle Wolf Guard held a meeting in the center of the settlement, called the "Public Trial Meeting".

Those soldiers and Tiqi escorted the high-ranking members of the Li clan in Huxian County and the stewards to the stage, and read out their crimes one by one, and read out the decree, explaining what punishment they would receive.

Those Tiqi of the Eagle Wolf Guard finally handed over the decision-making power to them.

Liang Ping still remembers the scene of the public trial. Everyone raised their hands and raised their right arms.

The left arm represents pardon, and the right arm represents punishment. No one raised his left arm for the people of the Li family in Hu County.

During the harvest season, the price of grain is lowered and squeezed out as much as possible.

During the calamity year, they hoarded food, increased taxes, and were even forced to sell their sons and daughters, fields and land.

The reason why [-]% of the fields have become Li's fields is mostly because the fields have to be sold at a low price due to the disaster year.

A good year should be an apologetic year, every year is like this, every year is like this.

In the end, the Li family in Hu County was sentenced to confiscate all their fields, forest farms, and property. Dozens of people from their main family and side branches were killed, and many of them were sentenced to labor reform and sent to prison.

And they also obtained fields, although these fields were nominally Taipingdao fields, Taipingdao also sent Diannong officials to manage them, and redefined the area.

However, Taipingdao only collects a small amount of land tax. They can get farmland according to the population of their family. If they don’t have farm tools, Taipingdao will provide them with farm tools. If they don’t have farming cattle, they can also rent farming cattle in Taipingdao.

Originally, the land tax collected by Taiping Road was [-]%, but it was said that it was for the rest of the people. Because of years of wars and sympathy for the villagers, the tax was reduced to [-]%.

Although the last year was uneven and difficult, Liang Ping did save a lot of surplus food.

During the Chinese New Year, the family finally saw meat, no longer only vegetarian dishes, porridge and rice.

It is precisely because of this that hope reappeared in his heart, and he also had a better impression of those troops with yellow scarves on their heads.

The Diannong officials in charge of the settlement did not bully them, and the soldiers stationed in the garrison even occasionally helped them.

There used to be a group of bandits around Gan Ting, about dozens of people, who came to loot from time to time over the years.

Not long after the public trial meeting, it was said that the group of bandits had been wiped out, and its leader was beheaded for public display.

And until now, there is no trace of any bandits near the settlement, and the safety is not only a little bit more than before.

It is precisely because of Taipingdao's behavior that everyone is willing to believe, so the originally turbulent crowd quickly calmed down.

Under the leadership of the Yellow Turban Army, everyone stepped forward in an orderly manner to receive the pots.

The pottery pot is half a person's height, but it can store a lot of water, and such pottery pots can be sold in the market for a lot of copper coins.

The Diannong officer came at this time and began to preach the matters that need attention.

The convoy of the Yellow Turban Army has also resumed its activities. After distributing the clay pots, they have to rush to the next place.

It is not only this area that is affected by the drought, almost the entire Zhongzhou is affected by the disaster.

……

Liang Ping sat at the door, looking at the dazzling sunlight outside the courtyard.

The severe drought has lasted for nearly a month. From April to May, not a drop of rain fell from the sky for a whole month.

The water level of the stream outside the settlement has dropped to an extremely dangerous level, and it takes a lot of time to fetch water every day.

Fortunately, the clay pots sent by the Taiping Road convoy earlier allowed them to store water in advance, so that humans and animals can still have a sip of water to drink in a short time.

There is still some well water produced in the newly dug deep well, and a water storage cellar has also been built, and there is still a lot of drinking water in it.

It's just that this can only guarantee people's drinking water, but there is no way to irrigate the fields.

Liang Ping didn't go out to the field, the crops planted in the field had already withered.

It has just arrived in May, but the temperature has climbed to an unbearable level.

Burning gold and flowing stones, cicadas panting thunder dry.

The whole world has turned into a scorched yellow, and it is difficult to see the shade of greenery.

Sitting in the house, he did not receive direct sunlight, but even so, Liang Ping felt the scorching heat.

The heat made Liang Ping's mind slowly blur, making him feel groggy and want to fall asleep.

At this moment, a gust of cool wind hit, dispelling the heat from Liang Ping's body, and also made his mind a little clearer.

Liang Ping stood up and looked in the direction of the cool wind.

The cool wind did not come from outside the house, but his wife was fanning him with a sunflower fan.

The woman picked up the sackcloth in her hand and wiped away the sweat from Liang Ping's forehead.

"Let's sleep for a while. We can't go out now. We'll fetch some water when the sun goes down later."

Liang Ping sighed, feeling a little helpless.

"Is there enough food at home?"

"If you save some food, you can still eat for three or four months, don't worry."

There was a smile on the woman's face. She saved a lot of surplus food last year, and it was not too short of food.

Last year, each family basically saved a lot of surplus food, which is why the settlements are still stable so far.

"clang----"

"clang----"

"clang----"

The bell rang again, and Liang Ping also stood up.

"This is……"

On the side, his wife also stood up together.

"Could it be that the court's convoy is here?"

Liang Ping was puzzled and didn't know what happened.

"Put on the hijab and let's go out and have a look."

Liang Ping picked up two pieces of linen hanging on the wall, and handed one of them to his wife.

In hot weather, wearing a headscarf to cover the hair on the head can prevent sunburn to a certain extent, and the situation of being too hot will appear.

Soon the two walked out of the house together, and other people in the settlement also walked out of the house one after another.

The bell rang to prove that something was urgent.

Liang Ping's guess was not wrong. Walking to the square, they saw those familiar four-wheeled carriages again.

The appearance of those soldiers with yellow scarves on their heads made everyone feel at ease.

This has never happened before. In the past, whether it was bandits or soldiers, as long as those people held weapons in their hands, they would feel fear, but they only felt close to these soldiers wearing yellow scarves.

The last convoy sent clay pots for water storage to build wells and storage cellars.

This time the convoy delivered a large amount of grain, which was sent to the warehouse of the Tuntian Office.

With the delivery of food, the tension in the village has also been relieved.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Liang Ping remembered the famine ten years ago...

In the seventh year of Guanghe, there was a severe drought and no crops were harvested. As a last resort, they had to leave their hometowns.

At that time, he was still young and fled to the county town with his parents.

But when I arrived at the county seat, I was looking forward to it. I didn't look forward to the food money for disaster relief, but received a notice of tax increase...

His parents died in the disaster year, and his eldest brother also died in the disaster year. Only he and his younger sister survived in the end.

Liang Ping's eyes were a little blurry, and the fog that appeared in front of his eyes blocked his vision.

The drought is still in its early stages, and the surplus food in their family has not been eaten yet, but the food for disaster relief has already arrived early.

Those with yellow turbans didn't break their word, they did come back here again.

Those with yellow turbans on their heads called themselves the Yellow Turban Army, and called others their comrades.

Braving the scorching sun and scorching heat, they returned to their settlements with a full load of food.

　sneaky update

　　
　
(End of this chapter)