Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 597 Li Yan Scolds the Heavens
Daming Shan sago fat.

In a piece of scorched farmland, there stood two figures, the man was handsome and unrestrained, and the woman was heroic.

But when the two looked at the withered crops, they both showed anxiety in their eyes and their faces were full of sadness.

These two people are none other than Li Yan, Governor of Shaanxi, and Yipin Gaoming's wife Hong Niangzi.

No harvest, another season of no harvest, because of the severe drought, this is the second season of no harvest this year.

It can be said that there is almost no harvest in the northwest of Daming this year, all rivers have dried up, and people rely on the wells dug in the river for drinking water.

Even if there is a little water, we must first solve the problem of drinking water for the people to eat, and it is impossible to waste water in the crop fields.

During the Chinese New Year, ice and snow are everywhere, and the climate is almost extremely cold.

However, after the ice and snow melted a year later, there has been no rain for ten months, and the temperature is still extremely high.

A large amount of water resources have been evaporated, and neither corn, rice nor sweet potato can survive this year.

The entire Shaanxi-Gansu region first ate up its own food stocks, and then ate up food from local grain depots.

Fortunately, the policy of Ming Dynasty is good now, and disaster relief food is continuously shipped from all over the country, so the people don't go hungry.

In the past six months, all have to rely on relief from the southern region, otherwise the ration problem would have been impossible to solve.

The people have all come from hard times, and they can understand the actual situation now.

Everyone worked together to understand and help each other, and few people complained about their dissatisfaction with the court.

You know, the food they ate for more than half a year was almost free, and the court did not ask them for a penny.

The rapid population growth also makes disaster relief more difficult. After all, transportation is not as developed as it will be in later generations.

After the waterway was out of service, it was all transported by a railway and horse-drawn carriage. It can be said that if it were not for a small railway that runs through all provinces, it would be more difficult to transport grain from the south to the northwest.

Thinking of how many people died of starvation in Mizhi before, which eventually led to refugees everywhere, Li Zicheng almost overthrew the Ming Dynasty.

Li Yan, governor of Shaanxi, looked up at the sky and let out a long sigh:
"God! You open your eyes and take a good look, feel your conscience and think about it, is it fair for you to treat Daming like this?

Now the emperor of Ming Dynasty loves the people like his own son, and finally rescued the rotten Ming Dynasty, was it easy for him?

Look at these people in the northwest, they are all kind human beings, why do you freeze people to death in winter with violent storms and snow, and in other seasons, there is no rain, how can you bear it..."

"Husband, the Holy Majesty is expected to come back soon. We must believe that His Majesty will find a way to save the people here. Don't be too sad."

Seeing her husband like this, the red lady had tears in her eyes, she quietly stepped forward and took Li Yan's arm to comfort him

For several months, Li Yan hadn't had a good night's sleep, and almost every day he ran around the Northwest directing the people to dig wells to fight the disaster.

The 30 troops are not idle either, they are all helping the people transport food and water for disaster relief.

Sun Chuanting, the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, and important ministers of the court and central government all came to Shaanxi in person. They checked the disaster situation and supervised whether the relief materials were in place on time.

Even the three princesses came to Shaanxi in person a few days ago and brought a lot of food.

It can be said that the officials and nobles of the entire Ming Dynasty took action to rescue the Shaanxi-Gansu region.

But even if God does not see any action, and there is still not a drop of rain, as the official of the parents of Shaanxi people, can Li Yan not be in a hurry?

Li Yan looked back at his wife, and reached out to touch her pretty face:
"My wife has suffered with Li Yan. Look at your haggard face. It's because Li Yan is incompetent. Not only can't solve the drought problem, but he can't even take care of his wife..."

The red lady smiled sweetly:
"Husband, don't say that. Compared with those generals back then, we are very happy. The red lady has no complaints or regrets! Let's go to the river to see if there is any well again."

"Okay, let's go..."

It was rare for Li Yan to hold the hand of the red lady in front of everyone, and they walked towards the dry river bed together.

The red lady blushed, turned her head to look at the guards and some common people not far away, and followed Li Yan happily.

"Look, my lord has lost a lot of weight, and my wife has become even more emaciated. Both the golden boy and the jade girl have been harmed by God."

Not far away, the common people laughed happily when they saw the lord and his wife holding hands.

On the dry river bed, many people were sweating profusely digging wells, more precisely, a deep ditch was dug at the bottom of the river.

There is still some water in the thick sand layer at the bottom of the river. This kind of water is generally called sand soaking.

The sand is very thick and difficult to dig. Once it is dug deep, it will collapse immediately, and everything just now was in vain.

Now both the people and the soldiers have experience, and they can make walls with wooden boards with holes.

In this way, it will not collapse, and the water in the sand can also flow out of the holes in the plank.

Li Yan and his wife walked behind the workers and saw that water had appeared in the deep ditch they had dug.

In the deep ditch of about two meters, the slowly leached water gathered together, and the depth was almost half a foot deep.

Surprise appeared in everyone's eyes. Judging from the current situation, it was enough to eat for the time being.

Yang Zheng is the leader here, and he followed Zhu Cijiong into the Pingkou Army before, and Zhu Cihong brothers led troops to the expedition, but did not take him there to protect Yang Zheng.

Seeing the governor and his wife coming, Yang Zheng immediately scooped up a bowl of water and handed it over:
"My lord, please taste this water is very sweet."

These days they were together every day, and Li Yan refused to allow everyone to salute when they met, because he thought he was also a disaster victim.

Li Yan reached out to take the water bowl in Yang Zheng's hand. He didn't drink it directly, but handed it to the red lady:
"Ma'am, are you thirsty? How about a taste!"

The red lady smiled sweetly, took a few gulps from the water bowl:

"Well, it's not bad. It tastes better than the pond water before, without the smell of earth. The master will also try it."

The red lady was born as a general. Although she is a delicate beauty in front of Li Yan, she still maintains the boldness of a heroine in front of everyone.

Being careless does not affect the image of the red lady, but makes everyone respect her more, because it is true.

It's not like some people once their status rises, the official authority follows, and they start to act aggressive in front of everyone.

The dignified Governor of Shaanxi and Mrs. Yipin Haoming cherish a bowl of water so much. This is the recognition of everyone, and they are very moved.

Li Yan smiled slightly, took the water bowl and drank it down:

"Well, it's good, it's delicious, everyone must protect our water source, it's our lifeblood.

Now I declare that this water is only allowed to be used for cooking and quenching thirst, and no one is allowed to use it to water the ground.

This little water will not play any role at all for large crops, so it must not be wasted.

If someone is found deliberately wasting our fountain of life, the governor will exile him to the desert of the Great Northwest. "

Everyone looked at the dead crops. Although he felt sad, he knew very well that this little water was just a drop in the bucket and could not solve any problems.

"Yes, sir, don't worry, we won't waste a drop of water."

At this time a fast horse came in front of Li Yan, and the man on the horse got off the horse and saluted:

"Report to the Governor, Xia Wanchun Xia has arrived at the Governor's Mansion with a lot of disaster relief materials."

(End of this chapter)