I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 380, Familiar Formula, Familiar Taste
October of the fourth year of Chuping in the Han Dynasty (AD 193)
It was originally the season when the wind blows the wheat and the people harvest, but the drought that affected most of the Central Plains cast a shadow on this bumper harvest.

After Yuan Shao returned to the Central Plains from Xiangyang, he immediately inspected the situation in the countryside of Yanzhou, but what he saw was very bad. The land was dry and the wheat was withered. Only the land near the river could see a trace of autumn harvest.

In Hebei, where they face each other across the river, even Yuan Shao on the south bank can see countless waterwheels lined up in a long queue, boundless. These waterwheels continuously transport water to the fields in Hebei. On the south bank of the Yellow River, there are only a few waterwheels bustling around, transporting the river water to the fields, which is a world of difference compared to the north bank.

Yuan Shao said angrily: "The drought in Yanzhou has been going on for more than half a year. You just watch helplessly and don't do anything. You don't even know how to organize the people to build a few simple canals?"

Yuan Shao pointed to the north bank of the Yellow River and said angrily: "The opposite side has already made the appearance, don't you all copy it if you follow suit!"

After being scolded by Yuan Shao, Tian Feng and others smiled wryly and said: "We can't copy this. Lei Gong spent 13 billion to fight the drought, and this is why there are water trucks on the north bank that can't be seen. We want to build aqueducts in Yanzhou. It’s fine if you don’t have money, and the nobles everywhere don’t allow us to connect the canal to other people’s fields, and this canal can’t be repaired at all!”

Then Tian Feng told Yuan Shao what happened in Yanzhou while he was in Jingzhou!

Yuan Shao's regime is a coalition regime of elites and gentry, and it is an out-and-out small government. Their control over the grassroots is not even as good as that of Emperor Ling, and they have no way to deal with such natural disasters.

The aristocrats in the Central Plains even wanted to take advantage of the natural disaster to annex the people's few lands, and they even raised the price of food to the sky.

Although Tian Feng and the others also tried to save themselves, they were selfish and selfish. They always saved their own land first, and even competed for water sources to conflict with each other. This is the end.

It's okay to build aqueducts, but first build them from my land!

The nobles and nobles from all over the country did not have the idea of ​​uniting to fight the disaster. Instead, they acted independently and beggar their neighbors. They all wanted to save their own land first, cut off the water source, and even had conflicts with each other. There were hundreds of conflicts just because of the water grabbing. Do not command the army to stop these disturbances.

Under such circumstances, all the disaster relief operations in the Central Plains were carried out independently, coupled with Yuan Shao's lack of financial resources, Tian Feng and others' lack of prestige, it was difficult to organize the people to fight the drought on a large scale, Tian Feng and the others could only watch the drought continue in Yanzhou spread!
The people also kept fleeing to Hebei. Tian Feng and the others also knew the significance of population to the Central Plains now, but when they came to Yanzhou and Pingchuan, there was no obstacle at all except for the natural danger of the Yellow River. prevent victims from leaving.

Secondly, Tian Feng and the others have no food. If they really hinder the victims from fleeing Yanzhou, they will not provide relief. Tian Feng and others are also worried that the Yanzhou Yellow Turban Army will break out again, and the victims will consume a lot of food for Lei Gong if they flee to Hebei.The lesser of two evils, Tian Feng and others can only watch hundreds of thousands of people flee to Hebei!
The only good news for Tian Feng and the others is that Yuan Shao brought back millions of shi of grain so that they can help the victims!

Yuan Shao was speechless after listening to it for a long time. This is a familiar taste and recipe!It was his turn to solve the problems Lingdi encountered back then.

But even Emperor Ling couldn't solve the problem, and it was even Yuan Shao's turn to do it.

But don't they know that Lei Gong's army has already suppressed the country, and if they don't want to win over the people at this time, this is not forcing the people to Lei Gong's territory. Don't they know the fate of the Jizhou clan!
Xu You said: "The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to blame them. This year's autumn harvest in Yanzhou is hopeless, but the victims must stop them from fleeing to Hebei. There are nearly 2 million people in Hebei, which is almost Half of the population of the Great Han, the final battle between me and Lei Gong is the population, if Lei Gong is allowed to continue to expand the population and strengthen our strength, even if we occupy the ten states of the Great Han, we cannot be Lei Gong's opponent!"

"Yanzhou is about to become a battlefield between us and Lei Gong. For us, this drought can be regarded as an annexation of the wilderness. We moved the victims to Sili. Guanzhong has become a wasteland because of the chaos. These victims can be used for reclamation in Guanzhong. After solving the problem of the victims in Yanzhou, we can use the victims to enrich the population of Guanzhong! We can also use work as relief to build water conservancy facilities in Guanzhong!"

It was easy for Yuan Shao and the others to settle the land in Guanzhong. Guanzhong was turned into a wasteland. Dong Zhuo's subordinates slaughtered the Guanzhong clan, and Yang Biao fled to Jingzhou with the rest of the Guanzhong clan. The surname went south to Jingzhou, and now there are not even [-] people in the entire Guanzhong, and only in the Chang'an area can barely see some people.

It is beneficial for Yuan Shao to immigrate to enrich Guanzhong now, because Yuan Shao cannot receive taxes from the powerful and noble families, but these immigrants can become the main objects for him to serve as soldiers and pay food, which can expand Yuan Shao's financial revenue!
Yuan Shao nodded and said: "Yuan Hao, you should mobilize the entire Yanzhou disaster victims to go to Guanzhong now, and no one can escape to Hebei.

"No!" Tian Feng and the others said.

Yuan Shao glanced at the north shore again, and then looked sad, Jizhou was in disaster, and Lei Gong can give out 13 billion yuan to help the victims.

And the sum of all the financial revenue of his site can't reach the figure of 13 billion. The row of drainage trucks on the north bank of the Yellow River made him see the gap in strength between the two sides, but he couldn't find a way to catch up. For the mighty Lei Gong, the pressure in his heart is getting bigger and bigger!Now he finally understands why Emperor Ling is so greedy for money, and now even he himself wants to create Wanjintang.

On the north bank of the Yellow River, the wind blows the wheat waves, the rice fields are golden, and the whole Jizhou begins to enter the autumn harvest.The common people took their own sickles and began to buy wheat at home.

Xu Wei attaches great importance to the autumn harvest in Jizhou, because the grain output in Jizhou can determine whether Dagan and other tribes will eat porridge or dry rice next year.

At the time of the autumn harvest, he brought people to Jizhou for inspection.Zhang Baiqi followed after knowing it!

"Zimeng, how is the autumn harvest in Jizhou this time? Can it reach the amount that you said doubled the amount of grain? Can you make Dagan's grain stamps disappear?" Xu Wei saw that the wheat on the bank of the Yellow River generally had about 3 stones. I think Zhang Baiqi has done a good job in drought relief. If Jizhou generally has such a grain output, Jizhou can purchase [-] million shi of grain, which is enough to feed the entire Dagan tribe.

But Zhang Baiqi said with a wry smile: "It's a blessing to be able to reach the number of last year. The governor saw that this field had such a bumper harvest because it was close to the Yellow River and well irrigated."

"But the drought came so suddenly that we were not prepared at all. It took time to dig canals and build windmills. If the time for wheat grain filling was delayed, the grain production would decrease. The farther away from the water source, the greater the wheat production. Low, even though we have made so many preparations this year and spent billions of dollars, 7% of the wheat yield per mu in Jizhou is less than one stone! This amount of food is not enough to live for the people for a year, and the water conservancy facilities in Jizhou still have Continue to build, and the tax must be reduced or exempted, otherwise a large number of people in Jizhou will go hungry!"

People in Jizhou generally only have 30 mu of land. If the income of grain is 3 shi, 4 shi or even 5 shi, their annual income will be hundreds of shi of grain. This can be regarded as a middle-class family, but now most of them only have 30 shi. It is difficult to even support the family, and it is necessary to find a way to work to support the family. Obviously, the millions of people in Jizhou now need a job!
(End of this chapter)