My whole family was in exile, and I relied on my space to buy half of my country.

Chapter 273 Drought
In the new year, the situation in Beijing has become increasingly tense.In order to understand the difficulties in the capital, the emperor forcibly transferred the troops stationed in the northeast.

After the troops stationed in the northeast were called back, they indeed forced the Xirong back and saved the capital.But as soon as the garrison in the northeast was transferred away, Rouran, who was already ready to take action and wanted a piece of the pie, immediately launched an attack on Dazhou.

The Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty had no choice but to transfer the troops stationed in the Northeast back.But it was useless to go back at this time. Rouran had already taken advantage of the empty garrison in the northeast to break through the defense line.

Xirong launched another attack, hoping to capture the capital in one fell swoop.

Although Xirong has always relied on robbing the people of the Zhou Dynasty to subsidize military supplies, the looted property alone cannot meet military needs. The long-term war has put Xirong's treasury under strain.

The Xirong Emperor was eager to end the war quickly.

The Great Zhou Dynasty was more difficult than Xirong.

Xirong could still rob the Zhou Dynasty and subsidize military supplies by supporting war with war, but the Zhou Dynasty suffered successive defeats and had no place to rob.

Coupled with the continuous defeats, many cities were captured, vast tracts of fields were laid waste, and tax revenues were reduced again and again.

The Zhou court once again increased the taxes on the people.

Before the war, various exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes had already made the people breathless.Since the war, it has become even worse.This is the third time the court has raised taxes since the war.

Even if the weather is good and people don't have food or drink, they may not be able to pay the taxes stipulated by the court even if they work in the fields for a year.

Not to mention that the year this year is very bad. In many places, there has not been a drop of rain since the beginning of spring. Crops that were supposed to be sown in spring have been delayed due to weather conditions.

Many overwhelmed people simply fled, but more people who were full of resentment against the imperial court joined the refugees, formed a rebel army, and began to resist the imperial court.

This rebel army won the support of many refugees under the guise that the Emperor Xiao Yema of the Great Zhou Dynasty was fatuous, incompetent, and immoral, so God punished the Great Zhou Dynasty.Soon it grew from a few thousand people to more than 2 people.

As the disaster worsened, the rebel army continued to grow.

The refugee army of more than 2 people did not dare to fight against the capital, but when Xiao Ye heard the rebels' slogans, he became so angry that he vomited blood and fainted.

Although Xiao Ye was not in danger of life after being treated by the imperial doctor, he still needed to stay in bed to recuperate.

After Xiao Ye fell seriously ill and fell ill, several princes neither thought about how to drive away foreign enemies nor how to deal with internal troubles. Instead, they fought among themselves and competed for the throne.

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Lingnan has also been tested by drought this year, but fortunately Jiang Tangtang has been working hard on infrastructure construction for the past two years. Now the countryside of Lingnan is full of rivers and canals.

The people temporarily relied on rivers and canals to divert water and sow spring seeds.

Jiang Tangtang issued an order to the Ministry of Agriculture in advance, asking people to plant all drought-tolerant crops this year.

Such as sweet potatoes, millet, etc.

Of course, if it doesn't rain, even drought-tolerant crops may face crop failure or reduced yields.

Compared with Lingnan, Cangwu Baiyue is much more difficult.

The construction of water conservancy projects in these places started later, and the canals in many places have not yet been repaired.

On land close to water sources, people can still plant crops by carrying water.

But those who are far away from water sources are powerless even if they want to.

Moreover, crops in a season do not only need water when they are planted, there are many places that need water later.

Many people knelt on the ground and howled, and some came to Jiang Tangtang and asked Jiang Tangtang, the immortal disciple, if he could ask the immortal master to send some rain to save everyone.

Jiang Tangtang naturally had no way to make it rain, but she did think of a crop that was more drought-resistant than sweet potatoes—cannas.

In modern times, canna is basically grown as an ornamental plant, but the roots of canna are actually edible.

The rhizome of canna contains a lot of starch, which is as filling as sweet potatoes.

The key is that it is cold-tolerant, heat-tolerant and drought-resistant, and easy to grow.In addition to cannas, Jiang Tangtang also does not intend to let go of drought-tolerant crops such as cassava.

While Jiang Tangtang was cultivating a large number of cannas in the space, he planned to find an opportunity to distribute them to the common people.He also ordered people to transport the cassava seedlings previously cultivated in Baodao to Cangwu, and first select a suitable place for cultivation.

In addition to finding ways to deal with crops, she also convened people to find ways to solve the drought problem as much as possible.

Lingnan is close to the sea, so it would be great if we could make good use of the sea water.

It's a pity that at this time, not to mention the modern advanced equipment to convert seawater into fresh water, even if it can be converted, there is no transportation equipment.

Jiang Tangtang still focuses on seawater planting and breeding.

Originally there was only one kelp planting base in Baodao, but this year it expanded to ten.

In addition to the two new bases built in Baodao, seven more bays suitable for planting kelp have been found on the beaches around Lingnan.

Call in those common people who are unable to plant crops due to drought to cultivate kelp.

In addition to expanding the kelp planting base, Jiang Tangtang also recruited a large number of common people for training, and then the government came forward to lead the team to go fishing.

Do your best to prepare for drought.

Jiang Tangtang opened several new dried fish processing workshops, and sent all the newly caught dead fish to the workshops to bake them into dried fish, so that they could be used as food during times of famine and food shortages.If there are lucky enough fish to survive, they will be sent to the newly planned fishing ground.

These fish will first be put into a pool where sea water and spiritual springs are mixed to recuperate. After they regain their vitality, they will be put into fisheries for breeding.

The fishery Jiang Tangtang was modeled after modern cages. Of course, this cage was neither as large nor as high in quality as modern cages, so she could only try her best.As for whether she could succeed, she was not sure.

And because the materials used to weave nets in this era were not as good as modern ones, the nets in the cages would have to be replaced within a few months.

But you can’t give up just because you think there’s little hope and the investment is too much.

Now that there is drought everywhere, this is at least a way out.

Lu Shili also temporarily postponed the time to go to sea and led the team to go fishing.According to him, he just took this opportunity to train his men, so that when they gain more experience, they will have a better chance of winning when they go to sea.

Jiang Tangtang naturally agreed with this, and told Lu Shili that the book she gave him should be read carefully.

Lu Shili did read the book given by Jiang Tangtang carefully, but he couldn't understand some parts, "Sister-in-law, what is the theodolite mentioned in the book?"

Jiang Tangtang blinked and thought hard about how to explain the theodolite.

She feels that since she time traveled, she has taken the college entrance examination more seriously than she did, and has read more books than she did in her previous life combined.

After all, in the past, she only had to understand it herself, but now because she has to answer it for others, she not only has to understand it herself, but she also has to express it so that others can understand it.

It’s not just about making people understand, it’s best to teach them how to actually do it.

Jiang Tangtang talked and gestured to Lu Shili for most of an hour, and finally explained clearly what a theodolite was.

He took the book and talked to him for more than an hour before he explained how to use the height of the sun to measure latitude.

Jiang Tangtang remembered reading somewhere that ancient navigation teams invented the "gimbal" to help measure dimensions.

The Chinese have also invented a similar device, which is the incense ball used to incense clothes and quilts in ancient times.

Because the center of gravity of the two annular movable shafts of the device is downward, and the concentric annular movable shafts are used to play the role of mechanical balance, so no matter how the smoked ball rotates, only the two annular movable shafts rotate with it, and the small bowls can Always keep it level.

In this era, such aromatherapy balls are also used by many wealthy families in the capital.

Jiang Tangtang immediately sent people to find the master who made the aromatherapy balls, planning to build a gimbal for navigation in this era.

(End of this chapter)