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

Chapter 274 The parties plan
A boatload of fish has temporarily eased anxiety, but the drought continues.

The rivers and canals in Lingnan have no water for farmers to water the vegetation. Most of the sweet potato vines in the fields are dry and yellow, and the cassava in Zhuangzi near the forest has been burned by the sun.

Even drinking water has become a problem for ordinary people in some areas, and they have to carry water from far away places.

The drought has also greatly affected the livestock industry.

Originally, ordinary people in Lingnan would raise two pigs or one sheep at home. Even the poorest families would go to the government to get a loan and get a pair of rabbits to raise.

However, due to drought, a large number of weeds have died in the sun, and people often have to spend twice as much time as usual in dense forests to cut grass and feed it home.

But the drought has also affected forests with dense vegetation. Many grasses in the mountains have been burned to death, and a little spark can trigger wildfires.

Many people had to reluctantly sell the livestock they raised at home.

Jiang Tangtang relied on his golden finger of having space and asked his subordinates to buy all the livestock sold by the people and triple the size of the Qiongzhou breeding farm.

Nowadays, there is drought everywhere. The grass outside is dry, thin and yellow, looking malnourished, but the grass in the space is so tender that it can drip water. She does not dare to take the grass out of the space directly to feed the livestock.

We can only prepare the hay in the space and have a batch of it transported there regularly, so that the farm workers can feed it to the animals.

But Jiang Tangtang couldn't take too much care. Most of the animals had to accept the fate of being slaughtered early due to drought.

Although the drought is severe and all walks of life in Lingnan have been greatly affected, the people in Lingnan are not hungry.

Jiang Tangtang distributed the grain collected in the previous two years to the people in exchange for national debt.

People who did not buy national debt could also receive grain, but it was less than those who bought national debt. Moreover, they were not white-collar workers, but borrowed it from the government. When the drought passed, they had to repay it, but they did not have to pay interest. Pay back as much as you want.

Although it was not given for free, the people were very grateful for it and said that Jiang Tangtang was a living Bodhisattva.

This is the first time they have received relief food from the government since the disaster.

In the past, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the government did not care about the life and death of the people. They would only keep increasing taxes.

After the grain was distributed, the granary was mostly empty.There are still so many troops to feed, and the drought is far from over.

This gave Jiang Tangtang a headache.

Large areas of sweet potatoes and corn were once again planted in the space.

Like Lingnan in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Xirong, Rouran and other surrounding small countries also suffered droughts to varying degrees.

The people in these places are not as lucky as the people in Lingnan. There is no government to distribute relief grains, and there are no officials to lead the people to develop side businesses to alleviate the losses caused by the drought.

After August, a large number of people left their hometowns to escape famine.

At this time, people discovered a strange phenomenon. The drought was so severe, but Lingnan and Cangwu remained as stable as usual, and no people fled.

What does this mean?
It shows that there is food in Lingnan!

Many people have started thinking about Lingnan.Among them were the Emperor Xiao Ye of the Great Zhou Dynasty who was seriously ill and immediately disposed of his two sons, and the Emperor of Xirong who temporarily ignored Lu Shiyan because of the war with the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Under the setting sun, Qi Hongshen took the water bag from his waist, drank a few gulps of water, and suddenly asked the entourage behind him: "Shaoan, what do you think of Lingnan?"

Guo Shaoan frowned and thought for a long time and said: "I heard that the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty call Lu Shiyan the God of War, and Lu Shiyan's wife is a disciple of the Immortal Seat. They say that the couple were sent by God to save them."

Qi Hongshen sneered, "This is just a trick that the literati of the Zhou Dynasty like to play, so that they can rebel and take the throne in the future." Guo Shao'an said: "But Lu Shiyan did not send troops after occupying Lingnan. It has been accepting refugees."

Qi Hongshen said: "The fact that he did not send troops just shows that he is treacherous. He just wants to wait until we and Da Zhou are both defeated, and then reap the benefits."

"Since the young master knows his thoughts..." Guo Shaoan wanted to say why he was allowed to grow stronger and why not deal with him earlier, but thinking about the war in the past two years, Xirong could not allocate more troops.

Qi Hong was deeply relieved to see that his subordinates had figured it out, "It's one thing that we can't allocate more troops, but wouldn't it be better to wait until the cattle are fattened before slaughtering them?"

"What does the young master mean?"

Qi Hongshen smoothed his beard and said, "Now is the time to slaughter the cow."

If we don’t slaughter them, we will have trouble raising cattle.

Guo Shaoan said: "Then when will we send troops, my subordinates will make arrangements right now."

Qi Hongshen said: "Don't rush to send troops. First send people disguised as refugees to Lingnan to inquire about the situation. I will wait until I have some time to arrange the deployment of troops."

He wants to take Lingnan, but he will not give up these cities that Zhou Dynasty conquered.It's best to think of a way to let Da Zhou and Lu Shiyan fight first.

But he was right, Lu Shiyan was really a wolf cub.Not only did he dare to rebel against the Dog Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he also endured it extremely well.

Having held Lingnan for so long, they could still resist sending troops.People who are both cruel and tolerant are scary.

If this person doesn't come out, I'm afraid he will be Xirong's strong enemy in the future.

"Sir, didn't we send an ugly woman to keep an eye on Lu Shiyan? Why not send a message to her first?"

Qi Hongshen sighed immediately. He thought this subordinate had improved a moment ago, but unexpectedly he became stupid again. "Do you think you can still trust that woman? Look at what has been rumored recently?"

After Qi Hongshen reminded him, Guo Shaoan realized why he had been feeling weird when reading letters from Lingnan recently.

The letter seemed to say a lot, but upon closer inspection, there was no useful information at all. Instead, it was using words to spy on them.

Guo Shaoan was ashamed of his own slowness, "It's because my subordinates are stupid and didn't discover it as early as possible. Please punish me, young master."

Qi Hongshen said: "Go and do things first. Whether you can receive a reward or a penalty depends on your performance this time."

At the same time, Xiao Ye also summoned several ministers.

One characteristic of these ministers is that they secretly sent their families to Lingnan.

They consciously did it secretly, but they didn't know that they didn't hide it from Xiao Ye.

At this time, Xiao Ye looked kindly and cared about the descendants of the ministers' families. What else didn't everyone understand? The emperor knew what they were doing behind their backs.

But the emperor knew clearly, but he did not punish them, but called them together like this. Could it be...

Cui Shangshu thought about it in his mind, and he quickly came up with an idea. He knelt on the ground and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, I sent Quanzi to Lingnan because I really want to find out what the military strength is in Lingnan so that I can serve the Emperor. "

"Oh?" Xiao Ye looked completely unaware, "How is the progress going?"

(End of this chapter)