Reborn Farmhouse: Planting Fields, Flirting with People

Chapter 889 Extra: Severe Drought and Famine
In the second year of Fangyuan's Dangzhi County in Yunxi County, he encountered severe drought and famine, and the crop yield in the field dropped sharply, only [-]% of previous years.

Yunxi County, and even the entire Yuzhou Prefecture were hit by disasters.

There was no harvest in the fields, and the people had no food to eat. After the drought, a large-scale famine began to appear.

The government's relief food was delayed, and a large number of victims flocked to Yuzhou Prefecture, begging and looting food along the street, which almost caused a riot.

Just when Su Yousheng, the magistrate of Yuzhou, was at a loss and was about to take the blame and resign from office, things suddenly turned around.

The government’s relief food is still missing, but the magistrate of Yunxi County sent people to send a large amount of sweet potatoes, hundreds of carts of sweet potatoes, the eyes of the victims along the road were green, if the officers and soldiers were not carrying knives , They are afraid that they will rush to snatch it.

The person who escorted the sweet potatoes was Jiang Fengyi, the current historian of Yunxi County.

Jiang Fengyi said to Su Yousheng: "In the jurisdiction of Yunxi County, almost all the people grow sweet potatoes, which are drought-resistant and have extremely high yields.

Although the severe drought this year has affected the production of sweet potatoes, a total of [-] tons of sweet potatoes have been harvested in Yunxi County this year, which can solve the urgent needs of the people in Yuzhou Prefecture. "

Although Yunxi County also suffered from drought, the disaster was not too severe. In addition, every household planted sweet potatoes, and the fields had some harvests. The rations for their own food were still more than enough, so there would be no famine.

Because of the signing of the contract, the villagers kept enough rations for their own family, and sold the rest of the sweet potatoes to Fu Sheng Ji at the old price.

These 3000 tons of sweet potatoes were purchased by Fu Sheng Ji from the villagers of various villages, and it cost a total of more than [-] taels of silver.

Knowing from Fangyuan's mouth that other counties in Yuzhou Prefecture were seriously affected by the disaster, Li Mingyue discussed with Li Shou, wanting to donate part of the sweet potatoes to the disaster relief.

Li Shou knew how serious the famine was. It would be easy to eat grass roots and tree bark, and some people even exchanged their children for food... This is a matter of life and death. The sweet potatoes were all donated.

He said: "You don't have to make vermicelli, you don't have to make money, you can't let the people starve to death."

Knowing that there are [-] tons of sweet potatoes, Su Yousheng was so excited that he almost cried, and the heart that had been hanging for the past few days was finally put back in his stomach.

He quickly recruited government soldiers to distribute the sweet potatoes according to the severity of the disaster in each county.

One hundred thousand tons of sweet potatoes is not a small amount. Yuzhou prefecture governs 42 counties with a total population of 200.Even if it is evenly distributed, everyone can get more than [-] catties of sweet potatoes, which is enough to survive this winter, and no one will starve to death because there is no food to eat.

Knowing Fang Yuan's background, Su Yousheng didn't dare to claim merit, and wrote a memorial of more than a thousand characters to the court, praising Fang Yuan's achievements and Li Shou's benevolence.

The Holy Majesty is also worrying about the food relief. The Modi people in the northern border are staring at each other. Yuzhou Prefecture is a stone's throw away from the northern border. Once a war breaks out, the official warehouse of Yuzhou Prefecture will be the army's backup granary... At this time, it is tens of thousands of people. Those who cannot open warehouses to release grain, but if they do not release grain, hundreds of thousands of people will starve to death...

When the Holy Majesty was in a difficult situation, he received Su Yousheng's memorial, and the urgent need was resolved. The Holy Majesty was immediately overjoyed, and couldn't wait to recruit Marquis An Ning and Li Mingqing, who was still studying in the Imperial College, into the palace, and praised them both .

Later, an imperial decree was issued, commending Fang Yuan's achievements, and rewarding the Li family with gold ten thousand taels and some precious gold, silver and jade articles, and a plaque of "House of Benevolence" written by the emperor.

Marquis Anning and Li Mingqing personally brought the imperial decree and rewards to Yunxi County. When the plaque of "House of Benevolence" was sent to Lijia Village, the old patriarch led the whole village to worship at the entrance of the village.

Seeing the plaque of the imperial script written by the Holy Majesty hanging above the main hall of the Li family, the old patriarch was even happier than Li Shou.

He leaned on crutches tremblingly, and was so excited that he burst into tears, "Guangzong Yaozu, Guangzong Yaozu... After I die, I will have the face to meet the ancestors of Lao Li's family."

　Fucheng is equivalent to our current provincial capital.

　　
　　
　
(End of this chapter)