Infinite Disaster Survival

Not many people in the court were willing to go to suppress the bandits. The last official who was sent to suppress the bandits was still on his way to Yangning Prefecture. Because of the logistics and the outbreak of the epidemic, he was still dawdling and had only walked half of the way.

Thinking of this, the minister who was asked by the emperor came up with an idea. He asked the army sent to Yangning Prefecture to suppress the rebels to change the route on the way to a new place to suppress the bandits. This was a ready-made candidate.

"Your Majesty, Yangning Prefecture first encountered floods and then epidemics, and this year it happened to be a severe drought. It was completely a punishment from God for these rebellious officials and thieves. By the time the court army arrived in Yangning Prefecture, those thieves would have long been unable to bear the punishment. In this case, why send troops to encircle and suppress them, wasting people's money and labor."

After this person proposed a solution, it sounded a bit outrageous to the officials in the court at first, but after careful consideration, it made some sense.

The officials who had kept silent and seemed not to be here were willing to speak up, exaggerating the feasibility of this method from many aspects.

"The army is still in the Yunjiang area. Turning now will only delay the journey for two days at most."

"The rebels in Yangning Prefecture have no idea how many people have died or been injured due to the epidemic. They are not to be feared. However, the rebels who have appeared recently seem to be under the banner of the former deposed prince. It is better to find a way to eliminate them."

"Your Majesty, this year, there have been floods and droughts in many places, and the grain money for disaster relief is almost used up by the national treasury. Now the national treasury is empty and cannot afford the military expenses of another large army. Please understand my difficulties." The official in charge of the Ministry of Revenue knelt down and stated. When talking about the empty national treasury, his face was full of grief and anger, and he almost shed two lines of tears.

These officials said this in their mouths, and they actually thought so in their hearts. In their opinion, let alone the rebels in Yangning Prefecture, even the team under the banner of the deposed prince was not taken seriously.

How could that mob resist the imperial army?

They just wanted to wait until the weather was right to wipe them out one by one.

The emperor, who was sitting on the dragon throne, listened to the ministers' words, and his sleepy head continued to think.

According to the emperor's thoughts, the rebels in both places were unbearable enemies, but the title of the deposed prince made him angry. In comparison, he wanted to deal with the latter as soon as possible. The Ministry of Revenue had some truth in it. Although he was reluctant to admit it, only half of the money for the Summer Resort under construction went from the emperor's private treasury, and the rest was paid by the national treasury.

Since there was a shortage of money, let the army change its route.

After the emperor made a decision, he immediately asked someone to draft an edict, stamp it with the jade seal, and send someone to send it out urgently. In addition to the problem of suppressing bandits, this court also had to solve the problem of how to solve the empty treasury. After discussing it, another imperial edict was drafted. The farmers' taxes were not reduced or exempted in this disaster year, and the commercial taxes were increased by another 10%.

After the court session, the emperor returned to the harem to have fun. After the adults walked out of the palace, they immediately got on the carriages waiting outside. Those with lower official positions heard vendors selling ice drinks on the street, and waved their hands to have ice cold drinks delivered to the carriage.

If they were high-ranking officials, or the sons of officials from aristocratic families, they would go directly to the newly opened Yinbing Pavilion in the capital this year, which is a great place to cool off in the summer.

After taking a sip of cold drink, the heat disappeared, and the whole person fell asleep in the recliner. There were not only various cold drinks on the table at hand, but also some small things that were cold to the mouth. The eaves above the head had water falling like rain, taking away the surrounding heat.

It was comfortable to stay here, and I didn’t want to think about the hard work of the thieves who went to eliminate the rebels. I was also willing to pay the silver.

They didn't know that the silver spent on ice would be transported out of the capital within half a month to a rich place that had not been hit by disasters and had abundant food reserves. They would purchase a large amount of food and medicinal materials in batches and locations, and carefully conceal and manage checkpoints to send the supplies to Yangning Prefecture, which was deliberately forgotten by the court.

The lives of the people in Yangning Prefecture were not particularly good, but that was mostly due to natural disasters. With the help of the rebels, their lives were much better than others had imagined.

Under the persuasion and organization of the rebels, the bodies of the people who died in several disasters were all burned before being buried. The dead were dealt with first, and then the dead animals on the roadside, especially those that died of disease, were all burned with fire, but the corpses that had been burned were handled much more casually.

The burning usually took place during the day when there was no wind. The rebels took the common people to the surroundings, especially in the woods with dense trees, to pick up dead branches and dry grass. The rebels also collected different soils and stones from various places and sent them to the research institute in the new city in the prefecture to see if they could turn waste into treasure.

The soil in Yangning Prefecture suffered from floods and droughts, and it was impossible to plant in a short period of time. They ate the food sent by the rebels every day, so they naturally did whatever they were asked to do.

Besides, the work they needed to do was not tiring.

Every morning and evening, the rebels opened the way with the night light, avoiding the deep mountains and forests where wild animals were more active, and picked up dry firewood.

In the past, my eyes could not see the road clearly at night, but probably because of the bowl of medicinal materials given by the rebels every few days, I could gradually see clearly at night.

When the sun just came out, I moved the collected dry firewood down the mountain. When I returned to the foot of the mountain, the sun was getting stronger and my clothes were soaked with sweat.

The collected dry firewood was placed in a specific location, and then there was boiled and warm water waiting for them.

In these days, the rebels always taught them small details such as not to drink too much or too quickly, and they would patiently tell them the reason for doing so.

Even if there are still people who don't understand or don't care, they will always do these things obediently under persuasion. There are a few troublemakers who are really difficult to discipline, and they will naturally obey the weapons of the rebels.

After a long time, this group of people also speaks truth.

After drinking water to quench the thirst in their throats, they stand to rest and regain some strength. When their stomachs just start to protest hunger, today's meals are delivered to them.

Quickly find your own wooden bowls and chopsticks, and line up in front of the food.

There are two large jars of food delivered, which were boiled when they went up the mountain. Naturally, the food in them is not the best food.

Even if the ice business is profitable, this year due to the severe drought, the price of food in the whole country has risen. No matter how much money you have, it is difficult to supply food for a city population for too long.

Besides, I am afraid that the story of gratitude for a little rice will happen.

Therefore, the food for disaster relief cannot be too good or too much. When distributing, it should be distributed according to the daily workload.

Most of the things in the two jars were hard-to-swallow wheat bran, wild vegetables picked before the plants were completely sun-dried, and some animal offal that had been cleaned and cut into pieces.

The relief grain made in this way looked very thick, and it was basically so thick that a chopstick could not be inserted into it, but it didn't taste very good.

Wheat bran was hard to chew and irritated the throat, and the dried wild grass didn't taste very good either, not to mention the taste of putting it in there. Even in modern times, it still needs heavy seasonings to suppress the taste. This pot can only be said to be edible.

Although the taste was not very good, these relief grains contained most of the nutrients needed by the human body, including staple foods, green vegetables, and offal to supplement vitamins. The night blindness of these people was cured by the relief grains they ate every day, rather than the occasional medicinal soup.

Meng Jun, the young master of the rebel army, also led people to improve the oil extraction method. Although there was not much animal oil to eat, a considerable amount of soybean oil and sufficient salt were added to the relief grains.

With high oil and salt content, high temperature cooking, and occasional preventive medicine soup, the victims no longer get sick, and they clearly feel that their health is getting better day by day, and they are more convinced of the rebels.

After eating, they cleaned up and washed the dishes, and tried to save water before returning to their respective houses to avoid the scorching sun at noon.

There are two meals a day, and there is naturally no food to eat at noon. They stay at home during the day and wait until the sun sets in the evening before going out.

Today, they no longer go up the mountain to pick up dry firewood. At the daily gathering place, the team leader in charge of managing their village in the rebel army announced the latest work.

The leader sent someone to send the newly made farm tools, and asked everyone to tidy up the land again to wait for the upcoming rain.

"When will the rain come?"

"Is there an immortal master in the rebel army who can call the wind and rain? I remember hearing that the young master of the leader's family is the reincarnation of an immortal."

"If it really rains, how should this land be purchased?" Someone asked in a low voice.

In an instant, everyone quieted down.

In ancient times, the land was the basis for their survival. Everyone was willing to sell the land unless they could not make ends meet.

But life was not so easy. Even if they encountered a good year, the most ordinary farmers would work hard in the fields for a year. After paying the harvested grain to the court, there would not be much left except for their own consumption.

After a year of hard work, they could not save much money. Whenever someone in the family got seriously ill, they would use their savings for many years to make up for it.

Life was getting harder and harder.

The older people were more touched. A long time ago, they were busy every year and had a goal to live, but later it became more and more difficult, and they didn’t know why they had to live.

Now thinking carefully, it seems that life has become more and more difficult after the new emperor ascended the throne.

It would be great if we could change the emperor.

Thinking of this, the local people shook their heads hurriedly, trying to get rid of the rebellious thoughts in their heads.

"Can the land really be distributed to us?"

"What?"

Now he didn't think about anything. He stared at the captain who had just spoken with his eyes wide open, and even cleared his ears with his hands, wanting to hear more clearly.

"This is the order issued by the leader. These lands will be distributed to you for cultivation. Our young master is destined to be equal and determined to one day equalize the world and pacify the world." The captain learned a lot of words in the rebel army. After talking about the young master's ambition, he was excited.

Most of the people didn't understand the following words. They just wanted to know how to distribute the land and how much they could get.

After listening to the general idea, they knew that everyone could be allocated land, and they could also be allocated land when their children were born in the future. They couldn't wait to go to the fields to work.

See in advance which piece of land they want when the distribution is made.

If the rebel army is wiped out, will these lands be taken back again? It would be great if the court never sent troops here.

The thought came up again, but it was no longer as easy to suppress as before, and it slowly accumulated in my heart.