Datang: My Peerless Talent Has Been Exposed

Therefore, you don’t have to think about such things as transportation. It is definitely impossible to do it. It can only be used as a lookout post, and even if it is a lookout post, you have to tie a rope up.

Only in this way can we ensure that the hot air balloon will not drift away accidentally, and at the same time, information can also be transmitted along the rope.

Zhang Nuo was thinking about whether to get them a semaphore or something, so that they could communicate more conveniently, but after thinking about it, it was still too troublesome, let these people learn by themselves according to the semaphore part in the naval training materials.

This also has an advantage, that is, the army and navy can communicate through semaphore, which is very useful when some army and navy coordinate attacks.

Li Shimin also agrees with this point very much, only general use in the military is a good thing.

Chapter 623 Drought Coming?

Naturally, Zhang Nuo cooks the dinner by himself. In this small villa near the sea, Zhang Nuo and Hongyu are like a couple on vacation, always doing all these by themselves, enjoying the plain but warm Family life.

At the dining table, Li Shimin chatted with Zhang Nuo while exclaiming that seafood is delicious and delicious.

And the topic of the chat is very interesting, that is, is it worthwhile to fight Turks!

When Zhang Nuo heard about this topic, he was very relieved. Lao Li finally changed from being purely good-faced before, fighting for face-saving, to knowing the pros and cons of analyzing the pros and cons. It's my own credit.

However, when I turned around and thought about it, it seemed that I had already discussed this issue with Lao Li. Zhang Nuo remembered that he had specially calculated an account for Li Shimin, which was the issue of the benefits and costs of the war.

Logically speaking, after seeing the development results of Pyongyang Province, Li Shimin should be more aware of the relationship between the costs and benefits of a war.

Why are you making trouble again now?

Li Shimin looked up at Zhang Nuo's puzzled look, he couldn't help but thought of something, and said dumbfoundedly,

"You are just boring. I used to ask you for advice. Could it be that because I asked you for this question, I can't even talk about it during dinner?"

Zhang Nuo laughed when he heard this, but he didn't expect Lao Li to be quite interesting, and he used the academic exchanges between himself and him as a topic of conversation.

However, Zhang Nuo couldn't believe that Li Shimin, the grandson of the thief, would talk about these things for no reason. This person seemed to be chatting, but once he talked about topics related to national affairs, he must have some small thoughts hidden.

Zhang Nuo wasn't worried about anything else, but felt that Lao Li was planning to trick him again, which was a bit scary.

Li Shimin looked at Zhang Nuo's expression of disbelief, and knew that he might not be able to hide it today, so he finally spoke the truth.

"Hey, you, I've never seen you so shrewd before, why come to me, you're like Zhuge Kongming, you can't even fool around."

Zhang Nuo pouted angrily,

"That's because I know you too well, and you think I'm the only one who found out? Didn't my sister-in-law find out? Hongyu didn't find out? It's just that they gave you face!"

Li Shimin looked at the two ladies next to him in surprise, and then found that these two people really looked calm, and suddenly they felt bad.

Nima, it turned out that people around him knew him so well, which made Li Shimin feel a little embarrassed. This feeling is the same as public executions in later generations. He thought he covered it up well, but after inquiring, he found out that everyone around him was Watching myself acting, it feels so sour.

But one good thing about Li Shimin is that as long as I insist on not being embarrassed, then I will never be embarrassed.

This is commonly known as thick-skinned, and coupled with Li Shimin's ancestral method of changing the topic, it can basically be fooled.

"Brother, do you think we can handle this year's drought and locust plague?"

Hearing this question, not only Zhang Nuo, but also Empress Changsun and Hongyu put down their chopsticks, and everyone looked at Zhang Nuo in unison.

For this kind of natural disaster, it is really terrifying in this era. It can really make a country go from prosperity to decline almost instantly.

Moreover, in this day and age, starving and dying are not just adjectives, they are real situations that will happen.

Those present here are some of the most honorable people in the empire, but sometimes you have to pay as much as you enjoy. For example, now even Hongyu, who is not very interested in national affairs, looks nervously at Zhang. promise.

When Zhang Nuo heard Lao Li asking this question, he also sighed unconsciously. In fact, during the two months before he went back and forth from Chang'an to Pyongyang, drought and locust plagues had already begun.

After all, last year, Zhang Nuo told Li Shimin that there would definitely be drought and locust plagues this year, and then forced Li Shimin to make preparations in advance.

Also since then, raising chickens and ducks has become the main industry in several provinces in Hebei. Many farmers have become accustomed to driving a group of chickens and ducks to their fields every day to find worms to eat.

But this may have a certain impact on the locust plague, but it has no effect on the drought that is completely a meteorological disaster.

Just in the past two months, Zhang Nuo not only received news that there was generally no rain in the pass this year, it was much drier than usual, and the water level in the river was much lower than usual.

This proves that this is no longer a local disaster, but a large-scale meteorological disaster that really affects the upstream and downstream of the river.

Dealing with such disasters is not an easy task.

No wonder Li Shimin was so worried. This was no longer a trivial matter. No matter how much preparation had been made before, there would always be a sense of powerlessness in the face of such a natural disaster.

"Lao Li, in fact, you don't have to think too much. You have already made all the preparations you can. The food is piled up in the warehouse, and early warnings have been arranged in advance. If people still starve to death under such circumstances, then It proves that some people below you are looking for death, and if you don’t kill a group, you will feel sorry for those Tang people!"

Li Shimin nodded with a serious face. As the harbinger of this year's drought slowly appeared, the ministers of the DPRK and China who had only half believed in Zhang Nuo's "prophecy" had already prepared everything possible to deal with this year's drought. up.

After all, they are not fools. They can tell from the fact that it hasn't rained all this time. Regardless of how serious the drought is this year, at least the crops will not be harvested for sure.

Then don't these hungry people need disaster relief?Will there be enough grain in the granary by then?Will there be grain merchants hoarding or even taking the opportunity to drive up prices?

These things have to be prepared in advance and dealt with.

Although several of the ministers of the DPRK and China are engaged in the business of grain merchants, they can only watch this year, and even have to emphasize it to their families.

It’s okay to stock up on grain in advance, and it’s okay to increase the price a little at that time, but if you take advantage of the opportunity of grain shortage as in normal years, you want to make money.

Hehe, Li Shimin would probably wave his big hand with a smile and make his family a shivering chicken in the midst of killing chickens and monkeys, and then turn his family's food into Datang's by the way, and then distribute it to the victims with a smile.

After all, the risk of committing crimes against the wind this year is very high!

Chapter 624 Li Shimin's Worries About Disaster

Regarding the upcoming drought, Li Shimin is actually looking for Zhang Nuo to ask questions, just to seek psychological comfort. After all, he has already done everything he can do before.