Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2035, the power of the Little Ice Age 2
"Over the years, Daming has lived a prosperous life, and I almost forgot about the Little Ice Age."

Liu Jin was thinking hard about this matter in his mind.

The demise of the Ming Dynasty is actually most directly related to the Little Ice Age.

During the Hongzhi and Zhengde dynasties, the situation was relatively better. It was only during the brewing period of the Little Ice Age, and only occasionally in years, it was extremely cold and extremely drought.

But there will not be years of cold and year after year of drought.

As long as the imperial court is strong in disaster relief, the general situation is not a big problem. After all, this land has been plagued by various disasters since ancient times, such as drought, flood, and locust plague, even in the prosperous and prosperous times.

"It is now the thirty-seventh year of Hongzhi. According to the timeline, this is already the Jiajing Dynasty in history. The power of the Little Ice Age has gradually deepened and gradually become prominent."

Liu Jin counted the time carefully.

Because of his time travel, Emperor Hongzhi has lived until now. The historical Emperor Hongzhi died in the [-]th year of Hongzhi, and then Emperor Zhengde was only emperor for [-] years, which is [-] years old. The time of the year has come to the Jiajing Dynasty.

However, it has been thirty-seven years since Hongzhi, and Emperor Hongzhi is still doing well. As for Zhu Houzhao, he is still a happy prince. Both of them are alive and well.

"With such heavy snow and such cold weather, I am afraid that various disasters will follow one after another."

"The most terrible things in the Little Ice Age were drought and plague!"

Liu Jin frowned. The Little Ice Age lasted for a long time, but it didn't mean that the whole period was extremely cold.

Even at the worst of times, some years are good.

The most frightening impact of the Little Ice Age was the impact on agricultural production. Suddenly there was a frost in summer, and the harvest was basically wiped out for a year.

Then in the second year, there will be a large-scale drought for you. There is no rainfall in more than a dozen provinces, and you will be drought for a whole year without harvest.

This is not the scariest thing, the scariest thing is that it will be like this for the next few years, then it will be really scary.

For farmers who depend on the sky for their food, this is undoubtedly a road to death.

In addition to drought, the plague is also a very terrible thing.

Because the weather was too dry, even the vegetation withered, and the rats gathered one after another, which led to the spread of the plague, according to historical records.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the entire land of China began to enter an unprecedented period of less rain and drought, and a nationwide severe drought occurred. It was especially severe during the Wanli and Chongzhen periods. Droughts were extremely frequent and lasted for several years, and the number of years of severe drought was also increasing. , affecting the entire northern region.

Along with the drought, there was a plague of unprecedented scale.

The first place where the plague broke out was Shanxi, and the plague quickly spread to the entire northern region along with the fleeing of refugees and hungry people.

It spread to the capital in the [-]th year of Chongzhen, resulting in the death of a large number of people in the capital at that time, so that there were no children in the market, and hundreds of thousands of people died. Even a large city like Beijing, the population station that died under the plague It reached one-fifth of the capital's population at that time.

The abnormally cold weather frequently caused floods, droughts, locust plagues, plague, etc., which became a terrible plague that spread to the whole of Ming Dynasty, forming a vicious cycle of 'flood and drought disaster-famine-plague', which directly led to the collapse of the Ming Dynasty.

"Come here, send a telegram to all parts of Daming immediately, and ask them to immediately sort out the current weather and climate conditions on the land."

Thinking of this, Liu Jin became very worried, and immediately gave orders to his subordinates.

Although Daming is now gradually developing towards industrialization and capitalism, agriculture still occupies a very important position.

Extreme natural disasters can have a huge impact on agricultural production and have a knock-on effect on industry.

Taking the textile industry as an example, the raw materials of the textile industry are cotton and wool.

In extremely short weather, the production of cotton and wool will inevitably drop sharply. Needless to say, cotton will be directly affected by the weather. If the weather is extremely abnormal, cotton will also fail, just like food crops.

There is an inevitable connection between wool production and sheep, and extremely short conditions will also affect the grasslands, resulting in a sharp decline in water and grass in the grassland areas, which in turn affects the feeding of herders, resulting in a sharp drop in the number of sheep.

Especially in winter, once the terrifying weather of white wool wind occurs on the grassland, a large number of cattle and sheep will freeze to death, and the wool will naturally decrease sharply in the coming year.

How can textile factories start without raw materials?
In addition, the Ming Dynasty had a large number of immigrants in Liaodong, Black Soil, Western Regions, Central Asia, and Hezhong. Almost all the immigrants in these places were engaged in agricultural production. Under the extreme climate conditions, it would inevitably have a huge impact on the immigrants in these places.

"It seems that we need to pay more attention to the development of several provinces in Nanyang, Guangdong and Guangxi, Australia and Golden Island. The most important thing is food."

"These places have a lower dimension and are less affected. Agricultural production and food planting can be guaranteed to a certain extent. As long as there are no problems with food planting in these places, they will be able to meet the current food needs of Ming Dynasty by then."

"Secondly, we need to build granaries in the provinces of Ming Dynasty and stock up on food. At least one time, we must stock up enough food for Daming to last for four or five years. If there is an extreme drought for several years in a row, there will be no famine. .”

"Well, Tianzhu's side is also an important granary. It is necessary to let the Western United Commercial Bank grow more cotton and grain. If there is a shortage of grain, it can also transport grain from overseas to Daming."

"It's just this Little Ice Age. Not only is Ming Dynasty in the Little Ice Age, but it's the same all over the world. Only areas with lower latitudes are less affected."

Back in his study, Liu Jin quickly thought about relevant countermeasures in his mind.

Fortunately, after more than [-] years of capitalism and colonialism in the golden age of development, Ming has enough confidence to face the more and more frequent disasters of the Little Ice Age.

First of all, the population of Ming Dynasty has become more scattered. A large number of people have migrated overseas and outside the customs, and the distribution is more scattered. At the same time, mechanized farming has gradually become popular. The amount of cultivated land owned is many times that of before, and the productivity is higher.

This means that even if there are natural disasters for several years in a row, they are not afraid. As long as there is a year of good weather during the period, with the current farming land and farming methods of Ming Dynasty, the grain produced in one year is enough for the entire Ming Dynasty to feed for ten years.

The second is that the transportation is more convenient. Even Sichuan has built a railway. Except for Yunnan, Guizhou, and Chongqing, almost all provinces in Ming Dynasty already have railways and trains. The transportation is very convenient, and there are a lot of people. Road, and convenient sea and river transportation.

Convenient transportation means that the food from the main production areas can be quickly transported out to relieve victims and support famine areas, which is conducive to quickly mobilizing the power of a country.

The most important thing is that Daming also has a large number of tropical and subtropical regions. These regions were less affected by the Little Ice Age. If rice and food are grown in the Nanyang region, it can fully meet the needs of the entire Ming Dynasty.

If it was like Daming in history, even if the traversers arrived in Daming, they would probably be powerless.

Because of this extreme natural weather, it does not affect one province or two provinces, but affects the entire Ming Dynasty, even the south of Ming Dynasty is also affected.

In summer, there will be a frost for you, and the rice seedlings will freeze to death for you. This is the extremely weird ice age climate.

What's more, the contradictions between the people of Ming Dynasty and the land were sharp in history. Under the traditional farming method, no one could do anything about the drought for several years.

"Master, this is the climate and weather reported from various places!"

With the telegram, the efficiency is very fast. Liu Jin just waited for less than an hour, and the weather conditions in various places were reported.

This Daming Telegraph Firm is an industry under Liu Jin's command, and other industries under his command are spread all over Daming and around the world, so it can grasp the situation around the world in real time.

"It's snowing in Qiongzhou, and the temperature in Guangdong is more than ten degrees below zero!"

"Poyang Lake, Dongting Lake, and Taihu Lake are all frozen."

"The Bohai Sea is completely frozen, and the port of Tianjin has been greatly affected. The commerce and trade have been greatly affected, and ships cannot travel."

"Even the Yellow Sea has been frozen for tens of miles!"

"Grassland, Western Regions, Black Soil, Central Asia, and several provinces in Liaodong suffered heavy snowstorms. A large number of houses were crushed, and many people were crushed to death in their sleep."

"It's snowing heavily in North Korea and Japan, and Jinghai has already frozen."

"The Great Plains in the middle of the Golden Continent was hit by a blizzard, and a large number of Yin and Shang tribes froze to death."

"There was a severe cold in the province of Black Earth, and countless cattle and sheep froze to death."

"A severe drought in Australia, a severe drought in the South African colonies, and a midsummer frost on the southern Golden Isle prairie."

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Looking at the weather information from Daming and even from all over the world, Liu Jin couldn't help frowning.

It wasn't just the mainland of Ming Dynasty that suffered heavy snow and extreme cold weather, but also the whole world.

Europe and the Golden Continent are also extremely cold. At this time, the southern hemisphere is also experiencing extreme droughts. Australia, the Southern Golden Continent, and the South African colonies are all suffering from drought.

You must know that it is winter in the northern hemisphere and summer in the southern hemisphere. As expected, as recorded in historical records, during the Little Ice Age, it was extremely cold in winter, and extremely dry in summer, with constant famines.

"The Little Ice Age is really scary!"

"The price of food in Daming will definitely rise next year, and at the same time, various raw materials will also inevitably rise."

"Da Ming must establish a complete coping mechanism."

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(End of this chapter)