Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2046, drought 1
Liu Jin's hometown is Xiahetun. When Liu Jin came to the beach, he looked at the completely frozen Bohai Sea, and beside him were people busy drilling holes in the ice.

"My lord, my lord, it's gone."

At this time, the servants hurried over to report to Liu Jinhui.

"Oh~"

When Liu Jin heard this, he hurried over and took a closer look. The ice layer on the Bohai Sea was estimated to be tens of centimeters thick, and the weather was really too cold.

"This is not going to work. Tianjin Port will be affected too much. If it is frozen for a long time, it will seriously affect Tianjin Port, and it will also affect the foreign exchanges and trade in the Beijing-Tianjin area."

Liu Jin looked at the thick ice and fell into deep thought.

Tianjin Port is now the most important port of Ming Dynasty. At the same time, Tianjin can also be said to be the economic center and industrial center of Daming, which is related to the global economy.

The port of Tianjin has always assumed important responsibilities, and a large amount of goods are transshipped to all parts of the world through the port of Tianjin. The Beijing-Tianjin area is the most important industrial and economic center of Ming Dynasty.

The importance of shipping is self-evident. Now affected by the cold weather, the Bohai Sea is frozen, which seriously affects the operation of Tianjin Port and the entire Bohai Sea region.

"The power will be sent to Tianjin Shipyard, so that they can study icebreakers and use icebreakers to ensure the normal operation and communication of ports in the Bohai Sea region."

After thinking about it, Liu Jin also gave instructions to the servants around him.

Although the ice in the Bohai Sea region is relatively thick, it is nothing compared to the ice in the Arctic region. As long as there are icebreakers, these ice layers can still be easily broken.

The development of an icebreaker is not too difficult. The most critical point is actually the power.

If it is a traditional sailing boat or a human-powered boat, it must be very difficult to break the ice, but now Daming's internal combustion engine technology has been developed for many years, and it has already been applied to ships.

It only needs to follow the high-horsepower engine and make a special design, and it is completely possible to build an icebreaker.

With the icebreaker, a road can be easily opened in the sea area, thereby ensuring the navigation of ships and the operation of Tianjin Port.

"Yes!"

When the servants in the mansion heard this, they hurriedly passed on Liu Jin's order.

"The thirty-eighth year of Hongzhi is coming soon."

"How time flies!"

Looking at the frozen Bohai Sea in front of him, counting the time, it will be Hongzhi thirty-eight years soon.

At this time in history, the Jiajing Dynasty has already passed, and it is time to truly enter the troubled times of the Ming Dynasty, the most prominent of which is internal and external troubles.

Outside, the Tatars in the northern grasslands, the Jurchens in Liaodong, the Japanese pirates in the southeast coast, and the chieftains in the southwest are almost endless and endless.

Internally, land mergers are serious, the conflict between man and land is sharp, and the power of the Little Ice Age is gradually revealed, the climate begins to change, and there are often various disasters.

But this is nothing, the biggest contradiction is that the Ming court began to fail to collect taxes, and the treasury was empty. For this reason, Emperor Jiajing had to send people to various places in the south of the Yangtze River to supervise the taxation and get money.

However, after all, it is a solution to the symptoms rather than the root cause. Sometimes you can get money, sometimes you can’t get money.

The rich gentry class did not pay taxes at all, but the poor and poor people were burdened with heavier and heavier tax pressures. The contradictions became more and more acute, and problems gradually broke out.

Because of Liu Jin, a time traveler, Daming has undergone too many changes.

Emperor Hongzhi is living well, and Zhu Houzhao is also living well, and he is still making people. As for Emperor Jiajing, Zhu Houcong has now taken over the position of King Xing in West Africa and has become King Xing of Xingguo. The affairs of Xingguo are in a state of desperation.

Because of Xingguo's invasion of Jindao, Xingguo was spurned and isolated by people. In fact, Xingguo's life is very sad now, and nothing can develop.

"Master, there is news from the capital."

While Liu Yuan was thinking about it, a servant hurried over with telegrams and letters.

"Hmm~"

Liu Jin finally read the telegrams and letters carefully.

It contains Emperor Hongzhi's reply to Liu Jin, as well as telegrams from Han Wen, Zhong Fan, Li Kun and others.

They talked about the same things, about the Little Ice Age mentioned by Liu Jin.

"It seems that everyone's understanding of the Little Ice Age is still not enough."

"Maybe it's because the Little Ice Age hasn't really shown its power yet, so I feel that it can be easily dealt with."

After Liu Jin read it quickly, he also understood the decision of Emperor Hongzhi and the court ministers. Everyone felt that even if there was any disaster, the Ming Dynasty was now fully capable of dealing with it.

In addition to the many granaries already in the Ming Dynasty and the convenient transportation now, there is no need to spend a lot of money to do this.

"If they knew that during the Chongzhen Dynasty in history, there were seven or eight years of drought and no crops, and this was the case in almost all provinces in the north, would they still have such confidence?"

"What's more, besides the drought, the more terrible thing is the plague and the plague."

"Plague and plague were rampant and rampant in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. I don't know how many people died."

"A large number of people are now concentrated in urban areas. If this is not properly controlled, measures are not strict, and there is no corresponding system and mechanism, there will be big problems at that time."

"Is it just a matter of food?"

Liu Jin thought carefully.

What I worry about is not only the problem of food, but also the problem of plague and plague.

The extreme cold and the extreme drought in the coming year will not only affect the survival of people, but even the survival of rats will be a huge problem.

At this time, rats will continue to gather in cities where humans live, and excessively dense rat groups will inevitably cause plague and various plagues.

Once this rampages, the situation will be very serious.

Famine is visible, plague is invisible at all, and the most terrifying thing is the invisible spread.

"Forget it, now that the singing and dancing are on the rise and the Haiqinghe Banquet is happening, everyone naturally thinks that such a situation will not happen. Even if the weather is colder now, it seems that it will not have any impact on the ministers in the court."

"They should eat and drink. No matter what time it is, the little days are still comfortable."

"Maybe only after a few years of extreme weather and all the chaos it brings."

Liu Jin shook his head slightly, and didn't bother with this matter any more.

If you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government. If you are idle at home, you should spend your time at home. You have already fulfilled your responsibilities when you go to the memorial. As for other things, don’t worry about it.

"That kid Liu Qing seems to be in love with two girls at the same time now, he really is a big carrot."

Liu Jin quickly remembered about the children at home.

Liu Jin is concerned about his children, especially his youngest son Liu Qing is in the capital, so he is by his side, so he pays more attention.

People in this period pay attention to three wives and four concubines, and it is possible to talk with several girlfriends at the same time in this relationship, which will be scolded to death in later generations.

But it seems to be a normal phenomenon in this era, and everyone seems to be able to accept it. As long as you are willing, it seems that there is no big problem.

"Forget it, let them be young."

Soon, Liu Jin also shook his head.

As long as one's son likes it, it doesn't matter to marry more. Anyway, everyone is the same. It is normal to have three wives and four concubines. Even ordinary Ming people, many of them have concubines.

Buying white slaves from Europe, or looking for concubines from Korea, Japan, and Siam is a very common phenomenon, which is also an important reason why the population of Ming Dynasty is growing very fast.

The people of Daming who have the highest status in the world not only swept wealth and resources from all over the world, but also swept a large number of women to Daming.

From another perspective, women are also a kind of resource, and the most important resource, because it is related to the important event of reproduction.

Looking at the later generations, there are too many people who worship foreigners, and I don’t know how many women marry abroad. It can be said that this is also a huge loss. A large new population also means the loss of a large amount of wealth and labor force.

Time passed slowly.

Soon, with the arrival of the New Year, Daming officially entered the thirty-eighth year of Hongzhi.

The thirty-eighth year of Hongzhi was extremely unsatisfactory at the beginning of the year.

Because the cold has been going on, even at the beginning of spring, the weather still shows no signs of warming, and it is still extremely cold. It was already time to start spring plowing and spring planting, but the cold weather has brought great pressure to spring plowing and spring planting. problems and difficulties.

At the same time, the winter wheat planted in the northern region was also caused by the extreme cold. A large amount of winter wheat was frozen to death and frostbitten. It was expected to recover in the spring, but who knew that the cold would continue.

However, this is just the beginning.

(End of this chapter)