Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 176

[In the fifth year of Chuping, there has been no rain since April. As for autumn and July, Gu Yihu is worth 50 yuan, and people in Chang'an eat each other! 】

Cao Cao, with disheveled hair, sat cross-legged on the head of the bed, holding the Diary of Heaven and Destiny in his hand, lost in thought.

After a long time, a chill hit, and Cao Cao recovered from his contemplation.

"People cannibalize each other... ah" Cao Cao encountered such a tragedy in his early years.

When he was just a riding captain, he had witnessed it with his own eyes on the way to crusade against the Yellow Turban.

The hungry people ate up the bark and grass roots, and even the hungry people who couldn't survive began to eat people
This is a tragedy, even more tragic.

It can be said that it was the combination of natural disasters and man-made disasters that pushed the big man to this point.

How many years has it been?

Is another catastrophe coming soon?
"God, aren't you going to let the big man go, let go of the big man's people?"

Cao Cao put the diary away, and muttered to himself, "Is it true that the man's life is about to run out?"

Thinking of this, Cao Cao felt a little sad,
"Han, General Who Conquers the West",
It used to be his biggest dream, but he didn't want the dream to come true, but now the big man himself is precarious and on the verge of falling.

In the fifth year of Chuping, in January,
Cao Cao, governor of Yanzhou, suddenly ordered all counties and states under his rule to build water conservancy projects, build cisterns and reservoirs, and build ponds and dams.

Even irrigation water must be approved and supervised by the government.

At the same time, many places are also required to plant trees and forests, and it is forbidden to cut down trees indiscriminately.

This series of actions attracted the attention of the world, and made countless puzzled people laugh at whether Cao Cao had lost his mind.

But let's make a fuss, when the time comes, the people will be pushed into a hurry, maybe some people can get a share of it.

In the fifth year of Chuping, in February, Emperor Han changed the year name from Chuping to Xingping.

Xingping means prosperity and peace.

But the fact is: there are many princes in the world, and the people are struggling to survive.

A series of decrees from the governor's mansion,

Let Lu Yan's decisiveness towards Cao Cao and his unimaginable trust in himself make him feel gratified and at the same time feel a little uneasy.

Chenliu County, in the county guard's mansion.

After Lu Yan finished flipping through the last copy, he said to himself: "Boss Cao trusts me so much, will I feel guilty if I fish again in the future?"

Just when Lu Yan was thinking about whether he could get off work, Cao Ang came in again with big strides.

"Prefect, more than [-] wind-powered waterwheels in Chenliu County have been built!
Now Han Zhonglang is leading the craftsmen and the people of the whole county to dig the reservoirs. It is thought that in another month, at least three large reservoirs can be built! "

"Not only the water storage tanks, but also to urge Jiazheng to mobilize the people to build water storage tanks and wells in their own villages." Lu Yan thought for a while and added.

Cao Ang had experience in the army, and he never asked much about Lu Yan's orders.

Cao Ang cupped his fists and said, "This subordinate will do it now!"

But Cao Ang said he was going to do it, but he didn't move his feet.

Lu Yan looked up by chance, but found that Cao Ang was still standing there and seemed to have something to say, so he asked, "Zixiu, if you have something to say, don't delay the business."

Cao Ang hesitated, and finally asked what was in his heart: "Prefect, will there really be a severe drought this year?"

It's hard for Lu Yan to give a clear answer to this kind of thing.

He could only reply: "Tianwei is unpredictable. But these things will be done sooner or later, so don't worry that your efforts will be in vain."

"But we will still waste a lot of manpower and material resources. If we put these on military construction"

Lu Yan did not directly deny Cao Ang's words, but asked a question, "Young Master, what do you think is a war?"

Cao Ang heard the words, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "People and luggage!"

Nodding his head, Lu Yan asked again: "So, where do people and luggage come from?"

"The source of soldiers comes from the people, and the baggage comes from taxes."

"The taxes are mostly dependent on the people, so they all come from the people, right?"

Cao Ang thought about it for a while, "It is indeed! But does this have anything to do with what we are doing now?"

"Building water conservancy, digging ditches... These are good things to improve people's livelihood.

The people's life is better, the population increases, and the source of soldiers and taxes will increase. "

Cao Ang was stunned, and then replied: "So, when you fight a war, you fight to control the population?"

"To be precise, it is comprehensive strength. Simply put, it is people, food and money!"

Cao Ang scratched his scalp and murmured, "I seem to understand something, but I don't seem to understand anything."

Lu Yan laughed dumbfounded, and said: "Then go and finish the work first! Oh, by the way, the matter of letting the chamber of commerce go to other states and counties to buy grain has to be stepped up."

"Here!" Cao Ang cupped his hands and left the Governor's Mansion.

In the first year of Xingping, in March, spring plowing was just around the corner, and the rain almost disappeared.

Under Cao Cao's rule, Chenliu County was frantically buying grain.

The main business of the Zhen family in Hebei is grain trading.

The Chenliu Yingchuan United Chamber of Commerce took the route of the Zhen family, because Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are now the Iron Alliance, and the Chamber of Commerce bought a lot of grain from them.

In addition to the Zhen family in Hebei, there are also the Mi family in Xuzhou, the Lu family in Jiangdong, the Ma family in Jingzhou, and the Qin family in Xichuan.

All the giants in the business world and the chamber of commerce went all over the place, and they almost exchanged all the money they earned for food!

It's not that no one raised objections, but after Lu Yan gave them a glass, they no longer had any objections.

make money?It couldn't be easier with these glassware!
That is to say, from these wealthy businessmen, news gradually spread that there may be a severe drought this year.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, although Lu Yan did not intend to strictly guard the news of the drought.

In April, spring plowing is in full swing.

however,
The people of the Central Plains discovered,

Originally, it was the season when it was supposed to be rainy, but from April to July, there was no drop of water!
Without rain, it means that this year's grain harvest will be poor or even complete, and eventually, famine will break out irresistibly.

At the beginning of the famine, to everyone's surprise, the first to collapse was Guanzhong!

Guanzhong is to the west of Hangu Pass, including Hongnong, Feng Yi, Fufeng, and Jingzhao of the Sili Xiaowei Department.

Among them, the three counties of Feng Yi, Fufeng, and Jingzhao are also called Sanfu, and Chang'an is the county seat of Jingzhao.

At first, the famine broke out in the Sansuke area, and it soon spread to Chang'an.

In the imperial capital of the Han Dynasty, food prices were ridiculously high.

50 for a grain, 20 for a soybean,

Finally, what should I do if I can't afford food?
People eat each other, bones accumulate!
Not only in Guanzhong, but famine quickly broke out in Kanto and even the Jianghuai area.

The chamber of commerce found news:
In some areas of Xuzhou under the command of Liu Bei, "poor and hungry invaded, and officials, big and small, ate each other";
Under Yuan Shu's rule, "the people eat each other, and the Jianghuai space is empty";
Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and others also did not escape the fate of the famine, and almost all of them died.
A severe drought broke out, and the land was scarred!
The land of China is devastated!
(End of this chapter)