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Chapter 1330 Famine and Natural Disaster 489

It facilitates transactions between people from the grassland, other countries, Fucheng people, Northwest people, and merchants.

It was completed two months later. Mingyi provided the cement formula; it was used in the new commercial street. The upper floors were built with blue bricks and cement, and the ground was also paved with cement, saving a lot of money on bluestone slabs. It is easy to use and durable.

In the following two years, Zhou Ting and Ming Yi never returned to the provincial capital and were busy with their careers in Fucheng.

Fucheng is the border between the two conquered countries. Zhou Ting and Mingyi discussed and decided to temporarily make Fucheng the capital of the entire Northwest, and even the current Western Regions and Ningguo.

In just two years, the people of Fucheng achieved an economic leap, and every household had some amount of savings; the population increased dramatically, and the number of new babies was twice as much as before.

Life became prosperous, and the Northwest was peaceful and stable under the protection of Zhou Ting. The people's hearts were on the side of the Zhou court, which led to unprecedented unity among the military and civilians in the Northwest. With the people's hearts on the side and the five evils of greed, anger, ignorance, and satisfaction decreasing sharply, the Way of Heaven saw hope for a change in the world and did not bring natural disasters to the Northwest.

The conquered Ning State, now the Northwest Ning City; and the former Xiyu, now the Northwest Xiyu City, were influenced by Zhou Ting and Cheng Mingyi, and no deliberate oppression was done. Taxes were reduced by 10% compared to the previous countries. The people's lives were better, and people naturally turned to Zhou Ting. There were no natural disasters in these two countries.

However, natural disasters are still continuing in the grasslands, the Central Plains, and other countries outside the grasslands.

No one knew why natural disasters occurred so frequently, and even if someone from the Taoist sect asked for divination, there was no clue. Over time, the people in these places suffered terribly, and their morale was broken. Even without Cheng Mingyi's cultural invasion, they would have been unable to hold on.

One day, Cheng Mingyi and his disciple Fan Qingzhi came out of the cement workshop. Before they got on the carriage, they saw Steward Tian, ​​a trusted steward trained by Steward Luo, riding a horse and galloping over. The guards accompanying him could not catch up with him.

Steward Tian knows some martial arts and his whole family has children for the royal family. Steward Luo is getting older and needs to prepare for retirement in the future. Steward Tian is the next steward of Fucheng Royal Palace whom he has selected after years of training.

"Master Fan, Miss Cheng, urgent news!"

Mingyi looked in the direction of the voice and saw Steward Tian leaping down from his horse, running over swiftly and bowing deeply. "Master Fan, Miss Cheng, a spy just reported from the commercial street outside Fucheng that there are thousands of people heading straight for Fucheng from the grassland, and they brought their families, cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock."

".?"

Mingyi's starry eyes paused.

Fan Qingzhi's pupils trembled, and he asked, "Can you find out who this person is from the grassland tribe?"

"No, but the spies reported that judging from their clothing and behavior, they must be nomads from the grassland."

"Nomad"

Fan Qingzhi seemed to be thinking about something. "Did the spies in the grassland bring any news?"

"I don't know." Steward Tian reported truthfully. He is not a steward yet, but just a steward who is being trained to be a steward. There are many things he cannot touch unless Steward Luo delegates his power to him.

Fan Qingzhi nodded and looked at Mingyi, "Let's go back home."

The two of them got on the carriage quickly, Manager Tian got on the horse again, and the group returned to the palace in a mighty procession.

"Grandpa Fan, Miss Cheng, you two are finally back; the prince is waiting for you two to discuss matters in Fufeng Courtyard. A large number of people suddenly came from the grassland, and the prince temporarily arranged for them to stay outside the commercial street." The grassland people are used to living in tents, and they will inevitably bring tents when traveling, so they can just camp outside. "What's the situation?" Mingyi followed the teacher and couldn't help asking when he passed by Butler Luo.

Butler Luo shook his head and said, "Miss Cheng, you will know when you return to Fufeng Courtyard."

"alright."

Since she couldn't get any answer from Butler Luo, she stopped asking and followed the teacher back to Fufeng Courtyard, where Zhou Ting had been waiting for a long time.

"Hello, teacher." Zhou Ting stood up and greeted Fan Qingzhi.

Mingyi walked forward and asked curiously, "Chaosheng, what's going on? Steward Luo and Steward Tian didn't explain it clearly. Why did the grassland nomads come to our northwest?"

Seeing the teacher sitting down, Zhou Ting led Mingyi to sit down together, and under the two people's puzzled inquiring gazes, he said.

"According to reliable information from spies, many parts of the grassland have been dehydrated due to drought, and the grass and trees have withered. Even their snow-capped mountains have collapsed due to the earth dragons, causing heavy casualties. The leaders of the various tribes on the grassland can't find a solution and have fallen into chaos. The ordinary nomads on the grassland can't survive anymore, so they migrate."

Mingyi and Fan Qingzhi looked at each other.

Zhou Ting continued, "They have economic ties with our northwest, and knowing that the northwest is peaceful, their first choice is our northwest."

"They came too suddenly." It seemed to be expected.

  "The fact that they're here means they've got nowhere else to go." Natural disasters and man-made calamities, even a vast, fertile land like the grassland cannot escape them, how horrible is that?

Heaven always leaves a glimmer of hope for all living beings. Whether one can seize it depends on one's own fate.

Tiandao saw the changes in the people in the northwest where she lived. They were thriving and struggling for the lives of their families. They were busy and fulfilled, busy and happy, with no free time to think too much. The five poisons of greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance and doubt were greatly reduced. Tiandao felt that the people in this area could be saved, so he would not send natural disasters here again.

"The Northwest is vast and sparsely populated. We should arrange a place for them to recuperate first; let them build a village outside Fucheng. From then on, they will be citizens of the Northwest and enjoy all the benefits as citizens of the Northwest. As long as they are willing to fight for what the people of Fucheng have, they can also have it. Teacher, Chaosheng, do you think this is feasible?" Mingyi said.

Zhou Ting pondered in silence.

Fan Qingzhi said: "Those who are not of our race must have different hearts. We cannot guarantee that everyone who comes here is a refugee, so it is not advisable to accept them all."

"The Northwest is a safe and stable place now. Their coming here shows that they have a good impression of the Northwest. As for the fact that there are spies among them, we can only slowly identify them and arrange them outside Fucheng. It's not a big problem." After she finished speaking, she looked at the teacher's face, but saw that he was still as gloomy as water, so she said: "If they come, we will not accept them. If someone else comes to seek refuge in the future, will they still come to seek refuge after hearing about this?"

The population of their northwest is not large. It has increased in recent years due to the influx of some refugees from the Central Plains. However, that is only limited to a few towns around the capital. To be honest, the northwest is still a vast area with a sparse population.

"Then let's sort them out." Fan Qingzhi was silent for a while, then compromised. "We'll allocate a place outside Fucheng for them to live in. They can build the village themselves, and we can only provide some supplies for barter."

Mingyi thought it was feasible. "Then let's do this. They brought a lot of cattle, sheep and horses here. We can exchange those who are willing to exchange. I will also arrange two people to help them build a village and monitor them at the same time."