At the beginning, Emperor Yang of Sui was kidnapped

Chapter 212 Ways to Control Drought

Outside Wanmin City.

The people also walked out of the house one after another, looking at a dark cloud in the sky.

There was a look of despair in their eyes.

Like this natural disaster, they can't resist it at all.

I can only let the damned locusts... eat up the crops.

All the people can only watch the locusts attack. Some people hold torches and want to go forward to expel the locusts, but...

In the face of overwhelming locusts, all actions are useless.

"Forget it, close the doors and windows, have a good night's rest, and tomorrow they will fly away after eating."

An old man who looked seven or eighty years old, leaning on crutches, advised the people around him.

His name is Chen Hanlin, that's right, he is the Chen Hanlin who was forcibly packaged into the Three Character Classic by Xu Mu.

In order to encourage everyone to enter the university to learn literacy, Xu Mu made up the sentence "Chen Hanlin, 73, began to work hard and read books", setting an example for the common people.

And because Chen Hanlin had entered the university and knew some words, he still had some weight in speaking among the common people.

After he finished speaking, the people stopped struggling and let the locusts eat the crops.

But at the same time, the turmoil of the common people reached various critical points and broke out.

"My God! What a crime I have done!"

"First there was a flood, then a plague, and now a drought..."

"Could it be because we joined Wanmin City?"

……

Many people began to complain.

The hearts of the people who had been appeased by Fang Xuanling before became more and more restless, and some people even thought of fleeing Wanmin City.

They fell into self-doubt one by one, and some superstitious people felt that it was because they gathered a crowd to rebel, God was angry, and then condemned them.

It is to let them starve to death in this deep mountain and old forest!
But this commotion soon ended.

Because on the second day...

The people got up before the time of day, pushed open the gate, and found the crops in their fields...

It's just a few leaves missing!

It's not a scenario where everything above the roots disappears as they imagined.

"This...this this..."

"What's going on? Where's the locust?"

"Have the locusts become kind this year?"

……

The people were so excited that they ran around and found that not only the crops in their own fields were intact, but also the crops in other people's fields.

"No! The locusts are all dead!"

"Look at the field, is the soil full of locust corpses?"

Suddenly, the sharp-eyed common people discovered the problem at the first time.

All fields were covered with a thick layer of locust carcasses.

The very strong locusts lay quietly on it, motionless, and it can be seen that they walked very peacefully.

The people gasped.

Yesterday they were still lamenting that the sky was about to perish in Wanmin City...

Now the locusts that are about to perish in Wanmin City are all dead.

Most importantly, they remembered what Fang Xuanling did before.

Lead the small officials and the army to "water" all the farmland!
"There is a problem with the water! I heard that the master ordered the medical department to develop it, and it can cure locusts!"

There were shouts from the people, and everyone realized the crux of the problem.

Locusts don't die for nothing.

All because of the "watering" event before the arrival of the locusts!
After the crops were saved, the people wept with joy, danced and congratulated each other.

At the same time, he shouted the name of the lord and the lord's mansion.

For a moment, the prestige of Wanmin City was once again pushed to its peak.

……

The first wave of locust plagues has been temporarily resolved.

In the small foreign building, Fang Xuanling was very excited when he heard the news.

Everything went as expected, and the locust plague was successfully resolved.

Although there are many waves of locust plagues, he believes that under the protection of pesticides, those locusts are not to be feared!

only……

"The locust plague has been solved, but the wells in the city have already dried up, and only a few wells can still produce water. In a few days, maybe those wells will dry up too." Mrs. Fang looked at the water in her tank. Water, couldn't help complaining.

"Also, look at the trees planted by Director Yang on both sides of the road in the city. The leaves are all yellow, and I'm afraid they won't last long."

Fang Xuanling's wife has been complaining.

During this period of time, the problem of water shortage in Wanmin City became more and more exposed.

It was June, with the sun blazing, there was no rain for a month, the river dried up, the well water dried up, and even the century-old tree at the gate of Wanmin City seemed to be coming to the end of its life.

"By the way, why don't you go tell the lord and let him think of a way to see if he can make it rain?" Madam Fang suddenly stared at Fang Xuanling and said.

The corners of Fang Xuanling's mouth twitched. He wanted to roll his eyes, but he was afraid of being beaten, so he could only smile wryly: "You really think that the master is omnipotent? Can you make the world rain with just one word?"

Mrs. Fang sighed softly, she also knew that this... was almost impossible to achieve.

This drought shows that God just doesn't want rain.

Otherwise, the Jianghuai Luohan will not be completely exhausted.

"However..." Fang Xuanling looked at his wife's disappointed expression, paused, and decided to reveal some information: "My lord has already started to deal with the drought, and within half a month, Wanmin City will no longer be short of water! Not only is there no shortage of water, Farmland can also be irrigated as usual!"

Mrs. Fang's eyes lit up.

Xu Mu has never uttered big words, and almost everything has been done.

From flood control to disease control...

Leading the people, step by step from the disaster, and living better and better.

Mrs. Fang rolled her eyes, put her hands on her hips, stared at Fang Xuanling, and snorted, "You still say that the lord is not omnipotent? It just so happens that the weather is so hot, you've been sleeping on the floor these few days!"

Fang Xuanling opened his mouth, knowing that he would not have revealed the news.

It's hard to go on vacation for three days, but I still sleep on the floor...

……

Outside Wanmin City.

The people also discovered that the water is getting less and less.

Ever since, they started an ancient activity that has been passed down for thousands of years... praying for rain.

A large altar was erected.

Countless people gathered around the altar and began to pray devoutly.

They all understand that even though they escaped the locust plague, the drought has not ended, on the contrary, it has just begun.

First of all, if there is no water in the farmland, sooner or later the crops will dry up and die, and there will be no harvest.

Secondly, if the drought lasts longer without rain, that person will die of thirst.

So, they started superstitious self-help.

Xu Mu did not stop these phenomena.

Most of the people in this era are ignorant and their wisdom is not yet developed.

In the event of a disaster, more often than not, what comes to mind is to pray to gods and Buddhas, and pray to heaven.

Therefore, since its introduction during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Buddhism has been able to take root in China and thrive.

It is to take advantage of the many disasters and disasters of the people on the land of China, and take advantage of the situation when they are helpless.

Give the people a spiritual sustenance.

But this time, although Xu Mu couldn't ask for rain, he had already thought of a solution to the drought.

In fact, this method was invented by wise people in the Western Han Dynasty.

Man will conquer nature, which has existed since ancient times.

It's just that this spirit has not been passed down.

Outside the small foreign building, Xu Mu summoned Kong Xingyue.

Now that the fortifications outside the mountain have been completed, Kong Xingyue, who is the general manager of the military industry, is holding a huge heavy-duty shovel in his left hand and a peace knife in his right hand. His appearance... looks a bit weird.

Once upon a time, he leaped on the battlefield with high spirits.

But since he had a conversation with the lord, he found that everything has changed.

He started... digging day and night.

Either dig a tunnel, or dig a mine hole, or dig a trench...

Seeing Xu Mu this time, he seemed to accept his fate, knelt down on one knee, and said with a wry smile: "My lord, where do you want my subordinates to dig this time?"

Xu Mu looked at Kong Xingyue, whose complexion was getting paler because of working underground all year round, and suddenly felt embarrassed.

But this time, Wanmin City encountered a drought, and Kong Xingyue really needed to solve it.

After pondering for a while, Xu Mu then said, "Xingyue, the drought is here now, the water level of rivers and lakes has dried up, and the farmland cannot be irrigated. If this problem is not solved, even if the locust plague is avoided, the crops will not be harvested, so... ..."

"Whether you can save the [-] people in Wanmin City now depends entirely on you!"

When Kong Xingyue heard this, his body trembled, he cupped his hands and said cautiously: "My lord, please give me instructions!"

As an old man, Xu Mu rarely spoke to him in this tone.

Kong Xingyue also knew that Wanmin City was really in crisis this time.

Xu Mu took a deep breath, took out a map, and showed it in front of Kong Xingyue: "In half a month, you will lead hundreds of military engineering teams, and you need... to enter the ground and dig out an underground river!"

Kong Xingyue blinked, showing an expression I knew.

Xu Mu was also a little embarrassed, touched his nose in embarrassment, and said, "This task is completed, you can make any request."

After Kong Xingyue heard the words, his expression instantly became agitated, he nodded repeatedly, and said: "This subordinate must complete this task within half a month!"

For him, what he wants to do most now is to go into battle and kill the enemy.

He really doesn't want to dig things up...

Between the heavy duty shovel and the peace knife, his choice will always be the peace knife!

When Xu Mu saw Kong Xingyue so excited, the corners of his mouth twitched, and then...

Throwing out a lot of the latest digging equipment created by the research institute.

They are all tools cast by the latest steel filling method, including chisels, hammers, etc., which are specially used by Kong Xingyue to dig underground rivers.

That's right, Xu Mu's solution to this drought is to dig underground rivers.

Days of sun exposure and no rainfall have caused the groundwater level to continue to drop. It is for this reason that the riverbed has fallen, the well water has dried up, and the trees have dried up...

In the period of Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty, when he was in the northwest, a large number of people immigrated to the desert area.

Above the desert, water sources are scarce. In order to solve this situation, skilled craftsmen invented a method.

In the desert, not only water can be produced for drinking, but also irrigation can be supported.

This method has been followed for thousands of years, even in the 21st century before Xu Mu traveled, it was still used in Xinjiang and other regions.

(End of this chapter)