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Chapter 2225, Global Drought

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    In Henan, the Ming Dynasty¡¯s native land, Henan Chief Minister Liu Long was inspecting the drought situation in Henan.

    This year has been another year of disasters. At first, in March, there was still no sign of the weather getting warmer. Finally, when the weather warmed up, spring plowing began. As a result, from April to June,  For three whole months, not a drop of rain fell in the entire northern region of Ming Dynasty.

    On the contrary, there were major floods in the south, which seemed to have retained all the rainfall of the Meiyu in the south, while not retaining any in the north.

    "Even the Yellow River has dried up!"

    Liu Long looked at the Yellow River in front of him. At this moment, the Yellow River was about to stop flowing. The originally turbulent river has now become like a small river, with only a small trickle left.

    It¡¯s too dry!

    There has not been a drop of rain for three whole months, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a thousand miles away. And according to the predictions from the Imperial Meteorological Office, in the next 1-2 months, it is very likely that there will be no rain in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty.  There is no rain, which means there will be no harvest this year.

    "Sir, can we report it to the imperial court and take advantage of the opportunity when the Yellow River dries up to clean up the river bed and remove more silt, sand, etc. from the river bed? This can lower the height of the river bed, which will be very helpful in dealing with future flood disasters.  .¡±

    Beside Fei Yuan, Fei Yuan, the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, suggested.

    "This is a good suggestion. The riverbed in the Kaifeng section is indeed too high, and accidents often happen when floods occur."

    When Liu Long heard this, he couldn't help but nod his head. This Fei Yuan is okay, he is a person with ideas.

    Managing the Yellow River has been a difficult problem since ancient times, especially in this section of Henan. In some places, the river bed is even much higher than both sides. It is resisted by dams, otherwise it would have been washed away long ago.

    "Fortunately, we are in this good era. If it had been a few decades ago, if such a severe drought had occurred, people would have been in dire straits, wars would have been everywhere, and the land would have been starved to death."

    Liu Long looked towards the village in the distance.

    Even though there is a severe drought, people in the village still don't look worried at all. The old people gather together to chat, the children play carefree, and the adults ride their motorcycles to go to work.  .

    A peaceful scene, Yanran was not affected by the drought at all.

    This made Liu Long sigh. When he was young, in the 10th and 11th years of the Hongzhi reign, there was a severe famine in the three northern provinces due to heavy snowstorms. In his hometown of Shanxi, famine was everywhere, and the ground was full of people. It was unknown how severe the winter was.  How many people froze to death on the roadside.

    ??Looking now, due to such a severe drought, the red land is thousands of miles away, and even the grass on the ground is withered and yellow. However, the impact on the lives of the people of Ming Dynasty has been minimal.

    As early as March, the Ming Dynasty court had already issued an early warning that there might be a large-scale reduction in grain production this year, requiring all localities to make relevant preparations in advance, inventory granaries to ensure food supply, and maintain social stability.

    So early on, the grain reserves of various Ming government officials were already full, enough to feed Ming people in various places for a year or two.

    ¡¾To be honest, I have been using the Changing Source app recently to read and catch up on updates. Changing sources allows me to read aloud with many different sounds. www.huanyuanapp.com is available for Android and Apple.  ¡¿

    Even if there is a severe drought, the price of food is still very stable without any fluctuation.

    "Yes, fortunately we grew up in such a good era, otherwise under such a severe drought, the entire Henan Province might be empty."

    Fei Yuan also nodded. After all, he was young and could be considered a Ming Dynasty man who grew up in the new era, but he still heard many things about that era from his elders.

    "Draw up a plan here. While the Yellow River is drying up, we will clean up the silt, sand, etc. in the Yellow River."

    "Yes, sir!"

    The Great Plains in the central part of North Huanghuangzhou.

    With the continuous growth of the population of Ming Dynasty in Huanghuangzhou, the development of the entire Huanghuangzhou has also become larger and larger. One of the most important places is the Great Plains of North Huanghuangzhou.

    The land here in the Great Plains is fertile, flat and open, and there is a large river that runs from north to south, bringing abundant water. At the same time, the humid water vapor from Penglai Bay in the south can also stretch from south to north to the Arctic region.

    Such unique natural conditions allowed the Great Plains region to gradually develop into another important granary of the Ming Empire.

    Because hereHowever, we could see some Ming Dynasty gentlemen. At this time, they were all lying comfortably under the trees, drinking tea and listening to the gramophone. They were very restrained and did not want to help at all.  Meaning of woman.

    And these women in the family seem to have been accustomed to this for a long time. They do their own things and bring cakes, snacks and other things to their men from time to time.

    "Sir, in our Golden Continent, all men go on adventures to find gold, silver, and oil. Farming is not what men should do."

    The officials under his command smiled and explained to Zhong Bingxiu that this was the custom of Huangjinzhou.

    Farming does not make any money at all, that is, you grow some food to eat at home, feed some livestock, etc. The real money is to take risks and find gold, silver, and oil.

    Although there are many great men who have worked hard all their lives without getting rich, this is the tradition of the Golden Continent. If you can't find gold, you can only go home and rely on women to support you.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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