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Xia Houren didn't understand this very much. "Looking at their words and deeds, they believe in the general and Guo Pu. Why are they unwilling to obey the general's orders?"

Li Zhengdao: "The general and Guo Shenxian don't know how to farm. They believe it will rain heavily, but they also believe they will get a harvest from wheat and rice."

Taowu suddenly asked Li Zheng, "Have you grown wheat and rice at home?"

  Li Zheng: “I have planted some, but it is half less than in previous years. I plan to set aside land to grow sorghum and millet.”

Tao Wu frowned, "I know why the general asked us to come to this countryside, and I also understand why she asked Zu Ti and others to set off to the banks of the Yellow River early. If the people here in Luoyang don't listen to the advice, let alone It’s said to be far away from Luoyang.”

“Even if the court warned of natural disasters, if there was no warning...” Tao Wu looked at Xia Houren.

Xia Houren frowned: "But this also shows that warnings are useless to these stupid people, and the price of food has increased in vain..."

Li Zheng on the side was unhappy and shouted: "How can we be called stupid people? Why are we stupid? No one can predict the future. The world is so big, and Guo Shenxian didn't say that the rain will hit us. Under Luoyang, what if our wheat and rice can be harvested?"

"Besides, although there are people who don't listen to the advice, there are also people who listen to the advice. I have a hundred households under my control, but 72 households listen to the advice. Even if it's that, wouldn't it be possible for 72 households to survive? , why are you scolding all 100 of us just because of those twenty or so households?"

Li Zheng continued his output, spitting all over Xia Houren and Tao Wu's faces. The two were caught off guard, unable to defend themselves, and unable to refute, so they could only apologize profusely.

Zu Ti arranged for Zhao Shen to stay along the coast of Sizhou, and he returned to Jizhou. Zhao Hanzhang also ordered Zhao Ming, Zhao Ju and Zhao Kuan to do a good job in disaster prevention work in the lower reaches of the coasts of Yuzhou, Yanzhou and Qingzhou.

 Before the disaster, in this atmosphere, food prices rose first and then again.

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 But with the constant sounds of natural disasters, people who had surplus food at home did not dare to sell it, and even began to use less food.

People who could eat dry food switched to eating thick food, and people who could eat thick food switched to eating thin food. People who could only eat thin food began to take advantage of the spring weather to pick a large number of wild vegetables and mix them with them. They ate less grain and more vegetables. It's worth saving a little bit.

On the Qingming Festival in March, there was no rain in Luoyang. Instead, the sun was shining brightly. The weather began to warm up, and wildflowers were blooming everywhere.

　At Grain Rain time, it rained lightly in Luoyang. It started raining at noon and stopped before evening.

There was a lot of discussion in the court, and the people among the people also looked up at the sky in confusion, "This is going to be a drought. It rains like this for half a day during Grain Rain. When we get to Mangzhong, will we have water for farming?"

Even though they were confused, those who believed in Zhao Hanzhang still chose to plant sorghum and millet, both of which were seeds sown directly after plowing the land.

Those who didn’t believe it also began to cultivate rice seedlings with water, and only waited until the beginning of summer to start transplanting.

They occasionally went to see the winter wheat in the fields. After the Grain Rain, the wheat began to work hard to ear. However, there was some drought this spring and there was insufficient water in some fields, so it was very hard to ear the wheat.

 Farmers have no choice but to irrigate.

The ones next to the ditch are okay, and you can put water into the fields. But the ones far away from the ditch, you can only carry water for irrigation.

 After working hard for several days, all the wheat fields were irrigated. Everyone was very happy to see the wheat seedlings swaying in the wind.

After Grain Rain, not a drop of rain was seen, only the sun was shining brightly, and some of the ground began to dry out. A farmer looked up at the big sun in the sky and said: "If it doesn't rain, I don't know if there will be floods this year, but there will definitely be drought."

 The neighbors on the side all agreed.

Only Li Zheng looked at the sky sadly. If Guo Shenxian was right, was he holding back his big move?

 At this moment, Li Zheng hoped in his heart that Guo Pu had made a mistake.

 But the heavy rain came unexpectedly.

 The first place to rain was Xincai. Xincai is far away from the Yellow River. Although there was a heavy rain in Duotou, no one connected it with the heavy rain in the Yellow River area.

However, it rained for three days in a row. Because the rain was so heavy that half of the county seat was flooded. The magistrate of Xincai County felt something was wrong and quickly reported it to Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming felt uneasy and sent people to support Xincai while reporting to the court.

The telegraph was a little faster than the wind. The imperial court received the telegram first, and then it started to rain in Luoyang. It was drizzle in the morning, but by noon, the rain showed no sign of stopping, and instead began to rain heavily.

The people looked at the rain with regret, "I watered the water in vain in the past two days. If I knew it would rain so soon, I should have waited two more days. Carrying water makes my shoulders swollen."

However, at night, the rain continued, and the raindrops were as big as soybeans, crackling on the roof and the ground, causing pain when people passed under the rain.

At this time, no one spoke or joked anymore. Both the courtiers and the people inside and outside Luoyang looked at the dark night sky worriedly and were speechless, and their hearts began to feel cold.

Zhao Hanzhang also stood on the porch watching the rain, her face as dark as black ink. She would rather be scolded for her decision-making mistakes than to do this.

Fu Tinghan put a cloak on her and looked at the rain outside the corridor. He said, "This rain should stop tomorrow. Guo Pu and I measured the wind speed. The rain should reach Mengjin by now."

Zhao Hanzhang sighed. They couldn't prevent this natural disaster. All they could do was reduce the losses it caused.

The rain began to lighten the next day. Zhao Hanzhang and Fu Tinghan wore raincoats and went to court. The ministers followed silently, and no one dared to ask for leave.

In this atmosphere, the little emperor did not dare to take a nap secretly, and could only sit and listen to their discussions.

At this time, although the courtiers were busy and uncomfortable, they were still relaxed. As for the flood, they had just experienced a locust plague that was rare in a century. They were fighting against the disaster and fighting at the same time. If they didn't survive it, this time it was just a trivial matter. .

 But as the area where it rained became larger and larger, and it lasted longer and longer, the courtiers realized that there seemed to be something different about the flood disaster that Zhao Hanzhang could plan in advance.

　　In April, Luoyang still has heavy rains from time to time. There is no sunshine, and the wheat that has just headed has almost stopped growing. The water in the ground has flooded the wheat roots, and many wheats are sick.

The farmers did not give up. They carried hoes and braved the rain to drain water. The water was drained into ditches. The rain gradually stopped. It was cloudy for two days. Just when everyone thought sunny days were coming, it started to rain again in Luoyang...

 However, the situation in Luoyang is considered good among many places. In some places, it rains constantly.

It also started to rain in the court. Zhao Hanzhang dropped a letter and said angrily: "In Ji County, a county is governed. In just ten days, the price of food soared to 333 Wen. It was the result of the locust plague and war the year before last." It’s only three hundred and fifty-two cents. Why, you’re holding on to the 15% line and going up. It’s three hundred and thirty-three today. Shouldn’t we quote 383 tomorrow?”

All the ministers bowed their heads and remained silent.

 “Yuanli!”

 Yuanli came out, "The general will be here at the end."

“Go to Jixian yourself and I’ll allow you to do it easier.”

Yuan Li raised his head, with scars dancing on his face. He suppressed the excitement in his heart and said, "The last general takes command!"

Even Ji Yuan couldn't help but feel nervous, knowing that someone was going to die.

He sighed and was about to ask Zhao Hanzhang to give Yuan Li some more restraints. A clerk quickly entered the palace and knelt down and said: "General, Jiankang is in urgent need of electricity. There have been heavy rains in Shouchun and Jiankang for five consecutive days. Jiangnan, Jiangnan and Jiangnan are flooded." The epidemic was severe and fertile farmland was destroyed.”

Zhao Hanzhang and the courtiers were stunned for a moment. She did not expect that it would rain heavily in the south of the Yangtze River. It would rain in half of China.

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