Shaanxi.
The 800-mile Qinchuan, which once laid the foundation for Qin's might, and the wealthy Guanzhong Plain, have long been a dry scene under the influence of years of drought.
The Wei River that the emperor personally marched to the emperor to fight, now most of the riverbed is exposed and cracked, and most of the Wei River tributaries are completely dry!
If you look from the sky, the Wei River, which has created the name of the 800-mile Qinchuan, is like a hideous scar under the years of drought, and is engraved on the land of Shaanxi.
In the late Ming Dynasty and the early years of Daheng, wars continued and the country was in chaos. Even if there were many years of chaos, the court could not provide relief to the famine.
It was not until the emperor pacified Liaodong and truly organized and large-scale disaster relief emerged. At present, the entire Daheng has established a complete and orderly and effective disaster relief system.
From the beginning of the imperial court allocating money and grain, the disaster areas and prefectures and counties used labor for relief, to the current project disaster relief in the fourth year of Zhaowu.
With the disaster relief at all costs by the court, the hot projects can be seen everywhere in Shaanxi, which has been drought for several years.
The only difference between the past is perhaps that the person who controls money and grain is no longer a local official, but is funded by the Ministry of Revenue and coordinated by the Ministry of Works. Then, under the leadership of the officials sent by the Ministry of Works, construction is carried out in various places.
The emperor's instructions were very clear, one was water conservancy and two was roads.
Nowadays, the Wei River is almost dry, which is undoubtedly the best time to manage.
Therefore, after the joint investigation by the Ministry of Industry and the Daheng Academy of Engineering, it was almost the first time that it decided to take this drying opportunity to manage the Wei River that had flooded many times, and at the same time select a place to build reservoirs and water conservancy.
In the past, rivers were managed, and dikes were cleared and buried, as well as planting trees to prevent soil erosion.
And now, that's all.
However, the dry Wei River is obviously much easier to manage than the flood Wei River, and it is also much easier to build reservoirs and water conservancy facilities.
In addition, with the assistance of Daheng Academy of Engineering, the systematic use of gunpowder has been developed and gravel...
The most important thing is that the emergence of cement can greatly improve the effectiveness of treatment.
Of course, in this year of disaster, such a project consumes a lot of money and food.
Hundreds of thousands of victims gathered along the Wei River in the disaster-stricken land, working day by day under the direct coordination of the Ministry of Works.
Such a large-scale recruitment would have been aroused by the public, but now, under the years of drought, the fields have dried up and the pitiful water source is a bit reluctant to provide people with drinks, and it is impossible to supply farmland on a large scale.
The people are unable to survive anymore. Facing the disaster relief project that controls food and accommodation, although the work is hard, at least they can survive.
Under the strict order of the emperor, supervision is difficult to appear at least when major projects were carried out in previous dynasties.
In addition, the emperor allocated money and grain at almost no cost, and after the reform, the fields that had been allocated to households were also required to exempt the tax from disaster areas...
All these things have barely maintained the stability of the disaster area in this difficult year.
This large-scale project landscape is not just Shaanxi, but also in today's Daheng World, Sichuan, Shandong, etc., all disaster-stricken places have started engineering disaster relief, both large and small.
Compared with the court's attitude towards the disaster area, Daheng, the current emperor, even though he is financially short, still maintains a rare disaster relief effort in history!
The so-called taking it from the people and using it for the people.
In the tax case, countless home searches were found, and the massive amount of money and food obtained was also consumed like flowing water under this large-scale engineering disaster relief rare in history.
With such a large project in the north, the emperor naturally could not ensure that the food in the official warehouses in various places was consumed. Under the emperor's will, drought-resistant crops such as sweet potatoes and corn were promoted to suitable planting places in Daheng at a speed that had never been seen before.
The Ministry of Revenue and the inner court trading company purchased grain from the world with almost no restrictions.
In Ningbo Port, the most popular goods are food!
Whether it is a Western-Japanese merchant or a pseudo-Ming merchant, as long as the grain is transported to Ningbo Port, there is almost no need to consider any sales. Ningbo Maritime Manufacturing Bureau will buy it directly at the market price, and then it will be transported directly by canal or sea to the north!
Such a scene is also true in major cities bordering the Pseudo-Ming Dynasty!
Although the pseudo-Ming court repeatedly banned food from entering the north, under the influence of interests, just like the once-Ming Dynasty's maritime ban, it could block ordinary people and vested interests!
There were even many pseudo-Ming generals who directly sold military rations...
The canal transport, the sea transport, and the large ships loaded with grain transported from north to south almost day and night, supporting the emperor's determination!
With such a large-scale acquisition, the food prices in Jiangnan have increased by more than doubled!
In the prosperous Jiangnan area, under this kind of food madness, there were food shortages in many places!
And under the various major strategies that Daheng is striking, the war preparations for quelling Jiangnan are also proceeding in an orderly manner.
A war to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops, a war to pacify half of the world, obviously it is not possible to complete the preparation in one or two months.
From early March of the fourth year of Zhaowu, the emperor set up a plan to attack and defend the north in the south. To July of the fourth year of Zhaowu, this war is still being prepared in full swing.
If, according to previous practice, the war-torn military system of Daheng could complete the war preparations in more than one month even if it mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops.
After all, strictly speaking, Jiangnan was in a state of war from the beginning and had never ceased to fight. Even under the turbulent situation in the north, Jiangnan's heavy troops had never been mobilized.
Later, as the emperor returned from the army in person, he dispatched troops and generals, allocated food, grass and weapons, and completed the accumulation of heavy troops in the pseudo-Ming Dynasty.
Various plan drills have been practiced in Jiangnan, and they have been practiced many times.
But this time, the pure and capable military system was mixed with the civil service system, and this pure and capable military system was naturally pulled directly to the bottom.
The entire military system has also fallen into a rough period of running-in.
Moreover, to pacify Jiangnan, the focus is on maintaining stability and ending dangers!
When the war is ready, when to fight, it depends on when the navy can completely block the sea front.
Now, several months of stumble and prepared, fighting south and north, the invincible sharp wars are slowly getting ready to go.
Just wait for this right-to-date system to be completed and good news from the navy came.
Daheng's hundreds of thousands of troops will sweep across the south of the Yangtze River and unify the mountains and rivers with thunder!
Chapter completed!