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Chapter 1633 Is this still a year of famine?

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    In a rural area in Kaifeng, Henan, Uncle Wang looked at the cracked fields and couldn't help but pray in his heart.

    "Lord Dragon, you can at least bring some rain. If it doesn't rain, there will really be no harvest in this land."

    Since the beginning of spring, there has been no moonlight in Henan for several months. The sun has been shining every day, and the fields have been cracked by the sun.

    Looking at the wheat in his field, Uncle Wang couldn¡¯t stand it any longer. He brought a bucket and prepared to jump into the river to water it.

    It was only when we came to the river that we discovered that the river, which used to have a good amount of water, had now bottomed out and turned into a trickling stream.

    "There is no water in the river."

    Uncle Wang looked at the dry river bed and walked helplessly toward the village carrying his bucket.

    As soon as I walked to the entrance of the village, I saw many villagers sitting under the big trees at the entrance of the village, enjoying the cool air and chatting.

    "This year's severe drought is really rare. Even the water in the river has dried up. I still want to carry some water to irrigate the fields."

    Uncle Wang came under the tree and couldn't help but sigh when he saw the villagers in the village sitting very leisurely.

    "I have only seen this kind of drought twice at the age of sixty. The last time was more than 40 years ago, when I was only a teenager."

    "That year, just like now, there was no rain for several months. Even the river dried up and the crops in the fields died of drought."

    "At that time, everyone was eating tree bark and Guanyin soil. After eating the bark, everyone began to flee. The road to escape was full of corpses. It was really terrible."

    Uncle Wang recalled the scene at that time in his mind. There were some things that he had not even said out loud. After all, there were children around him. The matter of exchanging children and eating them must not be mentioned, otherwise these children would definitely be frightened.  bad.

    "Isn't that right? At that time, after eating tree bark, a person's belly would be as big as a ten-month pregnancy, and he couldn't even poop out."

    When Old Li, who was also elderly next to him, heard this, he also said: "I remember that there were more than 200 households and thousands of people in Wangjia Village at that time. As a result, after the drought, there were only less than 80 households left in our village.  Well, people are starving to death in every household."

    "My eighth brother survived, and the fifth brother and I were both lucky. We met a kind-hearted man who cooked porridge for the victims. We managed to eat that bowl of porridge and water, and that's how we survived."

    "Now I feel angry when I see these children wasting food. I wish I could beat them up. Look at the food in this place. If there was a piece of steamed bun like this at that time, I don't know how many people could have been saved."

    ¡°I have a biological sister who was bought away with three steamed buns at that time. I don¡¯t know what¡¯s going on now.¡±

    When Old Man Li was talking, he couldn't help but want to hit his great-grandson, but he couldn't bear to do so. He usually kept it in his mouth for fear of melting, so if he was willing to hit his great-grandson, he would just show off.

    "Isn't that right? In those days, this food was very expensive, especially in this year of famine. One person couldn't exchange it for much food."

    24378  Don¡¯t worry, every household here doesn¡¯t have hundreds of kilograms of grain, a cellar of sweet potatoes, and a beam of corn.¡±

    Uncle Wang also followed suit.

    ¡°Now there are many, many fewer people in the village.¡±

    ¡°In the past, our village had a very large population and only a small amount of land. Every household clung to that small amount of land, and they didn¡¯t have enough to eat or keep warm throughout the year.¡±

    "Now, the immigrants and the immigrants who have come to the city to work have come to the city to work, and only us old men and women with our children are left in this village."

    ¡°What used to be a large village with a few thousand people now has less than one-tenth of the population.¡±

    "Yes, yes, look at those fields in the distance. In the past, everyone was scrambling to plant them, but now no one is planting them for free."

    "Actually, it doesn't matter whether it's a severe drought or not. If there's no drought, no one is planting. It's hard to see the fields in your home being barren. It's something that was passed down from our ancestors with great difficulty."

    Uncle Wang also sighed repeatedly.

    This time 75z*wz*.com Zhang Si.  The world has changed, so fast.

    The fields that everyone used to fight for are now deserted and no one is planting them.

    In the past, during times of famine, many people were hungry and dying??It is to let people in the disaster area feel at ease and not to be afraid. There is enough food for you to eat until next year. Another aspect is to prevent someone from embezzling the food and materials for disaster relief.

    In the past, due to poor information, even if the emperor had a heavy downpour, when it comes to the people, there may not even be a drop of rain.

    No matter how much money is appropriated, under these layers of deductions, not even a tael of money will fall on the heads of the common people, only the grain for disaster relief, and these officials may work together with profiteers to sell it at a high price.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Publicly use part of the grain to cook porridge to provide disaster relief? That¡¯s considered a bit of conscience, and at least it can save some of the victims.

    How did the common people know that enough money and food had actually been allocated for disaster relief? At least they were swallowed up by the officials in the middle.

    It¡¯s different now. With the Ming Dynasty Daily, the imperial court can announce the methods and quantities of disaster relief and let everyone in the world know.  Zhida z.com Zhixiao

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    If the food and materials for disaster relief are insufficient in the hands of the people, the people will know about it and will naturally make trouble. Once the higher-ups find out.

    "The corrupt officials among them will definitely not escape the fate of losing their heads. Embezzling disaster relief funds was a serious crime in that dynasty. If someone found out, they would be killed. Even the three tribes would be exiled thousands of miles away

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