Wei and Jin cooks

First came Youzhou and Jizhou. When Wang Jun and Liu Kun returned from the battle, they both happily held a banquet and celebrated with their generals and staff for expanding their territory.

Wang Jun celebrated this celebration for a month, with songs, dances, and music changing every day. He mainly took this opportunity to meet with the officials of Youzhou and Qingzhou, and show them and his staff his wisdom, prowess, and strength.

Only by letting them agree with him can he go a step further. It would be better if they mentioned becoming king in the future.

So even though it was spring plowing, he didn't pay much attention to it.

As for spring plowing, farmers farm every year. How can they not know what to plant and how to plant it? No matter how bad it is, there is still a county magistrate. Why should he, the governor, worry about it?

So he didn't care about spring plowing. Even if an official reported that this year's climate was abnormal, and the snowfall since the beginning of winter was about 30% less than in previous years, and there had only been one spring rain since the beginning of spring, he didn't think much about it. Let officials follow the rules.

Following routine, officials can only ask county magistrates to prepare for drought.

The order was issued, but by the time the county magistrates came to their senses from Wang Jun's celebration banquet, put down their singing of praises, and began to prepare to organize people to prevent drought, it was already too late.

Farmers have already plowed the fields and planted wheat seeds. It is too late to replace them with more drought-resistant corn, beans and sorghum. All they can do is organize people to dig wells and canals...

However, some places are not well organized, and a lot of manpower and material resources are spent in this regard. Instead, the labor and time for watering the land are occupied, and the people complain.

After seventy consecutive days without rain in Youzhou, this resentment and the fear of natural disasters broke out together, and people in Youzhou began to attack the county government over the dispute over water;

The situation in Jizhou is not much better than that in Youzhou.

Wang Jun celebrated for a month, which delayed his golden period, but Liu Kun was different. Singing, dancing and singing were routine. For him, every day was a banquet.

After conquering half of Jizhou, he asked people to build channels for transmitting information, but there was no urgency. He always did things casually and did not rush the people below him.

Therefore, the news from Jizhou was delivered very slowly. Fortunately, he started processing it as soon as he received the news.

After thinking about it, he also started asking people to dig wells and canals to ensure the irrigation of the farmland. However, as news came and went, and Jizhou had just been recovered, the coordination among officials was not very high. The local people mostly followed the orders of the local squires, and Don't listen to his orders.

Moreover, bandits were rampant in various places, and Liu Kun did not send anyone to deal with them. So, he gave orders in Jinyang, but the counties and counties in Jizhou acted on their own and did not obey his orders.

Squires and officials from all over the country felt that overhauling water conservancy projects at this time would be a waste of manpower, so they only sent people to find places to dig wells.

Unfortunately, there are not many people who can dig wells, and even fewer who can find water sources. There is no effective organization, and a lot of manpower has been spent, but nothing can be done.

They found that when there was little rain this year, wheat seeds had been planted. When various places were clamoring to dig wells, they missed the farming season for planting corn and beans...

Youzhou, Jizhou, and Bingzhou mostly grow spring wheat. Because the winter is too cold, it is not suitable for growing winter wheat here.

Wheat is more drought tolerant than rice, but far less resistant than sorghum, corn and beans.

Zhao Hanzhang remembered this major natural disaster in history and had been preparing for it since the year before last.

Every year there is the task of dredging ditches and building water conservancy channels. We send people to organize several teams of well-drilling experts, combining talented people and strangers who can find water sources.

After conquering Luoyang last year, she even asked Fu Tinghan to recruit people who knew how to find water sources and read the weather in the name of Minister of Industry. Among them were even Taoist priests who knew how to read Feng Shui.

These people followed the well-drilling team around in search of water sources to dig wells, regardless of gains or losses. All the money, food and travel expenses were paid by Zhao Hanzhang. She also gave them high monthly salaries and promised that their children would be able to study and work in schools and workshops in the future.

It can be said that the treatment is generous.

Last year, Zhao Hanzhang liked to chat with Xia Houyan and Zhang Xie, inviting them to watch the sky at night. He also asked Zhao Zhongyu to ask the officials of the Qin Tian Jian for advice. At the beginning of the year, he also asked Fu Zhi for advice on the sky, and he also asked many questions. The answer given by old farmers is that there will be a drought this year.

Therefore, Zhao Hanzhang wrote a letter to remind Liu Kun before spring plowing, asking him to prepare more drought-resistant grains and prepare for drought in advance.

But at that time, Liu Kun was in Jinyang dealing with the attacks from Liu Cong and Wang Jun. Even his survival was a problem. How could he care about spring plowing in a few months?

When the war was over, Zhao Hanzhang wrote another letter to remind him and asked him if he had prepared grain. If it was not enough, she could fund some.

Liu Kun readily accepted it, but he distributed the grain he received to the people of Jinyang. Therefore, northern Jizhou, which was hardest hit, was not prepared at all, and naturally had no material support.

On the other hand, the territory occupied by Zu Ti in the south is in better condition. First, it received two more spring rains than some places in the north. Second, Zu Ti stopped fighting during spring plowing and organized the people to dig wells in an orderly manner to fight the drought. Third, it , Zhao Hanzhang also supported him with many drought-resistant grain seeds, and he planted them all with his eyes on the people.

This year they have reduced the number of acres planted with spring wheat and increased the number of acres planted with drought-resistant crops such as beans, corn and sorghum.

Shi Le, who also stopped due to spring plowing and was competing for territory with Zu Ti, saw what they were doing and immediately bought a batch of bean seeds and asked his people to plant them.

"Last winter was very cold, but there were only five snowfalls. Two of them were very small and melted in one night. Since the beginning of spring, there has been less rain and snow," Shi Le said. "Zhao Hanzhang has a very capable man." Yishidao, she must have seen that there was going to be a drought, so she asked Zuti to reduce wheat sowing early. We can't take back the wheat that has been planted, but we can plant beans. If the drought is really so serious, we can also Guaranteed delivery.”

The officials below responded and paid great attention to the watering matters among the people.

Zu Ti happened to occupy the upper reaches of them, and they thought he would cut off the water. Unexpectedly, Zu Ti not only did not take the initiative to cut off the water, but also intervened to mediate the water disputes between the upstream and downstream, and persuaded the people upstream to turn on the water so that the downstream could also be irrigated.

The official reported the matter, and Shi Le was heartbroken and said with some jealousy: "Zhao Hanzhang will be even more powerful when he gets such a person."

Shi Le sent two generals, but they were both defeated by Zu Ti. Naturally, it can be seen that all the armaments in Zu Ti's army came from Zhao's army.

Zhao Jiajun has excellent weapons, the most humane of which are its spears and broadswords. Shi Le was a bandit, and his weapons in the early stage were basically obtained by looting. Later, Liu Yuan gave some as gifts, and they were very average.

Now he collects taxes and forges his own weapons, but his men are not as talented as Zhao Hanzhang, and the weapons they produce are far inferior to those of Zhao's army.

The Zhao army was able to defeat the brave Shile army and the Huns army several times. Zhao Hanzhang's command was part of the reason, and his weapons and equipment were also part of the reason.

Therefore, when the front line reported that almost everyone in Zu Ti's army had a weapon produced by Zhao Jiajun, he knew that this was Zhao Hanzhang's nail.

Now, I'm afraid only Jin Ting doesn't know about it, right?

Shi Le sneered, planning to tell him and Gou Xi the "good news" when the Emperor of Jin held sacrifices to heaven during the summer solstice. The scene would be more interesting then.