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"Well, you can bring more things now, and just bring some over, otherwise you won't be used to it." Wang Yu said with a smile: "They are here too, now they are cooking in the kitchen."

"All here?!"

Sun Shangxiang said with joy: "Great, I haven't seen them for a long time, I'll go see them now." Looking at everyone, he said goodbye: "Everyone, I will go to meet my friends and leave for now."

It's them?

Zhang Liang probably guessed that it should be Wang Yu's parents, Xi Shi, Zheng Dan, Wang Lan, Wang Hu, etc., he had met before in the lord's house.

Sun Shangxiang left, Wang Yu led everyone to a hall and said:

"The dinner will be ready for a while, all sit down and we talk."

"Thank you, King Daming."

The crowd saluted, and then sat on both sides.

Zhang Liang, Zhuge Liang, Wu Sangui and Wang Yongji sat aside.The four brothers Zhu Biao, Zhu Xiao, Zhu Di, and Zhu Di sat on the other side.

The doors and windows of the main hall are closed. There is a mobile air conditioner one behind the other inside the hall. It is snowing outside, and it is warm here too.

After looking at the crowd, Wang Yu asked Zhuge Liang: "Zhuge Liang, the head of the household department is doing disaster relief in various places, is it going well?"

It has been more than two months since late October. Most areas north of the Yellow River are often in snowy weather, and the river has been frozen.

Seeing that winter is about to end, but the cold is still there, heavy snow is common.

"No need to get up and sit and talk."

Seeing Zhuge Liang about to stand up and salute and reply, Wang Yu stopped him.

"Yes."

Zhuge Liang paused and said, "The capital, Shanxi, Shandong and other regions, as well as parts of Henan and Shaanxi, have caught up with the large-scale cultivation of corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes. It is not bad to harvest Chengdu. It can barely cope with this long winter. , But because of the continuous heavy snowfall, there will probably not be any harvest of wheat in various places next year, and the disaster will be severe.

As for Shaanxi, Henan has not caught up with farming. Natural disasters and wars have basically confiscated the harvest this year. Most people need court relief to survive the harsh winter.

The Ministry of Household has arranged for local officials to provide relief, and at the same time transport some grain from the capital, Shanxi, Shandong and other places.But because of heavy snow blocking the road, the food delivered to various places is limited.

In Shaanxi, Henan and other places, the specific relief situation, according to the feedback of General Wu, General Wang, General Sun and others, is basically okay. Some people who took the opportunity to be greedy for Mexico and some mountain bandits were also put down by the generals.

At present, the overall situation is barely maintained, but if the winter is too long, the wheat harvest in various places will be worse in the coming year.The money and grain managed by the Ministry of Households cannot be supported for too long.

We also need to find another way to raise food, otherwise we don’t know how many people will starve to death before the autumn harvest."

Through personal experience, Zhuge Liang felt the horror of "the worst stage of the Little Ice Age"!

Although he has made the Ministry of Households do the best, but in the short term it can only allow most of the people without food to survive.

The severe winter is too long and too cold, but it is not enough to barely starve, and some people may not survive it.

This is a cruel reality.

During the Little Ice Age, in the history of China, there are data showing that there are four most serious periods.

They are: the first Little Ice Age from the late Yin and Shang Dynasty to the early Western Zhou Dynasty; the second Little Ice Age in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, and the Western Jin Dynasty; the third Little Ice Age in the late Tang, Five Dynasties, and the early Northern Song Dynasty. It was the fourth Little Ice Age at the beginning.

Every time during the Little Ice Age, extreme weather occurred, which severely reduced grain production, and the people could not eat enough.

The periods of the largest social turmoil in Chinese history are indeed closely related to the four Little Ice Ages, and they are not entirely caused by the failure of official governance.

At that time, the temperature dropped sharply, causing drought in the north, and a large reduction in food production, resulting in violent social turmoil and war for decades. Long-term famine was the fundamental reason for the unrestricted expansion of war.

During the first three "Little Ice Ages", the population in China's history fell sharply by more than four-fifths. The last time the population of the Ming Dynasty dropped by half was due to the drought-resistant and high-yielding crops potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes that came from the Americas.

However, in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the ratio of potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes in all grains was not more than 10%.

Otherwise, so many people will not die.

The population changes at the end of the Yin and Shang Dynasties and the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty lack historical records, and it is impossible to know the specific situation.At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population of the Han Dynasty was around 60 million. After decades of famine and wars, when the Western Jin Dynasty was unified, the population was only 7.7 million.

Then came the Rebellion of the Eight Kings and the Rebellion of the Five Chaos, with a population of only 4 million.The population decline at that time was quite alarming.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the population of the Tang Dynasty was about 60 million, and at the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty there were only 20 million.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the actual population of the Ming Dynasty was about 120 million, but at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, there were only about 60 million people left.

This is because some drought-resistant and high-yielding crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn were planted during the period to save lives, otherwise the population would be even lower.

The extreme weather during the Little Ice Age resulted in a massive reduction in food production, coupled with wars, and the damage caused was extremely terrifying.

"This matter, this king wants to come, there will be a way to solve it, you can do it, the food will be solved by this king.

Starting next year (lunar calendar), vigorously promote the cultivation of potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes.In the next few decades, this extreme weather will continue.Summer will be very hot and dry, and winter will be very cold and long.

Only by increasing the cultivation of cold and drought-resistant grains can we have more harvests and let more people have food!At the same time, the Ministry of Industry will also increase the construction of water conservancy, flood and drought prevention."

In addition to doing this, Wang Yu can only find a solution from Yuanjie and Zhu Yuanzhang for the food that is still poor in the future.

There is land in the original realm. Encourage them to farm. Two or three hundred thousand people can harvest a lot of food a year.

Of course, the most important thing is that Zhu Yuanzhang got the food from boss Zhu.

Zhu Yuanzhang has already begun to promote the large-scale cultivation of corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes in his world.

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Chapter 090: Service!

Zhu Yuanzhang provided food and weapons to the "China Empire", and he could also get many benefits.

First of all, the food and weapons he provided will have a lot of influence in the world of the Chinese Empire. It is possible for him to obtain many influence points and some civilization indicators.

Secondly, he can get something he wants from the world of China Empire.For example: the specific experience and lessons of the Ming Dynasty in history... the acquisition of relevant advanced technology for guns and weapons, etc.

Third, Zhu Yuanzhang never wanted the Qing army to replace the Ming Dynasty. He wanted to stop it.

Fourth, if the Daming to whom Zhu Yuanzhang belongs is in trouble in the future, the Huaxia Empire can also support him in turn.

Fifth, being able to arrange some people in the Huaxia Empire, including his many sons, can solve some difficult problems for him, such as the problem of the king and the cracking of the soil.

If there are too many sons, throw them to the Huaxia Empire!

Finally, can maintain a good relationship with the group owner Wang Yu.

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As such, Zhu Yuanzhang will try his best to help the Chinese Empire.

"This kind of difficulty, only King Daming, the King of Ability is crazy!"