Three Kingdoms: The Yellow Turbans finally revolt

For the next period of time, Liu Qing was extremely busy. Although there were a lot of talents under his tent, what he had to do now was not to look after the court, nor to govern a county or a state, but the whole world.

This year's drought has swept across the Central Plains, and the most serious one is in Yanzhou, where many places are in a state of no harvest, and now it is the green and yellow August. After the people's food reserves are exhausted, at first they will look for some wild plants to satisfy their hunger, but if they can't provide relief in time , will eventually become refugees and starve to death.

Cao Cao has sent urgent reports many times to ask for food and grass support, and Fuyu's food is continuously shipped to Jizhou, and judging from the current trend, it is far from enough.

Hundreds of thousands or even millions of shi, sounds like a lot, but the total number of people affected by the disaster in several states may be millions, or even millions. The food needed is undoubtedly an astronomical figure.

In the past few days, besides Liu Qing who is a little bit battered, even Mi Ren is also a little bit insane. The world's food and grass is one account, the number of general accounts is already astronomical, and it is divided into states, counties, and even counties. There are hundreds of items. Facing these things, Liu Qing was really overwhelmed. If it wasn't for Mi Ren, he really wanted to be more heartless and let Xi Zhicai take full responsibility and drive a carriage to help pull the food.

After reading Liu Biao's military report, Liu Qing looked at Mi Ren in a blink of an eye, buried his head in the account book, concentrated his attention, his face was dripping with sweat, and his hair was tightly stuck to his white forehead with sweat.

"Ren'er, take a rest." Liu Qing said.

Mi Ren raised her eyes, smiled sweetly, and replied: "My lord, I'm not tired."

Liu Qing didn't try to persuade her again, and Mi Ren became serious again. As a decision maker, what he wanted to know was nothing more than the result, but what was really tiring was the process.

Every bill means that there is a batch of grain, which is transported from Puyu to Weijun, and then transferred from Weijun to various places. Countless people are running around for this batch of grain.

At night, Liu Qing summoned a group of staff members. During the day, they were extremely busy. Even Guo Jia, who had the most official position and the most leisurely time, was helping with work.

"My lord, Your Majesty has left Luoyang and gone to Chenliu. This trip should be to Yanzhou, where the disaster is the worst."

Liu Qing thought for a while and replied: "There is no need to make a sound about this matter, and there is no need to inform Meng De. With Zhang He and Dian Wei around, nothing will go wrong. What I am most worried about now is that there will be refugees. If it is delivered in time, or something goes wrong in the middle, the consequences will be disastrous."

"My lord, I have sent my own people to closely monitor every batch of grain, and we have put an end to corruption and dereliction of duty. After all, the officials in many places have not been replaced by our own people." Xun Yu said.

"That's exactly what it is, and it must be strict. In the name of this king, declare to the world that when the country is in crisis, if anyone dares to touch the relief food, they will be beheaded. If it is serious, their family will be ransacked!" Liu Qing added another warning.

At such a critical time, no black sheep will be allowed to appear.

"How long can Fuyu save food?"

Xi Zhicai replied: "Master, judging from the current consumption, I'm afraid it won't last this year."

"The situation will only become more and more serious. It's not yet the point where everyone has no food. At this rate, I'm afraid it will last for three months at most." Liu Qing said, took out a document and handed it to Xun Yu.

"Wen Ruo, this is Princess Xianbei's suggestion." Liu Qing said.

Xun Yu took it, examined it, and suddenly felt his eyes light up, "My lord, if this is the case, it will be a great help!"

"Last year's cold wave, hundreds of thousands of livestock were frozen to death in various tribes of Xianbei, and even tens of thousands of people were killed. If the original mutual market agreement signed with the Xianbei royal family was transferred by the Xianbei royal family, the efficiency would be too low, but—"

Liu Qing changed the topic, "I ordered Qianying to sit in Yanmen and take full responsibility for the trade. She re-established the trade rules and forced the royal family to accept them. Now all the ministries of Xianbei have established trade. This is a great thing, this king imagines that if it is possible, before winter, most of Xianbei’s livestock will be bought at a low price, and if the people can’t even drink porridge, they can only invite the people to eat minced meat.”

Liu Qing's words were full of ridicule, but if he really got to this point, he still had to do what he had to do.

The tribes of Xianbei suffered heavy losses last winter. Now that Liu Qing gave them a chance, they will definitely seize it. Instead of freezing to death in the severe cold in vain, it is better to exchange for something useful, such as the inexhaustible charcoal from Yanmen.

"My lord, even if it's cheap, what Xianbei needs the most from the big man is nothing more than salt, grain and charcoal, but the Xianbei tribe can't digest much. It's difficult to buy most of the livestock." Xun Yu said.

Liu Qing thought about it. He had already thought about this issue. Compared with livestock, charcoal was indeed worthless. He wanted to obtain so many livestock, but the ministries of Xianbei couldn't digest that much, and even less salt was used.

"There is one thing that has been strictly controlled, and the Xianbei people are also extremely eager for it. At the same time, the value is still high, which can be compared with livestock. Coincidentally, this king has a lot of this kind of thing!" Liu Qing said.

Xun Yu frowned, "My lord said, could it be a weapon?"

When Tian Feng heard this, he hurriedly said: "My lord, this mouth must not be opened. Although Xianbei succumbs to the lord right now, if he is allowed to grow his wings, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Jia Xu also said: "Yuan Hao's words are very true, Xianbei must be guarded against, my lord, think twice!"

The attitudes of the two are very clear, first distinguish their positions, and then talk about disaster relief. The meaning can also be summarized as: even if they can't relieve the people, they can't use the enemy as a sharp weapon to raise tigers.

"Feng Xiao, what do you think?"

Guo Jia cupped his hands and replied: "My lord, do your best and listen to the destiny. My lord has already done all my benevolence and righteousness. There is no need for soldiers to make dangerous moves to avoid self-defeating."

What Guo Jia meant was also to oppose it.

"Wen Ruo, what do you think?" Liu Qing went around and asked Xun Yu again.

"My lord's benevolent heart can be learned from heaven and earth. What you said is not unreasonable. In my opinion, can this matter be handled in a compromise?"

"Compromise? How to compromise?" Liu Qing asked.

"The weapons and armor made in the two prefectures of Hebei and Hebei are far superior to ordinary ones. This is the foundation of the Lord's career. Not to mention foreigners, even foreign ministers, they cannot be taught, but—"

Xun Yu changed the subject, "My lord has been fighting for many years and has confiscated countless weapons and armor. These things were originally placed in the workshop and re-made into agricultural tools. The quantity is very large. How about selling these equipment to Xianbei, my lord? In exchange for livestock, it is backward to the lord, but it is hard to find in Xianbei!"

"Good idea!" Liu Qing clapped his hands and immediately decided to do it.

Thinking of this, Liu Qing immediately thought of a certain big country in the future, which would specially give or sell outdated weapons to others in order to realize its final value.

Originally, the trouble of returning to the furnace was far greater than that of the new casting, so in Shiyi, Jizhou, the quality of the armor weapons seized was uneven, but the quantity was very considerable.

In Liu Qing's mind, there is actually no worry as everyone said. Whether it is worrying about the future or endless troubles, there must be "back". Whether it is the Qiang people or not, it will not be a worry for the future.

As long as the world is stable and the current difficulties are overcome, Liu Qing will start to solve the problems in the north.

In name, it may be said that he made great achievements in order to seal the wolf and live in Xuxu, but in fact, Liu Qing did it to expand the territory and expand the territory.

With the advent of the Little Ice Age, the grassland will gradually degenerate into a desert, and eventually it will be unsuitable for human survival. All nomadic peoples will go south without distinction. This kind of barbaric force for survival is irresistible to the teachers of civilization.

Liu Qing's countermeasure is to preemptively conquer all ethnic groups, and then gradually naturalize to help them fight against the climate. After all, the climate does not change suddenly. As long as the single nomadic mode is changed, it is not necessary to stay. Difficult things, of course, these are all funerals.

"Zhicai, you will be responsible for the handover of the supplies. First start transporting the things to Yanmen, and concubine Qian will let me know."

"Here!"

If this plan works, it may be able to turn the tide. Usually, it will start to rain in October. At that time, there will still be a crop that can be planted. Next year, if it is still dry, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Yizhou will also be able to grow. After supplying food, there will be difficulties, but it will be much better than this year.

All the staff left, and Liu Qing left Tian Feng behind.

"My lord, do you have other orders?"

Liu Qing said with a smile: "Everyone has their own duties, but they are very busy. Yuan Hao, you temporarily hand over the government affairs to Cui Yan, and you go to Chang'an."

"Don't know what?"

"Go and pick up someone."

"Jing Zhao Yin Sima Fang?" Tian Feng guessed.

Liu Qing smiled and said, "I guessed wrong, it's not this old man."

As Liu Qing spoke, he suddenly took out a silk book, which looked like an imperial edict, but it looked a bit old, not new.

"This is……"

"It took a lot of effort to find an old imperial edict."

Tian Feng was puzzled and looked at Liu Qing.

"Take it and go to Chang'an Weiyang Palace to meet a man, his name is Dai Yong, and tell him that King Bohai wants him to come to Luoyang."

Tian Feng was overjoyed. Although he didn't know the specific details, he could hear from the lord's words that the lord should have been preparing.

That day is not far away.

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