The World of Yellow Sky

He knew that the emperor's surname was Liu and the country's name was Han, so their country was called "Han".

From ancient times to the present, from generation to generation, the emperor of Han has ruled this world, this world.

Emperor Han is the master of the world.

The world is the world of the emperor of Han, the world is the world of powerful families, not the world of them who are as humble as dust, traffickers, peasants and soldiers.

But the Fu Zhu standing on the high platform said "our country"...

Some time ago, those people with yellow scarves on their heads walked into the settlement, and those Tiqi, who called themselves Eagle Wolf Guards, arrested some people and gathered all the people in the settlement.

Eighty percent of the land in the settlement belongs to the Li family in Hu County. The Li family is a big family in Hu County. It is said that there are thousands of hectares of fertile land and countless servants.

Liang Ping didn't know much about the Li family in Hu County, but he was indeed a tenant farmer of the Li family in Hu County before. The Li family in Hu County had a branch here, and most of the land here belonged to them.

The Tiqi of the Eagle Wolf Guard held a meeting in the center of the settlement, called the "Public Trial Meeting".

Those soldiers and Tiqi escorted the high-ranking members of the Li clan in Huxian County and the stewards to the stage, and read out their crimes one by one, and read out the decree, explaining what punishment they would receive.

Those Tiqi of the Eagle Wolf Guard finally handed over the decision-making power to them.

Liang Ping still remembers the scene of the public trial. Everyone raised their hands and raised their right arms.

The left arm represents pardon, and the right arm represents punishment. No one raised his left arm for the people of the Li family in Hu County.

During the harvest season, the price of grain is lowered and squeezed out as much as possible.

During the calamity year, they hoarded food, increased taxes, and were even forced to sell their sons and daughters, fields and land.

The reason why [-]% of the fields have become Li's fields is mostly because the fields have to be sold at a low price due to the disaster year.

A good year should be an apologetic year, every year is like this, every year is like this.

In the end, the Li family in Hu County was sentenced to confiscate all their fields, forest farms, and property. Dozens of people from their main family and side branches were killed, and many of them were sentenced to labor reform and sent to prison.

And they also obtained fields, although these fields were nominally Taipingdao fields, Taipingdao also sent Diannong officials to manage them, and redefined the area.

However, Taipingdao only collects a small amount of land tax. They can get farmland according to the population of their family. If they don’t have farm tools, Taipingdao will provide them with farm tools. If they don’t have farming cattle, they can also rent farming cattle in Taipingdao.

Originally, the land tax collected by Taiping Road was [-]%, but it was said that it was for the rest of the people. Because of years of wars and sympathy for the villagers, the tax was reduced to [-]%.

Although the last year was uneven and difficult, Liang Ping did save a lot of surplus food.

During the Chinese New Year, the family finally saw meat, no longer only vegetarian dishes, porridge and rice.

It is precisely because of this that hope reappeared in his heart, and he also had a better impression of those troops with yellow scarves on their heads.

The Diannong officials in charge of the settlement did not bully them, and the soldiers stationed in the garrison even occasionally helped them.

There used to be a group of bandits around Gan Ting, about dozens of people, who came to loot from time to time over the years.

Not long after the public trial meeting, it was said that the group of bandits had been wiped out, and its leader was beheaded for public display.

And until now, there is no trace of any bandits near the settlement, and the safety is not only a little bit more than before.

It is precisely because of Taipingdao's behavior that everyone is willing to believe, so the originally turbulent crowd quickly calmed down.

Under the leadership of the Yellow Turban Army, everyone stepped forward in an orderly manner to receive the pots.

The pottery pot is half a person's height, but it can store a lot of water, and such pottery pots can be sold in the market for a lot of copper coins.

The Diannong officer came at this time and began to preach the matters that need attention.

The convoy of the Yellow Turban Army has also resumed its activities. After distributing the clay pots, they have to rush to the next place.

It is not only this area that is affected by the drought, almost the entire Zhongzhou is affected by the disaster.

……

Liang Ping sat at the door, looking at the dazzling sunlight outside the courtyard.

The severe drought has lasted for nearly a month. From April to May, not a drop of rain fell from the sky for a whole month.

The water level of the stream outside the settlement has dropped to an extremely dangerous level, and it takes a lot of time to fetch water every day.

Fortunately, the clay pots sent by the Taiping Road convoy earlier allowed them to store water in advance, so that humans and animals can still have a sip of water to drink in a short time.

There is still some well water produced in the newly dug deep well, and a water storage cellar has also been built, and there is still a lot of drinking water in it.

It's just that this can only guarantee people's drinking water, but there is no way to irrigate the fields.

Liang Ping didn't go out to the field, the crops planted in the field had already withered.

It has just arrived in May, but the temperature has climbed to an unbearable level.

Burning gold and flowing stones, cicadas panting thunder dry.

The whole world has turned into a scorched yellow, and it is difficult to see the shade of greenery.

Sitting in the house, he did not receive direct sunlight, but even so, Liang Ping felt the scorching heat.

The heat made Liang Ping's mind slowly blur, making him feel groggy and want to fall asleep.

At this moment, a gust of cool wind hit, dispelling the heat from Liang Ping's body, and also made his mind a little clearer.

Liang Ping stood up and looked in the direction of the cool wind.

The cool wind did not come from outside the house, but his wife was fanning him with a sunflower fan.

The woman picked up the sackcloth in her hand and wiped away the sweat from Liang Ping's forehead.

"Let's sleep for a while. We can't go out now. We'll fetch some water when the sun goes down later."

Liang Ping sighed, feeling a little helpless.

"Is there enough food at home?"

"If you save some food, you can still eat for three or four months, don't worry."

There was a smile on the woman's face. She saved a lot of surplus food last year, and it was not too short of food.

Last year, each family basically saved a lot of surplus food, which is why the settlements are still stable so far.

"clang----"

"clang----"

"clang----"

The bell rang again, and Liang Ping also stood up.

"This is……"

On the side, his wife also stood up together.

"Could it be that the court's convoy is here?"

Liang Ping was puzzled and didn't know what happened.

"Put on the hijab and let's go out and have a look."

Liang Ping picked up two pieces of linen hanging on the wall, and handed one of them to his wife.

In hot weather, wearing a headscarf to cover the hair on the head can prevent sunburn to a certain extent, and the situation of being too hot will appear.

Soon the two walked out of the house together, and other people in the settlement also walked out of the house one after another.

The bell rang to prove that something was urgent.

Liang Ping's guess was not wrong. Walking to the square, they saw those familiar four-wheeled carriages again.

The appearance of those soldiers with yellow scarves on their heads made everyone feel at ease.

This has never happened before. In the past, whether it was bandits or soldiers, as long as those people held weapons in their hands, they would feel fear, but they only felt close to these soldiers wearing yellow scarves.

The last convoy sent clay pots for water storage to build wells and storage cellars.

This time the convoy delivered a large amount of grain, which was sent to the warehouse of the Tuntian Office.

With the delivery of food, the tension in the village has also been relieved.

Since ancient times, they have relied on the sky for food and the earth for clothing.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Liang Ping remembered the famine ten years ago...

In the seventh year of Guanghe, there was a severe drought in the world, and there was no harvest, but they were looking forward to it, and had no choice but to leave their hometown.

At that time, he was still young and fled to the county town with his parents.

But when they arrived at the county seat, they did not expect the relief money, but received a notice of tax increase...

His parents died in the disaster year, and his eldest brother also died in the disaster year. Only he and his younger sister survived in the end.

Liang Ping's eyes were a little blurry, and the fog that appeared in front of his eyes blocked his vision.

The drought is still in its early stages, and the surplus food in their family has not been eaten yet, but the food for disaster relief has already arrived.

Those with yellow turbans didn't break their word, they did come back here again.

Those who wear yellow scarves on their heads call themselves the Yellow Turban Army.

Braving the scorching sun and scorching heat, they returned to their settlements with a full load of food.

Chapter 742 The Earth Dragon Turns Over

In the fifth year of Chuping (194), Ding Chou in June.

Zhongzhou, Chang'an City.

There are few pedestrians on the streets in Chang'an City, and there are almost no people.

The drought has lasted for more than two months, and it has become more and more serious.

Even the water level of a big river like the Wei River has dropped seriously, and Chang'an is located in the Wei River Basin, so it will inevitably be affected.

Today's water volume is impossible to irrigate the fields, and it is even quite reluctant for humans and animals to drink.

The streams and rivers that many small settlements rely on in various parts of Zhongzhou have even withered, and the local residents had to start moving to larger pavilion townships.

Xu An had already started preparations for disaster relief very early on. After May, all localities announced that they had entered military control, and Xu An held the right to manage them.

Police forces from all over the country were urgently summoned to maintain law and order in the town, and the surrounding four-wheeled carriage caravans and logistics troops also began to deliver various supplies to the disaster-stricken areas in an orderly manner.

The army was also mobilized and entered a state of combat readiness.

After the famine came, the production was destroyed, and the people lost their output. This kind of moment is the most likely to make people take risks, which in turn produces thieves and breeds bandits.

To mobilize the police force and the military is to nip it in the bud.

The absence of rain for two months made the climate in Chang'an city extremely dry and the air extremely hot.

The scorching sun was like a fire, and the huge Chang'an City was like a steamer.

Walking on the streets of Chang'an City, the head-on wind blows like a heat wave.

The heat wave in the air made it almost impossible to breathe.

Although military control has been implemented, there are no patrolling soldiers on the streets, and only the soldiers on duty can be seen on the watchtowers lined up in various urban areas.

In such a hot weather, patrolling under the scorching sun may cause some people to faint due to heat stroke.

Xu An stood in the courtyard of Yongning Pavilion, raised his hands to cover his eyes, and looked up at the sky outside the courtyard.

As before, the sky was still clear, with only a few white clouds floating in the sky, and there was no sign of rain at all.

"How is the disaster situation in various places?"

Xu An didn't look back, but asked in a deep voice.

Behind him, Xu You was standing at the bottom of the corridor.

Yongning Pavilion and Yonghe Pavilion are connected by a long corridor, and Xu You came from Yonghe Pavilion.

"In the four counties of Zhongzhou, Hongnong County has been less affected by the drought for the time being, and Hedong County is in the north, and the situation has been brought under control."

"The main areas affected by the drought are Yingtian County, Zuofengyi, and Youfufeng. The Sanfu area is the most affected. In the end, many streams in various places have stopped flowing. Our army is taking the victims to the military camps for concentration."

When Xu You talked about the situation of the disaster, his face was a little dignified.

"Recently there have been a lot of rogues and bandits in the Sanfu area. Our army has wiped out some of them, and found that some of them have traces of embroidered messengers and ghosts. Yinglangwei and Liufanmen are tracking down the rest of the rogues and bandits. The Xiaoqi Battalion has dispersed and is ready to cooperate with the bandits at any time."

Xu An's eyes narrowed slightly. Although he had expected it, Xu An still had a headache.

The intervention of the Embroidered Cloth Messenger and the Demon made the situation in Zhongzhou even more complicated.

Just as Xu An expected, the Embroidered Clothes Messenger and the Demon not only encouraged some people to become thieves and bandits, but also spread rumors all over the place, saying that Xu An lost his fortune, under the guise of destiny, the Taiping Dao deceived the world, and the reason for the drought It is because of the Taiping Dao that they brought disasters, otherwise why did Taiping Dao bring so many disasters just after the founding of the country.