Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

Half a month later, grain from all over the country was shipped back to the capital. Lin Shouren's family was busy like a top. He didn't want to tire his daughter and wife, so he just let them settle the accounts at home. As for his son Lin Mubai, he was ruthlessly sent by Lin Shouren to arrange the grain.

The guards that the Lin family had transferred back from various places have basically all arrived in the capital, and are now guarding the farms in the suburbs.

In the past half month, Song Shiwei also bought a large amount of food through the Lin family, all of which were sent to the capital from other places by the Lin family's convoy. Song Zeyuan also returned home for vacation and was sent by Song Shiwei to another house to arrange food.

The capital city was caught up in a trend of hoarding grain for a while, and the first question many officials asked after leaving court was "How much grain did your family buy?"

Song Shiwei specially asked someone to rush the letter he wrote to Zhang Wu, and it should be received in half a month. Thinking that the plot in the book did not seem to involve this drought, Song Shiwei pinched his brows, and an uncontrollable emotion surged in him.

The dream was too real, so real that Song Shiwei was extremely sure it would happen. Thinking about the time when the drought occurred in the dream, Zhang Wu had nearly a month to prepare after receiving the letter, and the southern border was too far away from the northern border. The victims would definitely not go there. The capital was the first choice for those people. The only thing they needed to worry about was whether the drought in the southern border would affect the harvest there.

According to the dream, the drought in the south did not come out of nowhere. Since the beginning of summer, the temperature in the south has been much hotter than other places. The land has gradually cracked, and the rivers have slowly dried up. It does not require years of influence. A natural disaster has just passed, and everything is in ruins. If there is no harvest at this time, the people in the south will have no choice but to flee.

After Feng Ru and Song Zeyuan had put the food away that day, Song Shiwei called them over.

"Just in case, we should keep some water on hand at home. Song Da, go find someone to order a water container. Ru'er, go tell Mrs. Cai to buy more vegetables and some dried vegetables and meat for storage."

Song Zeyuan cupped his hands and said, "Yes, I will go and order a batch of wooden barrels right away."

"Sister, I told Granny Cai yesterday, she's already preparing. Oh, by the way, sister, the food in the house over there has been stored, you can go there and collect it some time. There's no one guarding the house over there, it's not safe to store so much food there."

Song Shiwei nodded slightly: "Okay, I will collect it after dinner, and buy some meat tomorrow and send it over there. The kitchen should add more ice these days to prevent people from getting heatstroke."

"Yes."

After the two left, Song Shiwei stood up and walked to the window. When he opened it, he felt the scorching air outside. Just as Song Shiwei was about to turn around, he saw Feng Ru leading Uncle Fu over, and Song Shiwei returned to the low couch and sat down.

"Sister, Uncle Fu is here. He said Uncle Lin has something to tell you," Feng Ru said as she led Uncle Fu to the door of the main house. After Song Shiwei responded, Feng Ru said to Uncle Fu, "Sister asked you to come in, but I have something else to do, so I won't go in with Uncle Fu."

Uncle Fu smiled and nodded: "Miss Feng Ru, go and do what you want."

After watching Feng Ru leave, Uncle Fu restrained his smile, straightened his collar, and walked into the main room. He walked to the middle of the hall with his head lowered the whole time and said, "Miss Song, my master asked me to come here and tell you that all the rivers in the southern border have dried up, and the crops in the fields have not grown yet. In addition, many people have died of heatstroke in the southern border, and their symptoms are the same as those of the people who died at the East City Wharf. The master said that we may need to purchase some medicinal herbs. The Lin family has a medicine shop under its name. If Miss Song is willing, the Lin family can send a batch of medicinal herbs first."

Song Shiwei still hasn't figured out why people who died of heatstroke have red spots all over their bodies. He always feels that this is a disease that he has never understood. Regarding Uncle Fu's words, Song Shiwei pondered for a moment and asked, "Does the Lin family know why those who died of heatstroke have red spots all over their bodies? Is this disease contagious?"

"The master also had such concerns, so he consulted a doctor. According to the doctor, those diseases have not been found to be contagious for the time being. They also don't know why the red spots appear. They all say that it is not ordinary summer heat. Those people work at the docks under the sun every day. The first symptoms are dizziness, nausea, and lack of energy. Then they are accompanied by coughing and general weakness. A small red ring-shaped red spot will appear somewhere on the body. Finally, the whole body is burning and the person dies. A large area of ​​red spots will appear after death.

At present, the doctors of the Lin family are still studying this disease, and there has been no progress for the time being, but what is certain is that once the erythema appears, the person can only wait for death. If they are treated in time in the early stage of the summer heat, they can still survive. "

A new type of disease. Song Shi narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking it was related to sunlight.

Uncle Fu didn't hear Song Shiwei's response. He thought she was worried about the erythema disease. After all, she was a girl of the same age as the young lady. He sighed in his heart and said in a gentler voice, "Miss Song, don't worry. This erythema disease is not contagious. Although I don't know why, as long as you pay more attention, you will be fine."

"Yes, I understand. Thank you Uncle Fu for telling me. We usually have a lot of medicinal herbs at home, so we are not short of them for now. Go back and thank Uncle Lin for his concern for me."

"Of course, of course. I will go back now. The weather has been hot these days. Miss Song, please take care of yourself. If you don't have enough ice at home, feel free to come to the Lin family and ask for it."

"it is good."

The unusual behavior of merchants during this period has also been gradually heard in the northern border thousands of miles away, especially in Zhou Huai's hands. He has already received the purchase lists of the Lin family and other big merchants during this period. The list contains a long list of grains, vegetables, fruits and medicinal herbs, which is so abnormal that it immediately caught Zhou Huai's attention.

Li An stood respectfully in front of Zhou Huai, glanced at the letter and looked serious: "During this period, all major merchants have been secretly purchasing large quantities of grain, and the Lin and Li families are the worst. I asked the secret guards to investigate, but they only found out that these were arranged by the head of the family, and the specific reasons were not found."

Zhou Huai frowned and looked at the letter in his hand with a heavy look in his eyes. He pondered for a long time before saying, "Li An, do you think their actions are similar to us two years ago?"

Li An's eyes widened: "Master, are you saying that there will be unknown disasters later?"

"Whether it is true or not, we will know in the future." Zhou Huai stood up and walked to the window, looking into the distance at the sky: "Did Shen Qianxue send a message?"

"No, Miss Shen has been with her family all this time and has not sent any messages."

After Li An finished speaking, there was another silence in the room. After a while, Zhou Huai turned around and said, "Arrange people to go to Jiangnan to buy food. Follow them to buy whatever the Lin family has bought. If Mo Yan is discovered, buy as much as you can and ship it back through the Zhou family's channels."

"Yes, I will arrange it right away. Sir, do you want to let the general know?"

Zhou Huai waved his hand: "Let Zhou Yi deliver the letter over there. He should find something to do."

Li An agreed, and when he was about to leave, he didn't know what he was thinking about, and looked at Zhou Huai with an hesitant look.

"Anything else?"

Li An moved his mouth, but finally said awkwardly: "Sir, I have found out where Miss Song is."

Zhou Huai suddenly raised his head and stared at him closely: "Where is she!"