Chapter 852
Facts have proved that Xun Yu's proposal is very predictable.
When the dark storm just came, there was no shortage of food in the entire Death Continent. After all, with three times the food production efficiency before, you can fill your stomach just by doing it casually. Even many forces with outstanding foresight are hoarding food vigorously. Even if the amount of food in the government treasury is not as large as that of the Pingzhou Army, it can guarantee food supply for several months.
In the beginning, the food crisis only existed in theory!
However, with the passage of time, the impact of the Death Storm on the Death Continent became more and more profound, and the food crisis began to truly erupt!
Not only has agricultural production suffered a devastating blow, but agricultural production reduction or even crop failure has become the norm. Even the previously stored grain was deteriorating at a very high rate.
Affected by the death storm, extreme conditions in the Dead Continent suddenly occurred, hot and cold, hot and humid, extremely dry, flooded and burned, moths and rats, and various situations were staged in turn.
Even the grain that has been put into storage has been rotted and deteriorated on a large scale. Snakes, insects, rats and ants were even more rampant, and they frequently emptied a warehouse of grain.
Many unprepared countries and regions have begun to fall into a liáng huāng state. And food prices have soared more than ten times in just one month. Looking at the increase, there will be no trend of falling in the short term.
Despite the explosive increase in grain prices, the daily turnover of grain transactions in the world is going from bad to worse. Now everyone knows that food is the key, and no country will sell its own food for mere gold coins.
The current situation is that even if you wave banknotes, you can't buy food!
Various countries and regions have issued corresponding grain control regulations to prohibit grain from leaving the country. Even some countries and regions have begun to implement the food rationing system, declaring that any food trading is illegal!
However, there is no shortage of outlaws at any time. The soaring price of food has also spawned a number of gray industries. Driven by profits, many people have started to engage in food smuggling.
Within a month, thousands of aborigines were executed for violating the ban on smuggling food in Shanping Prefecture, and more than 6,000 absurd players were expelled and killed!
Fortunately, even though Yanhuang issued a notice announcing that food smuggling in the flames of war would be punished according to the crime of smuggling in reality, this stopped the greedy thoughts of the players.
Not just food, due to the impact of the death storm, all types of production efficiency have dropped significantly.
Equipment, pill refining, talisman scrolls, ore mining, material development, building construction...all industries have fallen into a trough.
The prices of weapons, armor, elixir, medicinal materials and even the most basic warm clothes have skyrocketed accordingly!
The lack of materials, especially the lack of basic living materials, is beginning to appear.
Due to the frequent occurrence of various disasters, the decrease in the loyalty of the army, the lack of supplies of food and other materials led to low morale, and there were even large-scale military rebellions in many countries and regions.
In order to guarantee the supplies of the army, they were forced to collect a large amount of food from the people. However, the more this happened, the greater the resentment among the people and the lower the popularity of the people. The aborigines who were no longer obediently obediently affected by the death storm began to massacre.
The occurrence of bào luàn requires suppression, and suppression will inevitably require more material consumption. Regardless of who will win the contest between the regular army and the rioters, the outbreak of the mere war will deal another fatal blow to the already precarious agriculture.
Lack of food—bào luàn—repression—more lack of food—bào luàn on a larger scale
Some unlucky countries and regions have fallen into a vicious circle, and the situation is quite miserable.
Fortunately, because of the profound background and proper handling, the losses of the Pingzhou Army during this month have not increased. On the contrary, because Xun Yu and others adjusted their strategies in time and made preventive deployments, the losses suffered by the disaster were greatly reduced. .
In order to ensure food security, Shang Ji fully approved the water conservancy irrigation construction plan proposed by Xun Yu. It is estimated that 167 million gold will be invested to renovate the farmland canals in all cities under the jurisdiction of the Pingzhou Military Area, and to save as much as possible. to the effect of flood drainage and irrigation.
At the same time, the stage of comprehensively casting nets and focusing on fishing has begun, and a large amount of wasteland has been reclaimed, and even the army has been used to reclaim farmland to ensure food security.
On the other hand, in order to prevent the city residents from bào luàn, Shang Ji dismantled the Black Armored Xuanqi on a large scale and dispatched them to various cities to give full play to the characteristics of the Black Armored Xuanqi [Dominance] and reduce the probability of urban riots.
Of course, Shang Ji understands both soft and hard methods. While dispatching his confidant troops to guard the various cities, Shang Ji also spent a month patrolling large and above {including} cities together with the Liu Family, Haoyue, and Fengwu Legion. over and over.
It was also during this inspection that Shang Ji was surprised to find that Haoyue, Liu's family and the Fengwu Legion had hidden functions of boosting morale and appeasing the hearts of the people!
They don't have to do anything, they just need Liu Shi or Haoyue to take the girls from the Fengwu Legion around the city, and the hearts of the people in the city will be significantly improved.
Cooperating with the tax reduction and exemption policy announced by Shangji, the inspection effect was unexpectedly good.
Although the public security in each city failed to return to the level before the death storm, it greatly exceeded the passing line of 60, which made the situation of the Pingzhou Army much more stable.
However, this large tour also exhausted the Fengwu Legion, Shang Ji, Liu Shi, Haoyue and others.
There are more than 70 big cities and above cities in the Pingzhou military area, and they are scattered in all directions from south to north and from east to west.
Sometimes I have to visit three cities in one day, and the schedule is very tight.
In order to catch up with the time, all the way is marching forward in a hurry. Although the Phoenix Dance Legion is a top-level special unit, this kind of ultra-high-intensity march for a month is a bit overwhelming.
After setting up the Fengwu Legion, before Shang Ji had time to rest, he heard the message from the guards that Master Nong He Nong begged to see him!
Hearing that it was Nong He asking to see him, Shang Ji's slightly sluggish spirit was immediately lifted, and he hurriedly said: "Please quickly invite Master Nong—no, I will go to meet Master Nong in person!"
With that said, Shang Ji strode out of the hall to meet Nong He.
"You actually bothered the lord to greet you personally, the little old man is terrified!"
Seeing Shang Ji striding forward with a smile, Nong He also hurriedly cupped his hands.
"Hahaha, Master Nong worked tirelessly for hundreds of millions of people in Pingzhou, working all night, what kind of courtesy can't you afford?"
Looking at Nong He, who was still covered with fresh soil, Shang Ji's expression was quite moved.
After assigning the task of cultivating new disaster-resistant crop seeds to Nonghe, Nonghe worked hard and led his disciples to fight day and night, and visited a large number of typical disaster areas to pave the way for the cultivation of new crop seeds.
"Mr. Nong, this time you come—"
After welcoming Nong He in, Shang Ji asked with some trepidation.
Nong He stroked his beard on his chest, and a happy smile appeared on his wrinkled bronze face: "Yes, the stress-resistant crop seeds requested by the lord have been cultivated!"