Five Hundred and Fifty-Five: Drought, Refugees (1)

555: Drought, refugees (I)

"Doctor, is my daughter-in-law's pregnancy going to be okay?"

Since Jiang Pengji issued the new decree, the people have been puzzled and overjoyed.

They were puzzled because they couldn't understand why the lord wanted a woman between 25 and 30 to give birth to a child. The child would be as old as his grandchildren. Wouldn't he feel embarrassed?

But the sitting doctor said that the lord was right.

The people were blindly obedient and were more easily influenced by public opinion.

Who else could have a better say in childbirth and medical treatment?

The doctors said that pregnant women who were too young gave birth to children, and the children were weak and the pregnant women were not in good health either. The people began to recall.

They all got married and had children very early. Which daughter-in-law didn't get pregnant several times and give birth to seven or eight children?

What was the result?

How many children did they raise?

Apart from human factors and hunger, just talking about the natural death of the weak, if you think about it carefully, it's terrifying!

There were no effective contraceptive measures in this era. If you were pregnant, you had to give birth, no matter how long the interval between the two births was.

Thinking in this direction, the people were horrified. Every daughter-in-law in every household started giving birth when she was a teenager. If she didn't die in childbirth, the children would come out one after another. After giving birth to seven or eight children, only two or three would survive.

If there were other disasters, it would probably be left with only one child, and some would not even have a child.

They found that the later the child was born, the stronger the body was. At that time, they thought that this was because life was better.

Families whose daughters-in-law were pregnant could not sit still, and the front of the clinic was full of pregnant women.

Like the mother-in-law in front of him who was worried about the unborn grandchild, Lang could meet hundreds of mothers-in-law in a day.

Sighing inwardly, the doctor felt that he had bad luck today. Why did it happen to be his turn to be on duty?

"Your daughter-in-law is strong and healthy. If she takes good care of the baby and relaxes her mind, she will definitely give birth to a healthy baby." The woman said, "But my daughter-in-law is only sixteen years old this year." The doctor curled his lips inwardly. Not to mention sixteen years old, even if she is only thirteen years old, can she still get rid of the baby? Which medical student doesn't know that premature birth can easily lead to congenital deficiencies in the child? However, this cannot be said. Marrying a daughter-in-law is to continue the family line. How can these mothers-in-law who only have grandchildren in their eyes worry about this? After all, she is someone else's daughter. It is wrong for her not to give birth to a son, and it is also wrong for her to not be able to support a son. Everyone is wrong, but the mother-in-law is not wrong anyway. The doctor was upset, but responded gently, "Having children is also divided into congenital and acquired. Even if there are some congenital deficiencies, it can be made up by taking good care of them, but it takes more effort. Looking at your daughter-in-law's face, she is quite troubled. Looking at her pulse, it is dull and dull, which means she is depressed. Old lady, don't worry too much and don't put too much pressure on her. Pregnant women are physically and mentally comfortable, healthy, and in a good mood, so that they can give birth to better children. Don't you think so?" The doctors received instructions. They must insist that early-born children are prone to premature death, but they can't say it for sure. Although early-born children are congenitally deficient, they can be healthy and lively with careful care after birth. They just need adults to take good care of them and can't be careless. The clinic opened by Jiang Pengji is a very popular institution. The government affairs office has special subsidies for the medicinal materials and the salaries of the doctors in the clinic. In this way, the people's consumption of seeing a doctor is also less, and the doctors in the clinic can treat patients more attentively without considering other trivial matters. Anyone with a headache or fever can come to see a doctor. It doesn't cost much, and the medicine is not expensive. In order to take care of female patients, there are also female medical soldiers who take turns to study medicine. In nearly a year, Xiangyang County Medical Clinic has almost exploded the people's favorability.

The doctors in the clinic said so. The people thought about it blankly for a while, and they could accept the decree issued by Jiang Pengji.

Pregnant women in their twenties are older, but it is easy to give birth, and the children born are healthy. This is an advantage!

Fengyi County ushered in a small birth peak, which somewhat diluted the dull atmosphere and brought some joy.

This year, there was a severe drought in the north. Not only did the fields have no harvest, but the scorching sun was high in the sky, and there was drought and lack of water everywhere.

Without food, at most you will be hungry. If you are extremely hungry, you can eat mud, tree bark, tree roots, and grass roots, but without water, you can't survive for three or four days. The Qingyi Army was the first to collapse, because they only knew how to destroy and not produce and govern. In order to survive, more and more deserters.

More and more deserters mean more and more mobs and refugees.

In comparison, the situation of the Red Lotus Sect is relatively good. They rely on faith to fight and govern the people. When the whole northern region was hit by a severe drought, they led the people to pray to the gods. Although it was useless, it also alleviated the panic of the people to a certain extent.

Under such circumstances, the construction of Fengyi County has been put on the right track. The originally dilapidated Maolin County, Cheng'an County and Jiaoping County have shown great vitality. Some refugees who have escaped back thought they had gone to the wrong place. Is this still their hometown?

Every day, fleeing refugees poured into Fengyi County, and people waiting for inspection and resettlement could be seen everywhere outside the city.

Although it is still very poor, as long as there are enough people, who is afraid that it will not develop?

"The weather is hot now, the water levels in wells have been dropping, and there are signs of drying up in mountain streams..." Yang Sixeng's moon-shouldered face has become so thin that he has a sharp chin, and his dark beard has not been trimmed in time, and he looks very embarrassed. "The canal is covered with blue bricks, but the water has been decreasing. I think it is the same situation in the other three counties... What should we do?"

Tong no longer learns cooking skills from the chef, but is pulled over by his husband to take care of things, and is used as half of the labor force.

He asked, "How about restricting people's daily water use?"

Wei Ci shook his head, "No! If you do this, it will easily cause panic among the people, and every household will rush to store water. This is the worst thing."

New refugees gather every day. If there is news that there is a shortage of water in the city at this time, I don’t know what chaos will happen.

Tong grimaced, "What should we do?"

Wei Ci thought for a while, "It's better to try another way."

They are all about water conservation, but the publicity methods are different, and the effects are very different.

Yang Si said in surprise, "Another way?"

Wei Ci said, "There are so many refugees outside the city now, and there is a large area of ​​drought in the north. How many people have no access to water, and in severe cases, they will die of thirst. In this case, we will inform the people inside and outside the city, explain the serious situation in the north, and tell them , although there is no shortage of water in the county, every household should cherish the current situation, save water, and reduce unnecessary waste of water resources..."

Think about whether other people use water. If the people in each household waste it, won't their consciences hurt?

The purpose of Tong and Wei Ci is the same. It is obvious that the former will cause panic and cause civil unrest, but the latter will make the people feel guilty and spontaneously save water, and even increase the people's gratitude to Jiang Pengji.

Without her, what would happen now?

Yang Si thought for a moment, then laughed and cursed, "You fox!"

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