On the official road of Ming Dynasty.
A luxuriously decorated carriage was driving smoothly. On both sides, hundreds of strong servants were riding their horses and whipping their whips, escorting the driver. Their eyes were sharp and their nerves were tense to the extreme. They held the reins of the horse with their left hand and held the horse firmly with their right hand. Hold the handle of the knife firmly at your waist.
Without him, both sides of this avenue are full of people.
They were all in ragged clothes, with sallow faces and thin muscles. In front of them was a large pot with a gap, or a fire, and something was being cooked on it, emitting the aroma of meat.
When they heard the sound of the carriage, they turned around sharply, with ferocity and greed in their eyes. But when they saw the group of knights, they showed fear again and quickly lowered their heads.
"Zu, where is this?" Yan Chun poked half of his head out of the car curtain and saw this scene.
At this time, Yan Ling was heading south with 13-year-old Yan Chun. Yan Chun was the eldest son of this generation of Duke Yue, a child who had been sent to Duke Chen's mansion.
According to his memory, Cheng Huanian will not have any major incidents in the future. Unless Yan Jingxiu and Yan Yuan lose their minds and mess around in Beijing, there will definitely be no problems.
The entire Chenghua Dynasty was the ZTE in the early period, when the dynasty prospered. In the later period, the emperor became obsessed with practicing Taoism and taking elixirs, and the government began to become corrupt again.
Of course, due to the disturbance caused by his descendants in the previous generation, a series of great achievements of the Chenghua Emperor were greatly weakened. For example, Wang Yue, who originally made great achievements in the Chenghua Dynasty, although this time and space also followed Zhu Yongping. There was a rebellion, but it was foreseeable that he would not be as dazzling as the original time and space, because the border troubles in the north had been greatly weakened.
Because Wala has become a training target of the Ming army and was tortured horribly, although the Tatars in the northern part of the grassland have begun to recover, they cannot easily harass the border because of the 100,000 Ming troops in Jisu.
As for recapturing the Hetao, let alone anything like that. Half of the Hetao is now occupied by Jisu, and half of the people coming and going are Ming cavalry. The power of the grasslands in this era has been suppressed to a low point. Even if Wang Yue wanted to fight, he couldn't!
Originally, in the next few years, he and Wang Zhi should have shaken the grassland together, but now he definitely won't have this opportunity.
Fortunately, with his achievements such as pacifying Duanteng Gorge and establishing Xunyang, Emperor Chenghua also did a pretty good job.
Now that the Emperor Wu experience card is about to expire and Xuanzong is about to possess him, there is no big deal for Yan Ling. He wants to focus on Ningbo for the time being.
So he decided to return to his hometown to take charge of the overall situation.
The Ming Dynasty was about to enter its mid-term, and he was about to start his own layout.
Yan Yuan was good enough to stand alone, but Yan Chun was still a little behind, so he followed Yan Ling south.
Just now, little Yan Chun smelled the smell of meat outside, and couldn't help but poke his head out curiously. What he saw was this scene.
"Zu, why are they so hungry and still have meat to eat?" Yan Chun asked curiously.
"We should be leaving Beizhi soon." Yan Ling sighed softly and touched his head:
"As for what they eat, there are many names for it throughout history."
"Two-legged sheep, dishman, etc."
"They are all referring to human flesh!"
"Human flesh!" The child's face showed a look of fear and shock. He turned his head in disbelief and took another look at the victims outside.
"Everyone eats each other when they are hungry." Yan Ling sighed softly. It would be good for this child to see these things as soon as possible.
"Look, this is all barren land. There aren't even many weeds. Even the land is cracked. This is because the north has just suffered a drought."
"But did you know? Just when there was a severe drought in the north, there were floods in the south, and all the way to Zhejiang in the south. Countless lands were flooded, and hundreds of thousands of people fell into famine."
As he talked, even Yan Ling couldn't help but feel a little sad for Daming.
Even North Zhili and the emperor's feet were so severely affected, and other places can be imagined.
Has the Ming Dynasty become corrupt? No, the Ming Dynasty is still in its heyday. Even if there are some problems in the administrative system, it is far from the situation of constant man-made disasters at the end of the dynasty. Although there are land annexations, they are not too serious.
The reason for this is, as he just said, in the same world, there can be drought in the north and floods in the south. It is simply outrageous.
In the Chenghua year, every year they are "reviving land hunger" and "freeing xx food". How can the finances bear this!
He even knew that it wouldn't be long before disaster relief food would arrive. But by that time, how many people will have died of hunger and how many people will have to live in other places?
Such a disaster is really a blessing from the Ming Dynasty!
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Yan Ling went to Nanjing to accept the obeisance of the contemporary Duke of Yue, and then went all the way south to Ningbo Prefecture.
The floods here have just receded, and just like the north, the land is also desolate and flooded with victims.
He first entered Ningbo City and took control of the power in the name of a visitor from the Yue Kingdom. Then he immediately rushed to various parts of the family to inspect the disaster situation.
The Yan family has always followed Yan Ling's philosophy and treated the local people well.
Therefore, when the people were displaced after the flood, they were the first to stand up.
Needless to say, my own tribe distributed food and assisted in reconstruction.
Even the refugees from outside can get a piece of the hot soup from the Yan family.
It's just that such a huge number of refugees, even with the Yan family's wealth, is somewhat unsustainable.
"Sir, please take a look." The relevant clan elder handed over the account book with a sad face:
"Yes, the family has a big business, but it can't withstand such a consumption method! The family's treasury is already empty, and now it relies entirely on blood transfusions from Luzon, but sooner or later, Luzon's food will be exhausted. , other than the imperial court, which family can support such relief!"
"Sir, my opinion is, forget it. Anyway, the family doesn't have that much land. So what if we get relief? We can't convert them into seclusion, so what's the point?"
he suggested.
"No, the relief cannot stop." Yan Ling frowned.
"We have started to provide relief. If you stop, everything will be ruined. These people who cannot get food will never remember that we rescued them. They will only remember that we made them suffer again." Hungry, the good reputation that the family has worked so hard to build will be completely ruined."
Yan Ling is over a hundred years old, and he has experienced a lot and has a clear understanding of human nature.
"How long will it take for the relief food from the imperial court to arrive?"
"The first batch has arrived, but priority will be given to Nanzhi and Hangzhou. The second batch will take at least another month!"
It will take another month.
Yan Ling frowned and paced.
"How are the nearby prefectures and counties affected by the disaster? Do they have any surplus food?" he asked.
"There are several prefectures and counties in the south that have not been affected by the disaster, and because our rice shops can't supply rice, our business share has been taken up by them, and they have taken the opportunity to raise prices. Now the price of food is extremely high!"
The clan elder said angrily.
When Yan Ling heard this, his eyes lit up.
Thanks to "OnoD" for the tip, thank you!
(End of chapter)
