Wu Nian shook his head and said: "There is no need for me to punish you. You have already punished yourself." As he said that, Wu Nian turned his head and glanced at the two dead people wrapped in the straw mat.

Not only these two people, but also dozens of people were injured. This punishment is already severe enough.

Then he stood up, looked around at the people with tiger eyes, and said: "Since you believe me, then I will tell you directly."

"Can a living person be choked to death by urinating? That's right. God doesn't provide food now, but I am here. I think back then, Liu Bei was just a straw sandal seller. But he eventually became emperor in Chengdu and divided his country."

"So it is said that man can conquer heaven."

"I will naturally make regulations to ensure that you will not starve to death. Besides, if the situation is really desperate, we have millions of people and 100,000 elite soldiers. I will lead you into the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, fight to support the war, and die in the enemy's country.

, it’s better than starving to death in the fields.”

"Let's all go home."

When Wu Nian said this, he waved his hand and ordered.

"Yes." Of course the people believed in Wu Nian, they responded loudly, stood up, saluted Wu Nian with fists in his hands, and then left in two groups.

The two poor people who died were also taken away by them.

Liu Zhixing and Zhang Haiping also stood up. They looked at each other and then looked at the river bed next to them. The water flow was already very small.

They all sighed.

Wu Nian looked back at them, and walked along the riverbed without any personal soldiers, lowering his head in thought. He didn't know how long he walked, but Wu Nian stood still, turned to look at Liu Zhixing and Zhang Haiping, and said, "I remembered the past."

"In the past, I raised troops to fight against the Mongols. Many people were suspicious and did not believe me. There were tens of thousands of Han households and thousands of captains who raised troops to fight against me."

"Even now, there must be some people who have doubts about the incompatibility between Yanhan and Mengyuan."

"But they all believe in me."

"This is all the prestige I have accumulated bit by bit over the years. So I thought of a way. Only I can do this."

"Only the second government can do it."

Having said this, Wu Nian's eyes flashed with confidence.

"Huh?" Liu Zhixing and Zhang Haiping both looked surprised, and then their brows lit up with joy. They were desperate now, but they had no choice.

Wu Nian has a way, which is of course the best.

"Please tell me, General." Liu Zhixing took a deep breath and said sincerely.

"This water is limited. I can't guarantee that all acres of land will have water. If I don't do something, people will fight over water sources from time to time."

"All fields will die from drought."

"Issuing an announcement. We have organized officials who are good at agriculture to inspect various places. I will not talk about the construction of water conservancy projects. We have already issued orders before."

"What we need to do now is to save the crops that can be saved first and abandon the crops that cannot be saved."

"Use my prestige to make the people believe that I will not starve to death."

"What do you think?"

Wu Nian raised his head and asked.

Liu Zhixing and Zhang Haiping took a deep breath. They instinctively felt that this was impossible and almost blurted out.

These people are all selfish. People from two villages fought over water sources. Two people died and dozens of others were injured.

How is this possible, to save the crops that can be saved first and abandon the crops that cannot be saved?

Who to protect? Who to abandon?

Of course, those who were saved were overjoyed. Those who were abandoned might turn out tomorrow.

But when they thought about it carefully, they felt that it was really feasible. Wu Nian had prestige and could do many incredible things.

If the emperor of Chu issued an edict to do something similar, it might not work. But if Wu Nian issued such an announcement, it was really possible for it to succeed.

The key two words are [faithfulness].

Water is limited. It is impossible to protect all the acres in the two prefectures and twelve cities. Selectively protect the crops that are easy to save. For example, the fields near the water source. Then subdivide it, protect the good fields first, and abandon the bad fields.

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If such a thing can be accomplished, then it will be very possible for the second government to survive the crisis.

Of course, this operation will definitely cause chaos. But in addition to his faith, Wu Nian also has hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers with strict military discipline, which is enough to suppress Xiaoxiao and rule everyone in obedience.

"General, this is feasible, but there are great risks. I think we can issue an announcement to test it first. If public dissatisfaction boils over, we must immediately revoke the announcement to avoid collapse." Liu Zhixing thought for a moment and clasped his fists in a deep voice.

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"Yes. Although changing orders day and night will result in loss of credibility, it is possible to attack when advancing and to defend when retreating." Wu Nian nodded and agreed with Liu Zhixing's two-step preparation.

"When you get back, you can go back and see how many crops you can save. If you can save 20% of the crops, you can get through this year and survive until next autumn."

"But I have another worry."

When Wu Nian said this, he sighed and said: "Locust plague."

Liu Zhixing and Zhang Haiping both fell silent. Both of them are scholars, and the more they read, the richer their theoretical knowledge will be.

"This year there is a severe drought and locusts are rising."

"There is a severe drought in the year, locusts rise up, and the people are severely hungry, so they change their sons to eat."

Every word in the history books is written in blood.

This drought is often accompanied by locust plagues. Of course they don't understand the reason, they just think this is the law of the movement of heaven and earth.

But Wu Nian understands.

This is an auspicious snow that heralds a good year. Good snow can kill insects and keep warm. After the heavy snow melts, it moistens the earth.

And if water resources are sufficient, the food chain will take effect. For example, drought causes a large-scale decline in frogs.

Frogs eat locusts.

The number of locusts will increase exponentially.

Even if Wu Nian could use his prestige to make the people suppress their natural instincts, stop killing each other, compete for water sources, and prioritize the irrigation of crops that can be saved.

But if locusts cross the border, I'm afraid everything will be a dream.

When locusts swarm, they are more terrifying than rain. They block out the sky and form [demon clouds] that fall down, eat everything they can eat, and then fly to the next place.

At that time, even if Wu Nian had hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, he would be able to defend Yingqing Mansion and Guangchuan Mansion as if they were iron barrels, as stable as Mount Tai.

The Meng Yuan people, the Chu people, and the Fusang pirates all have no chance of setting foot in the Second Mansion. But they are probably helpless in the face of these locusts that are blocking out the sky and the sun.

"We can only rely on our fate. It's really not possible. Just like the general said. We will lead millions of people and go deep into the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty to support war with war."

"Fight to the death. Either survive or die in Meng Yuan."

Liu Zhixing sighed, shook his head and said.

"Hey." Zhang Haiping sighed, not optimistic about this [fighting to support war]. Wu Nian, who relies on the green mountains and the city, is powerful.

It's a shark in the water.

Once you leave the mountains and cities, without logistical support, if you go deep into the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty alone, you are very likely to starve to death.
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