Although Lu Yan's last suggestion was just speculation, Cao Cao took it more seriously than everyone expected.
Even Lu Yan himself was a little surprised, so he raised his hands and said, "Mr. Cao, the natural disaster is just Yan's guess..."
Cao Cao didn't wait for Lu Yan to finish and said, "It doesn't matter. Anyway, it's always good to be prepared for a rainy day."
Since Cao Cao said so, everyone can only obey his orders.
It's just that there was an inexplicable extra expenditure of human and financial resources, which gave some county guards a headache, and even made them a little dissatisfied with Lu Yan.
But Lu Yan didn't care what these people thought.
After the meeting ended, he walked out of the chamber first.
"Sir, sir, wait a minute!" Man Chong caught up with Lu Yan from behind.
Lu Yan turned around and saw that it was Man Chong calling him, so he stopped and said, "It's Boning, long time no see!"
Man Chong came to Lu Yan, bowed his hands and said, "Chong, I've met you sir!"
"When did we become so inseparable from each other?" Lu Yan pulled up Man Chong and said with a smile.
Man Chong took two steps forward, came to Lu Yan's ear and asked: "Sir, I know you never make a mistake. You just specifically mentioned natural disasters. Did you have a premonition of something?"
I have to say that Man Chong knew Lu Yan very well.
I think Lu Yan would like to hand over everything he has on weekdays, so how could he inexplicably cause some big trouble for himself?
"Sir's words definitely have a deeper meaning..." Suddenly someone spoke behind them. It turned out that not only Man Chong, but Cao Ren was also chasing after them.
Lu Yan glanced at Cao Ren and Man Chong, and then at the people around him pointing and pointing. He smiled and said, "Let's talk about it when we get back. It's not very convenient to talk here."
...
Back at the post house, Lu Yan explained in detail to Man Chong and Cao Ren that there would be a severe drought starting in April.
One of them is the governor of Dongjun and the other is the governor of Yingchuan. Naturally, they are also responsible for the people under their rule.
Man Chong and Cao Ren looked at each other in disbelief. If it weren't for the fact that the person in front of them was Lu Yan, whom they trusted and respected from the bottom of their hearts,
But if it were another person, Man Chong's first reaction might be to let him have a whipping first and then talk...
Records of droughts in ancient Chinese history are often shocking.
Even the most serious situation has reached the point where the Yellow River has stopped flowing, the land is withered, and people are eating each other.
What makes the people even more uncomfortable is that severe droughts are often followed by locust plagues. The working people already have nothing to eat, and this makes it even worse.
After a major disaster, there is a major epidemic. After this series of blows, it is obvious that the people cannot survive.
What else can they do if they survive? All they can do is to rise up and fight for a way out on their own!
This is how the Eastern Han Dynasty came to its end and reached the current situation where the building is about to collapse and all heroes stand side by side.
Under the control of Li Jue, Guo Si and others, the Han court had completely lost its majesty.
Although the princes still respected it on the surface, no one really took the instructions issued from the Han court seriously.
Yanzhou finally got through the most difficult period, but he didn't expect to have to face the mighty power of God again...
"Sir, how should we prevent this severe drought?" Man Chong asked Lu Yan.
From the moment he walked out of the governor's office, Lu Yan had been racking his brains to recall drought-fighting methods from later generations.
What people are trying their best to do is to build water conservancy projects.
Build large, medium and small reservoirs, build ponds and dams, configure drainage and irrigation channels,
Dig wells and pools to store, conserve, and use water rationally.
To be honest, Lu Yan also had a headache. After all, ancient times were no better than modern times, and it was almost impossible to completely prevent and control it.
"I need some time to sort out the countermeasures. You two should go back first. After I sort it out, I will send someone to give it to you."
"Here!" Cao Ren and Man Chong saw Lu Yan frowning, and they felt the horror of this crisis more and more.
After walking out of the room, Man Chong murmured: "I have never seen Mr. frown like this when facing thousands of troops..."
Cao Ren then sighed: "Yes! It seems that it will be difficult to survive this disaster safely..."
"It's ridiculous that those short-sighted people still make irresponsible remarks about Mr."
"Haha, it would be fine if they took precautions according to Sir's words. If not, then just ask for their own blessings."
After Cao Ren and Man Chong left,
Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu and Cheng Yu hurried over again.
These three people are all the civil servants and advisors under Boss Cao who know Lu Yan best.
They also knew that Lu Yan would not be able to cause trouble for himself without any reason.
"Changsheng, will there really be a severe drought starting from April?" Cheng Yu said bluntly, and the voice came in before anyone even entered the house.
"Guesses, they're all guesses..." Lu Yan replied with a haha.
"Oh, Mr. Lu, we are all old acquaintances of our lord since we were young, can you still not trust us?" Xi Zhicai was a little anxious. He had personally experienced the natural disasters in the early years.
Even the scene of people dying of hunger and eating each other's children would occasionally appear in his dreams.
Seeing Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu and Cheng Yu were both looking at him eagerly. Lu Yan concealed the fake smile on his face and said with a grimace: "Yes, Yan knows some stargazing skills. He watched at night a few days ago.
According to the celestial phenomena, there may be a severe drought this year..."
This is what the ancients believed. Si Tianjian, who later became more famous, did just these ridiculous things.
Xi Zhicai had no doubts about Lu Yan.
When Lu Yan said that he could also watch stars, he couldn't help but said: "Sir, you can also watch stars? You are so knowledgeable and talented, I admire you!"
Although Cheng Yu and Xun Yu had some doubts about the authenticity of Lu Yan's words, after all, their knowledge was only about the feudal era like today.
They remained skeptical about Lu Yan's words.
"Preventing and controlling drought is nothing more than building water conservancy projects..." Xi Zhicai quickly started thinking in the direction of prevention.
"But if the river water dries up, what's the use of building canals?" Cheng Yu shook his head and asked a very practical question.
Xun Yu nodded and replied: "Yes, no one in the past dynasties has been able to be completely prepared... How innocent are the people of the Han Dynasty!"
Seeing the sighs of these three brothers, Lu Yan could not help but comfort him: "Actually, there is nothing we can do. Although we cannot completely prevent it, we can at least prevent people from starving to death!"
"Hoo~!" After Xi Zhicai heard Lu Yan's words, he shouted and stood up.
Because he stood up too violently, causing insufficient blood supply to the brain, Xi Zhicai's vision went dark and he almost fell to the ground.
Lu Yan reacted quickly. When Xi Zhicai was shaking and about to fall, he reached out to support him.
A trace of innate innocence entered Xi Zhicai's body, and Lu Yan's brows furrowed deeper than before.
"Zhicai!"
"Zhicai!"
After Xun Yu and Cheng Yu came to their senses, they also moved forward to support Xi Zhicai and expressed concern.
The innate vitality nourishes the body that is slightly exhausted by the drama,
He forced out a smile and said gratefully to Lu Yan, Xun Yu and Cheng Yu: "It's an old problem, it's okay."
"Isn't it a problem?" Lu Yan became very angry when he heard this, "I told you to take a good rest, why don't you listen to me?"
"This...that..." Xi Zhicai's eyes were a little dodgey, like a child who had done something wrong facing a parent who was about to explode.
Cheng Yu and Xun Yu stared at the scene in front of them in stunned silence.
Cheng Yu even murmured to himself: "Could it be that... Changsheng is an elder of Zhicai?"
A teasing smile appeared on Xun Yu's face, and he replied softly: "This is what I said... one thing will bring down another thing!"