Nalan Jinnian looked up at the falling snowflakes from the sky and frowned slightly: "This time the disaster affected a wide area. The people in our new city in Nalan Kingdom were also severely affected. The imperial court has transferred food from various places to those cities. Disaster relief, I’m afraid we all have too much time to take care of ourselves this time.”
He had a hunch that not only the people of Beiming Kingdom and Dongling Kingdom, but also the people of Nalan Kingdom would have a hard time in the coming year.
In this case, priority is naturally given to the people of one's own country.
Wen Nuan held his hand: "Don't be afraid. This autumn, the people will have a bumper harvest. Even if there is another natural disaster, we can't survive for a whole year. The people's food reserves can survive."
Nalan Jinnian nodded, and he stretched out his hand to embrace the warmth: "This is all your credit."
In the past, whenever there was a disaster, many people would starve to death.
But now, many people in Nalan Kingdom are no longer afraid of natural disasters.
Because as long as many ordinary people harvest food for one season, it will be enough for a year.
By harvesting two crops a year, they can save a year's worth of food.
Not to mention the landowners.
So, why fear any natural disaster
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Nalan Jinnian's guess was good. Throughout the winter, the weather in the four countries was either heavy or light, which was a bit abnormal.
The weather in Beiming Kingdom was unusually cold, and so was Dongling Kingdom. They both encountered a cold winter that had never happened in a century.
Many people froze to death.
However, Nalan Kingdom and Xihua Kingdom experienced a rare warm winter.
Some experienced farmers feel that the weather is abnormal and next year's harvest will definitely be affected.
The people did not dare to sell the food in their hands, just in case.
At the end of the year, the enthronement ceremony, the empress seal ceremony, and the heaven worship ceremony are all held together.
Every household in the capital set up an incense table outside to worship heaven with the emperor.
First, the people congratulated the new emperor and the new queen on their enthronement, and they used this to express their respect for the emperor and queen.
Second, the weather is abnormal this year. We all work together to pray to God for good weather and peace for the country and the people in the next year.
The solemn bells rang, indicating the end of the tedious coronation ceremony, and the people shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor! Live my queen for a thousand years!"
This loud shout passed through the layers of thick palace walls and reached Tianting!
Shocking!
Nalan Jinnian held Nuan's hand and walked down the altar step by step. When the two of them heard these shouts, they felt that there was still a long way to go.
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After the enthronement ceremony, the New Year passed in the blink of an eye.
Beiming Country has been baptized by blizzards one after another. After the beginning of spring, the people thought they could finally breathe a sigh of relief. After all, auspicious snow heralds a good harvest.
But after the melted snow water passed, there was no more water!
Seeing that the weather is getting hotter and hotter, summer has entered in Beiming and Dongling Kingdoms, but there is still no rain.
In most parts of Beiming Country, there was only one or two light rains, and the ground was not soaked yet, and then the sun shone all the time.
In the next few months, half of the cities in Beiming Kingdom fell into a severe drought, and all the crops in the fields died.
Huge cracks were exposed in the vast fields.
Fires also broke out in the mountains and forests.
Many people fled to cities that were not affected by the disaster.
There are many refugees everywhere.
The riots were serious.
The beginning of summer has passed, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter, but the sky is always sunny and there is no sign of rain.
The king of Jiang Beiming was so worried that he couldn't sleep at night and couldn't eat well.
Beiming Palace
Morning.
The prime minister of Beiming Kingdom came to admonish: "Your Majesty, the drought is severe this year. The people have no harvest. Countless refugees have emerged in the imperial capital. There are no cities affected by the disaster. Taxes have been increased again and again. The people are complaining. I think we should stop temporarily. Attack the Nalan Kingdom, negotiate peace with the Nalan Kingdom, and wait until you calm down."
The Minister of War stood up at this time: "Your Majesty, natural disasters can change, and manpower has no intention of resisting it. However, there was a locust plague in the north of Nalan Kingdom and a flood in the south. Other cities were fine! More importantly, it has been more than a hundred years. Since then, there has never been a large-scale natural disaster in that land, so it can be seen that Nalan Kingdom is a blessed land. Now only our Beiming Kingdom and Dongling Kingdom have been severely affected by disasters. Countless refugees have emerged. The refugees are rioting, complaining, and micro-states. I think we can recruit these refugees as soldiers, train them a little, and lead them to attack the Nalan Kingdom! They are hungry, they only feel that there is no way to survive, they are resentful, and they are not afraid of anything! Let’s start a war. It must be fierce.”
The eyes of the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu lit up: "Your Majesty, what the Minister of the Ministry of War said is true! Those refugees were hungry and were not afraid of death at all. In order to rob food, they killed people and set fires everywhere, causing riots. They were very violent in their hearts. Instead of letting them be so violent. Instead of venting it on the people and the court, let them vent it on the Nalan Kingdom! Maybe we can capture the Nalan Kingdom in one fell swoop! This is simply killing two birds with one stone!"
Some of the other ministers objected, while others echoed: "Your Majesty, our Beiming Kingdom has been seriously affected by the disaster and its treasury is empty, and it cannot withstand a war! The current plan is to seek peace from Nalan Kingdom and rest and recuperate until the day comes. Fighting again is the right way!”
"Your Majesty, by recruiting the refugees into soldiers and attacking the Nalan Kingdom, it can be said that we will kill two birds with one stone! The weather in Nalan Kingdom is going well now, and the crops in Guotai Minan are growing so gratifyingly! As long as we capture the Nalan Kingdom, Beiming Kingdom The disaster will be over."
"Your Majesty, you must not do it. The Beiming Kingdom is now in a state of disarray. Because of the attack on the Nalan Kingdom, the treasury is empty. Taxes have been adjusted again and again. The people are complaining. If the losses are not stopped in time and the people can recuperate and recuperate, if this continues, there will be consequences. It’s unimaginable!”
"Your Majesty, those refugees just want a mouthful of food. As long as we capture the Nalan Kingdom, they will have food! For the current plan, the only way to solve the problem of the overflow of refugees is to let the refugees attack the Nalan Kingdom!"
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The king of Beiming Kingdom also agreed in his heart to let the refugees attack Nalan Kingdom.
There is no more food in the national treasury to help those refugees. In this case, it is better to let them attack Nalan Kingdom and rob the people of Nalan Kingdom of food.
It's better than those refugees causing trouble and causing riots in Beiming Country.
So in order to deal with those refugees, the King of Beiming directly recruited the refugees as soldiers and then sent them to attack Nalan Kingdom.
But he didn't expect that when the two armies fought, most of the refugees surrendered, causing the Beiming Kingdom to retreat steadily. The Nalan Kingdom almost won without a fight and captured two cities easily.
The soldiers composed of refugees surrendered one after another and begged Nalan Kingdom to take them in.
The new policy of Nalan Kingdom allocates fields to every common people. Everyone has a field, a dry land, and a homestead. Moreover, the court also provides grains with a yield of 1,000 kilograms per mu. To the common people, this is simply a piece of cake. Good thing about pie.
Also, whenever there is a natural disaster in Nalan Kingdom in recent years, the imperial court will provide disaster relief.
For so many years, the Nalan Kingdom's court has not increased taxes at all, but has even reduced taxes.
Even if the four countries join forces to attack, taxes have not been raised at all.
I don’t know how many people in other countries are envious of him.
How could those refugees not be moved
Only then will you surrender.
As a result, Beiming Kingdom has lost most of its city.
It’s the winter solstice again, and it’s surprisingly cold!
The snowstorm is coming again!
The king of Beiming was helpless and unable to fight anymore, so he finally asked for peace from Nalan.
The Dongling Kingdom could no longer hold on, and upon seeing this, it also issued a peace petition.