Shuishui, the white river of later generations.
The Tang River, which originates from Tangzhou, and the turbulent water that originates from Dengzhou West, converges in the north of Xiangyang, and is later called the Tangbai River and finally flows into the Han River.
This Tangbai River is very important, it is an important water transport channel between Jingxiang and the Central Plains, especially the Shuishui, from the Warring States period to modern times, has been the most important water transport channel connecting Henan and Chu.
Shuishui is also known as the White River, because the river water is turquoise, the beach is sandy and white, so it is named.
The water connects Xiangyang, Xinye, Nanyang, Fangcheng and Nanzhao.
In the north of Fangcheng, which belongs to the edge of the basin, the terrain is higher, and the waterway ends here, and it must be transferred to land transportation in order to get out of the Nanyang Basin, enter the Henan Plain, and then turn to various waterways.
In later generations, the White River was no longer so abundant that it could not even be navigated.
But at this time, the water of the Baihe River is not even lower than the water volume of the Bianhe River, and it is the famous golden waterway of the Central Plains Middle Road.
In the Henan Basin, there is the Danjiang River in the west and the Shuishui River in the east, which has become an important north-south waterway connecting Guanzhong and Henan.
Before the opening of the North-South Grand Canal in the Sui Dynasty, it was always the most important north-south water transport channel.
The continuous drought has reduced the amount of water in the water has also dropped a lot, and the white sand beach shows most of it, but there are still boats coming and going on the river, and grain boats are carrying the grain transferred in Xiangyang along the Baihe River to Fangcheng.
Even if Shannan Province is not rich in food now, it is better than Henan and other places next to Jingxiang and Bashu.
On the white sand beach on the bank of the river, groups of people are digging patches of sand on the beach, tirelessly searching for locust eggs.
These were the first people to run out of food.
All prefectures and counties have strictly followed Li Chao's orders.
All the people of the prefectures and counties did not go out of the prefectures and counties, and each of them guarded his own township.
If you don't have food, you can go to the county to get food stamps to buy food, and if you don't have money, then you can apply for disaster relief food, and the government will distribute disaster relief cakes.
Of course, disaster relief cakes are not eaten for nothing.
If you apply to receive disaster relief food, you can approve it after a simple review, but if you eat the disaster relief food, you have to obey the government's arrangement.
The government's disaster relief food is called cash-for-work.
The young and strong had to obey the government's arrangement, go to Dengzhou to build a new capital, and go there to process disaster relief grain.
The rest of the women, children, and the elderly must also obey the arrangements of the government.
They were given the task of catching locusts.
Chop wood, dig ditches, build nets, cut wood and dig ditches during the day, burn fires at night to attract locusts, and then catch them with nets, put them in bags and put them in water to drown, and then take them to crush and dry powder.
Others were sent to the river to dig up locust eggs, which were fed to chickens and ducks.
The crops in the fields had already died of drought, and they were not allowed to visit relatives and friends, so they either signed up with the government, moved their families to the frontier, went to the border areas to open up wasteland and settle down, and planted crops, or they could only receive relief cakes, and then they could not get along with these locusts every day.
On the river, in addition to the passing grain boats, there are also many fishing boats, and many people fish in the river.
These fishermen, like the locust egg diggers, were organized by the government.
It is the season when the osmanthus flowers are fragrant, and the fish in the river are still very fat.
This year's fishing nets are very dense, this kind of net is known as the no-end net, the mesh is dense and small, and no matter how small the fish and shrimp can be caught.
In the past, fishermen did not use this kind of net because the mesh was too small, and many small fish and shrimp would be caught.
It's useless to catch small fish and shrimp, but now everyone doesn't care about this, and a little bit that can be caught is a little, whether it is a small fish and shrimp, or a crab, turtle, toad, and everything that can be eaten can't be let go.
The fish that are caught will be dried in the sun immediately.
Simple dissection, except for the fish gall bladder, the rest will not be wasted, even if it is fish intestines, washing can also be left.
The fish that had been cut and washed were skewered and hung on a bamboo pole, and then a fire was built underneath and wet wood was added, and there was a lot of smoke.
Smoking is simpler than fire-roasting, it is neither burnt, but also flies-proof, etc.
If you smoke for half a day, you won't be afraid of spoilage.
If there is a drought today, it will be sunny every day, but it will be easy to dry in the sun.
Spread the fish, with the help of sunlight and wind, the fish can be air-dried and smoked, and the fish can become a smoked dried fish with a unique flavor.
The dried fish, which had been dried almost the same, were gathered, packed and sent to a nearby mill.
Now many mills no longer mill rice and wheat, but now they are grinding locusts and dried fish.
The dried fish and shrimp are crushed, then ground into powder, and then sent to the disaster relief cake factory, with various ingredients, and finally processed into boxes of disaster relief cakes, and then packed on ships, transported to states and counties, sent to the granary, and sent to the people.
Everyone is racing against time.
Relying on the waterway, the ship can carry 100 stones, and it only takes three days to travel from Xiangyang to Nanyang.
It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice It is a very difficult task to make the limited food enough to feed more people, or at least to survive.
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Now, food is not just a commodity, but has risen to the level of national strategy.
The grain merchants squatted in the Xiangyang prison for three days.
There is no brocade quilt, and there is no delicacies from the mountains and seas.
Sleepy and cold, only a pile of damp musty straw, hungry, only two locust cakes a day.
In the beginning, many people preferred to go hungry rather than eat locust cakes.
Their dogs eat it better than this, and their pigs eat better than this, and sometimes they go fishing, and they use bait many times better than this.
The taste is the same as chewing wax, and it is stuck in the throat, which is difficult to swallow.
They want to drink tea and eat pastries, but no one pays attention to them.
One day, hungry.
For two days, I was a little uncomfortable hungry.
On the third day, someone finally started eating.
The most delicious thing in the world is hunger, and they finally understood the meaning of this sentence.
The locust cake is unpalatable and smells fishy, but at least it can cushion the stomach.
I didn't eat for two days, my stomach was hungry, it was uncomfortable, my whole person was weak, my stomach was sour, my chest was close to the consequences, and I felt like I had a hand in my throat to stretch out.
Later, the things they saw as feeding the pigs actually made them look forward to it, and when it came to the meal, they all squatted there and waited.
It's really that this jailer is too ruthless, this bread is a very small piece, only one piece for a meal, and only two meals a day.
Eating a locust cake, I can't do anything at all, I am in a state of hunger every day, and I feel that people have lost a lot of weight.
It's been three days in prison.
In the morning, the jailer came, but he did not bring the locust cakes that they hated and loved.
Some people hurriedly said, "Why is there no bread?"
The jailer laughed, these guys, they are still addicted.
"Xiangguo Kaig, you can get out of prison and go home" There was a moment of silence in the cell, then cheers, and some people couldn't stop crying.
Damn, I thought I was going to starve to death here.
Feng Xiaoan got up and prepared to be the first to be released from prison.
As a result, a jailer stopped in front of him.
"You wait a minute" "What's wrong," Feng Xiao'an asked in a hoarse voice.
"They can all get out of prison, but you can't" "What," Feng Xiao'an said angrily.
"This is Xiangguo's order, everyone else can get out of prison, but you can't," the jailer replied with a dark face.
"Why" Feng Xiao'an roared.
"No, this is Sangkook's order," said the jailer, "Now, you go back to the prison, give up your place, and let them come out" Feng Xiaoan was unwilling, but the former partners next to him couldn't wait to pull him aside and squeeze past him Feng Xiao'an's teeth chattered, and his whole body was full of chaff, but no one stopped to say a word to him.
Everyone was in a hurry to go out, and he was forgotten.
Feng Xiaoan stood aside, trembling all over, angry and frightened.
Everyone else has been released from prison, but he is not allowed to go out, is it possible that Li Chao wants to take him to correct the law just like Zhang Xuan in Shangluo, Shangzhou Is he going to be beheaded?
I want to see Xiangguo, I want to see His Royal Highness the Prince," Feng Xiaoan shouted, but no one paid attention to him t1706231537: