The team under Ang Lee's command was moving slower and slower. They had only traveled ten miles in one day. They couldn't be any slower. Of course, this was also because they had encountered a special situation. In order to fill up the huge pit, they had been delayed for at least half a day. When all the vehicles passed through this dangerous area, it was not long before it was dark. On such a dangerous mountain road, it was very dangerous to travel at night. Moreover, because the road was difficult to travel, everyone's physical strength was exhausted. Their physical strength had been exhausted during the day. If they didn't get a good rest at night, they wouldn't have the energy to continue the next day. Therefore, it was necessary to set up camp and rest at night. After resting enough, they would continue the next day.
"Sigh! It's really bad luck. I originally wanted to walk thirty miles today. Who would have thought that we would encounter such a big pit? In order to fill up this big pit, more than a thousand people worked together. It took half a day to fill up such a big pit. We've only traveled ten miles today. If we continue to encounter such a situation, it will be terrible. "
After setting up camp, Chen Long said very helplessly.
Because Ang Lee was in a hurry to go to Dongnu Province, and the team's speed was too slow, it was indeed very uncomfortable. Unexpectedly, not only did they not speed up, but they were also very unlucky to encounter a big pit. This directly caused the team's speed to not only not increase, but also decrease by half compared to yesterday. It was like a snail crawling. It made people extremely angry and unhappy, but there was nothing they could do.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "You're right. If we encounter a few more big pits like this, we'll be in even more trouble. Fortunately, when we set out, we brought enough food. Halfway through the journey, we had the opportunity to increase the food. Otherwise, it would be really troublesome."
It was obvious that the longer they were delayed on the way, the more food they consumed. Moreover, Li An had left some food for those who needed it, so the consumption was even greater. If it weren't for the fact that they had been buying more food along the way, many of the transport carts would have been empty by now.
"Assistant Minister Li, it's too slow like this. How about I send a hundred people to the front to clear the road? If they encounter places that vehicles can't pass, they will speed up the process to ensure that when the team arrives, they won't be blocked."
Chen Long said.
Chen Long's idea was quite good. First, he would send some people to explore the road ahead, and when they encountered a road that vehicles could not pass through, they would immediately repair it. However, this way, the people he sent out would have to work too hard. These people would definitely have a stomach full of resentment, and if he wanted to eliminate their resentment, he would have to give them more money.
Li An nodded and said, "That's not a bad idea. Send a hundred men with shovels to set out first and keep a distance of thirty to fifty li from the convoy. This way, there won't be any more anger like today. Not bad, you've learned to use your brain. Let's do it this way. Let's do it now.
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. "Chen Long responded and immediately turned to make the arrangements.
Li An heaved a sigh of relief and sat down next to the camp to rest. Along the way, he had seen the poverty of the Western Detention Area, especially the Da tribe that he had met at the end. They were the poorest and most food-deficient Jifeng State. The situation in the East Woman Kingdom would only be worse. With such a serious shortage of food, what should Li An do when he arrived there? Other problems were easy to deal with, but how could the food shortage be solved quickly? After all, the food shortage was a very serious problem facing Dongnu Province. If this problem was not solved quickly, it would not be stabilized soon. At the same time, the people here would be used by people with ulterior motives, which would bring great harm to the Tang dynasty. Ang Lee was very vigilant about this. The best way to prevent the people from being used by people with ulterior motives was to let the people have enough to eat. As long as the ordinary people in Dongnu Province had enough to eat, they would not be used by people with ulterior motives and would not do anything to harm the Tang dynasty. Once they were hungry, they were likely to be used by people with ulterior motives, which would cause trouble in Dongnu Province and even try their best to prevent Dongnu Province from being completely integrated into the Tang dynasty.
Since ancient times, any regime had attached great importance to the food problem of the people because only when the food problem of the people was completely solved could the country be truly stabilized. Otherwise, there would definitely be problems. Even if it was a famine caused by a natural disaster that had nothing to do with the ruler, the people would still rise up and overthrow the regime because as long as the people had no food to eat, they would think of robbing. A small robber was to become a mountain bandit, while a big robber was to directly overthrow the existing court. In short, as long as the people did not have enough to eat, they would make a fuss and would not consider the cause of the famine. This was not something that the people needed to think about. They only needed to think about how to fill their own stomachs.
Of course, in addition to having enough to eat, it was also very important for the people to improve their lives and even continue to improve their lives. This was the so-called economic development. After all, any ruler would encounter all kinds of troubles when managing the country. There would also be various internal problems and even irreconcilable contradictions. When the economy was developing rapidly, all the stakeholders would gain great benefits and these contradictions would not erupt easily. However, once the economic development was obstructed or even completely stagnated or regressed, the relevant parties would intensify the contradictions due to insufficient distribution of benefits. This would naturally bring great losses to the country and even cause great turmoil.
Therefore, the great man in the later generations said that development was always the absolute principle. Only by continuous development could the entire empire be well stabilized. In the process of development, the best way to deal with all kinds of contradictions was to deal with them. The faster the speed of development, the faster the people's living standards would improve, and the more stable the regime of the empire would be. Everyone was the beneficiary of the empire's development. Therefore, they would naturally do their best to support the empire and would not do anything that would harm the empire.
In a humiliating period in the later generations, there were many spies in Hua Xia. There were spies almost everywhere. The fundamental reason for this was that the period was too poor. As long as the enemy gave them some benefits and food, many people would be willing to be spies. Thus, it became the humiliation of the whole nation.
People's greatest wish was to live and fill their stomachs. Then, they would have some dreams and hope that they could live a better life. When these dreams were satisfied, a person would be very happy. However, when this wish could not be satisfied, even the most basic problem of food could not be satisfied, this person would be very disappointed. They would even hate the ruler and want to change the society. This was also the beginning of an empire's turmoil.
The wealthier the empire, the greater the challenge it would face when the living standards of the people decreased. It was very likely that there would be very serious social unrest, which would bring disastrous consequences to the empire. Therefore, the wealthier the empire, the more desperately it would develop the economy, so that the people could live a prosperous life. Once the life of the people became more difficult than before, the people would riot.
The people in ancient times were relatively easy to rule. As long as they could fill their stomachs, under normal circumstances, they would not riot. Only when the problem of food could not be solved would they carry out large-scale riots. Therefore, the ancient rulers were very happy. As long as they solved the problem of food for the people, they could basically stabilize the country.
It was precisely because the problem of food was too important to the ancient rulers that the ancient rulers attached great importance to agriculture. The imperial court would set up a yamen in charge of agriculture to be responsible for guiding the relevant matters of agriculture. This was to ensure that there were no problems in agriculture, to ensure that the people in the country could fill their stomachs, and to ensure that their country could be stable.
Now, Dongnu Province's political power was in jeopardy because of the big problem of agriculture. Now, they were just barely holding on. In fact, they were already in a precarious situation. At this time, the imperial court of Dongnu Province was like a broken ship in a storm, which could completely sink at any time. They were just trying their best to hold on and hoped that they could meet a rescue ship before the ship sank. As long as everyone on the ship boarded the ship, everyone would be rescued, and the broken ship could be abandoned.
The current Tang Empire was this ship full of hope. Now, only the Tang Empire could rescue Dongnu Province. Dongnu Province had become a part of the Tang Empire, so it would undoubtedly be rescued by the Tang Empire at all costs. When a large number of relief supplies entered Dongnu Province, the crisis here would naturally be solved quickly.
After the camp was set up, the sky was completely dark, and the surroundings were pitch black. Fortunately, there was a bright moon in the sky, so the night here was not too dark. They could still see the rough outline of the surroundings.
The location of the camp was on a high ground. Although it was not particularly high, it was still relatively high. Standing on this high ground, they could clearly see the surrounding mountains. During the day, these mountains were quite beautiful, but at night, because they could only see the outline, these mountains were particularly austere, which inevitably made people a little nervous. Humans yearned for the light and liked a bright environment. Naturally, they did not like a dark and austere environment very much.
"Assistant Minister Li, one hundred Dragon Warriors have set off with a cart of dry food, a cart of tools, and a dozen horses."
Chen Long strode over.
This cart of dry food was naturally for them to eat on the road. These people were scouting the road in front. When they were hungry, they could eat at any time. The tools in the cart were shovels and other tools for digging. The dozen horses should be carrying tents and other necessary supplies. These people were scouting the road in front, so they also needed to rest. It was just that they were few in number and had good mobility, so they could move faster and open up a path for the main force.
Ang Lee nodded. He was very satisfied with Chen Long's handling of the situation.
"Assistant Minister Li, from the current situation, the food we brought to Dongnu Province this time is still too little. There are at least hundreds of thousands of people in Dongnu Province. What can we do with this little food? It's not even enough to fill the gaps between teeth."
Chen Long said.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "I naturally understand this. However, the road is so difficult right now. We have less than a thousand people. Being able to bring so much food is already quite a lot. It's obviously impossible to bring more food."
Ang Lee felt very helpless about this difficult road. He had walked this road before, but that was many years ago. At this time, this road was obviously more difficult to travel. After so many years, the road's condition didn't improve at all. On the contrary, it had worsened a lot.
Of course, it was normal for the road's condition to worsen. Because there was a lot of rain this year, mountain torrents frequently broke out. It was very easy for the mountain torrents to destroy the road. Even if the rain was normal, it would make the road muddy and potholes, greatly increasing the difficulty of travel.
The reason why Li An's team's speed was greatly affected was because of the change in climate. The excessive rainfall here had greatly damaged the original ecological environment, causing mountain torrents to occur frequently and washing away many roads. Even the roads that were not washed away had become bumpy due to the excessive accumulation of water, making it very difficult to move forward.
In many sections of the road, the water was at least a foot deep. Both vehicles and people had to step on the water to move forward. Almost everyone's shoes were soaked, which was very uncomfortable. Naturally, it affected their speed. When camping, they also had to spend a lot of time dealing with their wet shoes.
Facing such a difficult road, Ang Lee and his subordinates could only choose to endure because they had already come this far. They couldn't possibly go back! Besides this difficult road, there was no other way to replace it. In other words, Ang Lee and his team were already helpless. There was no other way except to continue to endure the difficult road. They were about to arrive at Dongnu Province.
"Based on the current situation, Dongnu Province must be especially short of food. The food we have is definitely not enough. We have to find a way to solve the food problem here."
Chen Long said.
Ang Lee said, "The food problem is indeed very serious. How about this? Let's go to Dongnu Province first to see the specific situation and how much food is needed. Then, after reporting to the imperial court, we can provide large-scale assistance. The road construction also needs to be started as soon as possible. As long as the first batch of food is delivered, the road construction can start. "
The current situation was very tense. Ang Lee had to reach Dongnu Province as soon as possible. Then, after understanding the specific situation there, he could carry out the next step of the plan. Only by understanding the situation very well could he better deal with the problem and make the most correct response.
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