The fourth year of Taixing.

Mid-March.

North, north, north.

The sky was dark and everything seemed upside down.

The instigating wind roared past, cutting through all living things in the world like a knife, even rocks and soil were not spared. The dust swept up filled the sky, and visibility was no longer less than a hundred miles away.

In the sky full of wind and sand, three war horses ran wildly southward.

"We must get to Shitou'ao before dark!"

"Hurry! Hurry! Faster!"

"It's right behind us, catch up soon!"

The three cavalrymen who were chasing them were not enemies, but enemies.

The people on the horses roared, fighting against the heaven and the earth, and also fighting against fate. They all knew that in such weather, if they could not hide in a stone shelter from the wind before night came, then what would happen to them

There is only one!

Have you ever seen an ice sculpture where people and animals froze to death?

Did you know that people smile when they freeze to death?

The three of them met a group of shepherds.

A group of shepherds froze to death on the road.

It was probably a small tribe whose shepherds had just packed up their tents and were preparing to move to another place, and then they suddenly encountered a snowstorm halfway along the way.

snowstorm.

Snowstorm in March.

This group of herdsmen had no precautions. After all, who would have thought that there would be a snowstorm in March?

And then there was none and then...

They must bring this terrible news back. This is their responsibility and their mission. They are the northernmost tentacles of the Han people and the northernmost guard posts. And behind them, there are rolling black clouds.

, is the roaring devil.

Auspicious snow heralds a good harvest, but if it snows in March, it is not auspicious snow...

South, south, south!

"Hurry! Hurry up! You must report it to the hussar general..."

……─=≡Σ(((*–-)つ……

Normally, in the spring of March, the coldness of winter gradually disappears, everything recovers, there should be more rain, and then you can see the buds emerging from the trees and the flourishing flowers, but now...

When he woke up in the morning, Fei Qian couldn't help but frown.

No rain again.

It has been a month without rain.

Although the land in Guanzhong has not shown any signs of drought for a while because of its perfect water conservancy equipment, this is not a good sign.

Fei Qian hurriedly finished his breakfast, and then went to the city wall with Pang Tong and Xun You, who were also a little worried, and climbed up to take a closer look.

Chang'an, located in Sanfu, seems to be still noisy, but it does not lose its solemnity and solemnity. However, at the moment, in addition to these, it seems to have a different atmosphere.

There are some things that can't be avoided if you want to avoid them, and won't happen if you don't want them to happen.

Just like the climate.

At this time, the spring breeze should bring warmth and flowers bloom, but now, when Fei Qian pressed his hands on the battlements, he still felt the coldness spreading from the masonry.

Looking far away, I didn't see anything strange, but now that Fei Qian couldn't see it, it didn't mean that nothing had changed.

"Yesterday I got a report, Pingyang Peach Mountain, peach blossoms are as colorful as rain falling, but no new buds have sprouted in March..." Fei Qian said slowly, "The period of great cold is not far away..."

"During the Great Cold..." Pang Tong repeated with a solemn expression.

The Great Cold Period. This is the name of the small glacier climate that Fei Qian explained to Pang Tong and others. Otherwise, Fei Qian would have to explain what a "glacier" is, why it is "small", etc., so it is better to make it clear like this.

Ordinary people may think that the peach blossoms are falling in a colorful way, which looks sad and beautiful, and they will not think of anything, but Fei Qian is different. He has always been wary of this climate and has been on guard against it.

Fei Qian stood at the city gate tower, looking to the north. He seemed to be able to see through the sky, the dark and gray clouds rolling on the gloomy sky.

Shouting, laughing wildly, struggling to push the clouds accumulated in the extremely cold place southward...

Once this black dragon rolls up, it may sweep from Mobei to Guanzhong in just a few days...

Or, faster.

"Emperor Yi succeeded to the throne, and disasters occurred frequently... When Emperor Xin came, there was even a saying that "the poison from heaven brought disaster to the Yin State"..." Fei Qian looked into the distance and said, "That's why I blame heaven and insult ghosts.

It will bring disaster to all the people. Those who are superior must be careful... Is the Yinshan Mountain equipped with all the things to keep out the cold?"

In the Yinshan area, if the Little Glacier is coming, it will be the first area to be hit. For a period of time, when Fei Qian developed Yinshan, he did not forget to prepare for the surprise attack of this "ferocious black dragon".

Pang Tong nodded, and then reported the quantity of supplies prepared to Fei Qian.

Xiao Glacier actually had early signs.

Generally speaking, when Xiao Glacier officially opens, it is like an opera stage. It is impossible for the protagonist to appear right away. Instead, there are some opening programs, such as drought and heavy rain.

As early as the Zhongping period, there was a nationwide drought. Of course, in the end, this severe drought also caused a nationwide disaster, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out. Then, there were inexplicable heavy rains in the summer. The winter was prolonged, and the spring

The late spring cold...

That's why Fei Qian gave the examples of Emperor Yi and Emperor Xin.

And these early droughts, floods, and locust plagues are just supporting roles.

Historically, there are about four Little Ice Ages, namely the late Yin and Shang Dynasties, the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the late Tang Dynasty, and the late Ming Dynasty. Of course, because it is difficult to preserve historical data, we will not talk about the Yin and Shang Dynasties, but the Eastern Han and Tang Dynasties.

Some records and historical materials of the Ice Age are not as detailed as those of the late Ming Dynasty, so some people believe that the real Little Glacier was in the late Ming Dynasty, but not in the late Han Dynasty and the late Tang Dynasty.

The Little Glacier does not only come for one year, nor is it a disposable item, but it will come over and over again, constantly tormenting the people in this land. Not to mention the cold winter, the temperature will delay the rise in spring, and then there will be heavy rains in summer, and then in autumn.

Due to drought, patches of crops died on a large scale because they could not adapt to climate changes, leading to the extinction of agriculture and animal husbandry. In order to snatch increasingly scarce resources, humans began to kill each other, and catastrophes naturally occurred.

According to the traditional view, the fall of a dynasty is often the responsibility of the emperor and ministers. It is due to political stupidity and corruption, the collective inaction of the upper political groups, and the chaos in the government, which ultimately puts a dynasty on the road of no return.

However, this concept is not comprehensive.

There is one thing that is far more terrifying than politics, economy, or even the military, and that is climate, and climate is something that, to a certain extent, even modern people cannot contend with, let alone in ancient times.

China has always been a traditional agricultural country. Food is the first priority for the people. The stability of agriculture is the stability of the country, and the stability of agriculture lies in the stability of the climate. Since the Taixing period, the temperature has continued to drop, and late spring colds have occurred from time to time. This time, it seems that

More obvious and terrifying.

Normally speaking, March is supposed to be the time when all things start to grow and grow rapidly, but in the Yinshan Mountains, the cold wind is still there, as if winter is lingering and trying to come back to the world.

Now it has spread to Pingyang.

If we ignore it completely and let it go, then it is inevitable that large-scale crops will die due to this, and what follows soon will be soil erosion caused by the death of vegetation, and natural droughts will become more frequent. In addition,

Locusts derived from the autumn drought further deepened the destruction of vegetation, and eventually fell into a huge vicious cycle.

In the face of the cold, although Fei Qian has greenhouse technology, glass is still very troublesome. Even with Fei Qian's bonus, it is still not easy to bake. There is no large-scale use. It can only be made near Chang'an.

The installation in some small-scale areas is out of reach for most ordinary civilians.

They can only consider measures to keep warm that are less effective but more troublesome, such as building sheds to shelter from the wind and snow, setting up fire pits to maintain temperature, etc. Zhuang He who was close to the fire source was mostly roasted to death, while those on the edge

, and will freeze to death because they don’t get warmth. Only those areas that are not far or near can survive.

Just like the earth, it cannot be too close or too far from the sun.

Of course, even though there is a lot of damage, it is much better than all freezing to death in the late spring cold. However, livestock husbandry is a big problem. Zhuanghe can still be preserved to some extent, but the wild grasslands are not easy to manage.

Fei Qian was thoughtful while listening to Pang Tong Xunyou's report.

The problem is already obvious and serious.

News from Yinshan Mountain has revealed that many pastures in the north of Yinshan Mountain do not sprout new grass in time in the spring. Although there are mountains in the south of Yinshan Mountain, the temperature has dropped a lot, and some cattle and sheep have even been frozen.

Death, if Fei Qian had not sent some coal and kerosene in advance to resist the frost, it is impossible to say that more cattle and sheep would have froze to death.

Yu Fuluo of the Southern Xiongnu personally went to Yinshan City to ask for help and got some coal, which temporarily solved the problem of keeping cattle and sheep warm. However, he still had to face the problem of shrinking pastures. And it is obvious that this trouble seems to have just begun.

, it’s far from the end.

Thus……

Some things have to be chosen.

Fei Qian had to start to weigh things up.

"Pass the order..." Fei Qian exhaled slowly, "Military forces in various places are temporarily repairing, focusing on helping people build shacks and dig deep canals to prevent natural disasters!"

"Ah?" Pang Tong raised his eyebrows, quite surprised, but quickly nodded and said, "My lord, this move will greatly benefit the people and is the best!"

Although the title of "People's Soldiers" in later generations was not a joke, in the Han Dynasty, Fei Qian used soldiers to assist the people, which is not unprecedented, but it is also the first one.

All civilians and civilians must first focus on disaster prevention. All civil engineering projects have been suspended, and soldiers must be replenished. On the one hand, this will speed up the process, and on the other hand, it will naturally stabilize people's hearts.
To be continued...