The grass in the factory should be plucked

The holy chariot arrived at Mount Tai in a grand procession.

Nangong Qinghe led the civil and military officials and went to the Shenlong Temple in Bailongchi first, praying devoutly to Yuan Jigong to send down rain and save the people.

At this time, the drought situation became more and more serious. Large areas of crops in Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places dried up, and a famine was inevitable!

Nangong Qinghe ordered all localities to take inventory of granaries and stockpile large amounts of grain in preparation for the coming famine.

The ministers engaged in a heated debate on whether or not to continue the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai. After a heated debate, Nangong Qinghe had to compromise, gave up the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai, and instead started a southern tour.

Most rivers had dried up, so the southern tour team had to abandon the water route and switch to land travel.

Cities and towns everywhere were still bustling with people and traffic, a scene of prosperity, with no one knowing that a drought sweeping across the Chu State was about to come.

Nangong Qinghe looked at the prosperity and became even more worried. Although he had not seen it with his own eyes, there were many records in history books:

"Starving people filled the roads, begging for food from door to door, carrying the elderly and children, their lives hanging on a thread, their stomachs churning, their bodies staggering, and in every village and hamlet, children wailing and women weeping, it was unbearable to hear."

"People were cannibalizing each other, the fields were full of starving corpses, and I could walk for dozens of miles without hearing a human voice..."

In some places, there was even cannibalism!

Just when he was feeling depressed and unable to sleep or eat, Jiang Li's secret letter arrived.

After Nangong Qinghe read the letter, he was overjoyed and the gloom that had been bothering him for many days disappeared.

Ah Li really has a solution!

He ordered Yuanbao to call Cui Jue.

When Cui Jue arrived, he saw Nangong Qinghe's delighted look, and he could guess without any explanation that Prince Jing'an had a letter from afar.

"My dear Cui, please take a look." Nangong Qinghe handed him the letter.

Cui Jue opened the letter and said happily, "If I can get this, I won't be afraid of drought!"

His mind turned, and worry appeared on his face again, "How to obtain this thing? This is a big problem!"

"Distant water cannot quench immediate thirst. What Mr. Cui said is very true." Nangong Qinghe nodded.

"But just like Ah Li said, it's good to have a direction. Even if it can't solve the immediate problem, as long as we can get this thing, Da Chu will no longer have to worry about famine in the future."

Cui Jue nodded in agreement.

He couldn't help but secretly admire that Jiang Li and Mo Qilang's master indeed had a long history, and they were well-versed in ancient and modern knowledge, and even had some knowledge of agriculture and sericulture.

Especially Jiang Li’s master, what else doesn’t he know?

Jiang Li Lao said that her master was a god from heaven, and now he began to believe it a little.

"This matter should not be disclosed for the time being."

Nangong Qinghe wrote a secret memorial, asking Liao Wuyong to send a team of secret guards to the Fujian Navy as soon as possible, asking them to secretly escort the Mohist disciples to Southeast Asia and ensure their safety.

Dali Prefecture.

The team going to Southeast Asia was quickly organized. In addition to several Mohist disciples, there were also people from Longmen Trading Bureau. Jiang Li asked them to develop shipping routes as well. In the future, Longmen Trading Bureau could also engage in overseas trade. The profits from this would definitely be an astronomical figure!

Xie Changan planned to send a few skilled personal soldiers, disguised as businessmen going to Southeast Asia to do business, to escort the Mohist disciples across the ocean.

Yin Er was still recovering from his injuries, so Jiang Li asked Yin Twelve to go: "Brother Twelve, this is a good opportunity to make achievements, do you want to go?"

Yin nodded his head like pounding garlic, go, you must go!

Who among those who are close to Xiao Shiliu is not successful?

Yin Jiu is currently a high-ranking official of the third rank. In the future, he will be the chief eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department and the governor of the East Factory of the first rank.

Although Toni was seriously injured, he was promoted to a third-rank guerrilla general.

Not to mention Yin Shiyi, also known as Mo Qillang, who not only got the title of "Lord Zhongqin", but will also be the second-rank Minister of Works in the future!

Now Xiao Shiliu wants to promote him. Although there are risks, the greater the risk, the greater the reward. Only a fool would not go!

The team heading to Southeast Asia set off soon, led by Yin Shier. They first met up with the Fujian Navy and were secretly escorted by them to Luzon to find the legendary "Zhu Shu".

Jiang Li felt very sorry: "I want to go too!"

She also wanted to travel across the ocean to see Java in her master's stories and experience the customs and cultures of different countries.

It’s a pity that now that we have twins, a boy and a girl, the two children are still young and we can’t take them around everywhere.

Xie Changan glanced at her sideways: "If I hadn't stayed with you forever, would you have left me and run away?"

Jiang Li chuckled: "You can also quit and travel around the world with me."

Xie Changan glared at her unhappily. As the commander-in-chief of the Southern Expedition Army, how could he abandon 400,000 troops and just leave?

If there were no twins, this girl would definitely volunteer to take on the task, abandon him, and run away!

When the twins are a little older, I will try harder to get her pregnant with the second child as soon as possible, so that I can tie down this restless little cat slave!

Xie Changan looked at her, smiled slightly, and his eyes were deep.

Jiang Li felt a little uneasy when he looked at her, and asked angrily, "What evil idea are you planning again?"

"My lady is so full of energy, I think she is well now. Tonight..."

Xie Changan pulled her into his arms, his voice hoarse.

Jiang Li pushed him away with a blushing face: "Are you done yet?"

"Of course it's not over yet, there's still a long way to go..."

Xie Changan tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear and laughed softly.

If I am indeed the Taoist Master Chonghua, then we will indeed have a long time to live together, he thought to himself.

"I'm not going to pay attention to you!" Jiang Li said angrily, and ran away, making the excuse that she had something else to do.

She and Xie Changan have moved to the new Prince Jing'an Palace, and there is a sign hung on each side of the gate of the "Prince Jing'an Palace".

On the left is the "Southern Expedition Army Headquarters" and on the right is the "Office of the Director of the General Administration of Commerce."

The front yard of the palace was divided into two and became the offices of Xie Changan and Jiang Li.

Jiang Li returned to the yard where she worked and began to think about it carefully.

She felt that she could not just sit and wait for news from Nanyang, but had to take action first and not sit there and wait for death.

Southern Xinjiang has high mountains, lakes, abundant vegetation, and rich wild resources, especially edible mushrooms. There are many varieties. According to local people, there are at least several hundred species.

Mushrooms and wild vegetables can be dried and preserved, various fruits can be made into preserved fruits and dried fruits, and the fish in Erhai Lake can also be made into dried fish...

In the forest that stretches for hundreds of miles, the Monkey King and his group of monkeys can pick a large number of wild fruits every day, and perhaps there are some edible things that people don’t know about.

By the way, you can also visit Yuyan and ask the elephants for advice. They know better than humans which plants are edible.

Jiang Li's eyes sparkled. While there was still time, he should use all available resources to resist the coming drought and famine.

She unfolded a piece of rice paper and wrote down what she needed to do, one by one.

The next day, Jiang Li asked Qingfeng and Cangsong to send invitations to Feng Wuhu, Gong Zimin, the director of the Yunnan Longmen Commercial Bureau, Shen Muchun, and Mo Qilang respectively, inviting them to come over to discuss matters.