Ji Menghan said honestly: "I don't know what to do, I'm very confused now."

Although Shu Jinxi didn't know what Ji Menghan had gone through, he had the obligation to take good care of a comrade who was confused about her future and guide her in the way forward.

Shu Jinxi didn't wait for Wang Wenwu to say anything, and just held Ji Menghan's hand to leave. Wang Wenwu hurriedly shouted: "What are you going to do? I'm not dead yet, I haven't even spoken. You need to take her to

Where to go?」

Shu Jinxi said: "She is confused now and needs someone to enlighten her. You are not a woman, do you know what to do? It's not up to me to do this!"

What Shu Jinxi said was really only hers. The rest were either illiterate or not as strong as Ji Menghan. If she could enlighten Ji Menghan, she was kidding!

Huaihua is a smart person. After Shu Jinxi left with Ji Menghan, she said to Wang Wenwu: "Ji Menghan, that silly girl. Why do you bring everyone home? If others find out, our whole family will be ruined."

Wang Wenwu said: "What did you see?"

Huaihua said: "Look at that man's appearance. If they are not wanted, I won't believe anything! Just look at the way he eats, as if he is afraid that we might poison the food!"

"that's it?"

"Sir, what kind of evidence do you want? Someone is really coming to your door, and we can't explain it clearly. I think it's better to deal with that person as soon as possible!"

"You also know that Ji Menghan has lost his mind. We don't know whether that person contacted anyone else behind Ji Menghan's back. Didn't you hear what he said just now about going to find friends? Let's wait until he comes back!"

Sophora japonica snorted and said, "I think you are heartbroken, Ji Menghan. Master, be careful. They say the word "sex" is like a knife to the head."

Wang Wenwu looked at Sophora japonica in a funny way and said, "What are you thinking about every day? Just do your own thing well, and I will take care of the rest."

Huaihua also has its own advantages. Compared with Aiqin, Huaihua is more deeply involved in Wang Wenwu's personal voice. Wang Wenwu also trusts Huaihua more.

Wang Wenwu was reading the newspaper to understand the current situation across the country. Now the Central Plains War was fighting outside. The entire Central Plains was in a mess. Several generals and nearly a million troops were fighting together.

No one cares about the severe drought that lasted for six years in the Guanzhong area of ​​Shaanxi Province starting from the 17th year of the Republic of China. This is unprecedented in the historical records of Guanzhong.

Although Peiping is far away, and the victims of the disaster in the Guanzhong area of ​​Shaanxi Province cannot run so far, there are more and more refugees under the walls of Peking City. The biggest impact on Wang Wenwu is that food is getting more and more expensive.

Regarding the situation in Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province, Wang Wenwu had learned about the situation from the corresponding documents when he was in the central government.

At first, when there was no food to eat, people had to eat buckwheat bark, oil residue, bean cakes, etc. eaten by livestock. When they finished eating these, they went to the fields to search for grass roots, chaff, and tree bark to satisfy their hunger.

Some people also went around picking up bird droppings, washing them with water, and then picking at the incompletely digested grain particles in them. Later, they had no choice but to slaughter the cattle, mules, and horses, and dogs, cats, rats, etc. were all captured by the victims.

The objects to swallow. In the end, there was really nothing to eat, so some hungry people began to swallow white soil (commonly known as Guanyin soil, a soil powder with a very fine texture) to satisfy their hunger. They died of diarrhea soon after eating.

At the beginning of winter, the disaster intensified, and a large number of desperate victims were forced to leave their homes and flee. At the beginning of the disaster, the price of food soared due to the shortage of food. When the victims were displaced, some unscrupulous people even began to ask for tolls.

, the hungry people were traveling on their way, and their cries shook the field.

In the face of hunger, people have no dignity at all. In order to have a bite to eat, they even sell their children. Buying and selling women and children has almost become a legal business. On the streets of Xi'an, the provincial capital of SX, there are public police stations.

Easy market. The women and children waiting to be sold have straw tags on their heads with clearly marked prices.

The price for local women ranges from two to three yuan per person, and the price for children is relatively lower. During that period of the Great Famine, food prices soared, and the price of wheat per bushel was between five and eight yuan. In Fengxiang and Qishan areas,

The price of wheat has risen to 12 per bucket

Yuan. The value of the women and children who were sold was less than one-third of a bushel of wheat. In order to survive, many women had no choice but to sell themselves without taking any money.

In order to prevent this kind of human trafficking, local officials in Shaanxi posted notices strictly prohibiting human trafficking, but nothing happened after the notice was posted. Wang Wenwu heard that the local government actually charged a head tax on human traffickers in order to generate revenue. The one next door

The SX Province was jealous and came up with a policy to make money. It began to collect tolls from these traffickers, each of whom was five yuan, and actually earned nearly two million yuan.

Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, the political situation in Shaanxi has been turbulent for a long time, with constant military disasters in Guanzhong and warlords fighting. It is almost rare that the Guanzhong area has not been affected by disasters for three consecutive years. Paying grain and taxes is the responsibility and obligation of farmers in the past dynasties. Despite the difficult times, even

The landowners who knew how to make ends meet at that time also knew that if their families did not have three years' surplus of food, they were not well-off. Once there was a famine, they would starve. However, during the war and chaos, and under the heavy tax burden, even the rich families

Not many people can save enough food for three years, let alone ordinary people.

According to the older generation, if you farm for three consecutive years in a normal year, you can accumulate one year of food; after six years of hard work, you can have two years of food surplus. If there are floods, droughts, and locust plagues in two of the six years, except for

Except for the extremely poor, most people will not starve to death.

However, since the Republic of China, farmers in Shaanxi, especially in the Guanzhong area, have been planting tobacco seedlings under the guidance of Marshal Chen. In the Mei County area in the west of Guanzhong, farmers have planted tobacco seedlings in paddy fields and fertile land. The planting area of ​​grain has been greatly reduced, resulting in the loss of grain.

They were poor and poor. Some farmers took drugs and were weak, so they were ready to die when there was a drought. The varying degrees of influence of these factors were also one of the reasons for the famine in Shaanxi.

In addition, at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Shaanxi's water conservancy construction and farmland construction were in disrepair for many years. Even the famous Guanzhong Water Conservancy Hub Baiqu has been abandoned for hundreds of years.

The completion of the Bai Canal enabled a large area of ​​land in Jingyang and Sanyuan to improve soil and fertilizer conditions and promote production development. The song was widely sung: Where is the field at the mouth of Chiyang Valley? Zheng Guo was in front, and after the Bai Canal was raised, it was
Chapter completed!