"Don't think too much. I'll tell you about Little Ice River after dinner so you can learn more about it."

"It's not a big deal..."

Maybe what Li Xiuzhu said made everyone relax, and after the meal, everyone enjoyed it.

"Husband, please talk about Xiao Binghe, otherwise we won't feel at ease."

Li Xiuzhu nodded and said, "The Little Ice Age is actually a term that evolved from the Big Ice Age. It mainly means that the world will become colder."

"More cold spells will affect the growth of crops. You should understand what I mean."

"If we really enter a mini ice age, maybe people won't feel it too much in the first two years, at most they will think it's a minor disaster, but if a mini ice age occurs, it will usually be cold for more than a decade or several decades."

"One or two years is fine, but if grain production decreases for decades, what do you think will happen?"

This question was too easy to guess, so as soon as Li Xiuzhu finished speaking, Li Biyao said, "Grain production has decreased. If the nobles with land continue to collect grain as before, it will inevitably cause a large number of people to go hungry."

"If people are starving to death, then some will rise up in rebellion."

"In normal times, even if someone started a rebellion, not many people would follow. After all, who would be willing to fight to the death if they could avoid death?"

"But if everyone is hungry, then everyone will respond. Then the world will be in chaos as my husband said."

Li Xiuzhu nodded affirmatively and said, "Although the food production has decreased due to the Little Ice River incident, it is enough to prevent everyone from starving to death."

"Its biggest problem is that the upper echelons are unwilling to let go of the benefits they have gained. If all the food is used for consumption, there will be basically no major casualties, except for those who may freeze to death."

"But this world never belongs to an individual or a group."

"Even Your Majesty cannot order all the noble families and merchants in the world to open their warehouses and release grain for free."

The world's largest granary belongs to the aristocratic families, and even merchants are workers.

Hearing what Li Xiuzhu said, Fu Yuehua frowned and asked, "What does my husband want to do? If it's just our family, even if we empty our family's coffers, we can't subsidize the whole world."

"Of course not. I have three ideas: one is to go to Siam in the Western Regions to buy food."

"Second, do some good things. Build some roads and toilets. If there are disaster victims, you can also provide porridge. Adopt some orphans and let them work to pay off their debts."

"Third, take a large piece of land and plant some special crops."

After hearing what Li Xiuzhu said, Nong Yue asked curiously, "I can understand the other things, but why are they building roads and toilets?"

“Could it be possible that roads and toilets can promote the growth of crops?”

Li Xiuzhu smiled when he heard this.

"Why else do you think someone would come to a brothel to collect night fragrance?"

"Just to deal with the excrement?"

"In fact, feces contain trace elements that are not absorbed by the human body. Simply put, the better you eat, the richer the nutrition."

"The land irrigated with this manure is top-quality farmland."

"Building toilets is to improve the environment of the capital and to irrigate the farmland so that crops can grow more vigorously."

"As for road construction, there are also some considerations. One is to benefit the people, and the other is to speed up the construction of the capital."

"Many nearby villages may not be able to enter Beijing once a year because of the difficult roads. But if the roads are easy to travel, what if freight transportation becomes easier?"

"In the past, the only seasonal vegetables that could be brought to the village for barter could be taken to the capital to pay back the money. Do you think anyone would come?"

"There are also fruits. In fact, fruits are not difficult to grow. The main reason why fruits are not popular is that they are difficult to preserve. Often, when they are ripe and transported to big cities, they are basically spoiled."

"Buy the fruits from the villagers and bring them to the capital to sell."

"You can even build a special fruit garden."

Fu Yuehua, who was in charge of the family business, was immediately enlightened when she heard this. She could see the huge potential in this.

Suddenly Fu Yuehua volunteered and said, "Husband, you can leave this matter to me."

Li Xiuzhu nodded upon hearing this.

"You and Yunshuang are the only ones in our family who can earn money, so we will definitely give it to you, but you should not work too hard. If any of the sisters want to help you, you can ask them to help you."

"You'll have less things to do, and you can spend more time with me at home."

Fu Yuehua felt warm in her heart when she heard this, but she couldn't help but roll her eyes secretly. Without me in this family, you still have no one to accompany you? "Then you should bring Cheng Cheng back as soon as possible. I chatted with Cheng Cheng before and found that she also has strong management ability."

Fu Yuehua looked at the other sisters and continued, "Hong Lei, come and help as well. If anyone else wants to help, they can follow and learn first."

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Xi Honglei didn't really want to be in charge, but Fu Yuehua had already spoken, what could a concubine like her say? "Okay, when Cheng Cheng comes, I'll go with Cheng Cheng and get familiar with my sister first."

"good."

Hearing Fu Yuehua mention Xi Honglei again, he breathed a sigh of relief.

I know Fu Yuehua has no intention of using this as an excuse.

It’s not that he was afraid of Fu Yuehua, but mainly because he was in the wrong because of Su Ru.

"I was planning to pick someone up today, but it started snowing. Now I'm wondering whether to leave today or wait until the snow stops."

Fu Yuehua thought about it and said, "Let's go today. We don't know how long the snow will last, and the ice will start to melt once the sun comes out. If we skate, the carriage may slip and get into trouble."

"If we wait for the snow to melt completely, we may have to wait until after the New Year."

"Let's pick him up before the New Year. Oh, and walk slowly. If you're late, you can come back tomorrow."

Li Xiuzhu nodded when he heard this. He thought so too.

"Okay, I'll go there. Don't stay outside for too long. Even though there's a fire, the temperature difference is so great that it's still easy to catch a cold."

"It's getting late, I'll go now."

Li Xiuzhu thought of Su Ru, who was as gentle as water and had a strong character, and his heart suddenly warmed up.

Alas, maybe I inherited the Jian'an spirit of Prime Minister Cao. Fortunately, I also inherited the traditions of Eastern Wu and the traditional virtues of Western Shu.

The carriage was not moving fast, and the heavy wheels compacted the snow layer by layer.

Fortunately, the snow had not melted, the road was not slippery, and the carriage was moving relatively steadily.

At the same time, in Li Xiuzhu's large house in the suburbs, Su Chengcheng was lying by the window looking at the snow scene.

The silvery white snow scene seems to cleanse the mood.

At this time, there was a plum tree in the courtyard. When thousands of trees withered and dried up, only this plum tree exuded vitality.

At first glance, Su Chengcheng was admiring the plum blossoms, but her eyes were empty at this moment, and her focus was not on the plum blossoms wrapped in silver.

Why didn't Brother Xiuzhu come to see me? Did he forget about me? (End of this chapter)