Drought and disaster relief are extremely tedious things in themselves, and they are definitely not just about raising food and distributing some materials.

Disaster relief work has always been a systematic project.

Just like the positioning in the four-quadrant working rules, there are so-called important and urgent work. This time, the drought resistance is not only food for disaster relief, but also summer farming that needs to be started immediately.

Needless to say, the food for disaster relief is that of course it is because people will die if they don’t eat. Therefore, the food must be in place as soon as possible, and many people will starve to death if they arrive one day earlier.

In order to avoid starving many people, Ouyang Bian asked the local merchants of the Song Chamber of Commerce to release a large amount of grain to provide on-site relief, and the grain transported later would be compensated. Of course, this would make the local merchants lose a chance to make money, but the Song Chamber of Commerce was still a highly advanced organization after all.

The last time they organized against the Yifa of the Market, and finally led to the resignation of the reform prime minister Wang Anshi. This incident made the Song Dynasty Chamber of Commerce different. The strong sense of honor and participation made the organization no longer a commercial organization. Many big businessmen in the Song Dynasty Chamber of Commerce realized the unusualness inside, and they immediately became enthusiastic.

Because they saw the power contained in the chamber of commerce, it was no longer a kind of economic force, but something that could be converted into political force, something that could make their class rise.

Although Ouyang Bian did not directly lead the chamber of commerce, he was the initiator, which can be roughly understood as Ouyang Bian was the spokesperson of the chamber of commerce in the court, so Ouyang Bian's speech was effective.

After Ouyang Bian made his voice, the merchants of the Song Dynasty Chamber of Commerce immediately cooperated actively. They first actively donated money and left a little food, and took out the rest to the disaster relief team to distribute it uniformly. Then they actively lobby for landlords. The identities of the merchants have always been very complicated, and they are rarely purely merchants. They may be landlords or officials, but when they gather together, they can be said to be the power to control the place.

Since the local forces have been mobilized, the early difficulties have been alleviated. Ouyang Bian can calmly mobilize food into the disaster area, and another urgent and important matter can also be mobilized.

That is summer farming.

Relief food is related to the issue of eating so far, while summer farming is a problem of eating in the second half of the year. The importance cannot be overemphasized.

Ouyang Bian had expected that the severe drought in Xining for seven years had already led Jiang Rucheng to lead his team to study the issue of drilling wells and train a large number of temporary technical workers. As long as there was one person, they could organize people to fetch water in the village.

Although well water cannot irrigate drought-tolerant crops like rice, it is enough for drought-tolerant crops like sweet potatoes. As for what affects the underground water balance, let's talk about it when people survive.

Other things such as preventing plague, allowing health forces to go to the countryside, taking advantage of this opportunity to use labor for relief, and overhaul water conservancy repairs are actually secondary things.

However, the most feared dynasties in history is this kind of disaster. The reason is that the economic damage will be too great during the disaster. After the disaster, the economy will still decline, and sometimes it becomes the turning point for the dynasty to decline from prosperity.

In the final analysis, economic problems are the biggest problems in the end.

In order to revitalize the current situation of all industries withering due to disasters as soon as possible, Ouyang Bian's labor-for-relief has already begun to organize before the food is in place.

Under Ouyang Bian's organization, local governments reported on the projects that can be built, and the overall principle is to adapt to local conditions.

If irrigation water conservancy is disrepaired, irrigation canals will be built, such as Dedong Road and Hebei West Road;

In the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, where the Yellow River is prone to divert the route, the river embankment is mainly built.

As for the construction of reservoirs, they are basically necessary items. The reservoir's flood control, water storage and irrigation, water supply and other functions are all excellent ways to deal with disaster years, so where basically there are suitable conditions, several reservoirs will be built for emergency response.

In this way, the entire north of the Yangtze River was basically moving.

The three departments and regulations are established.

Ouyang Bian lay on the table, squinted his eyes and looked at the information. His eyes were red, and Lu Huiqing, who was also red in his eyes, walked in. Both of them smiled openly when they saw the blood in each other's eyes.

"How is this inspection report coming?"

Ouyang Bian asked.

Lu Huiqing was responsible for supervising the inspection. The specific inspection team mainly set up the three departments of the Regulation Department, supplemented by the Censorate and the Censorate. The personnel of the Regulations Department all formulated regional inspections, while the Censorate and the Censorate were doing their own.

Lu Huiqing nodded and said, "The well digging work has been basically completed, and the seeds of drought-resistant crops such as sweet potatoes, corn, etc. have been basically released. While the weather has not started to be cold, it is slower, but it can survive. As for the harvest, it can reach 30% or 40% of previous years, even if the famine can be overcome, after all, the taxes in the affected areas have been basically exempted, which means that the court will have to live a hard life for a while."

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "That may not be."

Lu Huiqing said in surprise: "This time Changping's position has been empty. In order to provide disaster relief, the treasury has almost been emptied. Next, there will be a big project. The treasury is not able to take out the money. Although the central bank has come out to provide a guarantee this time, it is a loan. The next step is to deduct it from the treasury income of the imperial court year by year. How can it be a hard life!"

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "It's just a treasury bond. The country can operate without debt. As long as the domestic money can be transferred and the economy remains vibrant, the country can hold on and live a good life in a small life.

Large projects are costly, but the promotion of social and economic vitality by large projects is amazing. Why did the treasury quickly shrivel? One reason is that the market law is changed, and the other is that the drought causes heavy losses to farmers. Without farmers' consumption, consumption has shrunk greatly, and all industries naturally wither. In this case, the treasury only has expenditures and no income. Naturally, Wang Xiaoer is getting worse every year during the New Year.

But once the project starts moving, the situation will be different.

First of all, this is a great benefit for the cement and other building materials industries. If this group of enterprises survives, other industries will not be broken, and the national treasury will not be broken. Just a commercial tax is enough to make up for it.

If you don’t believe it, we can make a bet. By the time the national treasury is collected next summer, the national treasury will be able to recover, and these national debts can be basically paid off."

Lu Huiqing couldn't help but be shocked: "No, in the past, when encountering a much smaller disaster, the court had to struggle for several years to recover. Now, can we recover to the previous situation in a year?"

Ouyang Bian nodded with a smile.

This is the power of business!
Chapter completed!