"The drought is actually quite severe."
"It's a good thing technology is so advanced. We have all sorts of ways to reduce the losses from drought. If this happened back in ancient times, this would have gone down in the records as a year of great famine."
"Actually, there are localized droughts and floods every year, but the overall grain yield remains stable and has even seen steady growth."
"But for the farmers who suffer from reduced yields, the losses are very real."
"Since we have the ability, let's give them a bountiful year."
"Every single year from now on will be a bountiful year!"
"Hahahaha…"
Inside the Taoist Research Institute, several old Daoists were gathered in a courtyard pavilion. They chatted casually while looking over a map of the drought, letting out hearty laughs from time to time.
"Southern Ji Province, western Lu Province, and most of Yu Province. Altogether, it's no more than 200,000 square kilometers."
