1873, what about people who have no food in rural Shandong?

1873, in rural Shandong province, people began to eat elm bark, buckwheat stalks, radish leaves and grass seeds after all the last stored grain was eaten. After these things are done, many people have to tear down their houses and exchange the removed boards for food. People don't have houses, so they have to spend the winter in caves. Some caves are big enough to hold 240 people, many people freeze to death or starve to death, and the empty space they vacate is quickly filled by more people. In this case, the phenomenon of abducting and selling children, prostitution of women, theft and robbery is increasing day by day, so that the government has issued decrees to intimidate the people by beheading. In Shandong province, the number of deaths in recent years is as high as 500 thousand, and the bodies are piled up like mountains. In some small villages in Jining, the disability rate is as high as 90%.