Nongmen Space: I pampered the first assistant villain

Chapter 188 The Poor Will Think Change
The morning is bright and the lake water is microwave.

The south wind slowly blew the willows on the shore and danced lightly, and the two stood side by side by the lake.

Lu Jingyuan was dressed straight down in plain color, with a straight waist, with one hand behind his back, and looked sideways at the pretty girl in a bean green skirt, with gentle and doting eyes.

"The beautiful scenery of the South Lake is quite famous, and many literati and writers write poems and lyrics here. At this time, the lotus is in full bloom, and the boats are sailing on the South Lake, which is quite artistic."

While talking, I saw a boatman driving a small boat from a distance.

"The scenery is very nice. Are you going to invite me to take a boat tour on the lake?"

Xia Xiaoqiao glanced at someone in surprise.

But I have to say, she has never been so leisurely and leisurely looking at the lotus in a small boat.

Seeing this, I was quite eager to try.

"You can still row a boat?"

Seeing Lu Jingyuan's handsome appearance calmly paddling, Xia Xiaoqiao's eyes on him changed.

"Why is this so difficult? I even participated in dragon boat races in the village—"

Xia Xiaoqiao suddenly realized, "So, you know so much about dragon boat racing?"

Lu Jingyuan was noncommittal, while Xia Xiaoqiao twitched the corners of her mouth.

But he still asked curiously: "Did you get the first place that time?"

"What do you say?"

It was only later that Xia Xiaoqiao found out that the dragon boat race that people said was completely different from what she saw, okay?
It was really a dragon boat race in the village, something for children to play with.

However, I have to say that Lu Jingyuan rowed the boat really well.

The boat leisurely swung to the center of the lake in a blink of an eye. Xia Xiaoqiao sat comfortably on the boat, stroking the lotus leaves and playing with the water. Occasionally, she saw a huge carp swimming in the water. verb: move.

She put one hand on her forehead, closed her eyes, raised her fair and transparent face, and the sun shone on her body.

Like a fairy left among the flowers.

It's so beautiful that I can't take my eyes off it.

The breeze was cool, stirring her hair.

The years are quiet.

Lu Jingyuan's gaze on her face was bright and doting, and he saw him stretch out his hand, gently, wanting to tease her broken hair blown by the wind behind her ear.

And Xia Xiaoqiao, who was sunbathing and smelling the fragrance of flowers, opened her eyes instantly.

Four eyes facing each other.

Lu Jingyuan's hands froze in place.

"you?"

"give you."

While speaking, Lu Jingyuan quickly picked a lotus flower and handed it in front of her.

Xia Xiaoqiao:?

"Thank you, it looks great."

For a while, the scene was a little awkward.

"that--"

"that--"

"You speak first!"

Lu Jingyuan fully embodies the gentlemanly demeanor of what is called ladies first.

And Xia Xiaoqiao was stunned for a moment, then immediately said: "Uh, well, seeing such a large lotus pond, I suddenly want to eat glutinous rice chicken with lotus leaves and chestnuts."

Lu Jingyuan:?

At this time, is it really okay to think about this?
He obviously couldn't keep up with Xia Xiaoqiao's thoughts, but he was quickly aroused by the delicious food in her mouth.

"The taste of this chicken with lotus leaf and chestnut glutinous rice is really unique. It has the fragrance of lotus leaf, but also the aroma of meat and chestnut glutinous rice. It is very delicious after a bite. I will make it for you when I get back."

Seeing Xia Xiaoqiao's radiant look, Lu Jingyuan's eyes almost overflowed with pampering.

"it is good."

"Then it's settled. It seems that I have to borrow the stove of the inn. Oh, by the way, how about digging a bigger pond in our village?"

"Ok?"

Lu Jingyuan was taken aback for a moment, and the hand that had just picked a lotus leaf paused.

"Dig a pond? Why do you suddenly think of digging a pond?"

Just as Xia Xiaoqiao finished speaking, a flash of inspiration suddenly came to her mind, and she immediately said: "Look at the east of Luxi Village, we pass a piece of fertile land, which is a tributary of Qushui, and to the north is the woods, which is the main road leading to the town. And to the west are new fields opened up from the barren hills, of course, many tea trees have been planted now."

While speaking, he drew a map directly on the boat.

"The south side is a hillside. Our tea garden is here, but there is still a long distance from the village at the foot of the south mountain. There are mostly swamps and depressions, which can neither be used for farming nor water storage. Uncle Zhang reminded me, The tea garden needed to be irrigated, so a small deep pit was dug."

"However, if all of them are dug up, although it is less than one-tenth of the Nanhu Lake, it will be of great benefit to the village. If a large lotus pond is planted, the lotus leaves can be used as medicinal materials and fed to pigs. When the lotus roots mature , and you can pick and sell it for money, and you can also raise fish in this pond, wouldn’t it be a multiplicity of things?”

It has to be said that Xia Xiaoqiao's little mind is now full of problems in Luxi Village's life, and all she thinks about are ways to make money.

"This method is naturally very good, but—"

Thinking of the labor, material and financial resources involved in digging such a large pond, Lu Jingyuan couldn't help but frowned.

When Xia Xiaoqiao heard the words, she immediately said: "I know what you're thinking about, it's nothing more than the wages of the workers. After all, digging ponds is hard work, no one wants to do it, and the wages are not a small expense, but I There is a way here, but I don’t know if it will work, so let me tell you to listen to it.”

So he told Lu Jingyuan everything he saw and heard along the way.

"Although the Lingzhou government has set up a shed outside the city to give out porridge, this is not a long-term solution. Think about it. On this hot day, so many people gather together, and the risk of getting sick is extremely high. This is one of them. The second is that although the porridge will not starve to death, they still can’t eat enough. Those victims are suffering outside the city and have nothing to do. They also watch the people in the city live a good life every day. -"

"I'm afraid something will happen sooner or later. Besides, I've traveled this way and saw that there are many people in the disaster area, and they all go to Fucheng. I don't know how long the imperial court's relief food will last. It's only July, and summer is easy. So what if it’s winter? From my point of view, I’m afraid it won’t last that long. If things go on like this, there’s no need to go into winter, and waiting until the autumn harvest will be a catastrophe.”

Lingzhou City also needs to pay for food, and there are commercial roads to and from it. If the people besiege the city and cut off its commercial roads, then Lingzhou City will become an isolated city.

If there is someone with evil intentions among the people, it will be a big deal if they raise the pole and revolt.

Don't think this is a lie.

Water can carry a boat and it can overturn it.

Obviously these words reached Lu Jingyuan's heart, so he looked at Xia Xiaoqiao differently.

"What you said coincides with mine. Let me tell you the truth, the food for disaster relief in Lingzhou Prefecture is not distributed by the imperial court at all, but public food in Lingzhou Prefecture. It can only last for half a month at most."

"what?"

Xia Xiaoqiao was shocked when she heard this.

"What about the imperial court's disaster relief food? How long has it been since the disaster, and the imperial court still hasn't said anything?"

Xia Xiaoqiao knew that the traffic was very slow now, and the news was not delivered quickly. The upper management was discussing it, and it would not work in ten days and a half months. But this, it has been more than a month since the flood!
This is nothing short of human life! ! !

(End of this chapter)