Farmer's Ruyi Manor

Chapter 374
Xiaohua took out watermelons and sent some symbolically to each county, and gave them to the common people to taste for free, and also quenched their thirst along the way, as well as peaches.It caused Xiaohua's reputation to rise in a straight line in various places in Qingzhou City.

I didn't know who she was before, but now I know.And she also knows that the reason why the drinking water problem can be solved is also the way she came up with.

When the drinking water problem was temporarily solved, Taishou Lu and Master Qu sent people to dig the depth of the pool under the cliff of the tributary and how much water there was. Xiao Hua didn't know, but Du Yuchen and You Zixuan did.

Those smoky, rainy from time to time, don't have to worry about the water problem at all.After the news spread that there would be drinking water for digging tributaries, common people in many places automatically joined the team.There are thousands of people in a mighty force, and within a month or two, they have all dug into various places.

Every time a place was excavated, the local people worked hard to join in the excavation.And the tributaries that were dug out are of a circumscribed type, and they will still go back later.The common people in Qingzhou City breathed a sigh of relief, and they no longer have to worry about running out of water.

On the second day after all the excavation was completed, Qingzhou City ushered in the first rain after the drought, and the people in Qingzhou City cheered warmly, saying that this was God celebrating for them.

Because Xiaohua came up with this idea, the people in Qingzhou City named this artificial river: Xiaohuaxi.

In this way, it will be the end of October and the beginning of November in a blink of an eye.During this period of time, Xie's Mansion finally caught the secret agent, and it took so long to catch the secret agent, which made Xiaohua very angry.

why?It's not a matter of efficiency, it's like this.

By the end of October, the weather had turned cold, but it remained dry.Due to the constant drought, this winter is much hotter than usual.

Xiao Hua's Ruyi Manor and Xie Manor's oranges have already been counted.Seeing the entire orange orchard turn golden yellow, Xiao Hua was very happy.This is the result of the first experiment, and it is also the oranges that were only available in the first season.

I picked one, peeled it off and ate it, and found that it was not as sweet as I imagined, but it was still acceptable.Due to the long drought and the cold weather now, there are no crops and no food harvest.The food provided by the imperial court for disaster relief was simply not enough for the common people in Qingzhou City.

"Miss, Mrs. Qu, please go over there." This morning, Ah Hong woke Xiao Hua up.

Looking at Ah Hong in front of her, Xiao Hua felt a little unreal. "Ah Hong, why didn't you come back from Qingzhou City?" Xiaohua asked stupidly.

"Miss, I've been away from you for so long, what if I don't come back? For the sake of Miss's safety, Ah Hong will be where Miss is."

In fact, Ah Hong blamed herself very much. Ah Lan wrote a letter and called herself back.Now the drought in Qingzhou City has been resolved, but the problem of food is still not resolved.In Qingzhou City, people can be seen everywhere in tattered clothes, begging.

"Actually, it's good if you're back. By the way, how are my second aunt and the others? How are the two children? What's going on in Qingzhou City now?"

After finding the water in Qu'an, he and You Zixuan went back to Chengjiakeng. Not long after, You Zixuan had something to do and left.Tell her, don't go out and run around if you have nothing to do, it's not safe outside now, Xiaohua is hiding in Cheng's house, and she hasn't gone anywhere.

"It's okay over there, but now the people there are hungry. This year, there have been a lot of disasters. First, there was a typhoon, and then there was a drought. This year, the people have no harvest. Now the people have water to drink, but no food. , all of them are pale and emaciated from hunger, what should we do?"

Ah Hong's face was full of worry, she knew that she had nothing to eat or drink.We used to be poor, didn't we all come here?Such days are particularly difficult, and it is in winter.

Now it's October in the lunar calendar and it's almost November. Although the weather is a little warmer than before this year, when winter comes, how can it be warmer?
"Okay, I'll wash up first, and then I'll go see what Mr. Qu is looking for me." Xiaohua knew the situation after thinking about it.It's just that I don't know if the sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes and rice I have saved are enough.

A lot of fields have been added this year, or else just pay those things in advance.Thinking that Mr. Qu called himself, it should have something to do with this.

Originally, I promised the emperor to hand over 2 layers every year, and it was based on rice.There are hundreds of acres in this way, and the output per mu is more than 300 catties. After this, the family has to hand in tens of thousands of catties.

Forget it, when the family was in drought later this year, just in case, I planted a lot of food to satisfy my hunger, so I went over there first to see what Master Qu meant.

The county government of Shuiwan Town.

"Miss Xiao Hua is here?" Qu Maocai saw Xiao Hua, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet her.

"I don't know what's the matter with Mr. Qu looking for the little girl?" Xiaohua is afraid of the cold. This late October is equivalent to November and December in the modern Gregorian calendar. Even if it is warm, it is still cold .Now she was wearing a white cloak given by You Zixuan, and she was reluctant to take it off.

"Miss Xiaohua, it's like this. We caught a person sneaking towards your Xie Mansion, do you want to take a look, do you know him?"

This is Xiaohua's housework, but she was caught by the yamen servant after all.Now is a special period, not long before the Chinese New Year, when Xiaohua is required to pay taxes and share the two layers of the two fields.

Now that the people are poor, they are waiting for her to see if they can give more, so that the people can get through this winter safely.Now that the weather is cold, the land is still dry, so it is not suitable to plant anything now, hey.

Today is really a bad year, everything is piled up together, the field must have lost a lot of weight now, and the harvest layer will definitely decrease a lot in the next few years.

Fortunately, the imperial decree came down in early September, saying that it would be reduced for 3 years.But at the same time, Taishou Lv received a secret edict, saying that the treasury is now empty and there is no surplus food to allocate.Let them think of their own ideas in various places, thinking that their heads are getting bigger.

But luckily, even though Shuiwan Town is suffering from drought this year, they are not short of water or food.The way of growing rice in Shuiwan Town today was taught by Xiaohua, and the yield is higher than ever.However, due to a typhoon this year, the output has only dropped to two-thirds of last year.

But for them, it was much better than other places, enough for them to celebrate.The remaining counties are even more appalling, with no harvest at all this year.

"Okay, thank you Master Qu." Xiao Hua frowned, did she catch someone who sneakily went to Xie's mansion?

Qu Maocai brought him to Xiaohua to have a look, narrowed his eyes, and said to Master Qu: "Master, please send someone to my Xie Mansion, invite Ah Cheng over here, and say that I am here waiting for her. "

(End of this chapter)