Orion's pretty daughter-in-law

Chapter 105 Gossip
In the evening, after Yun Jinghao and his wife returned from the county seat, after dinner, Luo Jinxiu brought up what Zhou Xier had said, and asked, "Is it really possible that there will be a drought this year?"

Yun Jinghao and Yan Jingcheng paused slightly at the same time, and the former said: "If it doesn't rain again in the last few days, the probability of drought is at least [-]%."

Yan Jingcheng said: "Not only around Xinglin Town, but also the entire Furong County and several surrounding counties, and most of the northern regions are showing signs of drought." The main reason why he followed Yun Jinghao to the county seat in the past two days was because he found something wrong, which made him The entourage who came with him went to the surrounding counties to inquire about the news, and finally learned that the situation in several counties is similar, and even Shangxi Village is relatively better, at least there is a stream in the village with not a small amount of water Can be used for irrigation.

Those remote villages with little irrigation water mainly rely on fetching water from wells, not to mention the slow speed. There are not many wells in a village, which are used by the whole village to irrigate the fields, and the underground water line is not long. It has been reduced a lot.

"Is there nothing going on in the government?" Luo Jinxiu asked.

Yan Jingcheng looked down, "The scale of the drought is not small, and the imperial court will definitely pay attention to it. According to the usual practice, it will find ways to reduce the losses as much as possible. Otherwise, if the drought is too severe, there will be many victims. When the time comes, the disaster relief money or disaster relief will be released. Food, and dealing with the flood of victims to other places, investment will be greater."

The current situation is far less serious than what he said, but the identities are different, and the vision of looking at the problem is different. Yan Jingcheng needs to take a longer-term view, while the villagers in Shangxi Village and other surrounding villages only hope that the next After a rain, they haven't thought much about the following things.

"My uncle is the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and he is also in charge of water conservancy matters. Water conservancy has a great influence in controlling floods and droughts, but water conservancy management has not had much effect in the past dynasties." Yan Jingcheng was also quite helpless in his heart.

In modern terms, the hardware conditions are not enough!No matter how hard manpower is, it is useless, especially the lack of ancient technology and low efficiency. If you want to do a big project, you can't guarantee that it will cost people and money.

Luo Jinxiu is willing to help, and she also knows that there are very famous water conservancy projects in the history that she knows, such as Dujiangyan, Zhengguoqu, etc. However, she specializes in technology, and she knows a lot of miscellaneous things, but such a professional Things, I really didn't have the chance to do anything to understand, and I didn't even think about understanding.

Furthermore, even if she knows how to build these water conservancy projects, it will cost a lot of gold, silver and manpower, the emperor may not necessarily nod, and no one will believe her until the project is successfully completed so that people can see the effect with their own eyes. A yellow-haired girl can understand this stuff.

The most important thing is that distant water cannot solve the near fire, nor can it solve the drought that is already happening now.

The large-scale water conservancy project is hopeless, maybe she should change her mind, and think about other ways to help divert water, alleviate the situation of insufficient irrigation and the inability of crops to solve the urgent need?
Yun Jinghao didn't know what she was thinking for the time being, but there was still a worrying question in his heart that he hadn't raised. He just glanced at Luo Jinxiu who was deep in thought, and decided to check the situation first.

In the next few days, there was still no rain, and the signs of drought became more obvious. Many seedlings had died in the field farthest from the stream in the village and the most inconvenient to irrigate. The seedlings in the field were also wilted, and a few dried up to death.

Lizheng invited people from the village to sit together and discuss what to do. Can they think of a way to ensure that more crops will be preserved? Is it better to give up some of the crops and concentrate on irrigation, or pay for more wells together?

People in the village have different opinions and express their opinions, and they can’t make up their minds for a while. The main reason is that many people think that if there is a drought and this year’s harvest is over, they can survive with some money in their hands. They took out the money and dug wells. What should I do?Isn't it empty at both ends?

It is impossible for Lizheng to force the villagers to pay for it. Even if he wants to be responsible for all the expenses of digging the well, the well itself is not cheap, and Lizheng's family really doesn't have that much room for money. Why doesn't he need to be careful? What if you save some money for an emergency?
After discussing for several days, no result could be reached. Not to mention, there were some gossip in the village that made things even more complicated.

The people the villagers gossip about go as far as Yun Jinghao and his wife in the compound.

"Now that I think about it, I really regret it. Why did I follow other people to plant some medicinal materials?" A middle-aged woman patted her thigh full of remorse.

The other village women next to them also nodded repeatedly, with a bad expression on their faces, "That's right! Medicinal materials are worse than ordinary crops. If there are more varieties of rice grains, we can still harvest a batch of grains in the autumn without worrying about starving to death." , Now it’s better, the ground has started to dry, many medicinal seedlings have died, and many rice seedlings have died, and when the autumn harvest is harvested, there is not enough stuff to fit between the teeth, it is a big loss!"

"Jing Hao's daughter-in-law also said that she would collect as much medicinal material as she had, but if she couldn't grow any medicinal material, wouldn't she not have to pay a penny, and we have planted less food for no reason? Those food are likely to save our family's life. capital!"

An old woman with a mean look looked towards the direction of the compound, and said with a sly voice: "I just said that the medicinal materials you grow are not reliable at all, you just follow the trend, now you know you regret it, anyway, even though the seedlings in the field at my house are dead There are few, but the family is not too many, and the daughter’s husband’s family can also subsidize some, and some food can still be salvaged from the field, so I can survive no matter what.”

The woman who was the first to speak suddenly said: "The seedlings of our medicinal materials are almost dead, and it seems that we will not be able to eat anymore. Do Jing Hao and the others have to give us an explanation?"

The others looked at each other, and quickly echoed, "That's right! Their family is still doing business, even if all the seedlings in the field are dead, they don't have to worry about starving to death, but they can't just live happily , don’t care about the life and death of the people in the village? There’s no such thing as cheap!”

In the beginning, it was only a few people who said it, but after a while, there were more and more similar remarks. In less than two days, almost half of the people who planted medicinal herbs at home had opinions, and they also discussed sending representatives to talk to them. Yun Jinghao talked about compensation.

When Luo Jinxiu heard Yun Kou, who accidentally got the letter, say these words, he was almost laughed at by these people.

It's not that I can't understand the anxiety of the villagers because of the dry seedlings dying in the field, but no matter how anxious they are, they can't blame the couple, right?
How can there be such a cheap thing?This sentence should really be sent back to these villagers.

She gave them free credit for the seedlings of the medicinal materials. It was also stated in the written receipt that she would accept no matter how many medicinal materials were planted. It is still at the market price, and the villagers are making a lot of money with such superior conditions!
She was kind enough to ask herself, what else could they be dissatisfied with?
The seedlings are all dead, and the food is not enough to eat. If it loses, it is all her fault?

What if they are her ancestors, she has to support them like this?

It was for the sake of the same village that many of them watched Yun Jinghao grow up. Part of the reason was to save their family from being jealous because of their prosperous life, so they decided to help them and give them This opportunity to make a fortune, who would have thought that there would be a drought this year?
People in the village may not be particularly grateful to her when they make money, but they will definitely complain and anger when they lose money. This is the selfishness of human nature.

Yan Jingcheng also frowned after learning about the movement in the village these days.

In the past, he had little contact with these small people, and few people in the capital lived purely on crops. Most of the fields around the capital belonged to Zhuangzi, and they were in the hands of many dignitaries in the capital. The problem of starvation.

This is the first time he discovered that these people are really unreasonable when they are ignorant. This is for your own benefit.

To say that they are treacherous and evil is really not enough. In the final analysis, they are still forced by life, but it is precisely because of this that they are even more irritating.

Because no matter how angry he was, he couldn't really do anything to these villagers.

Those so-called village representatives hadn't come to the compound yet, Yan Jingcheng looked at the two hosts, "What are you going to do?"

Luo Jinxiu didn't speak in a hurry, but just asked Yun Jinghao, who was in charge, with his eyes.

Yun Jinghao said in a deep voice, "I will go to Uncle Li Zheng to explain our attitude."

The two became interested, Luo Jinxiu asked, "What are you going to tell Li Zheng?"

Yun Jinghao stated his thoughts in a straightforward manner. Luo Jinxiu and Yan Jingcheng's eyes became brighter the more they listened. After he finished speaking, his expression was full of surprise, and Luo Jinxiu patted his face with a smile. Shoulders, "Very good! It's more comprehensive than I thought! It's also neat! Let's do it!"

It should be so tough!Their family doesn't owe the villagers anything, do they think they have to bow their heads if more and more people in the village have objections to them?Stop messing around, it doesn't make sense!
Others may be worried that they won't be able to stay in the village if they quarrel with the villagers, but what are their families afraid of!
After lunch that day, Yun Jinghao found Li Zheng's house.

Li Zheng also probably guessed his reason for coming, and his expression was a little headache. How could he not know that the demands of those rambunctious villagers were outrageous?But the disasters in the past two years scared the villagers, and they inevitably lost their minds in panic. He was thinking about how to calm them down.

Unexpectedly, what Yun Jinghao said next shocked him.

(End of this chapter)