The worst time travel, surviving seven years of famine

The old man was sitting on the ground, and the old man was sitting on the ground.

"Liang'er, come here quickly. These uncles and aunts in the village came to our house to discuss something, you should come and discuss it too."

Old man Gu smiled and waved him over, and made room for him. They all made benches here, and they just needed to move their buttocks, unlike the rich families, where each person had a master chair.

Gu Liang consciously walked to his grandfather and sat down, and began to ask why so many people came to his house.

Dabao's grandfather, who is Gu Liang's great-uncle in terms of seniority, was the first to explain to Gu Liang: "My child, there is news that there will be natural disasters in the next few years. Some families in our village want to prepare in advance to see if there is any way to reduce the natural disasters so that they can survive when the time comes."

"Yes, our ancestors all fled here, and now we have finally settled down in Lanxi Village. We can't go through the same thing as our ancestors!"

Another gray-haired old man in the crowd said. Gu Liang also recognized him. He is from the same family as Li Zheng. Gu Liang looked at the people who came today. Most of them were from his Gu family, and there were also some people from the Wang family, the Sun family, etc. These people usually get along with the Gu family. Either their ancestors are related, or they are doing the Gu family's liquor business. Gu Liang counted them in his mind. There were only a dozen families, less than one-fifth of Lanxi Village.

Gu Liang remembered the people who came to his house. These people can be said to be people who completely trust their Gu family. Otherwise, they would not start to prepare for famine just based on a piece of news about a possible natural disaster.

Today, Gu Liang is a famous figure in Lanxi Village. Everyone knows that the ancestral grave of Gu Laohan's family is full of smoke, and a good boy has been born. In two years, the Gu family has developed into the richest family in their village. And Gu Liang has also become a nightmare for the children in the village. He is the child of other families in the mouths of parents. When other families scold their children, they say that Gu Liang is so and so, and you can't learn from him...

Therefore, Gu Liang is now a very important person in the hearts of the villagers. Otherwise, the elders in the village who are decades older than him would not be willing to listen to him, let alone his opinions.

After clarifying the purpose of the villagers' visit to his home, Gu Liang asked everyone present what preparations they had made. The people present just said that their family did not sell the grain this year. After keeping it at home, they didn't know what to do. This is also the reason why they came here. Thinking about the news of the natural disaster that the Gu family said, they should know more ways.

The solution they have come up with now is undoubtedly to try not to sell grain, and to buy more grain from the grain store in town if they have spare money. Even if there is no spare money at home, they can exchange the millet for more bran. Although the bran cake made of bran is unpalatable, it is still very good to bear hunger.

As for other small methods, it is the same as when Gu Liang first came here, picking more wild vegetables to dry, and going to the mountains to dig more kudzu root, wild yam, acorns and other things, which they used as side dishes before.

Seeing this situation, Gu Liang put forward his own idea, it is easier to get things done with more people, and instead of waiting for death, it is better to concentrate the strength to do something that can resist natural disasters.

Everyone present felt that what Gu Liang said made a lot of sense. The method they had thought of before was that each family would fight alone. If they really encountered a natural disaster, they would just stay at home.

At this time, an uncle of the Wang family asked directly: "Liang, just tell us what we can do. As long as you say it, we will definitely do it. At least we can feel at ease after doing it, and we don't have to wait anxiously."

Seeing that someone asked, Gu Liang stopped beating around the bush and directly expressed his idea, which was to build a weir upstream of Lanxi.

"Okay, I think this is a good idea. I have wanted to build a weir in Lanxi for a long time, but unfortunately our village is not of the same surname, and there is no leader, so the weir has never been built."

"Yes, after the weir, the water of Lanxi can enter our fields, and even if it is dry in the future, there will be no shortage of water."

"The weir is a good thing. After the weir, at least half of the fields in our village can be harvested regardless of drought or flood. My family's fields are located high and far away from the creeks flowing down from the mountains. The water is always not enough when it reaches my home..."

After listening to Gu Liang's words, everyone present was talking about the benefits of having a weir, and the scene became lively instantly. Originally, they were like headless flies tonight, but now with Gu Liang's idea, they suddenly had a direction and finally knew what to do. They no longer had to sit and wait for the disaster to come.

Gu Liang had thought of the weir a long time ago.

But later, when their family had enough money to buy enough food, the construction of the weir was a waste of time for them.

The reason why they brought it up now was entirely for the villagers who came to their house tonight. These people chose to trust their family, and their family could not live up to their trust. Besides, it is difficult to support a family alone. If they were the only one left in the natural disaster, their family would be targeted by people from other places.

Xiang Yu relied on 8,000 sons from his hometown to start his army, and Liu Xiu relied on the Nanyang family where he lived since childhood to restore the Han Dynasty. Liu Bei also had sworn brothers. The landlords would not treat their brothers harshly when they became rich. How could their Gu family not want these fellow villagers who believed in their family?

Moreover, the function of the weir is not only to raise the water level of the riverbed and irrigate the fields. It can also effectively increase the flow rate of the water under the weir, thereby increasing the flow rate downstream and reducing the probability of floods downstream.

The matter has been decided, so there is no need to delay. Taking advantage of the fact that there is less farm work before the New Year and the river water level is low in autumn and winter, the Gu family took the lead in building the weir and soon began to act.

The news of Lanxi weir construction soon spread throughout Lanxi Village, including the main house in the village.

After hearing the news, the village head's wife said to her husband: "Old man, the Gu family is leading more than a dozen families in the village to build a weir pond. This kind of thing should be led by you. Now that the construction has started, you should organize some people to help. After the weir is built, the whole village will benefit, right?"

But after hearing his wife's words, the village head didn't move his butt, and said fiercely: "You go if you want to go, I won't go. They didn't consult me ​​when they did this, which means they don't take me, the village head, seriously. Why should I help them!

Also, don't visit your second nephew's house in the future. This traitor, when old lady Wu moved, I helped him buy the best piece of land in old lady Wu's family. Now it's good, helping a stranger named Gu, and building a weir without informing me."

The village head's wife saw that the village head was so angry, and she didn't say anything. Although she felt that this was inappropriate, her husband was stubborn, especially in the identity of the village head, and he was even more sensitive.

On the banks of the Lanxi River, thirty or forty strong men sent by more than a dozen families were working busily, and everyone was doing his part.