Gou becomes a boss in the fairy world.

Chapter 1471: Tempering the Heart in the Mortal World (XV)
On the banks of the Qingshui River, gravity-flowing water wheels have become a scenic spot in Qing'an County.

Every day, a large number of city residents, bringing their elderly and children, come to watch the fun under the scorching sun, and marvel at the "big roulette wheel" that can automatically draw water.

Whether it is the farmers outside the city or the people inside the city, no one wants to see the rice fields fail.

Especially with the current surge in rice prices, everyone is looking forward to the end of the drought and a good rice harvest.

Otherwise, let alone rice, you can’t even afford to eat whole grains!
Because the first gravity-flowing waterwheel was very effective, the county government officially gave the official workshop a task to build ten waterwheels of the same type at once.

Ensure irrigation of farmland on both sides of the Qingshui River!

After the news spread, the price of rice in the county fell slightly.

However, this decline was only short-lived, and it rose again within a few days.

Because there is no sign of the drought easing!
Every day the sky is clear and the sun is shining brightly. The scorching sun burns the earth, causing many plants in the mountains and wilderness to wither and die, and everything looks scorched yellow.

As time went on, the atmosphere in the county town became tense.

Refugees appeared!
Qing'an County is nourished by the Qingshui River, and with ten water wheels put into use to draw water day and night, the drought can still be barely controlled.

But the situation in some places is very bad. Large areas of crops in the fields have died, the price of rice in the county has skyrocketed, and ordinary people are in a dilemma where they cannot fill their stomachs even if they spend all their money.

In desperation, many people had to leave their homes and flee the famine, trying to find a way to make a living elsewhere.

Qing'an County, which had a relatively good situation, was affected by the refugees.

At first there were only three or five people, but then the number continued to increase, and the fleeing team became longer and longer.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Qing'an County immediately closed the city gates and strictly prohibited refugees from entering.

However, in order to prevent the refugees from rebelling in despair, the county government mobilized the gentry and wealthy families in the county to build greenhouses outside the city to provide porridge relief.

These are the conventional coping strategies.

However, as the drought continued to worsen in various places, the number of refugees fleeing to Qing'an County increased sharply, reaching nearly 10,000.

This time the county magistrate Yu Heqian was terrified.

On the one hand, he kept sending people to the provincial capital to ask for help, and on the other hand, he tried his best to "raise funds" from wealthy families, struggling to maintain the current situation.

As the saying goes, "When the lips are gone, the teeth are cold." Yu Heqian is in great trouble, and Ye Xiangming can't expect to get out of it.

That day he came to Wang Chen's house in person.

On the one hand, the county magistrate wanted to visit his daughter, and on the other hand, he also hoped that Wang Chen could give him some advice.

The gravity-flowing water truck provided by Wang Chen previously successfully solved the big problem.

As for the situation outside the county, Wang Chen naturally knew about it.

Facing his father-in-law's question, he said without hesitation: "For the refugees, we should take a two-pronged approach!"

Wang Chen's suggestion was to select the strongest among the refugees and use work-for-relief to let them dig wells and canals, or build roads and quarry stones, so as to prevent them from doing nothing and causing trouble.

On the other hand, they organized people to fish in the river or hunt in the mountains to collect as much food as possible.

Of course, the most important thing is to ask for relief food from higher authorities - rescuing refugees is not something Qing'an County can accomplish independently.

Wang Chen's vision and experience were incomparable to Ye Xiangming's. After a conversation, the county magistrate was convinced by Wang Chen and even secretly proud that he had a good son-in-law.

After Ye Xiangming left, Ye Dai said to Wang Chen, "Husband, should we go outside the city to help the refugees and do some good deeds?"

The Wang family is not short of food at the moment. Previously, Wang Chen purchased a batch of food from other places at a high price through a local business.

The cellars and granaries are already filled to the brim, enough to last for two or three years.

Wang Chen smiled and said, "Okay."

How could he refuse his wife's kindness?
So at Wang Chen's suggestion, Ye Dai and Ye Yu, together with the family cook and servants, made a large number of pancakes at home.

The raw materials for these pancakes are flour mixed with whole grains, with only a little salt added to it, but they are definitely a good thing to fill your stomach. Moreover, they will not go bad no matter how hot the weather is, and can be preserved for a long time.

After the pancakes were ready, Wang Chen took them out of the city to help the refugees.

Due to the large influx of refugees, a huge camp has been formed outside the county town. It is messy and smelly, a completely chaotic and tragic scene.

Many refugees lay motionless under the straw huts, their bodies as thin as skeletons, and cries of crying and wailing could be heard one after another.

The soldiers responsible for maintaining order would occasionally have corpses dragged out of the camp and buried far away.

To prevent the corpse from decaying and bringing plague.

Such a scene made Ye Dai, who had always been kept in seclusion, pale with fear.

"Daier, why don't you and Xiaoyu go back first."

Out of pity, Wang Chen said to his wife, "Leave this to me."

"Do not."

Ye Dai shook her head stubbornly: "I'm fine."

So under her arrangement, the servants delivered pancakes to the victims on the roadside.

"Thank you, sir, thank you, madam!"

The victims who received the food were all moved to tears of gratitude and knelt down to pay their respects to Wang Chen and Ye Dai.

But more victims gathered around, stretching out their dry hands to beg for food. Some of them had greed on their faces and stared at Ye Dai and Xiao Yu.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense and weird.

Although Ye Dai brought a lot of pancakes, they were quickly consumed after they were distributed.

It is simply impossible to benefit everyone present.

"Master, Madam, please be kind!"

Seeing that Wang Chen, Ye Dai and others were about to leave, the victims who had not gained any advantage immediately refused to agree.

They surrounded Wang Chen and others, and some even had murderous looks in their eyes.

Since these people fled from the famine, their humanity has been almost wiped out by hunger. At this moment, they have no scruples and are extremely jealous of Wang Chen, Ye Dai and others.

A tall man said viciously: "Brothers, we are all going to die anyway, today..."

puff!

Before he could finish his words, a flash of sword light instantly passed across his throat, and bright red blood spurted out.

This guy who was about to turn from a disaster victim into a thug, didn't even have time to finish his seductive words before his head and body were separated!

It was Wang Chen who took action.

He was carrying a sword and cut off the opponent's head with one blow.

The dripping blood made the surrounding victims terrified and they retreated in panic.

Wang Chen held the sword and sneered: "If you want to die, I will grant your wish."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly turned around, swung his sword, and cut off the head of another attacker!
-
The second update is sent.