Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

They walked to the riverside of the village and saw that the water level in the river had dropped sharply, revealing the rocks in the river. Sheng Xuan stood in the deepest part of the water, but it was only up to his waist.

The sun is strong now, the crops are growing fast, and the demand for water is also high. They will need irrigation in two days. Sheng Xuan's family has a lot of land, so this little water is definitely not enough to irrigate the land. At that time, competition for water is inevitable.

After they went back, Sheng Xuan thought for a moment and said to his family, "Let's go carry water to irrigate the fields tonight."

Sheng Xuan made up his mind, and the whole family naturally listened to him.

At this time, Shen Liu was also worried about this year's food and grass.

"Irrigation is a big deal. The crops here have just started to ear and have not yet started to fill. If the harvest is poor again this year, our military rations..." He Ming discussed the water shortage with Shen Liu in his study.

The issue of food and fodder is a big deal, as it concerns the food problem of Shen Liu's soldiers.

Because there were many military households designated at the beginning, Shen Liu did not let go completely. He spent a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources to build water conservancy projects.

Most of the millet, sorghum, soybeans and other crops in the fields have already eared. If irrigation cannot be guaranteed, his soldiers will really have nothing to eat when the autumn harvest comes.

Shen Liu has been in a bad mood recently. He saw that the water in the river was definitely not enough for irrigation. He was the only one who built water conservancy in the vicinity. Now everyone was jealous of his six large reservoirs. His own military households had water for irrigation, but what about the people of Liaodong Prefecture?

He Mingyu suddenly had an idea and suggested to Shen Liu, "Aren't those gentry and landlords worried about not being able to irrigate their land? Our military households don't need so much water on their land. Why don't we give up our two reservoirs and use them to pay for their grain this year?"

"Besides, if we bring our soldiers to dig up the Dajing River and then block the water downstream, we will make a lot of money just by selling the water..."

He Mingyu's words disappeared under Shen Liu's glare.

"You are so wicked." Shen Ada said with contempt. He Mingyu was so shameless that he had to admit defeat.

"Irrigation is a big deal this time. Let's give all soldiers three days off and let them go home to help water the fields." Shen Liu said finally.

Shen Liu made up his mind and gave all the soldiers a holiday the next day. Then he opened the two reservoirs, but the military households could go to the reservoirs to draw water for irrigation, and no fighting was allowed.

Xiaolan's family was not so lucky, because they were not military households, so they could only carry water from the river to irrigate the land. There was little water and many people, so by the third day, only muddy pit water remained in the river. A bucket was half filled with mud.

In order to compete for water, there have been many fights among villagers in different villages. She has witnessed three bloody incidents alone.

"I heard that the situation over there at the reservoir is also very chaotic, with constant friction and fights happening all the time." Zhang Shanfeng said this when Xiaolan's family sat together and chatted after dinner.

"General Shen has issued an order prohibiting fighting," Xiao Lan said.

"There are too many people going to fetch water, and they are crowded together, scratching and bumping into each other. Plus, they are worried about their own land, so it is easy for them to quarrel."

"I also heard that the military households irrigated their fields all night long, for fear that the water in the reservoir would run out before they had finished watering their own fields," Shen added.

After hearing this, Xiao Lan was shocked. Isn't this just worrying about nothing? She knew that Shen Liu had built six reservoirs, and the water would not be used up even if it was used to irrigate the land of these military households for two seasons.

"I heard that many gentry wanted to buy water from General Shen to irrigate their land. General Shen agreed, but they had to exchange it with the autumn harvest."

Zhang knew what Xiao Lan was going to do when she looked at the direction she was sticking her butt out. "Just stay home and don't go out and make trouble," Zhang said to her seriously.

Sheng Xuan had blisters on his mouth these past two days because of the lack of water in the river. Xiao Lan encouraged her father, "Dad, there is no water in the river here anyway. Instead of waiting in Shengjia Village, why don't we go to the military households to see how they are carrying water? Maybe we can find a way out."

Before Sheng Xuan could communicate, Zhang Shanfeng smiled and said, "My granddaughter is the one who has the idea. What she said is right. Even if we stay in the village, we won't get any water. We might as well try our luck with the military households. Maybe there will be a turnaround."

This was Xiao Lan's first time to come to the reservoir, and also the first time to see such a landscape. There were endless people carrying loads and pushing carts on the road.

"There will definitely be more people in a while. General Shen ordered the soldiers to have three days off. They didn't dare to rest during these three days. Everyone was watering all night long." Sheng Xuan said to Xiao Lan.

"Now is the time when grain crops are filling with grain. If we miss this period, the grains will become shriveled and the output will be greatly reduced or even total. So farmers now dare not rest at all."

Due to the fights and bloodshed in the past two days, Shen Liu has begun to send soldiers to guard the reservoir and patrol the farmers who fetch water, just to prevent the water grabbing from happening again.

The No. 2 reservoir is now open. A lot of water has been consumed in the past two days, and the water in the No. 1 reservoir has been used up. The water level in the No. 2 reservoir has also dropped a lot.

Although there are soldiers patrolling, they can only look good on a big scale. There are still many problems in the small details.

Xiao Lan saw several children in their teens drawing water from the edge of the reservoir. After they stumbled and pulled up the buckets, there was only half a bucket of water.

As soon as they picked up their loads and hurried forward, they were squeezed by the people rushing up from below, and some of the water in their buckets was squeezed out. A child was knocked to the ground, and all the water in the wooden bucket spilled out.

When Xiao Lan saw this, she frowned slightly, but the child who was hit seemed to have gotten used to it. He didn't cry or make a fuss. He got up, picked up the wooden bucket, and went to the reservoir to fetch water.

Xiao Lan sighed slightly. What she saw was just a small part of the water-fetching incident. She hadn't seen anything more outrageous yet.

In this world, there are good people and bad people. There are also bad people who cannot stand others doing well. When they see people carrying water, they will deliberately bump into them, and then all the water in the bucket will spill out. If you argue with such people, you will have to waste time with them, and the irrigation of your family's land will be delayed. If you don't argue, they will become even worse.

In order to deal with such people, many farmers formed groups to fetch water together. When there were so many people, others would not dare to provoke them. However, there were also some tough ones who would come and cause trouble.