Just one pregnancy and four babies, but the prince actually pledged his love to her

Another point is that the existence of Xiao Jiantong is definitely a hidden danger. If Xiao Jiantong is not completely eliminated, it may explode one day, and the consequences will most likely be something she and Tuanzi cannot afford.

Thinking of this, Li Mengyue immediately stood up straight. She had already felt that the weather was getting colder rapidly, and there was even a freezing rain two days ago.

Although it didn't snow, I heard from experienced elderly people that they had never seen such a situation before. It seems that many people have already noticed the abnormal weather.

Indeed, the weather this year was abnormal. First, it rained a few times in the spring when rain was needed. Then, there was no rain for several months. The earth became extremely dry and the crops in the fields were dying of drought. If she hadn't led the villagers to the mountains to find water, the crops in several villages would probably have died due to lack of water.

The drought in the seven villages has indeed eased a lot, but other places in Qingshan Prefecture are still in drought and grain production has dropped significantly.

That would have been fine, but a large-scale locust plague broke out. Not only did the entire Yongkang Prefecture fall, but even Qingshan Prefecture was not spared.

If she hadn't made preparations in advance, raised a large number of ducks, and started a business of frying locusts, she would have made the people accept that locusts are edible.

After the locust plague came, she bought locusts at a high price, so that the people of Qingshan Prefecture not only did not suffer much loss from the locust plague, but they made a lot of money and had surplus food at home.

The people of Qingshan Prefecture had finally survived the locust plague and thought they could live a peaceful life, but who knew that hundreds of thousands of victims would suddenly pour in.

The arrival of the disaster victims brought a great shock to the local people.

Fortunately, Xie Ruiyuan's status was high enough to suppress all the officials in Qingshan Prefecture. She had money and food, and she thought of a wonderful way to resettle the victims, which was to build a large-scale water conservancy project in the entire Qingshan Prefecture.

You have to know that before she proposed it, no one dared to do this, even though everyone understood that the construction of the water conservancy project would bring great benefits to future generations.

But those in power would not do so. After all, for the ancient kings, building water conservancy projects would consume a lot of manpower and material resources. Not to mention the money, the manpower alone would be a very difficult task.

Because in a year of good weather and good harvests, wanting to recruit hundreds of thousands of refugees all at once to build a water conservancy project would not only fail to go down in history, but would instead lead to eternal infamy. This is something that no emperor with any brains would do.

However, the situation in Qingshan Province this year is rather special. The arrival of hundreds of thousands of refugees has provided the basic conditions for the construction of water conservancy projects.

Besides, Xie Ruiyuan also has the task of resettling refugees. It is extremely difficult to resettle hundreds of thousands of refugees without money and food. It is simply impossible to do it.

But Xie Ruiyuan could never have imagined that the woman he had had a relationship with was not only pregnant, but also had a system bound to her body, requiring her to complete tasks and collect enough gratitude points in order to survive in the Great Zhou.

It was with the right timing, location and people that the water conservancy project in Qingshan Prefecture was built and a method for resettling refugees was found.

You should know that refugees who participated in building reservoirs and digging canals could get ten cents a day's wages, and they would also have a meal provided.

If there is no canteen in some places, they will give two more cents for food money. With such good conditions, it is not easy to find such a good job even in normal years.

This is the case with the villagers of Xinghua Village. Before Li Mengyue returned to Xinghua Village, during the slack season, if the villagers wanted to go to the town or county to find work, they might not be able to find one even if they tried their best.

Even so, the highest wage was only ten cents. If you encountered a stingy boss, he would always find ways to deduct your money, and in the end you would work hard to earn just a little money.

Not to mention the meals. There was no such thing as meals when working outside. We had to bring steamed corn bread and other dry food from home, and drink water. Sometimes we would be extravagant and spend a penny to buy a bowl of hot soup.

It can be said that when the refugees heard the news that Qingshan Prefecture was building a water conservancy project, they cried with joy, and basically there was no refugee who refused to do it.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything. There are also particularly lazy refugees who want to be paid without any effort.

However, Xie Ruiyuan would not tolerate such refugees. Although he did not directly drive them out of Qingshan Prefecture, he would not provide any help.

In the past, porridge was distributed every day, but since the project started, the porridge distribution has stopped. If the refugees want to have enough food and survive better, they must work.

And only those with good performance can get Grade A. After accumulating enough Grade A grades, they can be allocated houses and land. After three years, the land will belong to the refugees.

In this way, the refugees who were unwilling to work had to join in the construction of reservoirs and digging of rivers. With enough refugees, tools provided by Li Mengyue, and explosives personally prepared by Xie Ruiyuan, the efficiency was directly improved, and the refugees did not feel so tired when working.

Nowadays, the construction of the water conservancy project in the entire Qingshan Prefecture is nearing completion. It will be completed in more than half a month. During this period, the gratitude value has increased every day and has now reached more than 50 million. I believe that after the water conservancy project is completed, there will be another wave of gratitude value.

Although the amount of gratitude points she received from helping the refugees was large, it was still some distance away from the total goal of 100 million. She must not relax about the extreme cold little ice age and must take it more seriously.

After all, the baby will be born in more than three months. Once the baby is born, she will put most of her energy and time on the baby, and will not have so much time to help the poor and collect more gratitude points.

Time seems to be very tight now, so she can't waste time on unimportant people and things.

And for the sake of Tuanzi and to avoid being discovered by Xiao Jiantong, she could not confront Yun Ran head-on for the time being.

The most important thing at the moment is to prepare for the arrival of the extreme cold Little Ice Age, so that we can provide help to more people and let them safely get through the three months of hunger and cold. We can also collect gratitude points to 100 million, by which time the baby should be born.

Even if she met Yun Ran and Xiao Jiantong discovered Tuanzi's existence, it didn't matter because she and Tuanzi were no longer afraid of anything.

After all, by that time, Tuanzi's functions had been restored, and he was truly one of the top three strongest rulers in the world. He was not comparable to the little villain hiding in the stinky ditch.

If Tuanzi and Xiaojiantong confront each other head-on, Tuanzi will definitely defeat Xiaojiantong in seconds.

Thinking of this, Li Mengyue straightened her expression and spoke to Xie Ruiyuan in a serious tone.

"I believe you have also noticed that the weather is getting colder. In about half a month, the entire northern part of the Great Zhou will enter an extremely cold period. If the people do not have enough cold-resistant supplies, they may not be able to hold on and freeze to death."