Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

Now that he has made it, Xie Guangyi doesn't want his parents to live such a miserable life. "Dad, Mom, if there is anything in the future, you can go directly to Yun County Magistrate or Master Hu. They will make the decision for us."

After he finished speaking, he smiled at Hu Shao and said, "Young Master Hu, when I'm not around, I'll have to trouble you to take care of my parents."

"Of course it's no problem."

In the village, cousins ​​Yun Mo and Yun Yu were sitting in the woods behind the village and talking.

Yun Mo fell into deep thought as he looked at the people working busily in the distance. Yun Yu did not spare him and took out a booklet and started writing and drawing on it.

After a long while, Yun Mo came back to his senses and said to him, "Second cousin, the canal that the villagers dug will probably have to be repaired again in the winter."

"Yes, that's for sure. When the slack season is over, I will gather the villagers and build a reservoir between the three villages so that water resources can be better stored and allocated in the future, so that the people will no longer have to worry about running out of water."

Yun Mo nodded with satisfaction. Seeing that he was very methodical in his work, he changed the subject.

"When I came here, Wu Xingwang had just returned from another trip, and he brought back some bad news."

"What news?" Yun Yu leaned forward slightly and stared at Yun Mo intently.

"I heard that it snowed heavily in the north and the Central Plains, and many refugees from Pingdu County and Linjiang County have moved south. I wonder if my second uncle has received any news?"

"I just received a letter from my mother two days ago. She said everything was fine at home. My father didn't say anything in the letter."

Yun Yu began to feel a little worried. In the past, he was under pressure from the powerful families, and his father was a Buddhist official.

"No, I have to write a letter to my father so that he can prepare."

Yun Mo knew that his second uncle was not good at business. He had been alone in the South in the past few years. His grandfather and father were afraid that he would conflict with the aristocratic families, so they always took a cautious approach in doing things.

Therefore, many opportunities were lost in many things.

"Please ask my second cousin to tell my second uncle that in an emergency, he can go directly to Yun Si and Yun Qi for help. If there is anything he doesn't understand, let him ask your brother Yun Kang directly." Yun Mo said calmly.

Yun Yu's hand paused as he was writing the letter. His eyes felt a little sore and he looked at Yun Mo with gratitude.

"Third cousin, thank you so much!"

They are brothers from different families. Although they did not grow up together and have no friendship, blood is thicker than water after all. The Yun family is dwindling in numbers. Anan is right. In times of crisis, they should put aside the past, unite and face the outside world together.

Yun Mo grew up with his grandfather and learned military tactics since childhood. During the two years he spent with Lin Yinan, he gradually understood the ways of the world.

"We are brothers, no need to be polite!"

After writing the letter, Yun Yu gave it to the personal follower, and then continued to chat with Yun Mo. As they chatted, they talked about Chi An.

"If you need any help in the mountains, just go find Yunxi. I've already greeted him." Yun Mo lazily lay down on the grass with a piece of wild grass in his mouth.

"Chi'an is pretty good, the crops are growing well, and most of the farmers are buyers, and their minds are much simpler than the villagers."

“Is there a shortage of water over there?”

Yun Yu: "No, I organized people to repair the canals on the mountain a few years ago. Currently, there is enough water and it is not affected."

"That's good. After we finish dealing with things here, I will go with you to take a look." Yun Mo said.

Lin Yinan always mentioned in front of him that food should not be taken lightly.

The weather is abnormal this year, and what they need to do is to ensure a good harvest.

Yun Yu's eyes rolled, and an idea suddenly came to his mind, "Third cousin, how about you and I patrol the dozens of villages below Longtan?"

Yun Mo looked at him in confusion, not understanding what he meant by this.

"Hu Shao and I haven't been to the village since the beginning of spring. I'm sure some villages are still short of water, and the drought is making the people panic. If you go with me, it will show that the county government pays more attention to the people in the village."

It was just to appease the people, Yun Mo understood.

"Okay, once we're done here, we'll set off."

Three days later, Yun Mo led hundreds of cavalrymen together with Yun Yu and Hu Shao to inspect the villages under the jurisdiction of Longtan.

The irrigation canal for the rice fields of the two villages was dug. A new village chief was re-elected in Xinyuan Village.

The injured people in this incident will be compensated by the former village chief and several troublemakers in the village. At the same time, their words and deeds are monitored by everyone in the village. If bullying occurs again, they will be expelled from the village.

Longtan County

The rice fields in the county town were indeed as Su Kaifa had said. Thousands of laborers in the city were mobilized, and water was brought back to the rice fields in less than a day.

With the water available, Lin Yinan simply asked Su Kaifa to divert the small streams in the city to outside the city, thereby alleviating the drought in the rice fields outside the city.

After this drought event, Lin Yinan realized that droughts can still occur in the south, which has abundant rainfall.

She recalled what she saw in her grandmother's village when she was a child in her previous life. Every year before the Chinese New Year, the village chief would organize the villagers to repair all the irrigation canals in the village.

There is moist soil on both sides of the canal, which has been washed by rain and water for a long time, so there is thick soil at the bottom of the ditch, which is not conducive to the flow of canal water in seasons with less rain.

With this in mind, Lin Yinan decided to make major repairs to the canal at the end of every year.

Water is the root of everything.

After half a month of hard work, the drought in and around Longtan County was resolved, and villagers no longer had to carry water to irrigate the fields.

However, at this moment, Lin Yinan received a letter from Yun Zhenchuan of Nanzhou Prefecture asking for help.

There was a severe drought in Nanzhou Prefecture, and Yun Zhenchuan was in urgent need of talents skilled in water conservancy engineering.

For this reason, he posted the notice for nearly half a month but still failed to find a suitable candidate.

For the sake of the people in Nanzhou Prefecture, he lowered his posture, found Yun Si, and learned that there was a talented person who understood water conservancy in Longtan County. He wrote a letter to Lin Yinan asking him to loan the person to him to overcome this difficulty, and promised that he would give him a generous reward after the task was accomplished.

Lin Yinan went straight to Su Kaifa and showed him Yun Zhenchuan's letter.

After reading the letter, Su Kaifa was at a loss as to what to do and stood there in amazement.

"Master Su, whether you go or not, I respect your opinion." Lin Yinan said.

She was sincerely happy for Su Kaifa. Born in ancient times, especially in troubled times, he had no chance to show his talents to the world except teaching his students, even though the whole country needed such talents.

"City Lord Lin, can I go back and discuss it with my uncle and then give you an answer?" Su Kaifa looked confused and helpless, looking a little silly.

Lin Yinan looked at me softly, his eyes full of encouragement, "Okay, just tell me when you've made up your mind."

She thought that this was a chance for the Su family to become famous in the South and Cangwu County. No matter what, Su Kunliang would not give up this opportunity.

Sure enough, the next morning, Su Kunliang brought Su Kaifa to see Lin Yinan.

"You two are going to Nanzhou Prefecture together?"

Su Kunliang showed a determined smile on his face, "Yes, my nephew is still young, I will go with him, I feel more at ease."

"Okay, I'll write a letter to Governor Yun right away, and you guys go back and pack up. I'm afraid this trip will take quite a while."

"Anan, thank you so much!"

Lin Yinan smiled slightly, "Master Su, you are too polite!"

Half an hour later, Su Kunliang and Su Kaifa, carrying Lin Yinan's letter, were escorted by secret guards to Nanzhou Prefecture.