Ancient natural disasters: The whole family traveled through time and was almost wiped out

Chapter 52

To be precise, County Magistrate Chen had not yet stepped into the ancestral hall when he was suddenly surrounded by villagers who rushed out. He was terrified.

Wang Yayi and others reacted and immediately stood in front of County Magistrate Chen, holding their unsheathed swords in front of them and asking, "What are you going to do?"

He was so polite because this was Lord Jiang's relative. If anyone else dared to surround the imperial official like this, he would have drawn his sword long ago.

Jiang Xiubin was dumbfounded, and quickly reflected on whether he had taken the wrong route - mainly because County Magistrate Chen didn't want to wait for his uncle at home!

"Brother Chen!" Jiang Yipei walked out from the path made clear by the villagers and bowed to County Magistrate Chen: "I'm so sorry, we are having a clan meeting, everyone please go away."

The latter sentence is addressed to the villagers.

Jiang Yipei was really caught off guard by the fact that these tribesmen were so overreacting and believing everything they heard.

"No problem." County Magistrate Chen waved his hand, then bowed to Jiang Yipei and said, "It is Chen's fault for visiting so late at night. I really have something important to tell you."

Jiang Yipei: "Let's go back and talk about it in detail."

"Okay, Brother Jiang, please—"

Jiang Yipei brought the man back to Old Jiang's study, where the two of them talked for more than an hour.

County Magistrate Chen was very tactful and did not ask where the harvester came from. He just expressed his request to borrow the harvester.

Jiang Yipei was mentally prepared and took the opportunity to put forward his request.

More than an hour later——

"Then it's settled. Brother Chen, you can rest in my humble abode tonight. You will arrange someone to learn how to operate a harvester overnight. Start harvesting the rice in our village tomorrow, then the next village, and then harvest all the way out. After ten days, you must return the harvester regardless of whether all the rice in the county has been harvested." Jiang Yipei said.

As Jiang Yipei guessed, time was urgent and County Magistrate Chen was unwilling to waste a moment, but reality did not allow it -

First, it is really difficult to work after dark.

Second, no one has been assigned to learn how to drive a harvester.

County Magistrate Chen agreed, "Of course! Brother Jiang is so righteous! I, Chen, thank you on behalf of the people of Chunzhou County!"

"Brother Chen, you are too kind." Jiang Yipei looked as if he was "so ashamed that he doesn't deserve it."

In fact, they all knew that it was impossible to harvest all the rice in the county in ten days, even if they worked day and night, they would only improve their efficiency.

But the two of them basically reached a consensus. As for how to carry out the rice harvesting work in the future, that was the business of County Magistrate Chen.

Jiang Yipei’s request was very simple. First of all, he had to ensure the autumn harvest for the nearby villages. Only when the people nearby lived well would their village be safer.

Of course, he did make some suggestions on disaster prevention, but he didn't know whether County Magistrate Chen adopted them or not. Anyway, when they were face to face, County Magistrate Chen agreed, nodded, and said yes, yes.

Jiang Xiumian's hand was injured, so the teaching of the harvester could only be done by Jiang Xiubai.

Jiang Yipei discussed with him whether or not to expose the unattended harvesting, and in the end they decided to teach them the manual version.

Driving a harvester was not too difficult, but the three yamen runners were unfamiliar with the machine and it took them a long time to adapt. But after two or three hours, they were able to drive it smoothly in the Jiang family yard.

Jiang Xiubai taught them and then ran away. It was their own business what to practice.

His day was ruined.

I used to stay up late playing games, and it was no problem for me to stay up until 8 a.m. the next day. But now it is only the early morning, not even one o'clock, so why can't I open my eyes?

He fell asleep almost as soon as he lay down, and even the system yelling in his mind couldn't wake him up!

The system was so angry that it waved its fists. It would have been fine if he just used the harvester in the village, but he even lent it out. He lent it out!

Ahhhhh!

All the people brought by County Magistrate Chen were repairing the guest rooms of the Jiang family. They would start work as soon as daybreak. The task was very tight.

"what--"

Jiang Yipei simply washed up and lay on the bed. He felt as if his whole body was falling apart. He was so sleepy that he could hardly open his eyes. He slumped over and hugged his wife who had already fallen asleep.

The last thing I realized before falling asleep was that it’s worth it to be a little tired.

The next day, Jiang Yipei was awakened by Uncle Chen at dawn. As soon as he moved, a feeling of back pain spread throughout his body, but he had to get up.

After a quick wash, he went to the dining room where County Magistrate Chen was already waiting for him. After breakfast, he took his men to the fields in a harvester.

Although he had seen the harvester last night, County Magistrate Chen still couldn't help being shocked. However, he was able to suppress his curiosity and didn't ask questions that he shouldn't ask. He forced himself to treat the harvester as normal as a horse-drawn carriage.

Although it is really difficult.

All the labor force in Jiangjia Village was mobilized to see County Magistrate Chen in his official uniform, mobilizing the people to harvest rice.

County Magistrate Chen is a tough man. He forces people to use harvesters to harvest rice without consulting you. You have to follow his rules.

The entire village of Jiangjia Village truly felt the urgency at this moment and were extremely grateful that Jiang Yipei was in their village, so they worked very hard.

The work was not hard, just packing the unloaded rice into baskets and bags, and then transporting it back to the ancestral hall. It was much easier than harvesting the rice themselves.

start!

In ancient times, there was no need for a certification to operate a harvester. You could get started as long as you could start it. However, when actually operating it, you still needed the guidance of an experienced driver like Jiang Xiubai. Once you got the hang of it, Jiang Xiubai was liberated.

The fields in Jiangjia Village are only a few thousand acres, and if we work at full capacity, we can finish harvesting in half a day.

County Magistrate Chen did not stay in Jiangjia Village for long. He returned to the county government office and convened a meeting of all the headmen and village chiefs except Jiang.

The meeting was very simple. The first thing was to rush to harvest. Anyone using a harvester had to produce 20 kilograms of rice per acre.

He knew very well that with the floods, it would be difficult to collect all the taxes for the autumn harvest, but the county government could not be without stored grain - although the county government's stored grain had basically not been touched in the previous year, but in extraordinary times, food was the foundation.

The second is service. The dams need to be reinforced and shelters need to be built in case of emergency, which requires a large number of people.

County Magistrate Chen is still very busy with official duties. Although the harvester can relieve some of his pressure, the harvester cannot go to the area bordering the neighboring county. Such an extraordinary thing can only belong to this county. Once the news gets out, their poor little county may not be able to be preserved for a moment.

Everything is on track, Jiang Yipei can finally take a break, but Jiang Suying can't. She needs to take the servants to the mountains to stock up on medicine and collect as many herbs as possible.

All the medicinal herbs seen yesterday had to be picked back home, dried and prepared. There were two patients and a pregnant woman at home, so her busy and tedious work had just begun.

There was no doctor in the Jiang family's small pharmacy, but there were two young pharmacists who could read and understand some pharmacology, and Jiang Suying planned to train them.