The princess only wants to get rich and support her family

It’s hard to say what will happen now. Seeing that she doesn’t look like she is lying, Qi Si Liao believes her for the time being.

"You know the terrain and climate of Tiger Mountain very well. It's hard for humans to survive there, let alone poultry and livestock."

"That's right!" Hu Luanfei suddenly realized, "The spring and autumn here are very short, and the summer and winter are very long. When crops are planted, they are either exposed to the sun or drowned by heavy rain. They can't survive at all. Not to mention the winter. When it snows heavily, everything is frozen to death. It's really sad."

"Your wish is beautiful, but it is difficult to achieve. Besides, you are just a stinky girl who has never seen the world. How can you be as clever and skillful as a farm girl?"

Hu Luanfei was not convinced, and asked angrily with his hands on his hips: "You look down on me!"

"Yeah." He didn't deny it, his honesty was maddening.

This made someone even angrier, but after a while, she collapsed like a deflated ball, "You're right, ideals are beautiful, but to realize them, you really need to work hard."

"Do you think you can do it?"

"Of course!"

Her answer was powerful and unquestionable. Qi Siliao seemed to see light in her.

After a long moment, he lowered his eyes and analyzed every aspect of the fiefdom in a low voice.

There are no large streams near Menghu Mountain. Only a small ditch and an old well at the entrance of the village support more than a dozen households in Taohua Village. When the scorching sun burns the earth in summer, the ditch and the well will dry up, and the villagers are forced to go to farther places to fetch water. The crops also have no harvest and are scorched to the point of being wilted and horrible.

So if you want crops to survive, there must be a water source.

Suddenly, a great idea came into Hu Luanfei's mind. She asked tentatively: "Why don't we bring in water?"

Qi Siliao raised his eyebrows, "How?"

“Dig the river.”

"Easier said than done."

Hu Luanfei's belief is unwavering, "As long as I work hard, there is no road I can't open!"

In ancient times, there was a story about Yugong moving mountains, but she just didn't believe it. Couldn't she move a few rivers?

She did it right away. She took the hoe from behind the door and prepared to go out.

Qi Si Liao called her from behind, "Where are you going?"

Hu Luanfei said without turning his head: "Observe the terrain."

"Do you want to be buried soon?"

She paused, turned around and asked him, "What do you mean?"

"The mountain is covered in snow, and it's a dark and windy night. If you go out now, you'll either be fed to wild beasts or be frozen to death. Come back, I have a map!"

Hu Luanfei slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, that's right. This one million square kilometers of land is all yours. How could there be no map instructions?"

Under the flickering candlelight, the old dining table on all sides became their battlefield for discussion. Qi Siliao pointed out that diverting water from the Grand Canal to Menghu Mountain was a huge project that would require not only manpower but also financial resources. Given his current situation, he simply couldn't get people to dig willingly.

Manpower, financial resources and power are the huge problems they now need to face.

Hu Luanfei frowned and thought a lot. According to the current situation, she even had difficulty digging a fish pond.

and many more!

Fish pond?

She was suddenly overjoyed, and she grabbed Qi Siliao's hand and said happily: "The goal of digging a canal is indeed too ambitious, but we can dig fish ponds, build embankments to control water, build dams and reservoirs, and dredge the river. We will do it step by step..."

"Wait, what did you say?" He suddenly grabbed her hand.

Hu Luanfei thought for a moment: "I just said to dig a fish pond..."

"No, go on for a few more sentences."

"Build dikes to hold back water, build dams and reservoirs, and dredge and deepen the river."

Qi Siliao thought for a moment and looked at her in disbelief, "How did you come up with that?"

Hu Luanfei rolled his eyes and pointed at the water tank outside and said to him: "Isn't the principle the same if we carry water and pour it into the tank every day? I was thinking that before winter comes, we should dig a fish pond or a larger pit, so that we can store water when the ice and snow melt in spring."

What she said made sense, and it immediately filled Qi Siriao's mind with a lot of ideas. He thought, maybe according to her idea, this barren land could still be turned into treasure.

With this thought, he suddenly became extremely serious, "Maybe, we can give it a try."

"Of course I have to try. I don't want to live a miserable life with you for the rest of my life."

Having said that, regardless of what he was thinking, she dealt with the wild beasts, then brought a few basins of ice and snow into the house, poured them into the pot and boiled them, so that she could take a nice hot bath.

……

At five o'clock the next morning, when it was still gray, the only old man in the village who had a bullock cart was already outside humming, "Going to the market... Going to the market..."

However, except for Hu Luanfei and his wife, the other villagers were afraid of the cold and did not want to go out today.

This was just right, as Bai gave her plenty of space.

She called the old man over and carefully handed him a bowl of leftover rabbit meat from last night, "Uncle Niu, can this small gift be used as transportation fare?"

The hot and fragrant rabbit meat instantly ignited the old man's hunger. After he took it, he said politely, "Mrs. Qi is too polite. This little fare of mine is not worth a bowl of rabbit meat."

You know, it's really hard to hunt in winter. Many people just eat rice boiled in water, without any meat. It's rare to have a bowl of meat, and the old man is so happy that he doesn't know what to do.

While the old man was eating meat, Hu Luanfei and Qi Siliao carried the wild animals onto the cart.

The old man's eyes widened when he saw this, "You..."

Hu Luanfei grinned and lied without blushing or breathing heavily: "Our boss is lucky. Yesterday, when I went into the mountains, I saw these animals fighting for a rabbit and both were injured. We happened to benefit secretly."

The obvious arrow wound on the beast was so glaring, who would believe her? Fortunately, the old man was an honest man, not greedy for others' advantage, and not talkative. After eating the meat and returning the bowl, he drove the ox cart into the city.

On the way, he also carefully said that these things could be sold to restaurants and pharmacies, which was the same thing Hu Luanfei was thinking.

After three hours of bumpy ride, they arrived at their first destination - Baishan Hall.

"Can you do it yourself?" Qi Siliao pulled her hand with a little concern.

"No problem. I'm absolutely great at doing business."

Qi Siriao seemed to not believe it. In his impression, Hu Luanfei was just a minion who had lived in the deep palace for a long time and should not know anything about folk affairs.

But he underestimated her eloquence. I don't know what she said to the shopkeeper, but as soon as she left the store, the shopkeeper caught up with her and stopped her. "Three hundred taels, no more!"

"Only three hundred taels?" Hu Luanfei's eyes drifted over the tiger and wolf in the ox cart, and he seemed to be hesitant.

The shopkeeper immediately said, "Auntie, we just need these tiger bones and wolf skins. Please be kind and sell them all to us!"

She stroked her chin and thought for a while, then suddenly raised the price, "Three hundred and fifty taels, or we can go to the restaurant next door. I think the people there can just try something new before the New Year."

The shopkeeper was in a dilemma for a moment, but soon made a big decision, "Okay, three hundred and fifty is three hundred and fifty, just follow me."