Restart the Disaster of Another World

After observing the terrain, Wen Yu instantly had a plan in mind. A plan for opening the mountain had already emerged in his mind. In fact, it was very simple. He only needed to blast open the ditch between the middle peak and the left peak, and then dig a large area deeper. In this way, the ditch would become lower and deeper.

Wen Yu picked up his own notebook, which contained a detailed and clear plan. The location, width and depth of the river were carefully listed, and he even drew a picture of what Qingyang County would look like after the water was connected, making it clear at a glance.

Wen Yu pointed to the small notebook and said to Jing Yao, "You take care of this matter. Just follow the instructions."

Jing Yao nodded, indicating that he understood: "Brother, this is no problem, leave it to me."

Wen Yu nodded with confidence: "Then I'll trouble you, Ayao."

Jing Yao quickly waved his hand and said, "This is what I am willing to do." He knew that everyone has their own ambitions, and he also longed to do something for the people, and at the same time hoped to gain everyone's recognition.

"Hunger is a very unpleasant feeling." Jing Yao's voice was very low, as if he was talking to himself, or as if he was reminiscing about the past. He had been hungry and cold before, and had personally experienced that kind of pain and despair. Now, he was finally full and warm, but when he saw others suffering the same hardship, he could not calm down.

Wen Yu is the county magistrate and needs to stay in the county government office to handle various affairs, so he simply cannot spare the time.

Only Jing Yao can take charge of everything that happens outside.

After buying some necessities, Jing Yao separated the useful "materials" and prepared to make explosives. However, it was not easy to make explosives with strong explosive power.

The next morning, Jing Yao rode on horseback and set off with a dozen of his men. Their horses were carrying several large bags, and no one knew what was in them. In addition, a table was also carried along.

When they arrived at the destination, Jing Yao got off his horse and did not stop at all. He immediately ordered Zhou Lin to find the village chief of Xiawan Village, and instructed the other twelve people to spread the lime powder and mark it.

The people in the village looked at all this in surprise, totally confused as to what they were going to do.

Someone asked curiously, "Aunt Li, what did they sprinkle on your land?"

"I don't know." Someone shook his head.

"Hey, Tiezhuzi's land is also sown." another villager shouted.

"What is this for?" Everyone was talking about it, but no one dared to step forward to ask.

Aunt Li tightly gripped the handle of the hoe, muttering to herself, "Don't let something dirty spread on her land so that nothing can grow!" She was so nervous that her palms were sweating.

The head of Xiawan Village was a man in his forties. He rushed over after hearing the news. When he saw Jing Yao, he bowed respectfully and said, "Greetings, sir."

Jing Yao turned around and looked at him calmly: "My last name is Jing."

Village Chief Li immediately changed his tone and said, "Meet Master Jing."

At this time, the guards in front were still busy.

"I wonder what Master Jing is doing..." the village chief asked hesitantly.

Jing Yao smiled slightly and replied calmly: "My master is the new county magistrate."

This sentence was like a thunder, exploding in everyone's heart. Everyone was stunned, with expressions of astonishment and disbelief on their faces.

"What?" someone exclaimed.

"Everyone paused." Another person muttered.

"Wow, is the young man who keeps running towards us the new county magistrate?" Someone widened his eyes in surprise.

"Damn it, if I had known earlier, when I saw him a few days ago, I should have swung a hoe at him and dragged him into the woods. There would be no way he would come and go, jumping around." Someone slapped his thigh in regret.

At this moment, everyone's faces immediately turned bad, with a bit of anger on their faces. They slowly gathered around from a distance, with vigilance and dissatisfaction flashing in their eyes, staring at Jing Yao closely.

Seeing this, Zhou Lin quickly stood behind Jing Yao, with one hand on the sword at his waist. His eyes were as sharp as a knife, full of cold light, which made people shudder. His momentum was so fierce that people dared not approach easily. When everyone saw Zhou Lin's actions, they immediately restrained their behavior and began to look up at the sky and the ground, as if looking for something to divert their attention.

Village Chief Li's tone also became a little stiffer, no longer as amiable and respectful as before. He asked loudly: "Master Jing, what do you mean by this?"

Jing Yao glanced at everyone calmly, then calmly replied: "Dig a canal."

This sentence was like a bomb, instantly exploding in the crowd. People talked about it and expressed strong opposition to this decision.

When Aunt Li heard this, she immediately quit. She widened her eyes and said angrily: "Why dig a canal? There is no water here, what's the point of digging a canal? And the land you marked out is our land!"

Aunt Li's family didn't have much land, only a dozen acres, but most of it was concentrated here. At this moment, two white lines stretched into the distance, and more than two acres of her family's land were enclosed in them.

The villagers valued the land very much because it was their lifeblood. The previous governor had exploited their money, which had already put them in a desperate situation, and now the new officials wanted to seize their land. Without the land, they simply could not survive.

Aunt Li couldn't help crying, and those whose land was seized began to feel nervous and scared, and the scene was in chaos. The guards quickly came to protect Jing Yao to prevent him from being hurt.

Although they were angry, they did not dare to curse loudly in front of the soldiers. They could only slap their thighs and complain. Some women even started crying.

"Sir, please be kind and leave us a way out! My..."

Jing Yao quickly said: "The government will give corresponding compensation for the occupied land."

The peasant woman cried, "I have two sons, and my husband has a younger brother. Our two families rely on this piece of land to make a living...ah?" She suddenly stopped howling and looked at Jing Yao in surprise.

Aunt Li asked in disbelief: "Compensation? Mr. Jing, you are not kidding us!"

She stared with wide eyes, unable to believe that the officials would actually take the initiative to give them money. After all, officials in the past always asked them for money and never gave them a penny.

"This is the document from my master," Jing Yao also took out the official seal: "This is the official seal of the county government. I called your village chief to come and measure and find out how much land has been occupied by each family."

Village chief Li could not read at all. He took the document and pretended to look at it. He saw the seal at the bottom and looked at it carefully. It was indeed the official seal.

He had done some business at the county government office, and the official seal looked like this, there was no doubt about it.

But Aunt Li still didn't want to. Villagers would only think of selling fields and land when they really had no other choice. Money would eventually run out, but land would never be. If the land was sold, what would the children grow in the future? They couldn't ignore the next generation.

But I won’t sell it... I can still give compensation now, but if I offend someone and they get angry, I’m afraid I’ll get nothing.

Uncle Li also hesitated. What should he do?

The village chief tried to plead for mercy, but seeing that Jing Yao was unmoved, he knew that the matter was irreversible. At the same time, he did not dare to confront the government head-on. He could only sigh silently and call on a few villagers to come and help.

Just then, a voice came from the crowd: "I'm willing to sell!"

Everyone turned their heads to look and saw that the person who spoke was a young man in the village named Li Si. His family had many people but few fields, and they lived a hard life. The digging of the canal would occupy his land, which was actually an opportunity for him.

Li Si walked up to the village chief Li and said, "Village chief, I am willing to sell my land. My family does not have much land, but as long as the price is right, I can sell part of it. This way I can get the money and solve the problem of digging the canal."

Village chief Li looked at Li Si and was a little surprised. He didn't expect that someone would take the initiative to sell the land, but he knew that Li Si's family situation was really bad, and if he could get some money, it might improve their lives.

"Okay, Li Si, you go back and wait for news. We will negotiate a reasonable price with our superiors as soon as possible." said Village Chief Li.

Li Si nodded, turned and left.

When others saw that Li Si agreed so readily, they began to waver. After all, digging a canal is a good thing and can bring a better life.

Then, several people expressed their willingness to sell part of their land. Village Chief Li was relieved to see these people's attitudes change. At least things have turned around, and the next step is to negotiate the price with the higher-ups.

However, Uncle Li and Aunt Li were still hesitant. They were worried that life would become more difficult after losing the land, and they didn't know what the future would be like.

"Uncle Li, Aunt Li, don't worry too much." Jing Yao comforted, "Although the land has been occupied, we will try our best to obtain a fair compensation plan. In addition, digging the canal will also drive economic development, and perhaps new job opportunities will appear. We must look forward and cannot always stay in the past."

Uncle Li and Aunt Li looked at each other and finally nodded, indicating that they were willing to cooperate in measuring the land.

Everyone was in a different mood. Those who didn't have their land occupied were relieved, while those villagers whose land was occupied had sad and helpless expressions on their faces, and their eyes revealed their worries about the future.

Jing Yao looked down at the small book in his hand, which was densely filled with land deed information. He suddenly raised his head, stared at Village Chief Li with sharp eyes, and warned: "Measure carefully and don't try to deceive me. I know the size of each piece of land. If you dare to make false reports, you will bear the consequences."

Village Chief Li quickly bowed and replied, "No, no, please rest assured, sir."

Jing Yao led the guards in front to spread lime powder to mark the boundary line, while the village chief led the villagers to follow closely, carefully measuring the land area of ​​each household. Some families had eight mu of land occupied, some even had more than one mu, and some had only about two mu of land.

Jing Yao only took a cursory glance and discovered that Village Chief Li's measurement data was wrong, so he hurried over to correct it.

The two lime lines are three and a half meters wide. However, considering the high rainfall in Anping County, especially in summer, Wen Yu turned forward and checked the record of the rise and fall of the water level of Jinghe River in previous years. The maximum value was adopted. A distance of two meters needs to be reserved on both sides of the river as a buffer space during floods. These two meters will also be collected.

Digging the river channel deep can play a certain preventive role, but if it is too deep and the water level is too low, it will become difficult for villagers to bring water to the fields and wash clothes. Digging the river channel should be a project that benefits the people, but if there is a slight negligence, it may become a project that harms the people.

Although Wen Yu reads widely and has read various books, he has never actually done anything and is not a professional. And even if he has read relevant knowledge, it does not mean that he can master and apply it proficiently. From Xiawan Village to Fangniu Village, the whole journey is so many kilometers, which is a huge project! Two years ago, a mountain torrent broke out and submerged the surrounding villages, causing many people to die.

River channel construction must comprehensively consider various factors, carry out scientific planning and reasonable design according to local actual conditions, and select appropriate materials to ensure that river channel construction meets the needs of ecological environment, social environment, human environment, etc. After several days of field investigation, Wen Yu finally determined the plan through repeated calculations and improvements.

Jing Yao knew very well that this matter was of great importance, so he acted according to the rules and did not dare to make the slightest mistake.

When the village chief heard this, he immediately started measuring again. The lime was spread quickly, but the measurement had to be done slowly. It couldn't be too little to avoid disappointing the villagers, nor too much to avoid causing trouble. It had to be accurate. There was really no other way, so Village Chief Li had to call several older people in the village to help. There was a lot of noise here, and the villagers came in groups to join in the fun.

There was a crowd of people on the ridge of the field, and the noise was deafening. Jing Yao stood in the crowd, full of doubts. He asked curiously, "What are they doing?"

The person next to him answered, "The prefect wants to requisition the land." Hearing this, Jing Yao couldn't help but frown, and a feeling of dissatisfaction surged in his heart. He cursed inwardly, "These officials are all damned!"

After a whole day of hard work, the measurement of the occupied land was finally completed, and the village chief handed a piece of paper to Jing Yao.

Jing Yao asked, "Did you bring the title deed?"

Because both buying and selling require written deeds. The deed does not contain too many complicated contents, but only records in detail the specific location of the land, who is the owner, the year of reclamation or purchase, and the number of acres and points of the land. Although it only occupies seven points, the remaining three points still belong to the Tiezhuzi family, so the deed needs to be revised.

If there is water for irrigation, Tiezhuzi's fields can be used to grow crops and are considered good land. Zhang Quan compared the old deed with another one and stamped it with the official seals of the county government and the prefect.

Jing Yao asked Tie Zhuzi to press his handprint, and without any further ado, he directly gave him nine taels of silver, plus a string of copper coins.

The villagers had never seen so much money before, and their eyes turned red. Tiezhuzi's hands were shaking as he held the silver.

The government didn't lie to them, they really gave them silver as compensation! But... that's not right. Tiezhuzi's family only had seven mu of land occupied. They couldn't grow crops or corn on the land here. It was dry and could only be considered low-quality land.

The inferior land only yields 7 taels per mu. The iron pillar yields more than 9 taels. But some people are smart and can understand it after a quick thought.

"Sir, your calculation is wrong." No one dared to take advantage of this. People might not understand it now, but if they knew it later, they would not let them go.

"The land here is inferior and cannot be compared with other places." Jing Yao looked at the crowd and said, "But, it is inferior now, but once the water is brought here, we can grow crops here."

"Can we still grow crops?" someone asked in surprise.

"Of course." Jing Yao nodded affirmatively, "As long as there is water, this land will become fertile and various crops can be grown."

Hearing this, hope shone in everyone's eyes. They began to imagine a better life in the future, full of expectations.

"Great! This way, we will have hope in our lives."

"Yes, I can finally live a good life."

There were waves of excited chatter among the crowd.

Jing Yao looked at everyone with a smile. He knew that these people were full of hope for the future. He also believed that as long as everyone worked together, they would be able to realize this beautiful wish.

Jing Yao felt very relieved when he saw everyone's excitement.

He knew that these people's lives were not easy, and as an official, Wen Yu had the responsibility to help them improve their living conditions.

He also secretly made up his mind to work hard to gain more benefits for these people.