The couple in the last days traveled to ancient times, farming and storing grain and meat in the war

What's more, there are long queues at the shop during the day, it is so lively and popular.

The two stall owners blushed even more.

It's no use regretting it.

There are many customers in the shop, and Jiang Ningning and her friends hear a lot of news from them.

For example, there was a locust plague in the north some time ago, and there was a flood in the south.

Jiang Ningning and the others were in the south.

The county where they were and several nearby counties did not suffer from floods.

Jiang Ningning heard this from behind the counter and asked Xiao Yan, who was also at the counter, "Have you heard about this at the academy?"

In ancient times, academies were full of highly educated people. A certain teacher might have many students all over the world and a complex network of relationships, so the news in the academy might be better known than that in the market.

Xiao Yan handed the drinks in his hand to the guests eating barbecue, and then came back and said:

“I’ve heard some rumors recently.

Students, including professors, have been discussing this recently. They say that in some places, frequent droughts and floods mean that many people will soon face the risk of starvation.

If you don't want to starve to death, you have to leave your hometown and flee the famine.

In the past, whenever such natural disasters occurred, there were always victims fleeing famine to our Dengping County.

At that time, Dengping County will face such a huge problem.

Should we take them in? What if there are too many people fleeing famine and our county can't accommodate them even if we want to? There are also safety issues caused by the influx of too many refugees... and so on.

This year must have been very difficult for the people. The teachers and students were all sighing and hoping for good weather and good harvests in the second half of the year.

Otherwise it would definitely be more difficult.

In addition, both the Juren and Jinshi examinations require analysis and insights into current affairs, which is likely to be part of the provincial examinations in August this year and the metropolitan examinations next year, so academies pay more attention to these matters than the general public."

Only talented people could take part in the provincial examination, and those who passed were called Juren.

Xiao Yan will naturally sign up to take the provincial examination in August this year.

After hearing what Xiao Yan said, Jiang Ningning hurriedly whispered:

"I'll find some ancient books on natural disaster management in my space and show them to you. They're sure to contain many effective measures. Everyone's guessing the topic anyway, so let's do the same. Maybe if we get it right, wouldn't that make it easier for you to pass the imperial examination?"

"Yeah." Xiao Yan had no objection. "But this natural disaster might strike our county any day. We can't avoid it even if we want to, so we definitely need to make some preparations in advance. It's better to be prepared than not. Besides, we don't plan to stay in Dengping County forever."

Jiang Ningning nodded.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Ningning hurriedly whispered to her husband, "How about this, I will make high-yield rice seeds.

Haven’t I stockpiled a large number of rice seeds in my space that have extremely high yields in our world and are resistant to poverty, diseases and pests?

Moreover, the offspring produced by this rice seed also have extremely excellent traits and can become seeds and be passed down from generation to generation.

Another advantage of this seed is that it can be planted three times a year and the harvest period is very short.

This kind of seed is not even very picky about location and climate. As long as the climate is not particularly bad, it can basically be grown.

This is the latest scientific research achievement in our world.

As long as there are these seeds, there will always be a harvest unless there are natural disasters every day or every year.

And this harvest is equivalent to many harvests of the highest-yielding rice here.

Anyway, I'll get this seed first, so I don't have to explain the origin of this seed later. We can use it whenever we want."

Xiao Yan said, "We can get this seed first, but how do we get it? My family will definitely not suspect anything. They all trust us now, but others may not. We still need to come up with an extremely reasonable reason."

"That's easy," Jiang Ningning said immediately. "Aren't some people already cultivating rice paddies and starting to grow late rice seedlings? I'll just take out some seeds from my space and pretend they're the best late rice seeds I bought from the county and sow them.

Then I would always pretend to go to the fields to think about the rice, trying to produce a higher yield. The villagers would definitely see it.

In the end, the rice really produced a lot of ears and the yield was very high, and everyone just thought it was something I figured out."

Xiao Yan said, "That's a good idea."

Jiang Ningning said, "But the total amount of paddy fields between our two families is only nine acres. I feel that is too little. Let's buy a few more acres of paddy fields. When we have twenty acres, we can get more seeds."

"Twenty acres is fine. Any more and it'll easily arouse suspicion. After all, you're using these fields for research, and taking so much at once would surely raise suspicion among suspicious people."

Let's take it one step at a time. Its harvest period is short, so once it's ready, you can quickly take the seeds and plant them again.

"No matter how many acres it is, you should at most go to the fields and pretend to think about it, but if you really want to do the actual work, hire someone to do it," Xiao Yan said.

Even if he has never farmed, he knows how hard it is.

"I see. It just so happens that our clan's soy products business is doing well, and Uncle Zhuzi's family also wants to help out in the workshop, so they can no longer take care of our fields.

But because he felt that he had received a favor from us, he felt embarrassed to ignore the fields of both our families. He would rather ignore his own fields and still help us take good care of the fields of both families.

I was originally thinking of a business for our clan because I wanted it to develop. Naturally, I couldn't let Uncle Zhuzi's family be like this. I must reduce the burden on Uncle Zhuzi's family.

I've already made an agreement with my parents. I'll tell Uncle Zhuzi's family when I go back today that the farmland will be handed over to other villagers to take care of from now on," Jiang Ningning said.

The fields of the two families were managed by the Xiao Zhuzi family of the Xiao clan.

And Xiao Zhuzi is one of Xiao Yan's uncles.

"What about my aunt and the others?" Xiao Yan asked.

Regarding the hired Yang, Aunt Xiao and other clan members, Jiang Ningning said: "The workshop is so busy now, and we are starting to need more people. Naturally, they also feel that they have received a favor from us. They are unwilling to say that they will not work for us anymore. They still work very hard to help us every day.

My parents and I have also agreed that we will also take the initiative to bring it up on my aunt and the others' side.

Didn’t we hire some new people yesterday? Now we have them leading the team. Once these new people have adapted and are able to get the hang of things, we will tell my aunt and the others to go back and help in the workshop.

When they see so many people, they won’t have to worry about them being gone, and they should feel more at ease.”

Xiao Yan nodded.

In the evening, Jiang Ningning and her friends returned from the shop and went to Xiao Zhuzi's house, saying that they would lease the land to other people in the village to manage in the future.

When Xiao Zhuzi and his family heard this, they were extremely panicked: "Did we fail to take care of something?"