I rely on infrastructure systems to build a prosperous village

Fengyi Hall of the Bianjing Imperial Palace.

A burst of hurried footsteps was heard outside the hall. After a while, Nanny Li walked into the hall, waved away all the eunuchs and maids in the hall, paused for a moment, and then walked towards the inner hall.

At this time, the rhythmic sound of beating wooden fish was heard in the inner hall.

"My Lady, there's a letter from Madam Song."

As soon as she finished speaking, the wooden fish stopped playing. A moment later, a tall, plain-looking woman with a high bun in her hair, dressed in a plain robe, hurried out from behind the brocade curtain. She stared at Madam Li intently and asked nervously, "What are you talking about?"

"Madam, Madam Song said that the fourth son of her master's family, who is now 29 years old, looks very similar to the late Duke."

As soon as these words were spoken, the woman couldn't help but cover her chest and began to gasp for breath. In an instant, her eyes were filled with tears.

"My lady, please, please sit down first."

Seeing her like this, Li Ma was so frightened that she quickly helped her sit on a chair.

After a pause, the woman suppressed the bitter feeling in her throat and said in a deep voice, "Don't make this matter worse. Let Nanny Song first confirm whether the child is Rui'er. If so, ask her to take good care of Rui..."

Her voice suddenly stopped, she closed her eyes, and two lines of tears finally flowed down uncontrollably. She wanted to continue speaking, but her lips trembled. She opened her mouth several times, but could not utter a word.

"Miss..." Seeing how miserable she was, Nanny Li couldn't help but choke up.

After a while, the woman calmed down, thought for a moment, sighed, and warned: "Shuyi, don't call me Miss from now on. In this deep palace, you must be careful with your words and actions. I can no longer protect you like before."

"Yes, my lady."

"Tomorrow at noon, I will have dinner with Your Majesty."

When Madam Li heard this, she looked up suddenly, her heart filled with joy, and said, "Yes, Madam."

Lijia Village.

The next morning, Li Lan led the Lijia Village guard team and a group of people went to Chenjia Village in a mighty manner.

"Village chief, village chief, a group of people have come from Lijia Village and are heading towards our farmland."

A man panted.

When Village Chief Chen heard this, he was so shocked that he stood up from his stool. He didn't even care about his unfinished meal and hurried towards the farmland.

The man was also afraid that they were here to cause trouble, so he ran around the village shouting, "People from Li Village are here to cause trouble."

Soon, the men and women in the village all ran towards the fields with farm tools.

By then, Li Lan and her group had reached the farmland. She looked at the waterwheel lying upside down on the pebbles beside the ten-foot-wide trickling stream, and at the villagers carrying water by the stream because there were no canals. A hint of sadness flashed across Li Lan's beautiful eyes.

"Lan girl, Lan girl."

At this moment, Village Chief Chen hurriedly ran to Li Lan and the others, panting.

"Grandpa Chen."

Li Lan shouted as he looked at the old man running in front of him, panting.

"Girl Lan, have you found Old Man Li and his men?"

"found it."

"It's good to find it, it's good to find it."

Seeing his relieved expression, Li Lan smiled and said:

"Grandpa Chen, I'm here to take the water truck away today. Since you can't use it, it would be a shame to leave it here."

"Ah? Lan girl. We..."

Seeing Li Lan's indifferent look, Village Chief Chen paused. After a moment, he sighed heavily and lowered his head. He knew that this girl blamed him for not governing the village strictly and for being too indulgent towards those people.

At this moment, the people from Chenjia Village also came running over with farm tools in hand. Leading them was a man wearing a coarse cloth shorts and straw sandals.

"I wonder who is causing trouble in our Chenjia Village?"

"Chen Wang, stop messing around. What are you doing here with farm tools? Go back now."

Looking at the huge group of people, Village Chief Chen's heart skipped a beat. He glanced at Li Lan and shouted sternly.

"Village chief, what do you think we're doing here? The people from Lijia Village have bullied us and now they want to take away the water truck. How can we do that?"

"Chen Wang, please don't cause trouble here. If it weren't for you, things wouldn't have turned out like this."

"Village chief, look at what you're saying. How can you blame me? If you want to blame someone, blame the people in Lijia Village. They're so unscrupulous. They even refused to let us use the water truck. And village chief, if you really want to blame someone, it's because you have a bad relationship with the head of Lijia Village. Otherwise, why would Wangjia Village and Liujiawan have given us water trucks? Why do we have to take them back when we come here?"

"you you……"

Village Chief Chen pointed at him with a trembling hand, breathing rapidly, and staggered back several steps in anger. Li Lan reached out to support him and patted his shoulder gently.

"Your name is Chen Wang?"

Chen Wang looked in the direction of the voice and saw a very young woman. He sneered and said contemptuously, "You girl, you have no manners. I'm the same age as your father, how dare you call me by my name?"

Li Lan sneered and continued to ask:

"You were the one who took the lead in digging the canal?"

"Why am I the one who picked on me? My rice paddy is right in front of me, so why can't the water truck be installed near my rice paddy?"

"Hey, Chen Wang, I don't like what you're saying. The rice fields next to the stream aren't yours. Why should the water truck be loaded on your side?"

"Jordan Chan, why do you say that? Because my son is the only Tongsheng in our village."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jordan Chan rolled his eyes, curled his lips, and said nothing more.

"Isn't this a result? But, this waterwheel...did I say I'd give it to you now?"

Li Lan deliberately prolonged his tone and looked at them with a smile that did not reach his eyes.

"What? You're just a girl, why do you say you want to take it back? If you want to take it back, call your village chief to come himself. Why let a little girl take it?"

Upon hearing this, Li Tianhu and his group from Lijia Village immediately quit. The younger Li Dali was about to go up and beat the man up, but Li Quan, standing nearby, held him back and whispered, "What are you doing? Have you forgotten our village motto? The president hasn't spoken yet."

"Humph." Li Dali snorted coldly and glared fiercely at the middle-aged man who was shouting at him.

"Alright, I don't want to hear you nagging anymore. The head of Lijia Village gave this waterwheel to your village, but not only are you ungrateful, you're even complaining that our head is meddling in your affairs.

And Chen Jin from your village has actually teamed up with Qian Bao from the town to kill everyone in our Lijia Village. I came here today not only to take the water truck, but also to see if anyone among you is involved in this. If so..."

Li Lan paused for a moment, sneered a few times, and said naively, "Did you hear those screams last night?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in Chenjia Village opened their eyes wide and shuddered as they looked at the woman who was looking at them with a smile on her face.

When the village chief Chen, who was standing next to Li Lan, heard this, he was stunned. He didn't expect that because of his momentary indulgence, he almost harmed Old Man Li and the entire Lijia Village.

At this moment, the leader Chen Wang came to his senses, pointed at Li Lan, and said in horror: "It's you..."

"It's me. Now I'll count to three. If no one comes forward and confesses, I'll break all of your hands one by one, just like I did to Chen Jin last night."

When the people in Chenjia Village heard this cold voice, they felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar and shivered with cold.

But there are always those who are not afraid of death and like to jump around.

"You broke our hands, who are you trying to scare?" shouted an unconvinced man in the crowd.

"Friday."

In a flash, the man who had just shouted was carried to the front and thrown to the ground.

"Break off the fingers of one of his hands, and then reattach them one by one."

Li Lan glanced coldly at the man on the ground and spoke word by word.

Instantly, screams reverberated over Chenjia Village, lingering for a long time. The people standing there were terrified, their faces frozen in silence.

"Chen Wang, tell me, who else is involved?"

Chen Wang, who was named, almost screamed and said tremblingly, "I, I don't know."

As he said this, he tried to run. Li Dali rushed over, grabbed his collar and dragged him back, saying sternly:

"You don't know, why are you running?"

"I, I was just scared. I wasn't involved, really."

Li Lan sneered at his words, then looked at the people in Chenjia Village and said coldly, "Since you have nothing better to do than to jump around, I'll let you jump as much as you can today. Everyone, circle the entire village and imitate frogs, jumping 100 times. Uncle Tianhu, keep a close eye on anyone who slacks off, and make them jump until tomorrow morning."

"Yes, President."

……

In the Zhonghe Hall of the Bianjing Imperial Palace, the crisp sound of a tea bowl smashing, mixed with the furious roar of Emperor Huide, was heard. A group of eunuchs and maids knelt in the hall.

"What on earth does this Zhuang Minghui want to do? Force me to appoint a crown prince?"

"Your Majesty, calm down. The dragon's health is the most important thing."

"They are all a bunch of good-for-nothings. If I had more people to use, I would have replaced them."

Emperor Huide stood up and walked around the hall with his hands behind his back in anger.

At this moment, a young eunuch came in from outside the door, bent over, knelt down, and said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, Matron Li from the Empress's side has arrived."

As soon as he finished speaking, Emperor Huide paused, looked outside the palace, and said hurriedly, "Hurry up and announce it. Li Chun, you stay, everyone else, leave."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After a while, Nanny Li came in and knelt down to pay her respects.

"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty, I came here because Your Majesty asked me to tell you that you will have lunch with her today."

"Are you telling her that she wants to have lunch with me today?"

"That's right, your majesty."

"Okay, Li Chun, go tell the imperial kitchen to prepare more of the Queen's favorite dishes."

"Yes, Your Majesty."