Traveling through time as a peasant girl to turn things around

That night, Ye Heng talked with Zuo Feng in the study, "You will be sitting on a pile of silver in the future, so don't make any big mistakes. For the sake of our children, I have come to talk to you specially. I know you are a good person. But no one is afraid of falling into the trap of silver." Zuo Feng said firmly: "Your subordinate will remember what the prince said. I will keep it in mind." Ye Heng: "Well, we will set off tomorrow morning. You can take whatever you want. There is a car." Zuo Feng replied: "Okay, your subordinate will take his leave." Ye Heng: "Go." "There will be guards to see you off."

Guoguo came in and said, "Lord Zuo won't turn bad." Ye Heng said, "I'm just taking precautions. I have to warn you in advance for your sake." Guoguo said, "Wait, I'll ask my aunt to go back to her parents' home and talk to her." Ye Heng said, "Better to take precautions than to worry about it." Guoguo asked, "Are you going again tomorrow?" Ye Heng nodded, "I'll go and see if the connection with Taohua Village has been established."

Ye Heng: "Come here, call the housekeeper Jiaxing. Qin Binbin, and the others." "Yes," the guard said. A moment later, both housekeepers arrived. Ye Heng said, "Pack your bags and follow me tomorrow." Guoguo laughed and said, "A business trip. Second uncle, learn from Uncle Ye." Jiaxing said, "Okay, I know." Housekeeper Ye replied, "Your Highness, I'll make the arrangements." "Go ahead." Housekeeper Ye called over one of his trained men, Ye Ankang, the prince's son, and said, "Ankang, you stay in the mansion and take care of the things you can't handle until I get back, or tell Duke Dingguo to be more careful and do your job properly." Ye Ankang: "Yes, housekeeper." The housekeeper said, "Go ahead." He packed his belongings and went to the shops again, checking only a few before returning. He told his deputy to keep a close eye on things and make sure nothing happened. Do your job well. ...

At daybreak, everyone in the Chai residence was up, some cooking, some loading. This time, they drove two large carts, with canvas sheets placed under the chassis, above the fuel tanks. They were filled to the brim with goods: rice, flour, grain, oil, vegetables, fruits, quilts, cotton-padded jackets, boots, towels, toothbrushes, toothpaste, washbasins, and so on. Five water tanks were filled with spiritual spring water. There was also a large medical kit, with common medicines. Chen Jun, two apprentices, and three doctors were brought along. Chai Ping'an, Li Biaotou, and twenty other men, along with twenty wagons, were filled to the brim with provisions, glass, lime, and other supplies.

Ye Heng sent someone to the palace to tell him to go hunting when he returned. When the emperor learned about it, he informed all officials to prepare.

Chai Pingan and Guoguo rode in a carriage, which was slow but steady. Secret guards followed on horseback. As the grandfather and grandson sat in the carriage, Chai Pingan said, "Grandpa is willing to do something, but even a girl like you would suffer if you ran back and forth." "Grandpa, it's okay. You don't know Guoguo's ability yet." Chai Pingan felt sorry for his granddaughter and said, "Grandpa wants you to enjoy yourself, not to suffer."

The journey was bumpy. Guoguo said, "Grandpa, let's go into the space." Guoguo pulled Chai Ping'an with one hand and disappeared into thin air. Chai Ping'an was happy. Seeing Huangbao, he said, "Grandpa's grandson, why didn't you tell me you were here?" Huangbao complained, "It's not that I didn't tell you, it's my mother's fault. She always leaves us here and forgets about her babies." Chai Ping'an cried out, "My babies." Then he picked up the children. Huangbao said, "Grandpa, don't hold them. They are sleeping now. You can hold them when they wake up." "Okay. Grandpa is going to work outside." "I'll go with you." Huangbao left with that. "Grandpa, let's go to the fields. I won't take care of my mother's affairs." Huangbao ordered, "Xiao Shunzi, plant thirty acres of vegetables on the black soil." Xiao Shunzi said, "Yes, little master." Chai Ping'an said, "Huangbao, Grandpa wants it too." "There are still thirty acres of red soil. You can plant them. Mother said she wants to plant millet." Chai Ping'an went to find an ox to plow the field. Huang Bao and Grandpa brought an old yellow ox, found the plowshare, tied it, and began to plow the land. After plowing five mu, Chai Ping'an was tired. Huang Bao handed over the milk tea and said, "Grandpa, have some." "Okay. If Grandpa has some, you should have some too."

Huang Bao also drank milk tea. "Let me ask Mom where the seeds are?" Guo Guo came in to find the seeds, and Chai Ping An planted them. Guo Guo had no choice but to go out again because Grandpa couldn't stay idle.

Guoguo sat reading, sometimes chatting with the guards, and looking out at the land of Dayan. Wherever there were people, there were crops, and around the stakes, there was grain. Large areas were wasteland. If all this land was cleared and planted with crops, how much grain would be produced? In ancient times, the population was small and the land was abundant. Then there were the inconvenient transportation and the water problem. It was caused by various factors. Guoguo looked at the conditions along the road. When the water was transferred from the south to the north, crops could be planted here.

Nine days later, they arrived at the coal mine. Ye Heng met her at the intersection. Chai Ping'an also came out, having planted millet on the thirty acres of red soil in the space.

Ye Heng said, "Let's eat first, Guoguo."

Outside, Li Biaotou and his men were unloading the truck. There were too many things, so they had to build a piece of high ground to put the goods on, and then covered it with canvas. After dinner, everyone rested for the night. The next day, Ye Heng arranged, "Grandpa will find a piece of land and teach you how to build a fire to warm the house and build a greenhouse to grow vegetables. Also, build the house next to the greenhouse, not too far away. Grandpa will also teach you how to burn lime and see if it can be burned nearby, so it will be convenient." Chai Ping'an was willing to work: "Okay." Ye Heng continued, "Li Biaotou, come and do it. If there is work to haul goods, haul goods. If there is no work to haul goods, just follow and do it. You will get paid."

Ye Heng asked again: "Qin Binbin, have you finished your account book?" Qin Binbin replied: "Your Highness, it's done." He handed the account book to the prince. Ye Heng took a look and said it was okay. He asked Guoguo to take a look as well. Guoguo said: "Not bad, each item is clearly classified into a table. Okay. Just practice your handwriting." Qin Binbin said: "Okay, I will work hard." Ye Heng said: "You stay here and be an accountant, and there will be a warehouse. Later, the Ministry of Revenue will issue documents." Qin Binbin was happy to have something to do, and said loudly, "Okay. I'll do it." Qin Binbin looked at Guoguo, and Guoguo understood that he still had to get married. Guoguo said: "Brother Binbin: Don't worry, we will take you back when we leave. Come back after you get your wife home. Now I just let you run back and forth." Qin Binbin was very happy to hear this, "Okay, run back and forth if you want."

Ye Heng rested for the night. At dawn, he assigned the night housekeeper, Jiaxing, and Qin Binbin to the same tasks. Then, the night housekeeper and Jiaxing had to worry about coal sales and prepare to transport the coal for sale.

After their mission was assigned, Ye Heng and Guo Guo set off. This time, they headed south toward the salt mines to see how far the road had been built. Guo Guo pulled out a telescope, which they both took with them, peering around. Guo Guo said, "The Great Yan Kingdom is a large country. The road here was desolate. There are few people in the villages, and the land is so desolate. If someone were to open up some land for farming, there would be enough food for the people." Ye Heng said, "Take your time. There's too much wasteland and too little water." Guo Guo asked, "How's the South-to-North Water Diversion Project progressing?" "The Ministry of Works has been surveying it for the past two years, drawing up blueprints and planning the route." The question was, there aren't enough people. In some places, exiled prisoners are digging canals, but the results haven't been great. A lot of work is done for little money. How many people are there serving the people? Guo Guo checked the time and said, "Brother Ye, let's get on the plane and take the telescope. We'll go quickly. Next spring, we'll go and check it out ourselves. After all these years, it's still not finished." Guo Guo remembered that major projects in later generations were often built by the military. He said, "In modern times, five thousand years from now, all major national projects are undertaken by the military. The entire army is mobilized to carry out a single task. This assumes that the future is a peaceful era, with no wars. There are countries that are at war, but they are all foreign. The country I live in is happy, peaceful, and stable. I didn't experience war, but my parents did. The war when Japan invaded China lasted for eight years. The country was impoverished. The people suffered terribly."

The two of them looked down, and Guoguo was surprised to find quite a few mineral veins. "Xiao Shunzi, draw out your route. Take photos, map the area within a hundred miles, and explore for any mineral deposits." "Yes, Master." Ye Heng also looked down. The terrain was flat, with rolling hills stretching westward.

Guoguo was surprised to see something. "Look down there! I see people. I see a road." The people below heard a rumbling sound. Many looked up. "Ah! Scared and running around!" Guoguo shouted through the window. "Don't be afraid, it's me." Someone heard the shout and looked up at the sky. "There's someone in there." "I just don't know who it is?" "They're talking to us. They can't be bad guys." Ye Heng asked, "Do you want to get down?" Guoguo said, "Stop where there's no one, then drive a thousand meters ahead and land." Ye Heng drove a little further ahead and slowly descended.

"I saw that thing coming down." Someone suggested, "Let's go check it out." The plane landed, Ye Heng opened the hatch, and the two of them emerged. They disembarked. Many people recognized Prince Guoguo; many from Taohua Village had come. Guoguo was the first to call out, "Brother Niu, Brother Xiaobing, you're all here." Niu said, "There's no work on the farms back home right now, and some of us are clearing wasteland, so we came here to build a road." "Hey, it's a little extra money, and there's food to save a lot for the family." Guoguo asked, "You don't have enough food at home!" The group laughed. Ye Heng asked, "Which village are you all from?" "We're from Taohua Village." "I'm from Xiaowang Village." "I'm from Taohua County. The county magistrate said anyone could come, so I came. I'm paid thirty cents a day for food and lodging. Capable." "I'm from Taohua County, too, from Xiaozhang Village." Guoguo asked, "Are you all from Taohua County?" "Yes," Guoguo smiled. "That's good, it's also convenient on the way home. They're all from Taohua County. Okay, okay. I have some food on the plane, I'll save some for you." Guoguo's mind sent some food inside. Yeheng helped everyone unload grain, rice, flour, oil, vegetables, several large baskets of fruit, and even a slice of pork.

Ye Heng asked, "Where are you staying?" "There's a tent not far away." Guo Guo said, "I'll come to see you next time. Wear something warm so you don't get cold, and eat enough. If you run out of food, go back and get some." "Sister Guo Guo, don't worry. Our county magistrate and Taohua Village chief Jia Xing often send us things, so we have enough to eat and drink." Guo Guo said, "Then I'm relieved. I'm going back." "Where are you going, sister Guo Guo?" "To see if your road has been repaired. If it has, we can go home to find a matchmaker. We can burn charcoal in the house during the winter, so it won't be cold."

"Sister Guoguo is just right. She's been kind to our village since she was little. Go back. You're destined for great things." Ye Heng and Guoguo boarded the plane and continued to inspect. Guoguo asked Ye Heng, "Where is the salt field?" "Go further west." Ye Heng drove west for over 200 miles. Guoguo added, "We need to build houses along the way for accommodation." "We're planning to build an inn every 50 miles. We don't want too many people to know, so we'll have to slowly build it ourselves."

"That's right, there are too many greedy people. Let's go down to the salt fields and send some food and supplies." Guoguo took out some and put them in the plane. There were quilts, cotton clothes, cotton shoes, white and yellow flour, rice, millet, vegetables, etc., filling the cabin to the brim.

This place is closer to Taohua Village. The road has been repaired. The plane landed a few kilometers away. The two of them got off and walked to the salt pan.

From a distance, they could see scattered houses being built. Guoguo looked at them and said, "It will be easier to get through the winter with houses." Yeheng said, "Yes, winter is not easy."

It was getting closer. Someone spotted it and reported it to Chai Xin and Chai Dong, who came out to greet them. "Why are you here in such cold weather?" Guo Guo said with a smile, "Second Grandfather, look in the distance. Take the carriage and take the things." Chai Xin had someone drive the carriage, and it wasn't far away, taking a few minutes. Ye Heng went up, and Chai Xin and Chai Dong all came to help. Soon, a large group of people arrived. "It's all food. It looks like there's enough for this winter." Guo Guo said, "Hurry and move it. These are cotton-padded clothes made in our shop in the capital. You need cotton-padded clothes and quilts. I'll send you coal in a few days. The house will be warmer. Remember to mix the coal with some loess and a little water so the fire won't go out at night." "Ye Heng didn't know any of this." "White clay will work too. Any clay will do. Just make it moist and cover it with mud, and the fire will still be burning the next day." "The fire in the house needs a smoke extractor to draw out the smoke and prevent people from getting killed." Guo Guo instructed Ye Heng to stay there for a day. Guo Guo instructed Ye Heng to build the fire and smoke the chimney himself, and then tried some firewood. It worked. The two of them left. Before leaving, Guoguo said, "You can build greenhouses and grow vegetables somewhere with good soil." In their spare time, they could clear some wasteland and grow crops. The harvest from these years would be theirs. The veterans were delighted, and the more they thought about it, the better it would be. While the work was tiring, they ate well, slept well, and wore warm, comfortable clothes. Before leaving, they filled several large jars with spiritual spring water, knowing that it would only be used for food.

Ye Heng and Guo Guo flew back to Taohua Village, and Guo Guo returned the plane to the space. Guo Guo only let people see the plane. Someone asked about it, and Ye Heng said that it was a means of transportation that soldiers did not make. Without saying much, he told everyone not to tell anyone.

The veterans kept their mouths shut because they understood that this was a state secret.

Jia He and Jia Le had returned and said happily, "Let's go inside and warm up first. It's been cold these past few days." Guo Guo replied, "Dress warmly, it won't be cold." Ye Heng told everyone, "It will be done soon. Once the road is repaired, we can bring in coal to burn for heating."

Guoguo continued, "We just came back from the salt fields and delivered some quilts and cotton-padded clothes for the winter. We also have some food and vegetables. This winter is almost done." Jiaxing also said, "There are a hundred veterans there, and other veterans are repairing the road." "We saw it on the road. Soon the road will be repaired, and our village will be even richer." Suddenly, Guoguo's face turned ugly. Yeheng was the first to notice and said anxiously, "What's wrong with Guoguo? Don't scare me! Guoguo, Guoguo." Jiahe and Jiale all shouted "Guoguo, Guoguo!!!"

Guoguo came back to her senses and said, "I'm fine, it's just," after a pause, she said, "There will be a disaster in Dayan next year! Something big will happen." Ye Heng was very anxious but he did not rush Guoguo. "Xiao Shunzi just discovered that it might be over here! It's a locust plague!" Ye Heng was frightened, and so were He Jiale. "What should we do?" Ye Heng hurriedly said, "Don't panic, Guoguo, tell me slowly." Guoguo said slowly, "There will be a locust plague next spring." Ye Heng followed, "That is to say, it won't happen when the grass and trees turn green next year and it's cold in winter." Guoguo replied, "Yes. The locusts are eggs now, and they will hatch when it gets warmer next year." Ye Heng said, "Let me think about it. I remember it happened once during my brother's reign. That year, all the crops in the fields were gone. After the locusts passed, the grass and leaves were eaten clean. That year, countless people were killed and injured. A major disaster in Dayan. After that, For several years, the people had a hard time, selling their children and daughters, and the world was in chaos. I remember that when I was eight years old, I was already wearing armor and going to war to defend against foreign enemies. How many years has it been better? "Guoguo felt better at this time and said, "Brother Ye, don't panic. We still have time to take precautions now. The emperor has ordered the people to raise more chickens, ducks and geese. Put them in the fields in spring. When the chickens, ducks and geese see small insects, they will eat them. Bugs are in the soil, and you know chickens love to dig the soil. Chickens will eat the bugs that burrow into the soil. Raise more chickens and everything will be fine." Guoguo said, "Tomorrow I will release the chickens in the space and give each family a few to warm up the chicks. Our village will be fine, but other places will still fly in. Brother Ye, let's go back quickly and leave tomorrow. Let the emperor issue an imperial decree, and all prefectures and counties will order the raising of poultry." When Ye Heng heard Guoguo say that chickens, ducks and geese could prevent the locust plague, he felt at ease because he had a solution. Jia He said, "We'll stay one day tomorrow and leave the day after tomorrow. We need to rest at least." Guo Guo said, "Okay, stay two days." Ye Heng said, "I'll write a warrant and send it to the county government office." Jia He said, "Sir Zhang is in our village now." "I'll write it right away and send it over." Guo Guo went back to the house, and the two of them entered the space where Ye Heng wrote a letter and explained the situation. Guo Guo took out a copy machine and copied thousands of sheets. The two of them went out, and Jia He personally delivered it to Sir Zhang. Zhang Qingshan saw this and didn't even eat, and prepared to ride to the county government office. Sun Gui said, "Dad, take a carriage." Sun Gui found a few young men in the village to go with him.

After dinner, Sun Gui returned to the Chai family's home and sat for a while before discussing the locust plague. "Every household in our village raises chickens. Letting them raise more and getting them all to the fields next spring is a good idea! It's very likely to mitigate this locust disaster..."