Lu Yan thought for a while and said: "I will mention it to the adults. As for whether he will believe it or not, it is not up to me."
"I think even if he doesn't believe it 100%, he should be able to do something to prepare for a rainy day." He Yunxi said, "Although he came here to gain experience as a noble child, he also wants to do something practical for the people."
Otherwise, even if they knew about the cold disaster, they would not have taken any action in advance.
"Yeah. Meeting such a county magistrate is also a blessing for the people." Lu Yan sighed.
In his previous life, Luo Zixuan also wanted to do things for the people. But there was a cold disaster before and a drought later, and he was not prepared in advance. He was powerless to do what he wanted to do. Once, he happened to see him wiping tears alone on a street corner.
We have been prepared for this year's cold disaster, and the death toll is almost a fraction of that in the previous life. Although he looks tired, his eyes are bright.
As for next year's severe drought, he doesn't have much hope.
The severe drought next year will not only affect Yanjiang City, but also other places.
To be precise, Yanjiang City is better than other places. Because although the crops here in Yanjiang City are dead, there is no drought to the point of no water. Even in the next county, it is impossible to drink water.
How many people were displaced and left their homes in previous lives. There were countless refugees in that year. The court failed to provide disaster relief, and uprisings occurred in many places.
Although the imperial court suppressed the war in the end, it was still damaged and the national power was seriously weakened. Later, when uprisings and rebellions were encountered, the imperial court was weakened and the war lasted for a long time.
The year after that was another year of floods. Everyone said that the imperial court had angered the gods, which caused successive years of disasters.
The prestige of the imperial court fell to the bottom, and the emperor even issued a self-incriminating edict.
It was also during that time that neighboring countries took the opportunity to invade, and the border was not peaceful for many years.
Fortunately, the current emperor was pretty good and managed to survive in such a situation for so many years. However, when the new emperor succeeded to the throne, the great beams were annihilated in the storm.
"If there is really going to be a drought, then we need to build water conservancy projects. With more water conservancy, droughts can be alleviated a lot."
He Yunxi's words made Lu Yan come back to his senses from the memory of his past life.
"Building water conservancy projects has never been easy," he said, "but if we can build water conservancy projects, it will be a long-term success."
Building water conservancy can alleviate droughts and floods.
"But generally people only build water conservancy projects when they are doing corvee work," Lu Yan said.
"Although now is not the best time to break ground, it is the best time," He Yunxi said.
"How to say?"
"Everyone has nothing to do at home now!" He Yunxi finished a yoga movement and changed to a leg hooking movement. This movement made Lu Yan blush a little and his heart beat.
He Yunxi did not notice and continued: "The yamen now provides porridge every day, which is equivalent to feeding the people in vain. For the yamen, this is also a relatively large burden. In this case, why not let the free people go to repair water conservancy projects
Woolen cloth?"
Lu Yan was shocked and thought her proposal was a good one.
"There is no need to build the difficult ones. Build more ditches and more reservoirs. This kind of risk is not great, but it is still very important for agriculture." He Yunxi said, "Not only those who meet the qualifications can go, but also those whose families can live a decent life."
Yes, if you want, you can go. The yamen will provide food, and you can also pay some wages appropriately. If one person goes out to work at home, the family will save one person's rations, and the family's food can last longer."
"In this way, the yamen does not have to support the young and strong in vain, and the people can have something to do, and some can have extra income. Water conservancy can also be built to help agricultural development. This is really a mutually beneficial thing for both parties!" Lu Yan was excited!
He looked at He Yunxi with eyes as bright as stars.
"I think this is a good thing, but if it is to be implemented in detail, there are still many aspects to consider." He Yunxi said.
"That's right. To build water conservancy, there are people involved in food, housing, sick and injured people." Lu Yan agreed, "But these are nothing to other things. I'll go talk to Uncle Xie
If Uncle Xie is okay with this matter, then I will ask for leave to go to the county government tomorrow."
"Well, you go and do your work." He Yunxi just made suggestions on this matter, and she had no intention of participating in the actual operation later.
Xie Yuanming was lying on the kang and found that his inner clothes seemed a little tight. At this time, Lu Yan came over and he put on his clothes again.
"Why did you come here so late?" Xie Yuanming asked.
"I have something to ask you..."
After listening to Lu Yan's words, Xie Yuanming was also excited.
"This matter is indeed very feasible. However, there are many specific things. You should first use this as the title and write a charter. Let Xiao Jin listen to it tomorrow and you can improve it together." Xie Yuanming said.
Lu Yan was stunned for a moment, "Does this ignore Mr. Luo? Isn't that bad?"
"Of course not, let him discuss it together tomorrow. Xiao Yuan will be there tomorrow, so we can participate together."
When Lu Yan returned to the room, He Yunxi had already fallen asleep. Seeing the sleeping face under the dim light, Lu Yan was filled with emotions.
What kind of living environment could produce such a stunning woman?
"Yunxi, how can I let you go if you look like this?"
You have penetrated deeply into my heart, and I am at peace with you. In this life, you will never even think about it. Even if I pull you hard, I will tie you to my side.
After looking at her for a while, he moved the kang table to the kang and wrote down the details he had just discussed.
The next day, He Yunxi continued grinding spices and spent another whole morning grinding all the spices in this batch into fine powder.
She shook her sore arms and lamented that this was really too labor-intensive. She might as well get some guillotines for crushing medicinal materials, and go to the market to order some pork legs.
She told Mrs. Liu and went out. Liang Jinxi heard that he was going out and asked Cui Yun to drive her off. He Yunxi was also polite. It was naturally much more comfortable to ride in a carriage in such a cold weather.
They went to the blacksmith shop first. He Yunxi ordered two guillotines, and then took out the ones he ordered before. Luo Fu came out with her, saw the ones she took, and asked: "Madam, what are these used for?"
of?"
"This is for making pancakes and soybean pancakes, and this is for eating hot pot. I ordered it a long time ago. It was finished two days before moving, and I never had time to pick it up." He Yunxi said.
"Madam is going to make delicious food again." Cui Yun touched the extra flesh on his waist and decided to practice more.
The three of them went to the market. He Yunxi bought all the remaining pork legs today, and ordered a dozen more pork legs. Then he went to the salt store and bought a lot of second-rate salt. This kind of salt did not taste very good.
, but it can also be used to cure ham.
Passing by Baiwei Building on the way back, He Yunxi's eyes lit up when he saw the vegetable frames being moved in. He asked Cui Yun to stop and went in with Luo Fu.