The black-bellied lord, the first wife is mighty!

After planting sweet potatoes in autumn, Xing'er recruited [-] villagers who were good at digging wells from the village protection team to form a well-drilling team, and each village went to dig deep-water wells.Five people in a village are fighting to prepare for the drought in the last half of the next year.

The water stored in the reservoirs in the mountains is full, and it can last for a few months at most. It is estimated that it can barely last until the sweet potatoes mature.According to Xing'er's memory in her previous life, this year she won't write about heavy snow, only "grains of wheat" fell sparsely for a few days.The so-called "wheat grains" refer to snow grains the size of wheat, which will melt in less than a minute once they hit the ground.For alleviating drought, it is a drop in the bucket at all, and it will not help.

The Holy Majesty said in a secret letter to Master Tai that this drought will last until May of the next year, which is exactly the same as Xing'er's previous life memory.In Myolie's memory, at the end of May of the second year, she finally wrote a drizzle.At the beginning of June, a heavy rain finally fell, which relieved the hunger and thirst of the dry land.In July, the weather returned to normal, not much different from previous years.

Therefore, the period from January to May of the coming year is very critical!The sweet potatoes harvested this year can barely survive until July of the next year if they save a little.At that time, there should be wild vegetables and mushrooms in the mountains and wild fields, and sweet potatoes, green vegetables and fruit melons can also be grown.The problem of hunger, there is no big crisis!However, if there is no drinking water, it will be quite bad!If there is no water to drink, people will die!

The war in the Northwest was fierce, and it was at a critical juncture, and the drought was widespread throughout the country, and the treasury could not allocate much money to rescue the disaster.Xing'er took a deep breath, hesitated for a while, and then called the family together to hold a family meeting to discuss major issues.

Xing'er glanced at the family, and then looked at Jing Jing: "Aniang, Xing'er's master (that is, the fictitious master) said that the severe drought will last until May next year. The water can only be maintained until the end of autumn at most. If this continues, it is not an option, or people will be thirsty! So, my daughter wants to spend another 2 taels of silver. Every village in this Li County Drill five deep wells."

Having said this, Xing'er paused, looked at A Niang and Tao'er with a guilty conscience, lowered her eyes, and said bravely: "In addition, donate another 7 taels of silver to the army at the Northwest Frontier Pass , to buy military rations, clothes, shoes and socks. It is said that there will be a once-in-a-century snowstorm in the northwest this year, and the winter clothes of the soldiers may not be able to withstand the severe cold!" Bei Cheng protected it.

After finishing speaking, he raised his head and looked at A Niang and Tao'er, his eyes were full of expectation and guilt.Some time ago, she had already donated 5 taels to help people dig deep water wells near pastoral farms in other places.Now, the family is full of money, and there is only 10 taels of silver.This time, another 9 taels of silver was donated. Next, if the officials and people in Li County have any difficulties, she must also reach out.

I don't know what big things will happen in the disaster year. The two younger brothers have grown up and will go to Fucheng to take the exam next year. There are many places to spend money.Xing'er also knew that she felt a little sorry for her younger siblings and eldest sister, and also felt very guilty towards A Niang.But, there is no way, Li County is her fief, and the people in the fief are suffering, so she can't just ignore it, right?There is also the northwest border, where Shen Jie and his father are fighting bloody battles, she can't stand by and watch, right?

She was very entangled in her heart. What she didn't expect was that after hearing her words, A Niang readily agreed: "Okay! That's very good! For the country and the people, you should do everything. Now you are the princess. Whether it is for the common people or for the soldiers at the border, donate some money as much as you can, Aniang has no reason to object to you!"

An'er also followed closely: "Second sister's proposal, I agree with both hands! The money is gone, and we can earn more. We are still very young, and we will have a lot of opportunities to earn in the future! In the future, when I become a big If you are an official, you will have a very generous salary, and then I will support the family!"

Da'er also nodded again and again: "Exactly, I think so too! The second sister doesn't have to worry about our future, the money is used up, just earn more! In the future, I will definitely be able to earn a lot of money, and the second sister won't worry about our future. Worry about things!"

Xing'er smiled gratifiedly: "Okay, I'll wait for you to earn money for my second sister!" An'er's ideal is to be admitted to the number one scholar, and no matter how bad she is, she will also be admitted to be a Tanhualang.Da'er is very interested in doing business, and is also interested in martial arts. He plans to do business with Xing'er after passing the Juren examination.

Li'er also clapped her little hands, smiling sweetly: "Second sister, spend the money however you want, you can spend it however you want, Li'er has no objections! At present, there are already quite a few fields under Li'er's name, and they are in the county. He and Lizhou both have a house, and Li'er is already very satisfied! The money that Second Sister earns in the future doesn't need to be spent on Li'er! Second Sister can use that money to do great things!"

"Good sister, the second sister didn't love you for nothing, she is indeed a sensible and lovely child!" Xing'er stroked Li'er's hair, feeling very emotional, she never thought that Li'er would be so sensible.

Tao'er said slowly: "Xing'er, leave the matter of winter clothes to me! Allocate 3 taels of silver, and within a month, guarantee to produce [-] sets of warm winter clothes!"

Xing'er nodded and said, "Well, I'll give you 4 taels of silver, and then make a few thousand sets of leather jackets." Then she turned her head to look at A Niang, and asked with a smile, "Ah Niang, please bring someone to make it Dried sweet potatoes will be sent to the northwest border with winter clothes! My daughter will allocate 1 taels of silver to buy a large number of sweet potatoes. My daughter will take people to do the buying of sweet potatoes. My mother only needs to find a dozen hardworking people in the village. A dexterous aunt and sister-in-law will be fine!"

Quietly smiled and replied: "Okay, my mother knows a lot of people in the backing village and the neighboring villages. By the way, my mother will find some more people to help your elder sister sew winter clothes. She belongs to a girl's family, so it's not good." Walk around the villages and alleys."

Just do it, the mother and daughter discussed for a while, and the three of them split up.

Tao'er recruited people in Kaoshantun, and quietly went to the next village. Xing'er thought about it, wrote a letter, called a few traffic officers, and gave an order: "Delivery as soon as possible!"

The traffic officer immediately took the order and sent the letter to the mayors of Li County in a hurry.After receiving the letter, the mayor quickly assigned tasks to his subordinates, Li Zheng and the village chief: gather all the young and strong women, select those who are good at sewing clothes and are diligent and handy, and go to Kaoshan Village to follow the instructions of Princess Anran to make winter clothes and sweet potatoes.Each village, according to the size of the village, has given certain tasks.

Three days later, three hundred women gathered in Anran Juli opposite Tao Ranju.One hundred of them, in the prime of life, were arranged to follow An Jing to make dried sweet potatoes.The other two hundred women followed Tao'er's instructions and sewed down jackets and leather jackets.

Xing'er was not idle either, she personally led the well-drilling team to dig wells with Situ Changfeng.Situ Changfeng is knowledgeable, he knows astronomy first, geography second, and knows how to do hydrological exploration (that is, geophysical prospecting to find water), find out the distribution of local strata, underground structural faults and fissures, estimate the water volume, and increase the probability of successful water production.

In less than an hour, Situ Changfeng decided on a place, and 30 people took turns to dig a well. In the evening, a deep well was successfully dug.The well water is clear and sweet, it should be spring water without any pollution, and it is not easy to dry up at a glance, it is a good well!

Xing'er was both curious and appreciative. In this ancient society that lacked sophisticated detection instruments, this guy achieved such good results by relying on that ancient method!It seems that the wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated! .

Drilling the first good well, Xing'er's heart became much lighter, and the melancholy between her brows also eased a lot.That night, she hosted a banquet in Taoranju, entertaining Situ Changfeng and the well-drilling team.

Dongpo pork, spicy chicken, beer duck, chicken stewed with mushrooms, sweet and sour pork ribs, crispy chicken, braised lion head, stir-fried small rapeseed, amaranth. Shout out to have delicious food!

Situ Changfeng focused his eyes and smiled, and looked at Xing'er probingly. This legendary princess is really curious. I really don't know what else she doesn't understand?Such a woman can be said to be able to go up to the court, go out to the hall, and go down to the kitchen.Whoever marries her will be lucky for three lives!

Oh, it's a pity that this good girl is not something he can covet!A Marquis of Dingguo, a Marquis of Xiaoyao, and a magistrate, everyone is better than him, and everyone knows Princess Anran earlier than him.

I wish we could meet sooner!

However, it is a great honor for him to come to Li County and become the parent official of this side of the land. It is also his great honor to be able to often communicate with Princess Anran about political and agricultural affairs, and talk about the past and the present!

Loving someone doesn't necessarily mean possessing them.Just like now, getting along with her like a friend is also very good!He is not greedy, contented and happy!He also felt very happy to guard her like this.

In a blink of an eye, a month has passed.

Ten thousand pieces of down jackets were made, [-] pieces of leather jackets were made, and [-] catties of dried sweet potatoes were made. Together with [-] catties of spiced peanuts, Xing'er sent someone to personally send them to the northwest border.The team leader this time was Dongfang Langyue, and Yan Wushuang sent three hundred people from Wushuang Villa to escort him, including as many as fifteen top experts.

A total of [-] deep water wells have been drilled, and the well drilling work is still in progress.Drilling deep wells to combat the ongoing drought has also been extended across the country.

Tianxiang Company and Chaxiang Company respectively donated 10 taels of silver to dig deep water wells.And call on big households and officials from all over the world to donate money and materials to support the drought and border wars!