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

Tao'er's sweetheart is Mu Qingfeng.And Mu Qingfeng is now Shen Jie's lieutenant general.It was Xing'er's proposal to let Tao'er go to the northwest, and it was also Tao'er's wish.First, I can visit my seriously injured father, second, I can meet Mu Qingfeng, and third, I can help Xing'er visit Shen Jie.

It can be said to kill three birds with one stone.Tao'er naturally couldn't ask for it, so she readily agreed.

She has also learned martial arts for a few years, and her skills are not bad. It is not a problem at all to deal with three or five ordinary men with her bare hands.Practice martial arts every day, often go to work in the fields, and the family goes climbing every seven days.The body is great, and it is still affordable to take a special comfortable and spacious carriage to the northwest.

The carriage was equipped with anti-shock, anti-theft, and anti-cold functions. It was divided into upper and lower floors, and the inside was enough for two people to lie down.Xing'er sent Dongfang Yunshu to lead seven guards from the Royal Guards to follow Tao'er to the northwest.In addition, Xing'er selected ten people from the village protection team to accompany her.Yan Wushuang sent another twenty experts from Wushuang Villa to escort Tao'er and Chai Liang to the northwest. Master Tai and Situ Changfeng also sent two people from the yamen to escort them.

The remaining three guards from the Royal Guards, one is a female guard as a shadow guard, closely following An Jing and Li'er, one is following Qaida and Chai An, and the other is closely guarding Xing'er.

During this critical period, we must remain vigilant. Xing'er told Li'er: "During the next six months, you should not go out alone. It is best to go in and out with Auntie every day! Even if you are in Taoranju, even if you go to the white sand beach and the vegetable field , you must also bring two maids and a woman, and you must never act alone!"

"Understood, Second Sister, Li'er must be careful and not mess around!" Li'er knew the seriousness of the matter, and nodded obediently in response.

The second sister was right. During this period of time, there were suspicious people wandering around the entrance of the village every three days.Let’s just say that this Taoran residence covers an area of ​​more than a hundred acres, and there is a lush bamboo forest by the river.Now that the river is dry, if someone comes from the other side to do evil, it is no joke.

At this time, it is already March in Yangchun.

At the same time, it is also the time of extreme drought.The water in the deep wells is almost dry, and a well can only pump up a dozen barrels of water a day.There are five deep-water wells in Kaoshantun. There are more than 200 people in the village, and the five wells only have about [-] barrels of water. How is that enough?

Inevitably, Xing'er donated the well water from Tao Ranju.However, she appointed ten families to fetch water from Taoranju.The village chief's family, Lizheng's family, Sanbo's family, Erbo's family, patriarch's family, Cui Chaosheng's family, and several families that are better than Xing'er's family.

The deep water wells in Taoranju can pump 75 barrels of water from one well, and about 35 barrels from five wells.There are about 120 people in Tao Ranju, plus the ten families, there are about [-] people in total.There is not even a bucket of water for a person for a day.

Myolie's heart also broke the calm and became anxious.

It is now mid-March, and it will not rain until the end of May, and it will not rain until the beginning of June!Only when it rains heavily can the drought be alleviated and there be enough water!Two and a half months, another two and a half months to suffer! .

Xing'er was so anxious that she couldn't sleep or eat.

The people in the backing village are alright, but the people in other villages began to worship Guanyin, the Bodhisattva and the River God on a large scale, praying for rain and blessings.The water in the mountain stream in Lishutun also dropped sharply, and the water in the hot spring valley also decreased by [-]%.In Li County, the wells in several villages can only be pumped with two buckets of muddy water a day.

Eating and drinking water has become a big problem!

Uncle Li followed Xing'er's suggestion, took a few good hunters, and selected a few people with good martial arts from the village guard team, and went deep into the mountains and forests to find water sources.Situ Changfeng and Xinger jointly organized five water search teams to go deep into the mountains and forests in various places to find life-saving water sources.The water search team was drawn from the village protection teams of each village, and the people in the yamen were kept to maintain law and order.

The more this time, the easier it is for gangsters to have *opportunity* to take advantage of.Situ Changfeng accepted Xing'er's suggestion, trained the government servants all day long, dismissed those government servants who were stealthy, tricky, bullying, vicious and vicious, and recruited a group of upright young people again, with priority given to those who were good at martial arts.

The combat effectiveness of the county government has been improved immediately, and the implementation of various policies has been strengthened a lot.The safety of the people's lives has been further guaranteed, and the social atmosphere has taken on a new look.Everyone's confidence in overcoming the drought has also strengthened, and they are no longer so pessimistic, decadent and hopeless.

After half a month of hard searching, the water search team in Lishutun finally found the source of the mountain stream, which is a spring in the deep mountains and dense forests. There is a big waterfall and a big pool there.As soon as Xing'er got the news, she immediately went to that place with Situ Changfeng. This water pool is located in the hinterland of the mountain, and has never been visited by humans. It can be said to be a virgin forest.

Within a five-mile radius of the water pool, there is no trace of drought at all. The place is verdant, with verdant trees, flowers and fruits everywhere, wild vegetables are growing gratifyingly, and small animals are running around.Pheasants and hares are easily visible.The water in the pool is sweet and clear, and it is clearly the purest spring water, which is many times better than the so-called mineral water in modern society!

This place is simply, the paradise of the *world**!

Xing'er couldn't help admiring again and again: "Good place! Now you don't have to worry about running out of water!" She looked at Situ Changfeng and laughed like a cloud: "Master Situ, send someone to build a road to transport the water out of the mountain Go! With this water pool, the water problem of the people in the whole county can be almost solved!"

"Okay! I will organize a road repair team as soon as I get back. I will start road repair tomorrow and continue to repair the road to Lishutun!" Situ Changfeng was much more excited than Xing'er. He grinned with joy, and the smile on his face It hasn't come apart.

Princess Anran and the county magistrate jointly issued an order: the people of the whole county will work together to build roads and transport water!

Responders, in the thousands.

There is a slogan that rings like a thunderbolt: If you want to drink water, build roads first!

The folks in the countryside brought their own tools for road construction such as hoes, shovels, sickles and axes, and the residents in the city paid for the construction of many tents and donated them to the road construction team free of charge.From Lishutun to Nashuitan, the diameter distance is at least ten miles, not to mention the high mountains and dense forests, there is no way to walk in a straight line.

Road construction projects are arduous and long-term.The road construction team must sleep out in the mountains and forests, and tents are a must.Residents in the city donated a little money even if they were stingy cheapskate so that they could drink the clear sweet spring sooner.The person in charge of fundraising was none other than Young Master Qin Mo!

Mrs. Qin sternly reprimanded: "Are you crazy? Aren't you going to take the imperial examination? Do you still want to be admitted to the Jinshi? Hurry up and leave the fundraising to the servants!"

"Mother, there is a severe drought that has never happened in a century, and the flames of war are still raging. Why do you think my son is still thinking about studying and taking exams? No matter how you say it, I have to do my best to help the people survive this catastrophe!" Qin Mo ignored his mother. Strongly dissuaded by him, he resolutely took a few able-bodied men, united with a group of classmates and friends in the county, and collectively went to the streets to raise donations.

The first recipient of the donation was his *father: "Father, everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world! Please also donate money and materials to build roads and bridges!"

The rise and fall, everyone is responsible.This slogan was Xing'er's first order to the people in her fief when she returned to Li County.At that time, she called on everyone to join the army and join the torrent of the Western Expedition to defend their homes and the country.

This slogan has already spread across the country, inspiring passionate youths all over the country.Because of this slogan, there are as many as tens of thousands of young people who are affected by this slogan and actively join the army!Accompanied by these tens of thousands of people, there are still 10,000+ taels of silver and thousands of carts of grain when they reach the northwest border.These silver and food were donated by the rich children among these young people.

Master Qin smiled gratifiedly, and he donated 3000 taels of silver and [-] catties of sweet potatoes very cheerfully.Mrs. Qin stared and winked at him, but he turned a blind eye and ignored him at all.

If you are poor, you will take care of yourself alone, and if you are rich, you will benefit the world!

This sentence was also said by Xing'er, and it was written in black and white in the store regulations of Tianxiang Store and Chaxiang Store, and it became the motto of the majority of employees.Among them, it also includes the phrase "every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world".

Master Qin took the lead, and several of his friends responded one after another, donating money, goods and food.Someone took the lead, and the responders came one after another. Even the shopkeeper of the blacksmith shop donated a large number of hoes and shovels.

A carpenter came to the door and volunteered to join other carpenters to go to the mountains to cut down the trees for road construction and use them to build some small wooden houses so that the road builders could live in warmer houses.

Situ Changfeng readily agreed, allocated 100 taels of silver, and dispatched a subordinate to take care of the carpenters' diet.The carpenter quickly gathered more than [-] colleagues and rushed to the road construction site. Using the big trees cut down for road construction, it took a day to build a small wooden house.

The choice of wooden house is halfway from Lishutun to Shuitan.Situ Changfeng, the commander in chief of road construction, took a few people from the headquarters to stay in the wooden house that night.At present, the primary problem for officials and people in the county is the problem of drinking water.Therefore, Situ Changfeng put the problem of water at the top of the list, personally presided over, participated in and supervised, and tried to repair the road in the shortest possible time.

Xing'er sent fifteen young and strong long-term workers from Tao Ranju to join the road construction team, and promised: "Work hard, and those who perform well will be paid one tael of silver this month! The best performers One, plus two taels of silver!" Xin Mu Zhengqing.

Wow!Two taels of silver?

Xing'er saw surprise and excitement on Chang Gong's face.

Money is indeed a good thing!

With the encouragement of two taels of silver, the fifteen long-term workers arrived at the construction site and immediately started a competition.You fight to catch up, not to be outdone. Compared with other road builders, these people are really the best.

The road construction team is divided into small teams, each villager has a small team.For example, the people sent by Xing'er are called Tao Ranju Squad.The people who make wooden houses are called the carpenter team.The people in Lishutun are naturally called the Lishutun team.There are also some young masters in the city who are forced by the elders of the family to experience and undergo "reform through labor". They are called the Young Master Squad.

The performance of Tao Ranju's team shocked the audience.

Seeing this, Xing'er took the opportunity to propose: "Come on, let's start the competition! For the top three squads, the princess will award a pennant, and the village that wins the first place will be awarded the title of model village! The taxes for the coming year will be paid by this county." The master is the master, the family of each member of the winning team will be exempted by 2%! No. 3 will be exempted by [-]%, and No. [-] will be exempted by [-]%! This part of the tax reduction will be paid by the princess!"

As soon as this remark came out, the crowd was excited.

Not to be outdone, everyone fought for No.1 under the encouragement of the team leader!All of a sudden, the atmosphere at the road opening scene was unprecedentedly hot; the progress of the road opening was unprecedentedly fast.Compared with the previous progress, it is more than three times faster!

Situ Changfeng stood beside Xing'er with his hands behind his back, smiled at Mimi and said, "Princess, you really have a way! Look, one or two of them are as excited as if they picked up gold ingots. It's like there's no end to strength."

Xing'er laughed, and she was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear: "Hey, according to the current situation, this road can be repaired in half a month!"

"Yes, half a month should be enough!" Situ Changfeng was in a good mood, and all the haze had dissipated on his handsome face. A road repairing team of 5000 people, one hundred road repairing teams will repair a section of about fifty miles in half a month (the diameter is ten miles, but the road to be repaired is actually fifty miles long). Mountain road, time should be enough.

Of course, if competition is not advocated, I am afraid that it will not be repaired in fifty days.After all, there are high mountains and dense forests here, and stones, thorns, mountain streams, ditches, poisonous snakes, beasts, etc., are all very difficult.In addition to digging, bridges have to be built, and poisonous snakes and beasts have to be fought.

As a result of the competition, the people from Tao Ranju won No.1 without any suspense.Tao Ranju's long-term worker is actually a member of the village guard team at the back of the mountain, and has been practicing martial arts for nearly two years.In terms of physical strength, he is naturally much better than the people in other villages.Moreover, these people were all carefully selected by Xing'er, not even half of them were sneaky!

No.2 is from the village of Chai Yong's grandfather, the captain of the road construction team, and Chai Yong's eldest cousin. No.3 is from the Song family village, and more than a dozen are long-term laborers in Song Ze's family.

Myolie was filled with joy. In addition to the promise of tax relief, model villages and pennants, she also rewarded each team with 20 taels of silver out of her own pocket.They also hosted a banquet in Taoranju for the captains of the three teams, the heads of the three villages, Li Zheng, Situ Changfeng and several officials from the Road Construction Headquarters.

Everyone happily went to the banquet, had the sweet spring water to drink, and was lucky enough to go to the house of Princess Anran for the banquet, everyone could not help but be filled with joy.