Exile at the start? Milkball filming, hoarding billions of resources

Su Shaoqing cherished his people, so he naturally wouldn't make them work day and night to build ditches. Instead, he adhered to the principle of working at sunrise and resting at sunset, allowing the people to do what they could, and even giving them two days off every five days.

Su Shaoqing was not in a hurry, but the people were.

At this rate, when will the water supply be restored?

Many people secretly gathered together and worked day and night to finish the job.

After Su Shaoqing discovered this, he sternly stopped him.

Su Shaoqing addressed the people.

"The canal was built for people; how can people destroy it for the sake of the canal?"

"If you continue to act this way, then don't bother repairing the ditch."

Seeing that Su Shaoqing was angry, everyone pleaded with him.

"Lord Su, we know we were wrong."

"We are also worried that if the construction period is too long, it will waste your food."

"Yes, sir, the cost of food, drink, and other necessities for so many of us is not a small amount. The sooner the repairs are completed, the sooner your burden will be lightened."

Su Shaoqing was also anxious; he didn't have much time left.

That's precisely why he wanted to do things even better.

But this does not mean that we should exploit the people and treat their lives as worthless.

"Starting tomorrow, I will send people to patrol the area. After sunset, no one is allowed to stay here to work."

Su Shaoqing kept his word and actually arranged for someone to investigate the matter.

Since the people could not work secretly, they could only work harder during the day.

Su Shaoqing would reward those who worked diligently with extra rice.

This not only solved the problem of insufficient labor, but also solved the food shortage problem for the people.

Upon hearing that Guanyang had no shortage of grain, many officials from other towns in northern Xinjiang shamelessly came to borrow grain.

Regardless of who the visitor was, Su Shaoqing had only one response: work relief instead of economic relief.

If you want grain, come and help me repair the ditches first.

Every official knows that building ditches is a great thing that benefits the country and its people, but they don't have as much grain as Su Shaoqing.

Hearing Su Shaoqing's words, he was so angry that he laughed.

To borrow grain, one must send the people under one's jurisdiction to Guanyang. In the entire northern frontier, Guanyang is the best governed and the most developed.

What if someone gets to Guanyang and doesn't want to go back?

If we don't lend the money, everyone will starve to death.

Just when everyone was in a dilemma, Su Shaoqing took a step back.

"I don't want you all to help me build the canals in Guanyang, but I want to build canals for the entire northern frontier."

"Guanyang is the most important defensive line in the northern frontier. The army is stationed outside Guanyang City. It can be said that Guanyang exists to protect the northern frontier. If only Guanyang is prosperous, while the people in other parts of the northern frontier are starving, then what is the point of Guanyang's existence?"

"Therefore, I would like to ask you all to join me in digging canals to bring water into the region, so that all the people of the northern frontier can drink sweet and refreshing water."

Using their own grain to bring water to the people of the entire northern frontier, everyone who heard this praised their great righteousness.

Therefore, the entire northern frontier united to build a canal together.

Shen Zhaoning can see new changes taking place in the northern border region every day.

The anxiety and sorrow on the faces of the people gradually disappeared, and the smiles that were once common on their faces began to appear.

From the day the water of the Qinghe River entered Guanyang, the entire Guanyang was decorated with lanterns and filled with joy.

The Qinghe River had too much water, exceeding Guanyang's carrying capacity. Some houses in low-lying areas were washed away, but the people did not show any dissatisfaction. Instead, they were moved to tears.

They stood in the water, scooping up the somewhat murky sewage.

"Water, it's water."

"Guanyang finally has water."

"Good heavens, you've finally opened your eyes."

"Hey~ why thank God? If anyone should be thanking someone, it should be Lord Su. If it weren't for him, Guanyang wouldn't be where it is today."

Fortunately, other towns were also building ditches, and soon the excess water was diverted to other towns.

The drought crisis in northern Xinjiang was resolved just like that.

To celebrate, many families set off firecrackers.

Children are running around with firecrackers in their hands; Guanyang is even more exciting than during the Spring Festival.

Hua Zhuyue also specially prepared firecrackers for the children so they could play with the other children.

Since entering Guanyang, Shen Zhaoning has been very busy and hasn't had much time to play with her peers.

For some reason, she thought of the children who had given her the rattan ball that day. She took Shen Yu and Xiao Man to the Su family home, found the children nearby, and invited them to play together.

The children were initially a little timid and reserved, but seeing that Shen Yu spoke gently and was considerate of their feelings, and that Shen Zhaoning and Xiaoman didn't act like nobles, they gradually opened up.

The children had a great time, and one of them even ran home to get a jar of dried fish to give to Shen Zhaoning.

"I caught this myself when the water was high a few days ago. My mother made it into dried fish, it's delicious, you should try it."

The child spoke so casually, as if the dried fish wasn't worth much, but Shen Zhaoning knew that this little thing was very precious.

Making dried fish requires many steps and a lot of seasonings.

Ordinary families simply couldn't bear to eat it.

The child insisted on stuffing the dried fish into Shen Zhaoning's hand.

"My mother said that if it weren't for Lord Shen, our whole family would probably have starved to death. A jar of dried fish is nothing."

Another child shyly slipped a small ceramic jar into Shen Zhaoning's hand.

"This is fish sauce made by my mother. She told me to give it to you. She also said, 'Thank you, Lord Shen. Our family will always remember your kindness.'"

Shen Zhaoning knew she shouldn't accept things from these people so casually, but she didn't know how to refuse, so she could only look at her brother.

But she found that her brother was also carrying a lot of things and was looking at her helplessly.

They both looked at Xiaoman, who had already started eating and was thanking them as she ate.

"Thank you, thank you. I will convey your gratitude to my uncle."

Shen Yu patted Xiaoman on the back of the head.

"That's your uncle, so you accepted it without any qualms."

Xiaoman gave a vague answer.

"If I accept these things, those people will feel at ease. Besides, we're all family. My brother's uncle is my uncle too."

With her tense mood of the past few days suddenly relaxed, a smile appeared on Shen Zhaoning's face.

That's wonderful! The people of Guanyang will finally stop going hungry.

Shen Zhaoning smiled as she saw a small group of people with knives at their waists knocking on the gate of the Su residence.

Shen Zhaoning's smile froze.

She tugged at Shen Yu's sleeve.

"elder brother……"

The smile on Shen Yu's face had vanished.

"Tuantuan, Xiaoman, go home and find your grandmother. Bring the Zhou clan members and block the front and back gates of the Su residence. Don't let them take your maternal grandparents' family away."

"I'm going to find Lord Lu."

Shen Zhaoning grabbed Xiaoman and ran quickly toward the Shen family's home. As they ran, a flash of white light appeared, and they arrived in the modern world.