Successfully hit the bandits, Yang Yun and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and they could finally calm down and think about the development of Wu County and deal with the government affairs of Wu County.

In this part of Wu County, there are many mountains and little land, and there are very few fields that can be used to grow crops. Therefore, the food grown every year is not enough for the people to eat, and if there is a famine, the food is even more unsustainable.

There have been such things before, in disaster years, during which many people starved, and many people even starved to death.

Therefore, the biggest question facing Yang Yun and others now is: how can Wu County be self-sufficient in grain? First of all, it is possible to ensure that the people can fill their stomachs before they can talk about other things.

And this mountainous area is no more than the plains, and he does not have enough land to sow grain. Then only by doing our best to let people sow the land, get a bumper harvest, and grow more food, can we ensure that everyone is fed.

In order to ensure that there is enough food for all the people in Wu County to use and not be affected by natural disasters, everyone unanimously decided that the first thing to do is to build water conservancy facilities.

Under Yang Yun's organization, everyone decided to work hard from two aspects. The first is to dig several huge reservoirs high in the county, which can store water in the rainy season and irrigate in the dry season.

In addition, the terrain in the mountains, sometimes in the dry season, is actually very rich in groundwater. Therefore, Yang Yun organized everyone to prepare to drill many deep wells, as long as the depth of the wells is enough, even when the dry season comes, there may also be groundwater, which can also solve the urgent need.

Of course, in addition to preparing water sources, it is also necessary to increase the amount of land. Yang Yun hit the idea on the terraces, and had the experience of making a waterwheel in the farm of the Zhanhu Department. This time, Yang Yun specially brought over the experienced craftsmen who made waterwheels in Dudu Farm.

There are these experienced craftsmen to guide the people of Wu County to build large waterwheels one by one on the side of the mountain. Then the slopes of the mountainside are leveled, which can be used to do this, which can also greatly increase the harvest.

"The sweet potatoes that the young master said, I heard that someone had planted them in Xijing, but in this area of Wu County, no one has seen this thing, we can ask him to go back to Xijing to find some seeds to come back." Zhong Wenrui said.

With the news of sweet potatoes, the remaining two crops made it difficult for Yang Yun.

According to Yang Yun's previous experience, people in mountainous areas are unable to grow rice, wheat and other crops because the slopes are inconvenient for irrigation. Therefore, people often grow sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn in the mountainous areas, which are suitable for crops that do not require much water.

But in Dafu, these things are rarely seen, and when Yang Yun asked, many people had never seen them.

It took a lot of effort to finally come up with some clues. So everyone formed some plans and sent people to Xijing quickly to find sweet potato seeds.

As for potatoes, no one in Dafu has ever grown them, according to a businessman who often travels from south to north. It is said that to the west of the Chu State, there is a small country called Yu Yue, and it is said that someone has a plant that is similar to the potato that Yang Yun said.

As soon as Yang Yun heard the great joy, he immediately arranged for someone to go to Yuyue. Go and get back what the locals call the eggs, and see if they have any potatoes or other edible crops that they have seen.

As for the corn, Yang Yun described the appearance of the corn, and even drew a picture. As a result, I asked many people, but they had never seen this thing, and they had never even heard of it. Yang Yun had no choice but to give up.

As the saying goes, there are still abundant resources available to the common people in the mountains, but this is not possible at present.

It seems that only after the situation is slightly stabilized can we find a way to exterminate all the bandits in the mountains, and then we can fight the idea of resources in the mountains.

The people of Wu County can understand the construction of water conservancy and the cultivation of crops, so when the county government issued a call in the name of the White Lotus Sect, many ordinary people were able to respond positively and seriously participate in this matter.

But the second thing Yang Yun wanted to do was much more troublesome.

Yang Yun believes that the main reason why the common people in Wu County believe in gods and do not believe in science is that they have a serious lack of knowledge of nature. Therefore, Yang Yun, as the leader of King Wu and the White Lotus Sect, called on all the people to let their children study more.

However, many local people in Wu County can't even afford to eat. Where do you have the idea of letting children read?

In order to make the people in the county have the willingness to send their children to study, Yang Yun specially told the county government to issue an announcement in the county to recruit scholars to serve the county government. And for those who are willing to come out to serve the imperial court, with extremely high treatment.

Seeing many scholars, they became celebrities in the county overnight, and they had the feeling of carp jumping over the dragon gate, and the people in the city were envious. Families who have the conditions have also begun to take action to give their children the opportunity to study.

The most troublesome thing is the problem of food, this Wu County is already short of food, and in recent days, it has fought with bandits, and a lot of grain and grass have been consumed.

When the bandits fled from the county seat of Wu County, they also robbed a lot of grain from the people around the county seat, making the people of Wu County, who were already seriously short of food, even more unable to continue.

Yang Yun and others brought some grain from Xijing, but these grains could not be worth it, and tens of thousands of people in Wu County ate it for a month.

Now we are in the season of green and yellow, and the crops in the fields will not mature until two or three months, but where can the existing grain in the county government be delayed until that time?

"Your Highness. It seems that the only way to find these merchants and landlords in the county is to find a way. Ju Yuanguang reminded Yang Yun in one sentence.

In the side hall of the county government of Wu County, more than a dozen gorgeously dressed people sat in it. In poor Wu County, he has such a well-dressed person, which is really a minority. Because these people are the so-called elites of Wu County, some of the most wealthy landlords and businessmen in Wu County.

These people sat together, whispering, they didn't know, why did the county government invite them over? Just when they were restless, the county commander Guo Long arrived.

"Ladies and gentlemen: I invite you to come here today because the county order has something to ask for. Now the people are seriously short of food, and I hope that you will work with the county government to help the people get through this difficulty. Guo Long bowed deeply to everyone and said loudly.

"Originally, in the next family, there was also a great shortage of food, but Guo County's order actually spoke, I will donate ten loads of food, right!" After a long time, a businessman-like man said.

"We don't have much food left over at home, but we are willing to tighten our belts, save five loads of food, and donate it." Immediately after that, someone said.

"I'll donate five quintals too."

"I'll donate three loads."

These rich households, to put it nicely, turned out to be more than a dozen people, and only donated more than 60 loads of grain.

Look at these people and donate such a little food. It seems that he is really desperate, looking at such a pretending guy in the back, Yang Yun felt a burst of anger in his heart, these guys, who are they pretending to be? If you lived in the era before you, maybe these guys could be Oscar winners.

After sending off these merchants and landlords, these core figures of Yang Yun's forces gathered together to consider a solution for this grain.

"Your Highness! I think there's something strange about this. To say that they don't have much food, we still can't do it. But what they are saying now is so pitiful, there is something wrong with it. Ju Yuanguang said while shaking the folding fan in his hand.

"Yes! If they were asked to donate food, it would be understandable that they would not want to. But then we proposed that they would not be willing to take out their grain at a high price. It is said that businessmen are mercenary, why are they not even willing to make money? Zhong Wenrui also said suspiciously.

At this time, Yanqin walked in and whispered a few words in Yang Yun's ear. Yang Yun's face was history, and he said to everyone.

"Now we have received a tip-off that some people in the county town are planning to send a large amount of grain to the bandits. These people are not only unwilling to sell us grain, but also want to send it to the bandits' cottages, and we must not let them succeed. Yang Yun said angrily.

"Yes! For these things that are crawling out of the pool, we must find them out. Guo Long also slapped the table and said angrily.

So everyone agreed to temporarily draw some people from the county government and military police, and then Qi Wei led some guards to intensify the search in the entire county town and try to find the hiding place of these grains.

At the same time, at the gate of the county seat, it is necessary to strictly check the people who have passed by, and strive not to let a single grain out of the county town and into the bandit cottage.

That night, in a beautiful house in the county seat, a few very wealthy-looking people were drinking and talking in a secret room, and several of them were rich people who had been to the county government today.

"This little prince, he wants to be beautiful, and wants us to take out food to help him tide over the difficulties, it's really a dream!" An old man in green satin said.

"Huang Ye is right, I think they don't have food, there is a famine among the people this year, maybe we don't need to act, the people have to drive them away." This time it was a short, fat middle-aged man who spoke.

"Now our top priority is to hide the existing grain so that the people of the county government can not find it, and we must send them out as quickly as possible." Another merchant with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks said.

Qi Wei took the guards and a part of the county soldiers to search in the city for a few days, and inspected all the places where the grain might be hidden, but he never found any trace of the grain.

In the end, Qi Wei was ruthless, so much food, if you want to transport it away, you have to show some clues! One is that he divided the people at hand into two groups, one for the day and the other for the night.

These people hid all over the county, supervising the movements in the city day and night, and as long as anything resembling food appeared in the city, they immediately searched all of them. In this way, there should be nowhere to hide this food, right? But not a single grain of grain was found.