Farming the fields, planting in the spring and harvesting in the autumn, relying on the sky for food. This is the reality that the Central Plains Dynasty, which has been based on agriculture for generations, has to face. It is good to encounter a year with good wind and rain, but once it encounters a drought and flood year, the people of Li can only resign themselves to fate.

But even if the weather is dry, I don't dare to delay the spring farming, otherwise what will I eat next year!

Outside the west city of Chang'an, Qianmo is vertical and horizontal, and it is a large piece of connected fertile land. Many villagers sow seeds in the fields. As the saying goes, "God doesn't die of hunger", although there is no rain in the weather, there is still water on the ground.

Chang'an City is surrounded by abundant water sources, and there is a saying that "eight waters surround Chang'an" since ancient times. Among them, the Wei River and the Jing River water system with the most abundant water volume surrounds the city three times, mighty and mighty, turns to the southeast, merges with the river, and goes straight to the east of the big river.

Since there is water, it is difficult for these field men who can endure hardships and stand hard work. So, when I looked from the heights, I saw that the wilderness was full of figures carrying water, stepping on the rugged field paths, carrying heavy wooden barrels in their hands or on their shoulders, drawing water from the distant river banks, staggering all the way, and then pouring them into their fields.

The weather is too dry, the ground is too dry, the barrels are too heavy, and the journey is too far...... Often, after the last bucket of water comes, the previous bucket of water has already seeped into the dry land, and there is not much dampness.

But even so, no one gave up, because this is the only way to breed against drought at the moment, and if even this is useless, it deserves God's punishment.

The agricultural plan is not trivial, and at this juncture, no one dares to come to the slightest laziness and luck. Not only were the people who were farming anxious, but even the people in the government were all moving.

Three counties near Chang'an, Chang'an, Wannian and Lantian. From the county order below the adults, to the miscellaneous servants, except for a few left-behind officials, it can be said that all the staff are dispatched, squatting on the fields every day, commanding and helping, and devoting themselves to this drought-fighting spring plowing plan.

A layer of water bubbled on Ji Di's mouth, and a black face became even darker. During these days, chores were put aside, and except for the time of the last court, he basically stayed outside the city. Like him, there are Yao Shigu of Wannian County and Du Zhou of Lantian County.

The emperor has issued a death order at the court meeting this morning, and sent a message to all the affected counties and counties that must ensure the completion of this season's spring ploughing, no matter what method you think of, and no matter what difficulties you have, anyway, if you delay the agricultural time, you can't do this thing, you must strictly handle it according to the law!

The Han Dynasty can have today's situation, isn't it because of the persistent and high attention of the two emperors of Wenjing to agriculture! If you really mess up your errand because of your own negligence, needless to say that the people under your rule have nothing to eat, and you don't need to say that you will face the end of losing your official position and dismissal, but I am afraid that I will never be ashamed to face the world again!

Therefore, after listening to Ji Di, who participated in the court meeting to convey the news, finished talking about the situation he was facing, Yao Shigu and Du Zhou both drooped down their bitter gourd faces, and they almost cried.

Ji Di looked at the two of them and sighed. Previously, the three counties cooperated, collectively fought drought, and got along quite well, these two parents are also people who do things for the people, he can understand their feelings, but he can't do anything about it! Now, don't say anything, roll up your sleeves and lead the hard work.

Looking at Ji Di, who patted himself on the shoulder, didn't say anything, but took off his official uniform, took the wooden barrel, and went straight to the river, Yao Shi Gu Du Zhou glanced at each other, gritted his teeth, and picked up a wooden barrel by himself, let's do it! Do good or bad, depending on fate, and it can be regarded as having a clear conscience.

The dust was full, the spring breeze was blowing, and next to the official road a little higher in the distance, a team of carriages and horses quietly stopped and rested for a while.

Most of them were from noble families and the Yulin sergeants were a little curious and surprised to see the scene of nearly 10,000 people busy carrying water back and forth in the fields of Qianmo, they had never seen such a scene.

"What are they doing? That's a lot of people! ”

They are not the only ones who don't know the suffering of the world, and the girl who opened the curtain and looked around excitedly was actually more curious.

Seeing that the horse he was riding was looking down and gnawing on the grass that had just sprouted a little sprout, arching his mouth full of sand, the young man who was still dressed in a light blue cloth robe wiped it off with his hand.

"It's a drought! In order to sow the seeds for spring ploughing, these people had to work harder and water them by hand. ”

As he said casually, he glanced up, but saw the endless flow of people, regardless of men, women, old and young, carrying people on their shoulders, and the road was long and difficult, but it was very difficult, but the land had been dry for too long, so taking water in this way was not a drop in the bucket, anyway, it was expected to have little effect. The young man frowned slightly, and when he withdrew his gaze, several familiar figures came into view where the crowd parted.

After all, Ji Di is old, and his physical strength is not as good as before. I carried a large wooden barrel on my shoulders, and it was okay for the first few trips, but now it was gradually unable to support it.

Most of the villagers in the fields knew this Qingtian master, and they had persuaded him several times to let him rest, but they were all rejected by Lord Chang'an Ling.

Ji Di exhaled deeply, his gray sideburns were already sweating, and he felt that the burden on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier, and he stepped on the rugged path under his feet, and his steps were a little staggering.

Yao Shang, who was not far behind him, saw this scene, and hurriedly wanted to put down the barrel on his shoulder, and when he wanted to catch up to help his adults unload it and take a rest, he heard an "oops", Ji Di's feet slipped, and he stumbled, and he was about to fall into the ditch next to him with the bucket.

The people around were taken aback when they heard the sound, but they were all caught off guard, and when they were panicking, they saw that the rescue was not timely, someone had reached out and firmly supported his body, and the other hand held up the bucket and put it on the ground.

The spring sun was dazzling, illuminating some flowers in front of him, and when Ji Di raised his head, he didn't see the appearance of the person in front of him clearly for a while, but he suddenly had a feeling in his heart that he knew who was back!

"Little Hou Ye, you ...... Haha, it's back! ”

Sure enough, at this moment when he was in a trance, Yao Shang's surprised voice was already heard in his ears.

Yuan Zhao smiled and nodded to the think tank of the Chang'an Mansion, and at the same time supported Ji Di and let him sit on the stone on the side to rest for a while.

"It's so old, don't fight like this! The dignified ministers of the imperial court Jiuqing came to do these rough jobs, and they still thought they were young men? ”

The tone was ridiculous, but full of concern, and a trace of warmth surged in Ji Di's heart, who had passed the year of knowing the destiny of heaven. After a few breaths, he calmed down and looked at Yuan Zhao a few times, he hadn't seen him for more than a month, and the young man's smile was the same as in the past, but his face was full of dust, but it looked a lot darker.

"It's finally back! You kid...... I've heard all those things, and you've done a good job, and you're worthy of being a big man, and it's not in vain that everyone values you. Ha ha! ”

Yuan Zhao hurriedly humbled a few words, for this upright elder, he had always had respect for him since the time he first met.

At the moment, several people greeted each other, Yao Shang was naturally already familiar with each other, but Yao Shigu, the commander of Wannian County, was his cousin, but Du Zhou, the commander of Lantian County, had never seen it.

And the young man in front of the two adults who heard it was Changle Hou Yuanzhao, who had just returned from Northern Xinjiang, and was surprised for a while. They had already heard that this little marquis was still underage, but when they saw him for the first time today, they didn't expect him to be so young.

In the past two days, the matter of Ma Yi has been rumored, and the world knows it, of course they know the deeds of this young hero, and they are very respectful at the moment.

It turned out that Yuan Zhao saw Ji Di's figure from a distance just now, and when he wanted to come over to say hello, he encountered him who was physically exhausted, so he helped him in time.

Ji Huang was originally an open-minded person, although he saw the princess's car stopping there, but at this time he was anxious to lead the crowd to fetch water, but he had no intention of going over to meet him. After a few words of resignation, he urged Yuan Zhao to hurry back to the city to return to the Son of Heaven, there is no need to delay time here, they still have to continue to fight the drought, and there will be opportunities in the future.

"What can we do by relying on manpower to get water like this? I don't think it will work, you ....... ”

Yuan Zhao's original intention was to persuade Ji Di, what are you doing all this useless work? I don't hurry back to rest, I'm tired and my body is uncomfortable.

"Do your best, just obey the destiny of heaven! Needless to say, let's take the princess's car back to the city! ”

Ji Di was very stubborn, and the two parents were also very stubborn, interrupted Yuan Zhao's words at the moment, stood up, and continued to join the army of carrying water.

The shrewd Yao Shang caught a glimpse of Yuan Zhao arching his hand with a disapproving look, turned around to leave, and suddenly his heart moved, and he hurriedly reached out and grabbed him.

"Little Marquis, slow down! Take a slow step, and wait for a while, Yao has something to ask. ”

Yuan Zhao stopped, a little puzzled, not knowing what this thinker wanted to say.

I saw Yao Shang first look at the three adults covered in mud and water, and then at the army of men, women, and children who were working hard to carry water from far and near, his face was sad, his nose was sour, and there were tears in his eyes.

"Have you ever seen what you see in front of you? The drought here is like this, and the people of Li are very pitiful, fathers and sons, old and young, go into battle, and orphans and widows have no one to take care of them...... Alas! It's hard to describe all the suffering! Even a few adults, the people of the government and the government, etc., are also working hard and sleepless all night, just to make up for the lack of heaven as much as possible and not miss the major agricultural events. But today, it seems that it is as the little marquis said, and the effect is very small! I have to lament how difficult the people's livelihood is, and the unkindness of heaven and earth ......! ”

Ji Di felt a little strange, he didn't understand why Yao Shang suddenly said these words to Yuan Zhao, and looked at the two people on the other side who also looked ignorant.

"Master Yao doesn't need to be like this, the sky is unpredictable, and the clouds and rain are indefinite...... But we can't blame God about this, we just have to do our best. ”

It was Du Zhou who persuaded him, and the Lantian County Commander was also a sincere person. However, Ji Di and Yao Shigu, who knew Yao Shang, stopped talking, their eyes flickered without saying a word, and they began to secretly figure out the mystery of his words in their hearts.

Yao Shang saw that Yuan Zhao's face remained unchanged and listened quietly, but he didn't speak. He wiped the corners of his eyes, secretly glanced at his adults, and then shook his head at Du Zhou.

"Although what the adults say is true, there are many exceptions to things in the world, and there are extraordinary people in the world that we don't know."

Speaking of this, the middle-aged man, who had always been elegant and calm, became a little emotional. And Ji Di, who had always had a tacit understanding with his own think tank, seemed to understand something, his eyes turned to Yuan Zhao, stared at him, and began to radiate a blazing light.

"Haven't a few adults heard of the miracles created by the little marquis in the northern Yanshan? Six thousand Hun iron cavalry trapped in the canyon, and the little marquis let them all be wiped out with the strength of one person, why? It's because the little marquis has performed the magic technique of sensing heaven and earth, attracting the heavens and thunder and the earth to be powerful! ”

“…… What the? A magic technique that senses heaven and earth? I won't...... No, no, no ......! ”

Yuan Zhao had long known that Yao Shang had nothing good to keep him, and he was both sensational and boastful, and when he heard this, he already had a premonition of what he would say next, and he couldn't help but have a big head, and he really regretted that he didn't hurry up and slip away just now. Sure enough, Yao Shang immediately intercepted his explanation, and his words were firm and categorical.

"Little Hou Ye doesn't have to deny it, of course you have this kind of ability! Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain the cause of the thunderstorm...... Brother Yuan! You're going to use your magic skills again! Save the people from fire and water, save the people from embarrassment, at this moment, Yao Mou thanked everyone here! ”

As Yao Shangchang suddenly fell to the ground, Ji Di, who was already overjoyed in his heart, had already jumped over and grabbed Yuan Zhao's arm.

"Boy, you must come up with means to call me for wind and rain today, otherwise, you don't want to go again!"

Is that okay too? O Nima! Are you so slanderous? Facing Changle Hou, who was calm in the face of thousands of troops and horses, he wanted to beat people ...... at this time.