Originally, the matter of fighting drought should have been the business of the government and the township chiefs. But at this time, Li Xiao took on the leadership burden of drought relief and disaster relief, and even the five lieutenant chiefs and the village chiefs had no opinions.

The Township Covenant Hall is not an official organization, it is just a non-governmental and voluntary organization.

However, at this time, the township covenant hall was officially established, but it was undoubtedly more authoritative than the libao and others sent by the county government in the township.

The chairman of the board of directors was elected, as well as thirteen directors and forty-nine councillors, and a township covenant group was formed to maintain order under the township covenant hall, with a scale of 200 people.

Today's conference was as successful as Li Xiao expected, and a consensus was quickly reached on all of them.

There is only one left, whether to take the initiative to reduce production.

The stakes are high, but they can't be solved in a few words. Even, such a major event, even these directors and councillors elected by everyone, do not dare to say that they have full powers to represent the villagers below.

"Everyone has something to say and speak freely. It's a matter that concerns each of us, so you can speak up if you have something to say, and no one else needs to represent you. Li Xiao saw that everyone did not speak, so he broke the silence.

After saying that, he sat down again, picked up the teacup on the table, and took a few sips of tea. In the cup is the honeysuckle newly picked this year, the honeysuckle blooms beautifully, first with green buds, then blooms into silver-white flowers, and finally turns golden yellow when it is in full bloom, and finally withers.

Therefore, it is named honeysuckle, this flower can smell a fragrance from afar, after the honeysuckle that has not opened is picked and dried, it becomes honeysuckle tea, and it has the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying and going to fire by soaking in water.

Drinking some honeysuckle can defeat the fire.

"San Lang, judging from the experience of previous years, this year's drought will indeed be very big, but now I am not sure that it will not rain on this day."

An old man said.

"There are unforeseen circumstances, and no one dares to guarantee that there will be a drought on this day, but no one dares to say that it will rain on this day. We can't guess what God is doing, but we can only do it according to the experience of previous years, choose the greatest possibility, and ensure the harvest to the greatest extent, are you right? Li Xiao put down the teacup and said to the old man.

Li Xiao is not an immortal, of course he doesn't know how far this year's drought will be, but the old farmers below are all experienced people, and they actually know it very well in their hearts.

The likelihood of continued drought is higher, and the likelihood of rain is minimal.

It's just that everyone doesn't want to believe this fact.

"San Lang, you said that you want to reduce production, so how to reduce it, and how much to reduce it?"

According to the experience of previous years, this year's drought is afraid of a major drought once in ten years, according to the experience of previous years, such a major drought, the crops in the field can be guaranteed to achieve two or three achievements is already very good. Therefore, we need to be mentally prepared in advance, and I propose to cut it by half. ”

Asking the villagers to give up half of their crops first is like asking parents to give up their children, which is quite difficult to accept.

No, there is no better way.

It's better to keep a little bit than not to have the last one.

The production was cut by half, and after these words were spoken, there was a sound of inhalation at the bottom. Although everyone actually knows very well in their hearts that Li Xiao has said very politely, in previous years, it was not easy to ensure that it was 20% in the end, and even many people could not save the last bit of harvest because of the competition for water.

Li Xiao said that the production was cut by half first, and there was room for it, but everyone was still uncomfortable.

It's too difficult to decide.

"According to the principle of fairness and justice, all villages and households in the township took the initiative to reduce their output by half, give up half of the cultivated land, and no longer use water for irrigation, so as to ensure that the remaining crops use water. In addition, in order to take care of the poor villagers, for those who have very little land at home, they will be adjusted according to the actual situation. We need to make sure that each family has at least 10 acres of land. ”

The people of the whole township, there are rich and poor, the rich have more arable land, and the poor have less arable land.

For example, Li Xiao, a big landlord in the township, has more than 1,000 acres of land at home, and there are more than 500 acres after half of it, and for example, some poor people, there are few people in the family and little land, and some families only have one strong man, and they may only plant twenty or thirty acres of land at home, which is already small, and if it is reduced by half, there may be not much land left, and even if this bit of land can be saved, the harvest may not be enough for rations.

Li Xiao's proposal to reserve a minimum of 10 acres of land for the villagers is also based on this consideration.

A household minimum of ten acres, is really the minimum guarantee, originally the yield per mu of land in Lanxi is not more than Shiyu, in the event of such a drought, even if it can be saved, but it will definitely reduce the yield, maybe fifty percent may not have. In this way, ten acres of land can only harvest five or six stones of grain.

This bit of food is the life-saving food that the family has to wait until after the autumn, and this is guaranteed.

"San Lang is benevolent, this is the way it should be." Several old patriarchs also spoke, as the so-called rules are dead, people are alive, and the law is not humane, and when making rules, the truth should be fully taken into account.

Everyone has a common goal, and when they work together, things are much easier to talk about.

In particular, Li Xiao also took the initiative to say at the meeting that he had more fields and was willing to reduce the yield by 60%, and everyone admired it even more.

The Li family's thousands of acres of land are reduced by one percent, that is, more than 100 acres of land will be abandoned.

As a leader, as long as you don't seek personal gain, and you can have a bowl of water, what else is there to be unconvinced.

The proposal to reduce production by 50% was finally adopted at the conference and was unanimously agreed by everyone. Although the output is reduced by 50%, it may not be enough for this year's drought. However, it is not easy to pass the proposal of cutting production by 50% for the first time.

After all, in previous years, no one would take the initiative to reduce production, no matter how big the drought was, it would be the same farming, and then fight for water, and finally after there was no water, you could only watch a little bit of drought death.

"I have an idea, Saburo, I don't know if it's appropriate."

Old Master Yang stood up and spoke at this time, although he was not a villager from Lanxi Township, but the head of the academy was also the teacher of many villagers and children here, and everyone respected him very much.

"If you have something to say, please say." Even a few lieutenants were very polite, and they were very polite to the old master who taught like this.

"I've been here just now listening to everyone's discussions on drought relief, and in the midst of the disaster, it's really gratifying to see that everyone can put aside their preconceptions and work together. However, I think I have a proposal to ensure the harvest and make better use of the Blue Creek water. ”

Li Xiao nodded to Yang Dayan, "Master, you say." ”

"San Lang, folks, since we can set up a convention hall here today, and we can take the initiative to reduce production here, then we are all very sincere, I think you might as well go further."

"How to go further?"