The day after the banquet, Lin Ruan returned to Linjia Village with his own men.

On this trip, Lin Ruan found that refugees began to appear on the official road.

These refugees, all in ragged clothes, with yellow and thin faces, and their faces full of numbness and despair, moved slowly in the direction of Qingzhou City, and when they encountered a car and horse passing by, they would chase the car and run and beg for food.

But Lin Ruan's group, no one dared to stop them, those refugees saw that they were tall and tall, and they were all air-conditioned, so they hurriedly avoided the roadside, for fear that they would cause trouble if they were slow.

Lin Ruan sat on horseback, looking at the expectations and fears in the eyes of those refugees, as well as the children who were protected by adults in their arms and showed curious eyes, and felt a little uncomfortable.

This situation reminded Lin Ruan of the situation in the base.

At that time, because she dared to risk her life, her life was not too bad, and more people in the base, like these refugees, were desperately tormented.

It's just that Lin Ruan didn't do anything, but set off towards Linjia Village on horseback.

After returning to Linjia Village, Lin Ruan's family didn't return, and went directly to the patriarch's house and called Li Zheng over.

As soon as they arrived, Li Zheng hurriedly asked, "Ah Ruan, is there something wrong with calling us here in such a hurry?" ”

Lin Ruan nodded and said, "Patriarch, Uncle Lizheng, there is a big flood in Huzhou, and there is a plague again, have you heard about this?" ”

Li Zheng nodded solemnly: "I heard, it seems that a lot of people died?" What's wrong? ”

Huzhou is not far from Qingzhou City, but they didn't pay too much attention to it.

Lin Ruan sighed and said, "On the way back just now, I found a lot of refugees, and I'm afraid that things will not be good, so I want to discuss with you whether I can organize the people in the village to harvest the autumn in advance." As soon as the number of refugees increases, I am afraid that they will start to plague the crops in the fields. ”

Those who are hungry can do anything.

The two frowned together, early autumn harvest? This......

The patriarch disagreed: "Ah Ruan, there is still half a month before the autumn harvest, and the buds are still barely growing, and the yield of the harvest will definitely be affected now." We're not far from the official road here, so it shouldn't be okay, right? ”

Li Zheng also kept nodding: "Yes, this year's year is not very good, the rain on our side has gone to Huzhou, the harvest has been affected, and then the autumn harvest is early, I am afraid that after the time comes, there will be nothing left." ”

"Although there will be some reduction in production, it is better than being harmed by refugees," Lin Nguyen said. Of course, you can also insist on waiting until half a month later. I have decided to go to the county in a while and discuss with the Qin County Order, so that the people of the county can harvest the autumn harvest in advance and put the grain into the warehouse before the arrival of a large number of refugees. Over there in Qingzhou City, I will also send a letter to it. After all, Linjia Village is where I grew up, so I'm the first to inform you, so you can make your own decisions. ”

After speaking, Lin Ruan got up and rode to the county again.

The patriarch and Li Zheng looked at each other, their faces hesitant.

In the end, Li Zheng said: "Ah Ruan, this child is affectionate, and we can't hold her back." In the matter of the early autumn harvest, people in other villages will definitely have the same idea as us, and if we don't support her proposal, others will not support it. Isn't it just half a month in advance, and it won't have much impact. ”

The patriarch also nodded and said, "In short, it is better than being harmed by those people." Let's go, let's quickly call all the people in the village and let them start the autumn harvest today. ”

The two of them said they would do it, and immediately asked people to hit the big bell at the entrance of the village, and called the villagers together to talk about the early autumn harvest.

The villagers immediately exploded. "Uncle Patriarch, are you confused, the autumn harvest is early, the buds haven't grown yet, this is not a joke."

The others reacted in the same way, and all of them disagreed.

The patriarch said: "Harvest it or not, it's up to you, Ah Ruan said, the refugees have begun to come to us, if we don't collect it now, when the refugees come in large numbers, all the crops in our fields will be cheaper for them." We are just bringing Ah Ruan's words to you, and as for whether you want to accept them, it is up to you to decide. It's done, I'll bring it, you can do it yourself, and I'll take people to the ground to harvest buds. ”

Li Zheng added a few more words at this time: "Ah Ruan has already gone to inform the county and Qingzhou City, and when the time comes, the harvest will be finished elsewhere, and we will be left with grain in our field, and we will be living targets, so you can weigh it yourself." ”

After saying that, Li Zheng called the family members standing in the crowd away.

The people in the village looked at each other, and their faces looked uncertain.

Immediately, someone turned to look for the Zhou family and wanted to ask their opinion, but they couldn't find their figure in the crowd.

At this time, someone said: "As soon as the patriarch said that Ah Ruan meant, their family left immediately, and it seems that they went home to get the guy and prepare to go to the ground." ”

When the other dozen or so people who were friends with Lin Ruan heard this, they immediately went home and took baskets to the ground.

Seeing this, the rest of the people in the village also took action, and for a while, the entire village took action, even the old Wang family did not dare to delay.

After all, no one dares to gamble with their own food.

Because we don't know when the refugees will come, we don't dare to delay at all, and basically everyone who can move at home has gone to the ground, for fear that they will slow down and cause disaster.

Linjia Village was busy here, and the village next to it heard the news and rushed to ask questions, and as soon as they heard that it was Lin Ruan who made the autumn harvest early, the Li Zheng of each village also went back to mobilize the people in the village.

After only half a day's work, all the surrounding villages joined in the harvesting operation.

Lin Ruan's side, rushed all the way to the county office, and after telling Qin County Ling his thoughts, Qin County Ling was very hesitant.

The impact of the early autumn harvest is not for fun, and he will be a ginseng when the time comes.

Lin Ruan knew that this Qin County Commander was a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and short-sighted, so he said: "If Lord Qin thinks I am alarmist, you can send someone to inquire along the way in the direction of Huzhou to see what the situation is like where those refugees are going." ”

Qin County Ling saw that her words were convincing, and his heart was also up and down, so he had to say: "The lower official will send someone to inquire, but it's just about the autumn harvest...... The lower officials did not dare to make decisions without authorization, and asked the townsmen to forgive me. ”

Seeing him like this, Lin Ruan didn't want to say anything more, but only ordered him to arrange people to investigate as soon as possible.

You must know that Huzhou is only five or six days away from here, and the refugees travel slowly, although it is more than a month to walk from Huzhou, but the flood epidemic has been troubled for nearly two months, and the victims who have taken the lead can prove that they have been off for a month, or even longer.

I am afraid that a large number of refugees in the back are not far away, at least three or five days, and at most seven or eight days, and I am afraid that there are refugees everywhere in Qingzhou.

There are not many days left for the people of Qingzhou City to rush to harvest.