Linjia Village and nearby villages began to dig wells in full swing.

Everyone knew that the drought would be very serious this time, so even the most cheating and tricksters in the village pretended to follow along.

Lin Ruan used his ability to detect that there was a water source under Linjia Village, but he needed to dig dozens of meters deep.

This depth is nothing in modern terms. But in ancient times, it was not an easy task.

But in order to survive, no matter how difficult it is, you have to do it.

Lin Ruan didn't go to see the villagers digging in, she had more important things than digging wells.

went to the sweet potato field, and Lin Ruan used his ability to urge the sun-dried sweet potato seedlings in the nursery to grow.

The planting season of sweet potatoes has passed, and the seedlings in the nursery have grown well, giving birth again, and becoming more lush.

Summoned people to come over and cut down these seedlings, Lin Ruan sent them to the mountain, collected all the soldiers guarding the mountain, and planted the sweet potato seedlings on the edge of Funiu Mountain and Shenwu Mountain.

The edges of the two mountains are low, where there is plenty of water for crops.

As long as you make full use of the marginal position, you can also harvest a lot of sweet potatoes, and these sweet potatoes are bound to be super high-yielding.

It's just that relying on this sweet potato to alleviate the food shortage caused by the drought is not even a drop in the bucket.

She'd have to find another way.

She likes Da Zhou very much, and naturally she doesn't want Da Zhou to cause turmoil because of a drought. The world is in chaos, and her free days are gone.

In other parts of Yulin County, wells have also been drilled. And the good news of the successful drilling of wells and the water coming out one after another.

For the time being, the people's water supply is guaranteed.

It's just that what disappointed Lin Ruan was that Qin County's ability was too poor, and he had no ability to suppress the grain merchants in the county.

The grain price in the county was originally quite stable, but in the past few days, the grain price has suddenly skyrocketed, and the people in the county have begun to grab grain like crazy.

In fact, some far-sighted people have already begun to buy grain storage.

But only a small number of people, and now everyone has begun to rush for food, and the price of food has risen several times. The more the price increases, the more anxious the people are to buy food. As a result, within two days, I heard that all major grain stores had announced that the grain was sold out, and that they could not buy grain with silver.

For a while, people were panicked, and every household was worried about buying grain.

After Lin Ruan learned the news, he was so angry that he couldn't help but scold these profiteers for being shameless.

The situation was urgent, so Lin Ruan had no choice but to invite King Shen Jun to come out and go to Qingzhou City with her to find Chen Zhizhou.

Chen Zhizhou is also a little anxious at the moment, and the price of grain in Qingzhou City has also been affected, and it has risen several times, he wanted to suppress it, but he couldn't suppress it.

Behind those grain merchants are all relying on the big families, and he is a Zhizhou from the fourth grade in the eyes of others, which is really nothing.

Lin Ruan also knew Chen Zhizhou's helplessness, and said to him: "So, I came this time and specially invited my grandfather to be a helper." ”

King Shen Jun hated those people who took advantage of the country's difficulties to make a lot of money in his life, and now that he found this matter in front of his nose, he naturally would not sit idly by.

So on the same day, the major families and merchants in Qingzhou City received a joint notice from Lin Ruan and Chen Zhizhou, asking them to go to the yamen to report.

These big families can secretly not throw off Chen Zhizhou's orders, but on the surface, they dare not give him face.

After all, Chen Zhizhou is an official of the imperial court, representing the face of the imperial court, and if they dare not give face, it is equivalent to slapping the face of the imperial court.

What's more, Lin Ruan was also involved in this matter, so they couldn't shirk it.

So, the personnel arrived quickly.

As a result, a group of people sat in the yamen hall for a long time, and Lin Ruan and Chen Zhizhou were not seen, and several grain merchants who knew the purpose of being called this time were a little impatient.

"Lord Chen gathered us together, but he refused to show up, is this making us happy? I can't wait any longer, so I'll take a step ahead and ask you to confess for me in a moment. ”

The man stood up to leave, and the others followed.

Unexpectedly, just after taking two steps, the gate of the yamen suddenly slammed shut.

Everyone's hearts jumped, what does this mean?

Master Sun, the head of the largest family in the city, snorted, "Chen Zhizhou is really powerful, he detained us here for no reason, what do you want to do?" Is it true that you think that you can cover the sky of Qingzhou with one hand? ”

The head of the Yao family was also very displeased: "Chen Zhizhou is really getting more and more excessive, relying on the good relationship with the county lord of Fuyou, he is becoming more and more confident." ”

Master Yao hated Lin Ruan because of the matter of Yao Sangongzi, and his words were full of sarcasm.

The others didn't pick up the stubble. They have never had a knot with Lin Ruan, and they have also benefited from smallpox, Lin Ruan's identity is different now, what can they say. What's more, talking about a girl's house in private is not done by a big man.

When Master Yao saw that no one echoed him, he was very unhappy, "You eggless things, I'm afraid she will do something!" A female streamer also wants to mix in the affairs of Qingzhou City, and she is also worthy! ”

"She's not worthy, are you worthy?"

King Shen walked in from behind the lobby with a grim face.

None of the people present knew King Shen Jun, nor did they know that King Shen had been in Yulin County, but seeing that Lin Ruan and Chen Zhizhou were following him, they couldn't help but stand up and didn't dare to look directly at him.

The two grain merchants who were originally making a fuss about leaving, and they didn't dare to come out.

King Shen Jun walked straight to the main seat and sat down, while Lin Ruan and Chen Zhizhou sat on either side of him.

King Shen looked at this group of people and couldn't help but snort coldly, "The old man still thinks that you are some amazing characters, it turns out that you are some people who love to chew your tongue behind your back, what is the difference between them and the shrews and old women on the street!" ”

There was a burning fire on everyone's faces.

Master Yao was angry, because of Lin Ruan, their Yao family suffered heavy losses, and the two masters who were officials in the court were demoted, he couldn't swallow this breath, so he said: "Is there something wrong with what you say?" Although the county lord of Fuyou is from the grade of the third grade, since ancient times, women have not discussed politics, she is a girl's family, why should she meddle in the affairs of Qingzhou City? ”

King Shen looked at him with a smile, "Why do you say?" When Qingzhou City was besieged by refugees, who came up with a way to solve the problem? When smallpox slaughtered the city, who found a cure to let you and others pick up a life? When she was favored, why didn't you think she was a woman? is so backbone, why didn't she use her methods because she was a woman? Your trick of picking up the bowl to eat, putting down the bowl and scolding your mother is really exquisite. ”