Lord Qin's words were full of helplessness, as a local parent official, he couldn't do anything about watching Nanhe City become like this, and he felt more than guilty in his heart.

Lin Qingdai didn't expect so few people, and was surprised: "Could it be that these people have left?" ”

Lord Qin smiled bitterly: "It's not just that they're leaving, some are starving to death, there are countless villages outside Nanhe City, when the number of people was counted before, there were more than 100,000 people in the territory under my jurisdiction, and now it is estimated that there are about 10,000 people alive, leaving is a minority, and more are dead." ”

Famine is the easiest to starve to death, and when I was in the camp outside Ningyang City, the most people I encountered fled from Nanhe City.

Listening to Lord Qin's introduction, Lin Qingdai felt very uncomfortable.

Lin Qingdai felt that it was better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, and at present, the sowing situation in the field was not good, and it was estimated that many people would have to starve to death if they continued.

Thinking of this, she looked at Lord Qin: "I want to ask, is it the water source problem that is bothering the people of Nanhe City now?" ”

Lord Qin nodded seriously and said: "Yes, the water source is the biggest problem, the weather is too dry, I believe that Dr. Lin also saw it when he came, in fact, those crops in the field were sown by me with people, and the water used was transported from far away, but ......"

Lin Qingdai knows that the most important thing at the moment is to solve the water source problem, and then rescue and sow some crops that can fill the stomach, as long as she can survive these few months.

Thinking of this, there was a number in my heart: "Lord Qin, there is something I want to discuss with you. ”

Lord Qin listened attentively, he heard many colleagues talk about Lin Qingdai, knew that Lin Qingdai was brave and strategic, and the matter in Anyang City was in front of him, so he had to believe in Lin Qingdai's ability to do things.

Gestured: "Please also ask Dr. Lin to explain." ”

Lin Qingdai summed up how to speak a little in her heart and said: "That's the case, I want Lord Qin to help purchase a batch of grain, these grains don't need fine grains, coarse grains are fine, and buy a few more pigs back, I can use them, and I want to ask where the nearest water source to Nanhe City is?" I want that kind of big river. ”

She thought of digging a canal, on the way to take a closer look at Nanhe City, and found that the vicinity of Nanhe City is very flat, if there is a canal, and then lead the water to the canal, then do not worry about the lack of water in the ground, but this is a big project, it really costs a lot of money to do, she feels that relying on the help of the Charity Association alone, it is estimated that it is a drop in the bucket, and she also needs to get the support of the emperor.

Lord Qin didn't understand Lin Qingdai's intentions and said: "Coarse grain is no problem, there are merchants in the city, and the prices are cheap, but the water source this?" Could it be that Dr. Lin has any other ideas? ”

Lin Qingdai didn't deny it, and said seriously: "I do have ideas about the water source, Lord Qin, you haven't answered my question yet." ”

Lord Qin smiled awkwardly, and knew that he was a little too eager, so he explained: "The closest water source to Nanhe City is the Qing River, and the water of the Qing River flows down from the upstream, so even if we are in Nanhe City, it will not have any impact on the Qing River. ”

Lin Qingdai's eyes lit up, this was exactly what she needed.

Very satisfied and smiled: "That's right, I think so, since Qinghe has a lot of water, why don't we make good use of it." ”

Lord Qin waved his hand again and again: "This is not good, this official has also thought about using the water of the Qinghe River before, but the water source is still too far, and transporting the water back and forth is not only time-consuming and laborious, but also labors and costs the people and money, it is not a secret, in the fields closest to Nanhe City, when they were planted before, the water was transported from the Qinghe River, but you also saw that the results were not good." ”

Lin Qingdai instantly understood Lord Qin's worries, and comforted: "I understand what Lord Qin means, but Lord Qin probably doesn't understand what I mean, I don't mean to carry water, but I want to repair the canal, I know that this is a big project, and it costs a lot of silver, but I think that if there is help from the imperial court and the Charity Association, it shouldn't be a big problem, as far as I know, Nanhe City is often dry because of the geographical environment." ”

Lord Qin did not deny it, and sighed: "That's true, speaking of which, the land of Nanhe City is actually very fertile, but the terrain here is too peaceful, and when it encounters a dry year, it is easy to lose the harvest, let alone farming, even ordinary water for eating is difficult to get." ”

These are the most serious problems, Lin Qingdai listened very carefully, and also carefully analyzed them in her heart.

Finally raised his head and looked at Lord Qin: "So I want to build a canal, as you said, the upper reaches of the Qinghe River are rich in water resources, if we make good use of it, Nanhe City will be very good in the future, think about it, the water source problem has been solved, are you still worried that the people can't afford to eat, and there will be no harvest?" ”

These words pierced Lord Qin's heart.

Lord Qin looked at Lin Qingdai in surprise, he had never thought about this question because it was too crazy.

"But, that's a lot of money."

Lin Qingdai said with a smile: "It won't be less, but Lord Qin, if you think about it carefully, what are the people of Nanhe City lacking the most now." ”

The answer to this question can be given without even thinking about it, of course, it is food.

After Lord Qin answered truthfully, Lin Qingdai analyzed more confidently: "That's the reason why I asked you to buy coarse grains, if we gather the people and have enough food every day, we only need them to dig the canal and work?" Do you think you'd like to help? What's more, I'm going to eat meat once every ten days in the future, do you think these people will come to work in order to survive? And I'm going to pay back the salary, according to the current situation, at most one person will be paid five cents a day, but if you think about it, will anyone refuse? ”

She believed that as long as people were not confused, they would come, after all, she did it entirely for the people of Nanhe City.

Lord Qin looked at Lin Qingdai in shock, the whole person was stunned, and then thought about the methods he thought of before, not to mention the loss of labor and money, the effect was not good, and gradually consumed everyone's hope.

Thinking of this, I felt more and more ashamed in my heart, sighed, lowered my head weakly, and felt very uncomfortable.

Lin Qingdai comforted: "Lord Qin, don't think about it, you were a clever daughter-in-law before, and it was difficult to cook without rice." She knew that Lord Qin was ashamed, after all, her emotions were all on her face.

Lord Qin sighed, looked at Lin Qingdai with admiration and said, "The rumors outside are really good, Doctor Lin, you are too powerful, I admire you." ”

Lin Qingdai smiled brightly and said, "I'm embarrassed to say this, Lord Qin, but what I said just now, Lord Qin, you can think about it." ”

These plans are all thought out in my heart, and I have also imagined the feasibility, if I tell the emperor or the king of Rui, I will definitely get support.

The geographical conditions of Nanhe City are actually very good, especially the fertile land, if you make good use of it, why not worry about not being rich in the future.

Lord Qin thought about it in his heart, and said very firmly: "I agree with what you do, what needs to be done, Doctor Lin just tell me, I will cooperate with Doctor Lin." ”

Lin Qingdai felt that the most important thing at the moment was to open a porridge shack, and then ask Lord Qin to invite all the people scattered in various villages.

Lord Qin left after hearing Lin Qingdai's arrangement.

After eating, I still had time, and inquired about the place where the old man lived before, and it didn't seem to be particularly far away, so I went to Xiaohe Village with Aunt Fang.

The old men weren't from the same village, but they weren't particularly far apart.

Chu Chaoyue and Chen Long naturally wanted to follow, but they soon arrived at Xiaohe Village.

It's just that all Lin Qingdai saw along the way was desolation, yes, desolation.

Because of the dry weather and the fact that it had not rained for a long time, there were not many weeds in the field, and the trees in the woods were still the same as those I saw before, some edible bark had been eaten cleanly, and there were even many places where the roots that had been dug up could be seen.

Thinking of such a tragic scene, Lin Qingdai's heart was very uncomfortable.

Aunt Fang had been expressionless, but Lin Qingdai could see Aunt Fang's worry.

"Don't worry, they should be fine, I asked someone to give them a little silver at that time, and they shouldn't have spent much money along the way." Lin Qingdai comforted Aunt Fang on the side, knowing that Aunt Fang had a good relationship with these old people.

Qingkong was driving the carriage, listening to the conversation between the two, and also turned around and said: "I also asked people to give silver, as long as there is silver, you shouldn't be hungry, but you may not eat so well." ”

Aunt Fang felt uncomfortable, as if blocking a stone and said: "This is more difficult than the situation in our village, when Grandma Pumpkin was embarrassed by me and Pumpkin, we could finally find a little food in the mountains and forests, they ...... here."

The situation in front of us is really bad.

When I got off the carriage at the entrance of the village, I looked at the dilapidated village, and under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, a few people were lying down, and Lin Qingdai walked over slowly.

Aunt Fang followed closely, and the few people who were lying down heard the voice, and they all raised their heads one by one, and one of the old men in tattered clothes suddenly brightened his eyes, stood up, and looked at Lin Qingdai and Aunt Fang in disbelief.

Aunt Fang's face couldn't hold back any longer, she ran forward, stood in front of the old man and said, "Uncle Shu, I'm here to see you." ”

Lin Qingdai looked at the old man who was called Shubo, he was very familiar, and he was one of the people he had seen in the City God Temple before.

Standing behind Aunt Fang, Lin Qingdai nodded slightly at Shu Bo, and then looked at the villagers who were looking at her curiously.

The few people lying at the entrance of the village were all old, but there were also two children, but each of them looked sick and sick, as if they had no strength, and most importantly, everyone was very thin.

Uncle Shu's voice was also choked: "You have suffered all the way." ”

Aunt Fang wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said, "We didn't suffer, but you suffered, what about the others?" ”

Uncle Shu knew that Aunt Fang was asking a few others.

Uncle Shu smiled bitterly and said, "It's dead, they went last month." ”

Aunt Fang cried bitterly: "Why did you go? Didn't he give you money? You can buy food. ”

She couldn't figure it out, there were a few big living people......

Shubo hurriedly said: "They are not starving to death, they are dying of illness, after all, they are all old, the little brother who sent us back, took care of us all the way, and we all returned to our respective villages when we returned to Nanhe City, but I didn't expect it to rain, everyone didn't expect this to be the case, but there is still hope for the future, later, everyone fell sick one after another, probably because of their age, but you can rest assured, everyone is very happy when they leave, and the fallen leaves return to their roots, which is originally a happy thing, so, Thank you so much, Dr. Lin. ”

He looked at Lin Qingdai, thinking that he would never see Lin Qingdai until he died, and said thank you.

Lin Qingdai also felt uncomfortable in her heart and said: "Uncle Shu, don't say it, this time I came to let you all have a full meal in the future, Qingkong quickly take down all the food in the car." ”

She beckoned to the blue sky, and the green sky very sensibly began to carry things down from the carriage.

These were bought in the city, and after the dry food was distributed to the people at the entrance of the village, the two children took the nest and quickly turned and ran to the village, and after a while, a dozen more people came out.

Aunt Fang was a little puzzled and said, "Uncle Shu, why are you lying at the entrance of the village?" ”

Uncle Shu smiled embarrassedly: "We want to wait at the entrance of the village to see if there will be people from the government to deliver food, and we have sent it a few times before, the silver you gave, after I came back, I saw that everyone was having a difficult time, so I went to the city to buy a lot of coarse grains and came back, lying down also to save a little strength, our village is now eating together, eating a meal of miscellaneous grains every day." ”

Lin Qingdai became more and more uncomfortable when she heard this, and she didn't know what to say.

Uncle Shu also thought about it clearly, and said with great satisfaction: "Our village is quite good, except for those who escaped the famine, there are still thirty people who survived, and this is also thanks to the help of Dr. Lin, just why Dr. Lin said that he came to let us have a full meal?" I don't understand, can I ask Dr. Lin to explain a little bit? ”

Lin Qingdai didn't refuse, so she said what she thought in her heart and said: "If you want, you can follow me to dig a ditch, as long as you are not lazy, eat and drink every day, but you won't eat too well, at most you will fill your stomach." ”

Uncle Shu and the people next to him all came to their senses, and one by one they stopped eating, and several of them had their eyes wide open.

"Are you really full?"

Lin Qingdai affirmed: "If you are full, you can still eat one meal of meat in ten days." ”

Uncle Shu came to the spirit and said: "I think this matter is okay, as for the salary, we can't ask for the salary, you are doing this for our good, how can I ask you for the salary, as long as you are full." ”

The rest of the people chimed in.

Lin Qingdai wanted this effect, but it was very late today, and said: "There are not many people in Nanhe City now, I will discuss with Lord Qin after I go back, and prepare a place for you to live, and there will be porridge at the city gate from tomorrow, but it is only a few days, after all, the most important thing at the moment is to dig a canal." ”

Uncle Shu is considered to have seen the world in the village, and he agrees with what Lin Qingdai said: "What Dr. Lin said is right, I will gather the people in the village today and go to the city tomorrow." ”

Lin Qingdai had other things, and after leaving all the dry food, she returned to Nanhe City.

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