Before, he was angry with Si Si, and fought a price war with the Qi family's grain shop, and sold more grain at the expense of price reduction.

As a result, the inventory is now insufficient, and more and more people come to buy grain, but the grain is getting less and less, and the price can only be raised again and again, which provokes the anger of the people for the time being, and finally there is really no grain to sell, and the shops are closed, but the angry people who can't buy food are attacked by the people, insisting that they have grain but don't sell it, and want to watch the people starve to death.

"My own family is running out of food, where is there a lot to sell."

Zhou Zimo now has to be careful when he goes out, so as not to be smashed by others, throw rotten vegetable leaves, live a miserable life, and the reputation of his shop is still getting worse, because of this, he was also scolded by his father.

His father asked him to quickly solve this matter and save the reputation of the Zhou family, and he also said half-threateningly that if his second brother came, he would definitely do better than him.

"Just kidding, that bastard who only knows how to eat, drink and be merry all day, where can he do anything, how can he be...... I've been planning for so long, how could I be taken away by someone else like this. ”

Zhou Zimo couldn't do it, and said through gritted teeth.

In order to save the reputation of the Zhou family, Zhou Zimo took out all his private money, which was also passed down from the past or kept by himself, all of which was used to buy other people's grain, and then sold it in his own shop.

How much money to buy, how much to sell, as long as there is food selling in the store, it will not be said that their Zhou family is greedy, hoarding, and making a fortune.

It's just that in this way, he has invested a lot of money, and if he doesn't make money, not to mention, he also needs to spend money everywhere, even if it's a guy in his own store, he has to eat!

Watching his private house decrease day by day, but the number on the ledger does not increase. Zhou Zimo's already bad mood became more and more gloomy.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and in some places even the well water has dried up, and at this time the imperial court finally has a move.

First of all, he sent ministers to escort grain and grass to various poor counties to distribute them, and personally distributed them to the victims, and also summoned men and horses to dig wells in various places.

The same method used in the booklet was used to get water, and although the amount was not much, it was enough for humans and animals to drink.

In some places, water is particularly scarce, and no matter how much you dig, you can't dig water, but those soldiers have always insisted on digging wells, and they are proud of it.

It's not because of how diligent they are, it's just because the people who dig the wells can drink water freely, and the people are scrambling to dig the wells in order to be able to drink water, but they work harder than they usually work on the farmland.

After all, thirst is much worse than hunger.

Moreover, the canal in the south of the Yangtze River has also taken advantage of the low water level to vigorously build the canal, which has shown initial results, at least to be able to transport part of the water source in the south of the Yangtze River to the far north, which can be regarded as a solution to the urgent need.

In this way, more than half a month has passed, although the situation is very good compared to before, there is no crushing people like the previous disasters, there is no easy child to eat, and there is no plague, in short, everything is still under control.

But if it doesn't rain, sooner or later it will turn out to be the worst.

Even the food in the treasury is limited.

However, Si Si is not a god, even if Si Si thinks out no matter how many ways he comes out, he can't conjure water out of thin air! every day

But one day, there was finally a turnaround.

"Xianggong!"

Sisi, who has been observing the weather every day since the drought, but always comes back with a sad face, finally shows a little smile at this time.

"It's going to rain!" Si Si said excitedly: "I have observed for several days, and recently the dew has slowly become heavier at night, and the humidity in the air has increased a lot, according to this pattern, but it will rain on the third day." ”

"Really?"

Lu Yan was also very excited when he heard the news.

knew his daughter-in-law's skills very clearly, and Lu Yan didn't doubt what Si Si said at all.

Sisi said that it would rain, so it would definitely rain.

"Great! In that way, everyone will have a way to live. ”

"It's raining, but you can't take it lightly." Si Si seemed to think of something, frowned slightly, and asked Lu Yan with a brow, "Do you know how the Grand Canal is being repaired now?" ”

"Progress is very fast, although there is less in the south of the Yangtze River, but there is still no shortage of water, the emperor summoned a group of powerful young men, and sent them to the south of the Yangtze River to build the Grand Canal to eat and live, and now it can be used, but there is not so much water, and the boat is probably a little troublesome, and now it can only play the role of south-to-north water diversion."

"That's enough!"

After Si Si heard this, he let out a long sigh of relief, and his eyebrows were relieved again.

"There will be heavy rains after the drought, and I was worried that there would be floods, and it would be bad if people drowned, but now that there is a canal, these problems are solved all at once."

"It's all your work, after all, you came up with these ideas."

Lu Yan praised Si Si like this, and a trace of unbearability flashed in his eyes.

In fact, the construction of the canal in the south of the Yangtze River was not as easy as he just said, when the construction of the canal first came out, it was opposed by many old ministers, thinking that the construction of the canal was not necessary at all, and the people and money were lost, and even some historians actually crashed to death on the Jinluan Palace.

Thanks to the old man Yao in front of him, he insisted on building the canal with all his might, but Rao also encountered a lot of difficulties, human, financial and material resources.

The speed of the canal construction is also because the emperor not only called a lot of young laborers, but even those who had strong men in the family, all of them were arrested, although they did not worry about eating and drinking, but on such a hot day, a few people could work under the scorching sun, and many people who were not treated in time for heat stroke also died.

The treasury was almost empty because of this incident, and even the crown prince and the second prince, a pair of brothers who did not like each other, were unusually united to advise the emperor, who believed in his master and insisted on building the canal under these pressures.

It can be directly said that the foundation of this canal may be buried with human bones, and the old man Yao in front of him has been under so much pressure, not to mention that his gray hair is all white, and the emperor, whose body bones are not very good, has recently begun to frequently see the imperial doctor.

But these things have nothing to do with Si Si, and it's not her turn to take care of them.