Chapter 368: The Crisis of Pancheng Town

"You've done enough. ”

Gangu Yu spread his hands, looked at Xiao An, who was not energetic on the side, and comforted: "What are you not satisfied with being able to make that group of people who make a living from fishing become the believers of Mother Nature, and also teach them to cultivate terraces and grow crops?"

Panshou Town is a town surrounded by mountains on three sides and water on the other. Of course, in Ganguyu's view, in fact, this is just a larger, slightly more lively village at best.

The residents of Panshou Town are one of the few people on the mainland who hardly farm, and at most they have artificially planted a plant called ryegrass, which is then cut down one by one, chopped up and thrown into the Panshou Lake in the west of the town.

That's right, as the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to eat the water, the residents of Panshou Town have been preying on the fish and shrimp in the Panshou Lake for a living since ancient times. The name of the town is looking forward to the harvest, not because they hope for how many crops they can harvest, but because they hope that they will always harvest a full harvest in the lake.

It's a pity that the heavens don't fulfill people's wishes. Despite the establishment of a very scientific fishing ban period, the amount of fish in the lake has gradually decreased in recent years.

It usually takes one to two years for a fish to grow from fry to half a bag, and the residents of Panshou Town generally do not wait that long, and the fish will generally be caught when it reaches a certain foot. So at first, people thought it was because they were overfishing, after all, they didn't have extra fry to stock, and naturally there were fewer and fewer fish in the lake.

Therefore, the people of the town immediately discussed and set a rule that only large fish of two ages and above should be caught, and small fish should be released back into the lake. Although this reduced the harvest, and the residents of Hope Harvest Town could no longer fish and meat as they used to, they did not go hungry. However, at this time, many people have realized that they should also subsidize their livelihoods with crops.

However, after another period of time. It was only then that people were horrified to discover the real reason for the reduction in production at Panshou Lake.

The water level of the lake continues to fall!

At first, the drop in water level was not obvious, and everyone was naturally unaware of the problem. However, in the past year, the water level of the lake has dropped sharply, and the shallowest part of the lake used to be a few feet deep, but now the depth of the lake is only about three feet at most.

The living space of fish has shrunk dramatically. Some fish that need a certain depth of water are now extinct, and only some shallow fish and shrimp are left to survive. And this little bit of aquatic products, as long as the residents of Panshou Town have a little intelligence, they will know that they can no longer fish at will.

Finally, people began to seriously consider the issue of clearing up the land for farming.

But after so many years, the residents of Panshou Town have been following the adults around Panshou Lake since they were children, and how can they plant any fields? Not to mention that Panshou Town is surrounded by mountains on three sides, leaving them with not much land to cultivate.

And at this moment, the beautiful grass skirt beauty Xiao An came here. In addition to bringing sweet potato seedlings and planting methods, he also taught the townspeople to cultivate terraced fields, which greatly improved the land utilization rate and sprinkled the glory of Mother Nature in this town.

"They were forced by the situation, otherwise how could they have followed my advice so easily? The people of this town have not been engaged in agriculture before, and their good opinion of our natural forest is limited. Xiao An pursed his lips and said, "And I have estimated that the output of these terraces is definitely not enough for them to consume." That's the case alone. I hope that the days after the town will still be sad. So Xiao Guyu, you have to help me, and find another way. ”

Her voice just fell. A group of townsfolk clamored towards them. The first person is already full of white hair, and he is the mayor of Panshou Town, Xiao An only knows that his surname is Wang, and he is called Wang Taigong.

"Miss Xiao An!" a group of people came to Xiao An in a hurry.

Xiao An smiled at everyone, and then looked at Wang Taigong: "Everyone came to me, is there anything wrong?"

Wang Taigong obviously had a difficult face. But the townspeople who surrounded him were all looking at him, and he hesitated for a moment before he had to speak: "Miss Xiao An, we look forward to the town and thank you very much for coming, and we have worked hard for you during this time......"

"Taigong doesn't have to be so polite. Xiao An waved his hand again and again, "Keep everyone away from famine." It is the meaning of the existence of the natural forest. If you really want to say thank you, thank Mother Nature!"

Hearing this, Gangu Yu suddenly chuckled and shook his head lightly in Peipei's puzzled gaze. People came to you this time, but they didn't sincerely thank you. When he looked at Xiao An, he seemed to take the other party's polite words seriously-after all, the young generation of the Natural Forest rarely walked on the mainland, and they were still a little immature in terms of human sophistication.

When Wang Taigong heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then smiled dryly: "Of course, we are also grateful to Mother Nature...... However, there is a question that has been lingering in everyone's minds for a long time. ”

Xiao An frowned slightly, then stretched out, pursed his lips and said, "Taigong, please speak." ”

Wang Taigong's eyes flickered, and he asked, "May I ask Miss Xiao An, although we have terraced fields, we have also started to grow sweet potatoes." But is this really enough for us to be self-sufficient?"

“...... As it stands, it's not enough. Xiao An hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell the truth, "But I have already observed, there are still a lot of slopes that we can transform into terraces......"

"Even that isn't enough?" a young voice came from the crowd, "Besides, how long and how much manpower it takes to cultivate so many terraces? Maybe we'll all starve to death by then, or will we have to spend a lot of money and ask those proud earth magicians to help?"

On the side, a certain earth magician surnamed Gan was inexplicably lying on the gun.

However, one person in the crowd opened his mouth, and the rest were no longer ready to let others sing a one-man show.

"I guess it will take a while for earth mages to do it, and their magic power is not endless. ”

"Don't think too sweet, if there is no reasonable remuneration, how will people pay attention to us? Not everyone is like the young ladies of the natural forest...... Unselfish. ”

“...... You didn't want to use the adjective 'selfless' at first, did you?"

"Ahem! Let's hope that the terrain of the town is not suitable for growing crops, forcibly planting some is the limit, it is okay to subsidize a part of the ration, and it seems impossible to use it as a staple food, right?"

Xiao An finally understood the intention of these people, and frowned: "But even so, we should still grow as many sweet potatoes as possible." Do you have any other ideas? If so, you might as well say it and let's discuss it. ”

Everyone was silent for a moment, and they all looked at the prince in unison.

Feeling the gaze behind him, Wang Taigong was like a thorn in his back, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. His body also began to tremble, and he finally spoke with difficulty: "After some discussion, everyone decided to sacrifice to the lake god and ask the lake god for mercy to restore the water level ......" (To be continued.) )

PS: Thank you for the support of the witch umbrella, check the gun, and the common man in the mountain village!