Early the next morning

Yang Hu rushed out of the west of the city with Liu Si's horse.

After understanding his rights, he wanted to see what this Lincheng Prefecture where birds don't was like.

It was really fast, and Yang Hu saw it.

The former king of killers also grew up eating, not ****, of course he knows that the most difficult thing in this kind of war and troubled times is that the people take food as the sky!

As a result, less than 500 meters out of Lincheng, as if he was joking, those sparsely grown rice fields appeared in his eyes.

The rice fields were a mess.

The rice seedlings are yellow, and at this time, there are very few rice seedlings that should have been fully watered and headed, and the farmland is more like a muddy pond.

Yang Hu even saw a few skinny piglets, rolling in the field. The farmland on the edge of the city can grow like this, and you can imagine what other places will look like.

Liu Si quietly glanced at Yang Hu with a gloomy face: "City Lord, these around the city have already been calculated, and in other places, because of the problem of water sources, even rice seedlings can't be seen." ”

"Then what do they eat?" Yang Hu raised his eyebrows!

Liu Si shook his head: "The grain output in Lincheng is very small, and you can still grow some rice on the edge of the city, and then you can go to the village to have a large variety of white potatoes, and the harvest is better." The other is to go into the mountains to pick wild vegetables and fruits, trunks and turf, and those who have the ability to go into the mountains to hunt by themselves. ”

He was secretly scolding in his heart: "It's not you who are making a fuss." In the past few years, there were some harvests, but now there are no grains. Lao Tzu will take you to see the sins you have done today. ”

Listening to Liu Si's heartfelt words, Yang Hudan hurt: "Take a look around, and then take me to the village to have a look." ”

Liu Si nodded and rode his horse and rushed out, and the two of them rode away!

Liu Si took Yang Hu to wander around the city for a day, looked at the farmland and vegetable fields around the city, and finally came to the ruins of a water conservancy project that had long been suspended.

It is a dam built in a mountain col.

Liu Si introduced to Yang Hu: "This is the largest reservoir in the state capital, the deepest is 30 zhang, the widest is 50 zhang, and there are dozens of mountains on both sides of the river. Over there......"

Liu Si turned around and pointed to the location of Lincheng: "Around Lincheng, including more than a dozen villages, the water supply can be solved. ”

He said to Yang Hu with a smile: "I remember that when I used to work here, the city lord never came once. ”

Yang Hu glared: "Tell the truth." ”

He stepped forward.

Only one-third of the way has been built, and there are scattered stones everywhere, and the cracks in the stones are already overgrown with weeds, and it is desolate.

"It took three years to build the dam and all the labor of the state government. Liu Si followed behind Yang Hu and introduced: "In the past three years, the excavation of the canals leading to the state capital and various villages below has not been counted. In the end, it still rots here. Otherwise, the life of the people in the villages would be much better. ”

Yang Hu turned his head and squinted at Liu Si: "Look at a pond, you kid has learned to express his feelings?"

Liu Si smiled dryly: "My lord, I'm not looking at you boring!"

"Boring fart!" Yang Hu cursed and roared: "Those people don't have the strength to work without food, what do they use to tax me?

Liu Si was speechless for a moment.

The two galloped for a day, and Liu Si took Yang Hu to a nearby village called Rubble Pile for the night.

After entering the village, Yang Hu just turned over and dismounted, and with a chirp under his feet, he stepped on the ****.

Hahaha, it immediately attracted Liu Si's crazy demonic laughter.

Yang Hu was also embarrassed, walked to the side to wipe the garbage on the soles of his feet, and inspected the village of the 100 families.

Genius is not dark!

The village of 100 households was already quiet, and there was no sound at all.

There was no candlelight or firelight.

Yang Hu frowned: "Why is there no one?"

Liu Si shook his head: "It's all sleeping! I have to go out every day to find food and farm, and not many people will have too much energy when they come back, so they will sleep after eating and drinking." ”

Yang Hu's cheeks jumped and muttered: "It's just suitable for making a villain." ”

Liu Si didn't understand what he said, so he led the horses into the stockade to find an acquaintance.

Zhang Xing is 46 years old, a native of Ranshidui Village, an honest family of four, with no elderly in the family, only two children.

The arrival of Liu Si and Yang Hu made Zhang Xing and his family busy, beckoned the two of them into the house and sat down, and the two of them went to give them Zhang Luo food and drink.

The house was filled with a musty smell of debris.

Liu Si was still a little worried in his heart, this moody city lord would be uncomfortable, but it seemed that Yang Hu was very calm.

It wasn't until Zhang Xing came out with a small dustpan basket that put six or seven crooked melons and cracked jujube sweet potatoes in it, Zhang Xing said to Liu Si in embarrassment: "Fourth brother, you and this big brother will deal with it." There is nothing to eat at home, and when it is dawn, I will go into the mountains to hunt some game for you. ”

Yang Hu was not polite, reached out and grabbed a white potato and wiped it, took a big bite and chewed it.

It doesn't taste good.

It should be a white potato used for seeds, and when it sprouts, it is cooked and has a musty smell that is difficult to swallow.

Yang Hu's face did not change, one bite after another, he ate it under Liu Si's surprised gaze, and then picked up another big bite and chewed it.

Liu Si's face was a little gloomy, and he also picked up a white potato and chewed it and said vaguely: "This is a seed, Brother Zhang almost couldn't come back when he went up the mountain once, and I was rescued by my father." ”

Yang Hu raised his head and smiled at Zhang Xing: "I'm afraid I can't keep up with this at home now, right?"

Zhang Xing smiled embarrassedly and rubbed his hands: "There are still three or four catties, enough to seed next year." You can rest assured that you will be fine. ”

Yang Hu nodded, ate three in one go, and then stopped to wipe his mouth: "Adults who don't usually eat can bear it, what should children do?"

Speaking of children, Zhang Xing actually laughed: "Those little ghosts don't have to worry about us, we can always find something every day when we go up the mountain and down the river." Sometimes I can bring some home. ”

Yang Hu smiled: "How old are you?"

"The eldest eleven, the youngest eight years old. Zhang Xing smiled and sat down next to him, took out a tobacco leaf and rolled a cigarette and lit it: "No one can help it, there is little rain this year, and there is no harvest in the ground." The city lord is a pig again, and he does things in an orderly manner, hey!"

Liu Si looked at Yang Hu in horror.

Yang Hu's face was quite calm, and he just smiled at Zhang Xing.

Liu Si thought for a while, and then mustered up the courage to say to Yang Hu: "There are more than 20 villages under the jurisdiction of Linzhou City Government, scattered all over Lincheng, far and near, don't underestimate these 20 villages, Lincheng Prefecture has a population of more than 4,000 people, and nearly 2,000 people belong to the residents of the village. Half of the population of the city is in the city. It's kind of a five-five. ”

"With such a large population, the city is not able to manage it, and the villagers are not able to live better. I really want to express my feelings...... City...... Succeed. ”

Liu Si didn't dare to call Yang Hu the city lord, no matter how depressed the villagers were, they were really far away from the city lord, and they were resentful.

Yang Hu raised his eyebrows and said to Zhang Xing inexplicably: "These are all mine, what should be done or done." ”

Zhang Xing didn't understand.

Liu Si didn't understand either