The former was Wei Ruo's earliest suggestion to Mrs. Yuan, asking the Taizhou government to protect this year's existing agricultural output by changing to late rice varieties and sweet potatoes; The latter was a land-clearing activity personally led by Wei Ruo in order to resettle the victims and expand farmland.

Now both have made good progress, so that the whole Taizhou government can see hope.

Saying that, Mrs. Yuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Ruo'er, these are your credits, if there is a bumper grain harvest in Taizhou Mansion this year, you will be the life-saving benefactor of countless farmers and disaster victims in Taizhou Prefecture!" ”

Wei Ruo said: "Thank you Madame for complimenting me, but let's talk about this later, and when the grain is in the warehouse, we will celebrate happily." ”

Before the situation was decided, Wei Ruo didn't dare to be too happy.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this yet." Mrs. Yuan was busy, and she couldn't help but talk to Wei Ruo because she was so happy that she was really afraid that there would be any mess at the last moment.

Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Yuan asked Wei Ruo: "By the way, Ruo'er, I heard Mama Qin say, you want to build a dam on the river?" Also drew the relevant drawings? ”

"Well, I do have that idea. The annual precipitation in Taizhou is not a lot, but it is uneven, the rainy season is abundant, but there will be a period of dry weather after the summer, which is very unfavorable for the growth of rice. This summer is fine, but if we catch up with the situation of the previous two years, even if more wasteland is reclaimed, there will be no water to irrigate the grain. Wei Ruo explained.

"Yes, that's true. It's just that this built reservoir is no better than anything else. Mrs. Yuan felt that Wei Ruo was very reasonable.

Wei Ruo knew what Mrs. Yuan meant: "Building a reservoir not only requires a lot of manpower and material resources, but also takes a very long time, even if a small reservoir is dug up, it will take at least three or five years. If a large reservoir is built, it will be possible to complete it in ten or twenty years. ”

"That's right, this is the biggest problem in the construction of the reservoir, although the merit is beneficial in the present generation, but in the years of construction, there is no doubt that the people and money will be lost." Mrs. Yuan said.

Wei Ruo analyzed: "If this is the case this year, it is indeed not suitable, we don't have more food to feed people to build reservoirs; However, if the granary is sufficient and the flood of victims continues, I think arranging a project such as the construction of a reservoir is a good way to calm the hearts and minds of the victims. ”

"Ruo'er has a point." Mrs. Yuan agrees.

Wei Ruo continued to analyze: "Reclamation is indeed a more direct way to solve the food problem, but there are also some risks, relying on increasing the cultivated area, increasing soil fertility, and the excellence of crop varieties themselves, the ability to resist natural disasters is still too weak, and improving the fault tolerance rate in more dimensions can better ensure the yield of grain." ”

"In that case, according to Ruo'er's opinion, do you still plan to put the construction of the reservoir on the agenda?" Mrs. Yuan asked.

"If this year's grain harvest is bumper and the granary is full, while the number of victims in other areas is still increasing and pouring into Taizhou Prefecture, then it is a good way to arrange for the extra victims to build reservoirs." Wei Ruo explained.

Mrs. Yuan thought about it seriously and said, "I know, until the end of this year, we will discuss this matter according to the situation in all aspects." ”

Then Mrs. Yuan held Wei Ruo's hand and said, "Your child is a blessed one, your father is expected to be promoted to another level this time, and your Wei family's fortune will get better and better." ”

Wei Ruo smiled, it's hard to take this word, it's really hard to say whether her father's promotion is a good thing or a bad thing for her.

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stayed in Yuan's Mansion until the evening, solved the problems accumulated during this time one by one, and also arranged for everyone to open up the wasteland for the next period of time.

After the end, Wei Ruo returned to the school captain's mansion to prepare for his departure to the provincial capital tomorrow.

Wei Ruo planned to go to the provincial capital on the pretext of sending supplies to Wei Yichen, but in fact, he went to find a new shop.

Tomorrow will be accompanied by Wei Jin and Xiaobei, and when Wei Jin also said that he wanted to go together, Wei Ruo happily agreed.

In this way, Wei Ruo has more reasons to go out, and his safety is more guaranteed.

Regarding the fact that Wei Yao and Wei Jin also went to the provincial capital together, the Yun family did not ask much.

Recently, she has been exhausted, and the successive events have made her exhausted, and her whole body is sick.

What about the eldest daughter, what about the concubine, she really doesn't want to ask more questions now, and she can't manage it anyway.

But in the early morning of the second day, Wei Ruo still went to resign to the Yun family according to the rules before going out.

Yun Shi just got up, leaned on the couch and said, "If your eldest brother has any shortcomings, you can make up for him first, and when the house is free, I will make up the silver for you." ”

Although the Yun clan doesn't know when the mansion will be rich.

"Got it." Wei Ruo didn't say anything, after all, if you promise to do it, it's another matter whether you want to do it or not.

Then Wei Ruo set off with Wei Jin and others.

Wei Ruo and Xiumei rode in a carriage, Xiaobei drove in front, and Wei Jin also rode a horse.

After leaving the city gate, Wei Jin also changed his appearance and became "Wang Jin".

Wei Ruo's change of appearance is because she is a woman and doesn't want her family to know what she is doing outside, and Wei Jin is also a man, so it stands to reason that he doesn't have so many constraints as Wei Ruo, but he doesn't seem to want others to recognize him like Wei Ruo.

Although Wei Ruo had doubts about this, he didn't ask any questions.

It was enough for her to know that her second brother was trustworthy.

The road from the capital city to the provincial capital is an official road, which is relatively easy to walk, and it will arrive in one day in an expedited way, and the general traveler will arrive in two days by horse-drawn carriage.

But Wei Ruo was not in a hurry for this trip, the four of them stopped and stopped along the way, and when they encountered good mountains, rivers and scenery, they stopped to watch.

Sometimes they will pick mushrooms and wild vegetables, fish and catch shrimp and crabs, and the rest at night is also random, and they will not stay at the inn in a special way.

On the first night, the four of them stayed in the field not far from the official road.

In this weather, there is no need to worry about catching a cold when sleeping in the open, not to mention that Wei Ruo also took out a camp tent from the carriage.

The more troublesome thing this season is mosquitoes, and this problem is not a problem here for Wei Ruo.

Wei Ruo prepared ointments and incense that could repel mosquitoes and insects, ensuring that snakes, rats, insects and ants would not get close to them.

Wei Ruo set up the pot, boiled the mushroom broth, and several people had a delicious meal under the starry sky.

Then Wei Ruo and Wei Jin also sat on the grass and chatted for half the night, before returning to the carriage and the tent to rest respectively.

The next few days were at a similar pace, and the four of them seemed to be traveling rather than rushing.

So when Wei Ruo and the others arrived at Lin'an Mansion, it was already dusk on the fourth day.

Since he had already come to the Yun family once last time, Wei Ruo easily found an inn to stay in.