The sun was setting, and the sky was full of brilliant sunsets, and the scarlet orange glow reflected the two people who were talking.

Huang Xiancheng raised his glass and took a sip, and continued: "Our Zhizhou has been really difficult in the past few years, drought death, waterlogging death, and bandits building nests everywhere, and the number of refugees is increasing day by day, fortunately, we have found a lot of water sources in the mountains, otherwise the towns under your jurisdiction now, brother-in-law, would have fled from the famine long ago, and the displaced people have risen everywhere. ”

Li County's face is not good-looking, although he found a few water sources, but the time is early and late, this year's autumn harvest can only be said to be not a grain of no harvest, but it is definitely not a fruitful harvest, and when the tax is paid, I am afraid that it will not be long before there are refugees.

It's just a matter of time sooner or later.

"The prefect is very concerned about this year's drought, and it is not easy for other prefects to have floods, and there have been many refugees who have fled early.

Li Xianling is not very old, he looks about the same as Huang Xiancheng, about forty years old, his hair is whiter than others, and there is always a faint sadness between his eyebrows.

"The tax revenue has not decreased, the grain has plummeted, and the people are afraid that they will not be able to eat enough, let alone those villages that have no water source, and not all villages can grow late rice, so to put it mildly, it can only be arranged in villages with water sources."

In many villages, there is no harvest in the autumn, and you still have to spend time planting late rice, and when the villagers rebel, it is also a big problem, and they can't eat enough, who has the strength to do some practical work for you.

Li County Ling nodded and said: "Yes, just do what you say, villages with water sources are arranged to plant late rice, according to the standards of Linjia Village, no matter how much, everyone must plant, after the autumn harvest, the price of rice and grain in the town must also be strictly controlled, don't let the merchants increase the price of grain." ”

Between the two pushing the cup and changing the lamp, they discussed back and forth for a long time, until the sky was completely dark, and Huang Xiancheng slowly left.

There are refugees every year, there are bandits every year, and the reason is not because there is not enough to eat, if the late rice can be produced this year, not only the places under his jurisdiction can benefit, but the entire Dahua Dynasty will benefit.

Li Xianling was still thinking about it when he went to sleep, although he didn't know about farming in the fields, he also knew that what the people wanted was nothing more than three meals and clothing, and when they were peaceful and full, they would naturally not be bandits.

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The sky is cloudless, the air is clear, the sun is gradually rising, and the Lin family is working hard in the fields, sweating profusely, and the division of labor is clear.

Jiang Yan sat on the ridge tiredly, she couldn't stand it after a day of work yesterday, and she could still work hard with the whole family on the first day, but today her fingers are soft, and her whole body seems to be falling apart.

Today I joined three people, Lao Wu Fufu and Jiang Wen, so the speed was much faster than yesterday.

Lin Jun's body is relatively weak, he can't work for a long time, everyone is tired and sweaty, and his face is red, only the more he dries, the more pale his face becomes, if he doesn't have to help, Jiang Yan doesn't dare to let him go to the field, and in the end he can only arrange for him to lead the horse to transport the rice to the threshing floor.

Jiang Wen is a weak scholar, he has never done farm work since he was a child, and his efficiency is extremely slow, to be honest, he is not as good as the two strokes of seven or eight years old, he cut the rice for a while, and because of improper operation and fine skin and tender meat, he was scraped a few blood marks by the rice leaves, but he did not squeak, gritted his teeth and followed a group of people to exert force in the field.

The sweat stains on his body were blown by the wind, and his whole body was cooler, Jiang Yan took a sip of water, and watched Erbi take Xiaodouzi and Lin Feng to pick up rice ears in the field.

When the rice is cut, there will be rice scattered on the ground, and the children will each carry a small cloth bag on their backs, picking up the scattered rice and catching grasshoppers and shrimp at the same time.

But there is a little episode today, that is, Xiaodouzi took five chicks, because he was afraid that he would run away if he brought too much, so he took the few that stuck to him the most.

The little chicken boy followed behind him, excitedly looking for scattered millet to eat in the field, and at the same time following closely behind the little bean, how cute the picture looked.

Jiang Yan looked at this picture, feeling warm and distressed at the same time, no matter what era, farmers are the hardest, it is not unreasonable for knowledge to change fate, if it weren't for their arrival, the brothers of the Lin family would have been digging in the field for the rest of their lives, and they didn't even know if they could survive this winter, and Jiang Wen would not be able to cut rice in the field like now.

"Xiaowen, come over and rest."

Jiang Yan beckoned to Jiang Wen, Jiang Wen turned around and wiped the sweat from his head, trotted to Jiang Yan with a smile, and studied hard in the cold window all the year round, which made him a little abnormal, which would be red by the sun, especially a face, because he was cutting rice at his waist, and he was very congested.

"The first time you go to the field, don't do it recklessly, rest for a while when you're tired, and don't be in a hurry about the work in the field."

Jiang Wen smiled implicitly, a little embarrassed: "I'm not tired, little aunt, I just know, it turns out that you work so weekdays, I always thought that reading is the hardest, but now I know that farming is the hardest." ”

At first, he thought it was interesting, and after cutting it with great interest for a while, he began to feel dizzy, his back hurt, and he had to maintain a posture, and his legs were stiff and he didn't obey the call.

And with his back to the sky and the earth, the scorching sun roasted on his back, as if the thin layer of clothing was about to heat up and catch fire, several times he couldn't help but stand up and rest, but when he saw his younger brothers who were faster than him and more effective than him, he couldn't tell the taste in his heart.

I can only secretly make up my mind that I will study harder in the future, and I must come back with a reputation in order to really help everyone.

Jiang Yan looked at his obscure eyes and took out the newly bought ointment: "You keep this ointment, wipe the marks on your hands, your skin is tender, pay attention when you work, it is easy to be scratched." ”

Jiang Wen put away the ointment, the simple and simple wooden box warmed his heart, he carefully opened the lid, dipped some ointment and rubbed it on the wound, and the hot wound was much cooler and more comfortable.

The whole village is busy, especially today, there are people in almost every field, there are people who work hard to cut rice, and children carry small bags to pick up ears of rice in twos and threes.

Because the village chief and Li Zheng have made it clear that they want to follow Aunt Jiang to plant late rice, the whole village is busy in a hurry, and they have to pay attention to the dynamics of Aunt Jiang's family from time to time.

At noon, Jiang Yan still took her two daughters-in-law home early to make lunch, the food was still rich, compared to last night, there was one more freshly fried grasshopper shrimp, the two insects were fried golden and crispy, and the Lin family had never eaten such a delicious food.

In the past, where was there so much oil at home, even if there was, they were willing to fry it there, and it would be good to be able to roast it over fire, so this is the first time that everyone knows that fried grasshopper shrimp is so delicious.

After a full meal, they continued to cut rice in the afternoon, the Lin family did not have many fields, and they could probably cut three acres of land today, and the rest could be completed tomorrow.

(End of chapter)