Liu Fan has long been able to skillfully call out the names of all the families, and with the help of Ma Zhou, the village has to say that it has developed faster and more steadily.

Many times, Ma Zhou is dealing with some things dealing with the official, this kind of thing Liu Fan can't get it, compared to officialdom, Liu Fan prefers to stay in the village.

Bought a steward, this steward is a middle-aged woman, there is no light in her eyes, only deep disgust, she hates the world, and feels that there is no hope in life, so Liu Fan bought it.

A woman under the Zheng family in Xingyang has been sacrificed by the family and has become a random sale of goods, the Zheng family is very capable, and the key is literacy, which makes Liu Fan very happy, although she has been bought and sold a little too many times before, but it does not prevent Liu Fan from reusing her at all.

"This is all the keys to the house, and today they are entrusted to you for safekeeping, oh yes, the treasury is also kept by you, our family, we will have to rely on you in the future!" Liu Fan kindly gave a key to the Zheng family.

Zheng's eyes flickered, and after a while, he bowed down to express his gratitude, and began to get familiar with the family, and began to get familiar with everyone, and in a very short period of time, he knew everyone's eating habits and hobbies, which is very remarkable, being a steward is actually overkill, if she is more familiar, Liu Fan hopes that she can manage the business, after all, such a person has been sold to the Liu family, it is absolutely impossible to betray, and if she betrays, the end will be very miserable.

The Liu family has basically become her last haven in old age.

The whole family gave the Zheng family the greatest respect, mainly because Liu An's girl was too small, and everyone was equal, and Liu Qingshu was an honest farmer, and he couldn't do that kind of thing to kill domestic slaves.

The days were as plain as water, the sun was scorching the earth, and when the officials began to appear in the fields, the continuous drought finally became a natural disaster.

Ma Zhou and Liu Fan kept discussing how to irrigate the land, not to mention that the village is now rich, but the people are still full of affection for the land.

Not to mention Ma Zhou, seeing the cracked ground is like a knife constantly piercing his heart.

"Now His Majesty has ordered that all servants in Guanzhong must participate in the fight against drought, the army will provide protection, and officials will take the lead in transporting water, and this kind of drought is estimated to last for two months.

Speaking of this, Ma Zhou looked at Liu Fan and said, "The locust plague is estimated to be unavoidable!" ”

"Is it only in Guanzhong?" Liu Fan frowned and said.

Ma Zhou nodded and said, "Not bad!" Li Chunfeng suggested that His Majesty deal with it as soon as possible, and the court reacted quickly, but it seems that it has no effect at present, even if it dodges the drought, the locust plague can't be avoided! ”

Liu Fan stood up, looked at the village in front of him, and then looked at the endless green fields in the distance and said, "Is there any way to reduce the loss?" ”

Ma Zhou smiled bitterly and said: "Now the proposal of the DPRK and China is to mobilize food from the surrounding states, and wait until the locust plague arrives so as not to cause panic among the people, and at the same time, the news is now blocked, and what is going to happen to the locust plague cannot be disseminated!" ”

"Then how do you know!" Liu Fan was surprised.

Ma Zhou said with some embarrassment: "Who doesn't have a few friends!" ”

Liu Fan thought for a while and said: "Find a way to solve the drought, now it is undoubtedly to solve the problem of water, I see that the canals have begun to open water, but the people are transported into the fields with bottled water, hey?" Why don't you see the waterwheel? ”

Ma Zhou was a little surprised and said, "What is a waterwheel?" ”

"It's that Kongming car, the Eastern Han Dynasty has it, why not now, I think it's still manpower to carry water, how much water can a family pick up a day, with a waterwheel, you don't have to care!" Liu Fan explained.

Ma Zhou still didn't figure it out, Liu Fan drew a drawing and said: "Then you don't care about it first, let the craftsman get this first, there are so many craftsmen in our village, it must be able to get it, if you can't get it, go to Jinchangfang to recruit craftsmen to make it, money is not a problem, this drawing is just an approximation, there are details to be pondered, go quickly!" ”

Ma Zhou took the drawings and immediately recruited relevant people to start researching, there were many people in the village who could understand the drawings, and soon a simple waterwheel model was made, showed it to Liu Fan, tested it, it was not bad, it was able to hold the water flow, so he ordered the village to start making, because there was more flat land in the pass, so he built a waterwheel of about three meters, and then found a thick bamboo, split it in half, and soon a simple channel came out, and then saw the waterwheel sent the water to the field under the drive of the river.

The servants let out a loud cheer, attracting nearby officials, who saw that the waterwheel had such an effect, and immediately wrote to the imperial court, and the craftsmen of Linjia Village directly became the craftsmen of the imperial court and were temporarily requisitioned.

"They are my dear relatives and brothers! If this official wants to use them, at least he has to add money! Three dollars a day for one person is too little! Liu Fan said dissatisfiedly.

Fang Xuanling almost didn't tear off his beard, and said coldly: "Li Chang Liu Fan, you are also a Tang official!" Now that there is a drought in the Guannai, borrow some craftsmen under your rule, and you still bargain with the official! ”

"It's not a bargain, you are Xing Guogong, and now Your Majesty has asked you to preside over the law, then you should know what equality is, since you have paid for your labor, you naturally have to get paid, to put it mildly, how Kannai is not in the scope of my consideration, I only care about whether these craftsmen can eat enough, whether they can dress warmly, if they go out for a period of time to build a special waterwheel, then what should their family do, what to eat, what to drink!"

"Now in this Linjia Village, these craftsmen can earn about forty yuan a day, and giving three yuan is too little, even if I am willing, they will be a little depressed and unwilling in their hearts!" Liu Fan looked straight at this famous historical minister, Li Shimin's right-hand man.

Fang Xuanling sneered and said, "Aren't you afraid that your career will end here?" ”

"Never considered it!" Liu Fan said lightly.

Fang Xuanling was silent for a while and said: "Ten yuan a day for one person, it's too high, and it's not in line with the law!" ”

"Xie Xing Guogong!" Liu Fan gave a salute.

Fang Xuanling took all the craftsmen away, because of the drought, the village fell into a rare quiet, everyone was enjoying a rare rest, Ma Zhou found Liu Fan and said: "You shouldn't talk to Xing Guogong like that!" ”

"Do you think Xing Guo is a sycophant?"

Ma Zhou smiled, turned around and left, he also needs to supervise the construction of the soundproof wall of the square, in fact, there are endless things in the village every day, just dozens of households, there are many things that need to be busy, and there are many things that need to be built, private schools and medical centers are also under construction, Liu Fan said that the more infrastructure, the faster the village will develop, and said that if you want to get rich and build roads first, these need time to verify and think.