Chapter 142: Preparations Before Heading South

This is indeed an urgent matter. If these disaster victims are not properly resettled, Yangcheng might be besieged by them.

It should be noted that back then, due to natural disasters in the south, the people had no way to survive. On their way to flee north, popular sentiments rose up, and they eventually rebelled and besieged the capital.

When Jiang Yichun was providing disaster relief, he was more concerned about inequality than scarcity, which led to everyone blaming him for the disaster.

If Hensheng doesn't handle this matter well today, it's hard to say whether he'll follow in his father's footsteps.

Jiang Sijin swallowed the snack in her mouth and slammed her fist on the table in anger. "A bunch of lowly and ignorant people! Su Zhenzhen, you should persuade him to stop getting involved in these messy things. It's thankless work and he's likely to get into trouble."

Su Zhenzhen gave her a meaningful look. If she hadn't glimpsed Jiang Sijin's past and present lives, she would have thought she was an idiot because of these words.

Jiang Sijin clearly values ​​the Jiang Dynasty royal family more than anything else, so why can't she understand that without these ignorant and lowly people she speaks of, the royal family would be isolated and unable to stand on its own, and naturally, it would not have become a royal family.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Jiang Sijin asked Su Zhenzhen warily. "And what kind of look is that?"

Su Zhenzhen looked away and turned to talk to Hensheng about serious matters.

"Are you trying to ask me if I have any solutions for controlling locust plagues?"

Hensheng's eyes lit up. "Zhenzhen, to be honest, I do have this plan. Is it difficult to carry out?"

In ancient times, there was no solution to locust plagues; once a locust plague was over, starvation was rampant everywhere.

But Su Zhenzhen really does have a solution, though it must be implemented in practice.

“If they are locusts that haven’t fully matured, we can let ducks eat their eggs. But since the disaster victims have all come to Yangcheng, the crops in the fields must have suffered heavy losses. There’s no way to restore the crops that have been eaten by the locusts; we can only clear the fields and plant new crops.”

Then, Su Zhenzhen told Hensheng about the method she had prepared.

First and foremost, they need to go south to see if there are any crops that haven't been eaten by locusts, and save as much as they can.

Secondly, we need to organize manpower to clear the paddy fields and replant. It's too late to plant rice now; we can only plant quick-harvesting crops to get through the season. We'll plant winter wheat in winter, but we don't know if the weather and soil in the south will be suitable for wheat growth.

Therefore, there is another alternative: the mountainous area can increase its planting efforts and be ready to supply grain to the south at any time.

Thanks to its development during this period, Shan County has become a veritable granary for the people. Old Man Bai didn't overlook any patch of soil; as long as there was moisture in the soil, he planted it there.

Fortunately, these short-cycle crops in the system store are not expensive, otherwise Su Zhenzhen would not have been able to come up with so many seeds.

As for why the seeds weren't given directly to the disaster victims in the south, it's because that place seems to be cursed.

In the past thirty years, every now and then there have been floods, droughts, locust plagues, earthquakes, landslides, and all kinds of natural disasters that can happen in this era.

Su Zhenzhen was speechless when she saw these things in the mountain county log.

These logs were, of course, left by Magistrate Chen, who served in Shanxian County for only one year, namely Jiang Yichun.

It must have been tough on him, as he was always thinking about the people of the South.

Hensheng fully agreed with Su Zhenzhen's plan, but there was a problem.

Who's going south? Should everyone go together, or should Su Zhenzhen go alone? If everyone goes, what will happen to Yangcheng?

Su Zhenzhen and Hensheng both looked at Jiang Sijin.

Jiang Sijin paused in her snacking, noticing that she had consumed most of the trash bags on the table by herself.

"What do you want? Sending this princess to the south? Don't even think about it!"

"Who said you were going to the south?" Su Zhenzhen had her own reasons.

We don't know what the situation is like in the South. Jiang Sijin has a bad temper, and if there's a disaster relief riot, the two sides might end up fighting.

But if she were left in Yangcheng, Song Anbang, who was lurking in the shadows, would have disappeared without a trace, and she was no match for him.

"How about you go to Bianzhou?" Su Zhenzhen began to persuade people, "The people's livelihood in Bianzhou has been basically rebuilt. You just need to help keep an eye on things when you go there. If anything happens, just contact us anytime. Those people are all loyal to the emperor and will definitely treat you, the princess of the Jiang Dynasty, with respect."

Hensheng chimed in, "Yes, Aunt, Bianzhou is our rear base. It won't be long before the grain there is harvested. Relying solely on Shanxian County for the grain we need to aid the disaster victims in the south is far from enough."

Jiang Sijin tilted her head and thought for a moment. It was unclear what she was thinking, but she finally agreed, though she made one request.

"I really like these snacks, so please prepare more for me."

"No problem." Su Zhenzhen smiled and immediately added snacks to her shopping cart in the system store, her mind practically pounding the zeros off the number keys.

The snacks on the table gradually increased. Su Zhenzhen quickly pulled the table away from Hensheng, and then the snacks appeared out of thin air like rain, surrounding Jiang Sijin.

That wasn't all; the snacks kept increasing with each breath, burying Jiang Sijin so completely that she couldn't move, with only her head sticking out.

"Su-Zhen-Zhen!"

Jiang Sijin was so angry that her black hair grew wildly, scattering all the snacks.

Su Zhenzhen crossed her arms and laughed, "Looks like you can't eat that much. I'll leave you a little bit, and Hensheng and I will take the rest to eat on the way."

Seeing Su Zhenzhen raise her hand, Jiang Sijin quickly hit her back with her hair.

"These all belong to this princess!"

Su Zhenzhen shook her hand; this little monster had no sense of restraint.

Seeing this, Hensheng took Su Zhenzhen's hand and rubbed it.

"Are you alright, Zhenzhen?"

Jiang Sijin was furious. It was one thing for these two to be so lovey-dovey, but why didn't they have a child?

Some things can be done perfectly in one go!

Su Zhenzhen was unaware of Jiang Sijin's true thoughts at that moment, but she could tell that Jiang Sijin was very angry, so she pulled her hand back.

"I'm fine. Your Highness, I was just joking with you. Are you alright?"

Jiang Sijin pulled her hair back and gave a haughty snort.

"Alright, alright, Your Highness, it's time for you to get going," Su Zhenzhen reminded her. "I'll arrange for someone to load these snacks into your carriage. Are you satisfied now?"

"That's more like it." Jiang Sijin casually picked up two bags of snacks, tilted her head back, and went out the door, not knowing where she was going to wander off to.

Hensheng looked at Su Zhenzhen and couldn't help but laugh, "Zhenzhen, you have a special way with your aunt. She can't get any advantage from you."

In the instant their eyes met, they received the same answer from each other's gazes.

Jiang Sijin can only go to the border state, and the border state will not be in chaos.