Li Wenjun, sitting at the corner of the table, weakly raised his hand. "Team Leader, if it's really a drought, can't we use artificial rainfall?"
Qi Chu looked at him and said, "It's easy to say artificial rainfall, but how can it rain without the necessary conditions? The rain doesn't come out of thin air." If artificial rainfall could be achieved, they wouldn't be so worried.
Li Wenjun shut up silently and stopped talking.
"Team leader, let's see if diverting water for irrigation can work first, right?" Su Qingyun said. "Every village is short of water right now. The team leader is already preparing to divert water from the Nanhe River. I hope there's good news, at least to alleviate the immediate problem."
"This is the only way for now." Qi Chu sighed, "Let's get ready to fetch water."
"yes."
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people were about to get up when there was a knock on the door. Qi Chu was stunned. Who would come at this time?
"Come in."
The person who came in was Qin Youfu, whom they had just been talking about. He walked in with a bad look on his face.
"Captain, why are you here?" Qi Chu asked, puzzled. Then, suddenly, he remembered something and his face changed. "Captain, could something have happened with the irrigation system?"
"That's it!" Qin Youfu sat down, his face becoming increasingly ugly.
Qi Chu quickly asked, "What's going on?"
"Zhaojia Village, next to the Nanhe River, won't let us dredge the river and divert water here," Qin Youfu said, holding his breath. "The young men in their village are guarding the river and won't let anyone dig. Not only on our side, but they also won't allow digging in the other rivers."
In previous years, there was abundant rainfall and the water level of the Nan River was high, so in order to avoid flooding the farmland, the river channels leading to various villages were blocked, leaving only the river channels leading to the big rivers. Now there is a shortage of water and water needs to be diverted for irrigation, so the blocked river channels need to be dredged again and the river water needs to be diverted from top to bottom to the farmland.
But when Qin Youfu arrived, he ran into a wall. The river was not allowed to be dredged, and they were even driven away.
"What?" Everyone was shocked when these words came out.
Su Qingyun's expression also changed. She thought about the location of Zhaojia Village and seemed to understand something.
"Why?" Qi Chu couldn't believe it. It was already this late, and they were still not allowed to dredge the river?
Qin Youfu said indignantly, "It's because Zhaojia Village is the closest village to the Nanhe River. They've always relied on the Nanhe River for their livelihood. Now that they're short of water, they want to use the farmland in the nearby villages first. Villages a little further away like ours simply can't get enough water."
"The people guarding the river said that if we really want to divert water, that's fine. We just need to give Zhaojia Village 20% of this year's grain harvest."
Qin Youfu's face was extremely gloomy. He wanted to find the captain of Zhaojia Village to argue, but the people in their village used various excuses to prevaricate him, and he couldn't see their captain at all. Moreover, this was not the idea of Zhaojia Village alone, but the common idea of several surrounding villages surrounding the Nanhe River.
"Impossible!" Qi Chu was shaking with anger. "The river is a national resource. Everyone has the right to use it. It's not their village's private property. Who gave them the guts to do this? This is simply too much!"
Su Qingyun thought to herself: Sure enough, she had just guessed whether this was the possibility, but she didn't expect it to be true.
"They have no right to do this!" Qi Chu felt that this was not acceptable. "We must report this to the county and even the city. We can't let the situation continue to develop like this. If we continue to let them do this, what will become of Zhaojia Village? Will they rule the river?"
He could understand that everyone was worried about the harvest and wanted water, but this approach was too selfish. If they did not rely on the river, the river would become their accessory. It was a national resource shared by everyone. If it was all used in one place, what would happen to other places?
This won't work, we have to distribute it reasonably.
"If we report to the county and then wait for them to send someone down to handle it, I'm afraid it will be too late and we might even get into a stalemate." Qin Youfu suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "If it really doesn't work, we can send people to the county while we have the young men dig it out by force."
"In addition to our Luoshui Village, we can also unite with several neighboring villages."
Qi Chu frowned, but could only nod in the end. This was the only way now. Several nearby villages were in the same boat. If they went together, maybe they could talk it out and make things work, instead of letting things get to the worst possible situation. If they could handle it well, they would handle it well.
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