The three of them were sparring with each other in pairs, and time passed very quickly.
Even breakfast was delayed for half an hour.
By the time the three men collapsed exhausted on the arena, they were all sweating profusely.
Little Bell was breathing heavily, her little face flushed, she was so cute.
Xu Guling picked him up and said, "Come on, Master will take you to wash up and change into clean clothes."
Little Bell leaned her head weakly on her shoulder.
However, before the two of them could go back, a carriage had already quickly driven into Xiao Lingling's sight.
At a glance, she recognized the county government's carriage.
Could it be that godfather is back?
Xiao Lingling raised her head and looked in the direction of the carriage. Soon, the carriage stopped steadily beside the two of them.
Wu Bokai poked his head out of the window. "Hey? Girl, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so listless?"
Xiao Lingling was so tired that she could hardly lift her arms.
Xu Guling laughed and said, "This girl practiced too hard this morning and must be tired. What's wrong, Master Wu?"
Wu Bokai smiled and quickly got off the carriage.
"I just came back from going out of the courtyard, and heard from Madam that this little girl seemed to have something to talk to me about, so I hurried over to see her."
Xu Guling nodded. "Then Sir Wu, please take a short rest. I will take her to wash and change clothes, and then I will let her come to you."
"Okay, okay, it's okay. Take her there first. I'm not in a hurry for now. Uncle Lin and the others should have gone to the fields, right?
I just happened to have something to do and went to see Uncle Lin. I'll be back later."
"Well, Uncle Lin and the others went to the fields early in the morning after breakfast. They should be in the wheat field today. You can go and have a look."
Wu Bokai nodded. He knew where the Lin family's land was and walked quickly towards the distance.
The footsteps were a little hurried, and Xiao Lingling knew at a glance that it must be news of the drought.
Otherwise, godfather wouldn't be so anxious.
Xiao Lingdang was carried back to the room by Xu Guling. After she cleaned up, Xiao Lingdang drank two large cups of spirit pool water while Xu Guling was away.
After a while, I felt much lighter.
The weather was getting warmer, so I put a jar of ice cubes just taken out of the ice cellar in the main room, and then with a cooling trick, the whole room became much cooler.
Xiao Lingling sat aside and waited. After a while, Lin Changshu and Wu Bokai came back together.
Perhaps they were preoccupied with something and didn't notice the change in temperature in the room.
Xu Guling went next door to serve breakfast. Seeing that Xiao Lingling was the only one in the room, Wu Bokai immediately closed the door and asked the yamen runners to guard it.
He then started talking about serious matters with Lin Changshu.
"Uncle Lin, I'm here today to tell you something serious. Remember this: don't sell any of this year's harvest.
Not only should we not sell, we should also find a way to stockpile more. I used some connections and ordered a batch of food, which will arrive in about two days.
I've reserved a thousand kilograms for you. I'll have someone deliver it to you when the time comes. Keep it safe. It won't be easy to buy such large quantities of food in the future."
Even though Lin Changshu had already learned the whole story from his granddaughter, his heart was still pounding with fear.
"What's going on here? Is this going to cause a disaster?"
Wu Bokai didn't think much about it, just thinking it was something they had just experienced, so he didn't hide it from him and nodded.
"Yes! I didn't expect the crisis to affect us. But a few days ago, the prefect urged the magistrates of the surrounding counties to go to the prefectural capital to discuss matters.
It was only after I arrived that I realized how serious the drought had become.
For example, several counties further north than ours have begun to show signs of reduced water flow.
It is not particularly obvious at the moment, but rumors have already spread, and we must step up our precautions.
I came here today to tell you that you must make preparations in advance."
Lin Changshu and Xiao Lingling looked at each other, feeling indescribably heavy in their hearts.
Xiao Lingling turned to look at Wu Bokai with a serious and scrutinizing look in her eyes.
Wu Bokai was a little confused by her eyes, and even felt a chill on his back for some reason.
He didn't understand why a child would have such a sharp look?
After a while, Xiao Lingling said lightly, "Godfather, can I trust you?"
Wu Bokai could see that her question was no joke, but he still didn't hesitate at all.
"Of course! Ever since you saved Yan'er and her son's lives, I've considered you our family's savior. So, you don't have to worry about this.
As long as they don't hurt the mother and her two children, I won't hesitate even if you want to kill me."
Little Bell could tell that he was telling the truth and calmed down.
"In that case, don't worry about the drought, Godfather. I have a way to help you.
Three days later, I can provide you with 500,000 kilograms of mature wheat.
After that, I can provide you one million kilograms of rice every half a month.
I know that for a drought of this magnitude, this amount of food may just be a drop in the bucket.
But at least we should protect Huaxiang County first, and then we can help other areas when we have the capacity."
Wu Bokai was so shocked after hearing this that he stood up. "What did you say? A lot, how much?"
Xiao Lingling was in a heavy mood. Normally, the space could only collect one batch a month.
But if she enters the space every day and uses the water from the spirit pool to turn it into rain to increase irrigation, the time can be shortened to half a month.
This is the limit of what she can do now. If she wants to shorten it further, she must return to her strength before reincarnation, which is obviously impossible.
"Godfather, half a month, one million kilograms, if we use it sparingly, it will definitely be enough for our Huaxiang County.
However, I need your help to find a reason to send the food to other disaster-stricken areas.
I don’t know the prefect of Chen’an Prefecture. I want to know what kind of person he is and what kind of character he has.”
Wu Bokai felt that his heart was about to jump out of his throat.
Seeing that Lin Changshu also looked calm, he guessed that there must be some secret that he didn't know about.
He took a deep breath and calmed himself.
"The prefect of our Chen'an Prefecture is called Cheng Che, and he was also promoted step by step from the county magistrate.
He has good character, but after years in officialdom, he has become a bit more tactful.
However, overall, he is not a bad person and is a good official who can do practical things for the people.
More importantly, he is only 35 years old now and still has a promising future. Who knows, he may be able to make even greater progress.
After all, Mr. Cheng has a strong background in the capital, and he is not a nobody like me who has nothing."
Xiao Lingdang was obviously not very satisfied with such a person, but in reality, there were too few officials like Wu Bokai.
Therefore, we cannot force it. Such a prefect is already pretty good.
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