Time flies, and the drought is even more rampant in the summer. Victims who died of thirst and heat were everywhere. It is no exaggeration to say that corpses were everywhere.
Only Shuanghe Village managed to remain calm in this chaotic world.
However, there are also many people who come to ask for help, under the pretext of visiting relatives, all wanting to get a piece of the pie in Shuanghe Village.
But fortunately, firstly, there was the deterrent effect of the village wall, and secondly, the county magistrate came every now and then, so no one dared to cause trouble for Shuanghe Village too openly.
However, if the drought is not resolved in a timely manner, Shuanghe Village will sooner or later be affected.
Due to the recent drought, the water levels of the two rivers in Shuanghe Village have dropped significantly.
Fortunately, all the seeds were soaked in medicine when they were planted, so the drought resistance was greatly improved.
So, all the second crop of wheat was planted.
As for the rice, forget it. If it doesn't die of drought in time, it will be a waste of such good seeds.
We only planted crops on dry land, and with everyone working together, we finished planting in just two or three days.
After that, everyone started helping the Zhu family build a house.
Because the residential land is not large, the whole village has come forward to help. Now the foundation has been laid and the house is half built.
Xiao Lingling was dragged by Wu Tongtong and several of her brothers to read in the study. Although she was sitting there, her mind had already flown away.
It has been more than twenty days since she handed the potion and seeds to Wu Bokai. Logically, there should have been news, so why is there still no news?
A few days ago, even the Bishui Academy was closed, so she acted coquettishly and asked her uncle to take her to the county to pick up her elder brother.
Naturally, he also saw the huge crowds of refugees at the city gate.
The number of people was beyond her expectations.
But there is one good thing, because she has provided Shuanghe Village with a million kilograms of grain, the porridge distribution outside the city has never stopped, and it is distributed twice a day.
The porridge was not particularly thick, but it was definitely not watery. Each person could have a large bowl. Although it would not fill them up, it would definitely keep them alive.
So the victims just guarded the city gate but did not cause any trouble.
However, if they are not properly arranged, not everyone can afford to waste time like this.
Especially the elderly and children.
Therefore, the court's disaster relief has become urgent.
My godfather told me that the imperial court had actually sent out two teams, but both were heading to the northernmost part, so they had to take care of the soldiers at the border first.
This choice is not bad, but it is not good news for ordinary people.
Little Lingling calculated quietly with her hands under the table. She mainly wanted to see when the drought would end.
After I finished the calculation, I felt my head buzzing.
There should be a rain after autumn, which can alleviate the situation to a certain extent, but if we want to completely get out of the drought, we will have to wait until winter.
There should be heavy snow in winter, and then after the spring, the rain will gradually increase and things will return to normal.
It is only mid-to-late July now, so winter is still a long way off, and we have to wait until spring.
It takes half a year here and there...
Xiao Lingling was lost in thought when she suddenly noticed a pair of eyes staring at her.
Xiao Lingling subconsciously turned her head and looked through the window. She found that Qin Yu had come to the yard at some point and was looking at her. He was also waving a letter in his hand at her.
Little Lingling looked at Xia Yan who was giving a lecture at the front row, her eyes rolled around, and she held her stomach.
"Oh, godmother, my stomach feels a little uncomfortable, I want to go to the bathroom."
Xia Yan found Xiao Lingling's pretentiousness amusing, but she didn't make things difficult for her. "Alright, go ahead! Come back soon!"
Little Bell stood up immediately and ran out the door quickly.
"Brother Yu, are you here to deliver a letter? Whose letter is it?"
Qin Yu took her arm and went upstairs. She didn't take out the envelope until she entered the room.
"Take a look for yourself. The news sent back by the people in the capital is related to you. Take a look and you will have a better idea of what is going on."
Little Bell seemed to have guessed something, and opened it without hesitation to take a look.
The letter paper inside was half cut out separately. It was probably because they had cut out other information and only took out the part related to her.
Sure enough, it was about those potions and seeds.
Wu Bokai was very helpful and successfully transported the items into the capital and handed them over to his best friend.
Through that good friend, he was successfully sent to the emperor.
Although this thing sounds amazing, you have to try it to know.
So the emperor gave all these things to the Minister of Agriculture for verification.
Time was running out and there was no time to wait until the seeds were planted before harvesting, so comparison planting was carried out directly.
Four plots of land were used. Plot No. 1 was planted using traditional methods and ordinary seeds, and Plot No. 2 was planted using traditional methods and new seeds.
For plot No. 3, ordinary seeds are soaked in medicine before being planted, and for plot No. 4, new seeds are soaked in medicine before being planted.
There are four fields in total. After nearly half a month of observation, it was found that the growth rates of the four fields, from slow to fast, are No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4.
In other words, this potion is much more precious than new seeds.
Although there was no time to wait for the harvest to compare the yield, the potion successfully caught the emperor's attention.
So, after three days of debate in the court, the imperial edict finally came down.
First, the emperor incorporated all the farms around the capital, including the imperial farm, and distributed all the new seeds and potions for planting.
And reward the Lin family.
In order to prevent Xiao Lingdang from being too conspicuous, Wu Bokai attributed the discovery of the new seeds to Lin Changshu, and the potion was developed by Xiao Lingdang and the miracle doctor together.
Therefore, Lin Changshu was appointed as the deputy director of the Ministry of Agriculture, which was a sinecure of the seventh rank in the Ministry of Agriculture. Although he received food and salary, he did not have to serve as an official in Beijing.
The main purpose is to allow Lin Changshu to collect more new seeds.
Since Jiang Xinian couldn't be an official, he was given a title called the Divine Doctor of the State. Seriously speaking, he was considered a first-rank official, on par with those princes.
But it has no authority, it's just a nice name.
In fact, even the emperor did not dare to provoke the Miracle Doctor Sect easily. After all, no one could guarantee that he would not be able to ask the Miracle Doctor Sect for help one day.
Therefore, we must show more respect to the miracle doctors.
It was also because of this that the biggest reward fell on Xiao Lingling.
Normally speaking, Xiao Lingdang was a peasant girl, and even if she had made some great contributions, the most she could be given was the title of county lady.
However, this time the imperial edict directly conferred the title of princess on Xiao Lingling, giving her the name Jiayin.
Not only that, the emperor even allocated Shuanghe Village to Xiao Lingling as her fiefdom.
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