He had never used it before, and he doesn't want to never use it again.
If it is used, it means the disaster is severe!
The water and grain stored by the Anping County government office were basically handled by Constable Lü.
Now, hearing that Fang Shizhong had ordered him to come here to fetch water, he said:
"Sir, these days in the county town, it's not easy to buy anything, whether it's a wooden bucket, a jar, or a vat."
Besides, our county town is not short of water.
Transporting water from so far away is a real waste of manpower and resources; it's not worthwhile.
Instead of hauling water back and storing it, it would be better to continue storing water from the moat.
Fang Shizhong said, "You didn't understand what I meant. The water here isn't going to be taken back now, but later."
Now you bring people over to pull it up, and then it will be stored in Chijia'ao.
When the drought hits and the county town runs out of water, we'll transport it back.
The reason I asked you to expand the cellar in the front office is so that when the water source is about to dry up, we can transport the water back and store it in advance.
"It would be best if we didn't need it on any given day. But if we absolutely had to use it, we can guarantee that the people in the county will have a drink of water!"
When Constable Lü heard that they wouldn't be taken back right away, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Right now, when manpower is scarce, they don't have the time to carry water back and forth.
If it's just sent to Chijia'ao for storage, that's fine.
According to Shen Kai, it would take at most 15 minutes.
They would transport it faster by horse-drawn carriage or oxcart.
He also knew that there were livestock and carpenters in Chijia'ao, so he could ask the villagers for help.
With a carpenter making wooden barrels, there's no need to worry about not having anything to hold.
As Constable Lü was thinking this, Fang Shizhong said to Shen Kai:
"Ah Kai, drive the car to the Chi family's house. I'll go for a walk with Constable Lü."
"Should we just follow this path and keep going straight ahead?"
"Yes, there's only one road going up and down the mountain here."
"Okay, you go ahead. Have someone prepare a simple meal."
"good!"
After Shen Kai drove the carriage away, Fang Shizhong led Constable Lü toward Chijia'ao.
As they walked, he asked, "Officer Lü, what do you think about what Shen Kai said about the first batch of refugees from Wuning Prefecture killing the second batch of refugees?"
Officer Lü never expected that Lord Fang would ask him this question.
After all, when Lord Fang learned of this news from Shen Kai, he didn't react much.
He thought that Lord Fang was tacitly assuming that nothing had happened.
Who would have thought that we'd only ask now that we've come all this way?
How was he supposed to answer that?
They said he should be killed? Then they said that among so many refugees, not all of them could be bad; there must be some who might be good.
The first group of refugees from Wuning Prefecture, together with the people of Chijia'ao, indiscriminately killed innocent people. This is wrong.
Or should they be killed? After all, those people have blood on their hands all the way here.
Moreover, they are vicious and ruthless; otherwise, why would they kill people on sight?
Fang Shizhong seemed to have no hope of getting any information from Constable Lü, and said to himself:
“The person was killed, Shen Kai didn’t have to tell me.”
The reason for saying this is likely at Qin Mu's behest.
Qin Mu has been with me since he was sixteen or seventeen, and I know his character well.
He wouldn't kill innocent people indiscriminately unless the other party was extremely vicious.
Those who died are not a pity.
However, murder cannot go unpunished.
Otherwise, if they wanted to kill someone, they could just use being a refugee as an excuse, and that would be terrible!
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