Now that he has made something of himself, Xie Guangyi doesn't want his parents to live such a miserable life. "Father, Mother, if anything happens in the future, just go directly to Magistrate Yun or Young Master Hu. They will take care of things for us."
After he finished speaking, he smiled at Hu Shao and said, "Young Master Hu, in the future, while I'm away, I'll have to trouble you to take good care of my parents."
"No problem at all."
In the village, cousins Yun Mo and Yun Yu sat in the grove behind the village talking.
Yun Mo gazed at the people working busily in the distance, lost in thought. Yun Yu didn't let him off the hook, and took out a notebook to write and draw on it.
After a long while, Yun Mo came to his senses and said to him, "Second cousin, the canal that the villagers dug will probably need to be repaired again in the winter."
"Yes, that's for sure. Once the off-season is over, I will gather the villagers and build a reservoir in this location between the three villages so that we can better store and allocate water resources in the future, so that the people will no longer have to worry about not having water."
Yun Mo nodded in satisfaction, seeing that he was very methodical in his work, and then changed the subject.
“When I arrived, Wu Xingwang had just returned from out of town, and he brought back some bad news.”
"What news?" Upon hearing this, Yun Yu leaned forward slightly, staring intently at Yun Mo.
"I heard that there has been heavy snow in the north and the Central Plains, and many refugees from Pingdu County and Linjiang County have been heading south. I wonder if Second Uncle has received any news about this?"
“I received a letter from my mother just two days ago. She said that everything was fine at home, but my father did not mention it in the letter.”
Yunyu began to feel a little worried. In the past, she had been suppressed by the major powerful families, and her father was an official who was indifferent to Buddhism.
"No, I have to write a letter to my father right away so that he can be prepared."
Yun Mo knew that his second uncle had never been good at business. In previous years, he had been working alone in the south. His grandfather and father were afraid that he would clash with the powerful families, so they always took a cautious approach in their work.
Therefore, we lost many opportunities in many things.
"Please tell Second Uncle that in an emergency, he can go directly to Yun Si and Yun Qi for help. If he doesn't understand anything, he can ask your younger brother Yun Kang directly," Yun Mo said calmly.
Yun Yu paused in writing, his eyes stinging with tears. He looked at Yun Mo with eyes full of gratitude.
"Third cousin, thank you!"
They were cousins, and although they hadn't grown up together, blood was thicker than water. With the Yun family dwindling in numbers, Anan was right; in times of crisis, they should set aside the past, unite, and face the enemy together.
Yun Mo grew up with his grandfather and learned military strategy and warfare from a young age. It was only in the two years he spent with Lin Yinan that he gradually learned about human relationships and worldly wisdom.
"We're brothers, no need to be so polite!"
After writing the letter, Yunyu handed it to her personal retainer, and then continued to chat idly with Yunmo. As they talked, the conversation turned to Chi'an.
"If you need any help on the mountain, just go to Yunxi. I've already spoken to him." Yun Mo lazily lay down on the grass, a blade of grass dangling from his mouth.
"Chi'an is doing well. The crops are growing well. Most of the people working there are buyers. They are much simpler than the villagers."
Is there a water shortage over there?
Yunyu: "No shortage. Before the Lunar New Year, I organized people to repair all the irrigation canals on the mountain. Currently, the water supply is sufficient and unaffected."
"That's good. After we've settled things here, I'll go with you to take a look," Yun Mo said.
Lin Yinan would always remind him that the matter of food should not be taken lightly.
This year's weather has been unusual, and their task is to ensure a bumper harvest.
Yun Yu's eyes darted around, and an idea suddenly popped into her head. "Third cousin, why don't you go with me and patrol all the dozens of villages below Dragon Pool?"
Yun Mo looked at him with suspicion, not understanding the meaning behind his actions.
“Hu Shao and I haven’t been to the villages since the beginning of spring. I imagine there are still some villages that are short of water. The drought is making the people anxious. If you come with me, it will show that the county government is paying more attention to the people in the villages.”
The purpose was to appease the people, and Yun Mo understood.
"Alright, once things are settled here, let's set off."
Three days later, Yun Mo led over a hundred cavalrymen, along with Yun Yu and Hu Shao, to inspect the various villages under Longtan's jurisdiction.
Irrigation canals for the rice paddies in both villages have been completed. Xinyuan Village has elected a new village head.
Those injured in this incident will be compensated by the former village chief and a few troublemakers in the village. Furthermore, their every word and action will be monitored by everyone in the village, and if any further bullying incidents occur, they will be expelled from the village.
Longtan County
As Su Kaifa had predicted, the rice paddies in the county town were flooded again in less than a day after mobilizing thousands of laborers from the town.
With water available, Lin Yinan simply instructed Su Kaifa to divert the streams from inside the city to outside, thereby alleviating the drought in the rice paddies outside the city.
This drought event made Lin Yinan realize that even the rain-rich south can experience droughts.
She recalled what she saw in her grandmother's village when she was a child in her previous life: every year before the Spring Festival, the village chief would organize the villagers to repair all the irrigation canals in the village.
The banks of the canal are covered with damp soil. Over time, the soil at the bottom of the canal has become thick due to the erosion caused by rain and water flow. This makes it difficult for the water to flow during seasons with less rain.
With this in mind, Lin Yinan decided to carry out a major overhaul of the canal every year at the end of the year.
Water is the source of everything.
After half a month of hard work, the drought in and around Longtan County was resolved, and villagers no longer need to carry water to irrigate their fields.
However, at this moment, Lin Yinan received a letter from Yun Zhenchuan of Nanzhou Prefecture seeking help.
The Southern Prefecture is suffering from a severe drought, and Yun Zhenchuan urgently needs personnel skilled in water conservancy engineering.
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