I am happy to be a mother in a famine year, I have a system to farm the land

Pei Yuan and King Ling did not stop along the way, and arrived in Linxian County in almost a day.

Compared with the current prosperity of Qingshui County, Linxian County does look a bit desolate.

It has been more than half a year since the previous drought. Such a long time can definitely allow the people to relax.

But the border of Linxian County seems to be isolated from the world, and it still stays in the period of natural disaster.

The land was dry and cracked with large holes, which made Pei Yuan and King Ling frown.

They had heard from Xuanyuan Ke before that there was a flood in the upper reaches of Lin County, but the situation in the lower reaches was no different from the previous drought because the water was blocked.

When they heard this, they thought Xuanyuan Ke was exaggerating, but now it seems that what Xuanyuan Ke said was not an exaggeration.

"His Royal Highness Prince Ling, it seems that we have come to Linxian County at the right time this time. I am afraid there is more than one big fish in this place."

"Let's go, go ahead and take a look."

King Ling squinted his eyes and looked into the distance for a long time before he asked Pei Yuan to continue driving.

Although Pei Yuan didn't know what King Ling meant, he followed his words and walked forward.

The two walked through that dry area, and then they realized that the land in front of them seemed to have been flooded by water.

The reason why the two of them were not so sure was because there were no traces of water left on the land, only cracks in the land caused by dryness.

Pei Yuan couldn't help but turn off the carriage again and touched the soil on the ground. The look on his face became increasingly ugly.

"What's going on? Why did this land become like this?"

Prince Ling also slowly got off the carriage and frowned when he saw the situation in front of him.

Just when the two of them were confused, a sad cry suddenly came from the distance.

"God, you don't leave us a way to survive. So many seeds have been washed away, how can we survive..."

"What's going on in front?"

When Pei Yuan heard the crying, he suddenly felt a little depressed.

The voice was so sad that it made people feel chilly.

"I don't know, let's go take a look first."

King Ling looked at it for a long time, but couldn't see anything, so he could only look ahead.

Pei Yuan only knew that there was something wrong with this place, so he did not hesitate and followed King Ling towards the direction where he was crying.

When the two of them got closer, they discovered that an old man was sitting on the ground crying.

And several young men around him were sitting with sad faces.

It looked like he was planning to persuade the old man, but unfortunately none of them knew how to persuade him, so they had no choice but to give up.

"Old man, what's wrong with you? What happened?"

At King Ling's signal, Pei Yuan stepped forward to ask.

When the old man sitting on the field ridge heard Pei Yuan's voice, he initially ignored it.

But looking at the clothes Pei Yuan and Ling Wang were wearing, they were not clothes that farmers could wear at all.

The old man's crying gradually stopped, and he looked at the two people with a bit of doubt in his eyes.

When the others saw Pei Yuan and King Ling, they also became cautious.

No one expected that a noble person would visit their place.

"I wonder what the two young masters are here for?"

The old man seemed to have calmed down. He wiped his tears and stood up.

But when facing Pei Yuan and Prince Ling like this, he felt a bit cowardly.

Seeing this, Pei Yuan was about to speak, but Prince Ling took a step forward.

"Old man, why are you sitting here crying just now?"

After all, Pei Yuan was a military commander. Although he had slowed down his tone, he was still somewhat majestic in the eyes of ordinary people.

But Prince Ling was different. This man who always showed his smile to others remained gentle when facing the old man, and several farm men relaxed accordingly.

Seeing that the two of them had no ill intentions, the old man sighed.

"You two gentlemen don't know something. It's not easy to grow crops in our fields."

When King Ling saw the hoe pole that several men were sitting on just now, he didn't dislike it and actually sat on it too.

"Old man, stop standing around. Let's sit down and talk if you have anything to say."

"We were passing by here and saw that the fields here were very different from those in Qingshui County, so we came down out of curiosity to take a look. Unexpectedly, we met you here."

King Ling said and pointed to their carriage, which also made a few people relax.

Moreover, Prince Ling had already taken the lead and sat down, so it was natural for everyone to stand still.

After joining King Ling yesterday, everyone couldn't help but sigh.

"This young man doesn't know something. Our place was not much different from Qingshui County before. It's a pity, alas..."

The old man shook his head and sighed, as if he had encountered something that made him rude, and his whole spirit was weakening a lot.

Seeing this, Pei Yuan also sat next to the old man.

"Old man, I heard that water started to drain into the river here half a year ago. Why is our place still like this?"

Pei Yuan looked at the ground under his feet, his expression turned ugly for a moment.

This land does not look like it has been deeply watered by water. If it had been deeply watered, this land would never be what it is now.

Hearing this, the old man sighed helplessly.

"Young master, you don't know. The imperial court did release water to the river half a year ago. Unfortunately, the water was blocked upstream. We can't irrigate the fields here at all."

"It's only the few rains in the past six months that have made the fields a little moister. It seemed that these days were going to be unbearable, so everyone tightened their belts and collected some food from home. seed."

"But no one expected that as soon as we planted the seeds, a flood of water suddenly released upstream. The seeds were just planted the day before, and they were washed away the next day."

As the old man spoke, he wiped the corners of his eyes with his hands, as if he was sad thinking of the seeds washed away by the water.

Seeing this, King Ling opened the baggage in his arms and took some dried meat to everyone.

"Everyone, try it. This is what our family brought here. It tastes pretty good."

When everyone saw that what King Ling gave them was meat, they immediately shook their heads and waved their hands.

"Sir, this meat is worth a lot of money. We can't accept it from you."

Prince Ling pushed the meat in the direction of the old man and said, "Try it. Thank you very much for allowing us to rest here. Otherwise, I don't know how long it would take to get there by car."

"Besides, we are not familiar with this place, so we have to ask you some questions."

Seeing that he couldn't shirk it, the old man could only accept the meat.

When King Ling saw this, he immediately gave the baggage to Pei Yuan, and Pei Yuan distributed the meat to others.

The others looked at the old man and accepted it, so naturally it was hard to refuse.