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

"Sir, if you have anything you want to ask, just ask. As long as my old man knows, I won't hide it from you."

Prince Ling nodded, "I wonder, old man, you were crying here just now, but you were washed away because of that?"

Hearing King Ling ask about this matter again, the old man couldn't help but sigh.

"To be honest, this is the second batch of food that has been washed away, and it is also the only food ration we have at home."

When he said this, the old man's voice couldn't help but choked up, which made the people listening feel uncomfortable.

Pei Yuan frowned and asked: "Since the seeds have been flushed once before, why do they have to be planted this time?"

"Hey, young master, if we don't farm, people will starve to death. We are just ordinary people. How can we live without farmland."

"This time, water has not been released upstream for a long time, and the weather is getting colder and colder. It's hard for everyone not to plant crops."

"But no one expected that after everyone hurriedly planted the seeds, less than a month later, they would be washed away by the flood again."

When the old man mentioned this, not only was he choked with sobs, but even the middle-aged men beside him shook their heads and sighed.

They originally thought that when this horse of grain grew up, everyone could save some grain before winter.

But no one expected that when they came to the fields today, they found that the seeds had been washed away by the water again.

Prince Ling frowned, "What's going on? Are people upstream releasing water again?"

The old man nodded, "Exactly. Just now we asked someone to inquire, and then we found out that someone upstream deliberately diverted the water here."

The old man's words made King Ling's heart skip a beat, and also made Pei Yuan furious.

Who is so stupid that he leads the flood into the fields?

Looking at the rough fingers of these people, they did not eat the dried meat, but carefully put it into their clothes.

Pei Yuan immediately thought of what Xuanyuan Ke had told them when he returned from Linxian.

The reason for the floods in the upper reaches and the droughts in the lower reaches is that the landowners and gentry deliberately blocked the water upstream for their own fields, and then released the water when the water flooded.

Thinking of this, Pei Yuan's fingers couldn't help but tighten a little.

But now he has to endure it no matter how angry he is. After all, they are going to Linxian County, and they don't know the specific situation in Linxian County yet.

Even if you want to find trouble with those landlords, you have to find the right person.

"Old man, why don't you report it to the official?"

Pei Yuan frowned. He didn't understand why these people were forced to this point. Why didn't they go to the government to report the landlords and squires?

King Ling on the side heard Pei Yuan's words and couldn't help but look at Pei Yuan a few more times.

At this moment, he suddenly understood.As the eldest son of the Pei family, why was Pei Yuan bullied into such a situation by a concubine of the Pei family?

As a son of an aristocratic family, it is indeed rare to be as innocent and innocent as Pei Yuan.

Seeing King Ling's eyes, Pei Yuan was stunned for a moment. He didn't know what he had done wrong to make King Ling look at him like this.

However, looking at the old man in front of him and the several middle-aged men around him, Pei Yuan did not want to ask King Ling at this time, so he could only focus on the old man in front of him.

The old man shook his head helplessly, "Young Master, I'm afraid you don't know how dangerous this government is."

Pei Yuan was stunned, he didn't expect the old man to say such a thing.

But looking at the old man's expression, Pei Yuan always felt that he had overlooked something.

He moved his eyes to the side uncomfortably, "We passed by Qingshui County and heard that people everywhere would go to the government to report any grievances they had. If such a big thing happened here, the government would not care."

The old man sighed, "Young Master, the officials in Qingshui County are indeed good, but not the officials in every place are good."

Pei Yuan was stunned for a moment, and remembered how stupid his words just now were.

There are countless corrupt officials in this court, and they are all so rampant in the court, let alone in this place where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away.

Don't those so-called parent officials have to work hard to oppress the people?

Pei Yuan's expression suddenly turned cold, "But your parents here have been corrupted and bribed?"

The old man shook his head, "How do ordinary people like us know about the official?"

"It's just that we want to report to the government, but we also need money to enter our government office."

"The only people who can give money to the government are those rich and noble men. How can we afford so much money?"

"What's more, the water upstream was blocked and drained, but it was all done by those wealthy men. How could they care about the lives of ordinary people like us for the sake of their own fertile farmland?"

The middle-aged man on the side couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, "Yes, we have never been to the government before. But if we don't have money, we will be kicked out by the government. How can we report it to the government?"

"If the government doesn't let us make the decision, we can't do anything to those wealthy men. We can only watch here and watch the few remaining grain seeds being washed away."

The man also spoke in an angry voice, and seemed to be in a bad mood.

When King Ling heard about this, his face became dark for a moment.

No one thought that the government and the landlords and gentry in Linxian County colluded together, not only harming so many people's land, but also harming so many people and concealing it.

After getting on the carriage, Pei Yuan couldn't help but curse.

"These damn things are actually persecuting the people like this! What do they want to do? Do they really want to become a local emperor in Linxian County?"

What Pei Yuan said was serious, but King Ling didn't take it to heart.

And what Pei Yuan said is right. What these people did in Linxian was to become a local emperor here, wasn't it?

"Let's go and see the government office in Lin County."

Pei Yuan responded and immediately raised his riding whip to urge the horses to go ahead.

Although the two of them had already been mentally prepared, they did not expect that people from the Lianfu Yamen would be so arrogant.

Seeing the yamen servant in front of him reaching out to ask for money, Pei Yuan immediately wanted to step forward, but was stopped by King Ling.

"We are here to apply for an official position, why do we need to pay money? I remember that it has never been recorded in the court regulations that applying for an official position requires money."

When the yamen officer heard this, he couldn't help but snorted coldly.

"The court's laws? Humph, we are the laws here!"

"You don't have any money, right? If you don't have any money, just get out of here and get out of there! In front of me, you don't have to be careful!"

The Yamen servant patted the saber on his waist in demonstration, as if showing off to Prince Ling and Pei Yuan.