Parents are busy farming

The three of them came to the tent and Ye Zifen sat down.

Zhang Gaoyi then said: "Yesterday you just said something, and then you were interrupted. What exactly happened is not clear yet."

Ye Zifen knew that Zhang Gaoyi would definitely ask you about this.

Sure enough, Zhang Gaoyi continued: "You said there would be a drought. The county is digging ditches, but just digging ditches doesn't seem to be able to solve the drought problem!"

Before Ye Zifen could explain, Liu Meng'er stared at the two of them intently. She didn't know there would be a drought this year, so she looked at a loss.

Zi Zifen signaled Liu Meng'er not to worry, she would explain it clearly bit by bit.

"I asked my cousin Chuanxing to check the history of drought years in China. I was surprised to find that if there is a drought here, there will definitely be floods in the south."

Zhang Gaoyi opened his eyes wide and did not expect that different disasters would occur in the north and the south, but the two different disasters brought equally huge harm to people.

No wonder people say fire and water are ruthless.

Ye Zifen continued: "So there is a certain reason for the existence of the canal. When there is a flood in the south, the water can be discharged into the canal. There is a drought here, so we can use this excess water."

Liu Meng'er asked doubtfully: "But no one knows whether the south will flood first or the north will be drought first. Even if the flood water in the south flows from the south to the north, it will take a certain amount of time. Will the drought problem really be solved by then? There is a saying Isn’t it said that distant water cannot quench near thirst?”

Ye Zifen laughed at that time. She could not explain to the two of them clearly the formation process of rain and how it is affected by various wind and humidity.

However, she said: "Actually, rain is also regular. The rain often starts in spring every year and proceeds from the south to the north. If there are floods in the south, it means that the rain does not come to the north, but there is rain in the south. The rain starts in the spring. That's why the crops grown in the two places are different."

Liu Meng'er nodded while listening. Although she didn't understand why, it didn't stop her from listening carefully to Ye Zifen's conclusion.

"We have two or three months to wait for the water to arrive. Judging from the water's flow rate, it's enough time!"

Zhang Gaoyi raised another question, "You said there will be drought in the entire north, so will the upper end of the canal directly block the water flow? If there is no water then, we still can't solve the problem here!"

Liu Meng'er felt that Zhang Gaoyi's question was reasonable. If that were the case, even if the ditch was dug, it would not have much effect.

"I have thought about this issue, so I have suggested to Magistrate Su to dig a large reservoir in the county. This year's drought has just begun. Counties use water from canals when their crops need water. Get water. So we still have time to store water in the reservoir."

Zhang Gaoyi frowned after hearing this, "Then how big a reservoir must be dug to supply the entire county's water supply? If you dig a small reservoir, it won't be enough. If you dig too big, when will it be filled up? How to buy it is also a question. We can’t let people pick it up one load at a time!”

Ye Zifen looked at Zhang Gaoyi with a look like you don't understand me yet.

Then he explained: "The reservoir I proposed to dig is quite large, but getting water into the reservoir does not require labor at all. What I chose was to use a windmill. As long as the wind drives the windmill to rotate, the water can be transported to the reservoir. Inside the pool. But we are still working on technical breakthroughs. I think they will be able to make a model this time when we go back!"

"Then what if technology can never overcome it?"

Zhang Gaoyi didn't specifically attack Ye Zifen, but in his opinion, this was indeed a bit of a fantasy.

"If technology can't overcome it, then it depends on the imperial court. The imperial court will send officials to various places to conduct strict inspections. No one place will be allowed to block the water in the canal, otherwise it will still flow."

Looking at Ye Zifen who was so confident, Zhang Gaoyi suddenly asked her: "How do you know that the court will send someone? What if the court doesn't send someone? You are not a member of the court. Even if you know a few officials, you can't influence her. Let the Holy One decide!”

Ye Zifen asked you Zhang Gaoyi: "Since we said there will be drought in the north, do you think the situation in the capital will be better than ours? Don't forget that the capital is in the north of us. If the capital wants water, the canal must first be Passing through us. It affects the quality of life in the entire capital. Do you think the Holy Spirit will send someone here?'"

Zhang Gaoyi was speechless.

Ye Zifen has considered it very comprehensively, and she has found solutions to all the problems.

If there is no way to alleviate the disaster caused by drought, then we can only say that God is destined to make people suffer.

"Actually, what I'm worried about is not here, but the south, because once a flood disaster comes, it doesn't mean that you can release the flood into the canal just because you want it. Once the flood is not released in time, it may cause There are widespread floods in the south. I still wrote to my cousin and asked him to remind us, adults, and to send people over to monitor the water situation at all times. If the situation goes wrong, evacuate the people quickly."

Ye Zifen seemed to be talking to the two of them, but to them it seemed like she was talking to herself.

Fortunately, Zhang Gaoyi was used to her state and didn't say anything.

As an assistant, Liu Menger would not say much about it.

"If you don't stop our plan, can we still supply food? If there is a drought, even if people are not sure, they probably won't sell food anymore, so here we..."

Ye Zifen replied: "I plan to send the Bai family to the south to buy food. After all, the south is known as the 'land of plenty'."

"Bai Dazhuang's family?" Zhang Gaoyi asked.

Ye Zifen nodded, "This is Zili's suggestion, but judging from the Bai family's performance in harvesting food last winter, they are still capable of this task."

At this time, Zhang Gaoyi thought again. Yesterday, Ye Zifen asked the masters about the situation of overseas grain production.

Suddenly blessed to the soul, no wonder Ye Zifen said smuggling!

If this matter were placed on him, he would probably take the risk!

He said: "Okay, now that you have decided, let's continue according to the original plan!"

Ye Zifen said another thing: "I plan to transfer Ziwei to the seaside and organize the children on the seaside to practice martial arts! And my cousin Ye Zining will leave the family to me. After more than half a year of training, my cousin has already I have the appearance of a master."

Zhang Gaoyi didn't understand why Ye Zifen suddenly made such a decision?