The magistrate of Yin County was dismissed on the spot and dragged to Changdi to do hard labor.

With him setting an example, others will work harder.

Shen Yangui said to the people outside the yamen: "The new magistrate has taken people to the river embankment. From now on, no matter where your household registration is, as long as you bring something, you can go there to register. You can do it in one day and then another." reward."

The young man with the package on his back was eager to try, "Is it okay if I'm not local?"

"It will be all right!"

"In addition, if there is anyone in your family who can weave straw bags, you can come to the Yamen to register. A straw bag can be exchanged for five cents."

The people looked at each other and happily went to deliver the news.

Shen Yangui glanced at the shivering Master in the corner of his eyes, "Did you hear clearly what I just said?"

"Listen, hear me clearly."

"Immediately write a document, have people go out to post a list, beat gongs and shout out, and notify the whole city."

Poshan brought two thousand people over, and it was impossible for all of them to stay in Yin County.

"Among the five counties, Chen County has the least need to worry. Pick two capable people and bring two hundred people there to assist the magistrate of Chen County in collecting and transferring them."

Shen Yangui faced the map and allocated his manpower.

"Yin County itself has a large county area and population. Eight hundred people will stay here, led by the prince and myself personally. The remaining people will be distributed among the other three counties."

Mo Chengying added: "Tell these soldiers, if you survive these two months of hardship, you will be rewarded heavily by me!"

Everyone in the yamen was used, and all men, women, and children in Yin County were mobilized to take action.

Even Feng Wanyan found work for herself, sitting at the foot of Maoer Mountain every day to register and pay the workers.

The mountains were cut with wood, straw bags were filled with soil, and all were lifted to the embankments in preparation for the coming floods.

These points where supplies are prepared are guarded by strong young and middle-aged people, who take turns at twelve o'clock to ensure that there is someone there at every moment.

In addition, they also laid wooden stakes in the river, drew scales, and set up observation points every two miles and communication points every one mile.

When the heavy rain comes, young people with fast feet will guard each point, observing and informing each other in real time.

……

Manpower cannot fight against natural disasters. All we can do is to minimize the losses.

Under the scorching sun, Shen Yangui lifted up his bamboo hat, looked at the cloudless sky, and said:

"There will be heavy rains in the next two days. We will have to force everyone to take back all the food before noon the day after tomorrow."

"Ah."

Mo Chengying squatted in the rice field and stretched out his hand to break off an ear of rice. "I heard from an old farmer that the crops are growing very well this year and it will be a bumper year."

"Ah."

Shen Yangui looked at the large tracts of rice, turning from green to yellow. She knew what Jing Ming was worried about.

"The rice is filling now, and every household has prepared their pockets to welcome this autumn harvest. There are only ten more days, only ten days!"

Mo Chengying turned to look at Shen Yangui, "Qingqing, what if I remember wrongly?"

"Perhaps the report submitted to the state in the previous century was wrong, or perhaps I came back to my new life and even the celestial phenomena changed."

"If it rains not three days later, but five days later...you know, if you wait one more day now, the harvest may be doubled."

"I know, I know, but we have no choice but to wait. We can only gamble." Shen Yangui held Mo Chengying's hand, "The order has been issued and we will start early tomorrow morning."

"I'm afraid it will be a big difficulty tomorrow."

Although the people did not understand the work of picking up soil and cutting wood a few days ago, everyone was willing to do it because they had money.

Now the government wants to forcibly cut off their grain, which is tantamount to killing them. This cannot be persuaded by a few words.

Early the next morning, Poshan came in a hurry.

"The common people were lying on the field ridges, crying and rolling, and no one was allowed to do anything." Poshan was also very embarrassed. "Most of those soldiers were from farmers, and they were reluctant to do anything to the grain."

These people did nothing wrong or broke the law, they were just guarding their own food.

——"The Prince Regent and the Princess Regent, I think they are just two liars!"

——"If you waste food so wantonly, you will be struck by lightning from the sky!"

——"If you want to cut my family's rice, you should cut off my head first."

Prevention before a disaster is no less difficult than rescue after a disaster.

Shen Yangui and Mo Chengying walked to the field and looked at these farmers who were usually honest and responsible from a distance. God knows where they got the courage to stand in front of the soldiers' swords.

Not giving an inch.

Mo Chengying made a decision under difficulty, "There is no time to waste. For the present plan, we can only sacrifice a few and fulfill the majority."

"What do you mean - kill the chicken to scare the monkey?"

Who is not afraid of death?

Those who made the most noise were beheaded in public to see who dared to make trouble again.

"If we are not ruthless, how can we stabilize this situation?"

Mo Chengying is Mo Chengying after all, "Don't worry about this evil man, I will do it."

He did this evil thing today, killing innocent people and forcibly harvesting food. Regardless of whether natural disasters occur in the future, this will always be a stain on him.

Even if Shen Yan returns to power and controls the historian's pen, someone will always write down this incident and expand the stigma.

To take a step back, even regardless of the reputation of future generations.

There may not be anyone in the court who would say that the regent killed people in the fields for fun and offended the gods, so the gods sent disasters as punishment.

In that case, all the hard work they have done will be in vain and will be all wasted effort.

It is not difficult to imagine that some of the political opponents of the Regent would make a fuss about this matter, inciting people's emotions and forcing Shen Yangui to kill Mo Chengying to anger the people.

Shen Yangui was certain that he would not kill Jing Ming, but there was no guarantee that Jing Ming would take the initiative to die for himself under the pressure of the officials.

She cannot step on her lover's body to ascend to power.

Looking at Mo Chengying's resolute back, Shen Yangui's nose was sore. He had to bear all the unreasonable bad reputation and all the good things by himself.

She can't, she must not!

"and many more."

She trotted to catch up with Mo Chengying and held his hand before he spoke, "Jing Ming, I have a way!"

What the people want is nothing more than food and clothing.

Give them money.

But not in cash.

If the floods occur as planned, this year's taxes will definitely not be collected in full.

Therefore, Shen Yan Gui first promised that if the harvest is completed today, it will be recorded in the register, and the tax will be exempted this year. The harvest will belong to his own family. If it is completed tomorrow, the tax will be halved.

In the previous life, the imperial court spent hundreds of thousands on disaster relief alone, and also faced several waves of regional riots.

This time, we can plan to use this part of the money, and each person and each household will be given a certain amount of money compensation. This part will be distributed to everyone afterwards.

It took half a day to bargain with the people in this way.

Finally we were able to get started.

When this happened in Yin County, not to mention other places, Poshan, Dutong and others immediately rushed 800 miles away and synchronized the response strategies to the other four counties.

With the cooperation of the people and the efforts of the soldiers, everyone was covered with stars and the moon, and the harvest was completed on schedule.

It's almost dawn when we see it - it should be the first day of heavy rain.

Mo Chengying and Shen Yangui listened to the noise outside, but no one fell asleep.

Their emotions are very complicated now. On the one hand, they hope that there will be no disaster, but if there really is nothing... this side has broken their trust with the people in a big way, and the implementation of future government decrees will become a piece of paper.

"So there's nothing wrong with being a 'foolish king' sometimes."

In the private conversation between husband and wife, Shen Yangui no longer had the overwhelming aura and domineering aura he had in front of the people during the day.

With some complaints that were not understood, and some coquettishness seeking comfort, I sighed in a low voice:

"Knowing that something is going on, you don't take care of it. Let the bad guys do evil because of the seriousness of the situation, and then harvest the bad guys. This shows the attitude of the court. With half the money, not only can the matter be completed, but also the harvest can be harvested. In the hearts of all living people, you get twice the result with half the effort, and everyone praises you.”

Mo Chengying smiled and hugged her tighter, "My Queen, do you regret it?"

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