Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

The temperature in the entire Central Plains region dropped sharply due to frost, and heavy snow fell in May.

Wu Xingwang hurried back from Pingdu and Linjiang counties with his son. The news he brought back shocked everyone in Longtan.

"City Lord Lin, I think the disaster in the north will lead to even greater unrest."

"Many refugees have already started to flow into Pingdu and Linjiang counties on a small scale."

After hearing what Wu Xingwang and his son said, the clan leader was a little flustered. He frowned and said, "It is said that auspicious snow means a good harvest, but it is already May, not to mention the beginning of summer. The Grain Full Festival has already passed. If it snows now, won't the cucumbers, corn, wheat and other crops that have just been planted all be frozen?"

"Fortunately, we are not in the Central Plains, so we will not be affected." The village chief said thankfully.

"We are in the southern coastal area. The snow won't fall here, right?" Pan Qingfeng felt a little uneasy.

Although they have been in the South for the past two years, except for the hurricane last year, the weather has been good.

Listening to everyone's discussions, Lin Yinan fell into deep thought. She knew that behind such extreme weather there were often man-made disasters.

"No matter how the world outside changes, what we have to do is to plant the crops in the fields well and ensure this year's harvest," she said lightly.

She was not surprised by such natural disasters.

Lin Yiheng is not so optimistic. It is not unreasonable that a single move can affect the entire body.

"If something is out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy going on. It seems we need to prepare early."

Lin Yinan: "After a while, there will definitely be a large number of refugees heading south. We..."

Her words were like a backbone, as if everything was under her control, successfully calming the panic in everyone's hearts.

Everyone is discussing the next response strategy in the meeting room.

Lin Shuo and Liang Wen came in from outside in a hurry.

Seeing the two of them in a hurry, Lin Yiheng asked, "Second Uncle, what happened?"

"The irrigated stream outside the city has dried up!" Lin Shuo said.

After the potatoes were planted, he would go to the field twice a day to check on them.

Liang Wen said: "We checked the small stream that irrigates the rice fields in the city early in the morning and found that it was about to dry up."

At this time, the clan leader muttered, "Haven't you noticed? There hasn't been much rain since the beginning of spring. How can it keep flowing? The water level in the well at home has dropped a lot."

Lin Shuo's face was filled with anxiety. "It's the heading period of rice now, we can't lack water!!"

We have been growing rice in the south for two years and we all know that the heading period is an important period that determines the rice yield.

"It takes about seven to ten days for rice to head," said Liang Wendao.

This is the time when a lot of water and nutrients are needed.

Pan Qingfeng wanted to escape the famine and the hungry days. He stood up suddenly and said in a serious tone, "I will organize people to fetch water for irrigation. We must not let our crops die of thirst!"

"Anan, can you give us some advice?" The clan leader looked at Lin Yinan with expectation.

Hearing this, everyone looked at Lin Yinan with hope. She had led everyone all the way south to here and was the backbone of the people of Longtan County. They believed that she would be able to think of a solution.

Lin Yinan lowered his eyes and thought, and at this moment a person suddenly appeared in his mind.

After a moment, she looked up at Lin Fu who was sitting by the door, "Ah Fu, please ask the secret guard to go to the academy and invite Master Su Kaifa back."

Su Kaifa is a member of the Su family brought by Su Kunliang last year.

Last year, Dongwang Village was flooded. Later, Su Kaifa organized people to build canals and ditches, which completely solved the worries of Dongwang Village caused by flooding every time it rained.

After the college was built, Lin Yinan added a water conservancy construction course, and Su Kaifa was the instructor.

Many people think this is an unheard-of, but very useful major, so there are quite a few students attending classes every class.

Lin Yinan saw that it was not a good idea for everyone to just sit there, "Let's go check out the farmland in the city first."

Without waiting for anyone to answer, she stood up and walked out.

The clan leader propped himself up from the chair, and Lin Yiheng hurried to support him.

"Let's go! Let's see if there is any solution."

Everyone followed Lin Yinan one after another. Wu Xingwang and his son looked at each other. This was Longtan’s top priority, so they followed as well.

As he stepped out of the county government office, Lin Yinan saw the secret guards leading a mule cart galloping down the street.

The secret guard dismounted and went to the back to support the people on the mule cart.

Su Kaifa stopped the car.

He ran over with sweat all over his forehead, "City Lord Lin, I took my students to the fields for class today and found that several irrigated streams in the fields were dry."

Lin Yinan's lips curled up slightly, expressing his appreciation for his seriousness and meticulousness.

"You are really attentive! I just happened to be looking for you. We are going to check out the stream behind the county government office."

"I am with you."

Seeing this, Lin Yiheng hurriedly returned to the county government office with Pan Qingfeng. Each of them carried a basket with a few axes thrown into it, and also brought out a hoe and a shovel.

The crowd walked upstream along the stream.

Lin Yinan looked up at the sky. It was a clear blue sky with a few thin clouds floating in it, making the sky seem very high and far away.

The sun's scorching rays shone on the earth, and the leaves of flowers, plants and trees on the roadside were curled and wilted due to the sun.

Everyone felt that the road in front of them was twisted by the sun, and even the breeze was so hot that it burned their noses as if they were on fire.

It’s not even June yet, but it’s already so hot.

The patriarch felt a little dizzy from the sun, he put his hand on his forehead and looked up at the sky.

"There's no sign of rain today!"

Lin Shuo was worried about his health. When passing by a big tree, he pointed at the shade and said to him, "Uncle clan leader, why don't you sit here and wait for us? The weather is too hot and I'm afraid you can't stand it."

The clan leader agreed after a brief thought. After all, he had just recovered from a serious illness, and the weather was bad now, so he couldn't drag down the younger generations in the village.

"Uncle, I'll stay with you too." The village chief felt like he was also suffering from the heat and his head was throbbing with pain.

Lin Yinan led everyone to continue moving forward.

All the rice in the field was heading. Lin Shuo looked at the field and saw only a thin layer of water. He said solemnly, "It will take at most two days. If there is no water, we will have to carry water for irrigation."

Along the way, Su Kaifa's eyes never left the stream, observing it carefully and meticulously.

More than half an hour later, the group arrived at the entrance to the forest in the back mountain.

There is still a small flow of water in the stream here, but it starts to dry up further out. It seems that there is not much water left in it.

Everyone went to the outskirts of the forest to chop wood. Going further ahead, there were only dense and tall primeval forests and thorn bushes.

They have only been in Longtan for two years, and the weeds and bushes outside the city have not been cut down yet. Therefore, no villagers will come in to chop firewood now.

At this time, the hatchet brought by Lin Yiheng came in handy.

He and Pan Qingfeng were standing in front, using axes to clear the way for the crowd.

Lin Yinan also drew the sword from his waist and occasionally cut off the brambles that stretched out from the side. The others were not idle either. They took wooden sticks in their hands and knocked on the grass to drive away the snakes, insects, rats and ants hiding in it.