After the evil sister took over, all the best went crazy

Chapter 176 Isn’t this just looking for trouble?

If Jinhong can pass the examination and become a student, these siblings will be someone that not everyone can reach in the future.

Otherwise, why not find someone to propose marriage now?

It was not just two or three families who were calculating Su Rongrong's wealth, but the majority of the villagers.

Even members of the Su family were among them.

The more Su Maolin, the patriarch of the Su family, thought about it, the more regretful he felt.

One is for money, and the other is for the relationship with the Duke of Huguo Mansion that Su Rongrong relies on.

Just when he was thinking about whether he should find an opportunity to have a good talk with Su Rongrong, the county yamen runners came to Sujia Village to announce a new announcement from the yamen.

It is said that the county magistrate received news from the Imperial Observatory that there would be various disasters in the future.

The first to be hit was the drought, which forced everyone to not plant rice after the spring plowing season began, and instead plant drought-resistant sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and other crops.

Not only that, for fear that drought would cause locust plagues, he ordered every household to raise chickens and ducks, with no less than ten of each kind.

This is supervised by the village chief. If anyone is found not following the instructions, the village chief will be held responsible.

As official documents came out one after another, the villagers of Sujia Village were furious.

No one was in the mood to calculate how much money Su Rongrong had, nor was anyone in the mood to find a matchmaker to propose marriage.

After the man from the yamen finished reading and handed the document to Liu Quan and left, the villagers of Sujia Village gathered around.

"Village head, what should we do now? How can we not plant rice in paddy fields?"

"Yes! What drought? How can it look like a drought today?"

"There have been droughts in previous years. At worst, we can just go to the river to fetch water for irrigation."

"That's right! Also, every household has to raise so many chickens and ducks. Who has so much food to feed them?

Besides, it costs money to catch these.”

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As everyone asked questions one after another, Liu Quan, who finally felt at ease, cleared his throat and raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

He had already received accurate information from Su Rongrong and had discussed with her how to respond.

But there was no movement from the government office, so he kept quiet and said nothing.

Now that the government office had finally issued an official document, he asked everyone to be quiet and then began to speak:

"I think everyone in our village knows the identity of our county magistrate, right?

If you don’t know, let me emphasize it again and you all should listen carefully.

The God of War of our Daque Dynasty is the biological father of our county magistrate.

He himself used to be a general, and a general of the third rank.

Do you know what a third rank official is? The county magistrate is only a seventh rank official, and the prefect of a prefectural city is only a fourth rank official.

The third rank means that one is more capable than the prefect, and many people will never be able to hold that position in their entire life.

I don't know why he didn't become a general and came here to be a county magistrate.

But what we know is that this is a good thing for us!

This can be seen from last year's freezing rain disaster.

Even if you haven’t seen what the situation was like in other counties last year, you should have heard about it when you went to the county or visited relatives during the Spring Festival.

"The fact that we were not affected was all thanks to the County Magistrate and Master Baili. You don't deny this, do you?"

Even if the people from Sujia Village present thought that they lived well because of their own abilities and were not affected by anything, they did not dare to say it out loud.

Otherwise, someone would definitely say that it was Rongrong who helped them avoid having to perform corvée labor and were able to stock up on food early.

Some people would say that Rongrong is just a girl and what she made was just a suggestion, which will eventually have to be agreed upon by the government.

Of course they could say that the county magistrate at that time was still Lord Wang.

But what cannot be denied is that there was no major chaos in Lanxia County during that period, and it was indeed thanks to Lord Baili that the rebellion was suppressed.

Moreover, being able to recover so quickly in the twelfth lunar month was also a skill that others could have achieved.

So, now everyone could only nod silently after hearing this.

Seeing that no one denied it, Liu Quan continued:

Lord Baili is a capable man. As our father and official, he definitely has our best interests at heart.

There is no need for him to use such an excuse to prevent us from growing rice.

Therefore, the next drought will definitely occur.

And it should be very serious, otherwise they would not only allow the planting of cold-resistant crops.

His home is located there, and he knows more than us, so all we have to do is follow his arrangements.

Also, I'm not afraid of you knowing it. I already knew it from Rong girl a few days ago.

I was just afraid that you wouldn’t believe me, so I never told you.

Rong girl got some imported goods from overseas through Master Baili.

Among them are drought-resistant seeds.

I'm not sure what it is exactly, but Rong knows something and said she could share some with us.

If you want, I'll see how many people there are, then count them and see how to distribute them.

If not, I will grow my own."

As soon as he said this, Xia Hua couldn't wait to say, "Village Chief, I want it, our family wants it.

If the villagers don’t want them and there are any leftovers, I would like to ask if you can exchange some for my parents’ home?

My mother's family can pay for it!"

Those who were originally hesitant, when they saw the two families approaching Su Rongrong, wanted to buy something they had never heard of or even seen before, they began to be tempted.

Of course, more people are more conservative and don’t want to plant things they have never heard of or seen, so they remain silent.

Liu Quan took in the adults' reaction and signaled everyone to be quiet again, and continued:

“Whether you are willing to grow Rong’s things or not, we can talk about this later.

Now let’s talk about the arrangements!

We don’t know how long this drought will last, so you all must remember to store water.

I don't care whether you use water tanks or bamboo pots or urns, it all depends on your ability to survive.

Here in the village, the terrain of our village is relatively high, and there is only one well, which is not deep because it is close to the river.

I plan to find someone to dig a deep well, and we will all contribute the money.

I will ask someone later how much silver it costs to dig a deep well, so that our village can dig two more.

Then there are the canals. The canals in our village also need to be deepened.

As for chickens and ducks, those who can hatch them themselves can do it themselves. If you can't, find someone who can, and buy them.

Every household must meet the government's requirements. No more, no less.

If anyone disobeys the instructions, don't blame me for being rude and driving you out of the village.

Next, for those dry lands, plow them deeply. After plowing, it is best to burn them with fire to kill the insect eggs.

As for the government's order to raise chickens and ducks, Rong said it was because chickens and ducks would eat locusts! "

When some people in the village heard this, they couldn't help but curl their lips, thinking that Liu Quan was causing so many troubles.

No one in the yamen said anything, he just did what he wanted.

The land has been cultivated and is now ready for farming on the second day of the second month.

As a result, he asked people to plow the ground again, plow deeper, and burn it again.

How long will it take to plow and burn so much land?

Not to mention anything else, I don’t know how much firewood I will need.

Also, there was talk of digging a well and asking everyone to contribute money.

Isn't it all right?