"Alright, it's late at night, let's all rest." Mu Zichuan said loudly.

Luo Fengtang nodded and quickly stood up.

"When will I leave for the county seat tomorrow? I'll take you by rowing boat to the town's carriage and horse. He said.

Mu Zichuan said: "I plan to get up and go, the sooner the better." ”

Luo Fengtang said: "Okay, I'll wait for you at the gate of the courtyard at dawn." ”

Here, Yang Ruoqing also stretched and stood up.

"By the way, you haven't seen your mother since you came back this time, have you?" She asked.

Mu Zichuan was stunned and said, "When you and the third aunt are having dinner the next day, I will ask the third uncle to row a boat to take me to the Land Temple to see my mother." ”

Yang Ruoqing nodded: "It's good to see you." ”

"Your mother is stubborn to death, she was sick a few days ago and still had a fever, I asked her to come to my house to recuperate, but she can't live or die." She said.

Mu Zichuan's face showed a soft smile.

He looked at Yang Ruoqing with grateful eyes: "My mother told me, Qing'er, thank you for taking care of her." ”

Yang Ruoqing waved her hand: "The folks in the big hometown should take care of each other." ”

"Cheng, that won't disturb your rest, we're also leaving!"

She said, turning and walking towards the door.

Mu Zichuan followed to the door of the house and watched the two of them leave, before turning around and going back to the house.

Instead of stripping off to bed, he sat back down at his desk.

In my mind, I recalled the next two water control strategies that Yang Ruoqing said before.

After making yourself more proficient, then pick up the brush and write carefully on the white paper......

……

Early the next morning, Luo Fengtang sent Mu Zichuan away.

The villagers all heard that Mu Zichuan had come up with a strategy to control the water, so they rushed to the county seat to ask the two ministers for instructions.

As long as the two ministers of the county town nodded, they would immediately start to control the water.

At that time, the flood waters will recede, and the big guys will be able to return to their homes!

The big guys are looking forward to it, and they are all stretching their necks looking forward to Mu Zichuan coming back soon.

And Yang Ruoqing was not idle.

According to the agreement with Mu Zichuan, he went to ask for instructions, and she had to start preparing here.

She first revealed to Li Zheng privately the strategy of water control, and she had to dig a canal.

Digging canals requires manpower.

Where did this man come from?

Naturally, it had to come out of the village and several nearby villages.

As soon as Yang Ruoqing said it, Li Zheng and Yang Huazhong agreed without hesitation.

Li Zheng said: "Later, I will go to a few villages next door, find their Li Zheng, and say hello to them about the service." ”

"Let every household in the surrounding villages get ready and send out labor." He said.

Yang Ruoqing listened carefully on the side and nodded secretly.

As far as she knew, Daqi was almost no different from all the feudal dynasties in Chinese history in service.

There are two main ones: first, unpaid labor.

2. Paid labor.

This unpaid labor means that in addition to planting the fields, the peasants have to accept the assignment of the ruling class to help them with voluntary work when they are not working.

Repair river embankments, build bridges and pave roads, etc., etc., etc......

Every household had to send a laborer to serve in the service.

The age range for service is sixteen to sixty years old.

During the service, the state does not care about food and drink, you have to bring your own dry food.

Of course, if you don't want to serve, you can pay someone to serve in your place.

The second type of paid labor is that the state uses money to recruit people.

Of course, the country's money, but the wool comes from the sheep.

The exorbitant taxes collected from the peasants were then used to hire the peasants to do the work.

Therefore, going around and around, the people are suffering, and the people are suffering, and the people are always the objects of slaughter.

……

Li Zheng went out for a spin and told the big guys about the conscription.

The villagers immediately complained.

"My home is flooded, I can't eat, and I have to work hard for the government, how can I live this day?"

"That's it, we have to bring our own dry food, what we eat and drink is all from the Yang family!"

"Hey, I can't live this day......"

When Yang Huazhong and the others fed back the negative emotions of the villagers, Yang Ruoqing was calmly drinking tea.

"The big guys are not happy, and there are still people who accuse Mu Zichuan in private."

"He didn't come back to help the disaster, but he came back to harm the big guys." Yang Huazhong said.

Yang Ruoqing tugged at the corners of her mouth and played with the lid of the tea bowl in her hand.

"Everyone wants to eat and sleep, sleep and eat, and there will be cakes in the sky."

"But they all think like that, will the flood water go out? Can the immediate difficulties be solved? ”

"Do they really think that they are just nesting on a small isolated island in the Land Temple, **** and waiting for our family to row a boat to deliver porridge and steamed buns?"

Yang Ruoqing said.

His eyes fell on the Sun family and several other women in the hall.

"Send the last round of gruel and steamed buns today, and tell them that from tomorrow onwards, we won't send them, and we can't afford to send them, so let them fend for themselves!"

When Sun heard this, he was stunned.

"Qing'er, this is ...... Not okay? She asked, slurking.

Yang Ruoqing sneered: "I give them food, it's a kindness, and if I don't give it, it's common sense." ”

"At present, the floods are rampant, even if the government does not come down to let them serve as conscripts, those who have a little consciousness will take the initiative to ask Yingying to dig the canal."

"If you are complaining, let's not wait, let them fend for themselves!"

Such a domineering tone, but revealing indescribable decisiveness and courage.

Let Li Zheng and Yang Huazhong in the hall nod secretly.

What does it mean to be free to retract and release, Qing'er is this.

In the next day, the Sun family sent the last night dinner, and passed Yang Ruoqing's words to the original.

At night, in the tent on the side of the Land Temple, every family couldn't sleep soundly.

The woman was reluctant to send a man to serve in the conscription, but now, with the hungry children in her arms, she had to make a ruthless effort to let the man sign up at dawn.

Some lazy people want to sit back and enjoy their success, but they can't sit still.

Because Yang Ruoqing let out her words.

When digging a canal, every household must draw a strong man.

Whoever does not smoke will stop supplying food.

The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, the courtyard of Yang Ruoqing's house was crowded with village names who came to sign up.

All the men swam over bare-chested.

As soon as the courtyard door opened, one by one rushed in to sign up.

Seeing such a 'grand occasion', Li Zheng couldn't help but say to Yang Ruoqing: "Qing girl, you are still powerful, and you have all come to conquer and conquest all of a sudden." ”

"In the past few years, the government has been conscripted for conscription, and our village has always dragged on, causing me to go to the town and be scolded a lot by the security chief." He said.

Yang Ruoqing hooked her lips and smiled.

Use a stick and a gold dollar together, and that's the effect.

When eating lunch, Lao Yang asked Yang Hua'an, who was burying his head in the corner of the table.

"Boss, this is going to serve as a conscription, and you have to work hard from house to house, have you finished the big house? Which one to send? Old Yang asked.