After divorce, the princess was forced to raise the villain

Jing Si's thoughts returned to this morning following Shen Ling's questions.

When he woke up today, he met Mu Qiao under the introduction of Mu Feng, and was then led out of the city by Mu Feng and Mu Qiao.

Outside the city, the farmland has dried up. Because there is no water for irrigation, a big hole has opened in the land. Facing the vast sky, it seems to be laughing at the desolation of this world.

Jing Si frowned, the drought here was much more serious than he thought.

He asked: "Where are the canals for irrigating farmland here?"

"The Imperial Master is coming with me."

Mu Feng slowly led the way with his plump belly showing no signs of anxiety on his face.

As everyone walked along the farmland, they could gradually see the homes outside the city, and a cry was blown into Jing Si's ears by the wind.

Jing Si looked around and saw a thin middle-aged woman in shabby clothes.

She hugged the food in her arms tightly, and tears flowed from her deep-set eyes, "Mr. Wang, please do a good thing and leave some food for us."

Standing opposite the woman was a richly dressed gentleman. At this moment, the gentleman's brows were furrowed tightly and he looked very embarrassed.

"Sister, it's not that I don't want to keep it for you, but I really have no choice. The tax has suddenly increased three levels, and there are still so many mouths at home waiting for this little food."

The woman begged, "Mr. Wang, you have so much land, so it doesn't matter to you that you take less from my family. Can you leave some food for me?"

The master sighed deeply after hearing this, and spread his hands with helplessness, "The land is now dry, and many of the rented lands have no harvest. If it were in the past, I would not take this small amount of food seriously. But now I can’t protect myself, how can I help you?”

At this time, a young child came out of the house. She hugged the lady's legs. Because of her thinness, her eyes looked particularly big on her face.

The child looked straight at the bag of grain in the woman's hand and said pitifully: "Mom, I'm hungry."

The woman's tears fell even more violently when she heard this. She patted the child who was holding her and said, "Mr. Wang, look at this child. There is little food at home. In order to save food, she has not eaten for several days. You asked me to stay." One handful, one handful, okay?"

Mr. Wang looked at the child and finally nodded.

"Okay, it's not easy for everyone in this world, so just take a handful and think of it as me accumulating virtue and doing good deeds."

The woman quickly thanked her, "Thank you, Mr. Wang. Mr. Wang, you are our family's savior. When it rains next year, I will definitely work hard to grow more food for you."

Mr. Wang raised his hand to stop the woman from thanking her, and pointed to the bag in her arms, "Okay, give me the food."

Even though the woman was reluctant to leave, she still handed the grain bag to Mr. Wang, and then carefully took out a handful of grain from inside.

She was ecstatic, "We have food, and you have something to eat, Nannan."

The child didn't understand how hard-earned the food was. She only knew that she no longer had to go hungry. She clapped her hands happily and said, "It's great. We have food to eat. It's great."

Seeing the two of them looking happy, Mr. Wang shook his head, sighed and walked away with the food.

Jing Si saw everything and said nothing. He followed Mu Feng and walked forward. Scenes like this happened many times, but others were not as lucky as that woman.

If they were not given, the landlord would instruct the servants he brought to seize it by force. In the end, these families were not able to keep any food, but were even beaten.

After walking forward for about an hour, Mu Fengyi put his hands on his hips and breathed heavily. He held a handkerchief in one hand and kept wiping sweat.

"Here we are, this is it."

Jing Si stopped and saw that the originally spacious river had been shortened a lot, but there was still a lot of water flowing slowly into the built reservoir.

The reservoir has several gates, and the water that was supposed to be irrigated from the reservoir to the farmland outside the city is now firmly blocked in the reservoir.

On the contrary, the gate that flows into the city from the other end is open, and the water rushes towards the city.

Jing Si's face darkened, "Now that there is no rainfall during the drought, the water source here is quite abundant. Why don't we open the reservoir to irrigate the farmland?"

Mu Feng seemed to be shocked by Jing Si's words, "If the reservoir is opened, there will be no water in the city."

Seeing him like this, Jing Si was a little displeased, and he explained: "You can choose to open the water gate at different times, so that there is water outside the city and there is water inside the city."

Mu Feng shook his head quickly and resolutely refused, "No, no, no, this reservoir cannot be opened. If this river dries up, then there will be no water in the city, and it will be more of a loss than a gain."

"This river is a tributary that runs through the north and south rivers in China, and it will not stop flowing for a while." Jing Si tried to persuade Mu Feng.

But no matter how Jing Si slept, Mu Feng refused to open the reservoir.

A bird call brought Jing Si's thoughts back from the morning, and he told Shen Ling what had happened.

After hearing the whole story, Shen Ling slammed the table angrily.

"Although it doesn't rain, the reservoir can irrigate the farmland and allow the people to grow food. If Mu Feng hadn't opened the reservoir, the fields outside the city would not have dried up at all!"

Thinking of what Mu Feng had done, Shen Ling gritted her teeth, "The people are already in dire straits, yet he dares to add three levels of taxes. This makes it difficult for the people at the bottom who have no food harvest to live!"

Jing Si looked outside the railing. Under the surface of the peaceful life of the people in the city, there were the wails of the people outside the city. The people inside the city did not use water, but the blood and tears of the people outside the city.

He thought about the information collected today and said quietly, "Officials protect each other. If we want to truly solve the drought and complete the matter, almost all the county magistrates here need to be replaced. The energy spent will take at least five years."

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"It's only five years, I can still afford to wait."

Shen Ling's attitude is casual. As long as the people here can live a peaceful life, five years is nothing.

After hearing this, the subordinates who were waiting on the side suddenly said, "My lord, you cannot stay here for a long time, otherwise the forces under Kyoto will become unstable and trouble will occur."

Shen Ling was stunned for a moment, then patted Jing Si on the shoulder.

With a sincere look on her face, she said, "Don't worry, I will try my best to help you, and I will be able to go back earlier by then."

Jing Si looked back, with a clear smile in his eyes, slightly illuminated by the white sky.

Previously, Shen Ling was eager to surrender to the emperor's shackles, and he was eager to get rid of the girls who were interested in him, so the wedding was held in a hurry. Many people still don't know that he and Shen Ling are married.

He grabbed Shen Ling's slender green-white hand and said in a very gentle tone, "After I return to Beijing, I will definitely organize a replacement wedding for you, and I will marry you beautifully."

Shen Ling was so excited by what he saw that she didn't realize what Jing Si said.