Maid, Little Lucky Wife

It's summer in a blink of an eye. There is very little rain today, and there is not much rain throughout the spring and summer.

The emperor and the prince were worried. It was okay to have more water in the south, but there was less rain in some northern areas and there was a possibility of drought.

The father was frowning, and the prince was just grinding respectfully beside him.

This year's treasury is full, so we can allocate funds, but we also need people to take charge.

"Your Majesty, who do you think we should choose?"

The prince lowered his head and thought for a moment, "Sir Li or Mr. Tang can do it!"

The emperor nodded. Both of them were old men and could handle these matters very well.

"What do you think of Mo Xuan?"

Suddenly hearing Mo Xuan's name, the prince raised his head unexpectedly.

"Master Mo is capable enough, but after all, he is young and is afraid that someone will interfere with him!"

The emperor snorted coldly, those officials who were not very capable had many things to do.

"I want to see why they refuse to accept it!"

Disaster relief officials are fat officials. If they get some money from them, it will be enough for a large family to use for a long time.

At this time, many people were staring.

I heard that the emperor and the prince valued Mo Xuan, so naturally someone wanted to read a book.

Mr. Mo is too young to convince the public and has no experience in dealing with droughts.

They were all rejected by the fourth prince and the tenth prince, but in the end the job still went to Mo Xuan.

The matter was so urgent that Mo Xuan didn't dare to delay, so he quickly made preparations.

It also takes two days to prepare the silver coins for disaster relief in the capital.

Two days later, Mo Xuan set off.

Yunshang stood not far away to say goodbye. The management of droughts and floods are different.

Fortunately, the disaster has not yet taken shape, and we have already started farming, but there is no water for irrigation, so a reduction in production is certain.

Mo Xuan contacted several high-yield areas at the same time. Due to the popularity of potatoes, this year's disaster will not be too great.

Some areas in the south have quite high yields.

Ling Qi was still surrounded by Ling Yi, Thirty Nine and others, and Ling Qi was sent to buy potatoes.

This time the place is far north, and farmland irrigation is provided by river water, but because there has been no rain, many branches have stopped flowing.

It took Mo Xuan five days to get to the place, and he met many victims on the road. They all looked sallow and thin, and the fields were missing pieces even if they had been replanted.

In order to protect those fields, the village uses a lot of manpower to patrol, but these people are too hungry, and the mountains are bald. They will steal when the patrols are not paying attention.

Who cares about the fields now? No one can survive.

The weather was hot at this time, and the red sun made my mouth dry.

Mo Xuan looked at the dry river bed, which was full of cracks.

The county magistrate behind him had chapped lips with bloodshot eyes, and his official uniform looked like a beggar's uniform.

"Sir, there is really nothing we can do about Xiaguan. We cannot keep these refugees in the city. We are short of manpower. Even Xiaguan has not had enough to eat for a long time."

The magistrate spoke tremblingly, his eyes full of bitterness.

Mo Xuan nodded and patted his shoulder to comfort him.

"Don't worry, His Majesty is already aware of this matter and has sent relief money. The manpower will arrive shortly."

Mo Xuan also didn't expect the disaster here to be so serious.

A few of them came here at high speed, followed by scholars and manpower.

Scholars are all familiar with geology. They hope to find underground water and dig a few deep wells to get it out.

Now that he has arrived, Mo Xuan quickly distributed some of the food he brought, sent people to make porridge, and served porridge in several fixed places.

At the same time, he took Ling San and two others to get familiar with the surrounding environment, and he sent the rest to guard the soup kitchen team.

If you are hungry for a long time, someone will inevitably cause trouble.

The surrounding mountains are bare and there is nothing. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can quickly get a comprehensive view of the surrounding environment.

Every time they reached a hilltop, the two would dig a one-meter hole and hold the soil in their hands.

Not only on the mountain, but also at the foot of the mountain.

There were no plants on the surface, so they couldn't tell whether the soil inside contained moisture.

In two days, the two traveled to many places, but the soil quality was almost the same.

The next day, the main force arrived. They didn't have time to rest and immediately started preparations.

In order not to burden the county town, they brought everyone's food, and everyone could only eat half full.

The situation here is too serious. No one knows whether a deep well can be drilled, so we must save food, and we will inevitably go hungry.

Mo Xuan discussed with geological scholars and believed that Mo Xuan's method was feasible, but since he did not encounter a situation where the soil was slightly moist, he immediately decided to increase all pits by one meter.

Mo Xuan and his colleagues also discovered that there was a place where the soil was slightly damp, so the scholar took a look there first.

The remaining people are still digging holes everywhere.

Five days later, the second batch of disaster relief food from the capital arrived.

Mo Xuan also wrote a note to the emperor, knowing that someone concealed the local disaster situation, which almost caused the disaster to expand. By then, there would not be so many victims.

The emperor was so furious that he immediately ransacked the homes of the officials involved and beheaded them in public, and also increased the amount of money and grain needed for disaster relief.

In just a few days, everyone was in darkness. There was no underground river in the place last time.

Two more locations were found, and construction began to dig wells at the same time.

One is on a mountain and the other is in a valley.

The place on the mountain was added by Mo Xuan against all opinions. Everyone thought that there could not be an underground river on the mountain, but the land at that place was the wettest.

So Mo Xuan wanted to take a gamble.

At this time, Mo Xuan was not wearing official uniform, but wearing sweat-absorbent linen clothes, and was digging wells with everyone.

Machines for digging wells are naturally better than manual labor, but they cannot do without humans.

At this time, the well had been dug five meters.

"Sir, we haven't come out of the water yet, do we want to continue?"

Mo Xuan reached out and grasped the soil and was silent for a few seconds. This was soil dug out from a depth of five meters, and it was slightly moister than before.

Mo Xuan threw the dirt on his hand and said, "Dig, keep digging."

"Yes, my lord!"

Even if others complained, they couldn't say anything and had to continue.

After noon, someone from another place came to report, "Sir, the well was dug to eight meters in another place. The soil suddenly became soft and like sand. The scholar suggested giving up."

Mo Xuan sighed in his heart, how much he wanted to hear the good news?

"That's right, tell them to rest for half a day and continue tomorrow!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Mo Xuan is still staring at the well in front of him. He can only place his hope on this well now.

At this time, just after eight meters, someone brought soil up, and he and a scholar quickly surrounded it.

"Sir, the soil quality has not changed!"

Scholars are indescribably disappointed. They wonder if there is really an underground river here. After digging for so long, the soil quality at eight meters and five meters is about the same.

Either the underground river is deeper, or there isn't one here at all.

Mo Xuan still said the same thing, "Keep digging!"

Many people sighed, wondering why the adults were so persistent in digging deep wells in this mountain.

When we reached twelve meters, we suddenly heard an exclamation from the well, "The water is coming out, the water is coming out!"

The voice was loud and angry, but it shocked everyone's heart.

"Haha, sir, I'm out of water."

"Sir, there are really deep wells here."