Yipin Farmer

Ting Shuang was besieged by several people holding things. Baoqi used her body to protect him, but she couldn't deal with those villagers who lost their minds.

During the scuffle, Ting Shuang was punched a few times, but fortunately Baoqi was protecting her and she didn't suffer much injuries. She got up and ran home, took out a musket from the kang and ran back to the battlefield.

"Don't fight, stop now." Ting Shuang roared, pulled out his musket and fired a shot into the sky.

"Bang!" There was a loud noise, and the people fighting in the group were stunned.

Ting Shuang fired three shots in a row.

The fighters and those who watched the fight were frightened and stood on the spot not daring to move.Ting Shuang pointed the gun at the most violent ones, and yelled fiercely: "Stop the fuck, if you continue to fight, you will die, if you want to die, come up, don't shoot, I shot him. "

Looking at the black muzzle of the gun that was still smoking, the fighters stopped.There were still a few who kept fighting and were knocked aside by Bao Qi and Chen Guang's clean fists.

Ting Shuang took a breath and said sincerely: "What is the big deal to be done like this? Is life important? If someone is killed, what will the deceased's wife, children and children do? What's the trouble? Is there something we can discuss together?"

"Is Li Zheng? Is Li Zheng in Tongbai Village? I have something to discuss." Ting Shuang looked left and right for Li Zheng.

"Discuss what? Why didn't you discuss it when you beat our people?" A strong man in the opponent's camp raised his stick again angrily, and Chen Guang threw him aside with a single stroke.

The leader of the fight in Tongbai Village is Fang Shi, who is known as the second-hand man. This guy does things regardless of the consequences when he is hot-headed, but he still remembers Ting Shuang's encouragement and tolerance to him, and he remembers that he promised to provide rice seeds to support him to work hard to get rich.I admired him very much in my heart, and quickly appeased the people in this village: "Everyone, put down guys and listen to this brother."

Lizheng in Tongbai Village is the old man Ji who sells cattle to Ting Shuang. Ting Shuang sends him cattle money for installment payment on time every month, and often buys chickens and ducks from him, and this spring he also buys lambs from him. The two are quite familiar.Old man Ji also liked him very much, so he couldn't encourage his subordinates to go up and beat him.

"The people in your village didn't say anything about the canals in my village, and even injured our people." Old man Ji first declared that he was out of self-defense.

Li Changfu of Sanhua Village was annoyed: "Why didn't you say that your village cut off our water?"

Old man Ji was also annoyed: "It seems like we are so bad. The water in our village canal is only half of what it was last year. How come it has become your water?"

Fang Shi helped to explain to the people in Sanhua Village: "The Weishui River has even exposed the rocks on the riverbed, and only half of the water flowing into our village is the same as in previous years, and only half of the land in my village is watered. It is not intentional to cut off your water. "

People like Li Changfu have also calmed down. After all, the drought has dried up Weishui, and the water in the upstream villages is not enough. It is not entirely to blame for Tongbai Village, but for my impatience, which hurts like this. With so many people, the problem of drought and water shortage cannot be solved.

Sun Shengcai was unconvinced and said aggressively, "Then you can't cut off the water and not give it to the downstream."

The people in Tongbai Village were also very angry: "The land in my village has only been watered halfway, can't we release it after watering?"

Ting Shuang quickly quelled the flames of war: "I know the way to save water and irrigation. Don't fight, let me think of a way. Fighting can't solve the problem. Hurry up and take the injured away for treatment. Hurry up, don't kill anyone."

Old man Ji and Li Changfu were both surprised, happy and suspicious: "What? Water-saving irrigation?"

"It is to save water when watering the field. It is too water-intensive to water like before. I have a way to save half of the water and water the same amount of land. Everyone is only eating for one bite, so let's be considerate to each other."

Ting Shuang only knows the term water-saving irrigation, but she still doesn't know how to do it. Now she can only appease the angry people of the two villages. "Hurry up and take the injured away for treatment now. I'll find a way and give me some time." Ting Shuang comforted them, and hurriedly found a place where no one was around and contacted Professor Lu with the receiver on his wrist to ask about water-saving irrigation. specific methods.

Fang Shi was very convinced of Ting Shuang, and helped old man Ji calm down the people who lived in his village to stop fighting, and took the injured away for treatment.

Ting Shuang knew some basic principles of water-saving irrigation, but he didn't know how to operate it under limited conditions. He contacted Professor Lu with a receiver and asked, and got all the information of water-saving irrigation. However, due to the limitations of the times, it was difficult to apply it in practice. .

Ting Shuang's brows were frowned, and Bao Qi put a towel on his forehead and other injured places: "Don't worry, just relax. You haven't eaten for so long, eat something first, and think about it when you're full. "

After much deliberation, Ting Shuang couldn't think of a proper solution, so she just waved her hand: "Forget it, Master Mao said that eating is the biggest thing in the world..."

Stop, what else is Mao talking about?

The great leader Chairman Mao pointed out: "The power of the people... the masses... is infinite."

Those old farmers have rich practical experience, combined with my theoretical knowledge, they should be able to solve the problem, I am really capable, oh yes.

Ting Shuang's face regained its radiance, and Bao Qi was also excited. Ting Shuang's endless whimsy made him have a strong curiosity, and at the same time, he had infinite confidence in this person.

Ting Shuang recruited experienced villagers and began to provide theories: "The most basic principle of water-saving irrigation is to irrigate crops with water. In the past, the old irrigation method was to irrigate the land, which was water-intensive and easy to harden and salinize the land. Instead of watering the crops, you can save half of the water and keep the soil and water."

The old farmers were thoughtful.

Ting Shuang laid out the paper and explained while drawing a picture: "There are several methods. One is pipeline water delivery, that is to say, water is directly poured into the fields through pipelines without going through ditches, so as to reduce half-way loss. The second is drip irrigation method , drip water directly to the roots of the seedlings. The third is the sprinkler irrigation method, which sprays water on the crops. There are also methods such as spot irrigation, seepage irrigation, and water seeding..."

After Ting Shuang talked for a long time, the faces of the old farmers were still serious. The theory made sense, but it was very difficult to operate. Where did so many pipes come from to transport water?Spray irrigation, what to spray?Ting Shuang also knew the difficulty of the actual operation, and looked helplessly at the old farmers who had planted crops all their lives.

Chairman Mao said that the power of the masses of the people is infinite, and any difficulty can be solved as long as the masses are mobilized. Mountains can be moved, seas can be filled, and mountains and rivers can be changed.Now it is not for you to move mountains to fill the sea, but for you to find a way to change from watering the land to watering the crops.

Li Changfu blew out the dry smoke for a long time, and made a decision: "That's it, let's use buckets, pots, and leather bags. As long as there is water, we will also carry it to the ground."

Ting Shuang was very moved. She only thought that Chinese peasants were really the cutest people. Not to mention how efficient and useful they are, it was just that they did not bow to difficulties, dared to change mountains and change rivers, and dared to fight against heaven and earth. The spirit is enough to make people sincerely admire.Thinking back to ancient times, the Great Wall was built by the hands of laborers, and the Grand Canal that traversed the north and the south was dug through. With a hoe, he insisted on turning the "natural moat into a thoroughfare", repaired the road to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and established a modern industrial foundation little by little.

How not to be moved?

Ting Shuang was so moved that he couldn't care less about plagiarizing a few poems to express his feelings. An idea gradually formed in his mind. No matter what, he had to find a way to repair the water conservancy for these people. Peace for all ages", the next best thing, he can create peace for these rural people for several generations, so that they no longer have to worry about water, no longer rely on the sky for food, and can have enough food and clothing.

"Let's discuss it and build a water conservancy project to completely solve the problem of watering the land." Ting Shuang cheered up and encouraged the masses to find a way.

"Water conservancy? How to do it?" Everyone didn't quite understand.

Ting Shuang picked up the paper again and explained with the drawing: "In this way... build a dam here to store the water, and stop it here when it rains, so as to prevent the crops from being flooded, and then release it when there is a drought... What's the details?" Come on, let's discuss it."

Li Dongsheng understood it first: "You mean to build a warehouse for storing water?"

"Yes, the reservoir is the reservoir." Ting Shuang was very happy that they could think of the word reservoir.

"How can there be so much money for water conservancy repairs?" Li Changfu asked the biggest question straight to the point. "This spring drought, the seedlings have not yet emerged, and many people's fields will not have a good harvest, and they will not be able to eat. How can we build a dam?"

"Money..." Ting Shuang was also in a dilemma.At this moment, Sun Shengcai ran over anxiously: "It's not good, it's not good."

"What are you evil fire? Is the sky falling or are you dead?" Li Changfu reprimanded him.

Sun Shengcai's face turned pale with anxiety: "The sky didn't fall, but people died."

"What? Dead?" Everyone's faces turned pale.

The one who died was Liu Da, a poor household at the east end of the village. He may have fallen into a ditch during a fight and died, leaving behind a widow, Aunt Liu, and a son. With a mysterious smile on his back, he picked up rubbish with a broken bag on his back. They were all broken ropes and iron nails.The Liu family has no land, and the father and son are very strong. They work part-time for the villagers, and Aunt Liu does needlework.

Now that Liu Da is dead, what should I do if I leave behind a widow and a foolish son?

Sun Shengcai expressed his opinion: "The people in Tongbai Village killed people in our village. We have to carry them over and tell them to do what they want."

"Ah, forget it, who can tell who beats who when there are more than a hundred people fighting in groups." Ting Shuang hurriedly stopped, and finally stopped the fighting, and then carried the corpse to the door, and there was no way to fight again.

"How can it be so? How will a widow and a fool live in the future?"

"Yes."

The villagers chattered.

Ting Shuang felt that the situation must be brought under control, and the flames of war could not be reignited.Make a gesture for everyone to stop.

"Master Liu and her stupid son, just stay at my house. Anyway, my family has taken in a lot of people who have nowhere to go, so I don't want to compete with both of them." Ting Shuang first dealt with the issue of Liu's family members, and then dealt with the spring drought. "As for the crops, Uncle Li and I have discussed it. This year, Weishui has dried up, and less than half of the water flowing to Tongbai Village in previous years. Even if it is diverted to our village, there will not be much left. So, everyone take a pot Take a bucket and send all the water from the stream and well in Shuiwazi to the field, pay attention to watering the roots of the crops, I will go to the county magistrate for relief, and get over the difficulties before the autumn harvest."

With that said, the villagers who were furious because of the death settled down again.

"There's no need to go, he's here." Li Dongsheng pointed to the sedan chair coming from a distance, followed by many servants.

Ting Shuang curled her lips when she saw it. When you go to the countryside, you still sit in a cheap sedan chair. The typical bureaucracy is divorced from the masses. It is simply a talented student from a modern police school who comes after the incident.

"I heard there was a crowd fighting here?" Qi Chongyu asked after getting off the sedan chair.

"Yes." Ting Shuang didn't bother to explain from the beginning, "The matter is very serious, please come to the house and discuss what to do."

Qi Chongyu was frightened by his seriousness, and followed him to the house. As soon as he entered the courtyard, a black object rushed over. Qi Chongyu was startled. When he took a closer look, it turned out to be a baby bear, not yet fully grown, and chubby. It's so cute, just when he came back to his senses, another furry thing jumped on his shoulder, it turned out to be a little monkey with big eyes rolling around.

Ting Shuang quickly pulled the little bear away, then kicked off the little monkey Kongkong, and kicked Xixi Chengcheng back to the kennel one by one.

"Di Weng, please sit down, there is nothing to entertain at home, please forgive me." Ting Shuang let the guests to the upper seat.

Qi Chongyu looked at the vegetables, flowers, fruit trees, and a bunch of weird animals in the yard, and laughed dryly.

The host and guest took their seats.

First of all, Ting Shuang analyzed the grim situation at present. More than a hundred people in the two villages participated in the group fight. The law does not hold them accountable, and there is no way to hold them accountable. Some people were injured on both sides, and one life was lost. Now the village is outraged and wants to copy Hoe knife stick to revenge.After the five good citizens who are enthusiastic about public welfare, that is, myself, tried hard to do ideological work on the villagers, and temporarily calmed down, but the hatred has already been forged.Now the village has been severely affected by the disaster, and everyone has no food to eat. With nowhere to go, troubles will arise sooner or later.

Qi Chongyu's face was serious immediately, and he became nervous. If large-scale gang fights break out again and stir up civil uprisings, the first thing to bear the brunt is to hold him accountable as a parent official.

Qi Chongyu came up with a countermeasure: "I will report to Futai and ask him to inform the admiral and send officers and soldiers to sit in the town, so those people will not dare to make trouble."

Damn, Ting Shuang cursed in her heart, is this your solution to the problem?Guys who have never studied Mao Xuan Deng Lun are low-level. The couplet hanging on the third hall of the county government "Don't be bullied by the common people, I am also the common people" hangs up in vain. When I become an official, I stand on the opposite side of the common people. Knowing how to rely on the masses seems to be a good way to enlighten you.

Ting Shuang resisted the urge to slap him, and then analyzed it for him, guiding his thoughts to the path he had thought of.

"Sending troops to the town can certainly prevent the situation from deteriorating, but if you report this matter to Futai and Shangfeng sends soldiers, you will feel that you are not capable of doing things. Besides, the officers and soldiers stationed will inevitably disturb the people. Originally, the villagers were dissatisfied. Officers and soldiers are blackmailing and harassing, and the resentment towards the adults is getting heavier. The adults are one of the parents' officials, and they will be infamous after the end of their term. Would you like to see such a situation?"

Qi Chongyu felt even more embarrassed: "In your opinion, how should this matter be handled in order to quell public grievances?"

"The villagers all rely on farming for food. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, they will not do things that are tough and risky."

"So how do you give them hope?"

Finally passing his thoughts to his own side, Ting Shuang began to come up with his own ideas: "Construct water conservancy to protect the people of one side from drought and flood."

"It's too late to repair the water conservancy, and it won't be effective until next year or the year after. This year's poor harvest is irreversible."

"Didn't you say that you want to give hope to the villagers? Farmers see that the water conservancy has been repaired, and there will definitely be a good harvest next year and in the future. They must be full of hope for the future in their hearts, and they will never make trouble." Ting Shuang continued to analyze, "The project will be Using labor from the disaster-stricken villages, let them earn a few wages, and after this year's difficulties, won't the current difficulties and future difficulties be solved at the same time?"

Baoqi, who was listening on the sidelines, had bright eyes and couldn't help but look at Ting Shuang with admiration.

Qi Chongyu listened to his solution, his eyes lit up like enlightenment, he solved the current and future difficulties, quelled public grievances, and he himself made a good official voice, which is of great benefit, but...

Qi Chongyu estimated the approximate cost, a little embarrassed, shook his head and remained silent.