The peasant girl who escaped the desert: she cried when she found the cruel prince

Chapter 279 Possibilities after Disaster

Mr. Jing was so frightened that his hands shook and he almost dropped his pipe and pot: "What's going on? Did something happen?"

As he said this, he and Wan Baoquan went to the drying ground. When they arrived, they found that not only people from their own family, but also people from Beishan Village and people from the shanty towns were here.

Jing Li invited Mr. Jing, Wang Lizheng, and Uncle He, the elder from the shanty town, to the stage.

Uncle He was simply moved by the courtesy he received from Jingli. Who would have thought that when he was fleeing the famine and encountered a plague, he would still be taken in by nobles even though he was not dead, and now he could still participate in discussions.

The old man was moved and sat on the stage, watching his family and fellow villagers in the audience unable to calm down for a long time. It was not until Jingli started to speak that he was pulled out of his thoughts.

"I called everyone here today mainly to tell you about the outside world!" Jing Li said with a homemade loudspeaker.

"The food stores in Chang'an City are no longer stocking food, and all the food in various counties has been robbed."

"Anxi, Jin and other large counties have no harvest. It is estimated that within half a month, there will be a tragic situation of starvation and death everywhere."

"The grain harvest in some better counties is less than [-]%. Please think about whether they can sustain it until next spring!"

"The best one is Mayi where we are, but the harvest is less than [-]%. Many people don't believe it and confiscate it at all."

"Think about it, what would happen in this situation?"

Third Aunt Wang and the other families all lowered their heads in shame. Everyone was rushing to harvest, but they were unconvinced and refused to harvest. As a result, a lot of the food they had worked so hard to grow was eaten by locusts, which made them feel distressed. Bleeding.

The people below were whispering to each other: "What else could happen? Going out to beg to escape, or selling one's sons and daughters and other miserable situations!"

The older man said: "We have few experiences with locust plagues here. You don't know that locust plague decades ago, many people starved to death. It's not uncommon for entire families to die."

"And the one who directly ate the weak members of his own family was simply appalling!"

The old people who were lucky enough to survive still have fresh memories when they think of the tragic situation of that year. It was so tragic that they cannot forget it even if they want to.

Wang Dun's daughter-in-law asked Shuizhen's wife, "So, in the entire Chang'an area, our village is the best?"

When Jingli told her family and Wang Youcai's family that there might be a locust plague, they hesitated for a moment and then followed suit.

Not only was there no shortage of food, but also a lot of fodder was harvested. After that, I even collected some for other families in the village.

Sister-in-law Shui Zhen said with a sad look on her face: "It's okay, I guess my mother and brothers are going to come to fight against the autumn wind again!"

Her parents' home is just over Wujiagou, only a dozen miles away, and it's very convenient to travel there.

At that time, she said there was a possibility of a locust plague, so she asked her youngest son to report the news, but the other party didn't believe it at all, and said that she, the eldest sister, had bad intentions and would not let her family have a good harvest this year.

What could she say? She was too busy with her own family affairs, so she had no time to persuade her mother-in-law's family.

Now that the locust plague has indeed occurred, it is estimated that less than [-]% of the food recovered will be due to the financial constraints of her mother and several younger brothers.

Wang Youcai's family is also worried: "I wonder if my unlucky daughter is obedient? She has a lot of family but little land. If it is confiscated, how will she live her life?"

Jing Damei interjected from the side: "It's a trivial matter for relatives to come to catch the autumn breeze. Think about it, if there is no food in several counties, then we can't find a place with food. Let's find it." At this point, Jing Damei suddenly became confused. With a face as pale as earth, after having her whole family killed by the White Lotus Army, and then escaping through all kinds of hardships, she suddenly thought of why Jingli was having a meeting!

The older Mrs. Tian and several members of Wang Youcai's family also immediately understood that in this world, once there is no way to survive, no food or water, there is nothing that can't be done.

Lao Beishan is getting more and more prosperous right now, and many people outside know that.

The conditions of this place were not bad. No one came before because they were afraid of the Liao people. Now there are powerful people who can not only deal with the Liao people, but also dare to fight back. This place suddenly becomes different.

People outside are starving to death, how can we not be greedy for the prosperous days here?Will there be less robberies and the like by then?

Sure enough, they heard Jing Li on the stage say: "If people have no way to survive, what else can't they do?"

"We are the earliest and the best to collect. Your relatives and friends will inevitably talk about it. So those with ulterior motives will have to come and fight to get a piece of it?"

Immediately, many people in the audience began to regret it. Wealth should not be revealed. This has been the truth since ancient times.

But in the past few days, they had taken the food back home, and they felt no burden. They were busy fighting locusts. Relatives and friends came to visit, so they had nothing to hide when talking.

But if this matter spreads a lot, it will definitely attract attention.

After thinking about it too much, the people below started to get scared. There are only so many people in the village, how many people can they handle?
Wang Lizheng looked at the crowds below and said, "I'm telling you, I'm telling you! I told you at the beginning that you should try not to tell anyone about the harvest of the grain. I’m afraid that people won’t know.”

"Now, if it's not just bandits, but refugees coming all over, how many of you would dare to attack them?"

Uncle He's calves are a little cramped. His family has just settled down.

We only have a hundred kilograms of food stored at home. What if someone calls suddenly?
When Jing Li saw that the people below were beginning to realize their fear, she raised her hand to signal everyone to be quiet: "In order to protect the peace of Lao Beishan and to prevent our food from being robbed, what I say next is very important!"

"From now on, the shack people will build fences at the entrance to the village and behind the houses. They will be deeper and stronger, and they will be covered with thorns with more thorns."

There are cliffs on both sides of the shack. It stands to reason that no one would climb down the cliff, but everything must be done with caution.

"We took bricks directly from my house at the entrance of the village to build a wall. The wall must be at least three feet high and built all the way to the edge of the cliff. The door must also have an iron gate!"

"This is a job where our village produces bricks, and your Beishan Village produces people. Do you have any objections?"

The people below shouted that they had no objection. Wang Lizheng said sheepishly: "I still have some bricks at home. Let's use them together and build them as thickly as possible."

Jing Li nodded and continued: "The next step is to guard. People in the shanty towns have no land, so they selected five strong men, one each from Beishan and Beishui. The two leaders took turns patrolling day and night. .”

"It's just that the people who patrol other people's shacks can't patrol in vain. Each person has one and a half kilograms of coarse grains a day. Our two villages will collectively provide this grain. Do you have any objections?"

The people below shouted again: "No objection, we are all from the same village, we can't let anyone's hard work go in vain!"

Uncle He was moved beyond words. He was also worried that he would not be able to eat anything. What would they do? The girl had arranged it. "

There was still a meeting here, and someone came in from the entrance of the village crying: "Mother! Mother!"

(End of this chapter)