Chapter 338: I must inspect with them.
"I have met His Highness Seventh Prince." Wei Ruo saluted.
I thought to myself, you, the governor, are so idle. Didn’t you say that the Japanese pirates have made some unusual moves recently? Why do you still have the leisure time to take care of your side business here? Why don't you take care of your main mission?
"Thank you for your hard work, Miss Wei," Chu Lan said.
"It's the duty of a civilian girl, I dare not talk about the hard work." Wei Ruo replied.
Chu Lan looked at Wei Ruo's lowered eyebrows and smiled, then his eyes fell on Wei Jinyi, dressed as an attendant, who was following behind Wei Ruo.
For some reason, Chu Lan felt that this attendant gave people an unusual feeling.
"Who is this person behind Miss Wei?" Chu Lan asked.
"This is the bodyguard of my family. Something happened to my eldest brother recently. The family was afraid that I would be in danger, so they sent two bodyguards to accompany him." Wei Ruo explained.
"That's it." Chu Lan looked away from Wei Jinyi.
Then he asked Wei Ruo: "How does Miss Wei feel about the current progress?"
"Everything is within the plan. Don't worry, Your Highness, we should be able to catch up with planting winter wheat." Wei Ruo replied.
"I certainly trust Miss Wei." After Chu Lan finished speaking, she looked at Wei Ruo with a smile.
His gaze made Wei Ruo feel uncomfortable. She didn't like talking to him very much. She felt tired every time she talked to him. She always felt like he was digging a hole for herself.
"Miss Wei, do you know why I come here to pay attention to the progress of land reclamation when Japanese pirates may invade at any time?" Chu Lan asked Wei Ruo.
"Folk girls don't know."
Wei Ruo thought to herself. Who knows? If you want to say something, you can say it. If you don't say it, you will be pushed back.
"Because the military rations promised by the imperial court have not been delivered yet." Chu Lan said.
Hearing this, Wei Ruocai raised his head and looked at Chu Lan.
Chu Lan couldn't help but smile, "It seems that Miss Wei still cares about the soldiers fighting on the front line."
"Why didn't the military rations arrive as scheduled?" Wei Ruo asked.
"I think Miss Wei has heard a lot about the situation in various places in the past two years. Disasters have continued in various places. The national treasury is now short of food. In addition, there are refugees everywhere, making the transportation process extremely difficult." Chu Lan explained.
First, there is a shortage of food, and second, there are problems in transporting food.
"But the soldiers must not live without food for a day to protect their families and the country." Wei Ruodao.
"Then Miss Wei, do you think there is any good solution now?" Chu Lan asked Wei Ruo.
"Your Highness has promoted the women of the people. How can the women of the people know about the problems that cannot be solved by the whole court?" "
I don't think so. Wasn't Miss Wei the one who came up with the current method of using work as a source of relief?"
"Work as a substitute for relief ." Relief is a long-term solution, while the lack of food in the army is a problem that needs to be solved immediately. The two are different." Wei Ruo explained.
"Indeed." Chu Lan turned around and looked at the large expanse of newly reclaimed land in front of him, "If this land can really grow crops as expected, even if it cannot solve the urgent problem, it can at least give people some hope. "
Wei Ruo didn't answer this. She had an idea in her mind, but she didn't intend to negotiate this matter with Chu Lan.
Seeing Wei Ruo's silence, Chu Lan stopped asking her this question, and instead extended an invitation to her: "Miss Wei is here to inspect the progress of land reclamation, I'll go with you." "The girl is scared, Your Highness
, I can just go with my maid guard, so I don’t need to bother His Highness any more. Your Highness is a nobleman from Tianhuang and has many things to do every day. You shouldn’t waste time for the daughter of the people." "What Miss Wei is doing is for the people of Taizhou Prefecture, and it is the right time for her to do it right now
. How can the most urgent matter be said to be a waste of time?"
In Wei Ruo's mind, 10,000 grass-mud horses were galloping past.
After scolding him, he had to pretend to be very honored and nervously agree.
"Then your Highness, Lao." "Yes."
"Where does Miss Wei plan to go now?" Chu Lan asked.
"Walk along the river." Wei Ruo planned to inspect the conditions upstream and downstream of the river.
She had the idea of building a reservoir because precipitation in Taizhou Prefecture is sufficient, but at the same time it is uneven. It is dry during droughts and flooded during floods, which is very detrimental to the growth of crops and agricultural development.
The construction of reservoirs can effectively play a regulatory role and provide better conditions for the growth of crops.
"Okay." Chu Lan agreed, and then led Wei Ruo downstream along the river.
Chu Lan walked in front, Wei Ruo followed.
With Chu Lan accompanying him, Wei Ruo became more cautious.
She tried to distance herself from Chu Lan and walked with Wei Jinyi. At the same time, she also focused her attention on inspecting the progress of land reclamation and ignored Chu Lan's existence as much as possible.
After walking for a while, the surrounding area became desolate, with grass and rocks everywhere.
It is close to the river, but because the terrain is relatively complex, with many hills and rocky mountains with very shallow soil, it is not suitable for reclamation.
Therefore, Wei Ruo gave up this area during planning, and then considered planning for these hilly areas after the planned parts were successfully reclaimed.
"Be careful." Wei Jin also said to Wei Ruo.
They were walking on the hills beside the river. There was no path under their feet, the gravel was easy to slide, and there were cliffs washed out by the river on one side.
"Yeah." Wei Ruo nodded.
The terrain here is not suitable for reclamation, but it is suitable for building reservoirs. As long as we build dikes in the gaps between several hills, it is possible to build a reservoir.
As he was walking, a giant snake suddenly jumped out of the grass next to him and pounced towards Wei Ruo.
Almost at the same time, Chu Lan and Wei Jin also reacted.
The two took action, but Chu Lan was a step slower, and Wei Jinyi held the snake seven inches away with one hand.
Before the snake could struggle, Wei Jinyi broke its bones with just one inch.
Chu Lan's eyes froze when he saw this scene, and his eyes changed again and again when he looked at Wei Jinyi.
Just now, he and the school captain's guard were about the same distance from Wei Qingruo, and they took action at the same time, but he was a beat slower than this man.
This is the first time he has seen this kind of skill in the past twenty years. He can be sure that this person's martial arts is extremely high.
This made Chu Lan couldn't help but think that among the people who attacked him that day, there was also a top master.
Masters of this level are rare, and he met two in the small Taizhou Prefecture. Is it really just a coincidence?
Wei Jin also wanted to throw the snake away after killing it, but Wei Ruo stopped him quickly: "Don't throw it away, this is a snake, it's a good thing! It's great whether it's cooked, eaten or used as medicine! Such a big one can be cooked It's a big pot!"
Wei Ruo looked at the big adder in Wei Jinyi's hand and was already thinking about how to cook it.
"Yeah." Wei Jin was not surprised by Wei Ruo's behavior.
In fact, during the current food shortage, everyone has eaten all the mice in the fields, and naturally there are people to eat the snakes.
Xiumei quickly took out a cloth bag and asked Wei Jinyi to put the dead snake in it.
This snake is indeed big enough, thicker than Xiumei's arm, and can make a big pot of snake soup.
Chu Lan looked at Wei Jin and said, "This guard is very skilled. I wonder where he learned from him?"
(End of Chapter)