What Zhao Bei and Sima Yi could think of, Xu Da could certainly think of it too.
They built the reservoir to plan for long-term development in the future. Even if it is not used this year, the construction cannot be stopped.
Since the reservoir is no longer in use, we can only think of other solutions.
Xu Da fell silent, lowered his eyes and thought about whether he should open an altar to pray for rain.
Things that are as difficult as climbing to heaven for ordinary people are nothing at all in the eyes of those who are cultivating immortals.
But he is no longer the same person as before. He can't do this alone, he has to ask his second mother to help him.
Zhao Bei and Sima Yi were already discussing whether the Yuyang government office had enough food, and Zhou Rong and Fubao also sighed in worry.
In contrast, Xu Yue, who knew there were two cheaters at home, was very calm.
Everyone had a serious discussion on how to deal with the drought. After the meeting, Xu Yue's family stayed behind with a tacit understanding.
Then, he looked at Xu Da and Xu Erniang, who were whispering to each other.
Xu Yue held it in for a long time. Seeing that no one else was around, she immediately asked: "Dad, sister, is there anything you two can do?"
The two said in unison: "Borrow water!"
Borrow water?
Borrow from where?
There is no rain in the sky, but there is an undercurrent deep underground.
Xu Da and Xu Erniang plan to borrow groundwater to the surface.
"Dig a well?" Xu Yue asked.
The two shook their heads.
Drilling wells is currently the limit of how people can use groundwater. It is fine for daily water use. If you want to rely on well water to irrigate the ground and don't have a water pump, then forget it.
People can pick out the water slowly, but rice cannot wait for you for such a long time. Before the water is poured, the crops will die of drought.
Xu Da replied: "The second mother uses the array to absorb water, and I cast the spell to make it rain."
Xu Yue scanned her father and sister up and down, and asked worriedly: "Can you do it? This project is not small."
"It's not that drought is everywhere. It's only in a few counties. It's okay. At worst, I'm a little tired. Just think of it as doing meritorious deeds." Xu Da waved his hands with an indifferent look on his face, as if he didn't take this matter seriously at all.
But when it came time for him to cast a spell to make it rain, the old father fell down from exhaustion.
There was only a little drizzle in April, but in May and June, when the rain was supposed to be the most abundant, there was not a drop of rain in Yuyang.
After finally completing the second watering with river water, the river water level suddenly dropped to an extremely terrifying level.
In June, the farmers used up all the water in the reservoirs, and saw that the rice began to ear, but God did not rain. When people were feeling desperate, dark clouds suddenly covered the sky, and clouds carrying rain appeared on the sky.
The sky above Yuyang County.
The unsuspecting farmers cheered in surprise: "It's raining! It's raining!"
Little did they know that Xu Da and Xu Erniang, who were lending out the underground water behind their backs, were already sweating profusely from exhaustion.
But looking at the rice plants that were moistened by the rain and stretching their waists, the father and daughter looked at each other, secretly glad that their land was now so small.
Otherwise, killing them to offer sacrifices to heaven will not be able to reverse the drought.
It rains very regularly in June and July in Yuyang County. When the rice is about to enter the next stage and water is needed, the sky will darken, dark clouds will appear, and then the rain will fall.
The people of Yuyang were happy, they just felt that God was protecting everyone, and during this period, more and more people went to the church to worship the goddess.
The entire central part of Youzhou is experiencing drought, and only Yuyang has survived the disaster, making it through safely and ushering in a good harvest.
At that time, Zhao Yu and Liu Qi, who were in Zhuojun next door to Yuyang, once again had a big quarrel over whether to send troops to Yuyang to rescue him and broke up unhappy.
Zhao Yu pointed at the barren and dry land outside the city gate and the people lying on the roadside, and shouted in a deep voice:
"Youzhou has fallen into such a state, General Liu still wants to send troops to Yuyang?!"
Liu Qi looked at the tragic scene outside the city indifferently, knowing that Zhao Yu would not send troops to Yuyang no matter what. He hugged his fists heavily, thanked Zhao Yu for his hospitality this year, and then led his remaining soldiers to leave Youzhou.
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He was afraid that if he didn't leave, Zhao Yu, whose heart was gradually leaning towards Yuyang, might kill him at some point!
Besides, with the current drought in Youzhou, he really couldn't stay any longer.
Although he would have to face cruel punishment from Gongsun Zan when he returned to Bingzhou, he would not die.
But if you stay in Youzhou, you will really die.
Zhao Yu is a kind-hearted person and cannot be plotted!
After defining Zhao Yu like this in his heart, Liu Qi left angrily.
As soon as he left, Zhao Yu took the initiative to contact Xu Jiajun and wanted to buy grain from them.
Xu Yue replied to him: The Xu family's grain will not be sold, but will only be distributed to the Xu family!
Suddenly, Zhao Yu and others' faces darkened.
However, if there is no food relief, the people in Zhuojun will all die. What's the use of having an isolated city?
After a night of fierce ideological struggle, Zhao Yu made a decision that shocked everyone - to sell Youzhou.
The counselors such as Qi Zhou and the generals such as Yan Rou were all shocked. They never expected that the lord, who was entrenched in Youzhou and survived Dong Xing, ran away from Gongsun Zan, and now wanted to give away all the family property that he had worked so hard to save.
Xu Jiajun.
If they didn't feel too rude, Qi Zhou, Yan Rou and others would have wanted to ask their lord: Are you okay?
Of course Zhao Yu was fine, and the reactions of his subordinates were completely within his expectations.
He said solemnly: "Last year's harvest was not good. This year there is a severe drought. The people have even lost their harvest. The government's grain stocks are about to be exhausted. At this time, Yuyang still has a good harvest and is not affected by the drought. This is not good for us.
In this situation, once the Xu family army invades, how do you plan to resist it?"
Of course, it can be stopped, it just means that more people will starve to death.
But no one dares to say this.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhao Yu added: "The nine counties of Youzhou, the three counties of Liaoxi, Liaodong, and Lelang exist in name only. The foreign tribes Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Gogury occupy the three counties. There is no benefit, and they cannot be mobilized easily."
"Although the drought in the remaining five counties of Dai, Shanggu, Zhuo, Guangyang and Youbeiping is different, they still have too much time to take care of themselves. Instead of fighting fiercely with the Xu family's army, it is better to seek peace now and save it."
"What's more, among the forces in the north, Xu Jiajun is the only one who has good intentions and takes care of the victims."
"They can tolerate disaster victims, and they can naturally tolerate you. As long as the people of Youzhou can survive, what's the harm in killing me, Zhao Yu?"
Hearing this, knowing that Zhao Yu was preparing to sacrifice himself to protect Youzhou, Qi Zhou and others knelt down one after another and loudly persuaded:
"Lord, you must not do this!"
Zhao Yu smiled sadly, "I have made up my mind, please don't try to persuade me. Qi Zhou, please draft a peace letter for me and send it to Yuyang together with the governor's seal! It must be delivered to the leader of the Xu family army in person!"
Qi Zhou sighed and reluctantly agreed.
Everyone warned Zhao Yu on the face, but in their hearts they were secretly relieved that they didn't have to go to war with the Xu family army.
