Chapter 338 – Must inspect with them.

“Greetings, Seventh Highness.” Wei Ruo saluted.

I thought to myself, “You’re so idle, didn’t you say recently that the Japanese invaders are moving again? Why do you still have the leisure to manage the side business here, do not take care of your mainline mission?

“Miss Wei has worked hard.” Chu Lan said.

“My daughter’s duty is to do so, and I dare not speak of hard work.” Wei Ruo replied.

Chu Lan looked at Wei Ruo’s low brow, the corner of his mouth hooked into a smile, followed by his gaze falling onto Wei Jin Yi’s body, who was dressed as a retainer and followed behind Wei Ruo.

For some reason, Chu Lan felt that this attendant gave off an unusual feeling.

“This person behind Ms. Wei is?” Chu Lan asked.

“This is my family’s guards, something just happened to my big brother recently, the house was afraid that I would be in danger, so they sent two guards along.” Wei Ruo explained.

“So it is.” Chu Lan withdrew his gaze from Wei Jin Yi’s body.

Immediately afterward, he asked Wei Ruo, “What does Miss Wei think of this progress today?”

“Everything is within the plan, Your Highness don’t worry, it should be in time to plant winter wheat.” Wei Ruo replied.

“I have trusted Miss Wei since.” Chu Lan looked at Wei Ruo with a smile after he finished speaking.

His gaze looked at Wei Ruo uncomfortable, she very much disliked conversing with him, every time she talked to him, she felt tired, and always felt that he was digging a hole for himself.

“Does Ms. Wei know why I would come here to keep an eye on the progress of the opening at a time when the Japanese invaders could come at any time?” Chu Lan asked Wei Ruo.

“The people’s daughter doesn’t know.”

Wei Ruo thought, “Who knows you, if you want to say it, say it, don’t say it.

“Because the military rations promised by the court have not been delivered so far.” Chu Lan said.

It was only after hearing these words that Wei Ruo lifted her head up and looked squarely at Chu Lan.

Chu Lan couldn’t help but smile, “It seems that Miss Wei still cares about the generals fighting on the front lines.”

“Why didn’t the military rations arrive as expected?” Wei Ruo asked.

“I think Miss Wei has heard a bit about the situation in various places in the past two years, and there are constant disasters in various places, and the treasury is also short of food nowadays, coupled with the rise of displaced people, the transportation process has become extraordinarily difficult.” Chu Lan explained.

First, there is a shortage of food, and second, there are problems transporting food.

“But the generals are defending the country and cannot go without food for a day.” Wei Ruo said.

“Then does Ms. Wei think there’s a good way now?” Chu Lan asked Wei Ruo.

“Your Highness has lifted up the people’s daughter, how would the people’s daughter know about a problem that cannot be solved by the entire court?”

“I don’t think that’s necessarily true, isn’t it Miss Wei who came up with this food-for-work law today?”

“Food for work is a long term solution, while the lack of food in the army is a difficult problem that needs to be solved immediately, the two are different.” Wei Ruo explained.

“Indeed.” Chu Lan turned around and looked at the large area of newly reclaimed land in front of him, “If this land can really grow crops as expected, even if it can’t solve the pressing problem, it can at least let people see some hope.”

Wei Ruo didn’t pick up on that, there was an idea in her head, but she wasn’t going to deal with Chu Lan in that regard.

Seeing Wei Ruo’s silence, Chu Lan didn’t continue to ask her this question, but instead extended an invitation to her, “Miss Wei is here to inspect the progress of the opening, right? I’ll accompany you.”

“Folk daughter is terrified, your highness, I will be fine with my maid escort, it’s not good to trouble your highness any more, your highness is a heavenly nobleman and has a lot of work to do in the daytime, you shouldn’t be delayed for a folk daughter.”

“What Miss Wei is doing is for the people of Taizhou Province, it is the most urgent and important thing at the moment, how can we say that it is a delay?”

Ten thousand grass mud horses ran wild in Wei Ruo’s heart.

After the scolding, you still have to pretend to be very honored and terrified to agree.

“Then your highness will be obliged.”

“Uh-huh.”

“Where does Miss Wei plan to go now?” Chu Lan asked.

“Take a walk along the river.” Wei Ruo intended to examine the upstream and downstream of the river.

She had the idea of building a reservoir because the precipitation in Taizhou Province is sufficient, but at the same time it is also uneven, dry when it is dry and flooded when it is flooded, which is very unfavorable to the growth of crops and agricultural development.

The construction of reservoirs can effectively act as a regulator and provide better conditions for crop growth.

“Good.” Chu Lan agreed, and then he led Wei Ruo downstream along the river.

Chu Lan walked in front and Wei Ruo followed behind.

With Chu Lan accompanying her, Wei Ruo’s entire body became restrained.

She endeavored to distance herself from Chu Lan and walked in the same place as Wei Jinya, while also putting her attention to inspecting the progress of the opening, ignoring Chu Lan’s presence as much as possible.

After walking for a while the surroundings became desolate, with barren grass and rocks everywhere.

It is close to the river, but is not suitable for cultivation because the terrain is rather complex, hilly and all rocky hills with a very shallow soil layer.

So Wei Ruo gave up this piece first in the planning, and afterward, when the reclamation of the planned part was successful, he would consider planning for these hilly areas again.

“Be careful.” Wei Jin also said to Wei Ruo.

They were walking on a hill by the river, with no path underfoot, gravel that slid easily, and a river-washed bluff on one side.

“Uh-huh.” Wei Ruo nodded.

The terrain is not suitable for reclamation, but it is suitable for the construction of reservoirs, and it is possible to build a side of a reservoir by building dikes in the gaps between several hills.

As he was walking, suddenly a giant snake leaped out of the nearby barren grass and lunged towards Wei Ruo.

Almost at the same time, both Chu Lan and Wei Jin also reacted.

The two of them struck out, but Chu Lan was one step slower, and the snake was held at seven inches with one hand by Wei Jin also.

Without waiting for the snake to struggle, it was broken by an inch of strength from Wei Jin Yi.

Seeing this scene, Chu Lan’s gaze flinched, and his eyes changed and changed as he looked at Wei Jin Yi.

Just now, he and this school captain’s guard were about the same distance away from Wei Qingruo, and they also struck at the same time, but he was a beat slower than this man.

This kind of skill was the first time he had seen it in nearly twenty years, and he was certain that this person’s martial arts skills were extremely high.

This made Chu Lan not help but think that there was also a supreme expert within the people who attacked him that day.

Masters of this level weren’t rare, and for him to have encountered two of them within the not-so-large Taizhou Prefecture, was it really just a coincidence?

After Wei Jin Yi killed the snake, he wanted to throw it away, but Wei Ru hurriedly stopped it: “Don’t throw it away, this is a herp snake, it’s a good thing! Whether it’s cooked and eaten or used as medicine, it’s excellent! It’s so big, it can be cooked in a big pot!”

Wei Ruo looked at the large impala in Wei Jin Yi’s hand and was already conceptualizing ways to cook it inside her head.

“Uh-huh.” Wei Jin also wasn’t surprised by this behavior of Wei Ruo.

In fact in today’s time of food shortages, the field mice are being eaten by everyone, and naturally the snakes are being eaten by someone.

Xiu Mei hurriedly took out a cloth bag and asked Wei Jin Yi to put the dead impala in it.

The snake was indeed big enough, thicker than Xiu Mei’s arm, and could make a big pot of snake soup.

Chu Lan looked at Wei Jin Yi and said, “This guard’s hands are very good, I don’t know where his teacher comes from?”

(End of chapter)