章 159: I Despise It

The couple finally laughed. They couldn't help with the matters in Luo Prefecture for the time being, but it was necessary to take precautions.

County Magistrate Shen felt that he had to make preparations for the villages along the river near Xijiang County without causing panic.

The next morning, the county office's notice was sent to Fortune Village. They asked them to dig a canal along the river to divert the water and prepare for the reclamation of land. Anyone who was chosen could use it as their corvee.

The villagers were instantly in an uproar. Every family had to submit to conscription. However, according to ordinary corvee, they might have to travel through mountains, rivers in the cold weather. They were now near their houses and it was just digging a canal in the lukewarm weather in May. How could they not be enthusiastic?