Originally, drought resistance should be the affairs of the government and the village heads of the village. However, at this time, Li Xiao took on the responsibility of the leaders of drought resistance and disaster relief, and even the five village heads and the village heads had no objection.

Xiangyoutang is not an official organization, it is just a spontaneous organization among the people.

But at this time, the township meeting hall was officially established, and it was undoubtedly more authoritative than the Libao sent by the county government to the township.

The chairman was elected, thirteen directors and forty-nine members of the parliament, and a village party group that maintained order under the township meeting hall was formed, with a total of 200 people.

Today's conference was as successful as Li Xiao expected, and a consensus was quickly reached one by one.

There is only one left, whether to take the initiative to reduce production.

It is of great importance, but it cannot be solved in just a few words. Even such a major event, even the directors and congressmen elected by everyone, dare not say that they fully represent the villagers below.

"Everyone has something to say and speak freely. This matter involves each of us, so everyone can say something, and no one else needs to represent you." Li Xiao broke the silence when he saw that everyone was not talking.

After saying that, he sat down again, picked up the teacup on the table, and drank a few sips of tea. The cup was newly picked honeysuckle this year. The honeysuckle looked very beautiful when it bloomed. It first had green buds, then it bloomed into silver-white flowers, and finally turned golden when it bloomed, and finally withered.

Therefore, it is named honeysuckle. This flower can smell a fragrance from afar. After picking and drying the unopened honeysuckle, it becomes honeysuckle tea. Drinking it in water can clear away heat, detoxify and remove fire.

If the weather is dry, drink some honeysuckle can defeat the fire.

"Sanlang, according to previous years' experience, this year's drought will indeed be very serious, but now I am not sure that it will definitely not rain this day."

An old man said.

"There are unexpected changes in the world. No one can guarantee that the drought will surely go down this day, but no one dares to say that it will definitely rain this day. We can't guess what God does, but we can only do it according to previous years' experience, choose the greatest possibility, and ensure the greatest harvest. Mr., are you right?" Li Xiao put down the teacup and said to the old man.

Li Xiao is not a god. Of course he doesn’t know how much this drought will be this year, but the old farmers below are all experienced people, and they are actually very clear in their hearts.

The possibility of continued drought is higher, and the possibility of rain is minimal.

It’s just that everyone doesn’t want to believe such a fact.

"Sanlang, you said you want to reduce production, so how to reduce it, how much do you need to reduce it?"

"How to reduce it depends on our estimate of the drought. Based on previous years' experience, this year's drought is probably a severe drought that occurs once in a decade. According to previous years' experience, it is already very good to have such a severe drought in the fields of 20 to 30% of the crops in the fields. Therefore, we have to be mentally prepared early, and I suggest reducing it by half first."

Letting the villagers give up half of the crops first is like letting their parents give up their children, which is quite unacceptable.

It's not acceptable, and there is no other better way.

It is better to keep a little bit than to have no last bit.

After half of the production was said, there was a breath of breath. Although everyone knew in their hearts that Li Xiao had already said it was very polite. In previous years, it was not easy to be able to maintain a 20% chance in the end. Many families could not even compete for water, and the last harvest could not be maintained.

Li Xiao said that he would cut production by half first, leaving room for nothing, but everyone still had trouble.

Such a decision is too difficult to make.

"According to the principle of fairness and justice, all villages and households in the township and villages take the initiative to reduce production by half, give up half of the cultivated land, and no longer go to water and irrigate to ensure the remaining water for other crops. In addition, in order to take care of the poor villagers, the adjustment will be made according to the actual situation. We must ensure that each household must have at least ten acres of land."

The people in the whole town, there are rich and poor, the rich have more arable land, and the poor have less arable land.

For example, Li Xiao, a big landlord in the village, has more than 1,000 acres of land in his family, and half of it still has more than 500 acres of land. For example, some poor people have few people and few land. Some people who only have one strong man in their family may only plant twenty or thirty acres of land at home, and there is only a small amount of land. If the land is reduced by half, there may be only a small amount of land left. Even if this amount of land can be preserved, the harvest may not be enough for food.

Li Xiao proposed to retain at least ten acres of land for villagers, which was also due to this consideration.

The minimum minimum is ten acres per household, which is really the minimum guarantee. Originally, the land yield in Lanxi was only surplus per mu. In the event of such a severe drought, even if it could be saved, it would definitely reduce the yield. Maybe 50% may not be there. In this way, ten acres of land can only harvest five or six stones of grain.

This little food is the life-saving food that the family has to wait for after autumn, and this must be guaranteed.

"Sanlang benevolence and righteousness, this is what it should be." Several old patriarchs also spoke. As the saying goes, rules are dead, people live, and laws are nothing but human nature. When setting rules, the truth should be fully considered.

Everyone has a common goal and work together, and things will be much easier to discuss.

In particular, Li Xiao took the initiative to say at the meeting that after he had a lot of land and was willing to reduce production by 60%, everyone admired him even more.

The Li family has more than 100 acres of land, which means that more than 100 acres of land will be abandoned.

As a leader, as long as you don’t seek personal gain, you can still give it a balance. What else can you not convince?

The proposal to cut production by 50% was finally passed at the conference and was unanimously agreed by everyone. Although the reduction of production by 50% may not be enough for this year's drought. However, it is not easy to pass the proposal to cut production by 50% for the first time.

After all, in previous years, no one would take the initiative to reduce production. No matter how big the drought is, it will be the same as farming. Then, after fighting for water, you can only watch the drought die a little bit after no water.

"I have an idea, Saburo, I don't know if it's right."

Master Yang stood up and spoke at this time. Although he was not a villager in Lanxi Township, the chief of the academy was also the teacher of many villagers and children here, and everyone respected him very much.

"If you have something to say, please say." Even the village chiefs were very polite, and they were very polite to the old master who taught like this.

"I have been listening to everyone discussing drought relief here. In the face of the major disaster, I am really relieved to see everyone abandon their prejudices and work together. However, I think in order to ensure the harvest and make the Blue Stream water better utilize, I have a suggestion."

Li Xiao nodded to Yang Dayan, "Teacher, please tell me."

"Sanlang, fellow villagers, since we can set up a convention hall here today and take the initiative to reduce production here, we are all very sincere. I think it is better for everyone to go further."
Chapter completed!