Chapter 185: Citizens

"Yansheng? Any questions?"

Chongshan, who was sitting in front of the city hall and taking orders, put down his pen and paper and looked at the old farmer Liu Yansheng standing in front of him. He remembered this farmer, who worked very hard and was one of the first people in the territory to have a house.

The performance of several agricultural teams under him was also among the best. It was said that he had recently learned to read and worked with others to produce a text version of the crop planting guide. Chongshan had read the booklet.

It was well written. Chongshan took the booklet and discussed with others and corrected the errors in it, and then distributed it to all the farmers in the agricultural area for reference.

The popularization of text education in the territory now also allows the five people in the entire agricultural team to barely understand some relatively complex paragraphs and words together, and they can convey information to the people in the territory in text form.

"Mr. Chongshan, some people want to know why we need to learn this knowledge..."

Liu Yansheng looked at Chongshan, who seemed a little tired, in front of him with some restraint, and asked him questions with the doubts of the people in the territory.

In order to appease the people, Ji Lin and Chongshan set up a high platform in the square outside the city hall in the past two days, working and teaching under the sight of everyone.

The territory has not entered a fully mobilized state, and Ji Lin is a little worried that some of the people will resist the life-and-death crisis. Therefore, he did not notify the people before he determined the type of natural disaster to face, so as to avoid unnecessary panic.

The nature of living things is to seek benefits and avoid harm.

Before there is a major risk of natural disasters overwhelming the territory, he tends to rely on militia and the army to organize a reliable and disciplined disaster prevention team, while other people follow the principle of voluntariness to sign up for participation.

But whether they participate or not, they must be popularized with relevant knowledge about floods and tsunamis.

There are not so many stupid people in the world. The people looked at the gloomy sky outside the window, and the team leader in charge of their own group went to the meeting to receive education on flood prevention and control programs.

No matter how slow they are, they are vaguely aware that a disaster is about to happen. In ancient times, a natural disaster in an area often means that a large-scale famine will break out here.

Many people followed Liu Yansheng to the square of the town hall.

Ji Lin stood up to comfort these people and told them to go home. He could solve the upcoming crisis and it was dangerous outside.

More and more people gathered. Some of them had just returned from work and came out of their houses. They stood in the audience and listened quietly to the words of their lord. Their sincere attitude was completely different from that of other officials.

The lord had promised them everything and he had done it. Everyone had enough food to eat and meat rations; everyone could have their own houses to live in; they no longer needed to be vigilant against foreign enemies and bandits invading.

The people believed in Ji Lin. In their eyes, he was a wise king.

They had escaped famine and war. They were not the kind of immigrants who moved from one stable area to another. At first, they were just a group of refugees and pioneers.

This small town was a rare paradise in their lives.

If this place was destroyed, would they embark on another journey of escape? Where would they go?

They didn't know that this was a test from the system. Based on their own experience, they analyzed that there might be heavy losses here due to the upcoming disaster... A considerable number of them were reduced to fleeing famine because of natural disasters.

The people stood silently in the audience until Ji Lin finished speaking, and no one interrupted him.

Ji Lin raised his head and looked at the gloomy sky. The sky had become extremely gloomy since he started the test, and only at noon would it occasionally emit a little light.

No raindrops fell, and the gloomy sky seemed to be accumulating a rainstorm.

A weak voice broke the long silence, and then became powerful.

"Lord, you give us shelter, food, and clothes."

The people raised their heads, revealing a little determination in their uneasy eyes, and finally straightened their bodies in front of Ji Lin.

"We just stay at home and don't work for the territory at all."

This is not appropriate.

We came here hoping to do something within our ability.

Instead of staying in their rooms uncomfortably, listening to the raindrops hitting the windows, waiting for the disaster to come.

In order to protect the good life they have now, if the enemy comes, they will fight them to the end; if natural disasters come, they also have this life to resist.

They have come out of the hard days and will never want to go back to the hard days.

The teacher in the private school told them many times when they were learning to read that the lips and teeth are cold, and they are no longer farmers who can't read a single word.

Ji Lin's eyes fell on the crowd that had gathered without knowing it, and they were all looking at him with this look.

Looking at their lord.

Ji Lin flashed a trace of helplessness, but felt his nose a little sour, took a deep breath, and adjusted his thoughts back to the work track.

He himself planned to let the people do some non-dangerous work, such as sewing sacks in the back, filling them with soil and transporting them to the flood control embankment, etc.

In this kind of situation, the more manpower that can be mobilized, the better. He will not refuse these people from doing the work. If there are enough manpower to mobilize, he can mobilize manpower to build a longer, wider and higher dam.

"If you want to participate in the work, please sign here and leave your residence. I will arrange work for you."

Ji Lin said, moved a table, and sat outside to register the identities of these subjects.