From time to time, people came to steal crops, and it was impossible to catch them. This situation made Ling Xue very annoyed.
If they weren't really short of food, they probably wouldn't have done such a thing, but their actions did affect Lin Xue.
After Aunt Zhang found out, she came over to comfort Ling Xue: "You're next to the garrison here, they can help keep an eye on you. The situation in other villages is more serious, and they can't stop it."
"Yes, it might be better if there are more farms. I wonder when the policy will be relaxed?" Ling Xue also sighed!
Those who were caught were forced to work as punishment by Ling Xue, but Ling Xue still provided them with food. Ling Xue couldn't let them work on an empty stomach, so she gave them food and let them cook it themselves.
This method made those people come to steal crops more and more, just for the little rations Ling Xue gave them. Some people even waited there for Ling Xue and the troops to catch them, which made Ling Xue laugh and cry, and also a little sad.
There were too many people. Ling Xue knew that this method wouldn't work, so she planned to grow some thorny shrubs and plant them around the farm. This way, the situation should be better!
Ling Xue didn't have any thorn seeds, so she gave them to Ishihara Kai.
"I don't have any thorn seeds here. All I have are grain seeds. Don't worry, I'll ask for you!" Ishihara Kai was still very enthusiastic about Ling Xue's request for help.
A few days later, the thorn seeds were delivered to Lin Xue by Ishihara Kai.
"Thank you very much, these seeds can solve my urgent problem!" Ling Xue was of course very happy to receive the seeds, and kept thanking Ishihara.
Ishihara laughed and told Ling Xue a little piece of information: "A new policy will be released in a few days. Anyone with a flower spring can apply for land according to the size of the flower spring. When more people plant crops, there will be fewer people stealing them."
"Yeah, I'll be waiting then!"
Ling Xue also knew that this situation could not be completely eliminated, so she still planted thorns. In any case, planting thorns would always make her safer.
Ling Xue first planted a thousand meters of thorns around the edge of the field, and then promoted the growth.
Therefore, the soldiers stationed not far away soon discovered that Ling Xue's crops had sprouted a thousand meters of thorns, and these thorns grew very fast. Of course, they didn't know that this was the result of Ling Xue's stimulation, but just thought that this kind of thorns grew so fast on their own!
After the thorns that were two meters wide and one thousand meters long grew out, Ling Xue began to cut the thorn branches and start grafting.
No one knows whether this kind of thorn can be grafted by cuttings, but under Ling Xue's induction technique, it will become possible.
And those who were caught were the ones who were inserting the thorny branches. They were very happy and thought of it as finding a job. The food they received from Ling Xue was their salary.
Several people who were caught and were grafting branches were chatting while working.
"Once this farm is fenced off, I'm afraid we'll be out of work!"
"It's okay. I've already asked Miss Ling. She said that when the harvest comes, we can come and help dig potatoes and sweet potatoes. She'll give us some as rations!"
"Really? That's great!"
"Miss Ling also said that people with flower springs can apply for farms, but if the flower spring is too small, it won't work. At least it needs to be a large flower spring that can irrigate the land before you can apply for a farm!"
"Really? I don't know if our Huaquan is good enough to qualify for land!"
"If the flower spring is small, can't we just apply for a few acres less land? Of course, a flower spring that's not even big enough for our own use won't do!"
"That's great! I saw online that work will soon resume. Look, now we can eat the new food and walk under the sun!"
“I’m really looking forward to it!”
"Me too!"