Farmer’s Blessed Girl

"I asked you to inspect the censors in the south, go to Huainan Road and Jiangnan Road to inspect the grain roads, supervise the granary, stabilize the prices, and check the accounts. If there is a minister who ignores the grace of God and violates the law and discipline, I grant you the right to take advantage of it."

Yang Heshu bowed in response, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it will be difficult for one minister to complete the two inspections in a short period of time, and the minister asks for an assistant."

The emperor's gaze swept across the hundred officials, and finally pointed at Bai Erlang and said, "Let Bai Cheng walk with you."

Bai Erlang, who was wandering in the sky, was stunned. He was poked by his colleagues behind him before he reacted. He stepped out and answered hesitantly, "I obey the order."

What Yang He Shuben wanted to ask was Bai Shan, and when he heard that it was Bai Cheng, he understood after a little thought, and agreed with a smile.

The emperor pondered for a while and asked, "Where is Tang He now?"

Feng Liang went out and said: "Master Xiao Tang is now in the area of ​​Bingzhou, inspecting the post-disaster matters."

Five years later, Tang He was still outside. He returned to the capital once on the way, but it was only for debriefing, and he left after staying for less than two months.

The emperor originally wanted to find a place for him to stay as a prefect, but seeing his outstanding achievements in the past few years, with him wandering around in the Great Jin, the officials have become clearer.

So the emperor let him continue to wander around, and truly realized his ideal of traveling from south to north to investigate injustices all over the world.

The emperor said: "Add him to be the censor of the Northern Inspector, with Bai Shan as the deputy censor, and inspect the three grain roads of Henan Road, Hebei Road and Hedong Road together with Tang He."

Bai Shan was stunned for a moment, then got out of the queue and bowed in response.

The emperor said: "Bai Shan, building a granary and stabilizing the price is your first mention, and you are good at calculation. You have to pay attention to this matter and don't slack off."

Bai Shan responded respectfully, "The minister obeys the order."

The emperor resolved the matter, and discussed a few things with the ministers. After seeing that it was too late, he didn't want them to make trouble over the river transportation, so he got up and said, "Let's retreat from the dynasty."

Everyone got up and sent off the emperor respectfully.

Bai Shan looked up at Yang Heshu, smiled slightly, and turned to look for Zhou Man.

Zhou Man took his wat and smiled at him: "You are going on a business trip again, this time there are more places to go, remember to help me pay attention to the plants along the way."

Bai Shan responded, "Don't worry, I'll pay attention. I'll leave the family to you first."

Zhou Man made an "en", and was stopped by Gu Zhong before he went out. Gu Zhong called the names of several adults, Yang Heshu and Bai Erlang were among them, "Your Majesty wants to see a few adults."

The four of them turned around and headed towards the study behind the Tai Chi Hall.

Bai Erlang walked by Zhou Man's side, exhaled quietly and said, "It's dangerous, I was really afraid that His Majesty would ask me questions in the court, but why did you think of letting me inspect the food route? I have been serving in the Hanlin Academy."

He also participated in and signed the account of the river, but he did not participate in the account of the construction of the granary and the stabilization of prices.

Zhou Man, "Isn't the Hanlin of the Hanlin Academy just move where it is needed? Do you really want to stay in the Hanlin Academy for the rest of your life?"

Bai Erlang: "The Hanlin Academy is pretty good, and it's not bad to be an old Hanlin."

Bai Shan said: "Your Majesty asked you to go with Senior Brother Yang on inspections to protect Senior Brother Yang."

"Me?" Bai Erlang was surprised, "I protect Senior Brother Yang? Senior Brother Yang will lead troops, and he will have some kung fu. Is he better than me?"

Bai Shan: "...In short, you can just follow Brother Yang closely, and take the guards of your princess' palace. You are the consort, and your majesty has always loved Princess Zhongmingda, so Huainan Road dare not do anything to you."

Bai Erlang realized later, "Oh, yes, Brother Yang has many enemies in Huainan Road."

Yang Heshu couldn't help but chuckled and said to him, "You will have to protect you along the way."

Bai Erlang hurriedly said: "Brother Yang, don't worry, I can't do anything else, I can still follow you closely."

When they got to the study, the prince and several important ministers were all here.

It was the first time that Bai Erlang entered the Xiaochao meeting, and he was still a little nervous. Fortunately, the emperor did not ask him, but caught Bai Shan and Zhou Man. He seemed to know that although he participated in the matter of the river, it was the person behind him who came up with the idea. Bai Shan and Zhou Man.

Bai Erlang quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Bai Shan dared to write this essay, and he naturally did research, especially the second essay was more detailed than the first, and he added a lot of things after a month's interval.

Bai Shan said: "I have a dense network of waters in the Jin River. I don't say the northern Yellow River and the southern Yangtze River, but only the branches of the rivers in between, the Wei River, the Luo River, the Wuding River, the Fen River, the Bian River, and the Huai River. This is from the northwest to the east. , sailing from north to southeast, and the prefectures and counties it passes through include half of the prosperous places in Dajin.”

"Not to mention that it is difficult to connect the Jialing River with the Wei River, and it can be connected to the Central Plains with the Han River," Bai Shan said. "If these rivers can all be used, the commerce and trade along the way will surely flourish. There are more people in the Central Plains and less land, and the idle manpower can be increased. If it is quickly transported to the north and southeast, the national strength will not be enhanced by one or two times?"

Old Master Tang frowned, "Doesn't it hurt farmers to be so heavy on business?"

The prince said: "If it was natural before, after all, the arable land is limited, but now the grain production has increased and the price of grain has dropped in various places. In the past, two adults worked hard to support a family of three, but now one adult can support a family of three. That's too much. A person who comes out can naturally do other things to make life better."

"And business is the way to make their lives better." The prince said: "Sinong Temple has been studying the matter of increasing the production of rice and wheat seeds in the past few years. I only heard that a rice plant from their experimental field this year has reached the level of Eight stones per mu."

Bai Shan agreed and said: "Although the grain yield is high, there are still many poor people in various places. The displaced people who lost their land and the tenant farmers with less land must be solved. The minister has no better solution. Keeping it alive in the world is the immediate priority."

In fact, there is a way, but the way is more radical. Bai Shan and Zhou Man both feel that if they propose it, they may not see the sun next month, so let's forget it and not mention it for the time being.

They think of a better way to go with the flow and focus on the present moment.

The emperor nodded slightly, and then said: "The river can be dredged, but this is not an overnight thing, especially without a map of the river, the situation of each river is unclear, how to dredge, and which part to dredge first must be discussed in the long run, and it is difficult to have a discussion at the great court meeting. conclusion."

He said: "This time you traveled, in addition to Jiannan Road, the places you went included all the important rivers in our Dajin. I ordered you to collect the river map privately, and hand over the information to the Ministry of Industry, who will formulate a dredging process. Of the policy."

Bai Shan was overjoyed and bowed in response.

The emperor then looked at Zhou Man and said: "The Ministry of Industry will first select a few river channels for testing, so as to avoid problems with the construction of the project, but there are too many migrant laborers and soldiers going down the river, and there will be disasters, your Imperial Physician Office can Is there a countermeasure?"

Zhou Man bowed his head and said, "This minister will decide on a suitable cold and epidemic prevention prescription as soon as possible, as well as a response method suitable for their underwater work. At that time, a medical office will be set up at the labor point in case of emergency."

The emperor nodded slightly, then clicked the map on the case and said, "Then start from Weishui to Fenshui, and your Imperial Physician's Office should prepare."

It was September now, and the water level in the Fenshui area had dropped, and it was even snowing in some places. At this time, dredging the river was really terrible, and Zhou Man did not dare to neglect, and bowed down.

The emperor explained the task, and then said to Bai Erlang, who had been standing obediently: "Consort, you should study with Master Yang."

Bai Erlang responded.

The emperor then waved them off, leaving the crown prince and Lord Tang to talk.

After leaving the study, the four of them walked out of the Taiji Hall. Bai Shan and Zhou Man were left behind. He asked, "This matter is urgent. I'm going to pack up and prepare to go out. Will you go to Fenhe?"

Zhou Man: "Depending on the situation, this matter needs to be discussed with Xiao Yuanzheng, but I won't be there for a long time, and I will be back in three or two months."

After all, in November, it is difficult to dig the river.

Bai Shan nodded, took her hand and said with a smile, "I'll see you at random, you have to take care."

Zhou Man looked up at him and said with a smile, "You are also careful along the way."

Yang Heshu and Bai Erlang had already reached the bottom of the steps. Seeing that the two of them were dawdling behind and never followed, they couldn't help but look back.

The sun was shining brightly, and the two of them were bathing in the golden sunlight. The steps of the Taiji Hall were very long and high. When Yang Heshu and Bai Erlang looked up, they felt that the sun was dazzling, and they only saw their hands shaking together.

Yang Heshu couldn't help but smile, shook his head and turned around and said, "Let's go."

Bai Erlang pouted in disgust, and followed Yang Heshu with a sad face.

Seeing this, Bai Shan and Zhou Man looked at each other and smiled, approached and chased after them, their sleeves touching their sleeves and flying up, no one could see the hands they held together under their sleeves.

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