Parents are busy farming

Indeed, just as Ye Zifen thought, when the Hong family heard that there might be a drought here, they took it seriously.

After all, Mr. Hong has stayed here all his life and has different emotions towards this place than ordinary people.

And for the entire country, their place is not only a military location and a transportation hub, but also a major county for food taxation.

It can be said to be the granary of the entire country. If there is a problem elsewhere, there is still a back to rely on, but if the back collapses directly, then...

First, they checked the historical materials with Wang Chuanxing through the power they had.

Later, he was shocked by what he found. Mr. Hong felt that he had to let the Holy Spirit know about this first so that he could be mentally prepared.

Then the uncle of the Hong family entered the palace and told the current emperor what they had guessed.

Because of the seriousness of the situation, although no one guarantees that this will happen, the mentality of nip in the bud has been deeply planted in the hearts of every emperor.

Master Hong and the current emperor discussed in the Qinzheng Hall for a whole day and night. The monarch and his ministers reviewed the historical data of nearly five hundred years and came up with various solutions to the disasters that occurred.

So give it a day.

Not only did the empresses in the palace feel that something was unusual, but even the mansions of major officials also received the news.

They are all waiting and watching.

After Mr. Hong left the palace, the Holy Emperor summoned all the generals to enter the palace.

"Starting from this year, we will strengthen our defense against the nomads in the north and double our military strength compared to before!"

The military commander didn't know why, and thought that the Holy Sage was ambitious and wanted to capture the northern nomads in one fell swoop.

Although they are not afraid of war, if the war is launched because of the selfishness of the current Holy Emperor, they will also feel sorry for the lives of the soldiers.

The Holy Spirit naturally saw their doubts and had no choice but to tell everyone what Master Hong had provided.

"Although these things may not necessarily happen, we must take precautions. It would be best if the drought did not occur. But once it occurs, their only way out is to attack us. Everyone here has not forgotten that the northern nomads once attacked our border towns. Let’s burn, kill and loot!”

After the Holy One's words fell, all the generals were immediately shocked.

For their generals, they not only care about the lives of the soldiers, but also guard the safety of the people in the border towns. This is a responsibility they bear, a responsibility more important than life.

After everyone had no objections, the Holy Spirit issued an imperial edict.

The content of the imperial edict is: 'If foreigners invade, to protect the people of Li, not a city or a pond will be lost. If nothing happens, guard the border and don't deliberately provoke war! ’

Only then did the generals understand that the Holy One wanted them to guard the border and prevent foreign enemies from invading.

It's just that there are already people guarding the border at this time. Sending more troops at this time will also make the other nomads be more vigilant.

Then the Holy Emperor began to ask various places to keep food in check and not to open warehouses at will. He was also afraid of disasters in various places.

In addition, if there is a war, food and grass will also be a big problem.

The next day, the Holy Emperor began to summon civil officials and appointed inspectors to supervise various places along the canal, widen the canal, dredge the silt and build embankments.

This kind of project is actually a costly project. Dredging and widening river channels are not small projects and require a lot of labor to complete.

Take dredging as an example. Today, the only thing that can accomplish dredging is generally a mud boat.

A large number of people with good water ability go deep into the river bottom and put the silt on the river bottom into sacks one by one, and then the employees on the boat pull the sacks onto the boat.

People underwater often encounter various dangers, and it is a very dangerous job.

And the weather is still cold now, which is not suitable for dredging.

As for widening the river, it naturally requires labor. Where there is labor, there needs to be money.

The imperial court has been reducing corvee labor in recent years. If it suddenly increases at this time, I am afraid that the people will also complain.

Master Hong is in charge of the household department, and no one knows the financial situation of the household department better than him and Sheng Shang.

The country has been recuperating in recent years. Although tax revenues from various places have increased, they have been able to maintain the operation of the entire country.

Now that there is a sudden overhaul of water conservancy, it is natural to have strong backing.

However, Master Hong rarely objected to this matter this time, and returned to the Ministry of Finance to more actively prepare money.

That day, the Holy Spirit even sent people to the south to strengthen the dams of several rivers.

Compared with the drought in the north, it is like a dull knife pulling flesh. Although it hurts, it is not life-threatening at once and can be temporarily suspended.

But with the floods in the south, once the embankment collapses in one place, the flood will plummet for thousands of miles.

Scenes will come when people are displaced and even suffer numerous casualties.

In order to prevent the officials he released from inaction, the Holy Spirit also sent several groups of confidants to supervise the matter.

Mr. Hong always looks sad when he comes home recently. In fact, the household department still has some money, but now it needs to be spent like water.

The increase in troops at the border will increase the level of food and grass. Naturally, it will be raised by the Ministry of Household Affairs.

For water conservancy projects in various places, they asked the Ministry of Household Affairs for money, and they went to different places. Officials from all over the country reached out to the Ministry of Household Affairs one after another, which made him even more embarrassed.

Wang Chuanxing naturally knows what Uncle Hong's uncle is worried about? So one night he came to his uncle's study.

"Why are you here so late? Your father and son have been praising me recently. You should have good results next year."

Wang Chuanxing felt a little embarrassed when he heard Uncle Hong praising him, but then he changed the topic to business matters.

"You are still worried about the money issue! Zifen wrote a letter saying that the county has solved this problem on its own!"

Uncle Hong was shocked because no other place could independently handle such a large part of the funds.

He quickly asked: "How did they solve this problem?"

Then Wang Chuanxing told Uncle Hong about setting up a chamber of commerce and getting money to join the association.

After hearing this, Uncle Hong did not immediately express his opinion, but frowned.

The imperial court strongly discouraged organizations like this that had authority among the people.

After all, if there is a person in an organization who talks nonsense, there will be riots in the local area.

Wang Chuanxing knew what his uncle was worried about, and explained: "Although they organized a chamber of commerce, it was formed under the supervision of county government officials. And the money they spent to join the association was supervised by both the chamber of commerce and the government office at the same time. This would not Let the officials keep the money for themselves, let alone let the Chamber of Commerce use the money without any legitimate reasons."

The eldest uncle of the Hong family nodded while listening.

If an organization does not have money, it will be difficult for it to make major moves.