Through the palace of the king of subjugation

"I have discussed with Chen Yu about reclamation before, but..." He lowered his eyes and said, "Most of the good fields near the river have been flooded, and the rest have also been taken by force. The wasteland is too far away from the water source, and the irrigation problem cannot be solved at all. ..."

"So——" Bai Gu nodded at the blueprint that was still rolled up, "That's why."

This time Li Yu didn't hastily unfold the blueprints anymore, but said slyly: "Cylinder irrigation has never been promoted in Shangning, because the terrain in the south of the Yangtze River is too flat, and there is no difference in water flow, and the bobbin carts cannot run on their own."

White Gull stood aside and nodded affirmatively.

The little emperor probably didn't just read some books as he said, he had a thorough understanding of all aspects.

"If there is no gap, just make it yourself." He affirmed.

He watched Li Yu staring at him with those big suspicious eyes, smiled and stretched out his hands, and then slowly moved away.

"The facilities for diverting the river water out of the river for irrigation are already in place in the south of the Yangtze River. As long as we dig and repair the canals to the wasteland, let the workers specially create the height difference, and we can repair this drum in the place where the difference is large."

"But the location of the wasteland is too far away. The water trolley always relies on the power of weak water to flow to such a far place—" Li Yu no longer avoided Bai Gu's eyes. Zhong seriously thought about the problem, "If there is a large area of ​​cultivated land, I'm afraid it will not be enough."

"Then His Majesty, open the blueprint and take a look." Bai Gu said, signaling with his eyes.

Li Yu carefully spread out the drawings, looked at them for a long time before saying: "This cart looks like a keel, and it's not different from the ones that are common in the north now, but—"

"Here!" He tapped on the pattern with his finger, "There is a wooden frame under here, and there is a groove in the middle..."

"This is a high-drum trolley." Bai Ou smiled affirmatively, "The running speed is much faster than those you have seen."

Li Yu said nothing more, and stared at the two drawings on the small case again and again for a long time.

It wasn't until Bai Gu felt that his calf was numb from standing that he saw the little emperor raised his head and whispered, "Why do you have so many?"

White Gull twisted his neck and laughed, "Gulls fly in the sky, they can see everything, including—"

He tilted his body, approached Li Yu and said, "Tomorrow you can't even see."

Every time the little emperor fled in a panic, Bai Ou found it interesting. Now that he had solved the most difficult problem, he became very playful and was about to play tricks on the little emperor, but Li Yu suddenly turned around...

At such a close distance, the tip of his nose almost collided with Li Yu's, but the little emperor didn't dodge or avoid it, staring seriously into his eyes.

He looked at the crystal in Li Yu's eyes, and heard Li Yu say something in a low voice——

"Thank you."

So this time, it was the white gull's turn to dodge.

He cleared his throat in embarrassment, stood up straight, and was about to say something to make up for it, but suddenly saw the crystals in the little emperor's eyes dripping out like this.

"Sorry……"

There were 1 question marks in Bai Gu's heart.

How many things does the little emperor have that he has not seen?

He was obviously helping, but it was just a small joke, and he didn't bully anyone...

Why is that fierce little emperor crying all of a sudden?

"I'm sorry." Li Yu repeated solemnly, wiping the tears off his cheeks with his sleeves in shame, "These are all good things, but... I'm afraid it's still too late to save Jiangnan and Shang Ning..."

"It's me—" he took a deep breath, "incompetent."

White Gull frowned tightly, and suddenly understood the little emperor's tears from that sigh.

"It's because—" he said in a deep voice, "Is it silver?"

Before he came, he thought about it carefully, the little emperor could probably afford the money to speed up the mass production of a batch of Quyuan plows for use; but the long-distance excavation of irrigation canals and the construction of a large number of high-drum carts cost as much as the money. The sea has gone.

Li Yu lowered his eyes and nodded, really hating himself in his heart.

Just like what Xiao Yao said, Baiou seems to be the savior of Shang Ning and himself, but he is about to let him down.

But soon, he heard Bai Gu write lightly: "I've thought about this matter."

"Silver—" Bai Guu stood up straight with arms folded, held the corner of his mouth and said with a smile, "Go to those noble gentlemen to ask for it."

Most of the good land of the noble family was flooded. Although the good land that was seized is used to make up for it, it is not comparable to the good land in the past. In addition, the flood destroyed many canals, and many fields have some problems in irrigation.

"Your Majesty is holding on to the money first, and let Chen Yu find someone to speed up the work and build one or two decent canals, so that the nobles and old men can see what's new."

"After that, I will cry poorly with them and tell them that the imperial court cannot repair such a good thing, but as long as anyone is willing to pay, the imperial court will repair the canal with the high trolley in front of his house; , don’t take them to play.”

"But—" Li Yu stared at the drawings with his hands behind his back, thinking for a long time, "Even if they are willing to pay, they are probably only willing to pay for the one that has been repaired in front of their own house..."

"Ask for them. They asked the court for money. When was it not a false and concealed report, and they said it desperately?" Bai Ou nodded his chin and waved his hand, "If it doesn't work, just borrow it! At worst, His Majesty will personally stamp it on the IOU. Shang Yuxi, send it to them."

"Release another batch of Quyuanli to show them."

The reason why the flooded land cannot be cultivated is because the flood has taken away the nutrients in the land after the water recedes, but as long as the soil is plowed deeply and the fertile soil at the bottom is dug out, it will be restored sooner or later.

Bai Gu explained carefully: "With this Quyuanli, we can speed up the recovery of those destroyed good fields. Your Majesty can promise them that those lands will be given priority by virtue of the IOU."

With a few words of understatement, Bai Ou secretly changed the aristocratic family's occupation of the fertile land into a replacement, and took back the ownership of the destroyed fertile land for Li Yu. This caught Li Yu's mind more than those novel and efficient agricultural machinery.

Could it be that in this short period of time, Bai Gu has even considered things so far away for him?

"Isn't this blatantly taking back those water-damaged lands..." He carefully tested, "Wouldn't those gentry families not investigate?"

"Your Majesty is tantamount to acquiescing to their enclosure. It's too late for them to be happy!"

"What your Majesty wants is silver, what the gentry want is sweetness, everyone gathers for profit, don't worry about what the other party is thinking." Bai Ou smiled slyly, "Your Majesty, as long as the sweetness in front of you is enough, you can get the silver."

"When the benefits are exhausted..."

"I don't know how many years will be when all the benefits are gone." Bai Ou interrupted Li Yu. He knew what the little emperor wanted to say. If you are full, you can support soldiers; as long as the military power is in your hands—”

"Repudiation..." He raised his eyebrows and jokingly said, "Is it possible?"

He watched the little emperor pursed his lower lip in surprise, and laughed out loud.

The paper tiger little emperor, is roughly the same as Su Momo said, he is still a good boy in his heart, and has never thought about these scoundrels.

"The eyes of these gentry are only money interests, not country and society; they look forward to the empress dowager, but they don't recognize the jade seal passed down by one party."

White Gull leaned forward and narrowed his eyes.

His straight shoulders were raised because of this movement, and the tailored bodyguard uniform perfectly outlined his tight and lean muscles that he had trained all year round.

There was a sharp look in the slits of his eyes.

He is like a leopard crawling on the grassland staring at its prey.

"What is the reason for this siege in the south of the Yangtze River? Does Your Majesty hate them? But the current Shang Ning can't afford to change—" He lowered his voice, "But as long as you have to recuperate overnight, Your Majesty may not be able to choose other talents , instead of..."

Li Yu listened to the whisper of the white gull in his ear, stared blankly at the blueprint in front of him, and let the heat in his ear make his ears turn red.

At first, he was only greedy for the warmth in Bai Gull's hands and arms, but he didn't dare to think about it——

It turned out that Bai Gu had already thought of so far and so much for him.