The rise of the president in the harem

The village chief said with emotion: "Everyone in the village knows what Ji Xiang did for Lao Zhao and Grandma Qian's family yesterday. The children were very happy when they heard Xiaoba said that they could go to a free school next month. The old people Now everyone says you are the reincarnation of a Bodhisattva!"

"I'm just trying my best." Gao Yue's words were not modest, he really felt that he was doing what he thought was right to the best of his ability.

However, the villagers who have received his favor are very grateful, and have consciously spread the good deeds. This action not only made Gao Yue's reputation, but also showed that the villagers who were rescued by Gao Yue themselves had good roots.Why worry about failing in your career if you govern with kindness?

After seeing this clearly, Gao Yue concluded that the tax reform and agricultural reform in Zhaojia Village should be able to proceed smoothly as long as there is no external force to make trouble.He is not a person who is greedy for fame, so this topic will be stopped. Instead, he asked about watering the fields. He asked the village chief: "In the past, where did we get the water for watering the fields?"

The village chief smiled wryly and said: "To tell you the truth, our village has also diverted the water from the stream over the years, but we don't have much rain in the north. If there is another drought year, the water in the stream will be even more hopeless." On. Therefore, the canal was dug before, but all households have seldom used it these years. One is that the water in the stream has fallen and cannot reach the opening of the canal, and the other is that everyone is used to pulling water from a puddle farther away. , use the water in the pit to irrigate the land, and the crops grown grow well, so now there are more water trucks in every household.”

"Water wheel?" Gao Yue thought for a while, and said, "But there are not many households in our village with cattle, and the water wheel has no horses or oxen to pull it. Is it human?"

"We have two waterwheels in our village." The village chief said, "In previous years, when it was time to water the fields, each household took turns to use them, and even if the schedule is tight, everyone can take care of them."

"Only two cars..."

Gao Yue muttered, and stopped asking.The village head saw that he lowered his head slightly, as if he was thinking about something, and didn't dare to disturb him anymore.Just leading the way, the group quickly came to the edge of the stream.

After walking along the gravel dike on the bank of the stream for a while, everyone saw that there was indeed a gap between the dikes, but the position of the gap was obviously higher than the surface of the stream, and the difference in height was at least one meter. Unless it is flooded in summer, it is not easy to make up for the water level of one meter with normal rainfall.Besides, it's a living river—

etc!Since it is running water, wouldn't it be good to build a dam to intercept it?It is impossible for the village head and others not to think of such a simple truth, but they didn't do it. Why?So Gao Yue asked the village chief: "Why don't you build a dam to intercept the water and raise the water level?!"

The village chief sighed: "It's not that we don't want to do this. It's just that although this small stream is not a famous river, it is also the only source of living water in these ten miles and eight towns. Don't look at it like this. Its downstream meets the Baihe River. If it If you take a boat down the river, you can go directly to the East Sea of ​​Gucheng. Therefore, the former county magistrate once issued an order not to build dams on this river. In addition, if we build a dam in one village, the downstream villages are likely to be destroyed. It will run out of water. Therefore, we have not paid attention to it over the years."

Gao Yue understood. Although this stream is inconspicuous, it is a rare water transportation for Zhaojia Village.In addition, its water volume is related to the daily water use of several upstream and downstream villages, so the road to build dams and intercept the flow is not available here.

Then think of another way.

"Village Chief, show me the canal that was dug earlier."

The village head quickly responded, and led Gao Yue down the gap in the embankment. Along the way, Gao Yue saw that the space in the canal was almost filled with weeds, and guessed that the canal had been abandoned. for many years.

However, although it is a useless canal, when it was excavated before, the layout was very good, almost running through all the fields in Zhaojia Village, covering a wide enough area, and it can be used again after renovation.

The key now is how to get water from that stream to this canal.

After Gao Yue read it, he already had a prototype of a plan in his mind, but it required a lot of calculations to determine its feasibility.Therefore, after looking at the canal, he returned to the shore with gaps.

Gao Yue turned around and rushed to the dark sun to ask for a soft ruler and a board for measuring.Then, he mobilized everyone to measure a lot of data up and down and sideways on the shore.After all the work was completed, he returned to the suburban courtyard with the stack of paper full of data.

As soon as he came back, he saw Qi Yao wandering around the door, and saw Gao Yue coming back from a distance, Qi Yao was very happy, and ran over in a hurry.

"What happened?" Gao Yue raised her eyebrows and asked, "Why are you so happy?"

Qi Yao took out a blueprint from his bosom, and said: "Master Ji, this is the architectural drawing of the college that I came up with, can you see if it works this time?"

Gao Yue took it and looked at it while walking into the yard, and asked, "Have you shown it to Mr. Liang?"

"Master Liang has seen it, and he said it is acceptable." Qi Yao rubbed his hands, looking forward to Gao Yue's compliment.

However, Gao Yue just hummed, and said: "Then you draw a picture that satisfies him, and then show it to me." After finishing speaking, he returned the picture to Qi Yao.

"Ah?" Qiyao took the blueprint in a daze, looked at it with a frown, and saw that Gao Yue was about to enter the house without looking back, and hurriedly chased after him, asking: "Then why don't you give me some pointers?" ?”

Gao Yue smiled, turned to Qi Yao and said, "I've given you advice, how can you improve? Young people still have to take on more and experience more, so that they can accumulate experience. Are you Master Qi?"

After Gao Yue finished speaking, she patted Qi Yao on the shoulder, and then entered the room without looking back.Qi Yao nodded subconsciously, and after realizing that he had been rejected by Mr. Gao, he let out an 'ah' again, and stretched his hand forward enough, but unfortunately he didn't even grab a piece of Gao Yue's robe.

After Gao Yue entered the room, she ordered Xiao Xingzi to close the door.This is the first time since he moved into the suburban courtyard to thank guests behind closed doors. Everyone can see that he doesn't want anyone to disturb him. Although he doesn't know what he is going to do, anyone with a wink will not take the initiative to go Touch this mold.

Of course Qi Yao was not stupid, seeing Xiao Xingzi closed the door, he touched his nose, and went back to the backyard to think about it in a very sensible way.

In the main house, Gao Yue re-laid a blank sheet of paper on the desk in the main hall, and then he used the data collected from the canal just now, brought in various formulas from the Department of Architecture, and started a three-hour calculation.

Gao Yue was so engrossed that she didn't even notice when the sun went down, when Xiao Xingzi lit the lamp, and that he ate up all his dinner unknowingly...

Until the ground was covered with all kinds of waste manuscripts, the papers covered with handwriting on the desk kept falling down, and on the latest piece of paper in front of Gao Yue, a group of vertically intersecting waterwheels was drawn.Next to this set of graphs is a set of gravity-related data markers.Non-professionals can't understand it at all.

After Gao Yue finished drawing this picture, he let out a long breath and said to himself: "Confirm the weight of bamboo after soaking in water or steel, which is heavier, and finally you can get - how much do you need to dig for the canal?" The value of the..."

He sat there alone, talking about it, especially like breaking into the land of no one, not only that, but he also wrote a bunch of formulas, that kind of thing is simply a heavenly book for a native of Dazhou like Xiao Xingzi.

So, when Xiao Xingzi was squatting on the ground to help Gao Yue tidy up those draft papers, looking at the strings of Arabic numerals on the paper, at a certain moment, he really believed that his master really had some kind of golden book, right?

Gao Yue has no time to care what Xiao Xingzi thinks right now, his brain is in a state of excitement, and he can't wait to determine those values.Therefore, he copied another copy of the blueprint in his hand, called An Sun, and said to him: "This is tied to the pigeon's leg, and I will give it to Your Majesty. Remember to tie it firmly."

An Ri took the note and walked out, thinking, what happened to Mr. Ji Xiang today?Didn't you just send pigeons to His Majesty this morning?Why did you add another letter at night? Could it be that His Majesty issued an imperial decree to Ji Xiang before he left yesterday? !

Dark Sun doesn't know, Gao Yue gave this picture to Zhou Feiqi to get a scaled-down model, so that he can simulate the water speed of the creek so as to more accurately estimate the water level of the outlet canal and the waterwheel The mechanical relationship between the driving forces.Gao Yue intends that if the water flow of that creek is not enough to support the operation of the waterwheel, he needs to add an external force system to the vertical waterwheel so that the water can be adjusted upwards under manual operation to reduce the villagers' work on watering the ground. burden.

Gao Yue hoped that after the successful development of this water wheel, even old people and children like Grandma Qian and Xiao Ba could easily operate it. It would be really easy to irrigate and enjoy a happy farming life!

If the waterwheel can be made in the end and succeed in Zhaojia Village, he also wants to promote it in the whole county, so that the people in the nearby ten miles and eight towns can enjoy the convenience brought by the machine to life.

Gao Yue is ambitious, and for the past two days she has devoted herself to the joy of creation.Affected by his positive emotions, everyone in the suburban courtyard felt as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. Even Liang Chen managed to get out of the room on the fourth day when he was lying in bed. He and Xiao Xingzi could only leave with the support of the two, but today is different, today is the day when Ji Si distributes sweet potato seeds to the villagers of Zhaojia Village. How could Liang Chen not be present at such an important moment?

Then his title as an imperial envoy for tax reform is not in vain!

In fact, not only Gao Yue, but everyone can understand Liang Chen's mood. Therefore, the old doctor Helian and the Taoist priest Chi Yun didn't say much about his aggressive behavior. They just packed the medicine box and needle pack silently. Always ready to 'first aid' for Liang Chen.

On this day, before dawn, there were people at the gate of Jisi's suburban courtyard, carrying bamboo baskets on their backs, waiting to distribute seeds.The land at home, in the past three days, has been soiled and stems planted according to the method Gao Yue taught them before, and they are waiting for the seeds to be planted directly.

In terms of anticipation for this tax reform, of course, the villagers of Zhaojia Village are looking forward to the most, because if the reform of autumn tax and spring payment is successful, they will be the first beneficiaries.Not only can the tax be reduced, but you can also eat sweet potatoes, which are rare in Fanbang. It is said that if the sweet potatoes are sold in the market, they are also very valuable.Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the next year's seeds are in their own hands, and the good seeds they leave behind are the only ones in the whole Da Zhou!

Not to mention how much money they can earn, the honor of being the only one in Dazhou is enough for them to be happy for several years!

And Ji Xiang also said that if any of them grows sweet potatoes well, next year they can enter the Ministry of Household Planning Division as a doctor of agriculture. Not only will they have a salary, but they will also be able to follow Ji Division to other villages to teach sweet potatoes Isn't the experience of planting equivalent to being a teacher? !That can be regarded as Guangzong Yaozu's ability, right? !

Therefore, the villagers in Zhaojia Village can't wait to get the sweet potato seeds as soon as possible, and of course they can't wait to witness the bumper harvest next year!

In the seventh year of Jiayi, on the morning of the third day of the Second Frost's Descent, the Planning Department of the Dazhou Household Department distributed the first batch of sweet potato seeds to all the villagers in the suburban yard of Zhaojia Village in the eastern suburbs.

On this day, people from all over the world came to Zhaojia Village to watch the sweet potato planting whenever they had time.Their expressions may be curious or envious or suspicious or smiling, but Gao Yue can tell that the tax reform in Zhaojia Village has now spread in this county, and countless people are paying attention to the progress of this matter ——

Therefore, it is even more impossible to fail!

Therefore, Gao Yue led Ji Si and the others to stay in the field for another few days, and together with the villagers completed the first feat of taxation reform since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty!The autumn tax and spring payment were officially put on the stage of history.As long as there is a good harvest next spring, this matter can be gradually promoted.

In the past few days, Gao Yue was in the field, chatting with the people from the neighboring villages who came to watch, and asked what they used to water the fields in their village. Borrowing six water trucks, plus the original two from Zhaojia Village, made a total of eight water trucks. This greatly alleviated the difficulty of centralized farming and watering in the absence of canals.

Gao Yue has a feeling that these sweet potatoes will definitely have a bumper harvest next year.In fact, he is not the only one who thinks so, including the people in Zhaojia Village and the people who came to watch. Everyone can see that according to the current planting method and the total water source, as long as these so-called sweet potatoes do not encounter extreme cold weather, they will grow well next year. Should not be wrong.

It lasted for another three days, and on the last day Gao Yue was still walking in the fields, exchanging farming experience with the people and learning about their daily life.In the field, because he and Ji Si's adults were present, the common people were reluctant to leave, and they always felt that they would be very proud if they could speak a few words with the official.

In the evening of this day, Liang Chen was supported by Xiao Hei, and he also came to the ridge of the field.

Gao Yue saw him from a distance from the crowd, and said to the people surrounding him: "I have something to deal with, folks, do it yourself." The eyes of the people followed his figure, and they also saw the Liang Chen on the edge of the field.

At this time, people from other villages asked curiously: "Who is that person? It looks like he was injured?!"

The people in this village told him: "That is Mr. Liang, who was originally the imperial envoy in charge of our tax reform. He was killed and injured a few days ago. Let me tell you..."

The villagers whispered about how the robbers robbed Li Zhen that day, and they exclaimed again and again.

Gao Yue walked up to Liang Chen, observed his expression first, and seeing that he was still calm, asked, "Master Chi Yun is gone?"

"En." Liang Chen said: "The seven-day limit has come. I was afraid that Zhen'er would wake up and cry, so I came out while he was asleep."

"You," Gao Yue bent down and washed his hands in the wooden barrel by the field, and said, "You should actually give him a gift."

Liang Chen shook his head, and said: "It's okay. When the Taoist priest carried him into the carriage, he slept soundly. The nanny sent by Mrs. Li was also very kind to him. Actually, is there me—"

"Actually, I understand that you feel very sad." Gao Yue sighed and said, "I transferred you to Zhaojia Village because I thought it would be more convenient for you to take Li Zhen here. I didn't expect so many things to happen. What happened, but caused the separation of your father and son, I still didn't think carefully about it."

Liang Chen shook his head again, and said: "This matter, in the final analysis, I didn't listen to Taoist Chi Yun's advice at the beginning, but now I think about it, as long as Zhen'er can grow up safely, I have nothing else to ask for. "

"Well. That's fine too."

Both of them were silent for a while, and then Gao Yuecai said again: "Are you recovering well these days? If you can't bear it, go back and rest as soon as possible. Don't feel embarrassed, and don't put too much pressure on it. I hope you can recover as soon as possible." recovering."

"Don't worry, I'm not the kind of person to be brave. Daoist Chi Yun and the old doctor both said that I would get better faster if I exercised more. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come all the way here to see you!" Liang Chen said In the end, just laughed.

Seeing his smile, Gao Yue was relieved.The two talked and walked back slowly.

Liang Chen took out a piece of paper from his arms, which was the design drawing of the academy newly submitted by Qi Yao at noon. After reading it, Liang Chen thought it was good, so he wanted to discuss it with Gao Yue.Gao Yue took the blueprint, nodded, and said, "It's okay this time. It's simple and elegant, and the back-shaped pattern separates two areas for regular listening and listening. The listening area is outside, and there is a corridor roof to shelter from the wind and rain. That’s not bad. It’s just that the floor area is a bit large, so it would be better if it can be reduced by half and increased by one floor.”

"Oh?" Liang Chen leaned his head over, looked at the picture with Gao Yue's hand, and asked, "If it is reduced by half, won't this side be vacant? The purpose of vacating such a large space is to build another garden ?"

"What do I want a garden for?" Gao Yue didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "It's a playground."

"Playground?" Liang Chen was puzzled, and asked, "Are we still practicing both civil and martial arts?"

"No double cultivation!" Gao Yue said, "It's the comprehensive development of morality, intelligence, physical education, art and labor. Haha, when Guo Wushui makes the teaching plan, you can first revise a few versions for him according to the aspects of morality, intelligence, physical education, art and labor, and then we will continue Focus on discussion."

"Alright."

Liang Chen and Gao Yue walked back while talking, they walked very slowly, mainly because Gao Yue took care of Liang Chen and did it on purpose.When they were about to reach the gate of the suburban courtyard, the two of them saw a person standing at the gate at the same time. Yue's eyes that had just lit up immediately darkened again, and she didn't know what stimulated her, so she turned around and went back.

Gao Yue:?

Liang Chen:!

Liang Chen quickly looked at Gao Yue, and saw Gao Yue turned his head to look at him in doubt. Liang Chen was a little embarrassed by him, and he didn't know how to explain it, so he heard Gao Yue say: "Why do I feel that Mr. Shen just now is What about coming?"

"Maybe." Liang Chen didn't want to say more.

Gao Yue was still wondering, "Then why did he shrink back again? Why do I look at him so awkwardly!"

Liang Chen: Hehe, I can't answer that!

Gao Yue was puzzled and confused, but right now she didn't have the time to gossip about Shen Qianchen's weird behavior.He was still holding Qi Yao's blueprint in his hand, and when he returned to the main house, someone called Qi Yao over and told him his thoughts on the academy.

After listening to Qi Yao, he also felt that it was a pity to have such a large space in the back, but since Gao Yue said that the space was to be vacated for other purposes, although he still had doubts in his heart, he didn't ask too much, but the third floor in the backyard The building was almost finished, Qi Yao took this opportunity to invite Gao Yue to inspect it.

Gao Yue smiled and said, "Is it tomorrow's cap?"

"That's right. The top will be capped tomorrow, and your lord will come to the backyard to give us a testimony. However, before the cap is capped, I still want to ask you to help me check it out, otherwise I won't feel at ease!"

This building was built for the sergeants of the garrison battalion, so safety comes first.Now that Qi Yao's words have come to this point, Gao Yue readily agrees and follows him to the backyard.On the way, he met Shen Qianchen again, that person was still holding the oiled paper bag in his hand, but this time, he met Gao Yue and saluted respectfully, he didn't run faster than a rabbit like he was at the door just now!

Gao Yue glanced at the oil-paper bag in his hand, but didn't ask any further questions.However, after Shen Qianchen walked away, Qi Yao, like a gossip, reported to Gao Yue in a low voice, saying, "Your Excellency must never have imagined that a military general as serious as Master Shen would actually fall in love with someone like Xiao Hei." people?"

"what?"

Gao Yue was stunned for a moment, then asked: "How did you find out that he likes Xiao Hei?"

Qi Yao said with a smirk: "Master Shen these days, whenever he goes to the county to do errands, he never has an empty hand when he comes back. It's either sweet-scented osmanthus cake, glutinous rice cake, or chrysanthemum cake. Hmph, I've never seen any of them. The elders love snacks so much! And, once, when I asked Mr. Liang to send blueprints, I saw that he gave those snacks to Xiao Hei himself. You said, if it’s not because of him, why is he so caring? ?”

"That's possible..." Gao Yue couldn't continue, mainly because he felt that Shen Qianchen and Xiao Hei saw each other, and there was always an inexplicable weirdness.

At this moment, Qi Yao suddenly remembered something, and muttered again: "I don't know if Xiao Hei is a brother or a man, hiss, if this is not a brother, how can Master Shen marry..."

Gao Yue felt that Qi Yao was too gossip, so he slapped him on the back of the head and said, "Don't worry about it, take me into the building to have a look!"