As the saying goes: although the beginning of autumn is too hot, the scorching sun is still smoking. The willows are wilted and scattered, and the ditches are dried up and the springs are longitudinal. Other countries often report that water is in trouble, and here they seek to see through (Note 1).

For a time, the whole country was suffering from autumn drought.

Mid-September. The autumn sun is shining, the ridges of the wheat grass green in the past have already cracked the ditch, the land is emitting white smoke, and the farmers are crying and grabbing the land, eager to drench the sweat into the soil.

Thousands of miles of wasteland, hundreds of miles of loess.

"I don't know how many farmers will suffer from this drought. Food prices have risen this year. One of the six stars under the regent's Yue Wang's account, Qian Zhuxi stood in the field, holding a pergola with his hands, looking at the cracked farmland and worried, "But you, why are you here?"

The last sentence was addressed to another woman.

The woman was in her early thirties, dressed in blue cloth, with a demure face, and she also stood at the other end of the field, looking at Qian Zhuxi.

"I'll do whatever you do. ”

Qian Zhuxi's usually bright and beautiful little face was a little nervous at the moment, and his eyebrows frowned: "You and I are loyal to different masters." Although you know that you should be able to make a move in this autumn drought, but by such a coincidence, you and I have run into a bunch of ......"

"The Mid-Autumn Festival drought in Guan, the people's livelihood is difficult, at this moment, do you still want to divide into camps?" The woman in blue squatted down, wiped the parched farmland, and said softly, "This land never cares who is the king and who is the king." ”

Qian Zhuxi struggled, walked to the field, and stroked an old waterwheel in the sky, a little hesitant.

"However, if we can solve this autumn drought, we will win the hearts of the people in the world. If I am loyal to the regent Yue Wang, if I can benefit the people's livelihood and win the hearts of the people for my master, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?

The woman didn't look at Qian Zhuxi, but the whole person went into the ridges, the loess stained her clothes, the weeds cut her embroidered shoes, and her white face suddenly sweated and dusted.

However, she smiled softly.

Looking at this wheat field, this water ridge, and the loess under this foot, I showed a gentle smile like a mother facing a child.

She spoke softly: "Then give this 'name' to the regent King Yue." Although I have discussed the affairs of the king, he has never interfered with my decisions. As long as the land is as green as ever, I don't care about the rest. ”

"You, what are you going to do. This autumn drought is far more menacing than in previous years. Qian Zhuxi walked over and stepped into the dirt without hesitation, standing side by side with her.

"I plan to use this as an opportunity to promote the Shirota method nationwide. The woman took out a grain of wheat from the loess, looked at it with cherishment, and told it eloquently.

"Let the farmers dig ditches in the field and make ridges, the ditches and ridges alternately, the crops are planted in the ditches, and when they are cultivating and weeding, the soil on the ridges is pushed into the ditches one by one to cultivate the crops, and the next year, the furrows and ridges are swapped. It can maintain the strength of the soil, resist wind and drought, and the so-called one-year-old harvest often exceeds more than one mu of mantian fields, and the good ones are twice as good (Note 2). ”

Qian Zhuxi's eyes lit up, and they immediately turned into sincere admiration.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! Sow in the middle, above the leaves of the seedlings, slightly rake the ridge grass, because of its soil, to attach the seedling roots, each rake slightly attached to the roots, than the middle of the summer, the ridge is full and the roots are deep, can fight the wind and drought! However, it is not enough to improve the method of cultivation. ”

The woman smiled faintly and looked at Qian Zhuxi, with a kind of admiration in her eyes, the kind of respect between peers or heroes.

"Yes, of course not really. So, what are you going to do?"

Qian Zhuxi looked at the various waterwheels and ditches in the field, groaned slightly, the essence of her eyes flowed, and as a wave of confidence and arrogance reached the peak in her, she opened her mouth.

"Accumulate widely, prepare for floods, repair embankments, clear ditches, carry out floods, secure water reservoirs, and break the congestion in time, so that the people can have something to do (Note 3). Started to dredge the canal to ensure the smooth flow of water transportation into the customs. However, if this autumn drought is resolved, I will send the regent Yue Wang and inform the world that this matter will be assisted by the King of Jin and Yizheng, and it will be successful. ”

The woman was stunned for a moment, and seemed to smile: "Now you're not afraid of grabbing credit?"

Qian Zhuxi nodded, shook his head again, and looked at the barefoot farmer smoking hookah between the world, and smiled: "I'm afraid." But I am even more afraid that no one of the people in this land can afford to eat a full amount of rice, that our descendants will never see thousands of miles of wheat fields again, and that this land that has given us everything will one day abandon us. I'm afraid that this land can't be as you wish. ”

I'm afraid that this land can't be as you wish.

"Then, if I take your words, I will too. The woman's face burst into brilliance, and she stroked the waterwheel that Qian Zhuxi was eye-catching, and the soil and gold and iron in her palm fused together.

"I wish, I hope that one day, the water conservancy can run through the rivers, can green the sandbar in the Western Regions, may the official road pass through the Quartet, the deep valley and the deep ravine a bridge to fly across, may the carriages and horses travel thousands of miles without waste, the people of the Great Wei Dynasty step on the Quartet, may the gold and iron be purer, the pavilion is towering, the candle oil is not extinguished by the wind, do not use the flying pigeon station, and can know the things of thousands of miles. May this land, as you wish. ”

May this land, as you wish.

The two women actually said each other's prayers.

Qian Zhuxi smiled and glanced at the dry land: "Cooperation?"

"Cooperation. The woman suddenly solemnly bowed her head, bent down, folded her hands, and made a great bow very respectfully.

"In my life, the only person I can support with my life is Your Excellency. Fortunately, Mo Guan. ”

Qian Zhuxi also shook his face, and his back was almost folded in half: "Similarly, in my life, Qian Zhuxi, the only person who can use everything to keep him safe is Your Excellency." Fortunately, Ji Guan. ”

The Mo family, who is good at clever things, the skill of fine craftsmen, and the heirs of the Mo family, are respected as "Mo officials" (Note 4).

The farmer, who is in charge of the matter of farming and mulberry, the art of cultivating the farmer, and the descendants of the farmer are honored as "Jiguan" (Note 5).

These are two people whose names are not recorded on the official positions of any dynasty, but who are honored by those who are in power on either side.

Jiguan, the farmer of a country, begins with the mouth and stomach, and finally the people's livelihood.

Moguan, the work of a country, began with ingenuity and ended with a prosperous era.

Farmers and workers are like the two legs that support a behemoth, and they are also the wheels that push a country forward, just like Lu Fulan and Qian Zhuxi, who belong to different camps, but they are the most inseparable confidants in the world.

Labor begins with agriculture, and agriculture supports labor.

……

May this kingdom be as you wish.

As you wish.

……

On the same day, when Qian Zhuxi returned to Cui's mansion, it was already in the middle of the moon.

As soon as she stepped into the door covered in dirt, she saw that Cui Yan had been notified early, and with a gloomy face, she was waiting for her under the porch.

"Are you back? This autumn drought, did you make a move?" Cui Yan stared at the woman's black and gray brocade clothes, frowning, "I heard that Lu Fulan, the official on the side of the King of Jin, also made a move." ”

"That's right! Master, who am I? I have seen the official! In the future, half of the two saints will be counted. Qian Zhuxi seemed to be in a good mood, twisted the teapot and poured it into his mouth, choking and coughing.

"Slow down! You said you, the head of the Qian family in Jiangnan, the master of half of Jiangnan, why don't you look like a girl at all!" Cui Yan hurriedly patted her on the back, the temperature of the tentacle woman, and the gentleness of the eyes flashed.

Cui Yan reluctantly put down his hand, and returned to a cold face: "I really don't understand, why are you so protective of the officer." When I moved to my Cui Mansion, it was also because I got a Jiguan. For her safety, you don't even care about your own master. Now too, I want to join forces with her, and I don't think about taking credit for the regent King Yue. ”

exegesis

1. Although the beginning of autumn is a sentence: [Qing] Hu Zhuo's "Autumn Drought".

2. Daida method: the ancient drought control, and the adoption of farming innovation. The original sentence is from "Hanshu Food and Goods". For reference, see (Daida Law Sogou Encyclopedia).

3. Water conservancy: It is also one of the ways to deal with autumn drought in ancient times. The original sentence is from "Xunzi Monarchy".

4. Mo Guan: The statement of the descendants of the Mo family is purely out of necessity. Don't look into it. I just want to borrow Mohist to express a kind of "industrial" meaning, and Qian Zhuxi represents an industrial thought born from manual ingenuity. The so-called big country heavy industry, of course, China's real industry should have sprouted from the Ming Dynasty.

5. Jiguan: The statement of the descendants of the peasant family is purely necessary. Don't look into it. Corresponding to Qian Zhuxi's "industry", Lu Fulan represents "agriculture", and the official position of Jiguan was used in ancient times. He is also in charge of farming. "Historical Records of the Xiongnu Biography": "Xia Dao declined, and Gong Liu lost his official position and changed to Xirong. Qian Zhuxi and Lu Fulan are a kind of "industry" and "agriculture" coexist. Although Ah Pillow's pen power is limited and he can't express it so well, he is also willing to peek at the leopard in the tube, which is worthy of the way of writing.