Sun Bin stole all the chickens and rice, and picked bones in the eggs to sing against Chen Qing.

Everyone knew that he was angry but was robbed of the limelight, so they all smiled and didn't pick up the stubble, no matter how you say it, it's a short mouth, it's not good to sweep the face of the master's family too much, isn't it?

After three rounds of drinking, even Sun Bin no longer talked about the unpleasant incident, and talked about the current government and politics. Because Chen Qing has a good character and is Shen Zhengsi's virtuous brother, he didn't deliberately betray people because of the little news that was not tight.

Just as they were talking about raising food, everyone opened the conversation and started talking.

“…… It is true that there is an urgent shortage of food and wages at the border gates, but the drought in Jingzhou the year before last had already emptied most of the treasury silver, and at this time there was another flood in Xuzhou, and everyone was shouting for grain everywhere.

"But no, I heard that the household department and the military department are about to fight, one said that they want to transfer food for disaster relief, and the other has to close to the border soldiers first, and the saint will not rule again, I'm afraid that the military department Shangshu will really take the lead in surrounding the household department."

"There is no stale grain available in all provinces, and the autumn harvest has not yet arrived, and I am afraid that it will not be able to collect it from the grain store."

"How can this be good? The victims of the disaster cannot be appeased, and it is very easy to mutiny in winter, but the soldiers are far away in the bitter cold land to guard the border passes, and how can they cut off their cooking?"

"After the year, the proposal to save winter grain has not yet been approved by the province...... Shen Shucheng has always been worried about the country and the people, and this will be at a loss.

Even if the request is approved, it will be after the autumn harvest, and at present, the distant water cannot save the near fire, which is really sad for a colleague in the Ministry of Labor.

"That's it, that's it, even the household department has no perfect plan, what is the use of us worrying about it here? Drink and drink!"

"Lord Ma's words are wrong, you and I are both officials of the imperial court, what kind of position do you belong to for the king's worries? But if you can brainstorm and raise countermeasures, it can also be said to be a patriotic act of loyalty to the monarch" Shen Shucheng was the most unaccustomed to the behavior of not caring about himself, and immediately refuted one or two with the strength of wine.

"Hey~ Shen Zhengsi, what are you talking about?, why am I not loyal to my duties?......" Ma Xuedong immediately got up and scolded.

Seeing that the situation was not good, everyone hurriedly got up to persuade the two, Shen Shucheng was worried about the country, but it was too cowardly to blame his colleagues.

Seeing that everyone was pointing the finger at Brother Shen, Chen Qing sighed secretly in his heart. Shen Shucheng is too decent, he can't tolerate sand in his eyes, and he can't argue openly with his colleagues?

It was too unpleasant, Chen Qing hugged his fists to solve the siege, "Brother Shen is also in a hurry, it is definitely not a deliberate provocation, everyone here is a leader in the world, a person with quick thinking, if you can brainstorm and come up with a corresponding method, so as to suppress the household department, wouldn't you raise your eyebrows?"

"Huh, that's reasonable......"

"Brother Chen can still speak well, Shen Zhengsi can show his heart, but he is too upright, I don't think Master Ma has to mind too much...... Why don't we think of a way together to suppress the group of colleagues in the household department who eat empty salaries?" Lord Yu stood up and proposed.

"Okay, I also agree, infighting inevitably makes people laugh, and it's best to be unanimous with the outside world......" Sun Bin squinted his eyes and asked with a smile, "I don't know if Brother Chen has a good plan?"

Chen Qing was a stalk, in fact, he didn't think about anything after listening to it for a long time, but because of his identity, it was not easy to interject. At this time, seeing Sun Binquan asking, he excused himself with a little difficulty: "In the next term, it is only a small people, how dare you discuss the political affairs of the DPRK and China?"

"Virtuous brothers don't need to be humble, they don't distinguish between good and bad for the country, but if you can think of a solution, please talk about it," Shen Shucheng took the lead in saying in a deep voice.

This guy is so energetic, it really doesn't matter the occasion, no wonder Liang Zijun loves to make trouble with him!

Chen Qing originally wanted to discuss with him in private, this would be driven ducks on the shelves, so he could only say, "A little opinion is not enough, if you adults don't think that Chen Qing is just a mud leg, then Chen Qing will know everything......"

Chen Qing first gave a lecture on the major drought in Jingzhou, first talked about the disaster situation, then mentioned the fact of the riots of the victims, and finally expounded on the shortcomings of the prevention measures of the current government office from the point of view of each person.

"If we can turn tax revenue into winter grain reserves, we can prevent disasters in the next year and regulate grain prices. Restraining grain traders from maliciously raising prices can also avoid affecting people's livelihood. If a nearby state or county is hit by a disaster, it can also mobilize expropriation within the shortest distance to prevent civil unrest."

"If there is no tax to collect, how can we maintain the national fortune?" Ma Xuedong questioned.

"Only one year to turn taxes into food, and implement them in different states, presumably it will not shake the foundation," Shen Shucheng's eyes lit up.

"Wonderful! It's really wonderful! The yamen controls grain and suppresses grain merchants, and the old grain can also be sold as official grain in the following year, which is really a good way to kill multiple birds with one stone," Yu applauded and seconded.

"Long-term plan, the impact is far more than this......" Everyone was silent, and after thinking for a while, they all said, "I don't know what kind of high opinion Brother Chen has?

"Chen Qing is just a mud leg, and what he sees is all the people's livelihood, which is really not high-minded, as for the matter of food and salary, I don't know how many percent of the soldiers are like Chen Qing?" Chen Qing smiled at Shen Shucheng.

"I really don't know this, it should be mostly strong men recruited from the people, and few children of official families serve in the army" For the sake of conservatism, Shen Shucheng did not say it.

"Huh...... What else is there to hide at this time? Except for the family of military generals, who will send their children and grandchildren to the front line to fight? The people stationed at the border gates are militiamen in eight * nine times out of ten, and the young masters of all families are guarding the state city," Ma Xuedong sneered.

Chen Qing smiled when he heard this, "This is not difficult...... Since they are all mud legs, they can defend their families and the country by carrying guns, and they can also reclaim land and farm land by removing their armor.

"Do you mean to let the soldiers unload their armor and return to the fields, and raise the land?" Lord Yu exclaimed in surprise.

"No, it's to let the soldiers raise soldiers in the fields and be self-sufficient" Chen Qing raised an index finger and shook his eyebrows, "There are so many soldiers, only a little, or taking turns to do farm work is enough to solve the problem of food in the army." Wouldn't it be possible to do both military training and farming, that is, not to delay the deployment of troops and not to leave behind the fields to produce the troops, and not to greatly ease the pressure on the DPRK and China?"

"Then how to break the siege this autumn?" Shen Shucheng asked again.

"Reclamation and farming first need to hoard fertilizer and nourish the land, now it is not a small summer, it is still too late to seize the time to turn over the potatoes, and wait until the cold dew season to cover the straw mat, and you can harvest after the frost falls" Chen Qing has calculated the growth cycle of potatoes, which can be harvested in more than three months, and it is not too late to sow seeds now.

Seeing that everyone was talking about feasible methods, Lord Yu couldn't help but worry about it, "The generals are already in power to guard the border passes, and now they can be self-sufficient, once they have the troops and respect themselves, wouldn't it be ......?"

Everyone suddenly realized that this matter must not be done. Once the general rebels, waving the army south will be a great disaster for the country and the people. Why has this method not been implemented so far? Presumably, it is because of this problem that no one dares to mention it.

Chen Qing really didn't think about this, thought about it and said, "Chen Qing doesn't know how to use soldiers, so he didn't think much about it, but the imperial court only makes good use of it, and it should be able to come up with a perfect strategy.

This matter involves military power, and everyone put it aside for the time being, since Chen Qing can think of so many methods, everyone also wants to hear his opinion on the prevention and control of floods.

Thinking that Qingping County had also had a flood, Chen Qing was angry, if it wasn't for the corrupt officials in charge, why couldn't the flood be solved for a long time?

The money allocated by the imperial court to repair the river went into the pockets of corrupt officials, and countless villages were affected by floods every year.

Thorough investigation of corrupt officials is an internal problem that has never been cured, and even the saints cannot solve it, and they are helpless as courtiers.

"If we can send Qing officials to repair the embankment, although we cannot eradicate corruption, we can also protect the people from flooding."

"To put it lightly, who dares to guarantee that the person who sent down the subordinate will not be in the same stream? Besides, the local power is deep, and there are many things to do with the important ministers of the DPRK and the central government, even if it is a clean official, it will be difficult for the Qing officials to fulfill the emperor's ......."

"If you cultivate, you will die, and if you can't cultivate, you will die, who will dare to take this hot potato?"

"It's better than sitting still and doing nothing, right? I don't even dare to try, isn't it greedy for life and afraid of death?" Shen Shucheng was angry, how could he be worthy of being an official with such a wise mind? Afraid of the evil tiger in the court, he abandoned the people, and they dared to push it rightly.

"Cut~ What you said is so righteous, you are not afraid of death, you go? If you dare to ask yourself to be sent tomorrow, I, Ma Xuedong, will be the first to stand up and second!" Ma Xuedong snorted coldly.

"Is it the husband's act to be greedy for life and afraid of death, sacrificing his life for the imperial court, and Shen Mou also died as he deserved! I just hope that after Shen dies, he can exchange for some courage and wait, so that no one will be available to the saint!" Shen Shucheng was upright and stood up without fear of death.

Such pride for the country and the people has suppressed a colleague in the Ministry of Labor.

They only thought that Shen Shu was not tactful enough, but they never thought that he was such a loyal and courageous person, and some people persuaded him at the moment, "Shen Zhengsi's heart, we know it." Even if you have this pride, it's not like we just say it, don't be angry......"

Chen Qing also grabbed him and persuaded him, "It's just talking, don't act recklessly, you have just been promoted to the main division, even if the imperial court assigns it, it will not choose a small civil official from the fifth grade"

Shen Shucheng is not a battle of will, but no matter how he swears Mingzhi, everyone will not accept it, and even Ma Xuedong retracted the preface and persuaded him not to act impulsively.

"I'm afraid of you, I'll compensate Shen Zhengsi in the future" No matter how you say it, it belongs to a colleague in the Ministry of Industry, and it is not Ma Xuedong's wish to be in danger for the sake of arrogance.

Chen Qing saw that he was making a show and apologizing, and laughed helplessly, "Come on, why don't you hurry up and make peace with Master Ma? If you want to sacrifice your life for the country, you have to climb to the corresponding official position first."

Chen Qing used his official position to make fun of Shen Shucheng, which also made everyone laugh, and Shen Shucheng reprimanded with shame, "Brother Xian looks down on him like this, don't you think that Shen really can't make a difference?"

"No, who dares to laugh at you? It is said that Yanque knows the ambition of the bird, Brother Shen has this heart, and sooner or later he can serve the court" Chen Qing smiled and complimented him vigorously.

"Hahaha...... Brother Chen is right, sit down and drink, let us have a drink of Shen Zhengsi."

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that there could be such a righteous person between you and me, which really makes Sun admire, admire!"

"Come on, Shen Zhengsi, Yu Mou toasts you with a cup, I really underestimated you in the past, but now I will borrow flowers to offer Buddha and talk about respect"

Everyone, you and I said a word, and wittily teased Shen Shu's transcription.

Shen Shucheng was forced to drink two glasses of wine, and reprimanded with a flushed face, "You guys...... Don't bully honest people!"

"Hahaha......"

Seeing that Shen Shu understood the crux of the problem, everyone congratulated each other happily, "Today is the real acquaintance of Shen Zhengsi, with this colleague, we are honored, congratulations!"

"Rejoice!

"It's Shen who is trusting himself in vain, and I ask you to forgive me...... Master Ma, Shen apologized for this" Shen Shucheng bent down and saluted, until Ma Xuedong picked him up, and still said ashamedly, "Master Ma can ignore the past suspicions, it really makes the lower officials ashamed"

"Hey~ Where did you say, the court can get this good minister, it is really the blessing of all the people, but the forces of the DPRK and China are staggered, in the future, you need to be cautious in your words and deeds, you must not be reckless and rash, and you can serve the country in the longer run" Ma Xuedong gave a little guidance.

"People are not reckless teenagers, there should be more young people like Shen Zhengsi in the court, we just know too much to make it difficult, the more cautious we are, the more difficult it is to achieve great things!"

"Who doesn't want to go down in history in their lifetime? It's a pity that rushing for quick success will only cost their lives in vain," Sun Bin sighed.

"Well, why are you mentioning these bad things? If you want me to say that the top priority is to quickly study how to prevent and control floods, this is the important thing for the benefit of the country and the people!"

"That's right, our own business is not over yet, how can we have the effort to suppress the household department? Since Brother Chen has already come up with a good plan for the benefit of future generations, let's study how to repair the embankment."

Everyone stopped joking at the moment, and together with Shen Shucheng, they moved their official affairs to the wine table to discuss. Chen Qing listened for a long time, and it was just some matters related to the construction of embankments and dams, so he deliberately asked in a low voice, "Why can't you branch to intercept the flow?"

Shen Shucheng also explained in a low voice: "In the drought year, the local people did not drink enough, and the upstream and downstream villages had fought countless battles for water.

"There is no way to think about it except to build a high dam?...... How about diversion?" Chen Qing thought for a while, dipped his fingers in water and drew an S line on the table, "Changing the trend of the river according to the topography can also buffer the harm caused by flooding"

"The financial resources spent on digging the river are by no means small, and it will definitely not be completed in the short term, and the current treasury is empty, which is really stretched......" Shen Shucheng sighed melancholy.

"Is there a low-lying and uninhabited valley nearby?" Chen Qing said as he poured half a glass of wine, and where the wine flowed, his fingers swiped through it, leading half of the wine to another place, forming a branch drainage.

"It's too difficult, the flood is raging, how can manpower be able to change direction against the current? Even if it succeeds, it will be innocent and wasted," Shen Shucheng shook his head and analyzed.

In the past, it was not uncommon to mention the construction of dikes, and when the flood came, the dikes were destroyed and drained, but this method was too dangerous and easy to damage manpower.

"It's not difficult, who said that it must be manpower to break the embankment?" Chen Qing looked at him with a smile on his eyebrows.

Without waiting for Shen Shu to ask, Chen Qing thought of using the fishbone as a metaphor to dig a branch at the bend of the river with a waterline much higher than the main channel, and the angle became a horn, once the water volume exceeded the waterline, it would automatically flow into the branch, and the water flow far beyond the normal year would be introduced into the low-lying place for natural flood discharge.

As for how to measure the amount of water during the flood season, this is what the Ministry of Industry should be troubled about, Chen Qing supplemented the embankment built with branches, mud and grass at the corner, and once the flood cannot collapse, it can also be destroyed by ropes and iron chains and other manpower.

"If the water does not rise significantly, there is no damming of the river to cause the river to run...... Brother Shen felt ...... Belch...... How?" Chen Qing raised his head, and everyone was listening to him intently.

Shen Shu raised his hand without looking away, and looked up at everyone after a while, "How is it?"

"Huh...... Unheard of!" Master Yu stroked his beard and spoke softly, as if he was afraid that he would disturb Chen Qing.

"How to determine the water level still needs to be calculated, and as for where the dam is located, we have to go back and check the map to make ......," Sun Binquan also clapped his hands and finalized.

"I was ......" Ma Xuedong suddenly shouted, turned his head to look out the window, "If you don't go back, I'm afraid you'll miss the hour!"

Only then did everyone realize that they had forgotten to go back to the office of the government office for a while, "Let's go!"

Chen Qing also got up and urged, "The next thing will be discussed another day, you go back with the adults first......"

"What's another day, you will come with you!" Shen Shucheng couldn't help but say, grabbed Chen Qing's arm and ran out.

"No, I can't go to the Yamen......" Chen Qing was shocked, how could he, a "woman's family", set foot in the office?

"It's a matter of urgency, don't shirk it" Ma Xuedong also pushed Chen Qing out, "Don't worry, Lord Shangshu won't blame you"

"Haha...... You have made a great contribution to the Ministry of Industry! With you, we will not be punished for being late," Sun Bin pulled Chen Qing and stuffed people into his own carriage first.

Shen Shucheng got into the car only to find that the virtuous brother was squeezed and lost by stealing beams and changing columns, Ma Xuedong sneered and said, "Don't let go?"

"Uh...... Master Ma asked" Shen Shucheng hurriedly invited people to take a seat, and shouted to the little servant, "Go quickly!"

A group of officials on duty rushed back to the government office with crooked clothes and hats, and it was early enough to take a lunch break, and Fu Shangshu was blocked in the lobby and glared angrily, "Yu Shilang, Sun Shilang...... What are you guilty of taking the lead in drinking during the lunch break?"

In a panic, everyone hurriedly straightened their official hats, smoothed their sleeves, and couldn't help laughing secretly when they peeked at each other.

"Officials don't look like officials...... What a system!Alas!" Fu Shangshu shook his sleeves angrily.

"Oops~ Fu Shangshu don't be angry first, I will introduce you to one person, our Ministry of Industry will have a great contribution this time!" Sun Bin didn't wait for Fu Shangshu to be held accountable, and pushed Chen Qing out to invite credit.

"Uh...... The grass people have seen adults" Chen Qing bowed his hand with embarrassment, and he really fucking wanted to run away at this time......

Until he stepped into the lobby of the Ministry of Industry, Chen Qing was still dizzy and didn't know where to stand, and he secretly prayed in his heart not to show his feet.