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In the blink of an eye, the silver stored in the Hu family village by the county yamen has been another year, and another 100 million taels can be withdrawn, so Hu Xueyan came to ask Long Xiao: "Lord Long, is the money stored in the money village taken out, or will it continue to be saved?" Long Xiao thought about it, it was not such a big use to take it out, and it would be enough to take out 100 million. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Let Hu Xueyan deduct the 4oo taels of silver borrowed by Gu Zhu Tongzhi County, plus 4o million taels of interest, and the remaining 95.6 million taels of silver will be taken out and put on the public account of Zhixian County.

The main bookkeeper, Xing Mantang, asked what the silver was for, and Long Xiao told Xing Mantang a plan. Long Xiao asked: "Master Xing, if you count how many people there are in the county, how many acres of cultivated land there are, how much land there is, how much land there is, how much water there is, and how much dry land is, you must be clear and clear." Xing Mantang went to handle it. After a day, Xing Mantang took a look at the data, Long Xiao was deeply worried, it turned out that there were 3oo mu of cultivated land in Shenwu County, but only 1oo mu of irrigated land, and 2oo mu of dry land, which depended on the sky for food, although there were three big rivers in Shenwu County, but there were no corresponding water conservancy facilities, so there were so many dry fields.

Long Xiao called the county Chengwu and the classic history Zhang Cheng over and asked, "Now there are 7ooo people patrolling the county, how did you arrange it?" ”。 Zhang Cheng is responsible for this matter, although the county Chengwu knows, but it is a matter of history to report, Wu will look at Zhang Cheng, Zhang Cheng hurriedly explained: "Lord Long, the current patrol is arranged like this, there are 1ooo people who patrol the city wall at night, and the remaining 6ooo people are divided into two shifts, 3ooo people during the day, 3ooo people patrol at night, and now the public security is absolutely safe, there are almost no cases, please rest assured."

Long Xiao was very happy to hear it, and said: "Very good, however, I have a plan, I need a part of the patrol to do, it is like this: there are 15oo villages in the county, there are 3oo acres of land, of which 2oo acres are dry land, I want to engage in a water conservancy project, that is, to mobilize the landlords, build water conservancy by themselves, and take out 1o taels of silver per mu of land to subsidize the people in the village, as long as the water conservancy is repaired, or the well is subsidized, in addition, as long as the village repairs the public water conservancy, it will be reimbursed, this is a very huge project, Someone needs to supervise, and I want to transfer 3ooo people to patrol and arrest, in groups of two, living in various villages in the county, and supervising the implementation of this plan, what do you think?? ”。

As soon as the county Chengwu heard this, he agreed: "I agree, I originally came from the countryside, and I know the hardships of farming in the countryside, especially in drought years, when the grain harvest is almost out of order, and there is no food at all.

Dian Shi Zhang Chengcheng was a little worried: "Lord Long, the patrol of these 7ooo people in the county has just embarked on the right road, and the order in the county has just improved, if half of the personnel are transferred to the countryside, will it have an impact on public security?" ”。 Wu: "What Zhang Cheng said is unreasonable, in fact, the order in the county is already very good, there is no need for so many personnel at all, it is completely okay to draw out 3ooo people, I think Lord Long's suggestion is good." Zhang Cheng saw that Wu objected to his statement, and he had nothing to say, after all, he was just a canonical history, the county magistrate and the county Cheng had spoken, if he objected, the county magistrate would have an opinion, besides, Long Datong was the head of a county, and his words counted, and no one dared to oppose it in Shenwu County, so Zhang Cheng had no choice but to accept Long Xiao's suggestion.

Long Xiao discussed with the two of them, in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the patrols, each patrol who went to Bao Village could have a subsidy of 5 taels of silver per month, Zhang Chengcheng said with a smile; "Lord Long, in fact, there is no subsidy at all, the patrol of each village is to supervise the villagers to build water conservancy, there is a lot of right, and the rebate in this is definitely indispensable, for example, if a village has 2ooo acres of land, there will be a subsidy of 20,000 taels of silver, and each village will have at least tens of thousands of taels of silver to repair public water conservancy, and the rebate for each patrol will be thousands of taels, even if there is no subsidy, it will be rushed to the head."

Long Xiao was a little unconvinced: "There will be such a thing?" As a result, Zhang Chengcheng wrote the plan of Bao Village into a notice and went down, and sure enough, 7ooo patrols rushed to sign up, and they all asked to go to Bao Village to supervise the repair of water conservancy. Long Xiao thought about it, this is a job with oil and water, no wonder some people rushed to go. However, Long Xiao thinks it doesn't matter, if the water is clear, there will be no fish, and if people are observed, there will be no fugitives, who will rush to do it if there is no benefit, just catch it quickly, as long as you don't covet the principal of ink repair water conservancy, you can eat some kickbacks.

Long Xiao asked the master to post the notice, but the villagers in the county didn't believe it at all, and none of them started to do it. The matter was reflected, Long Xiao thought about it, and the people were afraid of the deception of the officials, so they had to let the master book advance a part of the silver to the people first, as long as the construction started, it was 2 taels of silver first, which was regarded as the advance money. In this way, all the common people believed it, and the county began to vigorously build water conservancy activities, and some villages and towns even built large water canals. After the supervision and acceptance of the patrol, Long Xiao let the master book truthfully cash in the silver taels.

The news spread to the whole county, and the people in the county were very enthusiastic about repairing water conservancy, and many people repaired water conservancy channels, but also drilled deep wells, and Long Xiao also let the county truthfully reimburse. Soon, all the 8ooo taels of silver were counted, and the people of the county got the benefits, and even more, some people reclaimed more cultivated land, in order to take more 1o taels of silver from the county government, and the county also paid the same. Long Xiao also knew that there were more or less imaginary numbers in it, and Long Xiao didn't let people care, as long as the patrols reported it, they would all be reimbursed, and now, the patrols were happy. Almost a rule has been formed, where there is a water conservancy project, the supervising patrols will get a rebate of 1 percent, and many patrols will desperately mobilize the villagers to build water conservancy, although there are also some tofu slag projects, but more than 9 percent of the water conservancy facilities are still up to standard.

Long Xiao sent someone to verify it, and anyone who met the standard would be rewarded, and anyone who did not meet the standard would be lightly punished, and everyone was happy for a while, saying that Long Xiao was the master of the blue sky and the lucky star of Shenwu County, and Long Xiao laughed at it. A few months later, the county's water conservancy facilities were completed, and the rainy season showed its benefits, water conservancy facilities can not only alleviate the drought, but also drain waterlogging, which the people did not expect, so those who did not build public water conservancy facilities regretted it, and came to the county government to ask, whether there is a subsidy for repairs in the coming year, Long Xiao promised that there would be subsidies, and the enthusiasm of the villagers in the county to build water conservancy was higher.

In the dry season, the water conservancy facilities of the whole Shenwu County have reflected the advantages, especially the cultivated land close to the river, because there are large water conservancy channels, there are unique conditions, those people who are far away from the river have also dug deep wells, with a minimum of water sources, the 3oo acres of cultivated land in Shenwu County have almost become watered land, which greatly promotes the bumper yield of grain, many people have tasted the sweetness, and also have trust in the county officials, the county is what kind of notice, everyone is convinced.

There are also opponents of Shenwu County's large-scale water conservancy facilities, one is the prefect Wang Kexin, and the other is the governor Guo Zihan. Wang Kexin found Long Xiao of Zhixian County, and calculated an account for Long Xiao: "Lord Long, you spent 100 million taels of silver to build water conservancy facilities for the cultivated land of the county, which is a good thing, you have not calculated the account, 100 million taels of silver, you can buy 1oo00 million catties of grain." You only have 3oo acres of cultivated land in Shenwu County, and even if there is only 6oo catties of grain per mu according to the highest yield, it is only 1.8 billion catties, even if it takes 6 years to return to the capital, do you think it is cost-effective? ”。

Long Xiao said with a smile: "Lord Wang, the account is not calculated like this, a county government, as long as there is food, there is nothing to be afraid of, the wind and rain are smooth, a copper plate can buy a pound of grain, but in a famine year, even 1o taels of silver can not buy a pound of grain, at that time, you will not say, my plan is enough to be enough, besides, this is not a question of enough money at all, there is food is stable, this is a famous motto through the ages, if it comes to a disaster year, you will have ten thousand taels of gold, and you will starve to death without food."

Wang Zhifu couldn't answer, but Wang Kexin still felt that Long Xiao was too generous in spending money, and he actually spent 100 million taels of silver for the benefit of the people, and there were only ordinary people in his eyes, Wang Kexin really couldn't figure it out. Later, Wang Kexin met the governor and talked about it, and the governor was also dissatisfied.