"Tick tock!"

"Knock knock!"

"Dangdang!"

………………

The sound of gongs and drums came from a distance, attracting the attention of Morton and Fang Xuanling, and a long line on the official road was slowly approaching.

"What is this?"

Fang Jun looked curiously at the team that gradually walked in, it was so lively that it was like marrying, but it was already close to noon, and no marrying person would pick up the marrying at noon.

The team is getting closer and closer, the sound of gongs and drums is getting louder and louder, attracting a lot of people who come to buy waterwheels to watch, only to see the team of colorful flags waving, a musical instrument team walking in front of the team, suona, gongs and drums, deafening, very hard blowing.

Behind the musical instrument team, seven little girls were hooded and barefoot, carrying a triangular yellow dragon flag, eight strong men carrying a huge clay statue of the dragon king followed behind, and a large number of people followed.

"Pray for rain in the sky!" Morton said in a deep voice.

The seven little girls in the front imply the seven women praying for rain, while the dragon king sculpture in the back means sacrificing the dragon and praying for rain.

Fang Xuanling looked at the team begging for rain in front of him, his face was embarrassed for a while, he didn't expect that the drought had reached such a serious level, and many people had already begun to pray for rain.

And these droughts were not reported by the county order at all, and if it weren't for the ink magazine, they probably wouldn't have known that the situation had reached this point.

Whenever the clay sculpture of the dragon king stopped, all the people knelt on the ground one after another, and a large amount of sandalwood was lit, and the air was filled with a good fragrance, which was obviously very valuable.

An old man with gray hair knelt at the front, kowtowed to the clay dragon king, and shouted: "Xiaomin usually neglects the dragon king, and now he specially offers sacrifices, and please ask the dragon king of Jinghe to be kind, please give me to wait for a rain." ”

"Please be kind to the Dragon King of Jinghe." All the people shouted.

"Then why did they ask for the Dragon King of Jinghe!" Fang Jun was puzzled.

Merton explained in a low voice: "This year's drought, the most serious is the two banks of the Jing River, the water level of the Jing River directly exposed the riverbed, the people of Guanzhong rumored that this year's drought must have offended the Dragon King of the Jing River." ”

The most severe drought is in the counties near both sides of the Jing River, and in some places it has not rained for a month and a half, and the water level of the Jing River has dropped to a record low.

"Oh!"

Fang Jun suddenly realized that he had usually been in Chang'an City, where had he seen the scene of begging for rain, and he couldn't help but look at the strange behavior of those people curiously.

Burning incense, bowing, sending sacrifices, seven women kneeling in the sky to ask for rain, in addition, this rain team even invited a Taoist priest to dance the god there, almost using the means of praying for rain that can be thought of.

"Hey! Merton, do you want to forgive them for the rain? Fang Jun touched Merton's shoulder and whispered.

"Pity the dragon king for a long time, don't ask the sky to ask the ghosts and gods."

Merton sneered, if it is useful to pray to God, then this god is too cheap, and it can be easily bought by a few pigs and sheep's heads.

Fang Jun looked at the child of someone else's family in front of him speechlessly, can you not be a poet without saying a word, don't you see that the parents are still in front of you!

"It's a good one who doesn't ask the sky to ask the ghosts!"

A burst of shouts came from behind Merton, startling Merton, and hurriedly looked back, only to see Li Er looking at the rain team in front of him with a gloomy face, the drought is coming, these people not only don't want to water the fields, but worship the dragon god here to ask for rain, if the worship god can ask for rain, then the four years of Zhenguan drought will not happen.

"Ghosts!"

Li Shimin closed his eyes in pain, he had already despaired of him in the fourth year of Zhenguan.

"Your Majesty!"

Fang Xuanling exclaimed in a low voice. He didn't expect Li Shimin to come here for a private visit.

Fang Jun and Mo Dun were also taken aback, they didn't expect Li Shimin to be behind them, Fang Jun yelled in his heart, it was really worth the trip, following Mo Jiazi was really the right choice, even the emperor who was usually rare to see could be met.

The three of them wanted to salute, but they saw Li Shimin waving his hand slightly and stopping everyone, obviously not wanting to reveal their identities.

Merton and Fang Jun had no choice but to give up and slightly bow their hands to show courtesy.

"Your Majesty's daughter's body, how can you be in white clothes and put yourself in danger." Fang Xuanling admonished in a low voice, although this is outside Chang'an City, if Li Shimin has a problem here, no one can afford to take responsibility.

"Don't worry, I have already made arrangements!"

Li Shimin shook his head and said.

Fang Xuanling looked around, and sure enough, he found that there were many people in disguise around him, although these people looked like other people, but they always looked at Li Shimin's side, and the leader was a familiar face - Li Junxian, so he put his mind at ease and stopped admonishing.

"Besides, it must be an urgent matter to let my prime minister leave the government affairs in his hand and use his official card to open the way, how can I not come and take a look!" Li Shimin said.

He was originally outside Chang'an City, inspecting the people's situation and checking the drought situation, but he accidentally found that Fang Xuanling went out from the south city gate, and he followed up with curiosity and found that Fang Xuanling and Mo Jiazi were together.

"Merton, it seems that you are indispensable everywhere!" Li Shimin snorted coldly and looked at Merton with unkind eyes.

Merton suddenly felt a chill in his back, and couldn't help lowering his head weakly.

Fang Xuanling hurriedly whispered what Merton said about the irrigation tools that could use the ubiquitous groundwater, and Li Shimin's eyes suddenly lit up, and his heart was excited.

Li Shimin was indeed shocked by the new waterwheel in Mojia Village, and if this new waterwheel was promoted, it would at least reduce the damage of the drought, but he did not expect that Mojia Village would hit the problem of irrigation on land far from the river.

"I originally thought that the improved new waterwheel in Mojia Village had already given me enough surprises, but I didn't expect that there was another surprise waiting for me!" Li Shimin took a deep breath and calmed down, if it was someone else, Li Shimin might still suspect that he was still very confident in Merton, this kid would always do something unbelievable.

Well! Of course, Li Shimin is no stranger to Chang'an City, there are some century-old wells everywhere, no matter how arid, these ancient wells will never be exhausted.

It is conceivable how much water is buried under the land, and if this water can really be used for irrigation, it is really a peerless weapon that can solve the problem of Datang's agriculture.

Generally speaking, as long as it is not a low-lying area, it rains a lot, and it has little impact on the harvest of agriculture, but drought alone is the biggest natural disaster for agriculture.

"If you can really solve the problem of irrigation of dry fields, I will write off the conspiracy between you and Gao Ming, and I will not be to blame for the past." Li Shimin snorted coldly.

Merton sighed, that incident really happened, and the companion is like a tiger, although Merton's intentions are good, and it is already very tactful, but Li Shimin still inevitably feels that he has lost face.

"Please move to the Mojia Experimental Field, and let the kid show it to His Majesty in person." Merton said confidently.