Chapter 118: Overcoming the Drought
With the progress of the drought fight, the number of well-drilling tools produced by Mojia Village and the general supervisor continued to increase, and the local government organized young people to cooperate with the officers and soldiers to dig wells. The speed of drilling the well immediately increased dramatically.
The irrigated area of the fields is getting bigger and bigger, and the hungry and thirsty crops are frantically absorbing the hard-won water, and the abundant water and photosynthesis soon become green and grow very well.
Each household of the people in Guanzhong has kept at least ten acres of land harvest, looking at their own freshly watered fields, the miserable people of Guanzhong have gradually smiled, at least this year's disaster is over.
No! Not only to survive this year's disaster, but with these deep wells, from now on, no matter how big the drought is, as long as the well water does not run out, there is no need to be afraid.
Many people who have a heart and mind are already planning to continue to drill wells after this drought, and directly dig all the remaining land into wells.
Moreover, sufficient moisture is guaranteed, and the annual crop yield will definitely increase by more than 30%, which is a predictable benefit.
In this way, the drought is a blessing in disguise, although a lot of land is destined to be reduced this year, and with these wells, the loss is worth it.
The common people have rods and scales in their hearts, and the gains and losses of interests are clear.
"Boom!"
On the twentieth day of the drought, a spring shook the land of Guanzhong.
A large dark cloud came from the northwest, instantly enveloping the entire land of Guanzhong.
This time God didn't adjust people's appetites, and a burst of spring thunder rolled by,
"Bang Bang!"
The raindrops of beans fell from the sky as if they didn't want money, and smashed on the hungry and thirsty land, and the rain was like a curtain, as if they were going to make enough rain at a time.
"Oh! It's raining! ”
"God willing, the drought is finally over!"
"Dragon King...... Bah! The Dragon King has long been beheaded by His Majesty! ”
"There are these wells! Who still believes in the Dragon King! ”
The land of Guanzhong was jubilant, and a large number of people rushed out of the house, greedily absorbing the long-lost rain, allowing the raindrops to wet their clothes.
The bear children played in the rain and made their clothes dirty, but the adults had no intention of blaming them.
One by one, they looked at each with a grin.
The drought is over, and more people are happy in their hearts, fortunately the government is fighting the drought in time, otherwise there will definitely be a famine this year.
Now that there is a harvest of more than 10 acres of land, and some other fields have been harvested, this disaster year has passed.
One by one, the officers and men let go of the handles in their hands, sat on the ground, and let the rain wash over the mud on their bodies, and the drought and disaster relief efforts that had been fought continuously for more than 20 days finally came to an end.
Qin Huaiyu and the four of them sat on the ground, looking at each other's embarrassed appearances, and couldn't help laughing, this drought-fighting trip shocked them too much, from the body to the soul is a layer of baptism.
"On the afternoon of hoeing day, sweat drops into the soil, who knows that the Chinese food on the plate is hard work." Qin Huaiyu couldn't help but read this poem of compassion for farmers, in the past, they only thought that Merton's poems were well written, but after this drought, they usually did not know the hardships of the people for the first time felt the hardships of ordinary people, and the four of them really realized that every drop of the food they ate was so precious.
Taiji Palace,
Li Shimin led the Manchu Dynasty Wenchen to look at the majestic rain outside the palace, and finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, this drought was finally over.
Although the heavy rain came late, it was not better. In fact, in Merton's view, if it weren't for the watering everywhere in Guanzhong and the evaporation of a lot of water, this rain might not have happened when, or even if it could not fall.
"Your Majesty, this drought has finally passed, God bless the Tang Dynasty!" The eldest grandson Wuji said with joy on his face
"Congratulations to the emperor!"
The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty congratulated one after another.
Li Shimin laughed, extremely proud, but said modestly: "I don't dare to take credit, this is thanks to the concerted efforts of the Tang Dynasty army and people, so that this drought can be overcome." ”
In this crisis, Li Shimin turned the crisis into an opportunity, not only found a clear way to resist the drought, but also won the hearts of the people in Guanzhong, becoming the biggest winner.
"Your Majesty, now that the drought has been lifted, can the officers and soldiers of the Sixteen Guards return to the court, after all, Chang'an is empty, and I am afraid it will not be appropriate for a long time." The eldest grandson Wuji suggested,
Li Shimin pondered for a while, nodded and said: "It's still thoughtful to assist the machine, I will summon these disaster relief heroes to return to the dynasty, and I will definitely reward them for their meritorious deeds when the time comes." ”
"Your Majesty is wise!" The reason why the eldest grandson Wuji can be deeply trusted by Li Shimin is not only because he is Li Shimin's wife's uncle, but also because the political wisdom of the eldest grandson Wuji is the fundamental reason.
Fang Xuanling was also happy in his heart, among the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty, his stupid son joined the army, after all, he had been away for nearly a month, and he was doing rough work, of course, he was very distressed.
"Your Majesty, this time the 16 Guards of the drought fight have a large number of well-drilling tools in their hands, and they don't know how to deal with them." Fang Xuanling came out of the queue.
In a short period of time, the whole Guanzhong concentrated the strength, and produced a lot of well-drilling tools at once, and now that the drought has been lifted, the work of drilling wells can be done slowly, and there is no need for so many well-drilling equipment.
Li Shimin thought about it, this is indeed a problem, these equipment can cost the imperial court a lot of money, and a lot of manpower and material resources are concentrated to build.
Just paying for iron almost didn't empty the household, after all, in this era, iron can be a strategic substance, and the price is very expensive.
Moreover, the role of drilling tools and well killing is too great for Datang, if the whole is used well, Datang's agriculture will undergo earth-shaking changes.
"Each county in Guanzhong left 100 sets of well-drilling equipment, and the county order organized young people to continue to drill wells. The rest were evenly distributed to all provinces in Datang to popularize the method of drought resistance in Guanzhong. Li Shimin's heart dripped blood, how to say that there are tens of thousands of sets of these well-drilling tools, and they are all real money! But for the long term, the investment is worth it.
Fang Xuanling's eyes lit up, and popularized the method of fighting drought in Guanzhong, which was not the method of digging wells in turns according to households, so as to ensure the interests of the majority of the people to the greatest extent.
"Yes!" Fang Xuanling took the order.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, with this good prescription, Datang is no longer afraid of drought." The ministers congratulated in unison. In the entire agricultural production, the most important natural disasters, one is drought and the other is waterlogging, among which the most harmful, and the most frequent is drought, and now drought can no longer cause harm to Datang.
"Hahaha!"
Li Shimin's heart was very excited, this was the first time in human history to defeat a natural disaster, and it was achieved under his Li Shimin's rule.