Looking at the bright sun and the verdant and pleasant scenery around him, Wei Shen's mood was as good as this weather scenery! Sitting on the back of a donkey and gently brewing words, Ren Shutong Wei Xi slowly walked on the official road that had just been widened. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

For the plan of widening the official road, Wei Shen threw himself into the five-body land admired by the imperial court and the emperor, because the smooth flow of the road can not only make the state's decrees unimpeded, but also greatly benefit the nearby people, and the economy and agriculture have developed rapidly.

The Wei Xi who was following him was only fifteen or sixteen years old, but he had been serving Wei Shen for more than four years, he was a loyal and reliable descendant of the domestic servants, but Wei Shen took a fancy to Wei Xi's aura!

Wei Shen had just finished studying from Guozijian a year ago, and was preparing to participate in the scientific examination competition that year. The imperial examinations of the Han Dynasty gave hope to many literati, whether they were ordinary people or descendants of official eunuchs, everyone had opportunities and hope.

But suddenly the emperor changed his mind, and a holy decree was issued, so that among the more than 800 students in the Guozijian, 145 of them were in the imperial examination, and more than 1,300 students from more than 60 states across the country were all exempted from the examination! Although the title was conferred between neighboring counties, it was also a moment when the whole country was jubilant and everyone was happy!

It turned out that the emperor was implementing the official reform system, and Wei Shen vaguely heard that the imperial court asked these students to exercise before taking the exam. Because these students themselves are already in the status of lifters, they have the qualifications to be officials, and what they have to do is only to compete with Jinshi.

In order to put an end to those who are dead studying and will not be able to govern, the imperial court will first send these people to all prefectures and counties across the country to serve as interns, and then return to Beijing to report on their work after the expiration of their term of office for one year.

It's the first time ever, and a lot of it feels very good. Because some of them have studied all their lives, they are already fifty or sixty years old and have not yet entered the scholars, and even if they are in the future, they will not be able to serve the imperial court for long, but their life experience is already quite good.

Previously, the imperial court had sent many people to temporarily appoint places, and these students who were temporarily appointed have done a good job in the management and construction of various places and the stability of the localities, and have played a positive role in the development of the local area!

These lucky students have naturally heard that many of these seniors have joined a secret party organization of the Han Dynasty, and the leader of this organization is said to be the current prince of the prince. Now they have been appointed by the imperial court to take important positions, especially those who are quite old, and they are looking forward to showing their skills in the local area!

Wei Shen's grandfather, Wei Shu, was a high-ranking official in Tongping Zhangshi in the hands of Emperor Gaozu, and he was also the actual title of the squire of the Ministry of Works. In the hands of Wei Shen's father, there is no high official rank now, and now Wei Shen has an uncle who is a Beijing official of the sixth rank of the Ministry of Officials, but he can't speak at all in the capital where there are officials everywhere!

But it is also because of these relationships that Wei Shen himself has always been very popular in Guozijian, and he has a talent, and he joined the secret party by chance, and Wei Shen was finally arranged to intern in Dongguan County, not far from Beijing.

Dongguan County originally belonged to Panyu County and Zengcheng County in ancient times, and was later divided into Bao'an County, which was only a separate county in the middle of the former Tang Dynasty. Because in the east of Xingwangfu in the capital, the local area is rich in guancao and gets its name. Although it is very close to Jingshi and there is a long coastline in a large area, this place in Lingnan is still sparsely populated.

The current incumbent magistrate is called Zhao Cijian, who is a descendant of Zhao Guangyi, the secretary of the military department. He is not a few years older than Wei Shen, but he came to Dongguan around July last year but entered the office with grace. Originally, it shouldn't be a problem to find a position in Beijing with his family background, but Wei Shen heard from his uncle who held a six-rank position that this Zhao Cijian was actually sent to Dongguan by the prince himself. And it is said that when the crown prince was King Wei, he was really in the circle of the second generation of officials in the Xingwang Mansion, and he teased this Zhao Cijian several times.

Wei Shen is no longer a teenager who is ignorant of personnel, and there are people in the officialdom in the family, and many officials promoted by his grandfather back then have some help. Knowing that people like Zhao Cijian must have an inside story when they come to Dongguan, they are either demoted or promoted internally.

Zhao Cijian obviously has not held an official position before, so there is no need to be demoted. And his family's help in the capital is obviously stronger than his own family, so when he came to Dongguan, Wei Shen had a good relationship with Zhao Cijian.

This Zhao Cijian also heard that Wei Shen's grandfather was Wei Shu, so he was very polite and took care of Wei Shen. After all, the Zhao family and the Wei family are both veterans of the founding of the Han Dynasty, and there are still many intersections, and now it is necessary for the younger generation to strengthen this win-win relationship network!

This time he was sent to Dongguan by the imperial court, and Wei Shen's position was different from that of ordinary students. One is that he is the best among the students of the current imperial examination of Guozijian; Second, he has studied since he was a child, and is good at making utensils and improving the research of water conservancy construction. In addition, after secretly joining the secret party organization, he was trained by his superiors, so the officials directly designated him as the lucky one in this examination arrangement, and directly appointed only one of the four official positions with real titles for each state. These four substantive official titles are generally divided into the state capital and the important Shangzhong County, and the rank is the primary level of the official product from the Jiupin Zuoshi.

Originally, the county-level county lieutenants of the fifth dynasty in the late Tang Dynasty were official titles from Jiupin, and each official product was divided into upper and lower grades, that is, the Zuoshi of Shangxian in the two capitals and three capitals were all unqualified. But the Liu Dynasty is good at creating official positions, and Wei Shen doesn't know what the imperial court means, but Wei Shen and those students who received the appointment are happy!

Because if you have a product, you are an official! Although this official didn't know how long it would take, Wei Shen knew that he would definitely seize this opportunity to perform well.

I have been in Dongguan County for more than half a month, and I am first familiar with some daily government affairs in the county, and then I am studying these aspects of my supervision. At this time, the countryside was preparing for farming, and crops were easier to grow in Lingnan's good climate than in other places, but it was said that the imperial court still had greater expectations for grain production, so Wei Shen wanted to go to the countryside to see in person, and study and discuss with the villagers to see what aspects could be strengthened and improved.

Zhao Cijian arranged for Wei Shen to be in charge of agriculture and water conservancy, and it was Wei Shen's expertise and the inheritance of family learning, and Wei Shen was faintly grateful to Zhao Cijian. Zhao Cijian himself has been busy supervising the construction of the seaside dock not far from the county seat, which is said to be one of the three major shipyards in Dahan, and the construction of the new dock only began in the second half of last year.

Wei Shen heard that at the end of last year, the imperial court sent 5,000 soldiers from Dongguan, and even moved many displaced people, and established a large shipping workshop by the sea, and it was strictly guarded by soldiers in peacetime. Because it is not within his own scope of government affairs, Wei Shen is inconvenient to ask, he just wants to deal with the things within his own division, Wei Shen also knows that government affairs are things that cannot be rushed, but they must be done and implemented to have an effect! So focus on your own business!

Dongguan is located on the Pearl River at the end of the Lingnan Mountains, and has always been sparsely populated since ancient times. However, in July of the previous year, the imperial court suddenly allocated more than 200 households and more than 1,000 people to enrich it, so that the small Dongguan County not only became a large county, but also looked at the layout of Dongguan so far and the continuous migration of displaced people into the household, Wei Shen faintly felt that Dongguan had the possibility of becoming the state capital.

These families who moved to Dongguan were scattered and settled in various places, and some of them became migrant workers near the dock, and they soon had their own farmland and jobs, and gradually stabilized and lived and worked in peace and contentment.

Among them, there is a place where the relocation households are concentrated, and the development of this place is more famous, and later this place was named Desheng Camp. Desheng camp lived in more than 30 families who moved this time, and after listening to the introduction of the old people in the county, Wei Shen decided to see the current development of these farmers.

At that time, when the county built this Desheng camp, the imperial court sent commissioners to counsel and help these farmers to form homes, and the county must have sent special personnel to assist and cooperate in the action. Of course, the purpose of the county at that time was to stabilize and facilitate management, and also to reflect the importance and good learning attitude of the commissioners sent by the imperial court.

Wei Shen then consulted Zhao Cijian's opinion, and called a small catcher of Chang San to accompany him, because this Chang San had followed the county lieutenant to the Desheng camp several times that day. Desheng Camp is more than 40 miles away from the county seat, and the terrain by the mountains and the sea has to walk nearly 30 miles on the mountain road.

The simple mountain official road is actually rebuilt on the original mountain road, widened and smoothed a little. Wei Shen didn't feel too hard to get on the donkey, not to mention that he himself was not the kind of literati who couldn't help but be weak, Wei Xi and Chang San were used to walking again, and everyone set off early and arrived in less than two hours.

Sitting on the donkey and staring at the low houses made of wood at the bottom of the mountain, which were already relatively clear and scattered, Wei Shen was even a little surprised and curious. These houses are either built on the mountain or live next to each other, all of which are carefully framed with thick tree poles, but these houses are in the middle of the frame made of tree poles, and the walls and foundations are filled with large flat stones in an orderly manner.

Wei Shen knew that this would prevent the house from fire, and it would be both a solid brick structure and a wooden building. And there is a small yard in front of the house with a fence, and you can even see the chickens and ducks in the yard, although you can watch it from a distance, Wei Shen is already very surprised. It's like a farmhouse that has just moved here, and it's a paradise that has existed for hundreds of years!

Chang San seemed to see Wei Shen's surprise, but he seemed to be a little used to seeing this kind of look, and said with some emotion: "This is the little one who accompanied Lord Zhao to personally supervise the construction that day, and dozens of big houses were completed in only six days with the help of their villagers themselves and us. The little ones have never seen a house built in this way and built so quickly, and they all feel amazing in private. Lord Zhao said at the time that this method was taught by our prince himself, and most of the villagers who moved from all over Lingnan lived in it. Moreover, there are many big trees and stones in Lingnan, which can generally be used locally, which is the most suitable for farmers to live in. ”

He watched Wei Shen listen attentively, and even more vigorously talked about what he saw and heard that day, he seemed to be more expressive, and added some of his own thoughts to it, which sounded extraordinarily expressive, as if it made people return to the situation at that time.

Wei Shen couldn't help but signal him not to stop, but his eyes looked around. I just heard him stop and keep saying, ",,,,,, and ah! I heard that the people who moved to our Lingnan have received the great favor of the imperial court, and they are grateful to follow the arrangements of the imperial court, and they consciously use this method to form their homes. Later, the county handed over the poultry seedlings allocated by the imperial court to them for their own arrangement, and ten households rented a ploughing ox to make a living. At that time, I was as surprised as adults now, and I also sighed that if I didn't work in the county in the future, I would lead the family to find a quiet place to live like this! Chang San saw that Wei Shen was good at talking and liked to listen, so he gushed and his eyebrows danced.

Wei Shen was indeed too surprised and shocked, and slowly rode the donkey to walk, and before he knew it, he had reached the middle of the mountain. Gradually, I saw that there were no tall trees on the slopes of the mountain, and there were patches of paddy fields on the sloping mountain, winding down one by one, and there were different crops growing well in the fields.

Wei Shen was even more surprised, the mountains here are high and there is little water, and there are obviously no places on the mountains to store water such as ponds, but how did these paddy fields come from? Although there is a lot of rain in Lingnan, it is impossible to rain next time in a few days!

Wei Shen became more and more curious, and couldn't help but let go of the donkey, let Wei Xi take it, and walked all the way along the terraces. From time to time, I squatted down to see the mud and moisture in the fields, and sure enough, there were patches of terraced fields, and each piece was fully watered.

Chang San and the two didn't understand, so they only followed honestly, but Wei Xi led the donkey to the side!

After walking for a while and looking at it for a while, I saw a two-foot-wide ditch appear in front of me. It winds along the side of the mountain, and the ditch is nestled along the mountain, hidden under the bushes in some places, disappearing behind boulders in some places, and in other places there are obvious traces of artificiality, but they are all continuous.

Wei Shen was originally a smart person, but after looking at it carefully, he laughed and said, "I understand, I understand!" Chang San and the two of them looked at Wei Shen inexplicably and looked happy!

Chang San saw that Wei Shen was happy, and seemed to remember something, so he leaned closer and said, "There was no such ditch here before, when I first came to choose a place!" It is said that the official sent by the imperial court took a fancy to it, so he chose to let everyone build a house and open up land here. The villagers were reluctant to open the wasteland on the hillside, but they did not expect that the adult would lead the villagers to climb the hill over there, find a waterfall and lead this ditch in two or three days, and within a few days the wasteland would be turned into paddy fields! Chang San was a little proud, and looked at Wei Xi, who didn't understand, proudly, but seeing Wei Shen staring at him, he had to be embarrassed and immediately said again.

He pointed to the mountain in the distance on the right and said: "There is a small ditch on the mountain in the distance over there for many years, the water is not big but there is a small waterfall, which flows directly into the sea over there, and here you look at the natural slope of the mountain on the side of the slope ditch, although it is not obvious but it is just connected to that side, the old man let them open this ditch and ram the mud, and the water will lead to this side, but what is surprising is that he did not let the water flow directly down the terraces opened here, Instead, only a small amount of water was allowed to be put in at regular intervals, and the rest of the excess water from the ditch was directed to another village more than ten miles away, where there was a small natural lake! I didn't expect that the terraced soil opened up by this high slope turned into fertile land, and the imperial court had stipulated that these paddy fields that they had opened up wasteland, as long as they did not deliberately destroy the mountains and forests to make fields, even if the villagers had their own Yongye fields, and since the development to five years later, the imperial court only collected half of the tax on the granted fields, these villagers were very happy, even the small ones were also very excited! ”

Wei Shen was so excited that he was good at water conservancy development and utilization, and he naturally knew that such a policy was unprecedented, and this kind of measure to benefit the people could directly lead to an increase in farmland across the country. Although there is no obvious benefit from the state for the time being, the common people have benefited a lot, and within a few years, the state's tax revenue will naturally increase greatly without directly harming the common people.

Looking at this ditch, Wei Shen's heart was even more excited, Chang San didn't know the current meaning of this ditch, but Wei Shen knew that this meant that not only would this paddy field not dry up from now on, but also because of its parallel flowing waterline, it would benefit the villages in the distance, and no matter how much wasteland there was below this ditch along the line, it would become fertile land in the future!

I don't really know who came up with this method, but it makes a lot of sense to apply it simply. And it could go down in history. Wei Shen's heart boiled, for the first term of office, merit is needed, and for the benefit of all the people, this is merit!

But Wei Shen didn't see this in the county's previous sources. Although Wei Shen didn't know what the reason was, he thought about what it would mean if he could use this method to maintain the amount of water saved in some places where there was a shortage of water! Wei Shen almost didn't dare to imagine it, and immediately asked Wei Xi to take out a pen and paper and quickly record and copy the surrounding environment.

As you descend to the base of the mountain, you will see a variety of crops along the way! Because these farmhouses are not far from the sea, you can even see a big wooden boat on the beach. Wei Shen didn't go over there to look at the boat, but saw a lot of people pointing at the edge of a paddy field, as if they were preparing to work, and their clothes were the farmhouses here.

Wei Shen asked Wei Xi to tie the donkey, and then led them to the edge of the paddy fields here, and the mud of these paddy fields had been ploughed and crushed, and the muddy fields were obviously ready to be planted with crops.

Gradually, you can see that in these paddy fields, some places have been scattered into a handful, there are more than five inches of grass-like green seedlings and seedlings, Wei Shen is not a soil bun, knowing that these seedlings are now commonly planted in Fujian, it is said that this kind of rice seedlings are passed from Jiaozhou, and Dahan also has a small amount of planting, they can be harvested in more than 50 days, and the yield is not expensive!

is still far away from everyone's field, Wei Shen doesn't dare to be abrupt. I saw a young man standing in a paddy field with two or three old men rolling up their trouser legs, talking seriously.

The young man was holding a few green seedlings in his hands, and the old men listened to the young man with respectful expressions. And this young man was also wearing the homespun clothes of the farmhouse, but Wei Shen looked at him with an intuitive aura, but his hands were full of mud and his feet were bare.

There were a few other people beside him who were also fine-skinned and tender, but they were also dressed in peasant clothes, and among them was a tall stout peasant man with bright eyes looking over this way. Wei Shen smiled slightly without fear, nodded politely at him, and didn't bother when he saw that they were talking.

At this time, Wei Shen looked at the young man, unexpectedly pulled his trouser leg higher, and then strode into the paddy field. He took a handful of bundles of green seedlings, pinched one or two single plants after separation, and then carefully used the three fingers of his right hand to insert the seedlings into the muddy water.

Then he planted the second row seven or eight inches apart, so that in a short time he had planted a large area. He didn't stop planting seeds, and talked to the old people about how to plant seeds. Wei Shen had already heard it very clearly, and knew that this young man was teaching these people to plant this kind of seedling.

The old farmer on the side watched him operate carefully, engrossed in learning, and kept smiling on his face. After a while, when the young people came up to them and asked them if they would be able to, they quickly said that they understood, but they asked some questions about seedling management and water conservancy.

Wei Shen listened to it on the sidelines, but he didn't understand it at all, but he was more and more surprised in his heart, because these farmers spoke the official dialect of the Central Plains, and this young man was also fluent in official dialect. But seeing that this young man was obviously not an ordinary peasant figure, he had been quietly watching from the sidelines.

The young man walked to the edge of the field and washed his feet by himself, and without putting on shoes, he smiled and asked the farmers around him if they understood, and everyone smiled and said yes! Wei Shen was curious, and when he saw him standing on the edge of the field, he couldn't help but walk a few steps over, and bowed his hand to salute from afar!

"A certain is polite, seeing that Gongzi is familiar with the operation methods of these crops, a certain family is Wei Shen, a new assistant in Dongguan County, and wants to ask Gongzi about some problems with farm crops! I don't know if Childe can advise! ”

Before the young man could speak, the stout man beside him tried to stop Wei Shen, but the young man waved his hand, and the man stepped aside. A few old peasant people around the young man had met Chang San and had some memory, so they said a few words in the young man's ear.

The young man kept smiling, and at this time he said lightly: "It's rare, the lord is the official of the county, what should he stay in the county, not to mention that now is not the time to routinely visit the residents, I don't know how the lord has time to come to this country village!"

Chang San just wanted to speak, but when he saw that Wei Shen was about to speak, he stopped talking and led Wei Shen slowly to this side.

Some distance away, Wei Shen glanced away, arched his hand and said to the young man: "A certain family has been adhering to family education since childhood, and has a ten-minute love for water conservancy and agriculture, and only wants to do something for the country based on what they have learned. This time, with the favor of Emperor Longen, a certain family came to Dongguan County as they wished, and they were angry to benefit the people with what they had learned. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Shen already said with a cautious face: "A certain family has been happy to see this Desheng camp all the way, and these measures implemented by the imperial court are really good things for the benefit of the country and the people!" Especially just now, a certain family saw all the way, and found a great thing that can make my Han Dynasty famous in history, a certain family decided to collect more skills for the benefit of the country and the people, and edited it into a book to promote the people. Let the people of the Han Dynasty benefit a lot in the future, and if possible, the entire Central Plains region in the future will also be affected by my Han Dynasty! A certain family must be familiar with crops, so he wants to communicate with his son, and I hope that his son will not hesitate to advise! ”

The young man laughed: "That's very good! Master Wei, please come and get together! He had already strode over to meet him. Wei Shen hurriedly took a few steps to catch up, took the young man's hand and walked with him to the wider ridge, his eyes were full of happiness.

The young man asked Wei Shen what he had just said about the good things that benefited the country and the people, and Wei Shen kept telling the young man about the benefits of the ditch water storage and irrigation that he had just seen on the mountain. Moreover, if the water potential is not high enough, the use of waterwheels and the second of damming and water storage use some skills.

And this young man is really a dark agriculture, and the opinions he said made Wei Shen greatly admired, and he also greatly appreciated Wei Shen's ideas, and the more the two of them talked, the more speculative they became.

The two of them kept talking speculatively for a while, and while communicating, they couldn't help but slowly walk to the front of a farmhouse. The owner of this farmhouse is in this group of people, although he looks like a farmer, he is also quite knowledgeable. Hurriedly welcomed a group of people in, and Wei Shen didn't care about holding hands with the young man and walked in.