I have to say that Fang Jun is indeed a natural general, and few people can stop him with strange power, even Cheng Chumo's gang is willing to bow down in the face of Fang Jun, who is open-minded.

A pressure well was like a toy in his hand, and he shook it continuously for a long time, and his face was not red or panting.

"Fang Aiqing, Ling Lang is really this body, if you don't join the army, it's a pity."

Li Shimin looked at Fang Jun's bulging muscles and exclaimed, thinking that when he was young, he fought in the world, and he also had a good body, but unfortunately after calming the world, a comfortable life has gradually made his body rich, and it is no longer as good as before.

"The dog doesn't like to read, and prefers to practice martial arts, which makes His Majesty smile." Fang Xuanling said with a wry smile.

Among the Fang family, Fang Xuanling is the most worried about Fang Jun, the eldest son Fang Yizhi is the eldest son, with a calm personality, and will inherit Fang Xuanling's title and Guogong Mansion in the future.

The second son Fang Jun had nothing, originally Fang Xuanling was going to ask the emperor to marry Princess Gaoyang to marry Fang Jun, so that even after Fang Xuanling a hundred years later, Fang Jun could be rich and noble for a lifetime.

It's a pity that Moton's ink magazine not only disturbed the marriage of the eldest grandson's family, but also stirred up Fang Xuanling's wishful thinking, the eldest grandson Wuji saw that it was impossible to marry Princess Changle, and instead let the eldest grandson Chong marry the favored Princess Gaoyang, Fang Xuanling was unwilling and helpless, after all, he was not as close as the eldest grandson Wuji.

It's a pity that Fang Xuanling doesn't know the development of future generations, if he knew that Princess Gaoyang harmed the Fang family so miserably, he would definitely not have this regret again, and he didn't even know how to feel about Merton.

Soon, the water pressed out of the well became clear, which meant that the well had been washed, Fang Jun breathed a sigh of relief and handed over the well in his hand to a child of the Mo family, and walked over with Mo Da.

"Hello nobles, good young master!" Mo Da ran over and saluted Merton, although he didn't know Fang Xuanling and Li Shimin, but he also knew that the person who could accompany the young master must be a dignitary.

"Will the young master continue to dig wells?" Mo Da asked Merton for instructions.

"Hit! It's not just about digging wells! And the wells drilled should be large enough to irrigate all the test fields. Merton pointed to the 100-acre experimental field and said in high spirits.

"Young master, if you want to water all the 100 acres of experimental fields, you have to fight at least five ***, but with a few of us, I'm afraid we won't be able to take care of it, and we will delay the farming!" Mo Da said with a bitter face.

He knew that the Mo family's experimental field had a very high status in the young master's heart, and it was also the face of the Mo family village in Chang'an City, so he could not afford to lose. But if the well is drilled slowly like this, I am afraid that after the well is finally drilled, half of the crops in the experimental field will die of drought, and I am afraid that the Mo family will immediately become the laughing stock of Chang'an City, but Mojia Village really can't pull out people, and the manufacturing of waterwheels and artificial hatcheries all need manpower, and the fishing farm in Mojia Village also needs a lot of manpower, and there is an artificial shortage in the huge Mojia Village.

"If there is no manpower, then hire people to solve the drought in the shortest possible time, not only the experimental fields must be watered, but all the dry fields in Mojia Village must be irrigated by wells."

Merton said firmly, just kidding, Mojia Village is a specialist who buys waterwheels, if their fields are affected by drought, then how to sell waterwheels to press wells, just like a pig killer can't afford to eat pork.

"Dig all the wells and irrigate them?" Mo Da suddenly felt a lot of pressure, there are many dry fields in Mojia Village, which accounts for about eighty percent of the total fields, and the manpower required will probably be a terrifying number.

"Merton, I'm afraid you're a bit of a strong man, how can Mo Da recruit enough people in such a short time." Fang Jun couldn't look at it, and said a fair word for Mo Da.

"No! Isn't that a lot of people available? Merton looked at the people worshipping the dragon king on the official road, nearly an hour had passed, and the number of people worshipping the dragon and praying for rain had not decreased, but more and more, and the entire official road was about to be blocked.

Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling looked at the bold Merton speechlessly, but they didn't expect him to hit the Dragon King with his idea. However, the two did not stop Merton, because with Merton's irrigation method, it didn't seem to matter whether the dragon king was angry or not in the future.

Mo Da's eyes lit up, this is indeed a good idea, as for whether it will anger the Dragon King, it is not in Mo Da's consideration at all, after all, if the fields in Mojia Village have been watered once, who cares if the Dragon King is angry or not.

"Mojia Village has recruited well workers, and the daily salary is fifty yuan!"

On the official road, Mo Da yelled, and everyone was immediately shocked.

Fifty Wen is a high salary in Datang, and the price of Datang is much lower than that of later generations, and Fifty Wen is enough for ordinary people to spend a week.

"Mojia Village has always been so big-hearted?" Fang Xuanling asked, as the prime minister, of course he knew the price and average salary of Datang, and the salary of fifty wen a day killed the salary of most people in the country.

Such a high salary was offered by a subordinate, and Merton on the side still looked like a matter of course, Fang Xuanling couldn't help but have a somewhat instructive tone.

"Uncle Fang misunderstood, Mojia Village has its own set of guidelines for setting wages, drilling wells and pressuring water is heavy physical work, and fifty wen a day is not a loss at all. And if the fields of Mojia Village can be irrigated in the shortest possible time, the loss of the fields can be reduced to a minimum, and only the land of Mojia Village can be watered in the shortest time, so that the tool water wheel of Mojia Village can sell well. Merton explained.

"Profiteers!" Li Shimin heard that Merton did not hide his intentions, and glanced at Merton with disdain, whether this kid was poor and afraid before, he was simply out of his eyes.

However, the more frank Mo Dun was, Li Shimin couldn't afford to blame, after all, Mojia Village didn't steal, rob, or hoard.

"Fifty Wen!"

A lot of people who beg for rain are suddenly excited, and now the drought is raging, and if it doesn't rain, the grain output will be reduced, and even the harvest will be lost, if you take this opportunity to earn a little more money, you may not be able to survive this year's natural disasters, and suddenly many people are moved, and their footsteps can't help but move over here.

"Don't move, aren't you afraid of offending the Dragon King and sending disasters?!" The old man at the head saw that people's hearts were fluctuating, and he yelled.

"Dragon King!"

The people who begged for rain couldn't help but look at the clay sculpture of the dragon king in fear, in this era, the theory of ghosts and gods is very popular, otherwise it would not attract so many people to ask for rain.

"Do you think that if you sacrifice a few pigs' heads, it will rain on the dragon king?" Mo Da snorted coldly.

"If you offend the Dragon King, I'm afraid that Guanzhong will never have peace, can your Mojia Village afford this responsibility?" The old man said coldly.

"You are afraid of offending the Dragon King, my Mojia Village is not afraid, Mojia Village has already created tools for irrigation of dry fields, and anyone who comes to recruit workers, after the irrigation is over, will be sold to you at half price." Mo Da said unceremoniously-for-tat.

Mo Da's last sentence became the last straw that broke the camel's back, one was an ethereal dragon king, even if he begged for rain, it might not fall, and the other side was a real fact. The movement of digging a well here in Moda has already alarmed everyone, and when the well is washed, the water from the well flows directly to the official road. Comparing the two, it is not difficult to choose at all.

"I'll come." A strong man like an iron tower stood up and walked to the side of Moda.

"Zhang Wu, you ......, do you know the consequences of offending the Dragon King!" The village elder looked at the strong man in front of him angrily, and he couldn't believe that these people really dared to betray the gods.

"Village Chief, I know you have good intentions, four years ago, I remember that you also led everyone to ask for rain, but if the Dragon King really had a spirit, then the great drought four years ago would not have starved my mother to death, and I don't want to go through the same thing again." Zhang Wu, who was like an iron tower, said with tears in his eyes, thinking of the aggravation of his wife and children who were waiting to be fed, and walked back to Mo Da's side.

"I'll go too!"

"I'm not begging for rain anymore!"

………………

Soon, the procession begging for rain dispersed, leaving only a few stubborn elements around the village elders.

In the competition between the Mo family and the dragon king, the Mo family won a small game.

For the success of the well test, Merton did not have the slightest doubt, the drilling equipment was produced in accordance with the standard of mass production from the beginning, and Mojiacun had built a lot of drilling equipment early on, ready to be sold in the test field, and now it is just the first time to use it himself.

A set of well-drilling tools for every four people is more than enough, and under the command of Moda, dozens of well-drilling teams started working together, and the scene was shocking.

The workers worked very hard because they knew that the sooner the work was completed, the sooner they could buy cheap wells to water their fields.

"In two days at most, 100 acres of experimental fields will be watered! From now on, this experimental field will be comparable to the wind and rain, and the harvest will be bumper every year," Merton said with satisfaction, and Merton has never been shy and humble about the success of his efforts.

"What a pity! If this mindful irrigation technique could be rolled out a month in advance, the drought would not be a cause for concern, but it is already too late! Looking at the water coming out of the wells one by one, Fang Xuanling said regretfully.

Although Mojiazi has already embarked on a path to overcome the drought, when the well-drilling tools are built and the wells are dug again, I am afraid that most of the crops in the Guanzhong area have already died of drought.

"Stinky boy, you know that if you take care of yourself, the people in Guanzhong are going to have a famine, and you are still in the mood to show off." When Li Shimin thought of the impending drought, a feeling of having more than enough strength came over him.

Obviously, there is a peerless prescription in front of him, but he can't do anything because of time, this feeling simply makes Li Shimin crazy, and it is unfortunate that Merton has become the first bird and Li Shimin's punching bag.

Merton suddenly hugged his head and scurried, and his heart couldn't help but think of the famous crab effect in later generations.

In an open basket, a crab can easily climb out, but if several crabs are put together, the result is that none of the crabs can climb up, for no other reason, that is, the crabs pull each other's hind legs.

Merton suddenly realized a problem, Mojia Village is likely to become the only crab in the basket that escaped, it is conceivable that if all the farmers in the entire Guanzhong are in trouble, only Mojia Village has a bumper harvest, I am afraid that the harvest of Mojia Village will not be envy, but the anger of hundreds of people, and even the image of Mojia Village's painstaking management will collapse.

It's not about right or wrong, it's about people's hearts.

No, Mojia Village can't be put in danger, and Merton's mind is in a hurry, wanting to find a way to break the situation.

"Wechen has a plan to solve the problem of drought in Guanzhong." Merton hurriedly said in a loud voice.

"What?"

Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling couldn't believe their ears. Stared straight at Merton.

"What did you say, stinky boy? Do you know that if you talk nonsense, it is a crime of deception! Li Shimin stared at Merton with red eyes, Li Shimin was also in a hurry to go to the hospital, even if there was a possibility to prevent the disaster in Guanzhong, he was unwilling to let go, Fang Xuanling also looked at Merton with a look of hope.

Who knew that Merton arched his hand towards Li Shimin and said: "Here, Weichen wants to impeach Uncle Fang for the crime of inaction." ”

"Inaction?" Fang Xuanling was confused, is there another crime in the Tang Dynasty?

"Merton! Don't spew blood! When Fang Eryi heard that Morton had impeached his father, he suddenly became angry and yelled.

"Hehehe! You Merton are going to impeach my prime minister, and you can't give a reason, and you will be punished for the crime of deceitful and false accusation together. Li Er sneered, how can there be an impeacher in the world who still calls others uncles.

"In the drought in Guanzhong, Mojia Village developed a new type of waterwheel and pressed the well, and the people of other villages organized to ask for rain, although it was useless, but it also did its part, and what did the government do in this drought?" Merton asked with a sneer.

Fang Xuanling was stunned for a moment.

Yes! What did the government do? After thinking about it, I suddenly realized that the government had done nothing.

"This is a natural disaster, a disaster that ordinary people can't resist, and they can rely on the court for the last time but do nothing." Merton snorted coldly.

"Then what do you think the government should do?" Fang Xuanling humbly asked.

"The new drilling tools and well killing are not difficult to make. Uncle Fang ordered a large amount of steel to be collected, and all the craftsmen in the Guanzhong area were summoned to work overtime to build well-drilling tools and kill wells. Merton said.

Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "This is indeed not difficult, the old man thinks he can do it." However, even if it is, it is impossible to have as much labor as the experimental field of Mojia Village. ”

Drilling a well is a manual work, usually four people work at the same time to dig a well, the entire Guanzhong area, how many fields, how many wells to be drilled, simply can't take care of it.

"As far as I know, there is a place in Guanzhong that has a large number of idle laborers. It depends on whether His Majesty is reluctant to use it. Merton said meaningfully.

"Stinky boy, you actually paid attention to the sixteen guards, do you know what the duties of the sixteen guards are?" Li Shimin instantly understood the meaning of Merton, the Sixteen Guards were Li Shimin's elite troops guarding Chang'an, and the number was about 200,000.

Merton said proudly: "Of course the kid knows that the military is to protect the family and defend the country, but the drought in Guanzhong has caused countless families to be separated, don't these families need to be defended?" ”

Thinking of every time a major disaster occurred in later generations, there was always a large group of the loveliest people rushing to the front line, thinking of this, Merton couldn't help but exclaim: "This is a crisis, there are both dangers and opportunities. The government took this opportunity to promote new irrigation tools, and the land in Guanzhong would never be so caught off guard by the famine in the future.

At the same time, for the Sixteen Guards, this is a show, a show of drought resistance, but it is not a show, but a real practical thing for the people, but a show that shows His Majesty's benevolence and love for the people, and a show that shows the love of the army and the people. ”

"Drought-fighting show!" Li Shimin's mouth was full of chewing these four words, and the brilliance in his eyes became more and more shining, so that he would regain the hearts of the people in Guanzhong in one fell swoop, and no one could shake it.