Li Ke and Li Yuanjing, who were bought one and got one free, were a little depressed, like Li Yuanjing, who was fine, but only half of the county had not completed the construction of the embankment, and it was over by gritting his teeth.

But on Li Ke's side, there are still several counties! If all the tasks are left to the people under his own rule, I really don't know how many years it will take.

You must know that hundreds of thousands of local people and nearly two million northern migrant workers, a winter of more than five months, can only complete the construction of the three counties, because digging soil and repairing embankments is only the first step in the field, the field leveling, irrigation ditches, road repair, tree planting and slope protection, private house construction, etc., the workload involved in the field leveling, irrigation ditches, road repair, tree planting and slope protection, private house construction, etc., is very huge.

Although Li Ke can mobilize 150,000 local people, about 200,000 young people to start construction, but in one year, may not be able to complete a county's construction project, this is the past experience, Jiuyuan County is more than 200,000 migrant workers to complete more than two years to complete, this county in all the Yuantian County, is still relatively small, because it is pure wasteland, the field is relatively compact, the land utilization rate is high, unlike other Yuantian counties need to build such a long embankment.

For example, Jinan County, its overall area is more than twice as large as Jiuyuan County, because nearly half of the place is along the Changhu Lake, although it has brought a lot of fishery and duck farming, lotus root planting to Jinan County, but the embankment that needs to be built is more than twice as long as that of Jiuyuan County.

"Chief Grandson, this, it's just this year! If we leave it to us to complete it ourselves, I'm afraid, it will take many years of hard work. ”

"What? Think the task is heavy? Tell you, next year, the princes who are studying here, many will be sent out to take office, our Shannan Province has more than 30 states, nearly half of them are suitable for building walls, if you are like them, with the help of the imperial court's appropriation and organization, to complete all the construction projects under the rule, can you reflect your talent? ”

Hearing this, Li Ke's face became even more entangled, indeed, as the first batch of princes in the Tang Dynasty to serve in the domain, he really wanted to make some achievements and play an exemplary role for all the princes who need to serve in the domain in the future, and at the same time, he also helped the royal family grow his face and reflect his importance to the country.

"But, that's five counties······"

The eldest grandson Wuji already had his own thoughts in his heart, so naturally he couldn't allow Li Ke to refute it, in his heart, Li Ke couldn't complete the task, it was too outstanding, but it might pose a certain threat to Li Chengqian's status, interrupted him, "It's four and a half counties, you finish Qianjiang County before spring ploughing next year, there are only four counties left, more than one county every year, you still have hope to complete the task before the end of your term." ”

The magistrate of Datang Prefecture, the term of office is generally three years, Li Ke has been in office for half a year, the eldest grandson Wuji said that there is more than one county every year, and there are a lot of them, at least one more county, because Li Ke's tenure in Yingzhou is actually only two winters, and the local people have to plant two seasons of rice, and they will be very busy from the beginning of spring to the autumn harvest, but they dare not transfer them to do any construction projects, which will delay production.

One year, two counties, this is almost impossible, with a labor force of more than 200,000 people, only about half a county can survive in a year, although Li Shimin may continue to let him stay in office after his term of office expires, but he has not made outstanding achievements in one term of office, which is a kind of failure for him.

Seeing Li Ke's bitter face, Sun Xiangfu said while eating, "If you encounter a problem, you have to find a way to solve it, a governor of Xiongzhou, who holds the power of the local military and government, has the power to deal with all affairs and establish a temporary control policy, there are many ways." ”

was proposed by Sun Xiangfu, and Li Ke suddenly began to think about this direction.

Before, he carefully abided by the rules and regulations of the imperial court, for fear that he would make some mistakes and be impeached by the ministers and lose face.

And think about Sun Xiangfu's past when he was in power in Shanyang, but he did not develop and govern in accordance with the rules and regulations of the imperial court, and almost all the policies were broken and reset, and the effect was very good.

Now, Li Ke regrets that he did not pay attention to government affairs during his time in Shanyang, and he also understands why Li Chengqian will be praised by everyone when he is in power in Chang'an.

Shanyang's relatively advanced governing philosophy, which he studied, will not stick to the old system and get by at all, but is thinking of all kinds of ways to make progress, and if he can't change this mode of thinking, then even if he is diligent and careful to the sky, he can only be regarded as a mediocre talent, and there will be a big gap between him and Li Chengqian, and he will not be able to deal with all kinds of new problems that may arise in the future.

Therefore, Li Ke bowed to Sun Xiangfu very modestly and said, "The teacher also asked me." ”

Sun Xiangfu pointed to the hot pot with boiling soup on the table and said, "Eat something hot first, and eat while eating, I said at the same time." ”

Li Ke said depressedly, "Teacher, don't you say, where can Xiao Wang eat!" ”

"If you have such a heart, you are much stronger than these two guys, eating will not affect your listening to me, and when you eat, your brain will be more active and your understanding will be stronger."

Seeing that Sun Xiangfu insisted on letting himself eat, Li Ke thought that Sun Xiangfu's method would be related to eating! Even the eldest Sun Wuji and Li Yuanchang, who had already eaten a mouthful of oil, and Li Yuanjing and Li Yuanchang, who were sarcastically ridiculed by Sun Xiangfu, also pricked up their ears, wanting to hear what Sun Xiangfu had to say.

I saw Sun Xiangfu eat a piece of boiled fragrant mushrooms into his mouth, spit hot air and said, "In this world!" If you want to do something, you can't get around money, but what! Money, he was originally used to exchange all kinds of materials, that is to say, it may not be to do everything, you need to use money directly, you can first think about what you have, and then think about how Jiuyuan County was built, and then think about it, can you imitate this routine and build up the places in several counties under your rule, this question is simple. ”

"What do I have?" Li Ke listened to Sun Xiangfu's words and asked himself.

Then, he quickly thought that now several counties under Yingzhou, those grains that are so much that they can't be filled with often closed positions, under his rule of Yingzhou, but there are three large counties that have built fields, and the high-yield rice fields alone have 5 million mu, and one season, that is, the output of 50 million stones, that is, those counties that have not built good fields, this year are also planted new rice seeds, in the year of wind and rain, the average yield per mu has reached more than six or seven stones, it can be said that the people have surplus grain, so much that they can't eat it all.

But what can food do now? The milled rice is only 60 wen a catty, and the rice is only 40 wen a catty, which is used to make all kinds of small food sold to the outside world, and it can indeed make some money, but this is the local people's plan to make a fortune, what does it have to do with solving the problem of the farmland?

Then, Li Ke followed what Sun Xiangfu said, and thought of how Jiuyuan County was built, at the beginning, these people were all victims of the disaster without food, Sun Xiangfu represented the imperial court, just used the way of work for relief, to give them food, and organized these people to start building the fields, as well as the houses in the fields and other projects.

Then, the people themselves built the fields, houses, distribution and sale to them, so that they can use a certain amount of labor or grain, to compensate, and then, it seems, the grain returned to the hands of the imperial court, and the Jiuyuan County was built in this way, the imperial court, from beginning to end, it seems that only some grain and building tools were taken as the initial cost, and finally the vast majority of them were recovered, and finally a built Jiuyuan County was settled, and 30,000 households were resettled, and the imperial court continued to contribute taxes.

Now, he has grain in his hands, with the financial resources accumulated in Yingzhou, it is not difficult to get some tools to build the fields, and even, than when Sun Xiangfu organized the construction of Jiuyuan County, the conditions are much better, because he has 150,000 households to use, and the three counties that have already built the fields can provide him with tens of thousands of ploughing cattle, carts, etc., which can speed up the construction and reduce the support of labor loss.

And the Tang Dynasty now has a population of more than five million, but because of the war, there is no stable farming, and the food is consumed in vain, before, the imperial court to the Central Plains to move labor, must not want to solve this burden, themselves, can not be a book, take the initiative to share the worries for the court, follow the original model of Jiuyuan County, the population of Tammo Road, as the disaster victims, placed in Yingzhou counties? After all, although there is land in those counties, the population is only 9,000 households, and it is simply not enough to meet the planting of a large area of new fields after the construction of the fields.

This matter is too funny, the tens of thousands of laborers who were used by the imperial court to pay enough food have been living here for three or four months, they have adapted to the life and work here, and many people have a certain level of Chinese and can communicate with the locals simply, send them back, recruit people who volunteer to work here, like when Jiuyuan County was first established, give them some promises, they will definitely be willing to come here.

This is the rich Datang locality, there is an acre of high-yield fields that can harvest ten stone of white rice, seeing the expressions of enjoyment when those laborers eat white rice, Li Ke feels that as long as he does it himself, he can succeed 100%.

"The wisdom of the teacher is like the ocean, Xiao Wang really admires it." Li Ke put down his chopsticks and bowed respectfully to Sun Xiangfu.

Sun Xiangfu nodded with satisfaction and said, "Your talent is smarter than all of them, it's just that your mind has not been opened, and you don't know how to use your strength to be the most effective. Okay, the solution is your own, eat first! After eating, I went back and worked hard to organize. ”

"Obey orders." Li Ke's face was happy, so he went back to his position and sat down to eat, but the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Yuanjing, and Li Yuanchang were stunned for a while.

"What's the way, you have to tell me, Shangguan!" Eldest Sun Wuji couldn't help but ask.

"Chief Governor of the eldest grandson, Xiao Wang wants to share the worries of the court and solve the livelihood problems of some of the people of Tanmo Dao, this matter is too big, in addition to informing you, I also have to report it to my father for approval."

"Solve the problem of the people's livelihood in Tammordao?"

"Yes, Xiao Wang plans to hire the people of Tammo Dao to work under his rule, then, let's hire two million people first!"

"Two million?" Hearing this number, the chopsticks in the hands of the eldest grandson Wuji accidentally slipped onto the table.