"Report, there is a big drought in many places in Bingzhou and Liangzhou."

I originally thought that after the autumn harvest, the finances could be alleviated to a certain extent, but I didn't expect that there would be a major drought at this time.

Qin Hua immediately summoned his ministers to discuss the matter.

"My lord, although the drought is serious, it doesn't have much to do with the water conservancy construction in Liangzhou, but the water conservancy in Bingzhou and other places is not popular, and I am afraid of disasters."

If you want to say that the person who knows the internal affairs of Qin Hua's territory best, that person must not be Qin Hua himself, but Xun You.

"What Gongda said is very true, and he also asked the lord to increase his manpower and go to Bingzhou to deal with the drought."

Jia Xu echoed on the side.

"But now that the number of conscripts is insufficient, the lord is light on conscription, and he has to take care of other construction, I'm afraid there are not so many people."

"Otherwise, conscripts will be called up from the counties to deal with the drought."

"No, I just increased the tax once before, and if I increase the conscription, I am afraid that the people will revolt."

The officials below were discussing fiercely, but Qin Hua was listening quietly, and now he also felt a terrible headache.

I originally thought that after the guilty book, the internal contradictions in the territory have been alleviated to a certain extent, and with my leading business system, I should be able to recover in a short time, but I didn't expect that there would be a drought at this time.

Could it be that as Zuo Ci said, he is not a person from this world, and God is not on his side?

"Shut up."

Seeing that the debate below was gradually changing like a quarrel, Qin Hua immediately spoke out to stop it.

"Conscription cannot continue to increase, but the drought also needs to be managed, so I decided to send 50,000 troops to the state to speed up the water conservancy construction in the state."

Saying that, Qin Hua looked at Zhang Liao, who had not spoken on the side, and said: "Wenyuan, select 50,000 people from the army to go to Bingzhou, and if you are willing to go, the food and salary will be increased by 30%. ”

"When a soldier sacrifices for the country and serves the people, how can he ask for the lord's salary."

Zhang Liao had no objection to Qin Hua's decision, but he did not approve of Qin Hua paying them extra food.

"Then only one percent of the food and salary will be increased, and the remaining two percent will be used to improve the diet, and the water conservancy project is mostly manual work, so you need to eat better."

"Thank you, Lord, for your kindness."

This time Zhang Liao did not refuse.

"Luda was instructed that the Ministry of Industry needs to arrange an engineering force of no less than 300 people to go to Bingzhou within three days, and Wenyuan will arrange 50,000 people as conscripts to help them build, and be sure to help more crops."

Then Qin Hua looked at Ma Chao at the end, after the Xuzhou incident, Ma Chao broke two fingers, and his mood has not been good.

"Ma Chao, Yan Xing, you two obey orders."

Hearing Qin Hua shouting his name, Ma Chao and Yan Xing immediately stood up.

"The newly formed Xuanjia cavalry has been trained for more than a month, I now order Ma Chao to be the commander of the Xuanjia cavalry, and Yan Xing is the deputy commander, you two immediately lead the Xuanjia cavalry to Bingzhou, and in case of bandits or hungry rebellions, deal with it yourself, and be sure to ensure the stability of Bingzhou."

"Me"

Ma Chao just wanted to say something, but was pulled by Yan Xing on the side, and he didn't say anything.

"Yes, the last general commands."

Eventually, the two took the order.

In fact, what Ma Chao wanted to say was that he should not be the commander, and this position was more suitable for Yan Xing, but seeing the smile on his father's face, Ma Chao couldn't say it anymore.

"Wenhe, you choose a group of people to go to Bingzhou as disaster relief officials to distribute relief food, and you must not starve to death."

"Yes."

Jia Xu just wanted to receive the order, but Qin Hua suddenly said: "Let Dali Temple arrange a group of people to go to Bingzhou, and all illegal things will be strictly investigated during the drought, especially those who hoard grain and sell it at a high price." In addition, you draw up a standard for food prices to limit food price spikes during droughts. Those who maliciously raise grain prices will be severely punished. ”

"Subordinates receive orders."

After arranging everything that should be arranged, Qin Hua sat back on the chair again, quietly thinking about whether there was anything missing.

Suddenly, Qin Hua found that Xun You's face was still not good, and he thought that he had done something wrong, so he hurriedly asked Xun You.

"There is nothing negligent in the arrangement of the lord, it's just"

"Please speak up."

"Have you heard, my lord, that after the great drought there will be great locusts?"

"A plague of locusts?"

Qin Hua couldn't help but have a headache again, the drought can be solved by building water conservancy, digging wells, etc., what should be done about the locust plague?

"What Xun said is so true, I almost forgot that the great drought is often accompanied by locust plagues."

A number of officials are also well-educated, and this kind of thing is recorded in many books.

"Ancient books record that locust larvae are mostly found in dry riverbeds and other places, and they can be killed before the larvae hatch."

One official suggested.

"This method has little effect, it has been recorded in ancient books, but the effect is not very obvious, and the sky will still be full of locusts in the coming year."

"Since ancient times, the most common methods have been the fluttering method and the burial method. One is that after the locusts were overflowing, the people gathered the locusts together with nets and surrounded them on three sides, and then killed them. The second is to dig trenches in the path where the locusts must pass, and use nets to keep the locusts out and bury them. ”

"Although the method you mentioned has been used to control locusts, the damage from locust plagues has not decreased much."

Seeing that the officials were about to start arguing again, Qin Hua interrupted them again.

"There's no urgency in this matter, you go back and think about it carefully, and report it to me after sorting it out. At the same time, a notice was issued to the territory to seek someone who could destroy the locusts. ”

I finally got everything in order, and the sun was already setting.

Qin Hua dragged his tired body to Xiu'er's courtyard, where he was going to spend the night today.

"Daddy."

Qin Kou trotted to Qin Hua's side, holding Qin Hua's retreat and calling Daddy.

Qin Hua also took the opportunity to pick up Xiao Qin Kou.

As soon as he entered the door, he bumped into Xiao Xiao, who was hurriedly looking for Qin Kou, who had disappeared.

"Oops."

Xiao Xiao screamed, how could her small body be Qin Hua's opponent, and she wanted to fall immediately after hitting it.

Fortunately, Qin Hua stopped her waist and hugged her in time, so that she would not fall to the ground.

"General."

Because of the excessive force, Xiao Xiao was hugged tightly in front of him by Qin Hua, making Xiao Xiao's cheeks immediately crimson.

"Where's Madame?"

"Madame is cooking in the kitchen in the backyard, and when she heard that the general was coming, Madame decided to cook herself."

When the moon rose, Qin Hua and Xiu'er sat in the courtyard eating dinner, and Xiaoxiao took Qin Kou to take a bath.

"Xiu'er, why did you name her Xiaoxiao, it's obviously big."

Saying that, Qin Hua also made a gesture, and at first Xiu'er didn't understand what Qin Hua was talking about, but she quickly reacted, glanced at Qin Hua in shame, and didn't say anything.

"Has your father been looking for you lately?"

After laughing with Xiu'er for a while, seeing that Xiu'er's mood seemed to be much better, Qin Hua finally asked about Qin Huang.

Although Qin Hua insisted on going his own way this time, the cause was still Xiu'er, Qin Hua was worried that his father would embarrass Xiu'er, so Qin Hua even sent three times more troops to protect Xiu'er's courtyard.

"Yes, I came once, but my father seemed to be in a much better mood after hearing Ko'er call him grandpa, and he reprimanded me a few words and left."

"That's the best."

Qin Hua had to admire his foresight, in order to let Qin Huang accept Xiu'er, as early as when Qin Kou in Taishan County was just able to speak, Qin Hua not only taught him to call him father, but also taught him to call him grandfather, hoping to impress Qin Huang with this, and now it seems that the effect is not bad.