I want to ask how Ji Di's official reputation among the people is? I'm afraid that the ordinary people near Chang'an will praise from the bottom of their hearts: "Good official!" And his reputation for being honest and honest and not afraid of the strong has long been known to the world.

Although there are some people who hate him to death, they just can't do anything to him. It is rumored that not long ago, when today's son wanted him to serve as the important position of lord and lieutenant, but he temporarily resigned, because, under his rule, there was a great drought and the people's livelihood was tired, and he didn't want to leave such a mess and leave.

The emperor admired him for a long time, and he had to follow him, after all, good ministers are rare, not to mention that Liu Che also hoped that he could use his prestige to call on the people and create miracles.

It's been almost half a month, this Chang'an Lord has been working hard with his head and forgetting to sleep and eat, but the results are very small, seeing tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land under his nose and smoking day by day, Ji Di feels that the top of his head is about to smoke!

It's like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw, at this moment he is pulling Yuan Zhao's sleeve, where there is an important minister of the court, it is completely a sloppy trick.

Yuan Zhao glanced at the shadow of the team of people who protected the princess walking towards Chang'an City, and was a little helpless.

Just now, after greeting the princess in the past, he turned around and glanced at the more than 300 people who were accompanying him, and then he pushed them out immediately with an arrogant attitude, and quickly sent the princess back to the palace...... As for the Marquis of Changle, there are people's livelihood plans that need to be helped, so he has stayed here with his official for the past few days, and the emperor has his own official to say.

Cao Xiang and the others had already planned to play with Yuan Zhao for a few days after returning to Chang'an, such a hero is his good friend, so he must show off in front of the group of gentlemen in the past! This stubborn old man is going to forcibly leave him behind, so how can he do it!

Unexpectedly, before they could say a word, they saw Ji Di's face turn dark, and he was about to get angry. Seeing that he was showing signs of anger, Yuan Zhao hurriedly walked over, smiled and played a round field, so that the eyes made them go quickly, this old man is on fire these days, don't come to touch the mold.

The big guy had no choice but to make an appointment to get together after he returned to Chang'an. Yuan Zhao also entrusted Wei Qing and Cui Hong to go to Changle Hou Mansion and Fan Xue Lou respectively to report safety, and greeted Su Xi in the car and asked her to go back to the palace to rest. Although Princess Suxi was reluctant to be separated in her heart, she had no choice but to secretly watch the young man's figure from behind the curtain and go away with the carriage.

The group of people who were waiting for him walked away, and Ji Di saw that his henchman Yao Shang cast a tacit look at him, he turned around, patted Yuan Zhao's shoulder, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Brother Yuan, don't blame the old man for being so reluctant to keep you. You're so young, and you've done a good job on your northbound journey. When you come back from a journey of thousands of miles, you should go back and have a good rest, and by the way, accept everyone to wash the dust for you, and accept the supreme glory you should get! However, the reason why the old man is so unkind is because there is really no way to think about it. ”

Speaking of this, he took Yuan Zhao's hand with one hand, and pointed to the torrent of people who were carrying water back and forth like ants in the distance with the other, and his words were desolate and sorrowful.

"Do you know that in the past ten days, dozens of people have collapsed in this field due to overwork......! Although I know that working so hard will not have much effect, but don't you work hard? What is planted in this field, but the rations they rely on for survival next year, who dares to be careless! This is a major event related to the lives of countless people, Brother Yuan, if you really have the means to call for wind and rain, help the old man and the people in front of you! ”

The two county magistrates next to him had already heard Yao Shang whisper to them about the magic of Yuan Zhao's past, and their eyes couldn't help but shine, and they gathered around, looking at him with anticipation.

Feeling the eager gaze of these people, Yuan Zhao couldn't help but smile bitterly, it was really a false rumor to kill people!

"That...... Master Ji, Master Yao, Master Du and Master Yao, the kid really doesn't have as much ability as you think! Those rumors are not to be believed, and it is still feasible to take advantage of natural conditions sometimes, but when it comes to the magic of calling the wind and rain, it is really beyond the ability of the kid. ”

"Don't deny it anymore! Boy, the fact that you caused thunder and fire in the Yanshan Gorge and slaughtered the Hun cavalry has long been known to everyone. Is it still incapable of such a method? Hum! ”

Ji Di's face was a little displeased, he thought that Yuan Zhao was deliberately hiding and didn't want to help.

"Could it be that there is any inconvenience in this? Brother Yuan, is there something taboo? ”

Yao Shangsu knew what kind of person Yuan Zhao was, and when he saw him say this, he couldn't help but guess what was difficult about him.

"Well, that's a bit complicated to say, one is that the situation is critical, and the kid has to do it. The second is that the conditions were coincidental, so it was done, which was the reality at that time. As for today's events, there is indeed some powerlessness. ”

Do your own family know your own affairs, calling for wind and rain? No kidding! I'm not that wicked yet.

When a few people saw that he was sincere, and it didn't look like he was deliberately not helping, they couldn't force him anymore. Ji Di and a few people glanced at each other, and they all lowered their heads, their expressions were silent, since there was no way to even think about this amazing boy. It seems that the only way to wait for the rain to fall is doomed...... That is God punishing the Han Dynasty.

These parents are all old, and even the youngest Yao Shang is in his forties. After many days of hard work and exhaustion, his face looked much older. He wiped the mud from his hands, tucked his hair back under the scarf, sighed slightly, said no more, grabbed the bucket on the ground, and walked about to walk.

Yuan Zhao felt a little unbearable in his heart, reached out and grabbed the edge of the barrel, feeling the heaviness in it.

"Wait! Although the kid doesn't have those magical powers, you can think of other ways to see if it works. ”

"Ahh Would you like to help? Speak quickly, and I knew you had a way...... Ha ha! ”

Ji Di immediately changed his face, and he looked like this, very strange, in front of Yuan Zhao, he was never that iron-faced and selfless expression.

"A few adults, the boys don't understand, the water system near Chang'an is so developed, why don't you make good use of it?"

Yuan Zhao did have some doubts in his heart, it is said that the Jingwei water system has abundant water, if it is used well, even if the climate is drier in a short period of time, it should not be so serious.

"Exploit ?...... Little Marquis, aren't we mobilizing all the rural people to take water from the Wei River to fight the drought! It's just that it doesn't have much effect, so how can we use it?"

Yao Shigu didn't understand why Yuan Zhao said this, and the others also had confused expressions.

"Tens of thousands of acres of land are dumped, relying on manpower to draw water for irrigation, of course, to no avail. Guarding the mighty Wei River and letting it flow eastward in vain, isn't it a pity! The kid once heard a saying, called 'Three thousand weak water, only take one scoop to drink', haha! Everyone has a scoop of water to drink, but you adults also take a scoop, but why? ”

Yuan Zhao had a smile on his face, but in his heart, he had already thought of a good way to save time and effort.

"Boy, don't be sarcastic, if you have any good ideas, say it quickly!"

"Yao is ignorant, please make it clear to the little marquis!"

"yes, yes! Little Hou Ye, what is the best plan? I'll hear you. ”

Yuan Zhao didn't deliberately sell off the guanzi and ridiculed a few words, just to ease the impatience of these people. Seeing that they inquired one after another, it was inconvenient to talk more nonsense.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the will of heaven is unpredictable, the wind and rain are indefinite, and it is very unreliable to rely on God to eat in the rain. Doing a good job in water conservancy projects is the century-old plan. Although the boy is young, he once heard the teacher say that in the last years of the Qin Dynasty, the wind and smoke were everywhere, the world was in chaos, the people were tired, and the people's livelihood withered. And the reason why my Han Dynasty was able to stabilize quickly after the founding of the country was that the most important role in this was the large amount of rice millet and millet hoarded in the Guanhan Plain. ”

Hearing him talk about this, although Ji Di and the others didn't know what he meant next, of course they knew a lot about these past events, and they couldn't help nodding slightly.

"Then do you know that the grain accumulated in Guanzhong and Hanzhong is certainly because of the good weather in those years and the lack of floods and droughts, but the more important reason is that there is a water conservancy canal that can ensure harvest from drought and flood...... Hehe! ”

These county magistrates still attach great importance to people's livelihood on weekdays, and when they hear him say this, they already understand what he is referring to.

"Little Hou Ye, are you talking about Zheng Guoqu? Did that aqueduct really play that big role?"

It was Yao Shang who was questioning this time, and he vaguely guessed what Yuan Zhao wanted to do.

"Yes, it's Zheng Guoqu! That canal is very important, but unfortunately, in the sixty or seventy years since the founding of the Han Dynasty, no one in the imperial court has seriously counted the huge benefits it has brought to that land, so its role is greatly underestimated! ”

Hearing that Yuan Zhao attached so much importance to the canal in his tone, several people were slightly surprised, and when they raised their heads, they saw a flash of excitement in the eyes of the young marquis.

What Yuan Zhao said is not wrong at all, the role of Zheng Guoqu has not been really valued in the early Han Dynasty, so between the vast Weishui and Jingshui, what can benefit the people's livelihood is only this water conservancy canal built by the former Qin, which cannot but be said to be a huge regret.

Zheng Guoqu was built in the early years of King Yingzheng of Qin. At that time, it was a period when the Qin State was strong and ambitious to cut off the Six Kingdoms.

At that time, among the Seven Kingdoms, Korea was the eastern neighbor of Qin, and when Qin was eyeing the east and wanted to enter the east, the weakest Korea was the first to bear the brunt. Faced with a huge crisis that could be swallowed up at any time, King Han listened to the advice of his ministers and adopted a very clumsy strategy of "tired Qin" in a desperate situation.

South Korea, with the famous water conservancy engineer Zheng Guo as a spy, sent him west into Qin and persuaded Qin to dig a large irrigation canal between Jingshui and Luoshui, a tributary of the Wei River. On the surface, he was trying to help Qin develop agriculture, but in fact, the real intention was to deplete Qin's financial resources in order to weaken Qin.

The eloquent Qin Wangzheng saw the great benefits of this, and immediately adopted Zheng Guo's suggestion, concentrated a large amount of manpower and material resources, and appointed Zheng Guo to preside over the construction of this project. Later, when this conspiracy in Korea was revealed, and the king of Qin was angry and wanted to kill Zheng Guo, this outstanding engineer was not afraid, but said to the king of Qin from the bottom of his heart: "The minister is a traitor, and then he is also the benefit of Qin." The minister is Han Yan's life for several years, and for Qin Jian's eternal merit! King Qin forgave it, still reused it, and continued to complete it.

After the completion of the project, the economic and political benefits were remarkable. The water of the Jing River irrigated more than 40,000 hectares of fertile land in Guanzhong of Qin, and the Guanzhong Plain became fertile from then on, and the Qin State became richer and stronger, so it destroyed the six countries and unified the world!

The reasons for the twists and turns in this have been carefully researched by historians in later generations, so Yuan Zhao knows very well, but in the early Han Dynasty, few people have systematically studied these, so it is not surprising that such a huge water conservancy project has not been taken seriously.

"Little Marquis, do you mean...... Do you want to imitate the Zhengguo Canal here, open a canal to divert water, and irrigate the fields with the Wei River in Nantong?" Yao Shang looked at Yuan Zhao's expression and asked everyone's doubts.

Yuan Zhao nodded, this was exactly what he wanted to do.

"Little Hou Ye, don't you know, this idea has been put forward before, but the terrain here is different from the Zheng Guoqu, the Zheng Guoqu is dug according to the terrain, the Jing River water flows downstream, so it can be flooded with low-lying farmland, and our acres of land around Chang'an are much higher than the Wei River, and the water can't flow, so this matter still doesn't work!"

Du Zhou has been in Lantian County for a long time, so he is very familiar with the terrain, and when he said the actual conditions, everyone couldn't help but be disappointed when they heard it.

"Huh! Isn't it just that the terrain is a little higher, so what's so difficult? Although there is no way to call the rain, the wind can still be done, so let's organize people to dig as soon as possible! As long as the channel is dug out, the kid promises to borrow the east wind for you, and use the wind to divert water to flood these tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, and you can't miss an inch of spring ploughing! ”

Mo on the grass, the way of the world, the vicissitudes of reincarnation. Let's wait for the magic hand, have a spring water!