The carriage walked slowly, Li Jing was dressed in a strong suit, followed by two beautiful women, and a boy with pink makeup, Li Jing looked at the soil on both sides of the official road through the car window, and there was a faint sadness between his eyebrows.

In the field not far away, there were ten people carrying water, and some young people were plowing the fields.

"Your Majesty, natural disasters are like this, as long as the government and the people are united with each other, they will definitely be able to tide over the difficulties." Seeing this, Chai Erniang hurriedly persuaded her.

"Although the imperial court has the heart to fight drought, there are times when it is good to take care of it." Li Jing shook his head, he knocked lightly on the window, and the carriage quickly stopped.

"Old man, can you get water now?" Li Jing looked at the old man who was tidying up the land not far away and asked.

The old man glanced at Li Jing, and saw that Li Jing was richly dressed, so he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "If you go back to Gongzi, you can still pick up water now, and here is the vortex river a few miles away, and the people in our neighborhood are all carrying water from the vortex river." ”

"Vortex!" Li Jing suddenly showed a smile on his face and said, "It would be much better if I could pick up water, although the distance is a little farther, there is always some hope." ”

"This son, I'm afraid the water of the vortex river won't last long, and now there is no shortage of water in these ten miles and eight townships." The old man shook his head, looked at the sky and said, "I don't know when it will rain this God, if it continues like this, even if you barely plant rice, you may not be able to survive, and the yield will be reduced." ”

"Old man, the imperial court already knows the situation of the people, and His Majesty the Emperor has ordered all states and counties in the imperial court to prepare for the drought, even if the production is reduced, it is still possible to survive." Chai Erniang hurriedly persuaded on the side.

"Your Majesty is merciful, look at those people, they are all the garrisons of our county government who came to help, hey, fortunately there are them, otherwise, like the five acres of land in our family, I don't know when it will be watered!" The old man pointed to a few young men who were working in the distance and said proudly.

"Old man, have you dug a ditch here?" Li Jing looked into the distance, this place is relatively close to the vortex river, although there are several miles away, but if you use labor, you may not be able to dig a canal, and when the time comes, watering will become much more convenient.

"Naturally, it was dug up, but there are some places where it can be dug." The old man smiled bitterly: "This ditch must be to break other people's fields, this, this, how can it work, even if there is a keel waterwheel, some places will not let you set up this waterwheel!" ”

"Why is that? Could it be that the government just looked at the fields in the distance and could not be cultivated? Liang Hongyu's face changed when she heard this, and she couldn't help but say.

"Hmph, the land by the river is generally high-quality fields, although the imperial court has allocated fields to every family, but these high-quality paddy fields belong to those big families, how can these families be willing to act recklessly in their own fields?" A young man next to him suddenly snorted coldly.

Li Jing was silent for a while, even if he made a policy, but there are still countermeasures below, the people are divided into land, but most of them are inferior fields, the yield is not high, or the location is not good, like the high-quality fields near the river, which is still in the hands of large families, this is an unchangeable fact, even Li Jing can't let the world be the same.

"It's really selfish." Liang Hongyu snorted coldly.

"There are many things in the world, and the selfish ones are too heavy, and there is no way to do it." Li Jing turned into a long sigh, there were already many busy figures on the field, Li Jing's mood became heavy, and it took countless manpower and material resources to succeed in the end, it depends on the will of God.

"This son, although it is more difficult now, but it is better than before, at least we still have hope, I heard from the people in the village, if there is a drought this year, Your Majesty will definitely reduce your taxes." Chai Erniang comforted on the side. Although she has not been exposed to agriculture, she can also see the situation this year.

"Your Majesty is a rare good emperor throughout the ages, look at our ploughing oxen, plows, rakes, etc., these are all given by Your Majesty, our county is relatively close to Beijing, so the priority is to send down, some of these things, I believe we will get through the difficulties this time." The old man pointed to some farm tools on the ridge and said triumphantly.

At this time, the tools are scarce, the ploughing cattle are less, the ploughing is manpower, not in line with the foundation of intensive farming, and a lot of manpower and material resources will be wasted.

"It's good to have hope, it's good to have hope." Li Jing's face showed a trace of joy, he looked into the distance, these ordinary people are still very easy to be satisfied, who is good to him and who is bad to him, the people naturally have a rod and scale in their hearts. He took Li Dingbei's little hand and walked towards the carriage not far away, the common people were a group of lovely people, but those gentry were not necessarily.

"What a strange son, at this time, there is still a son who comes to us and talks to me, an old man." The old man looked at the carriage on the official road in the distance, and there were dozens of men in strong clothes around the carriage, all of which showed that the identity of the other party was not simple.

"Old man Yang, what are you looking at?" At this time, a clear voice came from behind him, and he saw a middle-aged man, with a fair face and a long beard, but he was wearing a short shirt, obviously dressed as a scholar, but at this moment he was like a farmer.

"Oh, it's the chief, just now there was a young man chatting with the old man, hehe, he looks very noble, and the clothes he wears are like satin, well, it's even better than the chief." When the old man saw the comer, he quickly bent down and said.

The elder had long forgotten the old man's salute, but looked at the distant vehicle, his face was complicated, and he stared at the old man in front of him for a long time, and the old man who was watching didn't know what to do, his lips trembled, and said: "What, Li Chang, the little old man has made a mistake?" ”

"Old man Yang, old man Yang, I really don't know what to say about you? There is smoke on your ancestral grave. Do you know who you were talking to? The middle-aged man had a look of regret on his face.

"Who is it?" The old man couldn't help but ask.

"When today, this morning the Son of Heaven and the imperial concubine and His Royal Highness the King of Qin came to our county, just now the county order also summoned me and other lieutenants to discuss the matter of drought fighting, I didn't expect ah, I didn't expect His Majesty to come here, tsk, I also talked to you, old man Yang, your ancestral tomb is really smoking." The lieutenant shook his head again and again, such an opportunity is not something anyone can encounter, even he himself can only envy.

"Your Majesty, it's actually the Emperor. Your Majesty! After hearing this, Old Man Yang immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed to the carriage that was going away, and said loudly: "Your Majesty has not forgotten us and is caring about us." ”

The people who were farming next to them also knew about Li Jing's arrival at this time, and knelt on the ground one after another, and some people cried bitterly, natural disasters are not terrible, but the terrible thing is that the imperial court has no measures, but I didn't expect that by this time, Li Jing actually went south in person to inspect the world, how not to move people.