In addition to paying attention to the movements of Yuan Shu after the breakthrough of the state capital today, Chen Qun and others are also convening officials from all over the country to discuss farmland irrigation, as the lord Liu Yi of course can not only care about the military division, agriculture is the foundation of the country, he also has to participate in it, seeing the general coming, many local officials are quite excited, they rarely see Liu Yi on weekdays.

"This is the latest waterwheel style of the equipment institute, and when you return to the county, you can organize craftsmen to start making it immediately, and make good use of the river near the farmland, so that it can survive even if there is a drought." There is a hand-painted waterwheel drawing in the hall, and Chen Qun is patiently explaining to a group of officials that China has been short of water in the north since ancient times, and once it encounters drought, it will have a great impact on the harvest of crops, so the irrigation of farmland has always been a problem that everyone values.

In fact, this kind of waterwheel is still Liu Yi at the beginning of the idea, in Yanjun convened a lot of craftsmen to study together, looking at the perfect drawing in front of him, he had to sigh that people's creativity is infinite, as long as they put forward a practical idea, although those skilled craftsmen can't say too much truth, but their craftsmanship is extremely exquisite. Nowadays, there is a special equipment station under the state capital, which is not only for the needs of the agricultural service army, but also handed over to them to make.

"Lord, the function of this waterwheel has been explained to you clearly, and the money required by each county has also been allocated, and each county of the equipment institute will take a special person to guide, Ji Ming is responsible for inspecting various places, I don't know what else the lord has to say." After a detailed explanation for more than half an hour, Chen Qunfang had to rest, and just took a sip of water and said to Liu Yi.

"Changwen is hard, everyone, the ancients have clouds, the people take food as the sky, this agricultural work is the basic of my Han Dynasty, you can not have half a contempt for the thought, you are all parents and officials of a county, you must treat the people as their own relatives, and the people can only be strong when they are rich! The long article just now has explained very clearly, and you can directly say what difficulties you have now. Liu Yi got up and looked around at everyone and said, this is the procedure he gave to the state government, after the policies are issued, we must listen to the opinions and difficulties of many parties, and try our best to help solve them.

It seems that the vast majority of them are still very optimistic about this new type of waterwheel, and whether they can increase the harvest under their rule will also be of great benefit to their future promotion, so everyone attaches great importance to this matter.

"General, my Dangshan County is quite different from other places, there are no mountain springs on three sides, the nearest river is also five miles away, and most of the irrigation needs on weekdays come from well water, but now the population and acres are growing and it is not enough, I am afraid that this waterwheel is not suitable for my county." At this time, a middle-aged official in his thirties stood up and saluted Liu Yi and said, but he was not stage frightened.

"Lord, Dangshan County was newly established after the people who migrated that day entered, and there are many mountains in it, this is Zhang Yu, the governor of Dangshan County, who has not been in office for a long time, and this is the first time to come to the state capital." Tian Yu did not forget to supplement the information of Dangshan County and the county lieutenant to the lord.

"County Lieutenant Zhang is in Dangshan, so he naturally knows the local situation best, since you said that the waterwheel is not very suitable, then does your county government have a better way?" Liu Yi said in his heart No wonder this person is a fresh face, seeing that he talks eloquently in front of him, he asked, as the head of a place, he should also have his own ideas, otherwise he has never liked the kind of officials who blindly obey orders.

"As seen by the following officials, this waterwheel is not unusable, but useless for a while, the Gayin River is too far away from Dangshan, and the only way to cure the root cause is to open a canal to divert water, and the county has begun to recruit people to start construction before March, but its work is too huge, and the county soldiers who were originally stationed are also involved in it, but in recent months they have been busy with military training, and there is really little progress in relying on the strength of my Dangshan county alone." Zhang Yu first glanced at Chen Qun and Tian Yu, and only said after seeing the two nodding slightly.

"Oh, can you talk about this matter in a long article?" Liu Yi couldn't help but groan when he heard this, the strategy of helping the people with the army was advocated by him, and it also proved that it was indeed effective, but it seems that the recruitment and training of the subordinate leaders this time still have a certain impact on the local area.

"My lord, County Lieutenant Zhang has reported to the group many times for this matter, and the plan is quite thorough, and the group has also talked about it with Lord Xi, but the matter of training is a general's military order, and it is a matter of military aircraft, and the group does not dare to make a mistake, this time I should discuss with Brother Ji Ming with County Captain Zhang to come up with countermeasures." Chen Qun replied on the side that once the military order is issued, it must not be changed overnight, and Chen Qun also knows this very well. He is by no means deliberately concealing Liu Yi, he should share the worries of the lord for others, and he has to work for the lord in everything, doesn't it show his incompetence? However, since Liu Yi asked him today, he should report it according to the truth.

"Okay, you and others come up with countermeasures as soon as possible, I will also consider this matter, and discuss it with Zhicai again tomorrow, opening a canal to divert water is related to the livelihood of the people of a county, and it cannot be taken lightly, this time the county lieutenant Zhang has done it properly." Everything can not be smooth sailing, the increase in population has brought Liu Yi a lot of benefits, but it is not without burden, simply relying on the army to help the people is not a long-term solution, after all, the army has its own combat mission, with a large number of people pouring into the two states, more barren land has been reclaimed, the establishment of agricultural infrastructure is now obviously unable to keep up with the pace of development, Liu Yi is now thinking about whether to establish a special engineering army, but in this way, the state capital's expenses must increase, There should also be a set of rules for the arrangement of personnel, these are not decided by a pat on the head, they need to be discussed in detail, he does not want to interfere too much in this matter, and it is good to wait for Chen Qun and others to come up with countermeasures first.

"Don't worry, the lord will discuss this matter with everyone in detail." Chen Qun didn't say much, Liu Yi gave him a lot of autonomy in the handling of political affairs, and the lord has always acted neatly, and there is no benefit in talking empty words in front of him. However, Zhang Yu, the lieutenant of Dangshan County, did not get any praise from Liu Yi, but Liu Yi had some appreciation for this person, the most important thing for local officials is hard work, and the prosperity of the people's livelihood is more convincing than any flowery words.

Out of the state capital Liu Yi has been thinking about this problem, according to the words of later generations, infrastructure construction is the slowest to get returns, but it is also the most long-term, the population of the subordinate territory continues to increase to have enough land and food, relying on the people and the strength of a county and a county alone is by no means a perfect strategy, but also needs to be considered in the overall situation, the importance of this matter will not be inferior to the upcoming battle between him and Yuan Shao! But if a dedicated team is established, where will the manpower come from, and will the state be able to cover the costs? All of this must be done with caution.

"Why is the husband so worried recently, it's better to listen to the concubine." Seeing that her husband was sitting there drinking tea and silent after he came back, Cai Yan knew that Liu Yi must be thinking about something important, and he looked like this before every big war.

"This matter is cumbersome, let's talk to my wife in the evening, we are going to my father-in-law's house today, can we leave?" Listening to Cai Yan's question, Liu Yi couldn't help but laugh a little, this is home, you don't need to stretch yourself too tightly, there is always a solution to everything.

"The husband just returned, rest for a while, the husband's subordinate Qi Lao Liu came today, and the fairy sister prepared a lot of Yun'er's clothes that day, and the concubine told the housekeeper to give him more money, but this person didn't want a penny, saying that the husband had already rewarded him, and only took the child's clothes, and left a piece of animal skin, saying that it was a black bear that he just hunted last year!"

"Well, the sixth man has a disability and can't be idle, but when he joined the army, he was the most famous hunter, even if he broke his arm, he was a good man." Liu Yi nodded and said with relief.

"The concubine of the Lu family has been there this morning, and there are indeed some small troubles, the husband often mentions Lu Bu's bravery back then, it seems that he is a tiger father without a dog girl, his daughter is extremely extraordinary, she can beat five or six strong men at a young age, and the concubine likes her very much." Cai Yan said again, talking about the young lady of the Lu family, there was a lot of appreciation on her face.