"My lord, your method is too good, in the past, when the villain was building water conservancy in Shaanzhou, some people would be lazy and slippery when they were serving. Now you don't have to care about these people, they are all energetic. And this cement is also terrible, in the past, the embankment had to be chiseled and paved with stones and joints, but now as long as the cement slurry is poured on, a strong embankment will soon come out," Yan Liben said happily after seeing Xiao Zheng.

Looking at Yan Liben, Xiao Zheng smiled and said: "That is, maybe any piece of land here may be their own in the future, and it is about their own interests, who will be lazy." Let me tell you something, each piece is divided into ten acres, a ditch is opened in the middle, and the mud dug out of it is filled into the field, which can improve the position of the field and not be flooded into saline-alkali land, and the second is also conducive to drainage, and the benefits are great. Oh, by the way, did you find the people I asked you to have? ”

"Lord Hui, I have found everything, and now I am waiting for my lord in the house," Yan Liben said with a smile.

When I returned to the mansion, I found a few old men sitting in the hall, and these people stood up to salute after seeing Xiao Zheng.

"I've kept a few old people waiting," Xiao Zheng said very politely.

"Your Excellency is polite, I wonder what your lordship has to call us to?"

"Can you tell me what you're good at?"

When it came to their expertise, several old men were excited.

"Old man Zhao Jiarui, planting rice and handling skills"

"The little old man Dong Wu has been raising ducks for more than 40 years, and now he has 2,000 ducks at home"

"In Liu Dafu, planting mulberry and raising silkworms is famous" .......

"It seems that several old people have a skill, and the younger generations admire it" After speaking, Xiao Zheng asked people to take a picture and hang it on the screen.

Calling a few old people to the picture, Xiao Zheng said: "A few old people must also know that this is the method of farming that I came up with outside Yangzhou City, and I want to ask a few old people for advice."

These old men looked at the picture for a while and said, "My lord, your picture is very clear, but the villain has never seen such a farming method."

Xiao Zheng pointed to the picture and explained: "A few elders, our field is divided into acres, rice is planted in the field, and drainage ditches are dug around it, which I call 'stacked fields'. Ducks can be raised in the ditch, ducks are active, constantly floating on the surface of the water to frolick, on the one hand, it can press air directly into the water, providing more air bait for fish. Second, the duck can swallow many fish predators, such as water centipedes, etc., and the duck can also remove moss and algae that grow due to the incomplete clearing of the pond; Third, there are flocks of ducks in the fish pond, and harmful water birds do not dare to land on the surface of the water at will; These four ducks swim and wash their feathers, so that the duck parasites and dander fall off in the water, which is eaten by the fish, and reduces the infection of the duck itself. But no matter what, we have to focus on rice planting, I wonder if this method is feasible? ”。

Several old people looked at it for a while and said, "The old man looks good, but this duck can't stay in the water all the time, where is its nest?" ”

"It's simple, you can drive piles on the fish pond, build a shelf and make a shed, and the shed is three feet above the water surface."

"No problem, the old man thinks this is a good way, we just heard from the villagers about your benevolence before, I didn't expect you to be so good at farming, the old man admires!"

Seeing that there was no problem with these old men, Xiao Zheng picked up a few booklets framed in red silk from the side of the desk and came out.

He said to a few old people: "A few old people, from today onwards, the government will officially hire a few of your old people as agricultural students

Doctor, specializing in teaching the people about agriculture and mulberry. If you have made a greater contribution, you will be commended in the states and counties, and the rewards will be increased at the same time, and if you still do well, you will ask the saints for a commendation."

At first, a few old men thought that Xiao Zheng was just asking them about farming, but they didn't expect that they would suddenly get such a big piece of pie.

After being a farmer all his life, he suddenly got such a high honor, and he was so excited that his face was red, his beard was shaking, and he knelt on the ground and said with a crying voice: "The villain thanks the adults for their love!" ”

After sending away a few embarrassed old people, Xiao Zheng returned to the backyard and found that Yan Liben was teaching Hongyu to paint, and Li Tai and Xiao Changning next to him were also learning in style.

Although this guy has a bad mouth, Li Tai and Xiao Changning did not refuse to learn from him, after all, a prince and a prince studying to learn painting with him are also a matter of increasing face.

Anyway, it's okay, just sit in the pavilion and watch a few people paint, Hongyu's talent is slowly revealed under Yan Lide's education, from Xiao Zheng's eyes of half a bottle of water, this little girl does leave the two male babies far behind in terms of painting skills.

"Master, the farmland I painted outside Yangzhou City, there are flowers planted here, there are bridges between the ditches, and flowers on the edge of the fields, this is the house I painted, do you look beautiful?" Ruby's sweet voice made people feel pity.

"My jade is beautifully drawn".

Looking at the painting of Hongyu, Xiao Zheng's heart moved, and after thinking about it, he said to Yan Liben: "Old Yan, I have an idea, you wait for me first."

Xiao Zheng took the floor plan of the city's farmland reclamation after a while, pointed to the map and said to Yan Lide: "We build a small house on each piece of land, the house can live in at least a family of five, some main roads are paved with cement roads, and other places are connected by bridges or bamboo and wood, and the house can also be built with bamboo forests, but the appearance must be beautiful, the roadside or planting flowers and grass and trees, there are many seedlings in the south, how can you two look better than me." , By the way, on both sides of the official road from Yangzhou to Hangzhou and Chuzhou, you two brothers can also plant seedlings to become more beautiful, don't be afraid of spending money, I still have a little money ......."

As soon as Xiao Zheng finished his thoughts, Yan Liben's eyes almost bulged out, and he stumbled and said: "My lord, your thoughts are understood, but after tossing it like this, this money is put aside, this is not much worse than the imperial garden of the sage's harem."

"What do you care about that, you can do it if you let it, and by the way, take a few children to draw together, and I'll pick a piece of land from the inside and keep it for me."

He turned his head to the three children and said, "You can draw the house yourself, you can paint whatever you like, the master will leave you a piece of land, and when the painting is finished, the master will send someone to build the house for you."

When the three children heard this, they jumped up and cheered.

Unconsciously, more than half a year has passed in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is no snow in the wax moon, and after a few cold rains, the last trace of heat is finally driven away, which makes Xiao Zheng and others, who are adapted to the northern climate, feel a little at home. Li Tai and Xiao Changning didn't feel anything, Hongyu, a child who grew up in the south since he was a child, obviously couldn't help but freeze, Xiao Zheng hurriedly asked people to make a few thick clothes for the little girl, and when the brocade clothes were dressed, which station the pink jade bricks went to, it was liked to look at.

On the fifteenth day of the lunar month, with the efforts of thousands of people, the 100,000 acres of newly built fertile land outside Yangzhou City were displayed in front of people.