Yong'an Village is a small village 30 miles away from Yangzhou City, there are 100 households in the village, surrounded by mountains, only the east end of the village has a plain on the side of the river, both sides of the river are good land, the terrain is flat, the water flow is not urgent, and the most important thing is that the river is not wide, just to be able to put the workshop on the river. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Your Highness, you see, this is the Yong'an River, the river is not big, but the water flow is stable, it is a good place to build a workshop, if the workshop is built on the river, it is much better to set up a machine on both sides than a single one."

A director of the Ministry of Engineering looked at a piece of land in the east of Yong'an Village, what a good place, if the test is successful, it will be a great achievement, whether it is for himself or for the power amplifier, this is unprecedented.

"Uncle Gong, what do you mean?"

Gongyi looked back and forth from the horse, nodded at Li Chengqian and said: "What Master Wang said makes sense, if it is done, it can save a lot of space, and it is indeed a good way to build a workshop on both sides." ”

"Wang Zhong, you go and call the local Lizheng to come over."

Li Chengqian didn't care very much about the output, what he cared about was that if this kind of small river could also build workshops, then how many more workshops would there be in the entire south of the Yangtze River, and there would be villages by the small river, and the surrounding peasant women could also have some harvest in their spare time, which was the most important thing.

Yong'an Village is not rich, it is the summer solstice season, it is the time when the dealer asks for water, and you can often see some shirtless men picking up water at the edge of the field to water the field.

"Are they watering the fields? How to carry water on your shoulder, this can water a few acres of land. ”

"Even if you can't water a few acres of land, it's better than abandoning, there was no way before, but now most of the harvest is your own family, how can you not be diligent."

Li Chengyan couldn't help but smile, and when he used to work for the landlord, he was not so diligent, and even if it was his own family, it was worth taking care of it one by one? What kind of logic is this.

"Is that true of the surrounding counties? No one repairs the canal? ”

Li Chengyan's words made everyone stunned, what kind of canal to repair, it is easy to say, who pays for the canal repair, who pays for the manpower, even if it is repaired, how do you carry the water up? It's not manpower yet.

Li Chengyan patted his head and said to the people on the side: "This is the negligence of the palace, you come." ”

Saying that, Li Chengyan got off the horse, walked to the river, and said to everyone: "What you are worried about is that the ground is high and the bottom of the water is too high to water the fields, and there is lime on Changyang Mountain, you burn some cement first, and we will make the canal into this shape." With that, he dug up a pile of yellow mud and made the shape of a trough-shaped canal in later generations, and with cement, the whole project became extremely simple.

"Seal one end and lift the water up the canal with a water wheel on the other side, so that even ordinary land can be watered, and once this law is opened, in the future, wherever there is dry land, you can act according to this law, what do you think?"

Gong Yi nodded, and agreed to it, but the new county order began to be embarrassed, there are many such places in Jiangnan, and one or two seem to cost little, but in such a big place as Jiangnan, where to get so much money.

"But it costs~"

"Taxes and fees, but is taken from the people for the people, in recent years, Chang'an has gained a lot, the surplus of the treasury is more, where to accumulate is not a way, it is better to take out the benefits of the people, it is their own business, I think those people are also willing to repair, the wages will naturally be less, take your time, one day can be used."

"What Your Highness said is very true, I will report to Your Majesty in the evening and explain this matter to Your Majesty."

"Your Highness, Lizheng is here." An old man in his forties hurriedly walked over and watched the sweat on the heads of the officials become more and more fierce.

"The grass people see His Royal Highness the Prince."

For Li Zheng, the prince is the god in the sky, which ordinary people can see when they see it, stumbling between words, and it took a long time to finish a sentence.

"Don't be nervous, I just came to Yong'an Village today to see the land here, I don't know whose family this land is?"

Li Chengyan pointed to the place in the distance and asked Li Zheng, Li Zheng glanced at it and said: "That is the land of Liu's widow in this village, nearly seventy years old, only a thirty-year-old son is left by his side, his mother came to live a living, and these acres of land have been divided by the county magistrate." ”

Li Chengyan nodded when he heard this, and said to Li Zheng: "How much is the annual yield of these acres of land?" ”

Li Zheng thought carefully for a while and said to Li Chengyan: "It was only 900 catties a year ago, and if the year is good, it can be more productive." ”

"You go and ask, if I give 350 catties of good grain every year, how will this land be rented to me?"

Li Zheng smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Your Highness, this aunt of the Liu family is very tight on this land, someone wanted to exchange land with her a few days ago, but before she could say anything, she was driven out by a broom, and said that if she came again, she would go to the county to beat the drum, even if she fought to fight the board, she had to guard her own land." ”

Li Chengyan laughed and said to everyone: "The county officials don't just care about the short things of these parents, just know that it is good to sue the officials, and the province is bullied." ”

After speaking, he said to the people on the side: "Everyone, let's go and meet this old lady Liu." ”

"Is her aunt at home?"

It is a small thatched house, the courtyard wall of loess accumulation, the thatched roof, a handful of corn hanging in front of the door of the house, it seems that it was left for planting last year, this is the habit of farmers and Chang'an is not the same, as soon as the voice of the Li Zheng fell, the wooden door was opened with a pledge, and an old woman with white hair with steamed buns walked out of the door, looked at the crowd outside the door and said loudly: "The old body repeats it again, the old body of the East River is not changed, it is the county master who gave the old identity, if anyone changes, let the county master come over and tell the old body in person, I have already inquired, the prince lives in Jiangdu Palace, and if he can't get old, he will go where to complain. ”

Li Chengyan shook his head and smiled bitterly, the old lady who was in a hurry, even if it was her own life, it is estimated that the old lady had not guarded it so strictly.

"It's not an exchange, it's a rent, nine hundred and fifty pounds of grain every year to rent your three acres of land, if you agree, you can sign a deed."

The old lady looked at the people outside the door and was not afraid, and said to Li Zheng: "If our family's three acres of land are supported to death, we will fight 900 catties of grain, and 950 catties of grain may not be able to be beaten in a good year. Are you stupid when I am an old lady, or the stupid one who rents land, there is that kind of loser, and his father didn't beat him to death? ”

"Poof"

Li Chengyan couldn't hold it back, and laughed out loud, what a venomous old lady, growing so big, Li Chengyan is the first time to see her.