In Chang'an in May, there is a hint of heat in the air and the sun is shining, but people's mood is not beautiful.

There is less than a month left before the summer harvest, but since the beginning of winter last year, there have only been a few insignificant light snowfalls, and since the first day, there has not been a single rain on this day, not even a drizzle.

In the East Palace, Li Shimin looked up and sighed, put his hands behind him, and pulled his left hand with his right hand, trying to make himself look as natural as possible.

But all this can not hide the shock and unwillingness in his heart, for a long time, Li Shimin seemed to feel a little tired, and muttered alone: "Fourth, fourth, do you really know astronomy and geography?" ”

The same situation has occurred in various places, in addition to the drought, there are many people who choose to go north, and the reason for these people is that they go north to Fengzhou, where there is basically no population, and when they get there, they can get a full amount of land.

The government ascertained their identities and found that most of them were hidden households, so they registered and made a register, sent them a guide, asked them to go to Fengzhou on their own, and informed Li Jing to pay attention to receiving them.

However, everything has been done, but Li Jing's side has only received a part of the population, which is very different from the population reported by the imperial court, and Li Jing, who had no choice but to send someone to the north to find out, only to find that the number of Han people there far exceeded before, dozens of houses and courtyards converged into a new village, and the nearby area was full of fertile land that had been reclaimed.

Pretending to take refuge, after some twists and turns, Li Jing finally got the exact information, and nine-tenths of the hidden people who were supposed to come to Fengzhou appeared in the Qi State in the north.

This made Li Jing a little unable to sit still, reporting to the imperial court on the one hand, and studying measures on the other.

And Li Shimin's life is not easy, the situation of immigrants in Fengzhou is the most serious, and the fuse is the big war last year, although Li Yuanji has reminded Zhao Cihao, Zhao Cihao has also tried his best to save, the grain that can be produced still cannot meet the needs of the people.

It also coincided with the severe drought in Guanzhong, and there was no food emergency in all places, not to mention relief.

The most terrible thing is that the king of Qi forcibly bought 500,000 stone grains from the family on the grounds of war, and those grains have long left the family's warehouse, and no one knows where it is now?

"Didn't you say you could calculate the world's affairs? How's it going now? In a sad mood, Li Shimin couldn't help but turn his head to look at the middle-aged Taoist priest beside him.

Li Shimin didn't believe in these, although Xuanwumen had divined several times before, and the hexagrams showed great evil, but in the end the hexagram was smashed by Zhang Gongjin and made a tough statement, which made him firm in his belief.

But Li Yuanji's various reactions, coupled with the recent behavior of this Taoist priest in Chang'an, made Li Shimin have to believe it.

arranged for several henchmen to go to him for divination, not looking at the future, only looking at the past, but the Taoist priest was accurate one by one, and Li Shimin decided to bring him into the palace for divination.

But what is surprising is that after entering the palace, the Taoist priest met many old acquaintances, Du Yan, Wang Qi, Wei Ting, he divined for the three of them, and the result happened to correspond to the present, Li Shimin was completely convinced.

This Taoist priest's temper is also very strange, in the past, as long as you had money, you could count anything, but after entering the East Palace, whether it counts or not, what it is, is up to him.

"Poor Dao to get a glimpse of a thing or two, does Your Majesty want to hear it?" The middle-aged Taoist priest had a solemn expression on his face, and he was also a little puzzled about his divination results, many unreasonable places, but they did appear, he never doubted his divination results, but he also considered what the consequences would be after he said it?

"Say it! I just want to know how long this drought will last, and how long the people in this world will suffer. Li Shimin sighed deeply, although he didn't know what this Taoist priest was, but as an emperor, he should also express his position.

"Your Majesty was supposed to be a destiny, but there was a problem in the middle......"

"That means I'm not destined for heaven?" Li Shimin interrupted the Taoist priest's words a little impatiently, he was usurped to the throne, and it was not wrong for the Taoist priest to say this, but Li Shimin was not happy when he heard it.

"No, Your Majesty is destined today, this is something that has been set a long time ago." The Taoist priest said again.

Li Shimin was a little stunned, one time it was not the mandate of heaven, and the other time it was the mandate of heaven, and he was a little unhappy: "Is it the mandate of heaven or not?" ”

"The results of divination show that Your Majesty is the destiny of heaven, but there are variables in the middle, more than one variable, according to the normal hexagram, Your Majesty should have fallen, but someone changed his life against the sky!" The Taoist priest said with a tangled face.

"Someone changed his life for me?" Li Shimin was taken aback, he didn't make any friends with talented people, and he didn't know who had such skills.

"Exactly, but this makes Lao Dao even more confused, the person who attracted this variable is the same person as the person who changed his life for His Majesty, but it is not the same person, and about that person, Lao Dao can't even peek at the slightest. Strange, very strange, the old road has been walking the rivers and lakes for decades, and there has never been such a situation. The Taoist priest continued to be full of entanglement, he never doubted his divination, but this result was not clear even to himself, the hexagram was very messy, but it was attributed to history, he obviously couldn't predict the existence of that person, but history still changed because of him after all.

Li Shimin was dizzy when he heard it, and he was a little confused: "I don't understand!" ”

The Taoist priest smiled slightly, and said with bitterness on his face: "The old Taoist has said enough, the heavenly machine must not be leaked, and he does not dare to continue to peep at the heavenly machine, the old Taoist can't withstand the backlash of the heavenly machine." ”

No matter how Li Shimin asked, Lao Dao just refused to say a word, and in the end he could only give up.

Early the next morning, Li Shimin wanted to continue to ask about some things, but he couldn't find the Taoist priest anyway, and he searched all over the city, and he had seen the Taoist priest, and no one even saw him leave the East Palace.

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Far north, artisans worked in makeshift sheds, transporting large quantities of steel from Guanzhong by river, where Yuan Rang plows were polished and assembled before being sent to the fields.

Oxen and horses were both laborers, and war horses were also used as pack horses at this time.

In the field, Li Yuanji was personally waving the whip in his hand, driving his war horse, easily holding the plow handle with one hand, and the sharp coulter cut one after another on the ground, and the soldiers behind him used a rake to break up the clods of soil, and then picked out the grass inside.

"Your Highness, hurry up, this plough can't catch up with my progress, and I'm covered in hair." Ma Zhou sat on the plough rake, gently waving the whip in his hand, and an adult big yellow ox walked unhurriedly, urging Li Yuanji with a very pleasant expression on his face.

After Ma Zhou walked through, the ground behind him was flat like sand, but there were some uneven clods, but these were irrelevant, just walk back and forth three times, these clods can become mud foam, very convenient, and very labor-saving.

In order to speed up the season of rushing for seeds, there are not enough cattle and horses, so people are used to pull the plow, and two or three people can easily pull the plow, and this kind of plow and rake around the horse can level the land and save a lot of working people.

"Yelling what? Don't you see what this king is doing? Li Yuanji pursed his mouth, and he hated to whip it, but when he remembered his previous appearance, the whip still didn't swing out.

After all, there is a difference between a monarch and a minister, and a king is also a king, he can laugh at Ma Zhou at will, but Ma Zhou can only use some words that are not itchy or painful to save face, yes, just let him go!

After experiencing ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties along the way, the group finally came to Saiwai from the Central Plains, this road was far from being as simple as imagined, and even almost couldn't get out.

But as soon as he came over, the old gun was shocked by the scene in front of him.

"Brother Gun, it doesn't seem to be too safe here, you see that every land over there is guarded by government soldiers."

"Dog, look at other places, we've seen a lot of places here, have you seen those guarded by government soldiers? It must be a big official there, and I want to experience the hard work of farming. The old gun pointed elsewhere and said, but his attention was always attracted by the tools in the hands of the two men: "That plow is so useful!" ”

Yuan let the plow, they have seen here more than once, every time they see it, they sigh once, the speed of plowing is fast, and save manpower and animal power, during which they even went down to the ground to see the ploughed land, better than the inside of the house I don't know how much.

"Brother gun, don't look at it, hurry up, those government soldiers are coming......" Looking at it again, several government soldiers rushed all the way towards them, and the frightened dog hurriedly turned his head and urged, don't die halfway to burp on this just because you look at it more, then the hardships you have suffered along the way will be in vain.

The dogs' prayers can only be futile because they are the target of the government soldiers.

"Where did you come from? What relationship? Ma Wu asked, pointing to the dog and the old gun.

"I came from the Middle Plains, the two of us are from the same village, we grew up in a small area, and these are the families of the two of us." The dog was already frightened and speechless, but the old gun didn't feel so terrifying, but he was also a government soldier back then, and he didn't steal or rob, what is there to be afraid of?

"Put down your stuff and go to the field over there!" Ma Wu pointed to the field that Li Yuanji was cultivating.

This is a very normal thing, maybe because Ma Wu's tone is a little harsh, or maybe because of other reasons, the dog who was born timid almost knelt on the ground in fright, and his voice couldn't stop choking: "I ...... We didn't break the law, we just came here, I don't even know where this is, I was very curious about what it was, why is it so fast, I ...... I really didn't mean to, you go, I promise I'll never look at it again, don't ...... Don't kill me......"