Sun Nian's army directly camped in Lu Datou, that is, the village of Captain Lu Xi. It was really Sun Nian who had just escaped from the thrill, and was angry with the village chief Lu Dwarf, so shocked, Sun Nian fell ill directly.

"A little sickness, no problem." Sun Nian lay down and comforted those worried subordinates, "Lu Xi is fine?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Lu Xi is fine. After ten days and a half months, it must be another wolf army. "It's rare for Jiang Wei to say so much, but he wants Sun Nianmo to worry too much.

Sun Nian nodded, thinking of the village chief's hateful face, he was very disgusted, and asked, "Did the village chief say who was in the same league with him?" ”

Jiang Wei replied: "He was very hard-mouthed and did not say any useful confession. ”

"That being the case, the great punishment awaits."

"Promise." Jiang Wei turned around and walked to the door, whispered to a guard, and then turned back, standing at the head of Sun Nian's bed like a stake.

Sun Nian opened his eyes and said with a smile: "If you are not used to it, and suddenly see you standing at the head of the bed, you must not be scared to death?" ”

Jiang Wei was teased, but he was unmoved, "There are a lot of thieves here, and you can't leave your post without permission." ”

"Good. Whatever you want. Sun Nian was extremely sleepy, squinted and fell asleep, and when Yuan Yuan came over with Lu Xiaozi's confession, he was still in a dream and couldn't get out.

Yuan Yu didn't dare to wake him up, so he had to sit at the low table next to him with Jiang Wei and wait for Sun Nian to wake up.

When the sun turned west, Sun Nianfang woke up leisurely.

Jiang Wei and Yuan Yu breathed a sigh of relief and finally woke up.

"I was woken up hungry. But it's time for dinner? ”

Yuan Yu nodded, "The minister has asked someone to prepare dinner, I will call them to bring it, Your Majesty will wash up first?" ”

"Hmm. Good. Just call the guards. ”

Yuan Yu smiled and said nothing, only turned to leave.

When Sun Nian sat down at the low table, dinner was also served, all of which were served in ordinary coarse porcelain bowls. When you go out, you don't pay attention to serving food in a ding.

After the three of them had dinner together, they had the heart to talk about this place.

When it comes to the first heavy rain after the drought in the Yellow River, all three of them have lingering palpitations. Fortunately, the village is on high ground, otherwise, it would have suffered. But even if he was not tortured by heavy rain, he was persecuted by the village chief and petty officials with wolf ambitions, how could it not be another kind of harm?

"Send a message to Yongzhou, send fifty truckloads of grain, whether it is old rice or others, what to send over. Sooner the people will revolt. "The foreign enemy has been removed, and the moths have no reason to deceive the people, who are not easy to deceive, and will one day find out. At that time, the chaos will not be easy to clean up.

Yuan Yu answered, and asked again: "What can be solved is still a trivial matter." The most important thing is the severe collapse of the soil on both sides of the Yellow River. If it is not solved, it will cause great harm in the future. ”

"What Brother Yuanyu said is very true." Jiang Wei also thought so in his heart, but he didn't know how to say it, what Yuan Yu said was exactly what he wanted.

Sun Nian naturally knew that what Yuan Yu said was true. Chang'an and Luoyang, both of which are imperial capitals throughout the ages, have been built by the palace on a large scale, spending a lot of good wood, but not the trees on both sides of the Yellow River near these two cities have been cut down? Up and down, the emperor built a lot of buildings, down to the officials and the people, and those who had a little money followed. As you can imagine, the use of trees has been exhausted. There are no trees on the soil to protect it, and the rain is raging, but how much fertile land must be swept away?

"Therefore, the root cause of the disasters on both sides of the Yellow River today is the cutting down of trees, and the lack of dedication to planting trees, will future generations not suffer and have no place to take advantage of the shade?"

Yuan Yuan opened his mouth, but he couldn't find the words to refute. He knew that what Sun Nian said was indeed reasonable.

Several people were silent for a while, and Sun Nian said: "Do you remember the 'widow to the country' in "Mencius: King Hui of Liang"? ”

Yuan Yuanying: "Remember." ”。 Jiang Wei thought for a moment and nodded.

"It mentions that 'the number of fish and turtles cannot be eaten in the pond, and the fish and turtles cannot be eaten.'" The axe catty enters the mountains and forests at the right time, and the timber is not usable. I think the deep meaning of this article is not difficult to understand, but politicians have no intention of doing it. Especially when the axe enters the mountains and forests at the right time, isn't it a degree of felling, and this place is not today's tragic situation? ”

"Definitely. The first dynasty built a lot of construction, and many mountains and forests were destroyed. Today, it is full of scars, and it is really the responsibility of excessive logging. ”

Jiang Wei heard a lot of this, and also understood, "Your Majesty, since this is the case, why don't you plant trees again?" ”

"Definitely. However, I think that now that the land on both sides of the Yellow River has turned into yellow sand, barren and arid, how can ordinary trees survive and take root? Don't go to space, space, and space to do things, but it will cost people and money. Jiang Wei's words, Sun Nian also thought about it, but he knew that it was ineffective.

Yuan Yuan thought of Rong Meng, who was farming in Quyang.

"Your Majesty, Rong Meng is very good at farming. I thought that this kind of whole grain must have something in common with planting trees. Instead of embarrassing ourselves here to think about how to plant a good tree, it is better to ask Rong Meng to come over, he is good at it. ”

Sun Nian turned his head, looked at Yuan Yuan, and smiled, "If he knew that you proposed to transfer him here to eat sand, he would definitely be angry." After a pause, Sun Nian sighed, "Fortunately, the wheat harvest in the rice fields in Quyang is still six or seven percent of previous years, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune." However, the most important thing now is not the Huangpo here, but the drought in Fuyi County that has not yet been resolved. I'm going to transfer him over there to help that kid do his winter ploughing." ”

Sun Nian thought about it, but Yuan Yu didn't think about it. However, he came up with an idea: "Your Majesty, since we don't know what kind of trees are suitable for planting here, why don't we send someone to find out what kind of trees can survive in the desert or on this loess slope?" When the time comes, it will be worthwhile to plant all of them. "It's better than being bare everywhere.

"Yes. This offer is good. After that, Sun Nian searched in his heart for which person was suitable. Thinking about it, it turned out to be Lu Xi's big-headed lieutenant who was the most suitable. Because this is his hometown, he knows it well.

Yuan Yu and Jiang Wei both thought Lu Xi was good. After some discussion, he handed over this important task to Lu Xi, who was still asleep.

"In order to prevent another situation where thieves beat our soldiers, I propose that Your Majesty, it is best to let the dozens of direct guards under Lu Xi follow him, so as not to travel to the pool again?"

Sun Nian thought deeply that Lu Xi was injured this time because he didn't bring the guards and ended up outnumbered. You know, tigers are afraid of wolves.

And the next day, Lu Xi woke up and heard the news, he was shocked and moved. He didn't expect Sun Nian to come here and see the most serious problem on the loess slope.

"The last general will not disappoint Your Majesty."

"Good. When you have recovered from your wounds, tell us about the tenacious trees in these places, and when the time comes, the banks of the Yellow River will depend on them and on you. ”

Lu Xi blushed with excitement, "Our village is quite good, and there are still many trees. To the north, there is loess. I think that if we fill in the lost trees, we can fill the gap. Otherwise, the situation you encountered earlier will appear more often, Your Majesty. ”

"It's not too late to make amends." Sun Nian breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. It turned out that he thought that the banks of the Yellow River were all loess! That's what he's most afraid of. He smiled and said what he had thought earlier: "I still thought that if the banks of the Yellow River were all like that, I would have to order that the number of trees planted by those who came here to serve as politicians should also become one of their political achievements." "It's a shame that I found it early.

Lu Xi heard this and laughed, "If this is the case, the people who come here must be degraded." At that time, Your Majesty will have a headache. ”

Sun Nian smiled and nodded, isn't it. If this is the case, all aspects must be considered, lest the officials who come to this land should oppress the people.

"However, even in the current situation, I have decided that all places in Daqi must follow a decree - the axe should enter the mountains and forests in time. If there is a violation of the order, a fine of 100 yuan and 100 trees will be planted. ”

It was really another capricious decree again. When he returns to Luoyang, he will definitely provoke the ministers to persuade him in turn.