Hu Yunxue nodded to Li Ji and said, "The adult is right, Xiao Mo really thought of a way, so he asked the folk girl to invite the adult!" ”

Li Ji was quite surprised when he heard this, so he said to Lin Chong: "Shankun, it seems that the person you recommended does have some real talents, and he can even solve such a problem!" ”

Listening to the meaning of Li Ji's words, he seemed to attach great importance to Xiao Mo, and Lin Chong was also happy to be able to solve the drought, so he thought that Li Ji proposed: "Now that the situation of the Xiao family is gradually declining, there is no land to plant, and there is no input, if the drought in the three towns can really be solved, I hope that the adults will help Ziheng more!" ”

Li Ji listened, nodded and said: "What Shankun said is reasonable, if Ziheng can really solve the drought in these three towns, this official will be in charge and hand over the position of the head of Shen County to Ziheng!" ”

This is to let Xiao Mo be the head of Shen County, that is, an official position in the management of houses and fields in Shen County, although there is no grade, he can only be regarded as a small official, but he can also be regarded as an official.

Hearing Li Ji's words, Lin Chong and Hu Yunxue were both happy for Xiao Mo in their hearts, but Li Ji said: "But before that, there is one more thing to solve!" ”

Li Ji's words made Hu Yunxue and Lin Chong a little puzzled, of course Hu Yunxue was not good at asking, but Lin Chong asked, "My lord, what else is going on?" ”

Li Jidao: "Speaking of which, it can be regarded as a good thing done by this official, if it can really be done, he will definitely thank me in the future, as for what it is, it still needs to be kept secret!" ”

Seeing that Li Ji was reluctant to say it, Lin Chong was not easy to ask, so everyone planned to leave for Weishui.

Shen County has been dry for three years, and in the face of the drought in the three towns, many people are helpless, and suddenly heard that someone thought of a way to drain the water, Lu Lu and Du Teng were also curious, so they followed Li Ji to the river.

Halfway through, in a valley, I saw Xiao Mo in a distance with the support of Zhou Kui, got out of the wheelchair, and carefully observed some stones, Li Ji saw it, so he stopped, and said to Du Teng and Lu Lu: "That is Xiao Mo, Xiao Ziheng, this drainage method is what he came up with!" ”

After introducing Du and Lu, Li Ji and the others came to Xiao Mo, Xiao Mo had already seen Li Ji, and when they got closer, he saluted and said, "Student Xiao Mo, I've seen Master Li and gentlemen!" ”

Li Ji nodded and asked, "I heard that Ziheng thought of a way to build a windmill, why did he come here?" ”

Xiao Mo pointed to the iron ore on the ground and asked, "Can you recognize this thing?" ”

Not only Li Ji, Xiao Mo also handed a palm-sized piece of ore in his hand to Du Teng, Lin Chong and others, everyone looked at the ore and shook their heads, only Du Teng said: "This is an iron motherstone?" ”

Iron mother stone is the meaning of iron ore, Xiao Mo nodded, and said to Li Ji with a smile: "My lord, this is the material for building a water windmill, but it needs to be smelted a little, and if you build a windmill, you will use a lot of steel, so I'm afraid it will take a little more effort......

Afraid that Li Ji would not understand, Xiao Mo simply said his thoughts in detail: "First of all, this valley, and the mountain behind it, there are only many such iron ores below, which is also known as the iron mother stone, these stones contain a lot of iron, I believe that there must be craftsmen who are good at smelting steel in the county, adults can gather them, come here to mine, and then smelt the steel according to Xiao Mo's pattern, but in this case, you need to set up a blast furnace in Changle Town, raise the drum row, if the construction period is tight, It took about two months to get the steel ready, and then it was sent to the carpenter to be reinforced with hardwood, and finally, it was estimated that it would take about four months to make the windmill, and it would bring water to the river......"

"Four months?" Li Ji heard the calculation and said, "Isn't it the end of summer, and the rice in the first season can't be planted?" ”

Xiao Mo nodded and said, "I'm afraid this is the fastest!" ”

It will take four months at the earliest, and when Li Ji heard this, he became embarrassed.

Shen County is short of grain, originally Li Ji thought that Xiao Mo had solved the problem of water source, so that the people of the three towns could plant early rice, in that case, take out the grain in the harvest warehouse, and also help Shen County to spend the period from spring planting to summer harvest, but now there is a way to solve the problem of water source, and if you want to collect grain, you have to wait until the autumn harvest.

Li Ji had said before that if the problem of water sources could be solved, it would be to risk the world's condemnation and force the grain out of the hands of the rich households in the county, but that was just talking, and if he really wanted to attack those rich households, Li Ji was still a little reluctant in his heart.

After all, among the wealthy households in Shen County, some of them have something to do with the officials in the state capital, that is, because of this, those rich households will dare to hoard grain, raise grain prices, and seek huge profits during the drought season in Shen County!

If Li Ji really tore his face with them, maybe Li Ji could get some benefits from these vampires, but in the end, even his father would have to pay for it.

So Li Ji hesitated, but these were all thoughts in Li Ji's heart, of course Xiao Mo and the others didn't know.

Li Ji didn't give up yet, so he asked Xiao Mo: "Can't you hurry up and bring the river water in the spring planting season?" ”

Xiao Mo shook his head, and when he saw that Li Ji's face was embarrassed, he said, "I don't know what the adults are worried about, can you tell Xiao Mo, maybe there will be a solution!" ”

If Xiao Mo asked this question last night when he was at the Xiao family, Li Ji would definitely not pay attention to Xiao Mo, but now that Xiao Mo asked like this, Li Ji suddenly had a thought in his heart.

Since Xiao Mo can solve the problem of drainage, maybe he really has a way to solve the problem of food shortage, thinking of this, Li Ji said to Xiao Mo: "It's not a big deal, but there is a problem in front of us, the windmill that Ziheng said, we don't know anything, so I'm afraid that this windmill still needs Ziheng to be the main worker, I don't know what Ziheng wants?" ”

Xiao Mo came to supervise the construction of the windmill, of course, this is a certain thing, even if Li Ji doesn't say it, Xiao Mo doesn't dare to call out the position of the overseer, if it is messed up, not to mention his reputation, if he really wants to let the people of the three towns of Shen County have no water source and can't grow food, then it will be a big sin.

So Xiao Mo agreed without hesitation, seeing that Xiao Mo was so refreshing, Li Ji smiled and said: "Ziheng is really a righteous man, he has made this great contribution, and it is difficult to convince the public if he does not reward him. ”

Li Ji's words sounded like he was asking for Xiao Mo's own opinion, but it was in an unquestionable tone, of course Xiao Mo was not easy to refuse, but he also said: "I'm afraid that Xiao Mo is young and can't take on such a big responsibility!" ”

couldn't show the meaning of refusal, Xiao Mo had no choice but to say this, Li Ji heard it, but said with a smile: "Ziheng is too modest, this official believes in Ziheng, and also believes in his own vision, things are man-made, if you don't do this household, how can Ziheng know that he can't take on a big job?" ”

The meaning of Li Ji's words not only praised but also encouraged Xiao Mo, it can be seen that he is indeed very satisfied with Xiao Mo in his heart, and when it comes to this, Xiao Mo does not know how to raise if he doesn't agree, but there is one more thing that Xiao Mo must bring up.

That is, his illness has not been cured, and when he heard Xiao Mo mention his illness, Li Ji also expressed understanding, but it was only understanding.

Li Ji said: "At present, the county is in crisis, Ziheng is more fortunate, not that there is a wheelchair, and then the official can send an attendant to Ziheng!" ”

Xiao Mo secretly rolled his eyes at Li Ji when he heard this, it seems that Li Ji is relying on himself, the position of the secretary of Shen County, he is seated, seeing that the wood is already in the boat, Xiao Mo didn't say anything, just pointed to Zhou Kui and said: "Then please transfer Brother Zhou to Xiao Mo, okay?" ”

"Him?" Li Ji looked at Zhou Kui, and then said with a smile: "Ziheng has a good eye, and he will ask the most courageous of the official's attendants to pass over at once, just since Ziheng has spoken, let him follow you in the future!" ”

After that, Li Ji said to Du Teng and Lu Lu: "After leaving the county government for a long time, it's time to go back, while it's still early, let's go!" ”

Du Teng and Lu Lu nodded when they heard this, and Li Ji explained to Xiao Mo again: "The construction of the windmill can start in a few days, and the official will take the first step, and at noon tomorrow, Ziheng must go to the county and hand over to the old household!" ”

The county order spoke, Xiao Mo still had something to say, he couldn't say that he hadn't taken office yet, so he wouldn't listen to his boss, so Xiao Mo had no choice but to agree!