Guanzhong is fertile for thousands of miles, since the Zheng Guoqu of the Qin State of the previous dynasty crossed the entire Guanzhong, Guanzhong has become a famous grain producing area in the Central Plains, even now, the Guanzhong Plain still feeds a lot of people, and it is now the end of June. The rice in many rice fields has grown vigorously, because the rain is better today, so today's rice looks much better than in previous years, and on the ridges, you can see many tenants from time to time serving the rice. This is the last irrigation before the harvest, and there are bursts of laughter from the edge of the field from time to time, which is full of joy for the harvest.

As a result of the reduction in rent and interest, half of the rice will become owned by the tenants themselves, and the rest will either be purchased by the state or given to the landlords. So these ordinary people have a smile on their faces.

In the distance, a group of cavalry galloped forward, led by a handsome man with a large coat, and in his arms, holding a child with pink makeup and a small felt hat on his head, was looking curiously at everything in front of him.

"Prime Minister, this land is located on the south bank of Weishui, because of the abundant rain this year, it seems that the rice is growing very well." Beside the young man, a middle-aged scholar was accompanying him. can be worthy of such a title, the whole world, only Li Xin can have, this line of people is Li Xin came, in addition to Du Ruhui and others who followed him, there is also Li Chengzong, who was also brought out by Li Xin at a young age to see the hard work of the people.

"Keming, do you notice anything different about these rice?" Li Xin jumped off the horse, then hugged Li Chengzong, put it on the ground, and pointed to the rice next to him with the whip in his hand and said.

"This, my subordinates are not familiar with this." Du Ruhui shook his head slightly embarrassed and said. Although he was a scholar, he was only interested in government affairs, not agriculture. In fact, it's not just Du Ruhui and others. Even other people are not very familiar with agriculture, although it is based on agriculture, but to go deep into the people, understand how to farm, there is still a little worse.

"Father, do you know how to farm?" Li Chengzong raised his little head and asked curiously.

"Of course I do." Li Xin smiled and pointed to the field in front of him, and said: "Although these rice fields are densely planted, this is not good for the growth of rice. At least two grains of rice should be one foot apart, keeping the gap between the two sides, in order to absorb the fertilizer in the soil, well, Keming, you see, this way of growing rice is the simplest way to grow, without using any fertilizer, basically relying on the sky to harvest. ”

"This son. So where to find this fertilizer? Several old people in the distance heard Li Xin's conversation, although they were a little uneasy when they saw that Li Xin was dressed well, but some people had the courage to ask. After all, this matter is related to his rice harvest in the coming year. It was related to the family's job, so I had to ask boldly.

"Manure and livestock manure is fine." Li Xin laughed and said: "This is the natural fertilizer, you can sprinkle some when the rice is just planted." It is conducive to the growth of rice. ”

"This? Okay? The old man hesitated, after all, dung was filthy and sprinkled in the rice fields. Wouldn't it be too ridiculous. Everyone hesitated.

"Old man, my son-in-law is pedantic and natural, and what he said must be reasonable. If the elderly are planting rice next year, they can try it. Du Ruhui didn't know that what Li Xin said was reasonable, but he still followed behind and said seriously.

"Old man, that's a cart!" Li Xin looked at the cylinder car in the distance, this should be a relatively old waterwheel, a huge wheel with bamboo tubes, part of it into the water, it looks extremely tall, or with manpower, or with ox power, of course, and the power of water, driving the wooden wheel to rotate, absorbing river water, irrigating the land.

"Childe is really a person who is proficient in farming." Several old men glanced at each other and couldn't help but say.

"It's a good thing, but it takes too much power, and it doesn't absorb much water. I have something that can help you absorb more water, and it is not limited by the terrain, as long as there is water, you can basically do it. Li Xin said with a smile. This is the power of later generations, in the era of knowledge explosion, although guns cannot be invented, but some distances are still very clear.

"Quick, get pen and paper." Du Ruhui was also very surprised in his heart, he had seen Li Xin marching and fighting, and he had seen Li Xin govern the world, but he didn't know that Li Xin would also serve farm work.

"Huh! It allows me to write, but not to paint, Keming, so be it! Let's go to the village in front of us, find a few carpenters, and I will instruct them and let them make them, and then you will draw them and send them to all places. Li Xin refused with a smile.

"Yes." Du Ruhui was very excited, he knew that the reason why Li Xin came to the folk today to see the folk agriculture was still affected by the controversy of Wei Yuancheng, Xiao Yu and others the day before yesterday, and he thought of the idea of increasing the agricultural harvest, so he personally came to the field to find a way.

"A few old people, I don't know who has the best carpenter in this neighborhood?" Li Xin said with a smile: "Why don't we make a keel waterwheel together?" ”

"Childe is really a good person, high up, but thinking about us, how can you not agree, go, go, go to the village, the old Zhang's hand work is not bad, this carpentry within a radius of more than ten miles is all made by him." The thin old man who spoke just now patted his thigh and said.

"Let's go, that's a good feeling." Li Xin smiled and took Li Chengzong by the hand and said, "Old man, how is your life this year, do you have food at home?" ”

"Rice? It's good to have a porridge to drink. The old man laughed and said: "This has to be thanks to the blessing of the prime minister, if before, I didn't even eat porridge, but now I can drink a bowl of porridge for meals, and then fill some wild vegetables, this day is much better than before." The rest of the group nodded.

"That's not enough! Drink porridge every day, how can you work! Li Xin sighed slightly: "It seems that the imperial court still has a lot less support for the people. ”

"You son, the old man doesn't dare to agree. The prime minister is virtuous and loves the people like a son, so we will have today's peaceful days, not to mention porridge before, even wild vegetables are rare to see! We can have today, thanks to the prime minister, but unfortunately, we people can't see the prime minister, otherwise my old man will definitely kowtow to the prime minister. The old man who spoke just now glared at Li Xin dissatisfiedly, arched his hand in the direction of Chang'an, and retorted loudly.

"Okay, good, it's the juniors who say the wrong thing, the wrong thing." Li Xin couldn't cry or laugh when he heard it, but he didn't expect that he said that he was not, but he was taught a lesson, so, but that's it, it also made him feel a lot more comfortable, although he came to the folk for agriculture, but he didn't mean to listen to the people's voice.

"Little Lao'er didn't have land before, hehe, at that time, where was there any land? It's all someone else's, it's different now, thanks to the great grace of the prime minister, in order to divide the fields, there is hope for this day, and now there is porridge to drink at every meal! Wait until next year, thinking that there will be rice to eat at every meal, and there will be white flour steamed buns to eat, and then the day will be applauded! The old man smiled proudly, and his voice was full of hope for life.

"Ordinary people are easily satisfied, just thinking about having steamed buns to eat at every meal." After Li Xin heard this, not only did he not have any joy, but said to Du Ruhui: "On the contrary, some of us have not noticed this, compared to them, we people are already living like immortals. ”

"Shame on your subordinates." Du Ruhui also took a deep breath.

"Chengzong, have you seen the life of the common people now? In the future, think more about problems with your brain, and think more from the perspective of ordinary people. In this way, you can last a long time, you can be invincible, you are good to the people, and the people are in mind. Li Xin told Li Chengzong.

"Hmm." Li Chengzong nodded, but there was still a puzzled look in the depths of his eyes, obviously he still didn't know about such a profound question, but Du Ruhui behind him sighed, this sentence contains Li Xin's concept of governing the country, how can it not be the consolation and expectation of the next emperor, but unfortunately, Li Chengzong is still a little smaller, and I don't know if he can live up to Li Xin's hope in the future.

"Old man, I heard that many people in the village have gone to the city and joined small workshops to make money?" Du Ruhui suddenly asked, and Li Xin's eyes lit up and he looked at the old man.

"Yes, yes, yes, hey! In fact, in my opinion, serving these dealers, at least have dinner and go to a small workshop, although they make a lot of money, but they are tired! There was a little man in the front village, who was only twelve years old, and went to the Wei family's workshop, and in the end, he was tired to death, but it's a pity! After hearing this, the old man looked regretful.

"And this kind of thing?" Li Xin's face changed when he heard this. He wanted to develop commerce, to stimulate economic growth and increase taxes with the situation of small workshops, but he forgot the greed of human nature, the exploitation of workers by those capitalists, how old was twelve, and he was actually tired to death, and how long he had to work in a day. No wonder some people would rather live on farmland! These guys are probably trying to squeeze every penny of value out of the working people.

"Prime Minister, this incident happens often, and in the end, it's a big deal to lose a sum of money." Du Ruhui said in a low voice.

"Damn." Li Xin's original happy mood suddenly disappeared, these guys are really disturbing.

"Father, why don't you let them work less?" Li Chengzong asked curiously.

"Yes, Chengzong, what you said is right, you should let them work less time." Li Xin nodded and said: "A day is twelve hours, four hours a day, if necessary, it can be divided into three time periods, and three groups of people take turns, what does Keming think?" Li Xin glanced at Du Ruhui. (To be continued......)