Time has passed little by little, and the impact of the Zhou family's tragedy has become close to nothing, but those profiteers and corrupt officials have converged a lot. There are no more bullies on the street who collect protection money, I don't know if they were frightened by the tragedy of the Zhou family, or suppressed by the people of the Terracotta Division.

This is a good thing, and the broad masses of the people should welcome the arrival of peace and no longer have to be bullied by corrupt officials and bullies. But God seems unwilling to let the people live comfortably, and there has been no rain for a month.

The millet planted in the ground has only grown new sprouts, and those farmers who do not believe Zhu Di's words and insist on planting wheat are now regretting it. Because the wheat is not drought tolerant without millet, it is now all dead in the fields, and even if it rains all day, it will not be able to save it. If you want to plant millet now, it has already passed the germination season of millet seeds, and if you plant it, it will only rot in the ground.

So there is a group of people crying for their fathers and mothers in Beiping City, most of them are attached to their fields in the names of officials, anyway, they pay less taxes, why do they listen to Zhu Di's words and plant millet instead?

By now, everyone in Beiping City has realized a problem, that is, this summer is not good, and they have finally realized how good the two dams built by Zhu Di are.

"Your Highness, the two dams have completed the finishing work yesterday, blocked the flood channels, and are already starting to store water." In the Yanwang Mansion, the relevant people were all gathered together to report on the two dams, and Ruan An, as the chief engineer, was naturally the first to speak.

"It's been a month, and the two dams have finally been completed. The millet in the people's fields has also grown new shoots, and when the dam is filled with water, it is the critical season for the millet to grow. Zhu Di said with a hint of emotion.

By now, he has firmly believed in Hu Ye's prediction that there will be no rain in the next few months, so these two dams will be the water source of the whole of Beiping, and they will become the lifesaver for the people of Beiping.

"Your Highness, in the past month, the flow of water in the two rivers has become less and less, and I believe that it will be in danger of being cut off in less than two months. Fortunately, His Royal Highness was wise enough to organize the construction of the dam in advance, which could store a large amount of water before the river was cut off, so as to solve the water source problem in Beiping, and the people would not lose their harvest. Moreover, this year, the people have changed to millet seeds, and they only need to moisten the soil to harvest. It seems that His Royal Highness is really like a god, and he has made so many preparations in advance, which is really a blessing for the people of Beiping. Ruan An said sincerely.

Although when he first came, he rioted with 10,000 people and directly wiped out the Zhou family. But the next day, the people were like they were all right, what to do. After that, the subtle changes in businessmen and officials also made him admire Zhu Di.

As for letting the people grow millet, he admired Zhu Di's foresight. If everyone planted the original wheat, I believe that they would now realize that there will be no harvest this year, then the price of grain in Beiping City will definitely skyrocket. But now not only do the people have the hope of millet seeds, but most of the grain in Beiping City is still in the hands of Zhu Di, and hundreds of thousands of stones of grain are enough for the whole of Beiping to survive for two months.

What he admired the most was that Zhu Di actually spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to build two dams. You must know that before, many people thought that this was a waste of money and labor, but now they are all tightly shut.

"Father-in-law Ruan has won the award, how can Zhu Di be virtuous, where can he be regarded as a god. These ideas were all devoured by the advisors of my house, and I am just carrying them out. Zhu Di smiled modestly.

"Strategists?" Ruan An repeated, and then swept everyone in the hall.

Being able to work in the palace for so long and still gain Zhu Yuanzhang's trust, Ruan An naturally has something special about him. Excellent construction skills are one of them, and discerning talents is what he is best at, and in the past month, he has almost touched the bottom of everyone in the hall.

Zhu Neng is a stupid big man, except for following him and shouting at those lazy laborers, he has no talent, and he shouldn't be able to come up with these ideas.

It is possible that Dao Yan is still known to Ruan An about this famous genius in Jiangnan, but to make such a prescient decision, he thinks that Dao Yan is not too likely.

Generals like Liu Sheng, Zhang Yu, and Zhang Fu, although their IQ is one grade higher than Zhu Neng, they will not believe Zhu Di if they want to give Zhu Di this kind of idea.

Jin Zhong is also possible, but Ruan An doesn't believe in divination, although Jin Zhong is known as the world's first god of calculation, but Ruan An also doesn't believe that these ideas were given to Zhu Di by Jin Zhong.

Then there was only Hu Ye left, from the first time Ruan An saw Hu Ye, he felt that Hu Ye was not an ordinary person. At a young age, he can give advice to Zhu Di with these advisers, how can he be an ordinary person? With one mouth, the Zhou family, which has infinite scenery, has become a ruin, not an ordinary person.

So Ruan An subconsciously regarded Hu Ye as the person who gave Zhu Di these ideas. Especially the Newton problem that had plagued him for a month, where could the average person think of it.

Hu Ye also found that Ruan An was staring at him, and that kind of look was very strange, he always felt a chill behind his back, and it was no good to let a big eunuch target him.

"His Royal Highness's camp is really full of talents, no wonder it has been able to keep Beiping peaceful for many years. But now that the dam has been completed, our family is going to return to Beijing to resume their lives. After glancing at everyone, Ruan An said to Zhu Di.

The eunuch was finally leaving, and Hu Ye finally breathed a sigh of relief. Always worried about a eunuch, no one will feel at ease, always worried about the following, who knows if this eunuch has a tendency to take revenge on society.

"Father-in-law Ruan helped me build the dam this time, which is a great merit, and this king must play my father's emperor to show his father-in-law's merits. The names of the father-in-law will also be left on the merit monuments of the two dams for future generations to pay respects to. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness, but this is our duty to benefit the people. Besides, our family is alone, so we want to do it with such a false name. Or go back to the palace in Nanjing and leave some more inheritance for future generations. Ruan An rejected Zhu Di's kindness.

He doesn't care about those false names at all, and pondering all kinds of architecture is where his hobby lies.

Ruan An's words inevitably made the people in the hall feel a little embarrassed, which was the sorrow of the eunuchs. worked hard for a lifetime, but did not have his own descendants to enjoy the blessings, worked hard all his life, and went out of the palace when he was old, but he was helpless.

"Father-in-law Ruan's high style and bright festival is really a model for my generation, since the merit monument is stopped, I think of my father's father's chapter, so that Ruan's hometown can reduce the tax burden in recognition of Ruan's father-in-law's achievements." Zhu Di said.

"Thank you His Royal Highness King Yan, our family will thank His Royal Highness for the people in my hometown." After speaking, Ruan An made a five-body gift to Zhu Di.

"Zhang Fu, send ten veterans in your battalion to escort Grandpa Ruan back to Beijing, and there must be no half-point difference." Zhu Di commanded.

"Yes." Zhang Fu naturally received the order.

"Then our family will not stay and return to Beijing immediately. Farewells. Ruan An arched his hand towards everyone, and then followed Zhang Fu out, but when he left, he gave Hu Ye a different look.

Hu Ye didn't know what that look meant, but it must not be a good thing, could it be that this thing could still be bad to himself when he left?