In August, it rained in Henan, and the air was full of humidity and heat, much like Jiangnan. As soon as September begins, the climate in Henan is significantly different from that in Jiangnan. The humidity quickly dissipated, and the whole of Henan became dry.

Zhao Qian is particularly aware of the climate change. As the new capital, Kaifeng City naturally has to build a lot of construction. In the south of the Yangtze River, there are more than ten or twenty years of 'ungrounded' construction methods in Kaifeng has a particularly obvious effect. In the latest construction model, grounding means that the building is built directly on the ground, even if ground treatment methods such as masonry are used, the masonry is built directly on the land.

Ungrounded means that the ground on the first floor is isolated from the land, and below the first floor is a semi-basement half buried in the ground, or only an overhead layer more than half a meter high is built. This kind of construction method can still achieve excellent results in the humid land of the south of the Yangtze River, let alone in Henan.

Before the meeting, Zhao Qian, who was sitting in the conference room on the third floor, looked at the flower tea in the teacup and remembered his yard. Zhao Jiaren did not like the old imperial city, so he divided a piece of land in Kaifeng, imitated the experience of Hangzhou, and formed an area dedicated to the office of the imperial court and the residence of the emperor and high-ranking officials.

Zhao Qian's wife was in full swing to participate in the construction plan of 'Kaifeng Paradise', and Zhao Qian's wife didn't know how to be damaged by Zhao Qian's wife, and she also proposed to Zhao Qian that she wanted to build a yard in this plot.

Even now that he thinks about it, Zhao Qian also feels very unhappy, not to mention the situation at that time. But after losing his temper for a few days, Zhao Qian felt that he was a little simple and rude. Although his wife's expectations were really stupid, she was so stupid that she didn't understand how dangerous it was for Zhao Qian to be the 'Prince of the East Palace' now. Although Zhao Jiaren is in his fifties, he is still very healthy. At this time, Lichu wanted to publicly tell Zhao Jiaren, 'Grandpa, you're dying! ’

Such a simple truth, Zhao Qian's mentor and friend have clearly told Zhao Qian, and it is explained with the causal theory of 'logic' proposed by Zhao Jiaren. Zhao Qian thought that he should let his wife go to the university's philosophy department to study logic again. Of course, Zhao Qian also considered going over to find the old lady and telling the old lady not to blindly command his daughter-in-law anymore. Because it is easy for human beings to fail to withstand the test of temptation.

I was thinking about my family, and everyone in the conference room arrived. The leader of the working group introduced Zhao Qian to everyone, but did not say Zhao Qian's background, and Zhao Qian naturally greeted everyone, and briefly introduced himself as being transferred from the Department of Water Resources to participate in the investigation team.

One of the members of the "Water Conservancy Department...... nodded repeatedly, and it could be seen that he was very interested in this profession.

Zhao Qian continued: "If you have any questions in this regard, I will do my best to answer them. ”

Fang Cai immediately said: "Brother Zhao, I want to ask why the current division is not completely divided according to blocks, and some areas still have to be moved out by locals. ”

Zhao Qian asked in detail what this person was talking about, and gave an answer.

"Ladies and gentlemen, those who grow food pay attention to water and heat at the same time. Crops need heat to grow for photosynthesis and water. Let's not talk about other trace elements for the time being, that is not the work of the water conservancy department, but the Ministry of Agriculture. ”

Ha ha! Many people were amused by this.

Zhao Qian is professional, experienced, and easy to tell. According to Zhao Jiaren, the land of China is basically an area with very high water and heat periods, which is very suitable for human habitation. But this is only a relative macro environment, from the perspective of various micro environments, that is, different periods of water and heat, so there are always frequent disasters in the vast land of China. When there is a drought in the north, there is a flood in the south. If there is a drought in the south, there may be floods in the north. The Ministry of Water Resources is a specialized department established to solve such problems.

“…… Vacating a part of the area is not to make things difficult for people, but to keep the water source as much as possible. The ancients said that the soil becomes a mountain, and the wind and rain are prosperous. If the hills on the Huanghuai Plain can be fully greened, rainfall can be increased. If there is no rainfall, we will have to pump groundwater for irrigation. Some of the water seeps into the ground, but a large part of the pumped groundwater evaporates. The more water is pumped, the lower the groundwater level will be. The lower the groundwater level, the less water the land contains, unless it rains to the point where groundwater is not needed at all. If the rain does not replenish it to that extent, continued farming will become more dependent on pumping groundwater for irrigation. In the past, one year or two years, five years and ten years, there may not be a problem. If you continue to do it for 50 years, there will be a big problem. Groundwater is likely to be pumped out. If we don't pay attention now, it will be a harm to future generations. ”

Zhao Qian himself has sufficient practical experience, and it is very easy to speak, but it seems to be more difficult to listen to these bits. Zhao Qian could only let them continue to ask questions. It took half an hour for the question-and-answer before the members of the task force responsible for the corruption case understood why the Huanghuai Plain was not allowed to be fully designated as cultivated water.

"If so, where will our food come from?" Someone lamented.

Zhao Qian didn't feel itchy, and gave the answer, "We have opened up a lot of new agricultural areas, such as the Liaodong Plain, such as many ...... in the south Newly developed areas. It also imports a part of the grain from various countries in Tianzhu. In general, according to the situation of the Great Song Dynasty, we hope that each agricultural population will be allocated enough land. If farming can't be profitable, everyone is just making ends meet, and it is not good for the court and the people. ”

At this level, no one continued to say anything. The purpose of the members of this working group was to investigate the problem of the division of agricultural land in Henan. This basic truth does not need to be explained by water conservancy experts. This has been made clear enough within the Working Group. The small, self-sufficient peasants do not spend money, and if a large number of people in a country do not spend money at all, it means that most of the people in the country are outside the imperial system responsible for issuing money. The Zhao family was very dissatisfied with the imperial power not being in the county.

Chen Xuyang, the leader of the working group, saw that Zhao Qian had been recognized by most of the people in the working group by his professional ability, so he started a formal topic, "This time we will go to the places with the most reports." Let me give you a brief introduction. ”

It took a whole day just to hold the meeting, and Zhao Qian was exhausted when he returned home. As soon as he got home, his eldest son pounced on him and shouted, "Daddy! You're back. ”

Seeing his son, Zhao Qian's mood immediately improved. As soon as he opened his mouth, he asked, "Have you been obedient today, and have you read the books that should be read?" ”

"Today's book has been read. Daddy, I want to hear your story. ”

The good mood disappeared immediately. Zhao Qian had listened to a lot of stories throughout the day, and at this time he just wanted to rest for a while and then go to sleep. Where is the mood to tell a story at this time.

searched for his wife with a distress look, but saw that his wife was holding her youngest daughter, and her second son was dragging her trouser leg next to her leg. Although there are also wet nurses who can be used, Zhao Qian's wife has the demeanor of Zhao Qian's grandmother, Empress Dowager Chen, as long as she can take care of the children by herself, she will take care of the children by herself.

In desperation, Zhao Qian could only take his eldest son to sit on the sofa. He asked, "Da Lang, what story do you want to hear?" ”

The eldest son thought for a while, "Journey to the West, grandpa told me about Journey to the West, I want to hear that." ”

Zhao Qian was speechless. His father is an emperor, and he is a real literati. When Zhao Qian was young, he also pestered Zhao Jiaren to tell stories. At that time, as long as Zhao Qian had a request, Zhao Jiaren would tell Zhao Qian a story. Many of the stories are called small stories by his father such as "Strange Tales from Liaozhai".

Zhao Qian's favorite is the continuous story that Zhao Jiaren called "Journey to the West". Tang Sanzang experienced ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties, set off from Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, and arrived in the western sky. That is, Tianzhu, the story of the true scriptures of Buddhism. What Zhao Qian likes most in those stories is the sentence 'Monster, eat my grandson!' It's really hearty, and I love it.

But it's one thing to like it, it's another thing to tell a story to others. Zhao Qian looked at his wife again and saw that his wife was still taking care of the two babies. Zhao Qian could only bite the bullet and tell his son.

As a result, at the beginning, the dragon king violated the laws of heaven because of his anger and rain, and was to be sent to the dragon breaking platform to be beheaded. Then the old dragon king dreamed of finding Tang Taizong to intercede. I heard the eldest son say: "Daddy, Azu has already spoken, I don't want to hear this." ”

"Why?" Zhao Qian happened to ask about his son in turn, getting rid of his uncomfortable storytelling.

Zhao Qian's eldest son replied, "Azu said that no matter who it is, as long as he violates the law, he will be punished, even if it is the Dragon King. Even Tang Taizong can't say anything. It's so boring, I don't like to hear it. ”

Zhao Qian was stunned. This was definitely not Zhao Qian's eldest son, but must have been said by Zhao Jiaren. Hearing his son say this, Zhao Qian vaguely remembered that when his father Zhao Jiaren told Zhao Qian this story, Zhao Qian's sister asked why the Dragon King was such a powerful character, and he would kill him when he said it. Zhao Jiaren also gave the same answer.

Don't talk about things when I was a child, when Zhao Qian was growing up, he heard the same point of view. His father Zhao Jiaren ...... It's really hard work.

"Daddy, daddy, storytelling, storytelling." Zhao Qian's eldest son didn't think about it so much, he just didn't like the story of 'The old dragon king clumsily violated the rules of heaven, and Prime Minister Wei Cheng's suicide note entrusted the underworld'.

Zhao Qian said energetically: "Then do you have any unfinished stories?" ”

"Uh-huh, uh-huh......" Zhao Qian's eldest son began to try to remember. After recalling for a while, he suddenly showed an anxious look, "Daddy, there is a story about a bone monster, I only listened to the first part, but it's scary." I want to listen, I want to listen. ”

Zhao Qian searched in his memories, but he didn't think of any bone monsters. At this time, I heard his wife say: "It seems to be called a white bone spirit." ”

"Oh, I remember. Three dozen white bone spirits. Zhao Qian remembered this story, and he was also quite impressed by this story, so he recalled it a little, and then told it.

"Once upon a time there was a mountain, and there was a hole in the mountain, and there was an old monster in the hole, and the old monster told stories to the little monster. Phew, ......, wrong. The old monster has no small monster, there are white bones in that cave, and the sun has never been seen for thousands of years, so it absorbed the yin energy between heaven and earth and became a essence. After becoming sperm, he eats people everywhere and sucks menstrual blood......"

Zhao Qian wanted to say something scary, so that the child was scared away. As he expected, the baby suddenly jumped up and ran. Just when Zhao Qian thought that he had succeeded in his treacherous plan, he saw his son wawa being dragged out of the bedroom with a towel, rushed to the sofa, leaned closely against Zhao Qian, and covered himself with a towel.

After making these anti-scare preparations, the baby said loudly: "Daddy, keep talking." ”

"Haha." Zhao Qian's wife was amused by the child's reaction.

Zhao Qian felt that the face in that voice seemed to have the meaning of love, fun, and teasing. No matter what the adult reaction of his wife was, Zhao Qian understood that his son was ready to deal with it, and he was determined to finish the whole story. Zhao Qian could only make a restriction first, "Da Lang, although this is one story, it is actually three stories. I can only tell you one a day. ”

"Good! Good! "Now that there is a story to hear, the baby is willing to accept everything temporarily.

Zhao Qian could only continue, "The more people that old monster eats, the more powerful it becomes......"

Then Zhao Qian saw his wife holding his daughter and sitting on the sofa with his second son. It means that the whole family listens to the story. Zhao Qian began to tell his eldest son the first story of the three dozen white bone spirits.

The first is that Tang monks and apprentices traveled westward, passing through the lair of the white bone spirit. In line with the fact that I opened this mountain and planted this tree, I want to hit here and leave the disposition of buying road wealth. The White Bone Spirits came out to collect the life tax.

Speaking of this, Zhao Qian himself was amused first. In his memory, his father seemed to say so, but not only told Zhao Qian that in the past ten or twenty years, Zhao Jiaren has never been soft on the 'feudal forces that draw the ground as a prison'. Don't say that the white bone spirit is just a monster in the story, if she really exists, she will also become the target of severe punishment. The Great Song army solved the demon monk of Songshan Shaolin Temple not long ago, and it is not a big problem to solve one more monster who occupies the mountain as the king.

"Stop laughing, keep talking." Zhao Qian's wife didn't grow up with Zhao Jiaren, and she didn't have the opportunity to listen to stories. Seeing her husband smirk, she was anxious.

Zhao Qian continued to preach, the white bone spirit has a reputation for eating people, and others run away when they see that the limelight is wrong, and she can't eat people anymore. So the white bone spirit put on the skin of a young village girl who had been sucked dry by her and walked on the road. Sun Wukong has fiery eyes and sees through the true face of the white bone spirit, Sun Wukong said to his master Tang Sanzang: "It's a goblin, it's here to lie to you." As he spoke, he slapped the goblin in the face.

The village girl was immediately knocked down, and the true soul of the white bone spirit went out of the body and ran away, leaving only one body dead on the ground.