Li Mingjie stretched out his hand to help Xia Yuxuan walk down the hillside, "Yes, there is less rain here, and there is no river, so there is a shortage of water." So the crop yield here is not very high. ”

"If you can't plant a banker, the villagers don't know other crafts, so you can only be so poor."

"If that's the case, why don't the villagers want to make another living? Or might as well move out of here? According to him, don't the villagers of Taohua Village have no other source of income?

Li Mingjie shook his head and said: "They have lived here for generations, and their thoughts are pedantic, so they will move away when they say they will move away." ”

Xia Yuxuan understood why Peach Blossom Village was so poor.

Xia Yuxuan didn't stay long in Peach Blossom Village, and he didn't even go back to the palace without having dinner at Li Mingjie's house.

After returning to the palace, Xia Yuxuan reported these things to Xia Jingnian.

"The investigation is very good, and the work is good, so do you have any thoughts on Peach Blossom Village?" This can be regarded as a training opportunity given by Xia Jingnian to Xia Yuxuan.

"The son plans to discuss it with Li Mingjie and then tell his father." He already had a preliminary plan for this when he returned, but it was not yet perfect, and he needed to agree on a specific plan.

Xia Jingnian waved his hand and said, "I will leave all these things to you, and we must solve the current situation of Peach Blossom Village." ”

"If you need me to cooperate with you, you just have to talk to me, and I will support you." This can be regarded as a heavy responsibility, and letting Xia Yuxuan handle it with full authority is a great trust for him.

Xia Yuxuan naturally understood that this was a test given to him by Xia Jingnian, and hurriedly said: "Thank you father, my son will definitely live up to his mission." ”

After going back, Xia Yuxuan found Li Mingjie as soon as possible.

"Did the emperor say anything?" Li Mingjie asked.

He knew that the prince would return to the emperor, he had been growing up in Peach Blossom Village, and he wanted to change the status quo in the village by working hard to pass the exam, and now he cherished this good opportunity.

Xia Yuxuan sat on the desk with Li Mingjie, spread out the map, and said, "I plan to open a small river from here." ”

By repairing the channel, the river water in the capital can be channeled into Taohua Village. Because Taohua Village is not far from the capital, it doesn't use much manpower and financial resources, which is not a big deal.

"With this water, every household in the village will have water!" What Peach Blossom Village lacks most is water, and this method is really good.

Xia Yuxuan nodded and said, "With water, everyone can irrigate the farmland, and the grain output will be greatly increased." ”

"In addition, I see that there are a lot of young and strong people in Peach Blossom Village, why don't you let them go out and wander?" Xia Yuxuan asked.

"This ......," Li Mingjie replied, "they still have to do farm work at home." ”27KK

"A few people should be enough for farm work, right? I don't see that there are many fields in every household in your village, so the extra people can come to the capital to break through. It's also another income. "The last time Xia Yuxuan went to investigate, he also had a good idea of how much land each family had.

Li Mingjie has not considered this idea, but he thinks it is feasible.

On the one hand, the capital is not far away, even if they go back and forth to the capital every day, even if they live in the capital, it is only an hour before they want to go home and back.

"Then what can they do when they go to the capital?" Li Mingjie thinks that even if they go to the capital, at most they will be the second child in the big restaurant, so will the villagers feel shameless?

"You can do business, now the emperor vigorously supports the people to do business, and they have many opportunities to make money. As long as they feel they can make money, they can do it. Xia Yuxuan replied.

What's more, Xia Jingnian's encouragement of doing business is not just lip service, but also issued many preferential policies for business, everyone in the capital who has some brains has gone to business, and many people have made a fortune.

"This ......" Li Mingjie felt a little embarrassed. The construction of the river is good news for the people, but to encourage them to do business, he is afraid that he will have to ask the villagers' opinions.

So, Xia Yuxuan went to Peach Blossom Village again.

At the village chief's house, Xia Yuxuan told the villagers about this proposal, and the villagers looked at each other and did not respond.

"What are your concerns?" Xia Yuxuan explained the emperor's policies to the villagers very clearly, he felt that as long as people with brains could understand that this was a good opportunity, why didn't these villagers respond?

It was the village chief who spoke first, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you know that since ancient times, farmers and businessmen have been the last ones, and we have been farming for generations, although we are not rich, we can be regarded as self-reliant. ”

"Self-sufficient? Is it that you are so poor now? Can't even afford a decent meal? Xia Yuxuan's words hit the nail on the head, making the village elder's face red, and he couldn't refute it for a while.

The villagers on the side whispered: "We have been farming for generations, and only scholars in the family can glorify their ancestors, if there are no scholars, farming is also very good, there is no need to abandon the family and go to the capital, right?" ”

"You are only more than an hour away from the capital, why did you abandon your family and business? Do you think it's bad to be in business, or do you just don't want to use your brains to figure out how to do it? Xia Yuxuan actually felt that these villagers were a little hopeless, just like what Li Mingjie said before, pedantic thinking.

The villagers were silent one by one. Xia Yuxuan didn't expect this matter to be so difficult, he thought that there was such a proposal, and the imperial court gave so many preferential policies, they would definitely rush to the capital, but he didn't expect these villagers to be indifferent.

After returning to the Li family, the Li family's parents comforted Xia Yuxuan and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, don't be too anxious, the villagers have lived here for generations, and some ideas have been ingrained, and it is not so easy to change." ”

Li Mingjie also nodded, and the villagers said that only a scholar in the family is a glorious ancestor, but he also knows that there are scholars in Peach Blossom Village for so many years, but there are only three people like him who can be admitted to fame.

"Is there anyone you know who would like to go out and explore?" Xia Yuxuan was a little anxious, but after coming back, he calmed down, and he could be regarded as having a little countermeasure.

The Li family thought about it carefully, and Li's mother said, "It's really there!" She said to Li Mingjie next to her: "The Su family next door to our house, that Su Liqin, went to a relative's house in the capital once when he was a child, and after coming back, he shouted for several days that he wanted to go to the capital to see when he grew up?" I wonder if he still means that? ”

As long as he had this idea when he was a child!