Xiao Jin pretended to sleep for a while, and a government official ran in outside and asked all the county officials to go to the door to receive orders.

He opened his eyes and stood up, and because of his position, he was the first to reach the door.

Other county orders that are one step behind: "......"

Sure enough, he has a lot of eyes, and at this time, he didn't forget to settle down in front of Hanlin Chengzhi.

The prefect stood in the middle, looked back and left and right, and saw that everyone had come, so he nodded slightly with Su Yi.

Su Yi immediately opened the holy decree and read it out.

The prefect and the prefectural decree all know the contents of the decree, and this will be a process, and when it is finished, everyone kneels down and kowtows.

"Weichen received the order, long live my emperor, long live."

Su Yi handed over the holy decree to the prefect with both hands, but his eyes fell on Xiao Jin, "Lord Xiao, the Holy Lord asked the official to ask you, how is the progress of the improvement of soil quality?" Is there a charter for follow-ups? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes fell on Xiao Jin.

Xiao Jin didn't notice it, bowed his hand, and said, "Lord Huisu, this official summoned eight deep ploughs in the coastal county, and eight oxen, all of which were sent to Luoshan Village, and then cooperated with manual deep ploughing, and the construction has started for a few days, and the number of acres of deep ploughing has reached several acres. ”

This is good news, Su Yi nodded with satisfaction, and the other county orders also breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that who knew that Xiao Jin suddenly changed his words, and said with a sad face, "It's just that now is the spring plowing season, although the coastal counties have enough manpower, the farm tools are not enough, and a lot of tools and manpower are needed to open the canal..."

The faces of the prefect and the county commanders changed, and they were afraid that Xiao Jin would mention in front of Su Yi that he would ask them to borrow tools but they would shirk it.

After all, this matter has not yet been completely laid out.

Fortunately, Su Yi just knocked and knocked them, and he didn't plan to make a fuss, otherwise it would be Xiao Jin who would be embarrassed at that time.

He bowed slightly, his face solemn, "You have also heard the will of the Holy Lord, now that Luoshan Village is in trouble, I hope that the county commanders will help you, and you must ensure the smooth progress of the soil quality improvement."

When it is completed, your political achievements will naturally be added, and this official remembers that your tenure in Yuzhou is as short as four years or as long as seven years, and it is time to go further. ”

Although Su Yi is a Hanlin edict, he does not need to go out to read any holy decrees, especially when he is over forty years old and has been sick several times, in recent years, the saints have only arranged for the holy decrees of the capital to be read by him.

But this rule was broken last year.

Fang Shiguan's reinstatement, rewarding Gu Su's family, and supporting Xiao Jin are all related to the improvement of saline-alkali land.

The officials in the court are all human spirits, and if you can clearly see that the saints attach importance to this matter, there is no need for this official to continue to be an official.

Except for Xiao Jin, all the county commanders just stood up, and knelt down in unison, "The lower officials understand that they will live up to the trust of the saint." ”

Su Yi nodded with satisfaction, a two-point smile on his face.

The night was already dark, and the prefect took a step forward and smiled, as if Su Yi's beating just now had nothing to do with him.

"Master Su, it's getting late, and the lower officials have prepared a banquet in the Chunfeng Building to catch the wind and wash the dust for you, let's go over now?"

Su Yi didn't refuse, he would still give the face that should be given.

"Well, let's go."

The prefect breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and quietly gave the master behind him a look, and after a while, someone came over with a sedan chair.

Su Yi was not polite, and got into the sedan chair directly, and they still took them to Chunfeng Building.

The other county orders only got up after he got into the sedan chair, and their faces turned pale, and they had already begun to think about writing a letter to their own backer.

Let's see if when this matter is completed and when the meritorious deeds are rewarded, can we operate in the dark, and then change to a richer place to become an official.

The next day, Su Yi went home, but Mu Si did not go back with him.

The county commanders discussed with the prefect and Xiao Jin in the study of the prefect's yamen for a whole day on the improvement of soil quality.

Although they did not agree with Xiao Jin's method of opening the canal, they could not ensure that the reservoir would not be dug with the possibility of seawater backflow, and the proposed method was full of loopholes and fanciful.

Xiao Jin calmly pointed out the shortcomings of their methods, and bluntly said that if his methods did not work, he would bear the consequences himself, and the others looked at each other and gave in.

All they asked for was Xiao Jin's assurance.

They want to share the credit, but if something happens, it can't have anything to do with them.

Xiao Jin is also too lazy to talk to them, as long as they don't drag their feet, the rest doesn't matter.

After finalizing the matter of opening the canal, it is time to discuss the issue of manpower.

Emperor Jingyong emphasized agriculture, since the establishment of the Yong Dynasty, this bridge and road, canal drainage, and even more canal construction, the days will try to avoid the season of cultivation and harvest.

And now it is the spring ploughing season, this levy of labor, still need to be carefully considered, mandatory must be had, but not too much, to avoid causing public resentment, moreover, this thing to operate, also need a lot of money, where does the money come from?

Xiao Jin was released as an official for the first time, and he didn't know much about this, and when he heard these questions, he was still a little confused.

Mainly because the villagers of Luoshan Village were too active, Xiao Jin hadn't decided on the matter, so they couldn't wait to ask the village chief several times when the construction would start.

Later, Xiao Jin opened his mouth to say that the construction would start, and they didn't even think about the salary or anything, they just wanted to do things for themselves, and they took the hoe and went up.

Therefore, Xiao Jin listened to the county orders, and suddenly felt that he should also pay the villagers in Luoshan Village.

Although the land is theirs, and they will benefit in the future, almost every household in Luoshan Village is now working on the project, and the family is in a situation where they cannot make ends meet.

If this continues, when the time is completed, they may not be able to have the money to buy seeds.

Xiao Jin thought silently, and had already made up his mind in his heart, when the time came, let the people of Luoshan Village stop work first, wait for the farm tools from other county officials to be delivered, and then they would all be assigned to labor.

It should be regarded as the county order of his coastal county, and he should be partial to the people in the area under his jurisdiction.

Of course, this matter could not be said to the outside world, so he stood aside, silently, and threw the problem of this money to other county magistrates to ponder.

If you want to take credit, you can't really do nothing.

The other county magistrates naturally knew this, and they were indeed familiar with this kind of thing, so they were willing to take care of it, and they drew up the charter after a while.

The improvement of soil quality is a major event that is beneficial to the people's livelihood, and local merchants can be called to raise donations, and after the matter is completed, a merit list will be set up in the coastal county, and their names will be engraved on the merit list according to the amount ranked, and the donation list will be played to the saints.

Shi Nong, businessmen, and merchants have a low status, and whenever they encounter this kind of thing that can make a good name, they are very positive, especially when they will send the list to the saint, such an honor, it is difficult for them not to be moved.

And this way, you don't have to worry about money anymore.

And the money is enough, other things are basically nothing, the people are not stupid, what they work hard for a year, isn't it just to eat well, make a lot of money, and have a good year when the time comes.

Although this was compulsory labor, they had a good salary and enough to eat, and they wished they could go on their own.

(End of chapter)