The arrival of Zhao Ying changed the atmosphere of the entire Huiji County.

Many children of wealthy families have quietly reined in their unscrupulous behavior in the past, and some of them are simply confined by the old people in the family, lest there be any bad news that will reach the ears of His Royal Highness the eldest grandson, thus affecting the family.

For those lower-class people, the most prominent change is that the charity hall, which has been conducting public surveys and verifying family conditions, and has only distributed some money and food sporadically and symbolically, has really begun to distribute money on a large scale.

Eleven thousand arguments are not as convincing as a small bag of grain.

When those rice bowls have bottomed out, have begun to dig wild vegetables, cook grass roots, and live with their belts tightened, and even the children at home are so hungry that they have no strength to cry, they really receive a bag of life-saving food, and when everyone looks at the charity hall again, their eyes really change.

They began to believe that the Qin people were not bluffing, and that this charity hall was really doing good deeds and was really trying to help them.

"Qin people, this is buying people's hearts......"

However, such voices soon died down.

After all, even if people are buying people's hearts, they are also buying with real benefits, which can help the family tide over this difficult situation.

The common people are simple.

If there were so many bloody warriors who were inseparable from Great Qin, and there were really so many people who thought about the Six Kingdoms, the First Emperor might not be able to unify the Six Kingdoms back then.

"Your Highness, we don't have enough food in our treasury......"

The county guard's mansion, Li You looked at Zhao Ying a little nervously.

There was no turning back when he opened the bow, he knew very well that if this charity hall had not done it, it would be fine, but if it had been a tiger, it would really be better not to do it at the beginning.

Zhao Ying smiled and nodded.

"I know, Li Junshou, don't be impatient, you just open a warehouse and put grain - if it's really not enough, you can temporarily embezzle some of the military rations......"

As soon as Zhao Ying's words came out, even the generals sitting on the side couldn't help it.

"Your Highness, no, if something happens, it will be a big deal......"

Li You was also taken aback by Zhao Ying's bold idea, a nervous, swinging sleeve couldn't take care of the tea cup in front of him, he hurriedly cleaned up the tea cup in front of him, and shook his head resolutely in a tone of refusal.

"Your Highness, you can't, it's a big crime to use military rations without permission......"

Seeing that the two of them were nervous like this, Zhao Ying couldn't help but smile and waved his hand.

"You really don't need to be nervous, I have my own arrangements, you just have to listen to my ......"

As he spoke, Zhao Ying took off the sword specially given by the First Emperor before leaving, and gently put it on the several cases in front of him. Li You couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, and sat back down.

Even His Majesty's imperial sword has been revealed, and I'm afraid it's really a decision.

However, Jiang Lu looked at his eldest nephew with a suspicious expression, and Wu Zi was a little unsure.

"Ying'er, don't be confused, if something really goes wrong-forget it, if something really goes wrong, you can be considered the third uncle's idea! Great, I'm the same as your eighteenth uncle, I was escorted back by His Majesty and grounded, you kid just remember not to forget to go to me for a drink-"

Zhao Ying was amused and moved when he heard it, and he arched his hand at Jiang Lu with a solemn expression.

"Third uncle, it's not like this, you just have to rest assured, I'm not a reckless person, I said, it's just a temporary loan, before I leave, I will make up for it a lot of ......"

Jiang Lu and Li You saw Zhao Ying say this, and then they relaxed a little.

"Now that there is a shortage of green and yellow, many people are almost unable to survive, and the food we temporarily provide can only solve the urgent need, and if we really want to completely solve the problem ......of food shortage, we have to start from farming."

Speaking of this, Zhao Ying stood up.

"Following the example of the old things in Lujiang County, in Huiji, the law of green seedlings was also implemented, allowing the people to use their household registration as collateral to grow grain on credit, and after being confirmed by the Charity Hall, those whose families are indeed poor can be exempted from full interest——"

Speaking of this, Zhao Yingruo glanced at Li You meaningfully.

"This matter is handled by the children of the Mo family, and the county officials and Legalist apprentices will supervise and assist from the side, but the disciples of the Mo family have the right to make a decision, if you county officials have any disputes, you can first obey the arrangements of the Mo family's children, and then hand it over to the Charity Hall for verification, or even report it to me personally!"

As for the Qingmiao Method, there are already ready-made cases in Lujiang County, and they only need to let the officials who follow them with a little training for the two disciples of the Confucian and Mo families who act as storytellers in Huiji, and they can be completely competent to deal with it.

"Your Highness, if there is a natural disaster this year, the harvest will not be good......"

"Then the people are allowed to buy farmland insurance money, and the law of "flood and drought conservatism" is implemented, and if the deposit for cultivated land is failed or the harvest is not destroyed due to flood and drought disasters, the charity hall can make up 60% of the output according to the average of the grain production in the last three years and the number of acres of land purchased, and at the same time exempt the tax ...... of the current year."

Li You couldn't help but gasp.

This system is unheard of!

But if you think about it carefully, it is an upright conspiracy.

Are you afraid of a bad harvest?

Then buy a deposit for arable land from the Charity Hall!

Among them, the beneficiaries are naturally those poor people whose families are poor and can't withstand the impact of accidents, but he knows very well that once this policy is released, I don't know how many big households will be tempted.

Don't look at the rivers and lakes in Huiji County, but the construction of water conservancy ditches cannot be compared with Guanzhong at all. After hundreds of years of intensive cultivation in Daqin, Guanzhong has been connected by countless ditches, like a vertical and horizontal orderly chessboard, and has formed an extremely complete irrigation and cultivation system.

But this is not the case here, many places are either a swamp, or just look at the water source, and can not reach, the common people can only use the most primitive method, shoulder to shoulder, in this case, except for a very small number of fertile land in the hands of wealthy families, relying on the sky to eat has become an inevitability.

Therefore, it is conceivable that there will be many wealthy families with a large amount of local land who will also come forward to buy this unheard-of arable land deposit. This is almost a layer of tax in advance, but the risk is also very large.

"Your Highness, if there is really a large-scale poor harvest......

Li You's tone was a little hesitant.

Zhao Ying smiled.

"It's okay, when the time comes, then compensate according to the price, I didn't say that I must compensate for the grain, if there is a situation you said, ordinary people, who can't live a life, can compensate for a part of the grain, after all, even if we don't buy this deposit, we originally had to give food relief, this is the grain that will be spent, and the impact is not great, as for those wealthy families, it can be converted into gold and silver goods——"

Speaking of this, Zhao Ying said with a smile.

"Recently, my fourth uncle's side has gained a lot of money, and my Great Qin will not be short of gold and silver in the future - and, if nothing else, we will not even be short of copper coins soon......"

There will be no shortage of copper coins again?

Li You's heart moved, and he glanced at Zhao Ying quietly.

You must know that although he is far away from Xianyang now, his correspondence with his family has never stopped, and with Li Si, the old father who is on the left, his grasp of the information of the imperial court is not much worse than that in Xianyang.

But I have never heard the slightest rumor of this information.

Could it be that the imperial court has found another copper mine with huge reserves?

"Of course, there is no need for gold and silver, and if there is a real situation where the money and food are insufficient to compensate for it, the county can be allowed to transfer part of the right to operate the salt mines at a reasonable price......

Daqin's salt and iron monopoly naturally has countless benefits and can greatly enrich the treasury, but because of this, there are many drawbacks, and even the normal salt consumption of the common people has become a problem!

But in Zhao Ying's opinion, there is really no need for all the official camps.

Because of this kind of thing, once this absolute monopoly of the necessary resources of life is formed, corruption in the absolute sense will inevitably appear.

The tea administration of the Song Dynasty and the salt and iron system of the Ming Dynasty are all heavy historical lessons!

In the later period, those officials became more and more unscrupulous, and in the process, they were full of fat, and the imperial court not only did not receive much benefit from it, but even in some places, there was a strange situation in which the salt transfer envoy in charge of the salt administration reported losses.

Therefore, under the condition that the foundation of the salt and iron monopoly system remains unchanged, it is not necessarily a bad thing to appropriately release a part of the salt management authority, whether it is for Daqin or for ordinary people.

Li Youjiu is by Li Si's side, and under the influence of his ears and eyes, no matter the pattern of vision, he is not bad, and he naturally understands what Zhao Ying's proposal means, and what kind of sensation it will cause once it spreads.

"Your Highness—"

Li You took a deep breath.

"What if there is a concealment, a false report, or a deliberate artificial reduction in food production?"

"Submit it to the Charity Hall, and the county warden's office will cross-verify and review, and report it to the cabinet for review, once it is confirmed-"

At the corners of Zhao Ying's mouth, a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes.

"It is regarded as a rebellion, the person in charge, who has no family property, and razes the three clans! Cooperate with the cover, help cover up, punish Dancheng, after the expiration of the period, sent to Mobei Chongbian ......"

Good governance benefits the people, but it must be supported by thunderbolts.

Otherwise, once someone takes advantage of the loophole, this good government will turn into a bad government that harms the people and the court, and the harm will be endless.

When Li You heard this, his heart suddenly sank, and for the first time, he intuitively felt the ruthlessness and domineering of this emperor's eldest grandson, who looked amiable and smiled when he spoke.

"With the good governance of His Highness, the people of Huiji are finally saved-"

Li You sincerely arched his hand at Zhao Ying.

Although it is not yet known how he will solve the food problem, if this policy can really be implemented, the benefits to Huiji are self-evident.

As the son of Zuo Xiang and one of the youngest county guards in Daqin, he already has a bright future, how can he not have the ambition to govern the country and make some achievements in his heart?

Zhao Ying smiled and waved his hand.

"These are just to find a way for the people to live, but the potential of Huiji is more than that, on the way here, I have personally observed the water and soil conditions here, if Li Junshou is properly managed, within ten years, Huiji will become the land of fish and rice in the world!"

Li You:......

Most of the excitement in my heart disappeared in an instant.

If you can do it, it's the best, if you can't do it......

Seeing that Li You's whole person was almost stuck, Zhao Ying couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

"Li Junshou don't have to worry, I naturally don't need to deceive you, since I am on behalf of His Majesty to tour the south, I will come to our meeting, before leaving, I will naturally assist you to find a feasible road - in the future, you only need to do it step by step, and when the time comes, even if you can't reach the land of fish and rice I said, it will be a great achievement......"

Hearing Zhao Ying say this, Li You secretly breathed a sigh of relief, got up with a solemn expression, and bowed deeply to Zhao Ying.

"The minister will do his best, and he will not dare to live up to His Highness's trust!"

Zhao Ying hurriedly left the table and stepped forward to personally hold Li You's arm.

"Li Junshou was born in a famous family, and he has been an official in Xianyang for many years, I am naturally relieved of this ability and loyalty, otherwise I would not have recommended ......it to Your Majesty in the first place."

The two sat down again, and Zhao Ying said slowly.

"It is not enough to only implement the green seedling law and the conservative system of water and drought, if we want to build Huiji into a real land of fish and rice, we must implement the land reclamation system, and implement the method of parallel military and civilian tun......

When Li You heard this, he couldn't help but move in his heart, and suddenly remembered Zhao Ying's systems in Hexi County, and he already had some vague guesses.

"Dare to ask His Highness for advice......"

Zhao Ying waved his hand.

"There are two most important factors that plague the development of Huiji cultivation today, one is the lack of irrigation canals, and the other is that there are too many tidal flats and swamps, and there is a lack of available arable land......

Hearing this, even Gongzi Jianglu, who had never cared much about the affairs of Nongsang, couldn't help but subconsciously lean forward slightly and pricked up his ears.

He was the first prince of Great Qin to serve as a local county lieutenant, how could he not want to make some achievements to prove himself?

It can be said that, on a certain level, he, like Li You, has a lot of pressure and wants to make some achievements in Huiji County to prove himself.

For this question, Zhao Ying has already made a decision in his heart.

He picked up the teacup unhurriedly and took a sip before speaking.

"I have heard that to force the law to drive people, people are unwilling and have grievances, to drive people with profit, then there is no disadvantage, ditch construction, this is for the benefit of the people, but if you forcibly recruit the people, drive them, then the people will inevitably be resentful, twice the result is half the result, we rather than pay money and effort, consume the treasury, it is better to drive the people with profit......

Speaking of this, Zhao Ying glanced at Li Youhe and Jiang Lu, who were puzzled, and said with a smile.

"I mean, we can encourage local clans to build their own ditches to irrigate their fields—"

When Li You heard this, he couldn't help but move in his heart.

"Your Highness means—"

"The great local clans, whoever built a ditch, were to receive a subsidy from the imperial court, or for three years, a thirty percent reduction in taxes, and at the same time, a promise that within thirty years the ditch would be their own, during which time they would be allowed to sell water to the peasant households in need of irrigation at a suitable price—how much was appropriate, and I would summon them and consult with them ...... then" (end of chapter)