Last year's autumn and winter rainfall and snowfall surged into the spring, and Guanzhong's distance from the ocean and the slow recovery of seasonal airflows naturally led to the scarcity of rainfall in summer and autumn this year.

But he couldn't tell his ministers this, and they couldn't understand it.

"Your Majesty, now the people in Xianyang, Liyang, Gaonu, Waste Hill and other places have suffered disasters, the seedlings lack water, it is difficult to survive, and it is urgent to pray for rain, please Your Majesty can pray to the heavens."

"Your Majesty, new people from the vassal states have come to my Great Qin one after another, and although Great Qin has given them land, there is no way to let the land immediately produce food, and now the new tax has not been paid, the five major legions and these newcomers are consuming the stocks of the past, and after a long time, there is a danger of running out of food, please Your Majesty hurry up and get an idea."

Prime Minister Li Bin and Da Situ Mengrui played one after another. Li Feng looked at the ministers in the hall, although the words were ugly, what they said was also true, but it was impossible to ask for rain, this kind of thing was too unreliable.

In fact, before the early dynasty, he had already figured out how to deal with the current situation.

This is the benefit of the traverser, similar to this situation, ancient and modern Chinese and foreign thousands of years of case processing methods can be used for reference, Li Feng chose the simplest one.

"The ministers are sympathetic to the people and share their worries for the country, and I am very comforted, but the effect of praying for rain is slow, hypocritical and ethereal, I think it is impossible, I have a way to deal with it, and it can be effective immediately."

The eyes of the six ministers lit up: "In this case, please make it clear to Your Majesty." ”

Li Feng talked about it: "The day before yesterday, Bashu came to the news, the country of abundance has a bumper harvest of grain, a large number of hybrid rice fields per mu yield of more than 2,000 catties, storage grain is still stacked, I have ordered the country's abbot Qin Dan to transport 500,000 stones of grain into Guanzhong, which can solve the danger of the people, including more than 1,000 catties of hybrid rice seeds, once popularized in Guanzhong next year, grain will no longer be a problem." ”

Someone stood up and asked: "Your Majesty, the grain of Bashu is transported to Guanzhong, which is the blessing of the people in Guanzhong, and I will wait for the old Qin people to worry about it again, and we should serve the country wholeheartedly and be loyal, however, now that the four fields are drought, I am afraid that the rice seeds will not survive, and I will have to starve next year." ”

"That's a good question." Li Feng stood up from the throne and looked around at the ministers: "I have a method, called "work for relief, which can solve the problem of the emperor and make the people completely out of the harm of drought." ”

"Cash-for-work?" The ministers asked questions.

Li Feng paused, and he knew that the ministers below didn't understand, so he continued: "I remember that before the beginning of the year, it was rainy in my Guanzhong area, and there was no shortage of water in various waters and rivers, but this water could not be well channeled to the fields, so our top priority was to build water conservancy to solve the problem. ”

Jiang Ye looked worried, since he became the head of the household, he found that the official is big, but his life is not as good as before, and he looks at Daqin's money bag more tightly than Li Feng.

Now that he heard Li Feng say this, he retorted euphemistically: "What Your Majesty said is very true, but in this way, it will increase the forced labor, work the people and lose money, and may cause turmoil." ”

"Whoever said that forced labor should be increased, we can do it in a different way."

"Your Majesty, please advise me."

"Now, my Daqin is facing a drought, many people have lost their livelihoods, and the new people have no land, these are all surplus labor, we can gather them, instead of conscription to repair those water conservancy projects, and then give them rice and silver as a reward, one day at a time, isn't it beautiful."

"It's better to do this than to rigidly give money for food relief."

As soon as this remark came out, some ministers could understand it at a glance, such as Shen Kong of the Ministry of Industry, who was already a good hand at engineering, and since he became the largest contractor in the country, he specialized in this way, and many things can be understood.

The method Li Feng said, after a little thought, knew that it was good: "What Your Majesty said can be described as killing three birds with one stone, and the people of Great Qin thank Your Majesty for your grace, long live, long live, long live, long live." ”

Li Feng looked at the ministers: "Do you think this method is feasible?" ”

"No objection!"

"The minister has no objection, Your Majesty Shengming!"

Li Feng is very pleased, these people are all following him to fight the world again, no matter how martial arts are pursuing reality, they know the truth of seeking truth from facts.

As long as there is a good method, it will raise its hands in favor and implement it. Instead of being like some civil officials in the back, what the emperor says, no matter whether it is good or bad, he will always run out and scold you, and gain a reputation for daring to speak out.

"Since there is no objection, then I will give the order."

Li Feng looked around at the ministers and began to roll out names: "Meng Rui, your Great Situ Yamen and the household department will raise food and salary for relief, and you must make sure that every penny of food and salary is used on the blade."

Meng Rui and Jiang Ye came out: "No! ”

"Li Bin, your Prime Minister's Office will coordinate and supervise it, and the Ministry of Officials will mobilize various local officials to issue recruitment notices, count the number of workers, register them, and hand them over to the Ministry of Industry for implementation."

"This time, the Ministry of Industry can refer to the style of Dujiangyan in Shuzhong, open up the river, build canals between the ridges, dredge the blocked waterways, and be sure to let the water flow for irrigation as soon as possible.

"My demand is to resume production within three months, and I can't let the people go hungry, understand?"

"Wait for you to understand!" Li Bin, Zhang Yue, and Shen Kong came out of the ranks, and then Shen Kong stepped forward: "Your Majesty, I don't know if I should say a word." ”

"Speak!"

"Your Majesty, we need a lot of manpower to rush the construction period, and it takes time to gather manpower, and the minister thinks that if the work starts immediately, can the old and weak women and children be requisitioned to participate together."

"How's that going to work? Even if women show up, do they still have to work on the construction site with a group of men, and see a group of men bare-chested and bare-chested every day, which makes people think about their husbands. ”

The Ministry of Rites sternly objected and played: "Your Majesty, this case cannot be opened, once it begins, the boundary between men and women will be diluted, and it will become a joke whether to give or receive kisses." ”

"It's really a science person, can this be a joke? If you were to see the women in the bars of the afterlife, wouldn't you vomit three liters of blood in anger? ”

Li Feng scolded for a while, and then said: "Jing Aiqing Shao'an is not impatient, I think this matter is feasible, but the moral issues you said are also reasonable, in this way, Shenkong, when you recruit the old and weak women and children, you divide the construction area, women and children work together, and the old and young people work together, so that no one will gossip." ”

Shen Kong was just plagiarized by Jing Liang, a little aggrieved, but he didn't expect Li Feng to blame him, but agreed with his approach, and immediately praised: "The minister obeys the order, Your Majesty Shengming!" ”

Jing Liang was a little unwilling: "Your Majesty, even if this is the case, the old and weak women and children are weak, what kind of work can they do, what role can they play, in this way, I am afraid that some people will scold Your Majesty for tyrannical abuse of the people." ”