Yizhou, Chengdu.

"Huh."

Deng Ai looked at the letter in his hand, his face was very calm, he put the letter aside casually, and looked at the few officials in front of him.

Now, Deng Ai has succeeded Zhang Hua as the minister of Shu.

His position in Shu was similar to that of Chen Tai in Wu, but Cao Chao did not send someone like Wang Jing to monitor him, nor did he send someone like Wang Ji to protect him.

In this way, in fact, Deng Ai's status in Cao Chao's heart is quite high.

Cao Chao believes in Deng Ai very much.

Even if Deng Ai has a criminal record, Cao Chao believes in him so much.

And Deng Ai is almost omnipotent, he doesn't need someone to protect him, he doesn't need someone to supervise him, of course, there are also reasons why the situation in Shu is better than that in Wu.

The great clan of Shu is far inferior to the great clan of Wu.

Because of the perennial Northern Expedition, the big clans here may be the worst among the Three Kingdoms.

After Deng Ai arrived in Shudi, he was not in a hurry to issue a decree, he went around the entire Shu land.

He even went to the Nanzhong area and turned around the Nanzhong capital.

When he was about to go to Nanzhong, many ministers advised him, thinking that he was too old and that he might not be able to come back if he went to that ghost place in Nanzhong.

Deng Ai asked disdainfully: Is it more difficult to walk than the road of Jinggu Road?

The officials immediately did not dare to speak.

Deng Ai turned the entire Shu land in this way, and now he has returned to Chengdu again.

Surprisingly, this guy still looks like a vigorous tiger, and going to Nanzhong is like going out of the house, relaxed.

At this moment, Deng Ai received an order from the temple, including some experience of Chen Tai and others in governing the southern kingdom and so on.

The Shu people are more obedient, and there are many people who have been promoted, and many of the people gathered here in Deng Ai at this moment are the original Shu people.

Many county guards were promoted directly from the Shu people.

Yizhou Thorn Shi Bi Qiudian stood beside Deng Ai, looked at the letter he put aside, and said, "Will Deng Gong press the temple next?"

His words had just begun, and Deng Ai interrupted him.

"Temple, temple hall doesn't know what's going on here."

"The actions of Chen Tai and others are all useless work, what is the use of fighting back and forth?"

"I'm here to govern the local area for Your Majesty, only the matter of governing the local area is the most important, let everyone come in."

"Yui!"

Biqiudian did not dare to object, and hurriedly sent people to summon many officials in.

Deng Ai has made people spread out a huge map at this moment.

"Look, this is me, I went to all over the canals I saw, just in Hanzhong County, there are six major canals, there are more than 80 weir canals near Chengdu, and even in the south and middle places there are ponds, reservoirs, ponds, etc.

"In my opinion, the water conservancy of the entire Shu land is simply amazing, a single mountain and river weir can irrigate more than 8,000 acres of Baocheng fields, more than 30,000 acres of Zheng County fields in Nanzhen, more than 7,000 acres of Guanjiu County, a total of more than 46,000 acres."

"There are also reservoirs in many surrounding counties, and there are more than 20 in each county, and there are more than 300 ponds and ponds! The rest are countless. ”

Deng Ai pointed to the map in front of him.

Everyone looked down and saw that Deng Ai had marked a lot of symbols throughout Bashu, which represented different water conservancy measures.

Seeing these dense water conservancy projects, Biqiudian felt his scalp tingle.

He asked in amazement, "How can there be so many?" ”

The coverage of this water conservancy city has reached an amazing existence, make a comparison, Cao Wei usually sets up reservoirs here, Yongliang is like this, there are 20 large reservoirs near Chang'an that can store 100,000 cubic meters of water, doesn't this sound like a lot?

But there are as many as forty reservoirs in an ordinary county town here in Bashu! It's more than twice as much as Chang'an!

Not to mention the rest of the ponds, weirs

Many officials couldn't help but marvel at the moment.

Deng Ai said seriously: "Ba, Bashu, since Qin, it is to build more water conservancy, open up more wasteland, and call it a granary. ”

"And what you see now was built by Zhuge Liang, the former prime minister of Shu."

The officials from the original were amazed again, but the Shu people lowered their heads at the moment.

Deng Ai then said: "Zhuge Liang is really a genius, he continued the past water conservancy projects, covering all parts of Bashu, and none of them fell, even Nanzhong is such a remote place, and even the canals and reservoirs he built can be seen." ”

Deng Ai nodded to a few places in Nanzhong.

"I heard from the older people there that when Zhuge Liang was still there, the grain output in Nanzhong was extremely high, and even the wild people in the mountains came down to farm."

"It's just that how many years have passed, and when all these things built by Zhuge Liang were abandoned."

Many people think that Zhuge Liang is the culprit of Shu's reckless military and a strong Northern Expedition, but in fact, during his Northern Expedition, Bashu's national strength did not suffer much blow, on the contrary, this person is a construction maniac, he is engaged in water conservancy in Bashu, and almost every place is designed by him.

How much does Zhuge Liang attach importance to water conservancy projects?

According to historical records, Zhuge Liang once set up a weir official and assigned him 1,200 people, what are these people responsible for? They are responsible for protecting the weir canal.

In the case of the completion of the water conservancy project, he began to persuade farmers to open up wasteland, and opened up a lot of fertile land and fertile soil in all parts of Bashu, so Shu went on many expeditions, and the national strength was not affected.

The ministers who sent the envoy to Shu talked about the appearance of the people at that time, and they all said that they looked very healthy and very happy.

But after Zhuge Liang's death, no one could send troops to fight at the same time as the country's crazy infrastructure.

These weirs and canals were gradually abandoned, and the officials and soldiers who were responsible for protecting them also went to Yongliang to fight.

Deng Ai looked at the map in front of him at the moment, and his eyes lit up.

He carefully stroked the map in his hand, and then looked at the officials in front of him.

"I order the officials everywhere to put down all their energy and concentrate on repairing these weirs and canals and many water conservancy, and everything will be completed as soon as possible according to this map!"

Biqiudian and the others glanced at each other, and someone whispered: "Duke Deng, the Shu people have never forgotten Zhuge Liang, if so"

Deng Ai suddenly frowned.

"Mo, could it be that you have a better idea?"

"Don't dare"

"Then do it!"

"Yui!!"

The people quickly received the order, and Deng Ai had the copied maps distributed to these people, and sent them away, but Biqiudian did not leave in a hurry.

There were only two of them left in the house.

"Gong Deng, there are a lot of people talking about it, don't I really want to do my best to deal with water conservancy?"

Hearing Biqiudian's inquiry, Deng Ai said very calmly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty asked me to govern the local area, except for production, the rest is not important, as long as the local area becomes rich, everything is easy to say, the people are not happy, and there is no point in being busy with other things." ”

Biqiudian nodded, deeply convinced.

Deng Ai is a very realistic person, he is completely different from Zhong Hui, he doesn't care if the success of things is because of himself, as long as it can be done.

And Shudi's start was so perfect that Deng Ai didn't even need to think about anything.

Zhuge Liang had already left a good foundation, and even had a certain plan, Deng Ai could see that Zhuge Liang's development plan actually included several counties in Nanzhong, and after his death, these plans were interrupted.

In that case, it's too simple.

First of all, repair the water conservancy equipment in various places, and at the same time start to invest energy to activate, and when the water conservancy is almost restored to the Zhuge Liang period, you can go to the farmland, and when the farmland is almost restored, you can start the governance of Nanzhong again, and connect those lines.

Nanzhong is not a barren land not suitable for farming, if these things can be done, then Bashu will once again become the granary of the world.

Deng Ai was very confident in this, he originally went to various places to investigate, and the inspection was cultivated land and water conservancy, and he thought that he would rely on himself, who would have thought that the road had already been paved.

It doesn't get any simpler than that.

Deng Ai didn't have to do anything next, just watch these people recover, and he even decided to use this to identify the talents of the officials in Bashu.

If he can do these well, he can be promoted, and if he can't do it well, let him get out of here.

Kill two birds with one stone.

Deng Ai's heart became a little smug again, he felt that it would not be long before he could restore this place to its former state, and govern this place into a first-class good place.

Deng Ai did not stay in Chengdu any longer, and after announcing the order, he left the city again, and traveled to various places in a car.

Deng Ai has always been a doer, when he was in Yanzhou to govern the local area, he would also personally plough the land, he suffered when he was young, and there was no such high-ranking celebrity disease.

He is extremely proficient in farming and water conservancy, and is very experienced, so to speak, not weaker than Luzhi.

He didn't want to stay in the city and give orders to everyone, he wanted to wander around Bashu, so that the officials everywhere would not dare to slack off.

After receiving the order, the officials of the Bashu prefectures immediately put down the rest of the things and began to engage in water conservancy affairs with all their might, whether it was the Central Plains faction or the local faction, at this moment there was no longer a struggle for power and profit, and they excluded each other, everyone gathered together and went all out.

It's not because they find it in their conscience, but because if they don't do it well, there will be very bad results, Deng Ai is a person who will cast your head to cast Jingguan.

Deng Ai was extremely disliked by his subordinates to denounce each other, and if someone came to denounce the crimes of his colleagues to Deng Ai, he would often deal with the two of them together.

Although this is a bit one-size-fits-all, it is a good way to curb the struggle between the two forces, and under Deng Ai's inspection, the work of Bashu has been carried out quickly, far exceeding that of Wu Di next door.