In October of the first year of Tianshou, the court of Xijing of the Great Jin Dynasty built water conservancy, dug the long river directly to Huaishui, and connected with Mingquan. Dredging and expanding the original river, digging artificial rivers, building a wharf in Huaxi, and expanding the Mingquan wharf, the whole construction period is expected to be five years.

This time, in addition to the local garrison, all counties and villages had to contribute labor to build the canal. The imperial court issued a strict order, and every household transferred men to serve in water conservancy and forced labor, and those who were along the river and those who were not along the river could not run.

In order to avoid arousing public resentment, those who are manual are exempted from paying taxes for a certain number of years.

Compared with the previous stricter conscription system, this conscription was considered to be a preferential treatment, but it still inevitably attracted the resentment of the people.

Pei Zhen's notoriety, add one more.

Feng Yun is the head of the house, and he has more subordinates under his hands than ordinary big families, so he naturally has to make great efforts.

She sent 250 subordinates to participate in the digging of canals, which can be regarded as full support, and there are some small villages with a total of about 100 households, and there are not so many people from the whole village.

Huaxi Village has the largest number of workers.

Because the wharf is in Huaxi, they almost lift the strength of the whole village......

On the day of the start of construction, Feng Yun specially sent a group of troops to deliver barrels of herbal tea and sugar water to the construction site of the Changhe Wharf, and also built a pergola for people to rest......

Feng Yun also went over in person.

The water of this long river has completely dried up, and at a glance, it is full of white pebbles that have been turned out.

The army of digging the river, distributed on the bare riverbank, is crowded with people, coming and going, like ants, and there is no end in sight......

It's a big job.

Feng Yun motioned to the subordinates to put the wooden barrel under the shed, stood by the embankment, and said loudly:

"From now on, Nagato will provide free tea and sugar water until the end ......of October."

When people saw the princess, they were at first curious......

I heard that the princess brought food and drink, not only tea, but also sugar water, and I felt a lot more comfortable in my heart, and even a little moved......

This year's drought has led to the price of grain and cloth swishing, and sugar is even rarer. Thinking of the sweet taste, someone sucked and swallowed saliva.

When you are tired and hot, how refreshing is it to have a bowl of refreshing herbal tea and sugar water to drink?

"What kind of sugar is this sugar, princess, it's so good to drink."

The mouth is sweet, and the words are sweet.

Feng Yun smiled: "It's cane sugar made by Nagato." ”

The crowd couldn't help but feel envious again, calculating the price of sugar water in their hearts, and then looking at the neatly lined wooden barrels on the shore, they couldn't help but be speechless.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that the tea and sugar water brought by the princess will cost a lot of money.

"It's so sweet."

Those who drink are full of praise.

Those who were still digging under the shore had very hot eyes and kept shouting.

"Leave me a mouthful."

"Hey, take a bite!"

The shore was lively and lively, and everyone was gossiping.

Feng Yun said: "Don't worry, it's all there." I'll send it in a moment. ”

She smiled absentmindedly, her gaze swept around the crowd, slowly extending into the distance......

The dark clouds piled up in the sky were blown away by the wind, and the sky was clear.

The embankments near and far are full of people.

She watched for a long time before she saw Pei Zhen, who was talking to the officials of Dushuitai.

The man was dancing and gesturing something, and Pei Yan suddenly looked at her......

From a long distance, people can't see clearly, but Feng Yun intuitively knows that Pei Zhen is looking at her.

She smiled.

After a while, Pei Yan walked over to this side.

Feng Yun motioned for Xiao Man to hold a bowl of tea, served it, and greeted him.

"Busy?" She asked.

Pei Zhen shook his head, "Today's construction started, and Fang Cai and Du Shui went down and walked around." ”

He said as he looked sideways at the buckets, his eyebrows furrowed.

"Yun Niang doesn't have to be so tired."

"I'm not tired, and I didn't boil it myself." Feng Yun didn't pay attention, and secretly winked at him, and smiled in a low voice, "I'm also trying to save face for the king." You can't make people feel that I'm taking advantage of it for nothing, right? ”

Pei Yan's eyes were deep, and he took the bowl slowly and drank the tea.

"I need to go back to Andu."

"Hmm." Feng Yun agreed.

Pei Zhen's gaze fell on her face.

"You don't ask me what to do?"

What's there to ask about this?

He has his official business, and she has her private affairs.

Wouldn't it be better for everyone to be busy with their own business?

Feng Yun looked at the dark light in his eyes hesitantly, thought about it and shook his head.

"The king is in charge of state affairs, so it's inconvenient for me to ask more."

Feng Yun said sincerely, so he was serious.

But she was busy with the arrangements for the start of the dock last night, and she didn't sleep until late at night, and her voice was slightly hoarse, which was not the case in Pei Zhen's ears.

He frowned, and said solemnly:

Since cutting off the trade route with Yecheng, Li Zongxun frequently disturbed the border and plundered the people's wealth. In recent days, there has been constant friction in Chuzhou. Ao Qi came to report last night, saying that there was a rumor in Chuzhou that Li Zongxun was going to send 100,000 troops to counterattack Shiguan......"

An army of 100,000?

Feng Yun glanced at Pei Yan and said lightly: "In October, the small snow is tightly sealed. It's winter, how can he not be in a hurry? ”

Pei Zhen hummed calmly, and suddenly asked:

"How's that going over there?"

Feng Yun knew what he was asking, looked left and right at no one around, and lowered his voice.

"Ren Rude has contacted Zheng Shoushan's wife and brother, and is ready to send 200,000 briquettes to Chuzhou, about these two days."

Pei Zhen: "Okay, I have a plan in my heart." ”

"It's good if the king has a number." Feng Yun had a smile on his face, and when he saw the busyness of fetching water over there, he urged again, "If the king has something to do, go and get busy." ”

The two are husband and wife, and some things don't need to be said too clearly, they have a tacit understanding with each other. What really matters can also be said in the bed, without saying it in front of outsiders.

Pei Wei nodded, and left with his attendants beating horses along the village road.

The wind on the embankment was very strong, and the weather after autumn was getting cooler day by day, and the long wind passed through, and his cloak hunted and flew away, and his shadow was stretched by the sun.

Feng Yun stood in place, not moving for a long time.

It took a moment for her to retract her gaze, "Let's go, let's go home." ”

Qiu Lao Hu was also sunny, Xiaoman followed behind her with an umbrella, and couldn't help but be anxious when he saw her walking faster and faster.

"Lady, slow down, what are you doing walking so fast?"

Feng Yun said: "Hurry up and make money." ”

Xiaoman: ......

Feng Yun really didn't talk nonsense, when she returned to Changmenzhuang, she called Xing Dalang, held the account book and counted the money in her hand, and when she got off work at night, the people who dug the river in the village came back one after another, and she immediately asked people to invite Shi Chang and Wu Chang.

Yang Shichang took his two sons to Changhe today, tired and had a sore back, and as soon as he came home, he heard that Feng Yun had something to look for, and he didn't have time to eat, so he hastily changed into a clean clothes and rushed to Zhuangzi.

Several other chiefs and chiefs also arrived.

Feng Yun was thoughtful, knowing that they had come back from the river, he specially prepared snacks on the stove.

Seeing the delicate pastries on the fruit plate, Yang Shichang was reluctant to eat them after taking them, and put them in his pocket, ready to take them back to coax his daughter-in-law and children.

Feng Yun waited for them to sit down, and said with a slight smile:

"I have called you here today to discuss the future of Huaxi Village."

What are you discussing?

Can their brains be compared to Lizheng Niangzi?

Yang Shichang scratched his head and smiled: "Whatever the lady says, we will do it." ”

"Yes, if the lady has something, just say it." Others echoed.

has known each other for a long time, and Feng Yun understands the conduct of these people, so she no longer talks nonsense, but says:

"The wharf was built in Huaxi, which is a once-in-a-century opportunity for our village, and we must not miss it, and we must firmly seize it."