"After all, it's God's business, what can you do if it doesn't rain, tell the emperor about it, unless the dragon prince listens to the emperor, otherwise this matter can only be like this."

There is no other way, so the best thing to do is to expect it to rain in a few days.

Lin Piao shook his head, although he didn't know His Majesty, but judging from Shen Hong's past expressions to him and his reactions to some things, His Majesty's self-esteem is quite strong, this self-esteem is not only facing the courtiers, facing his own son, and even facing the heavens.

It seems as if this battle should not be fought, and God has an opinion about him.

This incident represents a slap in the face, at this time, in addition to pretending not to hear it, what else can you do if you don't want to embarrass yourself when this matter passes quickly.

But the situation is not bad now, and naturally they can only hope that it will rain in the south in a few days.

Otherwise, it will really become a drought, and in the end it will become a drought, and there will be a war outside, and there will be a famine inside, and no matter how solid Beijing is, people will begin to panic.

Because of this, Shen Hong recently began to study the map of the south, and often talked with some non-governmental experts in agriculture and water conservancy; sometimes Lin Piao changed into men's clothes when he was idle, and put on a spring windproof mask and black mask of the same style as a person from the rivers and lakes, and pretended to be a follower next to Shen Hong, which greatly enhanced the safety factor, and would not be arrested on the street as a gangster. So he became the mysterious follower of Shen Hong who didn't know when he would appear and when he would disappear.

As soon as he went to meet with the experts every day, Shen Hong's life of drinking tea and playing in the spring and snow immediately turned into the manure technology, the planning of the irrigation route of water diversion and ditching, and the historical development form of the waterwheel.

Lin Piao didn't know much about this in practice, most of the time he listened to them, and then put forward some ideas of his own, for crops, the most important thing is fertilizer and irrigation, these two things are in place, the year will inevitably be a bumper harvest, and breeding is relatively not specifically done, but will generally select full and large seeds every year to use as seeds for the next year.

The water conservancy expert crossed his finger over the topographic map, and he thought that the best way was also the most crude solution, which was to dig ditches and direct the water from the distant rivers to the fields of each village.

Experts are also a little puzzled by this, thinking that such a simple method is such a simple method, and they do not understand why no one has organized the construction of such ditches before, and in the past, even the Grand Canal could be dug directly, but no one has started to mobilize the canals to irrigate crops and prevent drought.

In short, the expert felt very inexplicable, because he was a civil expert, so it was difficult to avoid the contempt for the incumbents of the imperial court, he thought to himself what kind of stupid people these people must be, so that they could not even think of such a thing, and sometimes they had to rely on the consciousness of the people.

Lin Piao thought to himself that this was for sure, most people were from noble backgrounds, and even if they were not noble, they were devoted to studying hard, knowing the sages and sages in the book, but they could not see the hardships of the people's livelihood outside, and they studied just to get rid of this hardship, so how could they look back and take a look, and they were only busy with many families, so as not to step on the wrong step and have no thighs to hug.

But Lin Piao was also a little worried about Shen Hong, and couldn't help but say on the way back.

"Your Majesty's self-esteem is so fragile, if you want to do this, he may not be willing, and maybe he will think that you are too troubled and embarrass him."

"If I really get to this point, I will think about it, and I won't let myself be in prison."

Lin Piao nodded, he didn't plan to harden his head.

This spring is not good, but Ergou has inexplicably good luck in this spring, and his luck has come up at once, and with the help and guidance of Shen Hong, he has climbed a suitable relationship, and he himself is also very competitive, has all aspects, does not make mistakes, and is very good at things, and successfully obtained the position of a small Beijing official.

Mixed into the Dali Temple, became a, shiny, Dali Temple secretary.

It has the most important thing in Dali Temple, the documents of Dali Temple!

Yes, Ergou's current official position is to sort out documents in Dali Temple, and perhaps as long as he works hard, he can quickly be promoted to the rank of recorder and have the qualifications to copy documents and establish archives.

After unremitting efforts, Ergou finally became a civil servant in Beijing, although he is still a supernumerary contract worker, but the hope of becoming a regular is in front of him, and the hope of being promoted after becoming a regular is also in front of him, not to mention that Ergou is not just a person who simply goes through the back door, he still has the fame of Xiucai.

Lin Piao thought so, feeling that Ergou is young now, and he will definitely have a good future in the future, Ergou also thinks so, thinking that he is in sight, so he went out to get together for two days and invited all the friends he could invite.

Ergou believes very much in social relations, Lin Piao even if he only occasionally sees a few of his friends, basically in Shangjing is better than Ergou, Ergou invites people to dinner and has no intention of showing off, he is very thick-skinned, bold and bold, his self-esteem is not shaky, but solid like a city wall, he invited everyone over, said a lot of good things, one by one flattered him, and asked them to take care of him in Shangjing in the future.

People are better than him and are willing to accept his invitation, one is that Ergou will indeed come to work, and the other is that since they are here, they are naturally willing to give Ergou a thin face.

At night, when he came back drunk, he happened to bump into Lin Piao coming back from outside, and saw that he was so drunk that he couldn't stand up straight on both legs, and he walked like a twisted flower, and if it wasn't for someone around him to help him, he would have fallen to the ground long ago.

"Two dogs? Drink like this? ”

Ergou waved his hand: "Little sister-in-law, I, I didn't drink." He also knew that his words were too untrustworthy, so he raised his hand and pinched the little bit on his fingertips: "Drink a little, just a little." ”

"This road is still far away, let me rest in the yard for a while, drink some hot tea and sober up first."

The servant who helped Ergou nodded, and Lin Piao asked him to help the person to the courtyard and sit down, it was not much cold in this spring night, not to mention that Ergou was drunk, and the heat was steaming and pulling the wide neckline.

Lin Piao walked into the courtyard, called Xia He out, asked her to bring hot tea, and then went to carry a hot towel.

Xia He came out and saw that Ergou was sitting drunk in the yard, so he turned around and went to prepare tea and hot towels.

Although Ergou was dizzy, he still knew people, and when he saw Lin Piao, he was honestly lying in the chair, like a quail.

The hot tea was served, and he drank it first with both hands, then took the hot towel and wiped it on his drunken red face.

"Sister Xie Xiahe." He returned the towel to Xia He, and did not forget to make a polite gesture.

Xia He was amused by him: "Let's rest first, I'll cook a bowl of sobering soup for you to drink, and make you feel better." ”

Ergou slumped in his chair and nodded.

Lin Piao looked at him: "You also drank too much, although you are socializing outside, but drinking is for fun, why do you always drink like this, you know that you want to make friends, but don't be too embarrassed yourself." ”

Ergou shook his head and spoke with a big tongue: "No, no embarrassment, I like it!" He took a big breath and opened his arms: "I like to make friends!" ”

"Less crazy."

Ergou quickly withdrew his hands and continued to shrink into the chair.

"If Shen Hong is in Shangjing now, he doesn't say how great it is, but he can also help you, but you have to be strong, and you always want to go outside to make those fox friends and dog friends without relying on Shen Hong, where you are like a good person, either get together to wrap powder, or drink and brag."

Ergou shook his head: "Little sister-in-law, I'm not, it's not that I don't want to rely on Shen Hong, Shen Hong is also difficult, little sister-in-law, you know that people in Beijing are amazing, I and Shen Hong are not the same person, and I like to mix outside, Shen Hong, if he helps me clearly, people will think Shen Hong is not good at that time, he is a person who sits upright, and he can't be blamed at all." ”

Ergou has been studying and following Shen Hong for so many years, he knows too well what path Shen Hong is taking, he knows that Shen Hong will help him in the dark, but he never thought of letting him come openly, which is not good for both of them.

Lin Piao heard his words and froze slightly.

Ergou saw that he was stunned, and looked at him for a while before waving his hand: "It's different, you're different." ”

Lin Piao didn't understand his messy drunken words: "What's different?" ”

Ergou smiled and didn't speak, Shen Hong can be blameless in this life, but Shen Hong likes his sister-in-law, this thing is enough for him to endure for a lifetime, but he is willing to suffer it, he loves to suffer this sin, that is the sweetest thing in the world.

The sister-in-law estimated that she also had Shen Hong in her heart, otherwise she couldn't be stunned.

His heart was still moving, but his mouth was already knotted, and he smiled innocently: "I said, my sister-in-law is different, my sister-in-law loves me, and I don't need to avoid suspicion!" ”

"Shut up, don't scream."

Ergou shut up again and shrunk even smaller in his chair.

"Jumping up and down like a monkey, you sober up, and when you feel comfortable with the sobering soup, you will go back, and then you will scream in my yard and call me and beat you."

"Little sister-in-law, you beat me, it's kissing and scolding, it's love, my father and mother are not here, just so you came to beat me."

Lin Piao saw that he was really drunk, shook his head, sat aside and drank tea and didn't bother to talk to him.

When Ergou found that his sister-in-law was ignoring him, he stopped talking, but looked up at the night sky in the courtyard and at the stars in the dark night.

He thought.

Upper Beijing.

How wonderful.

The sister-in-law felt sorry for him and said that he didn't have to be like this, and the sister-in-law felt that he was a little ruined by this.

However, some time ago, he sent home 500 taels of silver, and his father and mother wrote that he could not love him, and he was so proud and proud that he was so proud that he greeted him with warmth.

He's a grandson in Shangjing, but he's the most prominent hero in the family, isn't that good?

He doesn't believe that he won't get better in the future, he doesn't believe that he won't become a character, he takes root here and mixes, he sees a loophole and drills, and he doesn't believe that there is no day when the place is developed.

It's good to work hard and have hope.

He sat and looked at the stars for a while, and then the decanting soup was served.

"There are no good things in the small kitchen this night, so I boiled an egg soup for you and drank it first, and cut some fine shredded vegetables in it, and the eggs were also finely chopped to nourish the stomach."

The soup bowl was placed on the square stool on the side, and Xia He looked at Lin Piao: "Does Madame want to eat?" In the pot also, also put a bowl up? ”

Lin Piao nodded: "Half a bowl is there, drink it and wash and sleep." ”

Xia He nodded, turned around to serve the soup, and brought the soup up, the egg was stirred in the soup, a thin wisp, mixed with the thin shredded vegetables, only a little salt, very refreshing and delicious.

After Lin Piao finished drinking, he sat down and rested, touching his belly: "My body is much more comfortable, and my stomach is not uncomfortable." ”

He was in a little better spirits, so he said goodbye to Lin Piao and Xia He, and went out of the courtyard to go back to his side.

For the people of Daning, the bad news is that the Chuyue Division has once again broken through the defense line, and the good news is that the strategy has changed in time to regain the lost territory, and the Chuyue Department has been driven out again.

For their family, the good news is that Erzhu is chasing the people of the Moon Department again, and he is the nemesis of the Moon Department, but the bad news is that this time he still disobeys the military order.

The superiors of the second pillar think that the poor Kou Mo chases, not to mention that this chase may be a trap, but it will lose some of the advantages that it has been difficult to play, and the second pillar thinks that this is not a fight? Something is wrong! Such a good opportunity, even if there is a trap, you have to chase it, not to mention that every time you fight like this, in the end, as long as you run away, you can't actually lose too many people, and the second pillar of support feels that there is another reason why you must fight, that is, he feels that he has to teach the moon department a lesson, they not only have to fight, they have to win, they have to fight until they are afraid! It is necessary to beat the wolf into a dog, and let the Moon Department clamp its tail when it sees them, otherwise the Moon Department is ambitious, and this matter will never be over.

The bad news is that the superiors are right, and the second pillar chased him out and was really ambushed.

The good news is that although he was ambushed, he did not know where he came from, and he took the head of the enemy army leader and returned it to him.

Now the court is simply noisy because of the second pillar, some people think that he is a hero, a general, worthy of training, some people think that he is a wild man, but a little martial arts plus good luck, if he really continues to indulge him like this, maybe in the future, he will be impulsive, will cause a big disaster, this matter must be punished, after all, the most important thing in the military camp is military discipline, not just to show themselves, fierce and ruthless, if everyone is like this, then how will the military camp be disciplined in the future.

Anyway, there are different opinions, and with the emperor's preference, he will naturally feel that the rules are more important.

But the final punishment was not much, and it would be good to say that the punishment was small and the admonition was great, and that they should train this young man named Huchen well, so that he could continue to serve the country.

With the emperor's words, Erzhu can be regarded as safe, and he will be beaten a few boards in the barracks if he is in the sky, and there will be no major mistakes.

But soon Lin Piao found out that this was not the case, the relationship between Erzhu's Qi family, Han Xiu and Shen Hong's relationship together, let the Qi family protect him a little, and then found a deputy general and asked Erzhu to do things under him, whether it was a big leader or a small boss, try to give him a good idea.

The only drawback of this matter is that Erzhu is a member of the Qi family, and the four princes and the Xiang family naturally can't tolerate him, and the garrison is secretly distinct, and there are often several people mixed together on the surface.

Not long after, news came from the border, saying that a general of the Xiang family said that he admired Erzhu very much, and asked the deputy general to ask Erzhu to go to his side.

Anyway, I don't know how to get it, it is estimated that they didn't pay too much attention to it, and felt that Erzhu was a fierce general who always made people worry about it, so they really gave Erzhu over, and the deputy general was quite anxious about it, but the people of the Qi family faction felt that it was not a big deal, and they were mixed everywhere, so they handed over this thorn to Xiang Jia to fiddle with, and the Qi family had strict military discipline, and they didn't want to Xiang Jia, they only thought about meritorious service, and they were like soldiers and bandits.

Lin Piao didn't expect that in such a battle, the fate of Erzhu was changed again, and it was really a fate of upside down.

Han Xiu is a person in charge, he originally had the heart to send talents to Daning to help Erzhu pull the relationship, but now that he saw Erzhu's performance, he naturally knew that he had not made a wrong decision, he was brave and did not evade, compared to many timid generals I don't know how much better.

Han Xiu carried out the after-sales service, and Shen Hong was also heartbroken about this matter, but no matter how powerful the two of them were, Yuanshui couldn't save the near fire, and all they could know at present was that Erzhu was still alive and well under that general, and it was not clear how it was.

And it still hasn't rained yet in the south.

The spring planting season was over, and they took advantage of the fact that the water was not dry on a hot day and hurriedly planted the crops, and then they were expecting rain, as long as there was a little rain one day so that the crops would not die in the ground.

But it just didn't go down.

Shen Hong proposed the matter of diversion of water for irrigation in the court, and wanted to take advantage of the fact that the crops could still afford to do the work first, lest the summer water really dry up and the crops could not survive, and they could not be saved.

Of course, Shen Hong said it very tactfully, saying that it was for the benefit of the country and the people, and for generations to come, but he didn't mention that he was worried about the drought in summer.

But how smart the emperor is, can he not hear what he means, he is a little unhappy, feeling that he has said unlucky things, so he waved his hand and said that he will discuss it later, no need to worry about the sky, it will naturally rain in summer.

Even if Lin Piao knew that the emperor was a little unable to laugh at this reaction, the mask of pain, the emperor's dense self-esteem, and excessive self-confidence, it was not enough to revolve around him all day, but also to revolve around him in the heavens and the whole world, and he couldn't stand it if it didn't rain during his reign, Lin Piao suspected that there must have been a drought in the past, but the emperor's tone, the following will definitely find that he doesn't like to see this, so he hid it.

Anyway, it's a procrastination, I believe that I will solve it, and if it doesn't work, I will provide disaster relief, anyway, there is nothing that can't be solved by opening a granary for disaster relief, as long as the disaster relief is done, I still value the people and don't ignore the people.

Lin Piao changed his clothes, went out for a walk with Shen Hong in the afternoon, the whole journey was full of brains, brains, problems, and other adjectives, although he did not name who it was, nor did he say what it was, but roughly they walked together and knew it.

Shen Hong quietly listened to Lin Piao scolding the emperor, in fact, he also felt a little powerless, before entering the court, he thought that with his ability, many things were not difficult, but it had been a year, and he found that some things were indeed not difficult, such as climbing relationships, making mentors and friends, talking highly, and using various relationships and resources to exchange with each other, these are not difficult, but it is too difficult to do something practical.

Shen Hong asked Wen Shuo to help him secretly, and went to visit Shousuke, but Shoufu's attitude was too ambiguous, one was that he didn't want to work hard and thankless, and the other was afraid that it wouldn't rain if he didn't repair, and he was afraid of rain if he repaired it, and he was digging a ditch, in case a rain poured down, there would be nothing left, and the person who proposed to do it did not succeed, but was not embarrassed to be hung in the middle.