Hug Lord Li's thigh, the Fan family will be worry-free for decades to come!

Fan Buyu immediately said that he would go to his own grange in the future and care more about the hard-working farmers.

Li Qiao got this and was satisfied.

He can't suggest to Sheng Hong now that water conservancy should be built in various places, but he can influence the Xin family and the Fan family.

These two families dug wells and ditches, which was enough to benefit the land.

But Dasheng has so many mansions, and natural disasters don't wait for anyone, so he has to go to the Seventh Prince.

Sheng Hong's second question for several princes, he had to get involved.

Chapter 199 New Year's Gift to the Seventh Prince The Six Princes came to arrest people, and Li Qiao intervened in the second question

The Seven Princes haven't been busy lately.

In the past few years, Dasheng can be called Haiyan Heqing, and the number of large-scale cases is decreasing day by day, and trivial matters are not his turn to deal with, so he is a little more idle than before.

But only a little.

didn't find out who was responsible for the death of Queen Zhou back then, and didn't help the eldest prince take the throne, so he could relax every day.

Sheng Hong's second question, he attaches great importance to.

His wharf is located in a small county town called Shang Shu in Ae An Province, which has little arable land, many hills, many trees, and its specialties are tea and herbs.

The people make a living by picking tea and medicine + farming and fishing.

Life is average, not rich, but you can eat enough.

However, this place belongs to the north-south transition zone, and because it is close to the two major river systems of the Yellow River and the Huai River, the weather changes drastically.

Droughts and floods are common, accompanied by hail and high winds.

This kind of extreme weather affects the lives of ordinary people, and in order to improve the economic level of this small county, the Seven Princes thought about it for many days and decided to build roads and dig rivers first.

If the road is built, the local specialties can be transported.

If you dig a river, you can irrigate when it's dry and drain it when it's flooded.

Building roads and digging rivers are infrastructure, and the Seven Princes did these two things first, but he has no clue what to do next.

He wanted to emulate Hexi Mansion and make the people of the entire province rich in just a few years.

However, he was not able to invent a food that could be transported over long distances and stored for a year or two like vermicelli.

Although the New Year is approaching, the Seven Princes are in a general mood.

This year, Li Qiao's New Year's gift to the Seven Princes has not had time to send, on the twenty-first day of the lunar month, Li Qiao, who was caught by Sheng Hong, went to the Seven Princes' Mansion with Tao Zhu with the carefully prepared New Year's gift after getting off work.

The Seven Princes' Mansion also built a warm house this year, and the Seven Princes didn't want to repair it, but Meng Yue talked about it every day, so he built a few warm houses in his own house.

So after Li Qiao and Tao Zhu arrived, the Seven Princes received their husband and wife in a multi-functional lounge similar to the Li family.

"Seven Princes, this is my new black sesame and bean paste double-stuffed dumplings today, you can try it."

After Tao Zhu sat down, he opened a dim sum box brought by him and Li Qiao, and inside was a double brewed dough.

This pair of stuffed dough is placed in a paper tray, and through the outer layer of glutinous rice skin, you can faintly see the black sesame seeds and bean paste filling inside.

The Seventh Prince only glanced at it, and then picked up one: "This looks like a rice ball." ”

"It's a cold double-stuffed glutinous rice ball that can be eaten directly, it's very glutinous, you can taste it." Tao Zhu explained.

When the Seventh Prince heard this, he immediately took a bite, and the sweet and glutinous taste made him bend his eyes.

Delicious.

It's faintly sweet, and it's more glutinous than Qingtuan, and he loves glutinous food.

"It tastes good." He spoke of praise.

"If you like it, I'll have people send some more often in the future, but I don't have this thing in my shop."

Tao Zhu also bent his eyes and said.

"Okay, I'll work hard for Tao Fulang from now on."

The Seventh Prince was not polite and responded directly.

Li Qiao sat on the side, seeing that both of them had smiles on their faces, and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

In his previous life, Tao Zhu saved the Seven Princes in Sanliu Village, why did the Seven Princes appear in Sanliu Village at that time?

And Gao Zhiyuan mentioned that the Seven Princes were the auxiliaries, and the Seven Princes became the regents?

But in his previous life, there was no such time-traveler as him, I don't know if Meng Yue was admitted to the Jinshi, even if he was admitted to the Jinshi, would there be this relationship with the Seventh Prince......

Eighty percent of them are not.

Meng Yue, Xu Ying, and Zhuang Wen were willing to enter Beijing to participate in the examination after the middle school, purely because they were influenced by him, if it weren't for his hard work that affected these three people, none of these three people planned to enter Beijing immediately.

If you don't enter Beijing, you will naturally not be able to catch up with this relationship with the Seven Princes.

Moreover, without the hatred value of the third prince and the fifth prince, if he wants to get rid of these two princes, it will definitely be more difficult than in this life.

Not to mention that without these new things he made, Sheng Hong Shengjun's finances would be in crisis, and if there was no money, how many difficulties would it encounter?

The Seventh Prince in his previous life should have suffered a lot, and he should have been a man all his life and never married.

With a sigh in his heart, he opened his mouth and first talked about the recent situation.

This winter was cold, and the Hu people in the border city knocked on the pass twice, but they were repelled by the Dasheng generals who had prepared for a long time.

According to the information investigated by Sheng Hong, the Hu people had a hard time because of the cold weather, so they went south to harass Dasheng.

Li Qiao couldn't help but sigh: "The temperature has been lower than in previous years in the past two years, and I don't know what will happen next year." ”

"There has only been one snow so far this winter, and there is a lack of snow water, and after the third day of the Lunar New Year, the farmers are afraid that they will have to go down to the fields to water the wheat."

The Seventh Prince answered.

Although Meng Yue became an official, the Meng family was still farming before, so Meng Yue has always paid high attention to the weather and often prayed for good weather and good weather.

He was influenced by Meng Yue, and he also developed the habit of paying attention to the weather every day.

If he left it in the past, although he cared about the people at the bottom, he was too busy with his own affairs to pay attention to such details.

"Xiaguan's eldest brother and sister-in-law are also talking about this, and they are already preparing to dig more wells on the Grange next year."

"It's time to dig more wells. However, the well irrigation is still too hard, I heard Meng Yue say, now there are places in Pingcheng that use keel waterwheels to irrigate the fields? ”

The Seventh Prince said, reached out and took another double-stuffed dumpling, and looked at Li Qiao while chewing slowly.

As soon as he said this, Li Qiao was a little surprised, but more joyful.

When they met next time, he would definitely have to praise Meng Yue, but he didn't expect Meng Yue to even tell the Seventh Prince about such a trivial matter!

"Yes, many people in Pingcheng are using keel waterwheels. Heijo dug a big river before, and the place where it flowed was quite wide. In addition, there are mountains and rivers over there, and the people are rich, so now all the houses near the streams, rivers, and ditches use keel waterwheels. ”

This river was the one he had dug when Li Dazhong went to serve as a conscriptor when he first crossed it.

As for the keel waterwheel, at first it appeared only in his family's fields.

Although this tool is convenient, it is expensive, and those whose fields are near the water are reluctant to pay for craftsmen to build them.

But with the overall prosperity of the people of Pingcheng and the enhancement of his influence, now the families of those fields and waterfronts in Pingcheng have used keel waterwheels.

The keel waterwheel is more adaptable than the drum car, and the drum car can only rotate by relying on the power of flowing water, but the keel waterwheel can be rotated by manpower, so even if it is stagnant water in a small ditch, the keel waterwheel can also transfer water to the farmland for irrigation.

Just like before Li Liang drained the water in the pond to dig lotus roots, it was to use a keel waterwheel to drain the water.

It can be said that the keel waterwheel can not only irrigate the farmland, but also pump water.

If there is a real waterlogging and you want to drain the water, then the keel waterwheel is a good tool.

Therefore, he came to the Seventh Prince today, not only to talk about the importance of digging rivers and wells, but also to mention the keel waterwheel, an important tool.

But I never expected that the Seven Princes would mention the keel waterwheel first!

praised Meng Yue again in his heart, and then he talked in detail about the current situation of the keel waterwheel in Pingcheng.

While listening, the Seventh Prince unhurriedly ate all the six double-brewed dumplings, and when Li Qiao's words fell, he raised his hand and poured a cup of tea, and said while gently sipping away the sweetness in his mouth: "This irrigation tool is indeed good, and I will arrange it for the tenants of my grange." ”

He was originally aroused by Meng Yue's interest in the keel waterwheel, and now that he learned the details of Pingcheng's side from Li Qiao's side, he immediately made a decision in his heart.

"But if you want to use this, you have to have river water."

"In my opinion, Shengjing should dig more rivers and ditches, anyway, there are several big rivers in Shengjing, such as the Yongding River, which is just outside Shengjing City, and it is very convenient to get water. A few days later, I proposed to my father that in order to facilitate the irrigation of farmers, I should make good use of the large rivers of Shengjing. ”

"Ah, this ......" Li Qiao looked thoughtful on his face, but in fact, he was ecstatic in his heart: "This is a big project." ”

"It's not a big project, just call on those tenants and villagers to dig when the farm is slack."

"When the digging is done, I'll equip them with a keel waterwheel."

The Seventh Prince was very angry.

His financial resources are the weakest among all the princes, and he has the silver to build a keel waterwheel.

"Well, if that's the case, then the lower officials are also willing to donate some keel waterwheels to facilitate irrigation for farmers."

Li Qiao immediately said.

"Your husband is the most generous, and I won't forget you when the time comes."

The Seventh Prince nodded in agreement.

Li Qiao smiled when she heard this: "It's all for the people." Speaking of which, what's the progress on your Shangshu Pier? ”

"Huh?" The Seventh Prince, who was drinking tea with his eyes down, raised his eyes and looked at him: "What are you asking for?" ”

"If you have nothing to do, take care of it, after all, it is related to appreciating the holy decree."

Li Qiao explained calmly.

"Then don't ask, I promised the sixth brother that I won't ask you for advice or anything on this matter."

"Xia Guan knows. But the saint came up with such a question because he wanted to see the big from the small, and he wanted to know if the princes had the ability to make the people live a better life than now. ”

"At the end of the day, it's all about the people. The lower officials also want the people to live a good life, and besides, appreciating the holy decree can be exchanged for Danshu iron coupons, so the lower officials thought, should the lower officials get involved? ”