He knelt down at Sheng Hong's back: "Weichen thank Lord Longen." ”

After that, Ma slipped up, explained a few words to Li Liang, and then followed quickly.

After getting into the carriage back to the city, Sheng Hong lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at the scenery on both sides of the road through the window.

On both sides of the road are farmland planted with either wheat or corn sweet potatoes, and the yellow of wheat and the green of corn and sweet potatoes are intertwined, and this natural primary color is very pleasing to the eye.

The carriage rode with a small breeze, and some hot breeze penetrated into the carriage through the window, dispelling the stuffiness and dryness of the carriage.

Sheng Hong's face was a little better than when he came.

He took off the straw hat on his head and raised his eyes to look at Li Qiao sitting at the door of the carriage: "Li Aiqing, do you say that this day, will there be a drought?" ”

It has been more than half a month since the last rain.

At this time, the crops in the fields were short of water again.

"If you go back to the Holy Place, you will soon harvest the wheat, and it is good that it does not rain at this time. It's a bitter for the peasants, after all, other crops need water. ”

Li Qiao also took off her straw hat and replied.

"If you say so, there will be a drought next?" Sheng Hong's eyebrows wrinkled into a Sichuan character, and he couldn't help but grasp the straw hat in his hand.

"Weichen doesn't understand the weather, and I don't know if there will be a continuous drought in the future."

Li Qiao said, with a look of shame on her face.

He really doesn't understand the weather.

Sheng Hong couldn't help sighing: "You said that if the drought really continues, what can you do?" ”

Looking at Li Aiqing's various behaviors from last winter to this year, he always feels bad......

Although Li Aiqing has always valued the people and has a rare benevolence in the world, he can't help but think too much about it when he counts what Li Aiqing has done in the past six months.

Jian Shan Tang.

A museum dedicated to teaching medicine was established.

Under the influence of Li Aiqing, the Xin family and the Fan family both built water conservancy in their own fields.

Take the initiative to mix in his second question, take the initiative! And the advice to his sons was to build water conservancy, build waterwheels, ensure irrigation, and increase crop yields.

Establish a good hall of learning, pay attention to teaching crafts, and train a large number of carpenters.

Buying large quantities of cotton in the name of individuals.

He was allowed to teach the prefects how to make plaster.

The advice to his second son was to grow a variety of yams, taro, and chestnuts, which could actually be used as staple foods.

He also sent people to Peng County, a small southern county town, to open a shop.

These behaviors, at a glance, seem to be nothing, and they are very in line with his world-minded, generous and selfless temperament.

But combined with his nightmares, he was hairy.

Therefore, his seemingly unintentional words at this time were actually temptations.

Although Li Qiao's sixth sense has always been very accurate, Sheng Hong didn't show any malice towards him, and he really didn't know that Sheng Hong was testing him at this time.

He had always been cautious, but this was a good time to hint at Sheng Hong.

Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, he still said: "It should not be a drought all the time, and there is no endless road to heaven." However, there have been droughts since ancient times, counting from the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, there have been thousands of droughts recorded in the history books alone, and the most serious of them lasted for seven years. Since the founding of the country, there have been droughts of various sizes every year. ”

"The drought disaster can be eliminated, but Weichen feels that as long as enough manpower, material and financial resources are invested, it will definitely reduce the impact of the drought on the people."

Combined with the history books, Sheng Hong should not suspect anything.

Sheng Hong really didn't suspect anything, Sheng Hong listened to these words in his ears, and in the big summer, he immediately felt cold all over his body.

The focus of Lai's remarks is on drought fighting.

Drought!

Combined with his nightmare, it means that there is still a drought ahead!

He frowned sadly and kneaded the straw hat in his hand: "This is easy to say, but it is too difficult to operate." ”

"It must be difficult, but Weichen feels that even if it is difficult, it must be done, the drought cannot disappear, the wells dug by the imperial court and the rivers dug will always be useful."

"Although Wechen's ability is limited, but fortunately, he has a little money at home, and Wechen will try his best to let his tenants and long-term workers suffer less from irrigation."

Li Qiao said, with an embarrassed look on her face: "Holy Lord, in the future, if Weichen leads the river water into his farmland, he will definitely dig a ditch and dig the river, and he will need the cooperation of the local magistrate at that time." ”

"I'm afraid that Wechen is going to bother you from time to time because of this matter."

This kind of big project, he will definitely inform Sheng Hong.

Sheng Hong: "......"

His body, in the scorching summer sun, is cold and cold.

Li Aiqing wants to engage in a big battle, and he is afraid.

Sighing again, he said, "Li Aiqing, since you want to dig the river out of your own pocket, then I have to reward you with the field again." ”

"I'll give you another 80,000 acres of land, and I'll round it up for you. In your own fields, you can toss as much as you want. Don't say it's digging a river, just digging a lake out, that's fine. ”

These words came so suddenly, and the embarrassment on Li Qiao's face froze: "...... Yes? ”

Directly reward 80,000 acres?!

With the addition of the one just now, it is 100,000 acres.

Sheng Hong is not crazy, why are you rewarding him with so many fields?

Staring at Sheng Hong's face twice, he covered his heart with a look of panic: "Holy Lord, Weichen is afraid." ”

"If you want to dig the river out of your own pocket, then I am embarrassed to take advantage of you in vain, after all, the river water does not only flow through your family's fields, but other people can also benefit."

Moreover, with Li Aiqing's benevolence, if there is really a disaster, then Li Aiqing will definitely open a warehouse and release grain.

He said that the field was rewarded to Li Aiqing, but when necessary, cough, the grain in this field was for the people.

His purpose is not very pure......

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Chapter 209 Governor Ming Returns to Beijing 200,000 acres of cultivated land are eye-catching

Sheng Hong insisted on rewarding, but Li Qiao was naturally disrespectful.

Because he wanted to open a shop in Peng County, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu discussed buying some fields over there in the past few days.

The rice, glutinous rice, taro paste and other crops grown there can be used by their families, regardless of whether they use them in the shop or for their own consumption, they are more expensive than buying them.

As a result, before the two of them decided where to buy, Sheng Hong rewarded so many fields.

Saving money again.

This time, half of the 100,000 acres of land had to be placed near Peng County.

Li Qiao came home from work and told Tao Zhu the good news, Tao Zhu was very happy, This 100,000 acres of cultivated land is worth three million taels of silver!

Since the Holy Lord gave so many fields for the sake of his family's desire to dig a river and a ditch, then their family must take care of this matter so that the people along the river can easily irrigate.

Li Liang came home when it was dark, and when he heard the news, his legs went weak with joy and he almost knelt down again.

Good boy!

Mother!

I'm so happy that I'm fainting!

He hated to learn from Li Xiaorui to walk, and used jumping to vent the joy in his heart.

Wang Guihua was also very happy.

When she heard that Li Qiao wanted to put the 100,000 mu of cultivated land in the south, she agreed very much, that is, there were too few people in the family.

I can't supervise it in person, and it's sad.

Li Qiao Taozhu looked at the map of Dasheng for two days, and finally finalized his own field, the newly acquired 100,000 acres of land, divided into two, of which 50,000 acres were all placed in Peng County.

Jiangnan is rich, there are many nobles and rich people, especially in Suzhou and Hangzhou, the wasteland belonging to the imperial court has long been divided, Li Qiao wants to choose a large piece of land, can only go to the surrounding counties.

It just so happens that Peng County is on the border of Jiangshu Province, and it used to be an inconspicuous small county town, so there are still a lot of wasteland in Peng County that belong to the imperial court.

Li Qiao put 50,000 mu of cultivated land in Peng County, and the remaining 50,000 mu he placed in Qiu'an Mansion, which belongs to Weiqing County.

Now that the Grand Canal has been repaired halfway, it has passed through Jibei Province from Shengjing to Dongshan Province, and it will be able to be repaired to Weiqing County by the end of this year.

He put the cultivated land in Qiu'an Mansion, so his family's granary is in Weiqing County, which is a cement road and a Grand Canal, with convenient transportation.

The news that Li Qiao was rewarded with 100,000 acres of cultivated land spread throughout the court as quickly as possible, and even the prince couldn't sit still.

This kind of largesse has never appeared in the prince, is this a bit excessive?

In just four months, Sheng Hong first rewarded 20,000 mu of Li Qiao, then 60,000 mu, and later said that he rewarded another 20,000 mu to compensate for the loss of plaster, plus the 100,000 mu this time, that is a total of 200,000 mu.

So many first-class fields, converted into silver, that is, six million taels of silver.

In addition to the seventh prince and the eldest prince who have a good relationship with Li Qiao, the remaining six princes, four princes, and two princes are all a little puzzled.

They can see Li Qiao's contributions, and they are indeed talents, but is it too exaggerated to directly reward 200,000 mu of cultivated land?

However, thinking that Li Qiao donated silver to the charity hall every month, and also made plaster, and of course, there were the two gold-making beasts of the royal dim sum shop and the gambling house, and the little puzzle in their hearts was suppressed.

What Li Qiao brought to the imperial court far exceeded the six million taels of silver.

The three princes can find reasons to explain themselves, and the ministers can naturally think of the reasons, but when they think about it, it is 200,000 acres of arable land, who is not blushing?

After work this day, Xin Zhi stood at the gate of the inner city and waited for Li Qiao, he and Xiao Yu'an have been cultivating a relationship for half a year, his family has been urging him to get married quickly, and he also wants to hug his sweetheart to return home as soon as possible, so he plans to explore Li Qiao's tone today.

Speaking of which, Xiao Yu'an is not young, she will be sixteen years old this year, and she will be seventeen years old next year, which is a good age to get married.

Not only did the Xin family urge Xin Zhi to marry Li Yu'an as soon as possible, but the Fan family also yelled at Fan Yuanyuan and Li Ershan to get married, so as not to cause any changes.

Judging from Li Qiao's holy favor, it is a sure thing to be a supreme minister in the future, Li Ershan is Li Qiao's second nephew, and his value is also soaring like a monkey, Li Ershan will not marry Fan Yuanyuan for a day, then their Fan family will not be down-to-earth for a day!