If you look at Haorui County from above, you will find that the countless people below are like locusts, eating away the green of the entire Haorui County bit by bit.
What appeared behind them was flattened land, with crisscrossing ditches poking through it. The neatly divided fields give everyone who sees them a sense of artificial beauty!
In one month, in just one month, more than 23,000 acres of land were cleared. This was something they never thought of at first.
But this change started twenty days ago, and the reason was an imperial edict from Li Shimin.
“Everyone who participates in land reclamation will receive half of the land they create, and the remainder will be cultivated by land reclamation companies with 30% of the land rent.”
This made the people, who were already in high spirits, completely crazy. Yes, they were crazy.
Have you ever seen someone working for twelve or nine hours?
They spent the whole day in the wilderness except sleeping, and even eating was finished the moment they put down their hoes. Men, women, old and young all joined the battle. The momentum that could fill mountains and move seas made Ji Song, who had never had to worry about food and drink in his previous life, dumbfounded.
Li Shimin's imperial edict completely disrupted Ji Song's layout, but it was developing in a better direction. Amidst the shouts of long live, they burst out with earth-shattering enthusiasm.
If someone tells them at this time that the fields are no longer divided, then wait to be torn into pieces! Even Ji Song, the advocate of this matter, can't do it!
In this way, within one month, the cultivated land exceeded the original estimate of 8,000 acres.
As everyone accumulates more and more experience, the number of acres is increasing every day, and it has only slowed down recently!
"We're almost reaching our limit!" Ji Song sighed as he looked at the crowd of people who were working tirelessly.
As the implementers of the specific plan, Liu Zhan and Yao Chang have naturally been at the forefront, even having food and accommodation here.
They haven't been home at all this month. Yao Chang even handed over all government affairs to the county captain, while he focused all his attention on land reclamation.
Anyone who is smart will understand what the neat fields in front of them represent?
This is their further help and the most dazzling political achievement. With such political achievements under the personal care of the emperor, no one dares to take credit for their achievements.
Of course, except for Ji Song, the Marquis, because it is useless for him to ask for these.
"I asked you to find the doctor. How is the search going?"
As everyone's workload increased, their bodies became unable to support them. Fortunately, their daily meals were good, so no major accidents occurred.
But even so, people still fell down from exhaustion every day. Ji Song was so anxious that he could only ask for more doctors.
"Don't worry, Lord Marquis, we have summoned more than a hundred doctors. After His Majesty found out, he even sent ten imperial doctors. They are all on standby at any time!" Yao Chang said.
Hearing this, Ji Song was relieved.
Li Shimin's imperial edict was indeed superior to his own. Although the benefits were slower, it was better in winning people's hearts. These more than 10,000 people are all native Guanzhong people, and the number of people involved is at least more than 100,000.
He won the hearts of these ten thousand people, but also affected the hearts of hundreds of thousands of people. This business was extremely clever.
This brought about a shocking reversal of the adverse effects of the coup in the ninth year of Taketoku!
There were still rumors in private accusing him of being unfair in his position, but after this imperial edict, he immediately became a holy king and a benevolent king!
Think about it, as the people at the bottom, they don't care who becomes the emperor.
Even if he is a heinous adulterer, as long as he can make them full, he is a good emperor.
As for whether he killed his brother or not, what does this have to do with them?
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Liu Zhan looked at the blue sky and the late autumn sun and said, "Master Hou, there is something wrong with the weather!"
When Ji Song heard this, he also looked up and said, "It's okay!"
"Master Marquis, please do the math. How long has it been since it rained?"
"Raining?" Ji Song was stunned when he heard this, but then he was shocked!
He thought quickly and realized that since there was a light rain in the middle of last month, there had been no rain at all in the past month and a half. He had said before that God would reward him.
Now he wants to slap himself in the face for making you talk nonsense. Now it's better, but instead of being flattered, it turns into a falling out.
You know, it's already the end of October, and it's time to plant wheat. If it doesn't rain that day, how will the seeds germinate?
There is no artificial rainfall at this time. If we miss the farming season, we will be hungry next year.
"Don't worry, we have no better way now. Since we have discovered it, it is impossible for the court and His Majesty not to know about it.
Since they are not in a hurry, they must have some countermeasures, and we cannot let ourselves get into trouble.
Keep doing what you have to do. Enough fields must be cultivated before next spring, and water conservancy facilities must be implemented at the same time. Even if the fields are a little slow, they must keep up. Do you remember?" Ji Song said seriously.
Why do both? This is the strategy he set at the beginning of his planning, which is to take it one step at a time, at least to ensure that the mined farmland can be planted next year, otherwise everything will stop!
By April or May next year, if there is no output to cover subsequent expenses and food, then just wait and die!
Once more than 10,000 people began to starve, the emperor might kill him in order to appease his anger. Therefore, no matter what, we must ensure the strategy of putting water conservancy first, even if we open less farmland!
Liu Zhan and Yao Chang looked at each other and saw the seriousness in their eyes. They knew that if something went wrong in this matter, they were not sure whether Hao Jiehou would die, but they would definitely die.
"Don't worry, Lord Marquis, the general is willing to issue a military order. If it fails, the general will come to see you!" Yao Chang assured.
"roll!"
"I tell you, this is not a matter of whether you die or not, but a matter of life and death for thousands of people in the next year. If you dare to go wrong, I will put you in a dilemma of life and death, do you hear me?" Ji Song looked at them and said.
Although his voice was not loud, both Liu Zhan and Yao Chang could hear the decisive meaning in it. They knew that if it went that far, they would die badly.
"I promise that we will carry out the plan according to the plan of the Marquis. Anyone who dares to violate the law will be killed without mercy!"
Yao Chang finally showed the courage of Bailihou, the leader of a county.
"Okay! In addition, I will give you fifty personal soldiers and take them to guard the safety of the river dam. If anything unusual is found, don't hold back, kill!" Ji Song said with a rare ferocious look.
"promise!"
"promise!"
The two received Ji Song's order and left immediately. They knew the importance of the river dam. It's fine in other places, but if there is a problem with the river dam and it cannot be connected to the irrigation canal, it will be a big trouble.
