Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 1181
Yang Ruoqing came out to smooth things over: "He is a general who leads troops to fight, and the map is the one he draws the most and sees the most."

"Mu Zichuan, don't compare your weaknesses with his strengths. Everyone has their own areas that they are good at and not good at!"

"Well, that's right, Qing'er is right!" Luo Fengtang hurriedly said.

Mu Zichuan also nodded with a smile.

He returned his gaze to the blueprint in front of him, and said to Yang Ruoqing, "If you want to relieve the disaster, you must first control the water."

"Qing'er, you have a flexible mind. I have to ask you to help me how to control the water!"

"I don't know, do you have a comprehensive strategy in mind?"

Hearing Mu Zichuan's question, Yang Ruoqing pursed her lips and smiled.

"Of course I have strategies for water control. But..."

She made a fool of herself on purpose: "I don't know if you want to listen to the worst policy, the middle policy, or the best policy?"

"what?"

Mu Zichuan opened his eyes wide, and Luo Fengtang also looked shocked.

Mu Zichuan hurriedly said: "Listen to the best policy first!"

Yang Ruoqing said: "My personal suggestion, you should listen to the bad plan first, why are you pinching? Because if the bad plan can't be done, the good plan will be useless!"

Mu Zichuan said: "That's fine, Qing'er, tell me quickly, I'm all ears!"

Yang Ruoqing nodded and began to talk about her strategy.

"This is what I think about the next strategy:"

Her slender fingers began to draw little by little on the blueprint in front of her.

"Water control is worse than blockage."

"Let's take all the stagnant water in our area away from these rivers and ditches."

"Drive them to this big river in the east, the water of this big river is connected to the Wanjiang River."

"The Wanjiang River flows eastward into the sea," she said.

Mu Zichuan carefully looked at the river channel marked on the blueprint, and said, "It's not a bad idea, but I just want to divert the stagnant water here to the big river over there. We don't have enough rivers and canals?"

Yang Ruoqing said: "If you want to clear the water, it's definitely not enough to rely on the existing river channels."

"So we have to dig a canal all the way to the big river," she said.

Mu Zichuan pondered for a while: "Digging a canal requires organizing manpower. This will be a big project."

Yang Ruoqing said: "In my three strategies, I have to dig canals and use a lot of manpower, material and financial resources. This is unavoidable."

The soil, the water, if they can walk by themselves, do they still need to worry about it?
Mu Zichuan probably thought of going with her, so he nodded in agreement.

"Qing'er, your strategy is not bad, why do you choose it as a bad strategy?" He asked again.

"I would like to hear what do you think are the shortcomings of this strategy?"

Yang Ruoqing smiled.

Raise two fingers: "There are mainly two aspects."

"One, we dug a canal to divert the accumulated water here."

"Turn back and wait for the sun to come out, the summer will continue, and the ground will be dry by then, maybe we will have another drought when the late rice is planted."

"Secondly, let's drive all our water into the big river over there. As a result, the water level of the big river will rise rapidly."

"It caused secondary damage to the farmland and villages on both sides of the river."

"If the houses in that area are only half flooded at this moment, they might have to flood to the roof. This is undoubtedly a solution to the symptoms, not the root cause, so I made a bad decision," she said.

Mu Zichuan thought carefully about the reason behind this, and nodded secretly, it really is so!

"Then Qing'er, I want to hear the middle policy." He said.

Yang Ruoqing said: "The middle strategy is very simple, it is to make some changes on the basis of the worst strategy."

"Oh?" Mu Zichuan raised his eyebrows.

If we say that I have been attracted to her in the past two years, it is because of her unique personality and her pretty face that has changed a little bit.

So now, her wisdom also impresses him!

"What kind of change?" he pressed.

Yang Ruoqing said: "Long vines bear melons."

"Why?" He became more curious.

On the side, Luo Fengtang also pricked up his ears, listening with gusto.

Yang Ruoqing said: "The canal we are going to dig is vines. Let's dig some hairy ponds that are about the same size as Uncle Luo's fish pond behind the village. Those are melons."

"We can drain the water along the canal into the ponds along the banks. First, we can drain the water away more quickly and share the pressure of the big river."

"Furthermore, the Maotang can be used as a water melon to store water. When the drought occurs, if it does not rain for ten and a half months, we will not be afraid that the crops, people and animals will die of thirst!"

"What do you guys think of this solution?" she asked.

Both Mu Zichuan and Luo Fengtang were in deep thought.

Then, Luo Fengtang clapped his hands, and said excitedly: "Long vines and melons, this is a good way, and the harvest will be guaranteed in drought and flood!"

Mu Zichuan also nodded again and again: "That's right, it really is the method of both, but, in this way, the amount of work will be bigger."

Yang Ruoqing smiled: "One sheep is herded, so is a flock of sheep."

"Since we have to organize manpower to dig river canals, then digging a few hair ponds to store water by the way is the same thing."

Luo Fengtang said: "The predecessors planted trees and the descendants took advantage of the shade, you guys put in a lot of effort now, in the future, it will benefit the village and future generations will benefit from it!"

Mu Zichuan pondered for a while, and a firm light flashed in his eyes.

"Okay, then I'll go to the county seat tomorrow and report this water control strategy to the two imperial envoys!" he said.

Hearing this, Luo Fengtang was surprised.

"What? Aren't you the one sent by the imperial court to control the water for us? Why, you can't have the final say?"

Mu Zichuan was embarrassed.

He rubbed his hands and said, "I'm ashamed."

"His Majesty sent Xu and Zhang, the two adults, to come to Qing'an County for flood control and disaster relief as imperial envoys."

"I am a disciple of Mr. Zhang, and I am a native of Wanghai, so Mr. Zhang will take me with me."

"He was busy presiding over the overall situation, so he entrusted me with the water control matters in Qingshui Town."

"So, I have to go back and report this water control strategy to him." Mu Zichuan patiently explained.

Luo Fengtang suddenly realized, "So that's the case, then I will take you to the town by boat tomorrow, and when you arrive in the town, you should be able to take a carriage to the county seat."

Mu Zichuan nodded: "Then I have you, Laotang."

Luo Fengtang smiled heartily, and waved his hands: "Hey, tell me what you are doing, you are doing things for the folks at the moment, for the benefit of the people, of course I want to help you."

On the side, Yang Ruoqing spoke again.

"By the way, Mu Zichuan, I've heard from folks a long time ago that you were picked up by a high-ranking official in the capital and accepted you as a student."

"That senior official is the imperial envoy this time, right?" She asked for confirmation again.

Mu Zichuan nodded: "Yes, that's right."

A gossip ignited in Yang Ruoqing's eyes.

"Is it convenient to disclose, that imperial envoy Mr. Zhang, how high an official has he been in the capital?" She asked again.

Mu Zichuan was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect this was what she wanted to ask.

"The teacher is a scholar of Huagaidian, one of the three elders of the cabinet." Mu Zichuan said.

There is another identity, which he has no plan to tell Yang Ruoqing for the time being.

My mentor, Mr. Zhang, is also the Grand Tutor of the First Prince.

(End of this chapter)