Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 141 Divide
As soon as the spring water came out, morale immediately rose. Shi Zhongkui simply asked people to build a large pool of 10 by 4 meters with gravel and clay.

The spring water then flows down the dug ditch.

Xue Jinping and many officials excitedly cupped their hands at Shi Zhongkui, "My lord, look at the amount of water, it is no problem to irrigate the wasteland within five miles around the camp."

Shi Zhongkui was taken aback, and quickly asked, "How many acres of land are there in a radius of 5 miles?"

"This,,,."

A group of officials look at me and I look at you, obviously not good at mathematics.

Shi Zhongkui calculated in his own mind that the diameter of 5 miles is equal to 2.5 kilometers.

If you use a circle to calculate, 2.5 times 2.5 times 3.14 equals 19.625 square kilometers.

Ten thousand mu is 6.667 square kilometers.

It is equal to a full [-] mu of land.

Of course, Wanping is not a plain area like Daxing.

It would be nice to have 2 mu.

It can be calculated according to the water output, even if the length of the ditch is elongated, part of the water will evaporate.

It is no problem to irrigate the wasteland of more than 2.5 mu.

Even if the ditches are introduced all the way to the original farmlands of more than a dozen nearby villages, the amount of irrigation can definitely be doubled or tripled.

After all, these farmlands already have their own water sources.

By that time, the price of the above 6 farmland will inevitably double or triple.

Damn, it's a shame.

But before the spring water came out, even the mountain gods and the land couldn't give an exact number.

And looking at the merit column, which is still adding +5 and +5 merits, Shi Zhongkui's mood improved again.

If I remember correctly, it was 1137 merits before, and now it has risen all the way to 4.

According to this trend, it is very possible to reclaim 10 mu of land and get 1 point of merit.

Shi Zhongkui immediately regained his enthusiasm.

He ordered everyone to say, "Order people to develop 3 mu of paddy fields around Daying. You must develop 2.7 mu of the remaining wasteland."

"Don't worry, my lord, Xiaguan and others will definitely go all out."

Shi Zhongkui nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile, "I will present a memorial to His Majesty, and you can also report the situation here to the Ministry of Industry, do you understand?"

Xue Jinping and others, you look at me, I look at you.

The meaning of this statement made it clear that except for the [-] mu of paddy fields used for business work, Shi Zhongkui would not be in charge of how the officials of the Ministry of Industry and Tuntian Division allocated the remaining wasteland.

Xue Jinping and the others hesitated for a moment, and finally everyone bowed to Shi Zhongkui with a tacit understanding, "Thank you, my lord, for your support."

The reason for Xie Shi Zhongkui's support is very simple. With Shi Zhongkui reporting directly to the emperor, everyone does not have to worry about being swallowed up by officials of the Ministry of Industry.

Of course, if Shi Zhongkui said who made the most contributions, even the emperor would not ask too much about it.

After all, according to what he meant, Huangzhuang would definitely come and eat some of the farmland.

This not only has the benefit of money, but also has merit. Xue Jinping and others wish to stay under Shi Zhongkui forever.

In addition to all the previous actions, it means that Shi Zhongkui immediately accepted the hearts of officials big and small in Wanping's farm camp.

But this is not enough.

Standing on the mountain, Shi Zhongkui looked at the soldiers and young men in the distance, "I am the judge, I will reward each of these [-] soldiers with one shi of food, and the food will have to be paid by you, do you not object?"

Xue Jinping and the others cupped their hands without hesitation, "Don't worry, my lord, we will definitely obey your orders."

Even if it is only 2.5 mu of land, and if the price of going to the field is calculated, it is almost 5 to 6 taels of silver.

But if the spring water can be maintained for at least half a year every year, the water output of this scale is now.

Then the farmland near here is definitely a good paddy field, and its value is definitely more than 20 silver.

"My lord, why don't you inform Zheng Gong and Uncle Pan."

Shi Zhongkui directly refused, and said with a smile to Xue Jinping who had spoken just now, "Since I can find this spring with the gossip of the Book of Changes, I will certainly be able to find more springs."

After finishing speaking, he smiled and said to the surrounding officials, "It's better to look far away than to fight for temporary benefits. And I have an imperial order on my body, how can I seek personal gain for myself and my relatives?"

As soon as everyone heard it, they understood that when he said this in front of everyone, he wanted to use the 3 mu of land as a gift for the civil and military nobles in the court.

When everyone enjoys the benefits, they will definitely think in their hearts that Shi Zhongkui is proficient in Zhouyi gossip, so he must be right.

The gentry and nobles in the Gyeonggi region will definitely look forward to him looking for a few more springs.

At that time, even if Shi Zhongkui doesn't mention it himself, someone will take the initiative to give him a part of the farmland.

Moreover, promotion has become inevitable.

Xue Jinping admired him from the bottom of his heart, "Your Excellency is worthy of being Liu Yuangong, and he looks at the long-term."

Shi Zhongkui couldn't help laughing.

People live in the world, first for fame, second for profit, and third for power.

But at the same time that he seeks fame and power, he can also obtain the merits he cares about most, a little money, which seems unimportant.

Besides, in an official-based society like this in ancient times, if you have the right to be famous, are you afraid that you will not benefit?

"I advise you to wait until you have to choose a land, but choose a corner land, understand?"

Some people were stunned for a moment, and some people reacted as soon as they heard it.

If the best farmland is taken by oneself, it will be the source of disaster.

It's better to just stare at the corners from the beginning. When the time comes to talk about it, Shangguan will definitely not go too far.

After all, there is no official who waits for the specific affairs by himself, so the six servants, the six ministers are just a golden Buddha with a clay body that looks glamorous.

Seems useless.

That's why there was Wang Anshi's reform, and the defeat was a mess.

In addition to offending and harming the ruling class, when the reform is promoted across the country, the main force of bad things is the officials below.

The Green Crop Law stipulates that borrowing shall not exceed 2 points, yes, it is indeed 2 points on the surface.

However, some officials below have clever ways to set up names, but in fact they only receive three or four points.

He even used the Young Crop Law to force the people to borrow money from the government, taking the opportunity to reap the wealth of the people in a legitimate way.

Xue Jinping and others cupped their hands again to Shi Zhongkui, "Master Xie, we understand what to do."

"Very good," Shi Zhongkui took a deep breath, "One term as an official will benefit the whole region, and half a month of hard work for this official and everyone is not in vain."

Everyone was flattering immediately.

But he couldn't help muttering in his heart, if everyone was like this Duke Liu Yuan, the world would probably surpass the heyday of the Han and Tang Dynasties in a few years.

For a moment, everyone really admired and worshiped Shi Zhongkui.

Regardless of whether it is a corrupt official or an official who cleans up rumors, deep in his heart, he actually hopes that the world will be peaceful and the people will live and work in peace and contentment.

Five days later, after the development of the 6 paddy fields, the [-] young and strong returned home first, and this matter could no longer be concealed.

But those who only received the news at this time are already one step behind.

Don't talk about eating meat, you won't be given the chance to drink soup.

Not only did Shi Zhongkui quickly return to Beijing a few days ago, he easily met the emperor as a walker in the royal study.

After the Ministry of Industry received the news, it immediately hid it.

Since it is extra farmland outside of the mission, we don't have to worry about being accused when we divide it up.

Besides, even if you can't eat it all, can't you use it as a favor?

After Shi Zhongkui met the emperor, he thought he would be able to return to Wanping City after being promoted and praised.

Unexpectedly, the emperor asked Xia Shouzhong to take him to the harem to meet Jia Yuanchun.

The process of meeting was quite harmonious, but when Shi Zhongkui came out, his face was clouded.

I didn't expect that within a month after I just went out to farm and open up wasteland, the Jia family would not say a word, and I would not notify myself, but decided to build the Grand View Garden.

In this case, I don't have to worry about the life and death of the Jia family.

Moreover, although Jia Yuanchun looked worried, he didn't stop him. It could be seen that even though this woman was smart, she was only well versed in the art of palace fighting and had no foresight.

To put it bluntly, after being persecuted and humiliated several times by Concubine Wu, she didn't even understand what the primary and secondary conflicts were.

All he can think about is that women are competitive and can't lose the Jia family's face.

Never thought about the emperor's mind at all is the crux of the problem.

This may also have something to do with Jia Yuanchun's lack of affection for the emperor.

How can this kind of mentality win the favor of the emperor.

Only when Jia Yuanchun has suffered a lot will he understand that the Jia family's face is nothing but Wu Guifei.

Not to mention that Jia Yuanchun is really not stunning, he can only be called dignified.

But the word dignified can only appear on the queen's head.

Appearing on Jia Yuanchun's body is far more harmful than Humei.

After thinking about it, Shi Zhongkui immediately decided to break up with Jia Yuanchun.

It really depends on the situation, not only can this woman not help him, but he will be implicated by her.

Also, that Eunuch Liu next to Yuan Chun is definitely a fighter among idiots.

When he sent himself out, he hinted that Yuan Chun was bullied by Concubine Wu Gui.

Moreover, the emperor asked him to come to see Jia Yuanchun, probably for the purpose of testing.

He stretched out his hand to pull Xia Shouzhong who brought him over, and a 200 taels bank note slipped into Xia Shouzhong's palm silently.

"My father-in-law, please tell Your Majesty that I will not be able to return home for at least three to five months because I am also engaged in dredging the river.

The marriage arranged by the Supreme Emperor for the young minister is likely to be delayed for a long time.I also ask Your Majesty to be merciful and say a few words of kindness to the Supreme Emperor on behalf of the young minister. "

At first glance, this statement is not a problem, but it seems that Shi Zhongkui has finally served, and he has the meaning of Dayu's flood control, who returned home three times but did not go home.

But Xia Shouzhong understood as soon as he heard it, Zhuang Yuangong was implying that if the emperor wanted it, he would delay the marriage as long as possible.

How long it takes is not the key, the key is why Shi Zhongkui delays his marriage at this time.

Combined with the fact that he went to see Jia Yuanchun just now, it is definitely not the Xue family that Shi Zhongkui is dissatisfied with, but the Jia family.

Otherwise, normally speaking, Jia Yuanchun has already become a concubine, and all fools want to marry Jia Yingchun as soon as possible.

Not to mention relying on Yuan Chun to gain a greater official position for him, the identity of the concubine's brother-in-law is enough to make many people jealous and flatter him.

But the emperor couldn't really agree, and even after understanding Shi Zhongkui's meaning, he would take the initiative to facilitate the marriage, and he would definitely show favor to Xue's and Jia's families at that time.

This is the so-called, people who treat you well may not necessarily treat you sincerely.

Xia Shouzhong hurriedly nodded in agreement, and this time he was really afraid of Shi Zhongkui.

Shi Zhongkui looked at the problem from the perspective of God, so he could guess the emperor's attitude towards Jia's family and Jia Yingchun.

But from Xia Shouzhong's point of view, Shi Zhongkui was so smart that he could guess what the emperor was thinking with just a few words and a few clues.

How clever is that to do it?

Coupled with the bonus of the leader of six yuan, when Xia Shouzhong faced Shi Zhongkui at this moment, his heart was really empty.

A feeling of being crushed in terms of IQ is really uncomfortable.

After sending Shi Zhongkui out of the palace, Xia Shouzhong ran to the imperial study to report without stopping.

And he didn't dare to tell the emperor what he thought just now.

The reason is very simple, the emperor is under the pressure of the Supreme Emperor, and there are many civil and military nobles facing the Supreme Emperor.

Therefore, the emperor under great pressure would never be afraid of Shi Zhongkui at this time, but would happily continue to reuse him.

If a courtier who followed the emperor every day was compared to a foreign minister who hadn't seen him for a month or two, would the emperor think that he should change to a smarter eunuch?

Sure enough, after hearing Xia Shouzhong's report, the emperor smiled, "I, the number one scholar, have a lot of thoughts."

Then he looked at Xia Shouzhong, but Xia Shouzhong seemed to have suddenly become stupid this time, and echoed a few words like he didn't move forward several times.

Even Xia Shouzhong was already scolding Shi Zhongkui in his heart at this moment.

An extremely clever minister, if he has a very good relationship with the eunuch, the emperor would not be suspicious.

The emperor didn't get a response, and his mood suddenly faded.

While secretly scolding Xia Shouzhong for being an idiot, he couldn't help wondering whether Shi Zhongkui had offended Xia Shouzhong.

As a result, the emperor was happy, but if the two confidants were as close as a family, then he should be worried about him.

At the same time, I was worried that if the two confidants fought internally, it would be tantamount to internal friction.

It's also not what I want to see.

He asked tentatively, "What did Shi Aiqing and Concubine Yuan talk about?"

Xia Shouzhong's heart tightened, and he thought secretly.

From the heart, Xia Shouzhong wanted to say something bad about Shi Zhongkui at this moment.

Because the only thing a eunuch can gain a firm foothold in is the favor of his master.

It's even a matter of life and death.

As far as Shi Zhongkui was concerned, he was actually unwilling to get too close to Xia Shouzhong.

It didn't look like he was only willing to keep the gold and silver trade with Xia Shouzhong, even Xia Shouzhong didn't want to take him to Xiuyiwei.

It is because he knows that linking up with the inner court is definitely the emperor's most taboo.

After all, Xia Shouzhong has followed the emperor for nearly 20 years, so of course he can guess some of his thoughts.

At the same time, he was also reluctant to part with Shi Zhongkui, a generous benefactor who had always been generous.

It's really giving too much.

In just over a year, he got nearly 2.6 taels of silver from him.

Not to mention that according to Shi Zhongkui's suggestion, they secretly fanned the flames and forced some concubines to build another courtyard, and the Jia family actually participated in it.

The previous 31 giant trees have now risen to 7 taels, and even looking at the situation, 8 thousand is not impossible.

In other words, just these 31 giant trees can earn 100,000 taels of silver.

Although it has to be shared with a few eunuchs and imperial merchants, 30,000 taels can definitely be shared.

In this way, Xia Shouzhong's wealth has directly increased by 5% or 6% because of Shi Zhongkui.

And that's only a year away.

How could Xia Shouzhong be willing to really ruin Shi Zhongkui?
But at this moment, it is not enough to say all good things.

(End of this chapter)