Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 489
On the second day, Qin Shao had eaten early in the morning, and Niu Tianlin and others were already waiting at the door.

Wang Yun had already informed them yesterday that His Majesty would follow them to inspect the river embankment today and check the planting conditions of the farmland.

Seeing a crowd of people dressed in simple clothes, everyone in casual clothes, Qin Shao nodded in satisfaction.

What annoys him the most is to engage in formal political battles!
A lot of work is actually not working too hard, but spending too much energy on the form.

Previously, he had seen the brochures and developments in various places in the capital, which were basically reported by others. It can be said to be second-hand information. To obtain real first-hand information, it is natural to need on-the-spot investigation.

When he was in the capital, when he was free, he would go to the fields to learn about the real folk situation.

Now that we have come to Hejian Mansion, we naturally want to see it for ourselves.

Hejian Prefecture, a real yellow flood zone.

The reason why the Yellow Flood Area is often poor is that droughts and floods often coexist. When water is needed, it is drought, when it is not needed, it is flooded, what is lacking is not there, and when it is not needed, it starts to flood. Inevitably.

According to Qin Shao's request, Niu Tianlin only asked a few officials in charge of the river and agricultural production to follow him, so as not to be too ostentatious.

Niu Tianlin has already seen that the current emperor is not a ostentatious and ostentatious master.

Niu Tianlin originally prepared a carriage for the emperor to ride in, but when he saw the new emperor jumping on his hips and getting on the horse, his sharpness made him almost unable to close his mouth.

He has long heard that the emperor is unusual, and also heard that the emperor seems to be good at kung fu, he has a lot of skills, he often practices martial arts, and one person can fight against several warriors.

Niu Tianlin thought it was just a kind of propaganda. After all, he was the emperor, who would dare to use his full strength when fighting against warriors.

Now looking at the emperor's neat riding posture, it is obvious that he has a bit of kung fu.

Although the Ming Dynasty emphasized literature, in fact many literati also practiced martial arts. First of all, it was naturally for strengthening the body. The Ming Dynasty's scientific examination was not only a test of reading, but also a test of perseverance. If you don't have a good body, it is difficult to persist in that pass.

What's more, in today's Ming Dynasty, many civil servants, especially those from the Ministry of War, have become a kind of inspirational role model by riding on horses to fight and dismounting to write essays.

The civil servants are proud, and they naturally look down on those generals with strong limbs and simple minds, who can only shout and kill, but they naturally admire those colleagues who can secure the world with martial arts and write essays when they are dismounted.

Although Niu Tianlin's martial arts skills are not superb, he is personally interested in martial arts and often goes out to ride horses.

At this moment, he was really glad that he could ride a horse, Tong Juan Liang Kuan couldn't ride a horse, so under Niu Tianlin's signal, he retreated quietly.

The emperor rides a horse, and if you are a small official on the horse, if the emperor doesn't pursue it, are you embarrassed?

The emperor whipped his whip lightly, and the red-brown horse under him flew out.

Everyone applauded their horses to welcome him.

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"Master! Why are there so many people in front!"

Twenty miles out of Fucheng, suddenly a group of people appeared in front of them.

I saw that group of people dressed in shabby clothes, but the seven girls in front were dressed brightly and were holding the edge of the jar, walking in circles while supporting it.

There are a few strong men in the back carrying a table, on which there seems to be some meat and other food.

Behind them were a few people blowing the suona, and when the suona stood up, the group of people knelt and kowtowed, bowing as they walked, which was very strange.

Wang Yin shouted, and Jiang Bin hurried up to block Qin Shao.

The guards and Wang Yun surrounded Qin Shao directly.

Qin Shao was also very surprised and wondered what these people were doing.

His whereabouts are currently only known by Niu Tianlin and a few officials.

And now in this sunny day, this place is not hidden, could it be that this group of people...

Qin Shao thought of the so-called Xie religion of Daming in the legend...

"Your Majesty, don't panic, these are just people begging for rain... I'll take people over and let them go to one side..."

Niu Tianlin's face was a little ugly.

Since the emperor came to Hejian, some of his subordinates who knew the situation suggested Qingdao.

According to the usual practice, not to mention the emperor, even the high officials of the court came to inspect, and they had to clear the way, that is, the places where the high officials passed by, and let the idlers make way.

One, of course, is for the emperor's safety.

What a noble person the emperor is, if those unscrupulous people or those who are not good-looking bumped into the emperor, many people can't afford it.

Second, of course, for the sake of local officials.

How well the localities perform is related to the achievements of officials.

For many officials, rushing to show off their political achievements is actually not a good way to deal with it. If they don't perform well, they may fall into the gutter.

Compared with seeking wealth and insurance, many people would rather seek stability and avoid accidents. After all, many things are difficult to predict, and the king's heart is unpredictable.

Therefore, everyone including Lin An has the idea of ​​clearing the way.

I also slept on the road where the emperor explored the river to clear the road, so as to avoid the infestation of idlers.

But Niu Tianlin stopped it!

In the serial murder case, Niu Tianlin showed his skills and stole the limelight, and Wang Yun conveyed the emperor's affirmation of his ability, which made Niu Tianlin feel a little ecstatic.

Through talking with the emperor, he has already seen that the emperor is an emperor who does practical things and likes to be low-key and real. will be satisfied.

Therefore, when everyone asked to clear the way, Niu Tianlin tried his best to resist all opinions, thinking that he would show the new emperor what the real Hejian Mansion was like.

In the past few years since he came to Hejian Mansion, Hejian Mansion has indeed developed a lot. Although there are natural disasters, especially the spring drought in the past two days, the wheat harvest has been greatly affected, but because of the planting of sweet potatoes and yam beans, the people's wheat production has decreased , but a full stomach can still be done.

And in order to avoid flooding of the Yellow River, Niu Tianlin has not repaired the major Kung Fu dolls on the embankment in recent years. He also hopes that the emperor will see his efforts.

He has walked this road many times without any problems, and the people nearby are also considered safe.

It's just a thousand calculations, he forgot that because there was no rain last year, there was a lack of snow this winter, and now there is a drought, those farmers can't wait to start begging for rain.

Seeing that the emperor's face was not very happy, Niu Tianlin was a little panicked, and quickly led people towards those people.

Seeing that Niu Tianlin led people to the front to negotiate with those people, and knowing that he was indeed begging for rain, Qin Shao felt at ease.

He recalled that his grandmother said in his previous life that she begged for rain because of the drought when she was young, and recalled what Niu Tianlin had said about the situation in Hejian, these people should not be those so-called special religions.

After Niu Tianlin negotiated with those people, some of those people obviously recognized Niu Tianlin and his entourage, and gave way to one side.

"Let's just go there!"

Qin Shao said to Wang Yin, stop Niu Tianlin from driving those people back.

Civilization of the people takes time.

For those people, you have to tell them that there is no such thing as a god, that it is only a natural phenomenon that it does not rain, and that it is better to rely on yourself than to rely on the sky and God, and they will not understand.

Since they want peace of mind, let them ask for it themselves, as long as it is not excessive.

Those people let Zuo aside, and when they saw people in the government office, they knew that there should be officials passing by, so they stood on the side of the road in a little panic, watching this side secretly.

It's just that before they could see the person clearly, the group of people escorted a person who galloped past them.

Qin Shao led a group of officials to stand near the river and looked at the laborers who were alienated from the river with a little sigh.

Hejian Mansion is close to the old course of Yu River, and the North Yellow River flooding area east of Yugong Yellow River and north of Tuhai River is covered by a very simple and clear geographical term, which is "Hejian".

During the previous scientific research, Qin Shao had thought countless times why it was difficult for the north to be self-sufficient in food after the Ming Dynasty.

He also thought about many people in his previous life explaining that the dynasty was due to great changes in nature, which is also the reason for the so-called Little Ice Age.

But what he knew was that natural disasters were more frequent in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, that is, in the late Jiajing period.

However, since the background of the capital relocation in the Ming Dynasty, there has been a problem of food self-sufficiency in North China, requiring the imperial court to spend huge sums of money to transport "commercial grain" from the south through the canal.

Qin Shao didn't quite understand at first.

It is understandable if Shanxi, Shanxi and other places are desolate and desolate, and they are often harassed by outsiders. It is really hard to understand that the North China Plain has a very low grain output.

After he really took control of the Ming regime and understood the situation in various places, he realized that this kind of situation after the Ming Dynasty was actually a natural disaster in many cases, and more of it was a man-made disaster.

The imperial court did not spend much energy on grain production in the north. In the later period, there were infighting within the imperial court. Those so-called people only paid attention to their own power and did not pay attention to agricultural production at all.

Compared with the intensive farming in the south, the difference in the north is too far!

"Your Majesty, due to the severe drought last year, the grain production was reduced. We asked the farmers to replant sweet potatoes and yam eggs, and the growth was not bad. Those things are drought-resistant. When the seedlings are dry, they can be watered with buckets, but the wheat is not good. Do it! Previously, those people were farmers in the vicinity. They were worried that this year would still be dry, so they asked for rain. The officials do not approve of that way of asking for rain..."

Niu Tianlin replied cautiously.

"Why is there a woman in praying for rain? Could there be witchcraft or harmful actions?"

Qin Shao is not opposed to using some methods to seek psychological comfort, but if he promotes some witchcraft or harmful actions...

He remembered that when he was studying at school in the previous life, there was an article that seemed to be about throwing a woman into the river in order to fear some river god, which was ignorant and vicious.

"Your Majesty, although they respect the rain gods, they have never done anything harmful to human life. Your Majesty will never allow witchcraft to harm human life."

Niu Tianlin promised.

After his explanation, Qin Shao realized that praying for the rain god here in Hejian is very unique.

Knead together the candles used by the seven girls' homes, then use the wax of the seven girls and the ashes of the seven girls to make a slurry with water, and spread it on a bright square stone in the village. Full. Clear water.

Afterwards, the seven girls supported the edge of the pot, walking in circles while supporting them, and prayed for rain like a curse: "Aunt Shishi, get up, let the rain go away. Three days, sing the lantern art, five days , a great offering of lotus flowers."

The women he saw earlier were all in cooperation with begging for rain.

The wishes of all the people in the village are expressed to the Dragon God by these seven girls.

I don't know who came up with these ideas.

Qin Shao actually sympathized with the farmers living in these places.

As a yellow flood area, it is either water prison or drought, the land is barren, and there is no fertilizer such as chemical fertilizers. It is no wonder that there is a good harvest!

And now that it is almost March, this winter, there is not much snow in Hejian.

Three-layer quilt with wheat cover in winter, and sleep on steamed buns in the coming year!
Whether it snows in winter is crucial to the growth of wheat in the north, especially in today's era of harvesting from the sky.

Qin Shao saw that some of the wheat in the distance had started to turn yellow, which was obviously due to lack of water. If he didn't pay attention or if there was still little rain in the next year, this year would probably be another poor harvest year.

In the farmland not far away, many old farmers hunched over and walked towards the field carrying buckets of water from the canal in the distance, obviously wanting to irrigate the wheat fields that were short of water.

It’s a bucket of work, not to mention whether it’s tiring or hard work, the problem is that it doesn’t play a big role at all.

The watering of the wheat needs to be thoroughly irrigated at one time, and the effect of only wetting the surface is not great.

"Master, the soil watering technology in the north is really backward...why didn't they..."

Wang Yin couldn't help but said after seeing it.

He doesn't know much about farming, but after all, he grew up in the south, so he didn't expect such a big difference in irrigation technology between the north and the south.

Interlacing is like a mountain. In many cases, a person can at most understand things in his living area or in his familiar field.

Qin Shao was not curious about the planting technology in the north, after all, it had a lot to do with his previous life.

Although Qin Shao lived in the southerly area in his previous life, he still knows some rural areas in North China.

The reason is that his grandmother’s hometown in his previous life was in North China. When he was a child, he went to the village of his grandmother’s hometown with his grandmother, and heard the elders talk about some rural conditions in the early 80s. .

It is a place close to North China in the Central Plains, and the area is not remote, but because of the large regional differences and various policies.

Qin Shao learned that many remote villages in North China had just solved their food and clothing problems in the 80s.

Because their family's conditions are not bad, Qin Shao remembers that when his grandmother took him to visit relatives in his hometown when he was a child, what he brought most was food.

Grandma’s hometown is actually not too far from the Yellow River Flooding Area. The reason for poverty is, after all, that there were no other industries in that era, let alone the so-called part-time jobs in later generations. People were digging food in the soil.

Qin Shao later discovered that this kind of poverty is of course caused by the environment, and more of it is the blockage of information and ideas.

For example, he originally thought that there were wells and waterwheels there thousands of years ago, but many places have never been used. The groundwater in the so-called drought-prone areas is actually not very deep.

Many times, people's thoughts will form a mindset.

For example, nowadays, the weather in some areas in the south is actually very cold. In fact, using ondol is actually a very comfortable way.

But because there is no habit, it can be said that no one does it. Many people would rather be cold than think about it.

Not to mention the current Daming, even the previous life he lived in is the same hundreds of years later.

How did these drought-prone areas in the previous life solve the irrigation problem?

Qin Shao suddenly remembered something that a classmate in his university in the northern region said!

(End of this chapter)