Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 130 Drought
Li Shimin was not angry either, he repeated what Fang Xuanling said just now, and asked: "Ai Qing has a better way."

Feng Daiwen said: "I would like to report to the Holy Majesty, I have some humble opinions, and I ask you to correct me."

"First of all, Mr. Fang is right. Since the disaster is a foregone conclusion, we can only find ways to relieve the disaster. Well drilling is necessary. However, to prevent epidemics in major disasters, we must ask the disaster area not to drink unboiled water."

"Secondly, since Hebei was hit by the disaster, why not hire all the people in Hebei to build rivers and canals in other places, which will not only allow them to support themselves, but also earn some wages, and it will be easier to start anew when the disaster is over and returning to their hometown. They can't just lie there and wait. Relief."

"Wonderful, clever plan, Wei Guo's strategy is really brilliant." Fang Xuanling applauded with high fives.

Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, "What about Shandong?"

"Shandong will do its best first. People who have no harvest can go to Guanzhong to help build water conservancy projects. If there is still room for rescue, they can dig wells in canals. It happened that the [-] Xuanwu Army was successfully formed, and they were sent to Shandong to help the people dig wells and repair canals. .It can also prevent someone from making trouble." Feng Daiwen said.

Li Shimin showed a rare smile that he hadn't seen for a few days and said: "Just follow what Wei Guo said. You are responsible for arranging Hebei people to go to Henan, Guanzhong to build river embankments, canals, provide good housing, and pay all wages. After the disaster is over The imperial court is distributing food and seeds to the common people. It must be properly publicized so as not to cause riots. Keming, you are in charge of Shandong. It’s just..."

"Your Majesty is worried about money and food?" Feng Daiwen asked Li Shimin when he saw that he was in a dilemma.

"That's right, I'm worried because I'm afraid of causing panic, so I don't want to sell grain," Li Shimin said.

In ancient times, food was life, and it was a hard commodity. It might not be sold after a disaster.

Feng Daiwen thought for a while and said: "This is easy to handle. Let's use the official warehouse for a while. I will take people to Xianglin County, Lingnan to buy it. Lingnan has been planting rice for two years and three seasons. The people should have a lot of food. Just prepare enough. It’s just to exchange for the goods.”

"Hehe, I just thought of an idea. Anyway, porcelain and pottery are just made of clay, so that merchants can transport them to Baekje and Goguryeo in exchange for grain. Even if the price is lower, it is still a good deal." Feng Daiwen thought of another idea, hehe said with a smile.

"Extremely extreme. They don't care about our affairs because they don't have enough food in the country. They must exchange! Porcelain, salt, and tea can all be exchanged in large quantities. They only need food and supplies! No money." Li Shimin immediately reacted, excited added.

"Your Majesty is wise, there will be chaos in their country within a year or two." Fang Xuanling said with certainty.

"This is Wei Guo's idea. I won't take credit for it. Wei Guo, whoever goes to Lingnan is more suitable like Lin." Li Shimin shook his hand and said.

"I went there personally. No one is more familiar with me than me. It just so happened that the new army was established. I want to select a group of backbones and train a group of navies. I also ask the emperor for approval." Feng Daiwen said.

"Navy... Well, I agree." Li Shimin agreed after a little consideration.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! I suggest that Wei Wangtai and Wu Wangke go to the disaster area to experience the suffering of the people." Feng Daiwen said.

Li Shimin knew that Feng Daiwen was implying to let Prince Li Chengqian go, so he couldn't help but nodded and said: "I will think about what you say about Aiqing."

After returning, Feng Daiwen questioned the few people in his memory, among them only Shangguanyi was unwilling to follow him to Lingnan.

Feng Daiwen asked Feng Daijin and Cheng Chubi to take Fang Yiai to protect the Li Chengqian brothers.Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin and others are all real-timers now, and it is not easy to follow around here. Xi Junmai still follows Feng Daiwen as always. Ma Zhou is the princess's mansion.

Feng Daiwen took 300 personal guards, and 2500 Tengjia troops who wanted to go back to their hometown of Lingnan set off.

He brought out [-] Lingnan troops. After several battles, only about [-] remained intact, and there were thousands of wounded soldiers. Feng Daiwen arranged for his family, land, and family members also took over from Lingnan.

The 2500 people didn't want to leave Lingnan, so they took Li Shimin's reward and went back to their hometown with the fleet.

There are 1100 new troops selected by Feng Daiwen. They waited together in Luoyang for three days. The fleet from Lingnan just arrived. let's go.

Later, there will be a steady stream of goods shipped from Luoyang to Lingnan.

Liu Rengui, Liu Renyuan and others showed great interest when they boarded the boat. After all, they had never been on such a large ship. There were catapults and bed crossbows on board. Only Li Yifu threw up when he got on the boat.

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"General, is this Lingnan?" Wang Xuance asked after getting off the boat and looking at the bustling pier.The others also nodded in agreement, feeling incredible.

"What? Is it different from what you imagined?" Looking at Lingnan Feng Daiwen who had been away for two years, he said with a smile.

"Well, I have always heard that Lingnan is a barren land, hehe, there are not many places like this wharf," Wang Xuance sighed.

"So seeing is believing, I can't wait to take a good look." Pei Xingjian also wanted to look around.

Feng Daiwen looked at this 12-year-old child, with an old-fashioned expression on his face, and wanted to laugh, "Your father is a generation of heroes, and your elder brothers are also warriors on the battlefield. How did you become a thin-bodied scholar?"

"Hmph, it's because they don't know how to use their brains that they all died." Pei Xingjian said unconvinced. His father was Pei Renji, a former famous general of the Sui Dynasty. He and the prince and the prince are classmates, so they tried their best to send it in.

"Hey, you brat, your brain is important, and your body is also very important. If there is an enemy who is as old as you, with a better body and a longer life than you, he will come to your grave to dance after you die... tsk, tsk , think about it carefully." Feng Daiwen said in a funny tone.

"Haha, haha," the other people had heard what was called a cold joke, and they slapped their thighs and laughed wildly when they saw Feng Daiwen's funny words.

Knowing that Feng Daiwen was doing it for his own good, Pei Xingjian blushed and said, "Got it, what the general means is that the winner will be the one who stays active for a long time."

Feng Daiwen was also very happy, as if he had been with the older people in the imperial court for a long time, and they all became old-fashioned.It's much easier to be around people who are about my own age.

"That! You are still young, the reason why I brought you this time is to let you know more, so you stay in Jiaozhou, the big city in Lingnan can let the guards take you to see it, and you are not allowed to go to the cottage." Feng Daiwen warned. .

"Thank you, General, I understand why you can't go to the cottage?" Pei Xingjian asked incomprehensibly.

"The folk customs in Lingnan are simple and tough, and the customs of the cottage are different. Many of us Han people don't know it. What if you go to someone's house to watch you eat the thin skin and tender meat?" Feng Daiwen said to the group following him. Touch Pei Xingjian's head.

"You, don't lie to people. There is no one who likes to eat people. The big deal is to give him food." Pei Xingjian shook his head several times without getting rid of the big hand above.

"Hey, hum, it's rare and strange. Let me tell you that there are tribes that cannibalize people in this world, but there are none in Lingnan. Even if you don't eat people, locking you in a cottage and waiting for a few years will be a depressing one. Maybe wait, we will find you There were already a large group of dark wives. Haha! Haha!" Feng Daiwen couldn't help laughing wildly when he said that, and the others laughed even more.

Pei Xingjian looked at these bad guys speechlessly!

(End of this chapter)