Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 291 Drought

Chapter 287

Wei Hao said he wanted them to use the money to do business. When they heard it, they were overjoyed. What they were waiting for was Wei Hao's words. They missed the previous brick shop, and they regretted it, especially Chang Sun Chong and Fang Yizhi.
Now that the opportunity is here, can they still miss it?The last time Wei Hao and Wei Zheng quarreled, Wei Hao yelled at Wei Zheng, and immediately created a business worth tens of thousands of yuan a year. For Wei Hao, a few dollars may be a small amount of money. After all, Wei Hao can make too much money. But for them, let alone tens of thousands of dollars a year, even if they have 1000 dollars, it is a big business.

"Success, let me make it clear that the royal family may invest in this business. The royal family wants [-]% of the shares, I want [-]%, and you share the remaining [-]%. I don't take the money, and the royal family will take the money. I'm also embarrassed to ask them, but the capital doesn't need much, maybe it can be paid back in a few months, and I can make some money in a year, anyway, this business will definitely make a lot of money!" Wei Hao smiled at them Talked up.

"As much as you say, no problem, can't you believe us?" Fang Yizhi immediately said to Wei Hao.

"Okay, let's go back to Beijing after all the steel in this furnace is released. Anyway, it's no problem to hand it over to those craftsmen!" Wei Hao said to them.

"It's time to go back and rest for a few days. We've been busy here for several months!" Those people also nodded. They have been making iron for several months. Now there is a lot of pig iron in the iron workshop.

Yesterday, the Ministry of Industry came to take away 20 jin, mainly from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War. They came here with a note written by His Majesty, because the ownership of the iron workshop has not yet been determined.

Three days later, all the steel came out. Wei Hao also borrowed a large number of carriages from the brick shop, loaded those steel bars, and prepared to go back. Wei Hao bought these steel bars at 15 Wen per catty, totaling more than 15 Jin, worth about 2300 yuan, Wei Hao also sent someone to send the money over.

That afternoon, Wei Hao returned to the mansion, and those steel bars were also sent to the construction site of the new mansion. After two days of rest, Wei Hao started to make cement and lime. Among them, the technology of lime was very mature. There is a lime factory, but those people don't know that it has other functions. Besides, the lime factory is not affiliated with the paper factory. I made it clear to Li Lizhi before.

"Father, mother!" Wei Hao yelled loudly as soon as he dismounted from the gate of the mansion, and Wei Furong and Wang Shi had already known in advance that Wei Hao was coming back, so he had just arrived at the gate of the mansion. All those aunts will come out.

"You son of a bitch, you're back!"

"Oh my son!"

"Hao'er is back, but I have suffered!" Wei Furong and the others immediately surrounded Wei Hao when they saw Wei Hao. Wei Furong was fine and would not express any feelings of missing, but Wang and the others were too excited.

"Hey, I'm coming back, mother, aunts, let's go, go back, it's too hot!" Wei Hao said with a smile, supporting Wang with one hand and Li with the other.

"Come on, go into the house and say, mother ordered them to kill the chicken, and stew the old hen for you to eat. See how dark my son is. It's a good thing we're engaged, otherwise, the daughter-in-law would be hard to say!" Said sadly.

"It's okay, black is black!" Wei Hao still said with a smile, and then shouted at Wei Furong: "Father, I'm back!"

"Well, it's good to be back, go back to the house, your mother ordered the kitchen to make a lot of food that you like!" Wei Furong also nodded with a smile, after all, he is the only son, no matter how bad he is at words, he is very nervous at the moment Exciting,

Soon, the family arrived at the living room, and the maids brought tea and snacks to Wei Hao.

"Come on, eat something to fill your belly, the food will be served soon!" Wang said to Wei Hao, because it was past noon when Wei Hao came back, and they had finished their meal, and now Wei Hao is eating alone.

"Okay, don't eat, how is the family doing now? Nothing wrong? Did someone bully you?" Wei Hao sat there and asked.

"Who dares to bully your father? Your father is in Xicheng, that's walking sideways!" Wei Furong immediately said proudly. Bully?

"That's good, what about the farmland at home, okay?" Wei Hao asked.

"Hey, thousands of acres may dry up and die without water. You also know that this year's rain has been much less, and there is no water in high places. Those people have no choice but to use wooden barrels to carry water. Here Watering those rice fields, you say, eh, what is the use of this, thousands of acres, I am also worried. I ordered a carpenter to build a few waterwheels, but it is not enough, far from enough!" Wei Furong sat there and sighed Said.

"Is there no channel? Is there no reservoir?" Wei Hao looked at Wei Furong in surprise and said.

"There is no reservoir, Haoer, dad went to buy those mountains, listen to you, let's build the reservoir by ourselves, and start repairing after harvesting the rice, we can't rely on God!" Sitting there, Wei Furong said with a sigh.

"Okay, Dad, take me to have a look this afternoon, I still don't believe it, is there water in the low-lying places?" Sitting there, Wei Hao asked.

"Yes! There are quite a few more, so there is probably no problem!" Wei Furong said.

"Okay, let's go after lunch!" Wei Hao nodded.

"Son, don't worry, you can take a day off!" Wang said to Wei Hao distressedly.

"Mother, we can wait, but those rice fields can't wait!" Wei Hao immediately looked at Wang and said.

"Go, let's see if Hao'er can do anything. There are thousands of acres of land, and hundreds of tenants are involved. Go!" Wei Furong said happily, his son was finally in charge of the family affairs.

Soon, the food came up, Wei Hao also ate quickly, the old hen also killed two chicken legs, and kept the rest for dinner,
He didn't rest after eating, so he went to the dry place with Wei Furong.

"Father, there is no water in this area!" Just after Wei Hao left Chang'an City, he found that many rice fields have no water. If the drought continues for a while, those rice fields will wither, but now those rice fields have just sprouted when water is needed.

"Look, those people are carrying water, but it's useless, son, farming is so difficult!" Wei Furong said with emotion while sitting on the horse.

"Come on, let's take a look at our side!" Wei Hao said, urging his horse to go to his farmland. When he got there, Wei Hao found that there was no water in many farmlands, and it didn't rain this day. the meaning of.

"This year's drought is fixed. I asked some old farmers, and they all said that this year is designated to be drought!" Wei Furong said while sitting there. "By the way, where is my cotton? Is there no water?" Wei Hao thought of the cotton he had grown.

"Yes, those common people carry water to water it once a day. Now it's time for fruiting. I think those cotton fruits are very good. If they bloom, there will probably be a lot of cotton." Wei Furong immediately said, Wei Hao is also relieved Quite a lot.

"Boss, young master, you are here!" Some farmers who were carrying water saw Wei Hao and the others coming, they also rested their shoulders, and said to Wei Hao and the others to salute.

"It's not a matter of carrying water like this, but this large area?" Wei Hao stood there, pointing to this large area of ​​arid land, which is very large, thousands of acres of land.

"Yes. It's mainly this large area, and other places can still be put in water!" Wei Furong stood there and nodded.

"Go, go to the place where you carry water, I'll go and have a look!" Wei Hao said to Wei Furong, Wei Furong took Wei Hao and passed by, there was a river not far away, the river was not big, and it finally flowed into the Weishui River of.

Wei Hao stood there and checked it visually. It is estimated that the height difference is about 15 meters. Those people are all carrying water here. Wei Hao stood in the river and looked at it. There are no drains.

"Don't carry water, you guys, go back to the village immediately and call someone over, bring a hoe, come over here to dig a canal, and pass the canal, tomorrow I have a way for you to get the water in the river up, dig the canal now! Wei Hao stood there and shouted at them.

"Ah, Young Master's? Here, how did you get it?" An old farmer looked at Wei Hao and asked.

"You don't have to worry about how I get it up, you go and call someone, I'll go upstream to see if I can lower the height, and how far it needs to go!" Wei Hao said to the old farmer.

"Just go, go!" Wei Furong asked the old farmer. At the critical moment, Wei Furong still believed in his son.

"Yes, Master!" The old farmers heard it and went to it one after another.

And Wei Hao walked along the river bank, but after walking for a few miles, he found that there was still no change. In this case, he could only choose the place closest to his own field. Wei Hao rode to the place just now, and the farmers had already come Yes, Wei Hao asked them to start digging channels, and instructed them to dig channels. After the confession, Wei Hao and Wei Furong rode back.

When he got home, Wei Hao went back to his study and drew a blueprint. Wei Furong also summoned the carpenters at home, not only the carpenters at home, but also carpenters from other families. There were more than 50 carpenters alone.

And the wood family also has it. Wei Hao handed over the drawings to them and asked them to make water dragons according to the drawings. The carpenters looked at the water dragons, although they didn't understand what the water dragons were for, but now Wei Hao ordered them, and they also paid for them. , they just follow the drawings.

"Father, tell them that 100 must be made tonight!" Wei Hao said to Wei Furong.

"Okay, I got it, son, you go to rest for a while, go quickly, there is dad watching over here!" Wei Furong immediately said to Wei Hao,

Wei Hao nodded, he was indeed a little tired, so he went back to his small courtyard, ready to go to bed, but it was still a little hot, there was no way, it was starting to get hot now.

And in the palace, Li Shimin was also the one who had just met Qin Tianjian. They told Li Shimin that there may not be heavy rain in the next month in the Chang'an area. That is to say, the drought in Chang'an is a foregone conclusion. is.

"What should I do? It's like this for hundreds of miles to the northwest of Chang'an!" Li Shimin sat there, talking very worriedly, it's drought, the farmland has no water, and now is the time of the year when water is most needed, okay? There is still water in the Weihe River, so there is no problem with people and livestock, but there is a big problem with the farmland!

"Your Majesty, those common people can only carry water to irrigate the farmland, but they can irrigate a few acres. Now the rice field is about a month away from harvesting. It is a critical time, and the wheat can be harvested in half a month. It is also a time when water is needed. !” Fang Xuanling said anxiously at the moment, now his family also has a lot of farmland without water, and he also needs to think of a way.

"Hey, let's prepare for disaster relief. Is there still enough food at the Ministry of Civil Affairs?" Li Shimin asked.

"It needs to be mobilized from other places. As far as Chang'an and the surrounding cities are concerned, it is definitely not enough!" Li Jing also said with hands clasped,
Dai Zhou also nodded and said: "It's really not enough, and it needs to be mobilized from farther away, and the surrounding cities are the same!"

"Then we have to prepare for mobilization. We can't wait for there to be no food, which will make the people panic. In addition, we must control those grain merchants and stop driving up grain prices!" Li Shimin explained to Fang Xuanling.

"Your Majesty, this minister knows, let's think of a way now. If the drought continues, those farmlands will be a pity, and they can be harvested immediately. If the drought is like this, it's okay to reduce some of the production, but if it doesn't work out, it will all be grains. It is equivalent to a complete harvest!" Fang Xuanling was very anxious, and felt a pity in his heart,

The rice is budding, and if there is no water, it will die immediately, and the rice will not produce rice!

Li Shimin is also very irritable, the sky is going to be dry, what can he do, he went to ask for rain three days ago, it was completely useless, now he can only wait.

In the evening, Li Shimin came to the Lizheng Hall worriedly and messed with Li Zhi and Sizi, but the sadness on his brows still couldn't be erased.Empress Changsun also knew that there was a drought and there was nothing she could do about it.

"Hao'er is back. I heard that he will be back this afternoon. How about calling Hao'er early tomorrow morning to ask him if there is anything he can do?" Empress Changsun looked at Li Shimin and said.

"What can he do? If it doesn't rain, no one can do anything. How can he get the water out of the Wei River?" Li Shimin said helplessly.

"Yes, yes!" Empress Changsun also nodded when she heard that.

In Wei Hao's house, the carpenters of Wei Hao's family were still busy, and some water dragons had already been made. After Wei Hao woke up, he saw that those water dragons had been completed a lot, and he felt relieved a lot.

"Son, is this useful?" Wei Furong asked Wei Hao worriedly at this moment. After all, he has done so much, it would be a pity if it didn't work!

"It's useful, just don't worry. I'll take it to the farmland tomorrow. I'll be there early in the morning. I have to go to the palace to report on my duties tomorrow. I'll hand over my seal at the same time. It's okay to go later!" Wei Hao said to Wei Furong .

"That's good. I hope it will be useful. You don't know. Everyone is anxious now. Fortunately, your brother-in-law's farmland is low-lying, but according to this method, it is estimated that it will only take three to five days. Now your Sisters, go to the farmland and fight the drought together with those farmers!" Wei Furong said to Wei Hao.

"What are they going to do? The family has no money?" Wei Hao said casually when he heard it.

"Food is the foundation. Money is useless. Without food, no matter how much money you have, it is useless. You will starve to death!" Wei Furong scolded Wei Hao with a fierce stare.

"Yes, yes, I was wrong, you are right!" Wei Hao quickly admitted his mistake, no matter what era, food is always the first, without food, everything else is useless!

In the early morning of the next day, Wei Hao’s family had already prepared more than 140 water dragons. Wei Hao’s servants loaded the water dragons on the carriage and dragged them directly to the farmland. When they got there, many farmers saw them. come here too,
And Wei Furong also asked them to call people over and bring hoes. When those people arrived, Wei Hao instructed them to dig holes, a hole a few meters, and put the water dragons down.

"Both of you, go shake this! See if the two sticks are there, the holes on the sticks are facing the two handles, yes, start shaking!" Wei Hao pointed to the two young people, and the two young people Immediately began to shake it according to what Wei Hao said. After shaking it, the water in the river immediately came up, and there was a lot of water.

"Keep shaking, you too!" Wei Hao pointed to those people and said, those people were very excited when they saw that the water in the river was brought up in this way,
Soon, many people began to shake the water dragons. After a while, the first pit was almost full. Wei Hao asked the people above to continue shaking. After a while, the water entered the channel and began to flow towards the farmland. .

"Thank you Young Master, thank you Master!" Some people who hadn't shaken it all thanked Wei Hao and Wei Furong. This is much faster than their carrying water, and there are so many water dragons, the water in the channel is very large.

"Hurry up and water the fields. Remember, the first wave only needs to be watered. If the ground is wet, I estimate it can last for 30 days. Let all the dry farmlands be watered first, and then Fill those farmlands with water, don't let those rice plants dry up,

Also, you water dragons, divide into two groups, one group is tired, the other group will get on, don't stop, and you don't expect rain, I guess there will be no rain during this time of the day, it depends on You can do it yourself! " Wei Hao shouted at those people.

"Shaodong, don't worry, we know, thank you, Shaodong!" Those people shouted happily, they are not afraid of the water coming up, even if they shake it day and night, it doesn't matter, as long as the rice fields can have water,

Wei Furong is also very proud at the moment. It is his son who has a solution. The thousands of acres of land may not be dried up, and there is no need to worry about other farmland. With this water dragon, there is still water in the river, so there is no need to worry. Soon, more and more people gathered here, all of whom were farmers of Wei Hao, and they all came to shake the water dragon.

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