Heaven's Martial Fate

Chapter 967 Grange
"There may be a relatively serious drought this year. I wonder if the Zhuangzi outside the city is ready?"

Seeing that the signs of the drought became more and more obvious, Jia Rong said directly to Qin Keqing when she was eating this day.

"Don't worry, master, the water conservancy facilities on Zhuangzi are quite complete!"

Qin Keqing said to himself: "Even if there is a drought, as long as the groundwater continues, our Zhuangzi will not be greatly affected!"

Jia Rong nodded slightly to express her satisfaction. Qin Keqing's ability and execution ability are quite recognized by him.

He didn't even intend to restrain Qin Keqing at all, it's just that this person was too seriously influenced by the mainstream thinking of this era, so he restrained himself, and basically wouldn't go out without Jia Rong following him, except of course to go for a walk in the Xifu next door.

But with Jia Rong's company, after wandering around Zhuangzi outside the city a few times, Qin Keqing's control over Zhuangzi was greatly improved, and he quickly completed the construction of water conservancy facilities on Zhuangzi.

Those who can have fields outside the capital are all powerful.

Ning Mansion owns six farms on the outskirts of the capital, the smallest is about [-] mu, that is, three hectares of land, and the largest is exactly ten hectares and one thousand mu of land.

The remaining Zhuangzi have fields ranging from four to eight hectares, all of which are fertile and good fields.

The Five Dynasties of the Lin family have extraordinary background, but they are still much worse than the Ningrong Second Mansion.

"The court's reaction is not as slow as you think!"

At this point, the six farms under the jurisdiction of the Ning Mansion basically no longer need to depend on the weather, unless there is a very extreme weather.

Whenever there is a catastrophe, it is a great opportunity for local tyrants and aristocratic families to annex land and expand their power.

I just want to try it, but there is no suitable farm to practice.

"Nowadays, it seems that he is also an emperor who wants to do something. How can he not pay attention to such a thing?"

After Jia Rong took over, he made several personnel exchanges and turnovers in the farms in the suburbs of Beijing. Naturally, his control was not blown out.

The location and geographical environment of the six farms are quite good.

For example, oil pressing, peeling and other grain deep processing workshops have greatly improved the living standards of the tenants in the farm.

After Jia Rong became the head of the Ning Mansion, she naturally attached great importance to the farms outside the city.

But the largest Huangzhuang only has a few hundred hectares of land, which shows the tension of the fields in the suburbs of Beijing.

Just to make an appearance, the second son of the historian who replaced Shi Xiangyun's father as Bowling Marquis would not be stingy with the dowry, otherwise people would poke his back secretly.

If it hadn't been for Jia Rong's rapid rise, in fact, during Jia Zhen's period, the suburban farms in the Beijing suburbs that the Ning family held in their hands could no longer be kept.

During the small court meeting, the conjectures of Qin Tianjian and the signs of the drought in Zhili were presented today, and it is naturally impossible for the cabinet chiefs to turn a blind eye.

"Yeah, since the new year, it's been sunny all day long, and the weather is too abnormal. I just don't know if the court has reacted?"

With the momentum and energy of the Ningrong Second Mansion at this time, when Sanchun gets married, the dowry will definitely not be thin, at least there will be a Zhuangzi with the size of tens of acres.

If it is used by ambitious people, then the fun will be great.

Otherwise, we would not have seen the first signs of a drought, and started discussing the methods of attack and the aftermath so early.

Basically, there are rivers, or river branches pass by, and the amount of water is not scarce.

Jia Rong didn't mean to keep any secrets. The blueprints of the water conservancy facilities he designed for the farm were backed up in the library of the Jia Clan School and the library of the Women's School, and there were detailed information on the construction period.

Even if a batch of cabinet members is changed, the next batch will still be like this, why bother?

In fact, Jia Rong really guessed right.

After all, farm management is a subject that they must learn in the future.

However, if there is a large-scale drought, the follow-up will be troublesome.

Xue Baochai wanted the Xue family farm to follow up, but their family had no property on the capital side, and the land property on the Jinling side was also taken by other clan branches.

If it is not done well, there will be a tragic situation of refugees everywhere.

What is even more disturbing today is that the cabinet's attitude towards such rumors is quite ambiguous, and it is simply not human.

If you want to take the opportunity to suppress the monarchy, it is driven by instinctive interests, not the cabinet boss must want to do so.

It is the result of wanting to expand after reaching a certain level of power and status.

Putting aside gossip, after hearing Qin Keqing's words, Jia Rong smiled lightly and said, "That's very good!"

Obviously, this is what worries the cabinet and the cabinet the most.

Who told Rongfu to have two Dukes in a row, the momentum and power are not just for fun, they can even be called the first family of Wu Xun.

Thinking about it, how could Jia Yan, the first generation of Ningguo Gong, leave the fields for future generations to be flawed?
When Jia Rong inspected it herself, she found that there was groundwater in the six farms.

"Looking at the current weather conditions, it is estimated that the drought this year will definitely not be small. It depends on when it will rain!"

After that, the tenants in the farm were organized to dispatch labor to build all the water conservancy facilities in the farm during the slack season.

Being an emperor is really not that easy. There are too many things to consider and deal with.

Because the fields in the suburbs of Beijing are extremely scarce and precious resources, they have been very sought after since the founding of the country. Even with the energy of Ning Guogong and Jia Yan, only six large farms can be built.

The six farms are all stretches of fields, without any other people's fields in the middle, so it is quite easy to manipulate.

It can be seen from this that even the farms of powerful families depend on the sky for food.

At least, in the face of a possible drought, the Lin family's farm should not have major problems, and a certain degree of production reduction is inevitable.

Since the students were interested, the two mountain leaders, Jia Min and Qin Keqing, did not hesitate to point out their own management experience.

In addition, the merchants in the capital are particularly fond of the production of farms outside the city, even if they pay a high price, they are not qualified to own fields in the suburbs, so they will naturally pay more attention to them.

What a joke, how long has he really been in power, how could he deal a severe blow to his authority at such a time?
No wonder today's paranoia, this is the characteristics of the emperor.

With a clear promotion channel, as long as they don't get mixed up at the level of the chief steward, anyone with a self-motivated family will not mess with their own and their family's future.

Of course, it's not free labor, and there is a little bit of compensation that should be given.

At this time, Dagan was still at its peak, the emperor's authority was still strong, the efficiency of the imperial court was not slow, and there was no need to worry about the obstruction of some interest groups.

Among them, the hydraulic windmill can even operate normally!
I heard that Jia Min and Lin Daiyu, mother and daughter, had the idea of ​​trying to imitate it in their own farm, and they quickly put it into practice.

The current Daqian imperial court can still suppress local forces and aristocratic forces, so naturally they don't want these guys to expand too quickly.

The result was unexpected but it was being cleaned up. These backup materials were basically shelved in the ethnology department and no one cared about them, but they aroused the curiosity and attention of the students in the women's department.

But the problem is that in the face of such a natural disaster, the imperial court can do quite limited.

When it's really time to die, I don't mind going out to ask for rain in person today, as long as I have enough gestures, he is not the Dragon Lord who can spread clouds and rain.

The Ning Mansion is fine, whether it is Jia Jing, a cultivator of immortals, or Jia Zhen, a domineering playboy, they are not so easy to fool.

What is the cabinet trying to do, to force him to issue an imperial edict?

These farms were all bought by Jia Yan, the first generation of Ningguo Gong.

In addition, he also took out some very common mechanism techniques, using the running water in the farm to build several hydraulic drive workshops.

Jia Rong chuckled and said, "I'm sure I've figured it out now, the gang of Qin Tianjian are quite capable, and I'll definitely let you know in advance!"

It's just that the size of the managed farms is different, and there is no difference in essence.

As for Shi Xiangyun, as long as the two uncles are not too mean, her dowry will not be much worse.

What else is there to say? He personally designed quite complete water conservancy facilities according to the different environments of the six farms.

If the court cannot prevent it early, something will happen sooner or later.

Fortunately, such struggles are very covert, and it's not that the parties concerned can't feel the subtlety at all.

If it were in the past, there would definitely be all kinds of tricks.

At this moment, I really have a headache, and I feel that God is too disrespectful.

Besides, the cleaning effect of several mistresses is quite obvious.

Since ancient times, the struggle between the power of the monarch and the power of the prime minister has been quite fierce. Don't look at the fact that Dagan has long lost the position of prime minister at this time, but the cabinet is the prime minister in disguise.

Although it is not as good as the farms under the jurisdiction of Ningfu, its ability to resist weather changes has improved a lot.

After discussing with the elders of the cabinet, he leaned on the dragon chair a little tired today, feeling quite unhappy.

With the passage of time, the fields in the suburbs of Beijing are now in a situation where there is a price but no market. Even if you have money but no rights, you are not eligible to buy it.

You know, Rong Mansion has a full eight farms in the suburbs of Beijing, and the smallest area is not much smaller than the largest farm in Ning Mansion.

Of course, detailed sand table models are indispensable to give female students a more intuitive understanding.

The "frontier war" had already made him suffocate, but the drought in the Zhili area of ​​​​the capital city came out again in spring.

Under such circumstances, Rongfu's farm in the outskirts can still suffer losses, and there is no one else.

Jia Rong personally inspected her own farm, and the water conservancy facilities are quite scarce, so she is really eating in the face of God.

But Sanchun and Shi Xiangyun had some different thoughts.

What frustrates him the most is that he doesn't know which wicked guy with smoke started to spread targeted rumors.

"I guess, I'm having a headache right now!"

Although many large restaurants and high-end entertainment venues in the capital have their own stable food supply channels, they are also very happy to purchase food, vegetables, meat and eggs produced by wealthy families in the suburban farms.

Sometimes in order to obtain greater benefits, there may be local tyrants and aristocratic families behind some big troubles.

According to the drawings, the transformation of his own farm is quite fast, and the transformation has been completed.

We can only deal with it in the old way, which is actually to wait for the weather to change.

It is said that the current emperor is wrong, which led to the punishment of heaven.

They learned the management of the farm in advance, and it will be easier to get started in the future.

It can only be said that the control of the Rongfu bosses over the farms in the suburbs of Beijing has been so weak that it is unbelievable.

Their family is on the capital side, and there are only two farms with a size of about two hectares, and there are some scattered fields.

How did this happen?
It's not just a matter of him saying how he wants to tease his own farm?
Among other things, the complete construction of water conservancy facilities basically avoids the trouble of relying on the weather for food. As long as the drought is not so severe, production will not be greatly affected.

As long as it is managed with care, the production of the farm can not only meet the needs of the government, but also make considerable profits.

At this time, the six farms had already established small reservoirs, wells and pools for diverting groundwater, and criss-crossing canals. The most conspicuous ones were the large or small waterwheels in several workshops.

Nima, I feel vigilant now, and feel that the situation is not good.

Drought is much more difficult to deal with than flood. Flood can also strengthen embankment.

Don't overestimate the bottom line of these guys. A large part of the responsibility of the local government and the garrison is to suppress the chaos of these guys.

In the story of the Red Mansion, the village head of the Rong Mansion used bad weather as an excuse to ask the mansion to reduce or even waive the year's support share.

As long as it is not completely exposed, there is no possibility of any overreaction today.

The spread of such rumors should have been eliminated invisibly. After all, anyone who knows the inside story knows that today is a very hardworking king.

For a powerful family like the Ning Mansion, almost everything they eat and drink is produced in Zhuangzi, and they don't know how to use outside things at all. It is not an exaggeration to say "special, offering".

Qin Keqing nodded repeatedly, with a hint of worry in her tone.

Under Qin Keqing's remote command, after more than a year of construction, the six farms under the Ning Mansion have basically completed their internal water conservancy facilities.

Looking at all the farms on the outskirts of the capital, the scale is not much larger than that of Ningguo, and the largest is naturally Huangzhuang, which is directly controlled by the emperor in name.

But at this time, the family members in the farm and the family members in Ningfu's mansion were often swapped, and the situation was much better.

The point is, many things can't be done according to my own wishes, and I have to fight with those disgusting interest groups, which makes me feel depressed.

"Dai Quan. What's the situation on the outskirts of the capital? Don't those dignitaries who own farms notice the drought?"

After relaxing for a while, Jinjin suddenly asked: "Is there any powerful family that has already made preparations, and it would make me happy to hear it!"

Dai Quan was taken aback for a moment, then he reacted and said with a smile: "If you say the best, it is naturally the farm in Ningfu..."

(End of this chapter)