Poor family mother and son

Of course, the actions of these magistrates are not all based on buck-passing, and there is another reason that cannot be ignored: since the beginning of the year, there has not been a single snow or rain.

In previous years, even if it does not snow before the Spring Festival, there will be one or two rains in the first month. If it is in the south, the first spring rain will appear at the end of the first month.

It is now April and there is not a single rain.

"As the saying goes: if there are too many dragons to control the water, there will be a severe drought in the world!" A magistrate's wife said: "I heard from our master that this year ten dragons will control the water, and up to now, there has not been a single drop of rain!
The canals in several villages have dried up, and we have to carry water to irrigate the fields every day, but the river water has bottomed out, and the water is muddy and full of mud!

In more than half a month, the rice will start earing. As it is now, shouldn't there be no harvest?Master Chu, you are an agricultural official, you have to find a way! "

Ten dragons control the water.

A few dragons to control the water, a few days to get pungent, a few oxen to plow the fields, etc. These sayings are all evolved from the ancient method of keeping track of the calendar.

The first month is the beginning of a year, the plan for a year lies in spring, and the first month is the beginning of spring.

The ancient people used the first month of the lunar calendar to predict the year based on their good wishes for a good harvest.

This method is also a summary of the practical experience of the ancient working people, full of simple philosophical thoughts.

People often say "Chenlong", that is to say, from the first day of the first day of the new year, when the first day of the first day appears, it is a few dragons to control the water.

This year is the 11th year of Qingde, and the first "Chen Day" corresponds to the tenth day of the first lunar month, so this year is "Ten Dragons Harnessing the Water".

The saying in the agricultural proverb is: the dragon is more reliable, and the dragon is less waterlogged.

It means: one dragon and two dragons control water and rain, flood years, poor harvest; nine dragons and ten dragons control water, less rain, drought years; five dragons and six dragons control water, good weather.

The ancients believed that dragons were in charge of rain, so the year was judged by the number of dragons.

Ordinarily, the more dragons there are, the more rain should be, and floods may occur. In fact, it is completely opposite, and the more dragons, the more droughts will occur.

As the old saying goes, "too many daughters-in-law will eat late", "too many people are chaotic, and the dragon is too dry", which means that if there are too many people, they will stop working, rely on each other, and blame each other.

The modern cartoon "Three Monks" also means this-one monk carries water to drink, two monks carry water to drink, and three monks have no water to drink.

This kind of statement is clear, but is there any reason, is it true?Chu Qing thinks that if they dare not say anything else, the principle of mutual prevarication must be true.

Otherwise, why do these people come every day to force her to promise to choose a site for cotton planting?

Last year, there was a lot of rain in the south, the floods were severe, and the grain production decreased. If the drought is really happening this year, then the grain production will have to continue to decrease.

However, is this what Chu Qing should manage?She just chooses the location and nothing else!They have said that the place they want is not suitable for growing cotton, so what is the point!

Without Zheng Xiaorou's help to deal with these people, Chu Qing would be scratching her heart.

This group of women, who can't be beaten or scolded, talk about plausible truths, rely on friendships that are fabricated out of nothing, and line up in front of her every day to grind their mouths. It's so fucking annoying!

There was another message last night, which was sent to her by a spy from the Secret Detective Department sent by Chu Qing to Vos:
Kai Lidi, the fourth prince of Voss Kingdom, instructed his staff, the former Eastern Lun aristocrat Ge Taijing, to contact some bureaucrats from the old Eastern Lun State in New Lun Prefecture, and planned to follow Yushitai to collectively impeach Chu Qing for "harming the public and benefiting private interests, and harming the people." Competing for profit, hoarding food and grass privately."

As long as there is any movement on Yushitai, the old bureaucrats from Xinlunzhou will go to the government office in Xinlunzhou to make trouble together, forcing Song Tingshan to play the imperial court.

"Correcting the public and enriching private interests" refers to Chu Qing's use of the country's iron ore to manufacture and sell various products, enriching his own pockets.

"Competing with the people for profit" means that Chu Qing owns many cotton fields, produces cotton and sells it himself, monopolizing the market, and as an official, does not leave a way out for cloth merchants.

"Private grain and grass" refers to Chuqing's racecourse and "Baoqingsheng" warehouse.

Chu Qing not only owns a vast horse farm, but also buys a lot of mountainous land around to plant pastures; moreover, a large amount of grain is stored in the "Bao Qing Sheng" warehouse.

What's wrong with this trick, Song Tingshan is the Zhizhou of Xinlun Prefecture, and he has always been on good terms with Chu Qing, if he also mentioned this matter, wouldn't Chu Qing be isolated?

However, our kid is a good guy, he secretly sent a message to Chu Qing as soon as he got the news.

To Chu Qing, the two terms of "harming the public and enriching private interests" and "struggling with the people for profit" were not a big deal. The emperor knew better than himself who was being harmed and who was gaining.

The key is "private storage of grain and grass", which is hard to explain clearly.

Originally, the horse farm in Xinlun State was state-owned, but Chu Qing just opened up a large piece of land next to it to build his own horse farm, who made that place suitable for this.

But where there is a horse farm, there are horses. For the horses, grass is imported for planting. Combined with the grain that was not fully sold to the country of Voss at the "Bao Qingsheng" warehouse last year, it really feels like "private grain and grass".

It's good that the emperor doesn't think too much, but if he really wants to think too much, the absolute lethality is extremely strong.

If Bai Jiaxing and Zheng Xiaorou were here, why would Chu Qing be so passive, she would have been able to go to Xinlunzhou to have a look.

No matter how many things there are, they have to be dealt with one by one. First drive away the wives who are "guests" in front of me.

"I can't control how many dragons control the water, and the dragons have to blame each other for not working, what can I do?" Chu Qing said patiently: "Lady, it's God's business whether it rains or not. Is there any water in the river?" , it’s the matter of the water conservancy officials, I’m just a little ‘Mianyuanwailang’.”

"Lord Chu, you can't say that!" The magistrate's wife of Yibin Mansion spoke. She felt that she was the magistrate's wife, and she still had an imperial order. Her status was higher than Chu Qing's, so her face was not as easy-going as before.

She said: "Even if you only talk about the official position of 'Cotton Counselor Wailang', that's fine. Isn't this just a matter of discussing cotton with you? Just open your mouth and nod your head?"

"Liang Yiren," Chu Qing changed his words, just now he called her "Sister Gao", using her husband's surname, which echoed the closeness she expressed with each "Sister Chu".

Now people change "Sister Chu" to "Master Chu", so let's do business: If you are a fifth-grade pleasant person, then call yourself "Liang Yiren".

Chu Qing said: "Liang Yiren, it is Mr. Gao's duty to persuade Nong Sang, Chu Qing dare not comment, nor has the right to comment.

The only thing Chu Qing can do is to find a place to grow cotton. In Yibin Mansion, there is no suitable place except for a good location.

If Mr. Gao thinks which places are suitable, he can try it himself, without the consent of Chu. "

If you don't speak clearly, people will feel that there is room for maneuver, and they will continue to babble;

Chu Qing could only refuse now.