Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 56

After Li Jing finished his business, even though it was close to noon, he had no intention of staying for dinner, so he left in a hurry.

Seeing this scene, Li Tai didn't hold back too much, instead he asked Baihe to invite Li Chunfeng over to have dinner with him.

After all, I sold him, so I have to fool around so as not to leave any grudges. It would be even better if I could take the initiative to count the money for myself!
"I've seen King Yue." Li Chunfeng looked at Zhou Zuo curiously, but he didn't see Ma Zhou next to Li Tai, and he couldn't help but murmur in his heart.

At this moment, Bai He just closed the door, leaving only himself and Li Tai present.

"Come, come, don't look. Chunfeng, today I have a special treat for you!" Li Tai looked at Li Chunfeng and said.

Hearing this, Li Chunfeng couldn't help being flattered, and said, "Your Majesty?"

"You have worked hard these days, Gaoling can be prosperous today, thanks to you directing the corvee to work!" Li Tai said.

Li Chunfeng was a little puzzled when he heard Li Tai's words, and said,

"This is a concerted effort by everyone, not only me, but also Bin Wang, Chu Ke, Chu Zhi..."

Li Tai stretched out his hand and said, "I know what you mean, but have you thought about the future?!"

"Your Majesty, please speak clearly!" Hearing this, Li Chunfeng couldn't help saying to Li Tai respectfully.

To be honest, Li Chunfeng has been with Li Tai for a while, and saw with his own eyes how Li Tai planned this barren land, and after only one year, the population of this place was overcrowded.

As long as the remaining two years pass smoothly, absorb the people who were included in Gaoling County, and keep up with the grain production, Gaoling will be able to get a stable evaluation.

Therefore, even if Li Tai may not be convinced at the beginning, but watching Li Tai build an agricultural school and build Gaoling, who can treat Li Tai like a child.

Li Tai's internal affairs planning ability, at least in Li Chunfeng's opinion, is definitely the best in the world.

"I remember you seemed to be General Shiro back then, right!" Li Tai looked at Li Chunfeng and said slowly:
"Have you ever lamented that you were unappreciated for your talent, but ended up entering my agricultural school, you and I must tell the truth!"

Li Chunfeng sighed and said:
"The king of Yue was joking, I just joined the Taishi Bureau by chance, and I thought I would stay in the Taishi Bureau for the rest of my life.

It is a great honor to be able to come to the Agricultural Institute established by you, King Yue! "

If it weren't for you, I would never have thought that mathematics could be so useful. I thought mathematics was just pure wisdom! "

When Li Chunfeng said this, he felt a little embarrassed, because he was very handy in applying mathematics to reality.

Li Tai nodded and said, "Since you don't have a dream, let me point you in the right direction and make sure you will be famous in history!"

"Oh?!" Hearing Li Tai's attitude, Li Chunfeng was somewhat amazed and even more puzzled.

"Let's talk about me first!" Li Taidao, "During the two years in Gaoling County, I will try my best to plant food, choose the best planting method, and plant it on the Gaoling farmland, choosing the best from the best."

"The king of Yue has the people in his heart, and Chunfeng still admires his original intention!" Li Chunfeng flattered decisively.

But Li Tai waved his hand and said, "It's nothing! If it's just like this, the food I want to grow is only three stones per mu. If I want to break through this level, I need a wider area! "

"What does Your Majesty mean?" Hearing Li Tai's words, Li Chunfeng was thoughtful at this moment.

Li Tai said with a serious expression, "Zheng Baiqu!"

"Your Majesty wants to farm here?" Hearing this, Li Chunfeng was somewhat astonished.

"It's just such an idea!" Li Tai looked at Li Chunfeng and said sincerely,

"But if I really want to implement this plan, I lack a chief engineer in charge of water conservancy.

Although the imperial court officials have the ability of water conservancy, who knows how to dispatch the corvees we have trained like you, and how to arrange manpower mathematically to improve work efficiency.

So I hope you can become such a person, become the chief designer of the renovation of Zheng Baiqu, and create agricultural miracles with me! "

Li Tai drew a beautiful vision blueprint in front of Li Chunfeng, and his words seemed to move his heart.

"Me?" Li Chunfeng was a little surprised when he heard Li Tai's words, he really didn't expect Li Tai to value him so much.

The so-called scholar dies for his confidant, except for Li Tai, who else would think highly of himself like this!
Li Tai nodded and said, "Chunfeng, you understand Fengshui, are proficient in astronomy, calculate the Ming calendar, are good at yin and yang, and are born to be a water conservancy embryo.

What is lacking is only a little bit of experience. As long as you make up for this experience, Zheng Baiqu's development in the future must be you! "

Listening to Li Tai's words, Li Chunfeng couldn't help beating his heart. Is he really as strong as Li Tai said?

He also wanted to refuse, but Li Tai told himself that this matter must be done by himself!
What kind of trust in yourself is this!

Li Tai looked at Li Chunfeng as if he was a bit stunned, and quickly continued while the iron was hot:

"Because of this, when Dou Si Nong wanted me to recommend someone to go north with him to build the river channel, I thought of you first.

I hope you can accumulate enough experience. "

"The King of Yue recommended me to Dou Sinong to build rivers in the north?!" Li Chunfeng was taken aback when he heard the news, should he thank him?
"Chunfeng, although you are not as smart as Ma Zhou, nor as background as Chu Ke, nor as talented as Lu Cai.

But when you really need someone to complete a project, Chunfeng you are the only choice! "

Li Tai looked at Li Chunfeng and continued to say sincerely,
"What you lack is experience in water conservancy construction. If you make up for this, you are the Chief Designer of Zheng Baiqu I have been waiting for!"

Li Tai looked at Li Chunfeng, whether Li Chunfeng believed it or not, but he definitely believed it.

As for when he thought of the renovation plan of Zheng Baiqu in his mouth, it was naturally just thought of.

Otherwise, how can I tell Li Chunfeng, could it be that in order to make friends with Dou Jing, I chose to sell you...

Li Tai said that he still has to face!
Regardless of whether it works or not, let’s draw a big pie first and talk about it here.

As for what to do in the future, that's simple. I will write a memorial to Li Shimin in the future, and Li Shimin will write this down.

After all, how old is he, so this project will never fall on top of his head!
If you don't let yourself be in charge of water conservancy facilities, how can you recommend Li Chunfeng to work.

So when the time comes, it must be Li Shimin's fault, and it has nothing to do with him.

Li Chunfeng heard Li Tai's words, bowed to Li Tai excitedly and said seriously:

"Heaven above, I, Li Chunfeng, will live up to the entrustment of the King of Yue. I will definitely come back from my studies and renovate Zheng Baiqu. If I violate this oath, all heaven and earth will forsake me!"

"Uh uh uh?!" Li Tai looked at Li Chunfeng who suddenly bowed to him, but he was a little dazed when he suddenly made such an oath.

Didn't I just fool you and let you go north to Youzhou to learn how to build rivers?

What are you so excited about, and why are you swearing? !
If I hadn't accepted this task in the future, you wouldn't have hung up the southeast branch directly!

To be honest, at this moment, Li Tai couldn't be fooled.

This is like a scumbag meeting a strong woman, others are playing for real!
The very important reason why Li Tai asked Li Chunfeng to develop in water conservancy was that he really couldn't find a master in water conservancy.

The Tang Dynasty was a relatively peculiar dynasty in terms of water conservancy projects. Perhaps because the Sui Dynasty built the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which has made great achievements for thousands of years, it seems that the water conservancy projects are relatively bleak, but in reality, there are really no famous water conservancy projects in the Tang Dynasty.

But this does not mean that the Tang Dynasty did not pay attention to water conservancy projects. In fact, it can be seen from the evolution of crops that rice, which has always been grown only in the south, was popularized in the northern Guanzhong Plain in the Tang Dynasty.

This not only has the North and South connected by the Grand Canal, but also has excellent water conservancy facilities in the north, so that the rice can harvest the large amount of water it needs.

At the same time, Datang also promulgated China's first water conservancy law "Ministry of Water", which really paid attention to the development of water conservancy.

These must be the results achieved by the Tang court's emphasis on water conservancy.

It's just that Datang's water conservancy projects seem to be repaired in small places, so there are no famous deeds left in history.

At least for Li Tai, he had no idea who had the outstanding ability in water conservancy during the Zhenguan period.

So since no one has it, it's better to train a hydraulic engineer who suits you.

After all, Li Tai's words to Li Chunfeng are not really all pointing at Li Chunfeng.

At least in Li Tai's opinion, Li Chunfeng is the most suitable person who can transfer to water conservancy engineering in this era.

Compared with it, the talents in my own hands are a bit worse than others, and the biggest gap is in mathematics.

After all, mathematics is something that picks people, and those who don't know it will really not!
Although Li Chunfeng is not the kind of master who can establish a school in the field of mathematics, but as a master of Yin-Yang Yishu in the future, at least he is not hated by mathematics.

On this point, Li Chunfeng has an absolute advantage in this aspect.

Li Chunfeng was very excited to finish the meal with Li Tai, and immediately received an invitation from Dou Jing after returning home.

And Li Chunfeng also packed his bags immediately, and followed Dou Jing northward to Youzhou with arrogance and arrogance.

Not long after this, the news of Chang'an began to spread to Gaoling, because Li Shimin appointed Li Jing as the marching chief of Dingxiang Road, Zhang Gongjin as the deputy chief, and Li Ji, the governor of Huazhou, Chai Shao, the governor of Huazhou, Xue Wanche, the governor of Lingzhou, etc. , commanded 10,000+ troops, and attacked the Turks separately.

Of course, the announcement of this matter has been announced, but one can imagine the strength of the organization in this era.

Naturally, it is impossible to do the scene where the army is deployed immediately after the first speech. After all, this may involve 10,000+ people!
And because of the implementation of the government military system, this system is a combination of soldiers and farmers, and has the characteristics of serving the people in peacetime and serving as soldiers in wartime, so it takes time to recruit government soldiers.

Especially in August, September, and October, these months are either autumn harvest or autumn planting, which are very busy for the common people.

Even if the government soldiers are basically rich peasants or above, they must finish their work in the fields before they can set off with confidence.

At this point, Li Shimin also began to comprehensively supervise the local officials, and began to assist the local people in the autumn harvest and autumn planting, thereby reducing the psychological burden of the soldiers going north.

So don't look at the fact that Tang Dynasty almost announced his will at the end of August, but if he wants to coordinate the Northern Expedition of 10,000+ people, it will take at least a month, and if it takes a little longer, it will even take two months to start the march.

On the contrary, Li Tai's Gaoling area, because it has just settled down this year, basically no one is selected as a soldier. As the people in the Longxi area get busy, the Gaoling area is a bit out of place.

Li Tai naturally had some ideas, so he asked Ma Zhou to discuss, and said, "What do you think of my idea?"

"Your Majesty, you mean... labor dispatch?!" Ma Zhou heard Li Tai say this somewhat awkward word.

"En!" Li Tai nodded and said, "Now we have a surplus of labor in Gaoling, and the country's focus has begun to shift to the Northern Expedition to the Turks, then we can properly split up the corvee team and assist other areas in harvesting and planting in autumn."

"Then what are we planning?!" Ma Zhou heard Li Tai's words, "Helping other states and counties for no reason may not be a good thing.

If there is another shortage of labor in the coming year, what should other states and counties do if they borrow manpower from us? "

"Then ask Aye to exempt me from corvee for a few more years in exchange!" Li Tai said,
"The situation of our labor surplus is actually rare. The main reason is that Li Chunfeng followed Dou Jing to the north. I dare not hand over the big projects. I just let the corvee team repair on the original basis. At the same time, changes in the external environment caused a shortage of labor.

As far as Datang is concerned, the most important thing now is to win the war with the Turks. If the troops are dispatched earlier, they will be more prepared to deal with the Turks! "

"In this way, I will stop obstructing the king!" Hearing Li Tai's words, Ma Zhou could only nod his head.

From Ma Zhou's point of view, Li Tai really understands the general situation, or he can always grasp the most important thing at the moment.

It seems that under the current circumstances, since the war with the Turks has begun, the war with the Turks is the most important thing, and other things, even if it is Gaoling's own interests, can only make way for this.

As the prime minister of Gaoling County, Ma Zhou didn't want to do such a thing that would harm the interests of Gaoling County, but as a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, Ma Zhou had to admit that if there was more support from the rear, then there would be more support from the front. points of power.

And Li Tai's ability to just push through the clouds and see the crux of the matter is invaluable.

With Ma Zhou's consent, Li Tai heaved a sigh of relief, and rode towards Chang'an again.

Back and forth, I don't know why, but now it's less than half a day away, but I feel tired.

It seems that these days, all of them are on the way to Chang'an.

"King Yue, are you back in Chang'an again?"

The guards at the gate of Chang'an saw Li Tai's ox cart approaching from a distance, and whispered,

"In the past ten days, King Yue's carriage has been going back and forth frequently!"

(End of this chapter)