Horse on the World

Chapter 34 Water Conservancy
After returning from Qingfeng Jiyue, Li Qingyi felt a little depressed for several days. Dingzhou is a frontier state, and it suffers from barbarian plunder every year. Countless people are looted, and countless families are destroyed. People like Qingfeng and others are considered lucky. Big, just in time for him to be rescued, but there are still more people who are still enslaved in the grasslands, but even for Qingfeng and others, the fate of their lives has been changed. , and there are more people who are afraid that their fate will be similar to hers, and they will panic in their hearts. After all, there is still no strong army that can deter the border!
The barbarians must be put down!Li Qing thought, otherwise the border would not be peaceful, how could he have the energy to do other things, Xiao Yuanshan?Li Qing sneered, expecting him to do this would be a matter of hope, and it would be good if he could keep it going. Once the Dingzhou Army that worked so hard was destroyed, the current Dingzhou Army's combat strength is even worse than before. I'm afraid Xiao Yuanshan has no Thinking of the courage to go out to fight, Li Qingmou's mood to seize the state became even more urgent.

Li Qing, who was naked from the waist up, brandished a waist knife and beat his muscles and bones on the snow. At this moment, the bone-chilling chill at the beginning was replaced by heat, and the heat rose steaming. His strong muscles showed his extraordinary energy. As a conductor As a general in battle, Li Qing didn't pay as much attention to personal strength as Tang Hu and Yang Yidao, but after all, he was the general who led the army in battle. If he had free time, it would not be a bad thing to increase his strength.If he really wanted to go into battle shirtless, Li Qing wanted to believe that he would be at the end of his rope.

Through the window lattice, Jiyue looked at Li Qing's arrogant and healthy figure, then turned to look at Qingfeng: "Sister, what kind of person is General Li?"

Qingfeng shook his head, "I can't see through it, but I know that he must not be a person who has lived under others for a long time. Such a person, unless he has no chance, will be like a shark entering the sea, or a Kunpeng going to the sky, and he will surely skyrocket."

"Sister, you said that General Li arranged for us to work here, and once we got the supply, we would be like those heavy-handed advisers under him, shouldn't that be?" His face blushed, and he glanced at Qingfeng secretly, "Sister, what should she do?" Isn't it because you have a crush on you?"

Qingfeng's heart was slightly shocked, and he glanced at Jiyue, seeing his younger sister's face was flushed, her eyes blurred, and her heart was in a bad mood, knowing that her younger sister had already had other thoughts about Li Qing, but as for herself, Qingfeng knew it very well. For these things, my heart is ashamed.Seeing that the younger sister has sunk in, she wanted to get her out quickly, otherwise she would be hurt in the future.

"Sister, don't think about it. General Li has a benevolent heart. Seeing that you and I are pitiful, he reached out to help. Who is General Li? Although he is not a descendant of the dignified Li family, he is also a It's unspeakably expensive, how can his marriage be matched by ordinary people!"

Jiyue's face was a little pale, and only then did she remember the huge gap between her and Li Qing, not to mention that she was now a broken body.Seeing Jiyue's expression, Qingfeng couldn't bear it a little, but in a blink of an eye, he hardened his heart again, and it would be of great benefit to his sister to get rid of her unrealistic fantasy earlier.

Seeing her younger sister turn around and return to the book case, and buried a precious head deeply in the pile of papers, Qingfeng turned her head to look out, but saw that Li Qing was already dressed, accompanied by Tang Hu and Yang Yidao. Down, walking towards the old camp.Can't help but let out a long sigh.

The door was gently pushed open, and a middle-aged woman came in with a brazier that was burning brightly. It was Yang Yidao's wife, Yang Zhou. Doing some rough work, her wife is also from a poor background, she is quite tall, with layers of calluses on her hands, it is obvious that she is used to hard work.Compared with Qingfeng Jiyue's suet-like jade-like skin, it's really a world of difference.

Yang Yidao is not a talkative person either, Yang Zhou doesn't know the identities of the two girls, but in her heart, the person who can work in the general's study is the general's confidant, but these two girls are beautiful, they must be the same The general's relationship is not ordinary, so he is extra careful in serving him. Thanks to the general, his man is now a captain. Of course, he has to do his part to take care of the women around the general.

"You two girls, this is what the general ordered my slaves to prepare before leaving. He said that the weather is cold, and the two girls are weak, and they have to sort out these complicated documents, so they are afraid of getting cold." Putting the brazier in the middle of the room, rubbing his hands, Yang Mrs. Zhou said respectfully.

"Thank you, Sister-in-law Yang!" Qingfeng didn't dare to neglect, although this woman was just a peasant woman, Qingfeng might not have bothered to look at her before, but today, it is very different, she is just a woman in trouble It's hard to return home, and she lives under the fence, but this peasant woman is the wife of Li Qing's confidant and favorite general, and the status between the two has been reversed.

In the old camp, Xu Yunfeng's temporary county office, Li Qing was listening to Xu Yunfeng's report, "General, it's winter slack right now. Apart from recruit training, we still have a lot of idle labor. If we don't use it, let them eat and drink for nothing every day. No, I intend to take advantage of this opportunity to build a large-scale construction project in Chong County, what does the general think about it?"

The work of conferring land during these days made him and Lu Yiming feel overwhelmed. Their faces were covered with shaggy beards. They probably didn't have time to repair them. Their eyes were also bloodshot. Seeing their beards Li Qing felt a little apologetic for his demeanor, but he felt a little leisure these days.

"This strategy is very good, but I don't know what the county magistrate wants to do first?" Li Qing nodded in agreement.

"One, of course, is to rebuild Chongxian County. It turns out that Chongxian County has been burnt to a wasteland, but the bricks and stones are still there, and it is easy to rebuild. Also, the General's General's Mansion and the county government are to be built. Reconstruction is the priority, the government office is where the majesty of the government is, and the current situation is really out of place."

Xu Yunfeng's suggestion was somewhat different from Li Qing's. He shook his head and said, "Of course Chong County needs to be rebuilt, but the top priority is not the government offices." Li Qing pointed to the simple wooden houses outside and the white tents Peng said: "Let's build the houses of the common people first, and resettle them in batches. As for the government offices, we might as well put them at the end."

Lu Yiming interjected: "The general has the common people in his heart. This kindness is respectable. It's okay to put the government office at the end. But I think the most important thing right now is not to live."

Both Li Qing and Xu Yunfeng were a little surprised, "What does Mr. Xu mean?"

Lu Yiming calmly said: "In recent days, I have checked some information and asked some local old people. There is not much land in Chongxian County, and there is another problem. This is related to our future and survival. , must guard against."

Li Qing was startled, it was related to his future survival, it was a matter of life and death, "Please tell me, Mr. Lu!"

Xu Yunfeng's expression also became serious. After spending these days with Lu Yiming, he naturally knew that this person was talented, and he was not a person who talked big.

"Chong County has little land, but nine droughts in ten years!" Lu Yiming said: "Although we have enough food to support the next autumn harvest, what about after next year? Chong County has little land. If the harvest fails due to drought again, then But what happened, we can't expect to have Mrs. Li's support every year, can we?"

Li Qing suddenly woke up, "Mr. Lu is right. Our top priority now is to build water conservancy." Standing up, he walked back and forth in the room a few steps, and said: "There is a lot of snow this winter. Although Chong County is mountainous, the mountain There are also many streams in the mountains. We can choose to build dams and build some small reservoirs. When the spring is warm tomorrow, the snow will melt. Coupled with the savings of the mountain streams, there will be enough water to build canals and irrigate the fields. Guarantee me a good harvest in Chong County!"

Speaking of this, Li Qing put his hands together, "That's it, County Magistrate Xu, this matter is a top priority, and we will arrange it immediately."

Xu Yunfeng nodded, "It's appropriate. I'll start making arrangements right away."

The three of them discussed the details for a while, but it was snowing outside again. Seeing the flying snowflakes, Li Qing said worriedly: "It's such a weather, but I don't know if it will be difficult to start work. Not what I wanted."

Xu Yunfeng said with a smile: "The general is worrying too much. As long as you explain the whole story to the people, the people are reasonable. If you don't work this winter, you will inevitably starve next year. These are people who are afraid of starvation. How can they not work hard?" Work? Besides, as long as you prepare properly and prepare more ginger tea and hot soup, it is not impossible to work outside."

Li Qing hummed, "Magistrate Xu needs to be more concerned about these matters."

Standing up, he took a restless look at the growing snow, and said to Lu Yiming: "Mr. Lu, why don't you accompany me to the old camp to have a look, it has been snowing for so many days, seeing The old snow hasn’t bloomed yet, but the new snow has started to fall again, I’m a little worried that people’s houses will be crushed?”

(End of this chapter)