Early Tang Dynasty Concubine

Chapter 229 Do You Have Courage

"How should I say it? There is a knock on the door of this well-drilling bar, and there is a set of sayings. How about it, it's not working today! It's a bit chaotic now. I'll write you a cheat book when I go back, and you let those idiots from the Ministry of Industry click on it. It won’t work! I’m going to the prison yesterday, and I’m going to make some tools, and it’ll be faster than you can imagine!”

Isn't it just a small well?How difficult is this!This Cheng Churui has really learned it, not because he knows everything, but because he learned this thing in order to make money. You must know that there is a special way to find water holes underground from the ground, and now he just uses it.

"Boy, if you really solve this matter, it will be a great achievement, and rewarding you will be indispensable at that time!" Li Shimin said happily, he knew Cheng Churui usually would not target indiscriminately, this boy can do it when he says it.

"Don't mind! It's fine if you don't kill me. If you want to kill me every now and then, you are like a tiger. When you want to kill me in the future, just think about me!" Cheng Churui said bluntly.

Li Shimin didn't feel guilty at all, he was a king, sometimes he would rather kill a wrong than let him go, at worst he would be rehabilitated after death, this is the emperor's usual routine.Moreover, the emperor has no family ties, his own brothers and sons can be killed, and if you kill your brother-in-law, you can kill it.

"The problem of this severe drought is only solved at the beginning. It doesn't work if there is water. The well water we drilled may be able to survive, but it may not be enough for irrigation. This is the key. But if you really don't let them farm, then you might as well Not digging wells for them, that's the key thing."

Hearing Cheng Churui's words, Li Shimin sighed for a while. He immediately understood the truth. If a person lives in darkness all the time, he will be like that after getting used to it. But if you give him a glimmer of light, let him see this glimmer of light, But you told him again that you can't go in that direction, as this will cause people to backlash and riot.

"Then how do we deal with it?" Li Shimin asked.

"Here, let's see if you, the emperor, have courage!" Courage?Li Shimin felt that what he lacked most was courage!
"There are a few steps first. The first step is to dig a well first. It doesn't mean that the other party doesn't have to use water for irrigation. It depends on whether the water source after the well is enough. If you really dig an inexhaustible It is not right for us not to let people use the exhausted wells. It depends on the conditions.

The next thing is the key. If you want to come to all the disaster-stricken places, you must exempt them from paying taxes, otherwise there will be real riots. It is estimated that in the Guanzhong area, there are some places where the wells dug are enough for people to drink. In that case they There will still be no harvest this year, it depends on whether you have the courage, and each family will be given some rations and grain seeds per head.

Of course, don’t worry about those aristocratic families’ lands. They have so many rows, and a year’s loss is not a problem. You have to show the people that you are attached to the aristocratic family. It's up to you, and if you follow me, then there will be disasters and disasters, I will not let you go hungry!You can handle this wave of prestige. "

Hearing Cheng Churui's words, Li Shimin was a little excited. This matter is indeed feasible. Although the aristocratic family will have some rebounds, he is still an emperor anyway, so there is still some strength!If that's the case, I can really buy a wave of people's hearts!
"It's just this money?" Li Shimin had a headache. There is indeed a small amount of assets in the treasury now, but it is also used for conquest of the Turks. He is still a little bit reluctant to take it out now!
"My emperor, you still think about money. When did you run out of funds to help the victims, you still think about money now. If the country is gone, what is money?" Cheng Churui was also speechless. What is this guy doing? So what about money lovers?

"Well! It's just that this point is not as good as you said!" Li Shimin now has some thoughts in his mind.

"Of course, this is where it is. Anyway, I will talk to you sooner or later. I will explain it to you today. Whether it is feasible or not is up to you!" Cheng Churui also felt that this was an opportunity to express his thoughts. speak out.

"This year's catastrophe is certain. I didn't run away. Moreover, the locust plague has caught up with the drought that has not been seen for a long time. This is not the most terrible thing. I am afraid that there will be a catastrophe after the catastrophe. This is what worries me. , That's why, I tried my best to keep Sun Shenxian.

After the drought is solved, there will be a plague of locusts immediately. I think it doesn’t matter whether Guanzhong is planted or not.Let's find a way to eliminate the locust plague first! "

"Is it really that serious?" Li Shimin also reported a trace of fantasy, he hoped that this year's locusts would not be so serious.

"Haha? It's more serious than you and I imagined, so this time our Tang Dynasty has a very heavy and arduous task. Your Majesty the emperor, how do you want to deal with it? Let the people be displaced, let the people have their own children to eat ?"

"Impossible! Those are the people of my Tang Dynasty. I must find a way to save them? Who sold my palace!" Li Shimin said through gritted teeth.

"That's right! Do you have any money? How much do you think we, Tang Dynasty, will spend to treat the locust plagues in several states and counties? How can you help the thousands of victims? This thing of chanting slogans It’s better than all of you, but is it actually useful? You still want to use troops this year, and if there are no accidents, you may really use them this year.”

Historically, it was at the end of this year that it began to use troops against the Turkic Jieli Khan.It's not a joke that the army moves gold and ten thousand taels.If the Datang State Treasury develops for a few more years, these things may not be a problem, but now...forget it!It is Amitabha who can manage this catastrophe well.

"This..." After being asked about money, Li Shimin felt very guilty. If he had money, he would not be entangled, and he would not be here to listen to Cheng Churui's chatter.

"So! I will help you with this matter. In fact, you also know that I have been preparing food since last year. Now I have a lot of food stockpiled at home, and I have been transporting food from the south. It can be said that my family is now basically The gods exchanged all their money for food. It was because of this catastrophe.

Xiu Ning told me that no matter what the reason is, the common people are innocent, God cannot punish them, they are the most pitiful people, so let me find a way, now I am also going to be a father, for my Son, I think I want to accumulate this virtue! "

"I know what you have been doing all the time. Zhijie is also collecting food, and Wuji is also collecting food, but do you have enough food?"

(End of this chapter)