The Reborn Wife is Farming

Mu Bowen walked into the lobby quickly, took off his bamboo hat and coir raincoat, frowned and looked at the sleet outside, he let out a breath slowly, and asked Li An, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry: "How about the Northland? "

Li An rubbed his hands, let out a breath, and said, "It's so cold in the south of the Yangtze River, and it's naturally colder in the north. In the past few days, the local disaster reports have almost buried six departments."

Li An's face was full of bitterness, and he said: "I don't know what happened in the past few years. Natural disasters have continued. Fortunately, Da Qi has recuperated for nearly 20 years and has good seeds, otherwise..."

Otherwise, just the natural disasters in the past few years will make Daqi miserable.

Although the disasters are not serious every time, there are droughts or floods in several places every year, and snowstorms in winter, and according to the statistics of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the disasters are increasing every year. It was suspected to be a man-made disaster, but after verification, it was discovered that it was really a natural disaster.

However, the weather predicted by Qin Tianjian's sky observation is getting less and less optimistic. The national teacher even said that the next 20 years will be the most difficult time for Daqi, because during this period of time, the world will continue to suffer from natural disasters.

Sure enough, in the fifth year after the National Teacher's prediction, that is, this year, the temperature in the whole country has generally dropped. In previous years, it was only autumn cold in the south of the Yangtze River in October, and it was enough to wear jackets, but this October, we have already put on a coat , It is still raining and sleet now, according to Qin Tianjian's news, the temperature will drop in the next few days, and there will be heavy snow in the south of the Yangtze River by then.

As the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, Li An is also under a lot of pressure. Because of the abnormal weather, whether the people can have a good harvest now mostly depends on water conservancy, and the Ministry of Industry is in charge of water conservancy construction.

And this year, the task of building a cold relief shelter was handed over to the Ministry of Industry. He knew that Mu Bowen had studied it deeply, so he came to visit late at night.

Mu Bowen has been traveling between various places and the Ministry of Industry these years, so he is very familiar with Li An, so he is not polite at this time, directly leads him into the study, and asks: "Is this cold shelter only built in the capital, or is it built in all places?" ?”

The servants hurriedly added two braziers to the study, served hot tea and snacks before bowing and retreating.

Li An took a sip of hot tea, sighed in satisfaction, and then said: "This time the household department is willing to give the money. After all, it is the second year of the new emperor's accession to the throne, and the emperor's internal treasury is also burdened. Shangxian County can also apply for building one, but Zhongxian County and Xiaxian County are three adjacent counties to jointly build one. Our Ministry of Industry is not only responsible for designing a warm and spacious relief shelter, but also approving various expenses. We have to appoint officials to randomly check whether the buildings built in various places are qualified. Anyway, we are too busy. You also know that our Ministry of Industry has many skilled craftsmen, but if we really want to build cheap, safe and spacious houses, I think we must find you."

Li An said with a smile: "You have cleared out the goods of our Ministry of Industry. You have traveled a lot in these years. In terms of qualifications and ability, the Ministry of Industry is afraid that no one can match you. How about it? Would you like to come to our military department? If you come, I will give you the position of Zuo Shilang, and I will be a small official for you."

Mu Bowen couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard the words, shaking his hands and laughing: "Forget it, I've been out of the officialdom for so many years, it is absolutely impossible for you to let me go back to be an official now, let the court specially hire me as before."

Mu Bowen pondered: "Speaking of keeping warm, there is nothing better than our big kang in the north, but it is too useless. If the weather is really as predicted by the national teacher, it will be cold for fifteen years, and the whole university will be burned." Kang, how much firewood is there on the mountain for burning?"

"I'm thinking about building a relief house that saves firewood. Even if you have to burn fire, you have to use it in multiple ways. It can't just be used for heating, and safety is also very important." Mu Bowen walked to the desk thoughtfully, "You I don’t know, in the north there are often incidents of burning a kang to keep warm and then suffocating a family, I have to think about ways to reduce this threat.”

This is a relief house, and there may be hundreds of people living in it. If something happens, it will be a big accident.

"The relief house is urgent, but there is one thing that is urgent," Li An said: "The relief house is for those who cannot afford to build houses or who are homeless. We have to think about other people and see if we can relieve them. Especially in the north, it is said that the price of coal has risen to six cents a catty, which is almost comparable to cornmeal.”

Mu Bowen couldn't help frowning, and asked: "It's extremely cold outside, how to build a relief house at this time? People will freeze into snowmen as soon as they go out."

Li An smiled wryly, "That's why I said that the Ministry of Household Affairs and the emperor are bleeding a lot this time. The Holy Majesty couldn't bear to let the people do hard labor, so he could only hire people with money. It is said that in some places in the north, they pay fifty cents a day, and lunch is included. "

You must know that the daily salary is only about 20 Wen.

Mu Bowen couldn't help worrying about the new emperor.

Last year, the Supreme Emperor suddenly abdicated to the new Emperor. Although there were natural disasters last year, they were not as serious as this year.

In the spring of this year, there was no rain in Sichuan and other places. Fortunately, they started to build reservoirs and canals a few years ago to divert water from the reservoirs and rivers for irrigation, so the people's harvests were not bad.

But in autumn, the south of the Yangtze River began to rain intermittently. The grain would not dry out in the sun after harvesting.

But what really made everyone feel that the catastrophe was coming was because of the continuous low temperature and rainfall after the winter in the south, while the snow began to snow in the north in mid-September.

The area around the south of the Yangtze River is fine, but it is said that mountain torrents have occurred in areas around Guangdong, Guangxi, and there are several letters submitted by the local area asking for the opening of warehouses to release grain.

At this time, there were faint rumors outside, saying that the new emperor did not get the approval of the heavens, so he sent disasters as a lesson.

Folk scholars like Mu Bowen have heard the rumors, not to mention the Minister Zuo of the Ministry of Industry, which is one of the reasons why he hurried to find Mrs.

Firstly, Mu Bowen has a close relationship with Prince Rong's Mansion, and he also supports the new emperor. No one can beat it.

He studied in the Ministry of Industry for six years, and then traveled around and consulted the county annals of various places. He was familiar with all the adults who are familiar with water conservancy and capable masters, and he was good at learning. During these years, he was specially hired by the Ministry of Industry while studying. He designed and built 28 water conservancy facilities for Daqi. He also participated in the dredging project of the Yellow River from 18 to 25 years in Taikang, and designed water conservancy projects for diversion and irrigation and reservoirs for water storage.

Even their Lord Shangshu could only lament that the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead after hearing his ideas.

It can be seen that Mu Bowen is powerful.

People in Beijing and ministers in the court mentioned Mu Bowen, perhaps more as "Prince Rong's brother-in-law", "Prince Rong's eldest brother", "General Mu's eldest son", but the officials of the Ministry of Industry, up to Shangshu, Down to the small official, when mentioning Mu Bowen, he would say respectfully, "It turned out to be Mr. Qinghe, and his book "Sangtian Water Conservancy" can be regarded as a masterpiece through the ages."

This shows Mu Bowen's reputation in the water conservancy construction industry.

Once a person is persistent and serious about something and has talent in this area, his achievements will be immeasurable.

Even if Mu Bowen has no official position now, Li An is sure that he will be famous in history after a hundred years or a thousand years, not because he is the brother-in-law of Prince Rong, nor because he is the eldest son of General Mu, but because His water conservancy buildings, his contributions to the people of Daqi.