Wang Ju is working as a craftsman, but Qian Mingyi can't wait.

Zheng Baiqu won't be able to make a big contribution, but he can always get some fishy smell. For example, Wang Ju started to get stuck some time ago. Although Wang Anshi distracted his attention in the court and even refused to impeach Wang Ju, someone came to cause trouble for him, and said again that he was incompetent and could not control him.

After the completion of Zhengbai Canal, I can cover up some ugly things. I am enduring everything for the construction of the canal.

He rode his horse to the front of the dam and saw Wang Ju ask, "Why are there only these people?"

"There are not many people, just this weir."

"You can't drag it down any longer. After the autumn flood, the water weir will not attract water."

"That won't be. There will be flood water in the middle of September, unless Guanzhong encounters severe drought immediately."

"It's too slow, fix it sooner."

"Mr. Qian, you misunderstood. There is not a shortage of manpower and more, and it is a waste of labor. There is no hurry to diversion here, but the most important thing is to cultivate there. The officials divided the fields in advance and flipped them out in time, so that they could grab some winter wheat. You know how tight the grain in Shaanxi is, such as Jingyuan Road last year."

Qian Mingyi was speechless.

There have been droughts in Shaanxi in recent years. In the past three years, there were slight droughts in the three years of Jingping. Although it was not as severe as Sima Guang said, it really affected grain production. In the fourth year of Jingping, there were frost and droughts in the border areas. Last year, it was a little better, but there was drought on the other side of Jingyuan Road. Then Cai Ting followed Zhang Zai's suggestion and distributed the hoarded military rations in time, and transferred a batch of grain from Zhengbaiqu. The amount was not large, but Zhengbaiqu also provided a lot of grain to Suizhou in the form of exchange. In addition, the grain used for construction this year also came from Zhengbaiqu. To this day, Zhengbaiqu spent only more than four million yuan. If it were not for the gradual self-protection of the grain, the state expenditure would have increased by more than one million!

There is a drought every year, but the drought is not serious. But what if there is a severe drought year?

In this way, Wang Ju distributed the arable land in advance according to the situation, so that the people and soldiers could work hard and sow seeds in time.

And the crack of Yu Wei is still there. In order to divide the land, we had a big quarrel between the previous year and last year. Only this year is the opposite, it is quieter and smoother.

Qian Mingyi did not dare to participate in the distribution of land, but he also sent people to pay attention. It seemed that only a few families had a fuss. It was indeed Wang Ju who sent someone to investigate secretly. He did not find out clearly. There were more hidden fields and Wang Ju got less. After confirming, Wang Ju made adjustments again. Several families were quiet.

Qian Mingyi breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

But Wang Ju not only made this reason, he continued: "Besides, the scale of canal workers is much larger than my original plan. It must not be larger, but it can be even larger. However, the water flow is limited, and there is only so much water. The irrigation area increases. Then all irrigation areas are short of water again, which is not worth the loss. This is the last water weir, and it is also a relatively large water weir. If it is completed, it can irrigate more than 10,000 acres of arable land. However, when it is built, I have to be more careful. Mr. Qian, if you don't come, I am going to ride a horse downstream to measure it and see how the water level is. This water level determines the scope of the water diversion canal. If the water level is tight, the water diversion canal must be shortened. However, how to observe, you must wait until the surrounding arable land begins to cultivate and irrigate to obtain standard measurement data. Mr. Qian, so you can't be anxious."

Anyway, Qian Mingyi didn't understand much, so after some tricks, Qian Mingyi had nothing to say.

“How many hectares of arable land can be irrigated?”

"To be precise, it is about 4600 hectares. The specific amount depends on how many hectares of arable land can be irrigated in the end."

“How much farmland is added?”

"This is really hard to say, but Mr. Qian, is this important? What's important is that they are all in the national field book."

How can tax be collected if it is not on the field book?

This is the problem. For example, the income in the first year of Zhiping was nearly 37 million guan, silk was more than 8.7 million pieces, grain was nearly 27 million stones, grass was 29 million bundles. But there were also gold, silver, copper, iron, calcite, and other kinds, which constituted the complete income of the Song Dynasty. But the two taxes were less than 5 million guan, silk was more than 3.7 million guan, and grain was 18 million guan. This is what Wang Ju knew. That is, the income from the two taxes was less than 30 million. Of course, it was caused by a major flood that year, otherwise it would be more.

But in normal years, the two taxes are only more than 40 million.

If it falls on seven million hectares of arable land, the pressure will be pitifully less. Even if it is disguised exploitation by local officials, the people can still bear it. Can it fall on two million hectares of arable land?

Qian Mingyi asked Wang Ju to fool him away.

But Hou Ke and Yang Pan are not easy to fool.

Yang Pan said with some dissatisfaction: "Zi'an, you're slow."

At this time, it was the real finishing project, and there was no need to require so much labor, but the labor force on the canal workers is too low.

Moreover, Yang Pan was forced by Wang Ju, and had to do a lot of things himself. But after all, he was in his early fifties and could not bear it after a few years. Therefore, he was more eager to end it earlier than Qian Mingyi.

Hou Ke has a slightly better mentality, but he has also suffered a lot in recent years, especially since he has two jobs, so it is impossible to say that he is not tired.

"Yang Gou, I have written a memorial and handed it to the court to report that it will be completed before the Double Ninth Festival on September 9th. It happened that the court will get rid of the letter during this period. You still have your original position to be reinstated. Hou's magistrate is the magistrate, but where will I go? Besides, everyone has made contributions this time. Will the court not be promoted? At least he is a magistrate."

Wang Anshi demoted those people to local magistrates, and some people felt inferior, but for the three of them, even if they were just a small magistrate, it would be good.

"Your idea is too philosophical," said Yang Pan.

"Yang Gouzun, a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way. This is what the Master said. Not only does he love money, but he also loves officials. A gentleman loves officials and takes it in a good way. We work hard to get promoted based on our achievements and political achievements. This is the way."

"Stop talking, everything changes its taste in your mouth." Yang Pan finally made him amused.

However, he also looked at the sky in the east with some hope. He really didn't want to be promoted?

Hou Ke said: "I don't care. I just want to think about my two nephews every day."

"Hasn't Mr. Cheng been valued by the imperial court?" Wang Ju asked in a frantically manner.

"Hao'er has appointed an official, and Yi'er is still teaching... But Zi'an. After entering the capital this time, he will take care of me for my sake."

This sentence seems a bit strange. Cheng Hao's reputation is much greater than that of the king. Don't look at the Battle of Dashun City. It's military merits. There may not be many people who recognize it among the scholars.

Moreover, Cheng Hao's current official position is higher than that of Wang Ju.

Can the emperor be summoned every year without Cheng Hao?

Among the scholars, Dacheng is very famous, but in the officialdom, Wang Jucai is a righteous person. That's why Hou Ke said this. Perhaps it was not his words, but his wife said, and Hou Ke said it with his mouth.

"Who can tell me about the future," Wang Ju said vaguely.

But he said in his heart, I dare not date your two nephews.

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"General Miao, General Wang, General Yao, I called you for one thing."

"Zi'an, please give me instructions." Miao Shu said.

"Look at those hills." Wang Ju pointed to a hilly area in the northwest and said, "This hill is full of earthy mountains. I built a water weir to the east. I opened a water diversion channel to this hilly area. I have not allocated the arable land in this deserted area. One is the land is barren, and the other is that it is useful to stay. You can find some alfalfa and reeds to plant it nearby. In the future, you can see if you can set up the Third and Fourth Battalions of Poche Cavalry."

The Poche Cavalry and the Fan Cavalry are not banned cavalry, they are both permanent troops, so the primary premise is that there is a place to raise horses.

"But where did the war horses come from?" Wang Junwan said.

Needless to say, the benefits of cavalry are, but where does the horse come from?

"Not long ago, I received a message that the imperial court issued an edict to the border pacification envoy Wang Shao to appease Yurograd."

This edict gave Wang Shao a name and a way to avoid wind and waves.

In fact, the whole thing had nothing to do with the court. After Wang Shao obtained the position of Jiyiwen, who was unknown, he immediately targeted Yuluogele. The Han people's name was Yu Longke. There were several reasons for targeting him. First, his tribe was in the area of ​​ancient Weicheng, close to Qinzhou, and it was super large. Weimingshan surrendered to the Song Dynasty. His tribe had no 10,000 households, and his tribe had 120,000 households! He was known as the largest clan account in Qingtang.

Secondly, this person had a strong complex in the Song Dynasty and had the possibility of surrendering.

Therefore, he came to Qingtang alone with several followers to find Yu Longke. It was very common in the Han and Tang Dynasties, such as Ban Chao and Wang Xuance. But in the Song Dynasty, there was only Wang Shao.

If someone else is changed, how can I open the exit? Comrade Xiao Ke, surrender. Tenth is ready to go.

But Xiao Ke was very moved and thought Wang Shao was very sincere. The two hugged their sister and drank a small wine. After chatting all night, Yu Longke decided to agree.

Not only did he agree, he himself also went to the capital to meet Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu was overjoyed, and a 120,000 tent clan member blinded him and immediately met him. Yu Longke said, "I heard that Bao Zheng is a loyal minister, so please give me the surname Bao."

Zhao Xu was given a gift from Baoshun.

However, a new question is coming soon. Does Wang Shao have the right to do this? It seems that there are four words that are cheap. But it doesn't seem to be. Therefore, Zhao Xu confused to give the position of a border comfort envoy, and said that Wang Shao was recruiting him according to the edict. The actual person who really had the right was Sun Yong, the governor of Qinzhou, but he did not have the ability. On the contrary, when Wang Shao was recruiting Yu Longke, something happened in Qinzhou. Because he did not pay attention to border defense, he was touched by the people of Xixia to the Liugou Fort in the north of Qinzhou. Under the sudden attack, the fort was broken, and countless guards Fan Yuan and his soldiers were killed.

In anger, Zhao Xu replaced Sun Yong with Li Shizhong.

Wang Ju won’t explain this inside story too much. There is still time. Wang Shao will digest all these 120,000 people. The time will not be short. Besides, there are also constraints between Li Shizhong and Xiang Bao.

But this time is not long. After the Battle of Recovery of Hehuang started, these generals, including some of the Poche Army, should be sent to Qinzhou. Actual combat is the best way to grow. Therefore, Wang Ju's plan must be modified and the speed must be accelerated.

"Yurograd?"

"There is a Han name named Yu Longke, but His Majesty gave it to Bao Shun. His tribe has 120,000, which are spread across the ancient Weicheng to Taoshui."

One 120,000 came out, and all three generals took a breath of air conditioning.

"So I plan to exchange some war horses with him. This is my letter to Wang Shao." Wang Ju took out a letter and handed it to these generals to watch.

He started to speak very politely, and he praised Wang Shao's achievements.

You don’t have to fight. The highest level of military use is to defeat others without fighting.

Then he said something, Wang Ju didn't care about what the court did, but he had two good things in his hands, one was sugar sugar, which was about to come out, and the other was sour wine. Please plan, Yu Longke came out there and used the power of the two to expand the sales to the foreigners. Of course, in this process, Wang Shao could set up a department to obtain part of the profit so that he could do better and cheaper. Yu Longke could also get some benefits to make profits for his tribe members, so as to reduce the dissatisfaction of the tribe members and accelerate the integration of his tribe and the Song Dynasty.

At the end, Wang Shao asked to get a thousand good horses during the exchange process, not more than ten thousand, or one or two thousand war horses, which is not a big number for the Yu Longke tribe.

"Good idea." said the three.

Wang Ju laughed in silence. (To be continued...)

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