After seeing off several county magistrates, Zheng Wuji went to take a bath and then came to Xu Chunjun's room.
At this time, the moon was in the middle of the sky. Although it was not perfect, it was still bright and pleasant.
Xu Chunjun was not asleep yet, but he had already taken off his hairpin ring, changed into his nightgown, and lay on the bed looking at the moonlight through the window.
Insects chirp in autumn, and the moonlight is as cool as a clear spring.
Zheng Wuji walked in, closed the window, and said, "It's cold at night, so don't catch the wind."
Xu Chunjun, with her hair loose, was particularly gentle. She turned slightly and asked Zheng Wuji, "Have you drunk the hangover soup? Otherwise, you will have a headache when you wake up tomorrow morning."
"Drank it," Zheng Wuji said, getting on the bed and touching Xu Chunjun's slightly cold cheek, "I told you not to worry and take good care of yourself. I still smell of alcohol even after washing it off.
Let me turn around so as not to inflict you."
But Xu Chunjun got into his arms and said, "You can coax me to sleep and then turn around."
After she became pregnant, besides not liking greasy things, she also developed another problem.
That is, I feel extremely sleepy during the day and cannot sleep at night.
Zheng Wuji had to pat her gently every night to slowly fall asleep.
"What did you eat for dinner? Did you vomit again?" Zheng Wuji asked, patting Xu Chunjun on the back.
"Red bean soup with silk cakes." Xu Chunjun said, "I haven't vomited anymore, I just vomited once this morning."
"They all said that things will get better after three months," Zheng Wuji put his head against Xu Chunjun's forehead, "I'm sorry for you."
"Fortunately, Third Aunt was making quite a fuss at that time, so I don't think my behavior was nothing.
By the way, how was your discussion with those county magistrates?" Xu Chunjun asked.
"I've said everything that needs to be said," Zheng Wuji smiled, "Officials like them won't object to Shangguan's decision. Anyway, if anything happens, they can blame me."
"I'm afraid the King of Huaiyang is not that easy to make lakes," Xu Chunjun glanced at the shadows of branches reflected in the window, "We have to prevent him from stumbling in it."
"I will be more careful. Just sleep well!" Zheng Wuji patted Xu Chunjun on the back and said, "If there is anything else, we will talk about it tomorrow."
Xu Chunjun hummed, leaned into Zheng Wuji's arms, and fell asleep peacefully.
Zheng Wuji was not sleepy yet. He kept his eyes open, as if he was trying to see clearly what kind of road was ahead.
A few days later, the people in the state heard about the construction of the canal.
I couldn't help complaining and scolding.
"This man named Zheng suffered a thousand blows! After finally harvesting the harvest, he was able to live a peaceful life for a few days, and then he started digging out river mud again!"
"Corvee labor occurs every year, but this year it is particularly heavy! Didn't you hear that it's not just the young and strong laborers who have to work?
Even mothers-in-law, daughters-in-law, and even children have to work."
"Why is this man's heart so dark? He really wants to squeeze the marrow out of the common people."
"Didn't you say that you have to take care of two meals a day? The whole family has saved food!"
"Bah! You have a good idea. The food must not be as good as that of pigs and dogs. If you work too slowly, you will be beaten and scolded."
"Isn't it? When will something good happen to us?"
"I originally thought that this new Zhizhou was a good one, but I didn't expect that he was also a scheming one."
"I told you that you were dreaming! Who is a good person and still wants to be an official? Who is an official and doesn't have a bad heart?"
But no matter how reluctant the people are, their arms cannot twist their thighs.
Moreover, over the years, they had to perform corvée almost every year.
The officials urged the crops to be harvested, and went from house to house, calling people by name, and called everyone out to dig canals.
Zheng Wuji was particularly concerned about this matter and asked each county to register everyone who worked in each household, and no one was allowed to go.
Zheng Wuji personally took people to the homes of landlords and merchants everywhere to persuade them to deliver food to the people who were digging canals.
The government is responsible for half of it, and these people are responsible for the other half.
And the meals they send cannot be worse than those given by the government.
Zheng Wuji's reasons are also very good: "After the canal is built, it will be most beneficial to merchants and landowners, as it can irrigate farmland."
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, and can also ship goods.
What's more, you are not doing corvee work, but you should also make some contributions. Using the efforts of the whole county to benefit people's livelihood, this is a beautiful thing that will last forever!"
These landlords, gentry and merchants, asking them to pay is equivalent to bleeding money.
They don't care whether the canal can be repaired or not. Anyway, their fields occupy fertile areas.
Even though the waterway in the prefecture is difficult to travel, there are also dry roads.
Cheap labor is everywhere, and if things are delayed, their wages can be deducted.
You can't do anything wrong to yourself.
Which county cannot have tens of thousands of people digging canals? If these people really puffed up their cheeks, how much food would they get?
But similarly, they did not dare to disobey Zheng Wuji face to face.
So Chenzhou began to dig canals vigorously.
Although the common people were unwilling, the officials told them that the canals must be dug before winter, otherwise they would have to continue working even in the cold weather.
This work is all their own business, so no one dares to mess around.
After all, no one wants to dig in the ground and cut ice when the weather is freezing.
Fortunately, there is another advantage, that is, there is enough food.
Zheng Wuji had previously asked Mr. Wu to search for some honest and capable people in various counties.
Now these people are put to use.
Let them monitor whether the meals delivered to the people are sufficient and clean every day.
If you have any questions, please report them directly to Zheng Wuji.
The meals provided are better than those eaten by ordinary people.
And there will be a meal of meat every five days, which will satisfy your appetite.
One day, there was moldy old rice in Kuxian's rice. The supervisor discovered it and immediately reported it.
Zheng Wuji called over the people responsible for the day's meals, who were several big landowners in Ku County.
Even though they were severely criticized, they were asked to prepare a new meal and killed ten more pigs for cooking. Only then did they calm down.
There were also those who cheated and cheated in other places, and Zheng Wuji punished them severely.
In order to scare the monkeys, others did not dare to make mistakes and behaved in a well-behaved manner, one is one, two is two.
It seems that Lord Zhizhou is not easy to deal with. He is not only greedy for money, but also powerful.
As for these supervisors, they were not harsh on the people. Although they were all officials from various counties, they were followed by Zheng Wuji's people after all.
Although they were responsible for supervising the meals, these supervisors did not dare to be too mean to the people.
After all, Mr. Wu said that Mrs. Zhizhou is now happy, doing more good deeds and accumulating virtue.
Don't beat or scold the people. Those who can do heavy work should do heavy work, and those who can't do heavy work should do some easy work.
Therefore, although the people had no leisure, they could eat enough every day, saving food at home.
Otherwise, every year during the lean years, almost every household would be shut down.
It will take at least two months for them to dig canals this year. The food saved in these two months will allow them to survive the last spring of next year safely.
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