"In addition, I ate more in my previous life, did I eat more than you?"
Yun Ruoyue winked playfully.
"..." It seemed that was indeed the case, and Chu Xuanchen was speechless.
Yun Ruoyue said, "Okay, I won't joke with you anymore.
Time is urgent now, and digging a pond requires a lot of manpower.
Since Zhang Shifan refuses to help people, we can spend money and let the common people dig ponds.
In this way, the people can support themselves and exchange for food through labor, so that they have something to do and work for relief, so as not to become refugees, and solve the problem of their inability to live due to floods; secondly, it can also mobilize their enthusiasm and enhance their
Collective sense of honor."
"Collective sense of honor?"
Chu Xuanchen said.
Yun Ruoyue nodded, "Yes, during a major disaster, if the country mobilizes the collective spirit of the people and allows them to participate, it will enhance the people's cohesion and sense of patriotism.
For example, encourage people to donate money, so that people have a sense of participation and dedication.
It seems that it is because of them that the disaster was solved and the country became better.
Only by mobilizing the enthusiasm of the people and letting all the people work together to save the country can the people have a sense of belonging to the country.
In this way, everyone will feel that the country is getting better by relying on their own strength, and everyone will be more patriotic."
"I see.
The king will send people to the streets tomorrow to post notices to invite people to dig ponds."
Chu Xuanchen said.
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Early the next morning, Chu Xuanchen sent people to post notices to recruit workers.
The conditions stated in the notice were that the workers would be provided with food, and each person would also be paid ten cents a day.
As soon as the common people heard that going to work, not only would they get food for free, but they would also receive wages.
They had no food to eat, so when they saw the notice, they quickly signed up and the registration counter was packed.
Soon, five thousand people were recruited.
While recruiting people, Chu Xuanchen called all the officials and asked them to acquire land for pond construction.
If you want to dig a pond, you must first acquire land with money. After the land is acquired, you can dig it.
Officials immediately went to acquire land, and tried to only acquire land with poor soil quality.
Money makes things easier. As long as the price is right, many people are willing to sell their worthless land to the government.
In this way, the officials first acquired several pieces of land, and then Chu Xuanchen ordered the workers to start digging ponds.
As a result, at this moment, Moli suddenly came to report, "Your Majesty, we encountered obstacles when we were expropriating land in the west of the city!"
"What's the obstacle?"
Chu Xuanchen asked coldly.
Moli said: "The pieces of land we want to requisition happen to belong to Zhang Shifan's family. We offered him a suitable price, but he didn't agree.
He said that it was his family's land, and his Zhang family's ancestral graves were buried in it, and he would not sell it no matter how much money the prince gave him.
Then, he took the nearby landowners and kept making trouble in the fields. Now most of the landowners do not agree with us to requisition the land. I am afraid that this land requisition will cause trouble."
"What a good Zhang Shifan. In order to go against me, he actually put the lives of the people at risk. I want to meet him personally.
Mr. Chen and Mr. Yang, please come with me, I want you to be a witness."
Chu Xuanchen said.
Chen Xi hesitated for a moment and nodded quickly.
Yang Shixun also nodded quickly.
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When Chu Xuanchen led everyone to the west of the city, he saw Jiang Ning and the drunkard Yu Wenxian had arrived.
The two of them were talking to Zhang Shifan, as if they were trying to persuade him.
Chu Xuanchen did not expect that Jiang Ning would be here at this time. When he summoned everyone to discuss water control matters, Jiang Ning said he was sick and did not come.