Not long after Su Chen gave the order, Liu Mo, the governor of Guanzhou, hurried over.
"Duke Protector, do you have any important instructions for me?"
Liu Mo cupped his hands and asked.
"Has the recent pest control work been progressing smoothly?"
Su Chen first asked about the most important thing at the moment.
“The pest removal went very smoothly!”
Halfway through the words, Liu Mo hesitated a little.
"only……"
"Just what?"
Su Chen asked in a deep voice.
Although he did not have much interaction with Liu Mo, judging from his work efficiency and attitude during this period, he is still a relatively stable official.
Right now, what makes him so secretive must be that something happened that he can't decide.
Liu Mo's eyes were very hesitant, but he still put his mind to it, gritted his teeth and said, "Duke Guo Guo, this heavy snowfall really comes at the wrong time!"
Hearing this, Su Chen couldn't help but be a little confused.
In his opinion, this event is the icing on the cake, providing great help to his pest eradication work and effectively controlling the desert locusts.
In this way, the locust plague can be quickly controlled even without the use of pesticide spraying.
Moreover, in this case, there is no need to use pesticides to irrigate the land in the other two states to kill the locust eggs. The weather alone can freeze the eggs to death in the soil.
Wait, land...
Suddenly, Su Chen seemed to have thought of something and asked, "But what's the problem with the people?"
"Yes, Lord Protector."
Liu Mo looked bitter and said: "Just when the snow started to fall, the people began to be dissatisfied."
"Originally, the people were still obeying my orders to deal with the locust corpses, but as soon as the snow started, the locusts in the sky flew slower and slower. The people were full of complaints about this..."
Sure enough...
After hearing this, Su Chen finally understood what was going on.
Originally, if it hadn't snowed this time, in order to get rid of the locusts, the people must have understood the pros and cons and knew not to endanger the entire Tang Dynasty for a small gain.
If the land is destroyed, then destroy it, as long as the locust plague can be successfully eliminated.
However, the current snowfall can effectively control the locust plague without spraying pesticides or irrigating the land.
It would be impossible for the people not to have any resentment in their hearts about this.
This feeling is like being played by someone, it is really a bit of a mentality...
"well……"
Su Chen sighed lightly, but felt that this matter was a bit difficult to handle.
In fact, whether this matter is big or small depends on your perspective.
From the perspective of a superior like Su Chen, the snow was undoubtedly a great help and helped him relieve a lot of pressure.
However, for the people of Guanzhou, this snow is God playing a joke on them.
If the snow could have come a few days earlier, maybe they could have saved some fields from being destroyed.
In addition, the people of Guanzhou were somewhat dissatisfied because their fields were destroyed during this period.
This sudden snow seemed to become a fuse, igniting the long-standing negative emotions in the hearts of the people.
"No, we must adjust the mood of the people."
Su Chen whispered.
If the negative emotions in the hearts of the people cannot be eliminated, once they are taken advantage of by people with malicious intentions to fan the flames, it is very easy for the people to riot.
Su Chen doesn't want to see such a thing happen, and must resolve it as soon as possible to avoid future troubles!
But this kind of matter cannot be solved by Su Chen with just a few words. He must come up with something substantial to convince the people.
After thinking about it for a while, Su Chen already had some initial thoughts on how to deal with it.
"Duke Protector, what should we do about this matter?"
Seeing Su Chen lowering his eyebrows and thinking silently for a long time, Liu Mo felt a little anxious and couldn't help but speak out.
If he cannot give a satisfactory explanation to the people quickly, even if he is the governor, he will not be able to suppress it!
"Don't worry, I already have a way to deal with it, Governor. You don't need to be too impatient."
Su Chen reassured: "You go back and talk to the people so that they don't have to worry, and then gather them together tomorrow, and I will deal with it in a unified way."
"There is only one thing you have to do now, and that is to control the emotions of the people so that no problems can arise, understand?"
Seeing Su Chen's rare seriousness, Liu Mo immediately said seriously: "Please rest assured, Lord Protector, I will definitely handle this matter well and there won't be any mistakes!"
"Okay, then you get busy first."
"yes!"
After Liu Mo left, Su Chen was not idle and went directly to the study alone.
"Land... food... income..."
In the study room, Su Chen tapped her fingers gently on the table, with deep thoughts in her eyes.
Sure enough, everything has two sides.
Although the heavy snow has alleviated a lot of worries in the pest eradication work, the emotions of the people in Guanzhou have also been aroused.
In order to appease the emotions of the people, Su Chen had to re-plan the itinerary he had just decided.
After thinking about it for a long time, Su Chen felt that there was only one safest solution at present.
That is to implement the plan of industrialized cities in advance!
Originally, Su Chen planned to proceed step by step, with Guancheng as the center, and slowly expand the iron smelting workshop outwards.
In this way, although the construction of industrialized cities may be a bit slow, and it will take at least three or four years to achieve full success, it is stable in terms of stability.
Based on Datang's current development speed, it doesn't use much steel at all.
If we directly complete the construction of all the iron smelting workshops, although the employment problem of Guanzhou people will be solved, we will still face the embarrassing situation of slow sales of steel.
Su Chen's purpose of building the iron smelting workshop was also mainly for military development, but with the current population and military strength of the Tang Dynasty, there was simply no need for that much steel.
Therefore, Su Chen had to find another way to consume the extra steel.
Otherwise, once the steel produced has no market, the people will lose their income, creating another endless cycle.
"It's true that God's wishes did not come true, but it is not entirely a bad thing. Implementing this plan in advance may also be of great help to future development."
Su Chen's eyes flashed and he made a very important decision!
He wants to build the first railway track in the Tang Dynasty and also build a steam train!
This will be an epoch-making decision!
Once the implementation is successful, the development of Datang will usher in another qualitative leap!
The steam train will be a landmark invention in later generations!
