Chapter 773 Pulling the tiger's skin to pull the banner
The spring rains startle the spring and clear the valley. After the awakening of insects, it is the vernal equinox, when day and night are equally divided.
The ancient vernal equinox is divided into three periods: "The first period is when the Black Crow arrives, the second period is when the thunder begins to sound, and the third period when the lightning starts." That is to say, after the vernal equinox, swallows fly from the south, and when it rains, there will be thunder and thunder in the sky.
Send out lightning.
When the Spring Equinox passes, it will be Qingming Festival.
Qingming originated from the "Qingming Wind". In the Spring and Autumn Period, "Guoyu" recorded: There are "eight winds" in a year, among which the "Qingming Wind" belongs to Xun, that is, "Yang Qi rises, and everything is in harmony." Liu An of the Han Dynasty
There is also a record in "Huainanzi Tianwen Xun" that "on the fifteenth day after the vernal equinox, when Dou Zhi Yi, the Qingming wind will arrive".
Swallows come at the Spring Society, while pear blossoms lag behind at the Qingming Festival...
As soon as the Qingming Festival comes, the temperature rises, which is a good time for spring plowing. Therefore, there is a saying that "before and after the Qingming Festival, plant melons and beans."
However, God seems not to be happy about this year's Qingming Festival, and does not want to send an oily spring rain when the spring plowing comes.
The old scholars from the Taishi Bureau who studied calendar and astronomy gave His Majesty Li Er a depressing conclusion - there will be little rain this spring.
Not to mention the Tang Dynasty, which had extremely primitive and low production capacity, even in the 21st century, which is known as the explosion of science and technology, the impact of climate on food production is extremely important. Droughts, floods, etc. can only be noticed when people face the power of nature.
How insignificant I am, in front of the power of God, I can do nothing but watch helplessly.
His Majesty Li Er is so worried that his hair is almost turning white.
The plan for a year lies in spring. If spring plowing is not ideal, will this year's harvest be good?
After more than ten years of hard work and hard work, this country has a strong foundation, clear government, peaceful country and peaceful people. It is only a little short of being able to enter the prosperous age and achieve immortal achievements!
What's the difference?
The right time!
His Majesty Li Er led his ministers and people to do everything they could, and it can even be said that they have done their best. The rest depends on God's face.
As long as the weather is good for a few years and the people can save a little money, the rivers will be clear and the sea will be full of food and clothing!
But at this most critical time, a severe drought is about to happen?
His Majesty Li Er couldn't stay in the Tai Chi Palace any longer. He was so upset that he could hardly handle official duties, so he asked Fang Xuanling to stay in Chang'an and take charge while he packed up his chariot, drove to the Lishan Palace, and went out to get some fresh air.
Since the New Year, Wei Zheng's health has been getting worse day by day. Therefore, His Majesty Li Er's behavior of leaving the palace was not hindered by criticism. This made His Majesty Li Er breathe a sigh of relief and feel that "the sky is high and birds can fly"
At the same time, there are also some sighs and sighs.
Although His Majesty Li Er wanted to kill that old guy Wei Zheng, he also understood that it was precisely because of Wei Zheng's existence that he had to give up many of his willful actions and make great strides forward on the road of "a wise king".
Now that Wei Zheng is about to die of old age, no one will admonish him as mercilessly as Wei Zheng, which makes him quite confused...
Although His Majesty Li Er does not like ostentation, when the emperor travels, he will inevitably make a lot of noise and make a big show of his affairs.
As the mighty motorcade passed outside Xinfeng City, His Majesty Li Er remembered something while he was driving. He raised the curtains and looked at the empty official roads on both sides. He couldn't help but be very curious, and waved his hand to lead the "Hundred Cavalry" escorting the journey.
Li Junxian called over.
"If I remember correctly, there should be a large number of victims gathered here. Where have they gone now?"
A few years ago, His Majesty Li Er came here incognito and saw a series of shanty towns. The victims were naked and had sallow complexions. Although Fang Jun promised to take in these victims, His Majesty Li Er did not think that he could do it in a short time.
Do it within time.
Not to mention the nearly astronomical amount of money required to accommodate these victims, the housing problem alone for so many people was enough to make Fang Jun scratch his head.
Li Junxian sat on his horse, looked around, and replied: "As far as I know, Fang Jun is carrying out construction projects in Fangjiawan, experimenting with new irrigation equipment, and recruiting all the victims to work."
His Majesty Li Er almost laughed angrily.
Good guy, you were bragging to me that you could take in these victims, and I believed you and provided you with tax-free and rent-free support, but then you turned around and used money from the Ministry of Industry to support these victims for you...
After thinking for a while, he did not get angry immediately and asked again: "Where do these victims live now?"
This is a big problem. Although spring has already entered, the climate at night is still wet and cold. If you don’t have a house to live in, you will easily get sick. Fang Jun can use the money from the Ministry of Industry to support the victims, but he cannot take care of these people.
Send them all to the Ministry of Industry to spend the night, right?
"This... I will never know."
Li Junxian is well aware of the power of the "Hundred Riders" in his hands, and he is very self-disciplined. He will never go too far in matters that should not be dealt with by himself. Therefore, he really does not know what Fang Jun has done recently.
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His Majesty Li Er became curious. The shanties originally provided for the victims to stay under the city had been demolished. Fang Jun must have found accommodation for the victims. But how did he build the houses for thousands of people?
Could it be that... that guy just used these disaster victims as free coolies, driving him to create wealth, but he didn't care about the lives of these people?
His Majesty Li Er did not believe that Fang Jun was such an inhumane person, but he could not figure out how Fang Jun solved the accommodation problem for these victims. After only a few days of spring thaw, it could be built to accommodate thousands of people.
house?
His Majesty Li Er was very worried along the way. As soon as he arrived at the Lishan Palace, he changed into regular clothes and had to travel incognito.
"What are you going to do, Father?"
Princess Gaoyang happened to come over to talk to His Majesty Li Er. When she saw His Majesty Li Er had changed into regular clothes, she immediately joined her with great interest and grabbed the lapel of His Majesty Li Er's clothes without letting go.
His Majesty Li Er wanted to send this weird elf daughter away, but he saw this girl looking at him eagerly with her big eyes, as if she was saying "take me, take me, take me"...
His Majesty Li Er relented. After thinking about it, it was okay to go to Fang Jun's place, so he had to ask her to change into a set of men's clothes. Then he found Li Junxian and brought several "Hundred Cavalry" who were outstanding in martial arts and loyal.
"Jing Rui took Princess Gao Yang in a carriage and headed to Fangjiawan incognito.
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Riding slowly along the Weishui River, I felt the spring breeze blowing in my face, but I didn't feel cold.
The boats on the river are moving like a weaving, coming and going like shuttles.
Princess Gaoyang was dressed in a beard with arrow sleeves. She was graceful and graceful. She raised the curtains of her car and looked around with interest. She pointed at the boats on the river and asked, "Why are there so many boats?"
His Majesty Li Er also doesn’t know. It is said that although it is the time for various shops in Guanzhong to purchase goods at this time, there have never been so many ships in previous years. You must know that these ships are not very eye-catching from a distance on the river, but each of the goods they carry
It's not a small amount. These many goods were shipped to Guanzhong together, and it was difficult to find just one storage location.
So, His Majesty Li Er looked at Li Junxian who was following suit outside the car...
Li Junxian touched his nose and sighed bitterly: "Returning to Your Highness, the general... also doesn't know."
For the first time, His Majesty Li Er felt that the powers and responsibilities of the "Hundred Cavalry" should be expanded, at least to cover the entire Guanzhong. This kind of inexplicable incident happened under his nose, which made His Majesty Li Er, who has a strong desire for control, quite worried.
accurate……
This time, His Majesty Li Er followed the route he took last time to Fangjiawan and passed by the huge stone monument standing on the bank of the Weishui River.
Princess Gaoyang, who was on the carriage, straightened her back and narrowed her beautiful eyes as she looked at this now well-known stone tablet in Guanzhong, feeling somewhat unclear in her heart.
It is this stone tablet that plays tricks on countless wealthy businessmen in Guanzhong. They know the undisguised conspiracy, but they have to fall in love with it willingly.
That black-faced god is not as stupid as he looks...
Along the way, we rounded a river bend and saw countless ships docked on both sides of the Weishui River, with boats and oars scattered like clouds and stars.
On both sides of the river, there are rows of tall and spacious houses. Ships of goods are hoisted ashore by tall booms on the river bank, and directly put into large and sturdy carriages. Immediately, porters will weave the goods from a hemp rope.
He moved the goods out of his pocket, removed the net bag, and the goods were neatly stacked.
The carriage didn't have a carriage or anything like that, it was just a flat platform on which the goods were placed securely.
Until a cart was full, the coachman whipped his horse whip, and the whip exploded in the air. The strong horses pulling the cart raised their tendons and struggled to pull the carriage. All eight wheels turned together and slowly drove away from the dock.
Immediately another empty carriage filled the empty space.
The wonder of the tool and its high efficiency made His Majesty Li Er on the carriage stunned...