Lonely non-good minister

Knowing that she was going to clean up these wealthy gentry Mu Lin was not surprising, but he really couldn't guess what Song Yuan's plan was.

Her refusal to let the cattle and sheep go up the mountain will only anger those wealthy gentry. If these people unite, they will not get any benefits from it.

"My lord, if you have an idea in your heart, can you tell me a little bit?" Mu Lin expressed his curiosity on his face. He really doubted Song Yuan's ability. Think carefully about the consequences and how to deal with them.

Song Yuan shook his head: "I don't have an idea, I just take a step and think about it. Today, I'm angry with those wealthy gentry, but they want to gain everything."

No idea?These words made Mu Lin feel at a loss. He glanced at Huo Ying. Some words were really hard to say, and Huo Ying also looked serious.

Both of them were silent, but Song Yuan invited them to look at the map: "My lords, come and take a look. This is a map of Leping. Every year, there are floods during the rainy season. If the floods are not solved, even if all the flat fertile fields can be planted." Food will also be flooded during the rainy season, so I am thinking about how to deal with the flooding most appropriately."

The two of them leaned over to look at it, staring at the map but had no other thoughts. Huang Yue immediately explained to them: "Leping's floods are caused by one reason. The reason is that there are not many canals and gullies, and there is no way to collect and discharge the accumulated water."

"Isn't it because of the rainy season?" Mu Lin questioned, "Leping has declared floods for many years."

Song Yuan looked at him: "Leping's declaration of floods for many years is true. I thought so before, but judging from the current situation, the floods should not be serious. Otherwise, those wealthy gentry will not lose their money and lose their memory. The floods in this year are so serious, they will not be foolish to suffer every year, even if the previous magistrates indulged them to herd cattle and sheep to the mountains, they did not have the confidence, so I suspect that the floods reported earlier are just minor things, not as serious as this year, So they didn't take it seriously."

"Is the flood a fake?" Mu Lin's face changed drastically. It is not a trivial matter to cheat the court of money by falsely reporting the disaster, and it is not an easy matter to avoid so many eyes.

Huo Ying also frowned, he was sensitively aware that many people were involved behind these things in Leping, and he couldn't help but worry when he looked at Song Yuan, for fear that the little emperor's grandson would grab the network of connections behind it in a flash.

This is not something the three of them can afford.

"Leping reports floods every year, and the imperial court also gives money. According to Leping's account records, the money is used to build dams." Mu Lin still has a deep memory of the account books he has seen, and his face is getting more and more ugly.

"Master Mu, have you personally visited those dams?" Song Yuan asked intentionally.

Mu Lin looked ashamed: "Not yet, there are a lot of official documents every day, and there is no mistake in the accounts, so I didn't go to the scene to check."

Song Yuan smiled: "This is similar to Mr. Huo being entangled in trivial matters."

When she said this, Mu Lin felt even more ashamed. He thought that only Huo Ying was tricked, but he didn't expect that he was also tricked.

"The funds are allocated every year, and those dams don't use that much money at all, so I suspect that the money has been embezzled. I don't know exactly where it was used, but the previous magistrates and these rich gentry are definitely not clean."

She dared to say so definitely without reading the account book, and the ashamed Mu Lin kept silent, becoming more and more sure that she must go to see the results of the construction of those dams with her own eyes.

Huo Ying pointed to the map at this time and said: "My lord must have figured out how to solve the flood in Leping."

"The method is very simple. It is to build ditches and dams to gather all the drainage. According to the current situation, I'm afraid..." She didn't finish, and this question was repeatedly mentioned, which was also a humiliation to Mu Lin: "But I don't plan to do it now. Just build it, if it is built now, once the flood problem of the fertile land outside is solved, those wealthy gentry will be even more reluctant to use the fertile land for farming.”

This is not unreasonable, without the flood, those wealthy gentry will only become more unscrupulous.

Song Yuan drew a line on the map: "Always let the rich gentry know that if they continue to raise livestock on flat fertile land, they will have to bear the risk of flooding every year, and the government will not continue to build dams, so that they can be forced to go up the mountain to reclaim the fertile land. Get out."

Her method is very simple, which is to make Fushen suffer, but Mu Lin feels that this method is not feasible: "I'm afraid Fushen doesn't care about the gains and losses at 01:30."

"I don't care at 01:30, I always care when the family wealth is gone." Song Yuan pointed at the map: "The imperial court has a quota for turning over cattle and sheep every year. Judging from the livestock situation in Leping, it should account for the majority. But I have seen Leping's annual government quota before, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a drop in the bucket, so it can be seen that someone has concealed the real number of cattle and sheep in Leping."

Huo Ying immediately said: "According to the law of the Great Wei, once the amount of grain, livestock and poultry is concealed, once it is verified, not only must the amount owed in previous years be made up, but a fine of a hundred times must be paid."

hundred times!Mu Lin took a breath: "This is not a small sum."

"That's right, so there are many opportunities to talk with Fu Gentleman, it depends on how to talk." Song Yuan continued to look at the map.

Mu Lin also realized at this moment that she just said that she has no clear idea, but she is modest.

"But if you report the truth, my son, I'm afraid it will touch the interests of some people." Huo Ying kindly reminded.

Song Yuan counted with his fingers: "It's natural, so I don't intend to take the initiative to violate this taboo. After another two months, I will naturally have a way to let these people show their feet."

She swears so firmly that Mu Lin and Huo Ying are confused.

After getting to the bottom of the two of them, Song Yuan continued to work on her own business. She was powerless to do anything about the flood. Leping had encountered a flood that had not happened once in decades. Yu God, it was Mu Lin who mobilized the garrison troops to rescue the disaster.

After another half month, the rain stopped for a while, and Wei Yan took some guards back to get the things back. The large baskets of sweet potatoes looked very fresh.

These were planted early in Anzhou, and they were still a little small before the harvest season.

Song Yuan specially invited Mu Lin and Huo Ying to try this new thing. They have never tried it, but they are very happy to taste it.

"This product is called sweet potato. It has a large yield and a strong sense of satiety. It is easy to eat. It can be boiled and eaten raw, or it can be dried and stored. The same land has three times the yield of corn. It has been successfully planted in Leping. So I intend to plant this plant on a large scale in Leping.”

Mu Lin took a bite, and the sweet and glutinous taste surprised him: "How did you find such a good thing?"