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After Song Yuan checked it clearly, he compiled the situation into a memorial and ordered people to send it to Jingzhao.

The disaster relief work was going on in an orderly manner, and Mu Lin and Huo Ying were also entangled in the matter. For the construction of the embankment, the county magistrates could only come to Song Yuan.

They were whispering in the hall, and when they saw Song Yuan coming, they hurriedly shut their mouths and stood up quietly to greet them. Song Yuan pressed his hand and motioned for them to sit down: "How is the relief work going?"

"Oh, don't worry, my lord, the collapsed houses have been rebuilt, and the collapsed roads are being repaired, and they will be passable soon." With the previous example of killing chickens and monkeys, they dare not be sloppy in their work.

Song Yuan was reluctantly satisfied: "The houses of farmers are mostly made of mud walls, which are easy to collapse after being soaked in water. This cannot be ignored. Also, shouldn't the moat's silt also be cleaned up? And the drainage in the city Ditch, look at the dark, smelly mud all over the street after the water recedes, how long has it been since the bottom has been dredged?"

"Yes, the next official will arrange someone to deal with it immediately." The county magistrate who was beaten a few days ago did not dare to perfunctory, and responded very positively.

Song Yuan glanced at him, and continued: "Based on the situation of the disaster, there is not much loss of food, and a lot of cattle and sheep were killed and injured, but this is nothing to do. Leping declares floods every year, and the court will Given money to build dams, who would have thought that dams and ditches are just perfunctory things?"

"My lord, did we build dikes and ditches during the rainy season? Although the food in Leping has not been damaged, the number of cattle and sheep is very large. If it happens every year, it is also a loss."

Someone started, and someone immediately echoed: "Yes, my lord, the dikes and ditches must be repaired."

Their purpose was to protect the rich gentry's cattle and sheep from loss, but Song Yuan remained silent, seeing this, the other three couldn't sit still, and hurriedly stood up: "My lord, the repair of dikes and ditches must not be delayed. "

They all stared at Song Yuan, and Song Yuan just shook his head: "The reason for Leping's declaration of the disaster before was to increase grain production. Not to mention, the flood this time did not endanger the place where the grain is grown, and the situation of the disaster has been reported. If you ask for money to build a dam at this time, I am afraid that the imperial court will not only not give it, but will also strictly investigate whether you and I have indulged cattle. It is suspected that sheep occupy the cultivated land."

What they said frightened them for a moment, and they would cause trouble for themselves when they heard it. Two of them shrunk their necks in guilt. adventure.

"I don't know if the floods in previous years allowed cattle and sheep to go up the mountain, so you didn't realize the importance of building dams. This year's floods should let the people know. If you don't build dams, it will be useless to go up the mountain to cultivate or raise them. The best way out now depends on whether this year's grain production can be raised. If it can't be raised, then the matter of building dams may be suspended. You should know that the imperial court only cares about grain production. As for other things, the imperial court doesn't care. "That's all for now, Song Yuan doesn't want to say anything else.

They were silent in thought, and they all understood what Song Yuan meant. It was simply not an easy task for the wealthy gentry to give up a large piece of fertile land and go up the mountain. No one wanted to get ahead in this matter.

For this reason, no one mentioned the matter of building the embankment. You pushed me and you pushed you, and there was no rumor at all.

In Jingzhao City, Wei Yan brought all the things and Song Yuan's words to Song Chun. After Song Chun tasted the sweet potato himself, he was relieved: "This thing is good. Where did she find this?"

"Mr. An discovered it, and Mr. An planted it. Mr. An went to Leping very early, and he rented a lot of land with the money given by Mr. Jiu. It will be harvested in two months." Wei Yan He never concealed it from Song Chun.

Song Chun let out an 'oh', but still smiled and said, "How is Yuan'er? Those local officials and rich gentry didn't make things difficult for him, did they?"

"It's so embarrassing. It's just that those wealthy gentry have no desires and desires. It's really hard to deal with them. There are also those common people who sell their land for money. After spending all their money, they are hungry and waiting for relief from the yamen. Your son wants to open up wasteland. Even if it doesn’t work, you still have to play tricks with those people, those who are tough will offend others, and those who are soft will not accept this, so it’s very difficult.”

Hearing this, Song Chun couldn't help feeling a little worried. Looking at the sweet potatoes in front of him, he ordered: "You ask someone to make another serving, the more you can eat, the better, wash two more clean ones, peel them and prepare them. Now There is still an hour before dinner, I will send it to the palace."

"Yes." Wei Yan immediately took the things to do.

The guard beside him hurriedly asked: "My lord, do you want to tell the lord what the ninth son sent back?"

"It's natural." Song Chun's face became calmer: "This is Yuan'er's credit, and he must not let him pay in vain."

He took the sweet potato he had tasted to find King Zhongshan, and King Zhongshan happened to be free, looking at what Song Chun sent was full of doubts: "What is this?"

"Father, don't ask, just taste the texture and taste of this thing first." Song Chun deliberately put off a trick.

King Zhongshan looked at him puzzled, took a bite of the chopsticks, and said, "It's not bad, it looks like soft boiled wheat bran."

"This stuff is much more useful than wheat bran. It's called sweet potato. It's grown by farmers in Leping. Yuan'er accidentally discovered that this stuff has an excellent taste and a strong sense of satiety. The most important thing is that the yield is very high, so I specially sent it Jingzhao asked the father and the emperor to taste it." Song Chun changed the origin of the thing, he knew Zhongshan King was suspicious, so he didn't want him to have the opportunity to suspect Song Yuan.

King Zhongshan heard it: "Yuer is in trouble in Leping?"

"Well, the rich gentry in Leping buy and sell good land to raise cattle and sheep, occupying a large amount of farmland, so that the people can only cultivate wasteland in the mountains. Those rich gentry have complete procedures, and there is nothing wrong with them. They only focus on raising cattle and sheep. This makes Yuan'er It's very difficult, after all, the imperial court didn't have a decree to force the withdrawal of livestock for farming, and those wealthy gentry have been safe and sound for so many years, the relationship behind them must be intricate, and she doesn't dare to offend easily, so she can only pin her hopes on her family."

King Zhongshan thought about it for a while: "I don't want to offend those people either."

"Perhaps we don't have to offend them." Song Chun knew that he would answer like this: "Yu'er has two intentions for sending something back. One is to let the emperor and princes and ministers taste this thing, knowing that the output of this thing is large and It is easy to store, and the second is to allow some people to come to Leping during the autumn harvest to see the output of this product with their own eyes. She said that this product is rare, and if it can be widely planted in the Great Wei, it will definitely solve the problem that the food in the Great Wei is controlled by others.”

When it came to solving the problem of food, King Zhongshan suddenly became energetic, but he still had concerns: "Can he guarantee that the harvest of this thing will be good?"

"Yu'er is a steady character, why doesn't the father trust him once?"