Chapter 3344 The future is promising

"I will ask you to serve as the censor of the Southern Patrol. You will go to Huainan Road and Jiangnan Road to inspect the grain roads, supervise the granaries, stabilize prices, and check the accounts. If there are ministers who ignore the grace of God and violate laws and disciplines, I grant you the right to take advantage of them."

Yang Heshu bowed and responded, "Your Majesty, I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to inspect two areas in a short period of time. I would like to ask for an assistant."

The emperor's eyes swept across the hundreds of officials, and finally pointed at Bai Erlang and said: "Let Bai Cheng go with you..."

Bai Erlang, who was in a state of confusion, was stunned for a moment. He was poked by his colleagues behind him before he came to his senses. He stepped out of the queue and responded hesitantly, "I obey the order."

Yang He Shuben wanted to beg Bai Shan, but when he heard it was Bai Cheng, he understood after a moment's thought and agreed with a smile.

The emperor pondered for a moment and then asked: "Where is Tang He now?"

Feng Liang came out and said: "Master Xiao Tang is now in Bingzhou to inspect post-disaster matters."

Five years have passed, and Tang He is still outside. He returned to the capital once, but only to report on his work. He only stayed for less than two months before leaving again.

The emperor originally wanted to find a place for him to stay and be the governor, but seeing that he had made great achievements in the past few years, with him wandering around the Jin Dynasty, the administration became clearer.

So the emperor let him continue to wander around, truly realizing his ideal of traveling around the world and investigating unjust cases all over the world.

The emperor said: "He was appointed as the censor of the Northern Inspection, and Bai Shan was appointed as the deputy censor. Together with Tang He, he inspected the three grain roads of Henan Road, Hebei Road and Hedong Road."

Bai Shan was stunned for a moment, then stepped out of the queue and bowed in response.

The emperor said: "Bai Shan, building granaries and stabilizing prices is your first priority, and you are good at calculation. You must take this matter seriously and not slack off."

Bai Shan responded respectfully, "I obey your order."

The emperor settled the matter and discussed several matters with the ministers. After seeing that it was getting late, he didn't want them to cause trouble again over the river transport issue, so he stood up and said, "Retreat from the court."

Everyone stood up and greeted the emperor respectfully.

Bai Shan raised his head and looked at Yang Heshu, smiled slightly, and turned to look for Zhou Man.

Zhou Man took his wat and smiled at him and said: "You are going on a business trip again. You will go to many places this time. Remember to help me pay attention to the plants along the way."

Bai Shan agreed, "Don't worry, I will pay attention. I will leave the house to you first."

Zhou Man said "hmm" and was stopped by Gu Zhong just as he went out. Gu Zhong called the names of several adults, including Yang Heshu and Bai Erlang, "Your Majesty wants to meet some adults."

The four of them turned around and headed towards the study at the back of Tai Chi Hall.

Bai Erlang walked beside Zhou Man and quietly exhaled: "It's so dangerous. I was really afraid that His Majesty would question me in court, but why did you think of asking me to inspect the grain road? I have been serving in the Hanlin Academy."

He also participated in and signed the project on the river course, but he did not participate in the project on building granaries and stabilizing prices.

Zhou Man, "Isn't it true that the Hanlin Academy of Hanlin Academy just moves wherever it is needed? Do you really want to stay in the Hanlin Academy for the rest of your life?"

Bai Erlang: "The Hanlin Academy is very good, and it's not bad to be an old Hanlin."

Bai Shandao: "His Majesty asked you to go on patrol with Senior Brother Yang to protect Senior Brother Yang."

"Me?" Bai Erlang was surprised, "I protect Senior Brother Yang? Senior Brother Yang can also lead troops and has some kung fu. Is he better than me?"

Bai Shan: "...Anyway, just follow Senior Brother Yang closely and take care of the guards of your princess's palace. You are the direct consort. His Majesty has always loved Princess Mingda. The people on Huainan Road dare not do anything to you."

Bai Erlang realized later, "Oh, yes, Senior Brother Yang has many enemies in Huainan Road."

Yang Heshu couldn't help but chuckle and said to him, "I'll have to help you protect me along the way."

Bai Erlang said quickly: "Don't worry, Senior Brother Yang, I can't do anything else, but I can still follow you closely."

When we arrived at the study, the prince and several important ministers were here.

Bai Erlang was a little nervous when he entered the Xiaochao meeting for the first time. Fortunately, the emperor did not ask him questions, but caught Bai Shan and Zhou Man to ask. He seemed to know that although he was involved in the river incident, it was the person behind him who came up with the idea.

Bai Shan and Zhou Man.

Bai Erlang quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Bai Shan dared to write this letter, so he had naturally done some research. Especially the second letter was more detailed than the first one. He added a lot of things after a month's interval.

Bai Shandao: "The water network in our Dajin is densely covered. We don't talk about the Yellow River in the north and the Yangtze River in the south. We only talk about the branches of the rivers in between, the Weishui River, the Luoshui River, the Wuding River, the Fen River, the Bian River, and the Huai River. This is from northwest to east.

, sailing from north to southeast, the prefectures and counties it passed included half of the prosperous places in our Jin Dynasty."

"Not to mention that the Jialing River can be connected to the Wei River, etc., and it can be connected to the Central Plains with the Han River," Bai Shan said: "If these rivers can be used, commerce and trade will surely flourish along the way. The Central Plains has more people and less land, and the idle manpower can be more

Rapidly transporting it to the north and southeast, the national strength will more than double or two."

Mr. Old Tang frowned, "Wouldn't it hurt farmers if we emphasize business so much?"

The prince said: "It would have happened before. After all, the cultivated land was limited, but now food production has increased and food prices have dropped in various places. In the past, two adults worked hard to feed a family of three, but now one adult can feed a family of three. That's a lot."

A person who comes out can naturally do other things to make his life better."

"Shang is the way to make their lives better." The prince said: "Sinong Temple has been studying how to increase the yield of rice and wheat seeds in the past few years. I heard that this year, a rice plant from their experimental field has been able to achieve

The yield per mu is eight stones."

Bai Shan agreed and said: "Although the grain yield is high, there are still many poor people in various places. The landless refugees and the tenant farmers with little land need to be solved. I don't have a better solution now, so I will temporarily use these manpower.

Keeping it alive in this world is the most important thing now.”

In fact, there is a way, but the method is quite radical. Bai Shan and Zhou Man both feel that if they bring it up, they may not be able to see the sun next month, so they forget it and don't mention it for now.

They then think of a better way, let nature take its course, and focus on the present.

The emperor nodded slightly and then said: "The river can be dredged, but it cannot be done overnight, especially since there is no river map, and the conditions of each river are unclear. How to dredge it, and which part to dredge first must be considered in the long term. If it is discussed at the court, it may be difficult to achieve anything.

Conclusion.”

He said: "Except for Jiannan Road, the places you visited this time include all the important rivers in our country. I order you to collect river maps privately and submit the information to the Ministry of Industry, who will formulate a dredging plan."

Of the policy."

Bai Shan was overjoyed and bowed down to accept the offer.

The emperor then looked at Zhou Man and said: "The Ministry of Industry will first select a few rivers for testing to avoid problems with the large-scale project. However, if there are too many migrant workers and soldiers going down the river, there will definitely be disasters. Your Imperial Medical Office can

Is there any countermeasure?"

Zhou Man bowed and said: "I will decide on appropriate anti-cold and anti-epidemic prescriptions as soon as possible, as well as methods suitable for their work in the water. When the time comes, we will set up a medical office at the labor station to prepare for emergencies."

The emperor nodded slightly, pointed to the map on the table and said, "Then let's start with the section from Weishui to Fenshui. Your Imperial Medical Office will prepare it."

It was now September, the water level in the Fenshui area had dropped, and it was even going to snow in some places. Dredging the river channel at this time was indeed life-threatening, so Zhou Man did not dare to neglect and bowed down.

The emperor handed over the task and then said to Bai Erlang, who had been standing obediently: "Prince-in-law, you should study hard with Mr. Yang."

Bai Erlang agreed.

The emperor then waved them away, leaving the prince and Lord Tang to talk.

After leaving the study, the four of them walked out of the Tai Chi Hall. Bai Shan and Zhou Man lagged behind. He asked, "This matter is urgent. I will go back and pack my things before getting ready to go out. Will you go to Fenhe River?"

Zhou Man: "It depends on the situation. This matter still needs to be discussed with Xiao Yuanzheng, but even if I go, I won't be gone for a long time. I will be back in three or two months."

After all, it is November and it is difficult to dig the river channel.

Bai Shan nodded, held her hand and said with a smile: "Then we'll see each other as we see fit. You have to take care of yourself."

Zhou Man looked up at him and said with a smile, "Be careful along the way."

Yang Heshu and Bai Erlang had already reached the bottom of the steps. Seeing that they were lingering behind and never caught up, they couldn't help but look back.

The sun was shining brightly, and the two of them were bathed in the golden sunshine. The steps of the Tai Chi Hall were very long and high. When Yang Heshu and Bai Erlang looked up, they felt that the sun was dazzling, and they could only see the hands of the two of them holding each other and shaking.

Yang Heshu couldn't help but smile, shook his head, turned around and said, "Let's go."

Bai Erlang curled his lips in disgust and followed Yang Heshu with a sad look on his face.

When Bai Shan and Zhou Man saw this, they looked at each other and smiled, then approached and chased after each other. Their sleeves touched each other and flew up. No one could see their hands holding each other under their sleeves.

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