Chapter 119

"Don't forget the well digger when watering!"

The front page headline of the Mexican journal hyped the glorious deeds of the officers and soldiers of the 16th guard in drought relief.

Some officers and soldiers fought for two days and nights, tired to the ground; Some officers and soldiers were just assigned to their own villages, insisted on ranking their own fields last, gave priority to drought relief to other villagers, and then in the face of major disasters, the glory of human nature appeared, and heroic deeds shook people's hearts.

In the past, the people did not have a good impression of officers and soldiers. Bandits were like combing soldiers and soldiers were like grate, which is the most vicious word to describe officers and soldiers. However, the officers and soldiers of the 16th guard completely overturned the people's previous impression of officers and soldiers in Guanzhong.

Don't eat, don't take, don't card, lie on the ground when tired, don't disturb the people, and spare no effort to relieve the disaster. I have to say that Li Shimin is indeed a natural politician. With a little bit of Merton, Li Shimin immediately understood the essence and did better.

"A teacher of benevolence and righteousness!"

Countless Guanzhong people are grateful. Such officers and soldiers have never appeared in China. In the past, Guanzhong people said that men were not soldiers, but now Merton believes that as long as they cheer up and actively join the army, Guanzhong children can row from Gaoling to Chang'an city.

Li Shimin's prestige reached the peak in an instant. At this moment, the people in Guanzhong no longer remember Li Shimin's black history of killing his brother and prisoner's father. They only know that Li Shimin saved them at their critical moment. If anyone dares to black Li Shimin again, these people will come forward and fight for their lives without saying a word.

"Don't forget the well digger when watering! That's a good slogan!"

On the field outside Sanyuan County, Li Shimin looked at the ink magazine in his hand, looked at the well drilling soldiers everywhere, listened to the gratitude of the people, and showed an expression of enjoyment.

"It's your Majesty's wise and caring for the people, which is the blessing of the people of the Tang Dynasty." Merton flattered behind him. Merton's task this time is still to escort the drilling tools. By the way, he will give a portrait of Cheng Yaojin, who contracted to fight drought in Sanyuan County. As soon as he was finished and ready to go back, he found the ink family

Li Shimin smiled with complacency. This time, he took all the hearts of the people in Guanzhong and cleared away Li Shimin's long-standing worries. His throne was not right, so he desperately wanted to do better and prove that being an emperor was the best choice of Datang.

Therefore, he was diligent and open-minded to accept advice, attacked Turks in the north, opened up Xinjiang and expanded land, and tried to become a Ming king to prove that his original decision was correct.

Drought resistance show, let him prove himself again, let those villains in the dark shut up.

"Your majesty!"

Cheng Yaojin hurried here.

"Know the festival! Has the drought of the people been controlled!" Li Shimin asked.

"Don't worry, your majesty. I've been in Sanyuan County for three days, which can ensure that each household has drilled at least three wells, enough to keep six mu of land." Cheng Yaojin promised.

The drought relief policy formulated by Li Shimin is very simple, that is, whether you are a noble family or a small family, you are treated equally and dig wells in turn.

Even if you have more land, you can only wait until the next round of drilling is your turn. In this way, the interests of small households are guaranteed to the greatest extent.

In this way, the landlords with a lot of land are not satisfied. Unfortunately, it is of no use. The officers and soldiers don't listen to you at all. They want to dig their own wells. They can't even find a blacksmith. They have been requisitioned by the imperial court and can only stare.

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction. The harvest of six acres of land is enough for the whole family to survive the drought. As for the landlords themselves, they have a strong ability to resist the drought. Some paddy fields have already been watered. If it's bad, there are still five or six acres of land to keep the principal.

"General! General!"

An old man in a brocade robe called Cheng Yaojin and wanted to get close, but he was stopped by the soldiers who secretly protected Li Shimin. The old man in a brocade robe didn't know Li Shimin and thought it was Cheng Yaojin's subordinate! He kept whispering, trying to come over.

"Let him come!" Li Shimin said in a deep voice. He wanted to know what the old man in brocade wanted to do.

The soldier loosened the brocade robe slightly. After a simple search, he was released. There were still two soldiers behind him, just in case.

"Old man, what can I do for you, but no soldiers help you dig a well?" Li Shimin asked kindly.

The old man in the brocade robe looked at Li Shimin and Cheng Yaojin. He was a little overwhelmed.

"If you ask, you answer!" Cheng Yaojin said angrily.

"If you return to your people, Xiaomin's land has drilled three wells, but Xiaomin has more fields and wants to buy a set of well drilling equipment from the general!" the old man in brocade robe explained quickly in the future.

"It's impossible! The drilling tools are specially provided by the government! It's impossible to sell them now!" Cheng Yaojin flatly refused. This is the emperor's move to benefit the people. If they are sold, they will smash their signboard.

The old man in the brocade robe said anxiously, "please show mercy to the general. The land in Xiaomin's house is dry land, and the three water wells are a drop in the bucket. At present, Xiaomin's land should not be watered in time, and most of the land will have no harvest this year. Moreover, Xiaomin found that the drilling equipment allocated by the officers and soldiers has been slightly redundant. Please show mercy to the general and give a set to Xiaomin."

The elder in brocade robe is the largest landlord Liu Shiming around. He has a lot of land at home. He has used three wells to the extreme. He has only watered ten mu of land, and there is nothing he can do about the rest of the land.

According to the government's allocation and well drilling method, it is impossible to irrigate nearly 1000 mu of land of the Liu family. Therefore, all the hopes of the Liu family can only be placed on self-reliance. It is urgent to have a set of drilling tools.

He didn't dare to touch the drilling equipment in the hands of officers and soldiers, so he always paid attention to the number of drilling equipment. When he found that there was surplus, he immediately came to Cheng Yaojin.

"Well drilling equipment is redundant?" Li Shimin looked at Cheng Yaojin in surprise.

However, Cheng Yaojin is also confused. He has been on the front line these days. He uses drilling tools immediately without counting them.

Merton bowed his head, nodded and said, "every time the Mojia village sends drilling equipment, two more sets will be sent as standby! In case of errors. So, with the boy's recent delivery, if there is no damage, there should be six sets of drilling tools left in Sanyuan county."

"Yes, yes, there are more than six sets, two of which have been damaged, and four of them should be intact." Liu Shiming's mouth report, obviously, has been staring at it for a long time.

"Four sets!" Li Shimin couldn't help pondering.

In the final analysis, the Tang Dynasty was ruled by the landlord class. This time, with the help of the drought, the government has taken care of the interests of small farmers to the greatest extent. If conditions permit, it is not impossible to take care of the interests of the landlord.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "one of the four sets of equipment is divided into two. Two sets can be sold to landlords with a lot of land, and the other two can organize young people to continue drilling. He ordered the supervisor to continue to manufacture drilling tools, and the redundant tools will be implemented according to this scheme in the future."

"The emperor is wise!" Cheng Yaojin nodded,

In this way, we can not only ensure the continued growth of the drilling team, but also take into account the interests of the landlords.

"Emperor!"

Liu Shiming trembled and almost fell to the ground. He didn't expect that the person in front of him was the Emperor today.

"The great disaster in Guanzhong! Please work together with me to tide over the difficulties!" Li Shimin is a natural politician. In just a few words, Liu Shiming was moved to tears. The complaint at the bottom of his heart had already disappeared.

This is Li Shimin's political wisdom. The way of balance is pure.