After traveling to ancient times, I relied on my husband to win

Qin Yan sent the people away before going back. When he entered the yard, he saw Jiang Zhi sitting in the yard waiting for him, so he walked over and sat down at the stone table.

Jiang Zhi looked worried and almost understood what had happened. She grabbed Qin Yan's hand and looked at him worriedly.

"Was it this morning?"

Qin Yan looked at Jiang Zhi with a serious expression, clenched Jiang Zhi's hand, sighed deeply, and nodded.

"Yes, the Grand Secretary angered the Emperor and was thrown into prison, Chengze pleaded for mercy and was put in solitary confinement, he had no other choice but to come to me for help. Well, in the end, the disaster still needs to be resolved, and once this is resolved, everything else will be easy to deal with."

Jiang Zhi also understood that the people in disasters are the most pitiful. She also thought about this, "Alas, the people are so innocent in the face of disasters. The drought in the north has left the people with nothing to harvest. Isn't it said that there are more clouds and rain in the south? Hey, I remember when I was in school, the history teacher talked about 'Water Diversion from South to North', right? But there are no cars or planes here to bring rain, how can it be transported?"

Jiang Zhi muttered a lot, but when she found out it was useless, she became dejected.

When Qin Yan heard Jiang Zhi's words, his eyes lit up and he muttered, "South-to-North Water Diversion, South-to-North Water Diversion, got it."

Qin Yan thought of something and said to Jiang Zhi, "Wife, you are so smart. You are my lucky star. I have thought of a way to transfer water from the south to the north. But I have to check the historical data here in the next few days. I may be very busy in the next few days. You stay at home. If I come back late, you don't have to wait for me. You know, I'm going to the Ministry of Revenue now."

Jiang Zhi was confused by Qin Yan's sudden emotion. She was kissed and then he said a lot of words, which made her even more confused. But she understood one thing: her husband had a way.

Not wanting to hold him back, I agreed to him, "Okay, I get it. You go and get busy. I'll be fine at home. I'll be fine. Go ahead. My husband is the best. I will always support you."

"Thank you, my wife." Qin Yan kissed Jiang Zhi on the forehead and touched her slightly bulging belly. "Be good, baby. Daddy might be very busy these days. Don't make trouble for your mother. Wait for Daddy to come back. If you bully my wife when I'm not around, you'll be dead!!"

Jiang Zhi saw that he was obviously anxious, but she still comforted them first, touching her belly sweetly, "Be good, baby~ Wait for your dad to come back with mom."

After warning the little one, Qin Yan felt relieved and left.

Qin Yan now only has a general direction, and does not know how to implement it specifically. He wants to look at the information, but all these things are in the Ministry of Revenue, and he cannot enter without the emperor's permission.

He went to the palace and said directly that he wanted to go to the Ministry of Revenue to look at the information and find a solution, but he did not directly state his idea. He was afraid that if it did not work out in the end the emperor would be disappointed, so he decided to work out a specific plan first and then report it.

The emperor has been troubled by the disaster recently. Qin Yan came over and said he wanted to help. The emperor thought that Qin Yan had a lot of clever ideas, so he agreed. Anyway, the result would not be too bad.

For several days in a row, Qin Yan stayed in the Ministry of Revenue. The Ministry of Revenue knew that Qin Yan was coming, so they followed his instructions to find out about the droughts in previous years.

Right now the situation in Shandong is the most serious. The fields in other provinces have not yet completely dried up, and the people are not panicking yet.

However, in recent days, disaster victims have gradually appeared in Shandong and are heading to other prefectures. In order not to cause panic, the emperor has sent some grain to provide porridge.

There is no other way. Other provinces in the north will soon run out of food. By then, the north will be full of disaster victims, who will flock to the capital in large numbers or starve to death on the road. They may even eat their own children when they are extremely hungry.

All of this weighed heavily on the emperor and his ministers. As the court worked day after day without coming up with a solution to the problem, the emperor's temper became more and more violent.

In the low-pressure environment of the capital, Qin Yan finally found a solution after several days of searching for information, making calculations, looking up maps, and drawing designs.

After returning home and washing up quickly, she rushed to the palace to meet the emperor. Jiang Zhi ran away like a gust of wind before she even saw him.

Jiang Zhi looked at Qin Yan's back with concern. She was afraid that Qin Yan would be overworked in the past few days. At this time, Cheng Ziyan came to her and said, "Sister Azhi, why are you standing here? Let's go over there and see the flowers planted by grandma."

"Okay." Jiang Zhi agreed with a smile, but turned her head to look at the door, the worry in her eyes never dissipated.

Qin Yan was afraid that Jiang Zhi would be bored, so he called Rong Jiuxuan and Cheng Ziyan back home to accompany Jiang Zhi.

Qin Yan came to the palace and went straight into the imperial study. At that time, the left and right prime ministers as well as people from the Ministry of Revenue were in the imperial study. They were also discussing how to control the drought.

When Qin Yan came in, the Emperor had just rejected the Ministry of Revenue's assistant minister's plan to allocate grain to other prefectures that were not severely affected by the disaster.

Li Dequan reported, "County Qin asked to see you, saying that he has found a way to deal with the drought."

Emperor: "Announce!"

Qin Yan came in and bowed to everyone in the room before standing still.

"Qin boy, you said you have a way, but it's true. You need to know the crime of deceiving the emperor."

The emperor has been really annoyed recently. He is afraid that Qin Yan is just talking nonsense, which is of no use and a pure waste of time.

Qin Yan also knew that it was right to be cautious and correct his attitude. "I know. I went to the Ministry of Revenue to look up the methods of storing water during droughts in previous years. Most of them are to build water storage tanks. The water in the tanks can be used to solve urgent problems during droughts."

"Mr. Qin, everyone in the court knows this. You are not going to use this as an excuse, are you? I saw that there is no water in the reservoir. It has not rained at all this year. This method will not work."

Zuo Yu still looked down on Qin Yan. He thought he was just a minor official and had no experience. He really didn't know why the emperor valued him so much. He was just taking advantage of the situation.

Indeed, most people did not know about Qin Yan's affair with the emperor. Even the fact that he made gunpowder for the emperor was only known to the emperor and people in the Ministry of Works.

Qin Yan was not annoyed by being interrupted, and still said in a good-natured manner: "What Zuo Xiang said makes sense. This method doesn't work, but I have seen another more direct and useful method."

"Heh, Qin County Man doesn't want to repair the canal, does he?"

"Exactly!"

The left prime minister did not expect him to admit it directly. He looked at him like an idiot, bent down and said to the emperor in fear and trepidation: "Your Majesty, you must not do this. It is easy for Qin County Man to say it. Not to mention that building a canal is a waste of money and labor, I don't know when it will be completed and put into use~"

The emperor also knew that this was too much of a drawback and frowned. Is there no other way?

Qin Yan calmly waited for Zuo Xiang to finish speaking before he slowly spoke, "Don't be anxious, Zuo Xiang, just wait until the kid finishes speaking. Ahem, building a canal will definitely cost a lot of money and labor, but we don't need to build a very large canal. Each state can build a section, and each state will send people to build it, and then distribute food to them. In this way, the refugees can build the canal and get food. The refugees have food, and someone has built the canal. When the canal is built and the river water is introduced, the crops can be stored or replanted, which will give the people hope of survival."

After finishing his speech, he took out the blueprint of the canal he designed and showed it to the emperor and other people in the room.

"This is the canal I designed. The prefectures and counties near the Yangtze River and the Yellow River can build canals more quickly, so the canals they build here are wider. Other prefectures will be slower, extending from the Yellow River and the Yangtze River to the prefectures, using small canals to extend longer. Prefectures farther away can start from the large canals built in the prefectures and counties around the Yangtze River and the Yellow River and extend to their own prefectures."