Wife's Observation Log

To find out what must be Lan Wei, it still depends on a flash of inspiration when working with Xie Zhen.

On the night when King Qin arrived, Huang Chen sent Xie Zhen the roster and mountain records.

"20 people, 500 acres per household, roughly 700 million acres of land. Anhui's existing fields are only nearly [-] million acres. How can it be possible to allocate so much to the resettlers? Besides, most of the troops are stationed in Lu'an. The fields must be distributed nearby, so it must be reclaimed." Xie Zhen only glanced at the general books of each district, and then opened the mountain and forest records. When she arrived at the Lu'an part, she seemed to have expected it, pointing to a number and raised her head to look at the blue. Wei, "Look at this."

It is recorded in the Shanlin Chronicles that Lu'an has a large area of ​​mountains and hills, and before the war, there were more tea plantations, and mulberry trees were widely planted in between.

It was only then that Lan Wei understood Xie Zhen's intentions in reading mountain and forest records. Also, she had a good memory when she was a child. She probably remembered that there were many tea trees and mulberry trees near her home. She might have thought of the conflict between land allocation and geographical environment.

"A place where the Central Capital was built, sixty-seven out of ten were originally woodland tea gardens. Where can there be grain fields for the garrison?" Xie Zhen sat down with his head supported again, and the knuckles of his left index finger were light and heavy on the table. Knocking on the ground, this is her usual action of Changsi.

She didn't wait for Lan Wei's answer, and she said after a while: "There is still a nanmu forest here, although it doesn't seem to be luxuriant enough, let them cut it down. Out of the place; during the Jingkang Rebellion in the Song Dynasty, the refugees went to the Yangtze River and had no idle land, so there were polders, and there were many lakes and ponds in Lu'an. I wonder if we can follow suit?"

Cutting down trees is deforestation and land reclamation, and polder is reclaiming lakes to reclaim land. Lan Wei blurted out "No", forgetting that Xie Zhen was not asking for opinions in this situation.Xie Zhen got a response unexpectedly, a little surprised, raised his head slightly to look at Lan Wei: "Why?"

Lan Wei, as a liberal arts student, of course has a clear understanding of the dangers of reclamation from lakes, such as the reduction of the lake capacity and the weakening of the lake area’s ability to regulate, store and resist disasters, and the deterioration of the soil environment and the decline in benefits, but there was no such saying in ancient times, she was naive He said, "Didn't there be a flood later?"

Lan Wei didn't know if there was a flood after Jingkang. She only remembered that the catastrophic flood in 1998 was an important historical event, and the history books and geography books told her that floods and droughts are inevitable if there are too many land reclamations around lakes.This impression was so deep that Lan Wei subconsciously opposed Xie Zhen's idea, and she could even foresee that if it was implemented, Lu'an's future would be either drought or rain.

Saying "flood" is a good excuse. After all, "later" is a broad time span. Even if there is no flood after Jingkang, Lan Wei can still say that he remembered it wrong, and then Xie Zhen only needs to check the various lake reclamation projects one by one. The precedent has been set, and other disasters can always be found against this idea.

"Where did you say that?" Xie Zhen's face suddenly became serious.

Of course, Lan Wei didn't know, so she had to prevaricate: "I forgot, maybe it's "Qi Min Yao Shu"? That's just my impression."

Sure enough, Xie Zhen decided to check. Half a month later, what Huang Chen sent was the records about the reclamation of lakes from various places in the Yangtze River Basin. Fortunately, there was indeed a flood in that place during Song and Jin Dynasties.

"Fortunately, Lan Lan reminded me that the book only mentions that reclamation of lakes can increase the number of acres of land, but it does not mention the suffering of the people in the subsequent floods. If I really carry it out, won't I be sorry for the elders of Lu'an?" Xie Zhen looked away from the book Seeing Lan Wei's face, thanked her very earnestly, and then proposed a plan. Obviously, she didn't just wait for the information in the past half a month, "Then let's see if this plan is feasible? Since Lu'an Tea Garden and Mulberry Garden have a foundation, The value of tea and mulberry is higher than that of grain, so it is better to use tea instead of grain. Each household in the army farm is divided into [-] mu of tea or mulberry land, and those who are allocated to the mulberry land are encouraged to use the intercropping method of farming and mulberry to grow certain crops such as red beans. Although this will not increase food production too much, in the long run, it can still increase the economic income of Lu'an Prefecture."

Lan Wei is not very clear about whether it is good or bad, but in terms of ecology and economy, Xie Zhen's plan does not sound like a big problem, except that he can't store up more grain and may not meet the requirements of Emperor Changning: "The grain What about the problem?"

"I have roughly calculated that as long as the spare 200 million mu of wasteland is plowed well, there will be no problem with Anhui's local grain, and with tea and mulberry planting to promote trade with Jiangnan, it will also naturally balance some of the southern grain going north."

Lan Wei nodded, and Xie Zhen smiled. After she settled the matter, she resumed her chatty tone: "I also know about the matter of reclamation of lakes and fields, but Lan Lan pays attention to the important points differently. It will be a disaster. If you hadn’t become the commander of Shangzhiwei, I really want to ask you to be a censorship officer, so that people like me can’t harm the common people with the laws and decrees that people like me take for granted from books.”

Because of her talk, Lan Wei suddenly thought that this kind of decision on people's livelihood was a matter of luck, otherwise she would be useless, but there is one thing she can accomplish this task with common sense ——

If Xie Zhen's Tiangongyuan can really be built.

At least she knows that the steam engine is the core of the first industrial revolution, and electricity is the second. As long as the new discoveries of the Tiangong Institute can be guided to these two paths, China, which is rich in land, resources, and talents, may not be able to embark on the road of industrialization in one fell swoop.

So Lan Wei asked Xie Zhen for the job. Xie Zhen didn't show his face and didn't say anything, but he must have been surprised. She thought for a while, then asked her: "Lanlan, have you thought about it?"

"Yes, I think I can do this."

"Isn't it because of the impulsiveness of the village? You have to know that the day when the achievements of Tiangongyuan are really applied to people's livelihood, and the people can really do what they like, we may never see it in our lifetime, or even have it. That day." Xie Zhen frowned again, but her brows were often frowned so that fine lines appeared.

"Maybe, but it doesn't matter. People have to do things that can't be achieved. This is exactly what I think I may be better than others." Lan Wei tried hard to express her thoughts to persuade Xie Zhen, in fact, contrary to Xie Zhen, she thinks this is the thing she is most likely to succeed in.

"Why doesn't it matter? Could it be that your desire to be famous in history was tricked by me when you were a child?" Xie Zhen suddenly asked back and forth, bursting out with momentum, and raised his brows slightly, as if trying to overwhelm Lan Wei with his momentum to make her change her mind. But Lan Wei doesn't like this, she knows that Xie Zhen is not angry but just bluffing.

"No, I want to be famous in history, but even if I followed my cousin to the Northern Expedition, I would at most be a general who won a battle with a certain army in Changning in a certain year, and I would not be able to benefit one party like Sister Yao. Your Highness... But Tiangongyuan may be a major event that can be truly celebrated for generations to come, and I happen to be a little capable of doing it. Although I don’t know those miraculous skills, I followed my mother to the fields in the early years to collect a lot of rent, and sometimes I even watched the tenants farm. Throughout the day, I have also tried to use most of the existing agricultural tools; weaving and silkworm breeding. I have also read a few books, visited silk and satin villages, and interviewed several famous weavers. Whether it is agricultural tools or weaving, I have a hunch , the development is at the bottleneck—you know how careful and clever I am, maybe I should be the one who has squeezed through this bottleneck?"

Xie Zhen watched her speak more and more smoothly and emotionally, and finally closed her eyes and nodded, but she still warned coldly: "If you really want to do it, you can, but there is a rule, let me make it clear first. My money and land were brought from the abolished Baoquan Bureau, and my father objected, so I issued a military order. If the paper money cannot be used in the world within five years, I will deal with it. I will not punish you, but you If it doesn't work, what do you say?"

Lan Wei blurted out: "Your Highness just hit me too."

Xie Zhen "hummed", as if she was really annoyed, but she paused for a while, and finally spoke softly: "Why don't you."

She spoke these words too gently, even her razor-like eyes softened, and lightly swept across Lan Wei's heart, making her almost think it was a lover's murmur, and even wanted to confess on the spot.

But Lan Wei's face was blushing, and she didn't say a blunt word. After thinking for a long time, she said cleverly: "Since His Highness is not willing, then can I infer that compared to the emperor's kindness to His Highness, His Highness He likes me even more."

When the words came out, Lan Wei wanted to give herself a slap in the face. What did she say, mentioning Emperor Ning was like stabbing Xie Zhen in the heart, although she really wanted Xie Zhen to recognize the reality and not to unilaterally fall into admiration for her father , but not at this time, nor under such circumstances.

Xie Zhen stretched out his right hand and waved towards Lan Wei. Lan Wei didn't know what she meant, so she said, "Put your head here."

Lan Wei half-understood and lowered her head, she felt Xie Zhen's hand resting on the back of her head, and then she rubbed it hard a few times, messing up Lan Wei's hair. Then he said: "Since I like you so much, you can't repay him enough in your whole life, how dare you talk back to me?"