The wife is the king of the palace

After getting Lin Xu's promise, Jin Qi immediately became happy, and this good mood even lasted for a very long time. After that day, Jin Qi smiled every day for a long time, which attracted all the officials in the court. There was a lot of speculation.

Jin Qi has a smile on his face, but it doesn't mean that he is really happy, especially those officials who have been in power for a long time, all of them are dripping with cold sweat seeing him like this.

The new officials didn't know, so after hearing what happened that year from those people, they all calmed down and put up 12 spirits every day to prepare for battle.

Jin Qi didn't intend to explain, but just happily waggled his big fluffy tail around every day, even Xu Lan, who had been with him for nearly 20 years, was a little creeped by his weird behavior.

Lin Xu saw all this in his eyes, and he naturally guessed the reason why Jin Qi was like this, but he didn't stop it, because Jin Qi was so prosperous because of his courtship.

Because he couldn't figure out what Jin Qi was thinking, all the officials in the court were nervous about doing things, which made him feel a lot easier.

Moreover, Jin Qi has obviously made a difference recently, probably because of the previous advice that made him completely sober, and then Jin Qi started to prepare for the food that the two of them had negotiated before.

Most of the grain cannot be stored for a few years. To store grain is naturally not to build a large warehouse to store grain, but to find a way to open up agricultural land to increase the production of grain.

Big elm is not well developed in agriculture, and the terrain is dominated by mountains. The soil and climate in many places are not suitable for planting.For this reason, Dayu almost imports a lot of grain from several other nearby countries every year.

If this is not the case, if there is no way to increase the production of food, they will have to rely on buying food to support the war once a war starts.

In addition to the provinces that are suitable for growing crops, Jinqi also asked the people at the border and the local garrison to start land reclamation in case of emergencies.

When Lin Xu learned about this matter, it was already two months later when Jin Qi handed him the information received from the border and local garrisons. Only the two of them knew the purpose of this.

Lin Xu checked the information carefully. Jin Qi put in a lot of effort, and he has no objection to the whole plan, and now he just waits to see how the harvest will be next year.

Judging from Dayu's soil quality and conditions, even if it really opened up wasteland, there might not be any good results, and Lin Xu couldn't do anything about it.

Jin Qi's arrangement was affirmed by Lin Xu, who was wagging his big tail around every day, and he suddenly became happier, and the smile on his face never stopped, which also made the officials who were only a little nervous even more nervous Get up.

Especially for many people with ghosts in their hearts, it has become a painful torture to face Lin Xu's smiling face every day when they go to court.

Seeing Jin Qi's drive, Lin Xu's eyes were filled with relief and affirmation. Jin Qi trusted him and was willing to hand over everything to him. He was really moved, but he hoped that Jin Qi could do some things by himself. Will be afraid.

Two months passed, the land reclamation work was settled, and the hot summer also passed after these two months passed in a flash.

Midsummer is followed by cool autumn. Due to the fact that Dayu has many mountains, the weather tends to be extreme. It is cold in winter and hot in summer. In summer, the temperature is like an iron pot on a stove most of the time, but in winter it is extremely cold with half a foot of snow.

The weather has entered autumn and the temperature has dropped. This period can be said to be the most comfortable period of the year in Dayu, but it is also the busiest period in the court.

Because every year when the snow melts in spring, Dayu floods, which has always been the case throughout the ages.

When the snow melts every year, the water level rises and the water flow increases. Coupled with the fact that there are many Dayu Mountains, the river embankments are easily washed away. Therefore, the court must make disaster prevention preparations before winter every year.

If you change to other countries, even disaster prevention must be in winter, and it is rare to start so early, but their big elm has heavy snow in winter. If you really wait until winter to start, then the time will be implemented

It is even more difficult to complete disaster prevention and mitigation if the work is difficult.

Everyone is already familiar with disaster prevention, but because there was no flood this spring, the disaster prevention arrangements arranged last year are still on hold. Now it is another spring, and everyone in the court has different opinions on whether to prepare again. been arguing about it all the time.

Because many dams were washed away during the flood in the spring of the previous year, it was repaired last year, but because it was useless last year, it has been put on hold for a year this year. It is impossible to tear down and rebuild, but reinforcement can still be considered, but this It is not easy, and the man-hours required may be longer than rebuilding.

There are two kinds of arguments from the DPRK and China. One is that there is no need to worry about it next year, and the other is that it should take this opportunity to strengthen it. In this way, it may be possible to eradicate the problem of frequent breaches of dams in some places.

Lin Xu is actually on the latter side, and he also thinks that he should take this opportunity to strengthen it. It would be best if he could eradicate it, but this matter is not so easy.

The DPRK and China are using money everywhere now. Although the business tax has been collected, other taxes should also be raised in a while, but now there are more places that need money. Military salaries, food stores, and post stations are all big movement.

In the early court, there was another debate among the officials in the court. After the dispute was blushing but no conclusion was reached, Jin Qi looked at Lin Xu, who had been silent all the time, and asked his opinion.

In the main hall, Lin Xu stood up after hearing the words.

"I still need to think about this matter." Lin Xu did not answer immediately, but wanted to look at it again.

Hearing Lin Xu's answer, all the officials in the court stopped in surprise, and everyone who was still blushing looked at him in surprise, because Lin Xu always looked omnipotent, and everyone thought he was rarely seen in this way.

Jin Qi was also a little surprised, he didn't ask further, but followed Lin Xu's words: "If that's the case, then retreat from the court, and we'll discuss this matter tomorrow."

Lin Xu's hesitation is not incomprehensible to Jin Qi. He knows that there are many places where money is spent in the court. If you really want to count it, a few places with large floods all the year round are not counted. Many small places are probably more economical to rebuild after disasters than to reinforce A lot of money.

It's just Lin Xu's hesitation. Jin Qi also understands that if the flood is not repaired and allowed to happen, casualties will inevitably be caused by then. The number of refugees will naturally increase accordingly.

If it was Jinqi, he might have chosen a more favorable choice long ago. It is impossible for the frontier garrison to defend the border. Naturally, the station can make his eyes sharp and he can't stop. It is natural to know at a glance which is more important than the disaster victims.

Although there must be many families who are ruined and displaced, Jin Qi knows what is best, and he will not hesitate, but Lin Xu will not.

Lin Xu is thoughtful, good at calculating, always calm and knows what is the best choice, but he is not an indifferent person, Jin Qi already knew this.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that Jin Qi is so obsessed with him and cannot extricate himself.

After coming down to court, when Jin Qi changed into casual clothes and took people to the prime minister's mansion to feed the fish, this matter still kept appearing in his mind.

Lin Xu is not like him. Although both of them are very purposeful and have the momentum to swear not to give up until they achieve their goals, Lin Xu will not give up his principles, and he has long been used to unscrupulous methods.

Jin Qi looked at the pool in front of him, knowing that there was a shadow covering him, so he came back to look up, and Lin Xu, who was still in his heart just now, had already stood in front of him at some point.

"Are you back?" Jin Qi glanced at the sky, it was already evening.

Lin Xu didn't answer, but just looked at him.

Jin Qi coughed lightly, and threw the fish food in his hand into the water, "But speaking of it, you really are quite courageous. You actually dared to blackmail the Qi Kingdom. I don't know where you got the courage from."

Just a few days ago, the 30 taels of silver promised by the Qi State had already been delivered, and the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry had already begun to repair the post route behind Dayu.

"Didn't it be given by the emperor?" Lin Xu was in a good mood. He sat down beside Jin Qi and reached out to take Jin Qi's hand.

The fish food in it also started to feed the dragon carps that surrounded them.

The affairs of Qi State would not have gone so smoothly if it hadn't been for Jin Qi.

In autumn, the weather turns cooler, and the water temperature in the pool has dropped to a bit cold, but the dragon carps are as vigorous as ever.

Jin Qi was in a good mood when he saw this, and quickly distributed some fish food and put it in Lin Xu's palm, "I have decided not to strengthen the flood control for the time being, and we will talk about it next year."

Lin Xu looked over, and before he could speak, he heard Jin Qi say again: "This matter is decided like this, I have made up my mind, there is no need to say more."

As the emperor, he was supposed to make up his mind on this matter. He knew that Lin Xu would be in trouble, but he pushed everything to him and let him make a decision. That would be embarrassing for him.

Anyway, he already had a lot of blood on his hands, so it doesn't matter if there is more.

"The matter of the post station can be postponed. It should be no problem with the 30 taels of Qi State's [-] taels for half a year, but since this is the case, the money that can be allocated will not be too much." Lin Xu said softly, looking at the water in his eyes. A touch of warmth.

Having been with Jin Qi for so many years, he could tell at a glance what Jin Qi was thinking, and knew that Jin Qi was afraid of embarrassing him, but Lin Xu didn't point it out.

"That's fine." Jin Qi had already decided cruelly to ignore the flood, but since Lin Xu said so, so be it.

Jin Qi threw all the fish food in the water into the water, and took another look at the sunset, he got up and patted his clothes, feeling a little bit reluctant, "I'm about to go back."

"Do you want to stay for dinner?" Lin Xu asked.

Jin Qi was slightly surprised when he heard the words, then smiled, and followed Lin Xu to the hall, "Since the prime minister invited me, I will stay and taste the cooking skills of the prime minister's mansion, and see how the chefs in the palace How about the imperial dining room?"