"I want you to inspect the censor for the south, 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 disregard the holy grace and break the law, I will give you the right to take advantage of it."
Yang Heshu bowed in response, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to inspect two areas in a short period of time by myself, so I ask for an assistant."
The emperor glanced across all the officials, and finally pointed to Bai Erlang and said, "Let Bai Cheng go with you."
Bai Erlang, who was wandering in the sky, was stunned, and he was poked by the colleague behind him before he realized it, stepped out, and replied hesitantly, "I obey the order."
Yang and Shuben wanted to ask for Bai Shan, and when they heard that it was Bai Cheng, they understood after a little thought, and agreed with a smile.
The emperor pondered for a moment and asked, "Where is Tang He now?"
Feng Liang came out and said: "Master Xiao Tang is now in Bingzhou area, inspecting the post-disaster affairs."
It has been five years, and Tang He is still outside. He returned to the capital once halfway, but it was only to report on his work, and he left after only staying for less than two months.
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 in the Jin Dynasty, the officials were clearer.
So the emperor let him continue wandering around again, and truly realized his ideal of traveling all over the world and investigating unjust cases all over the world.
The emperor said: "Add him as the censor of the northern inspection, and Bai Shan as the deputy censor. Together with Tang He, he will inspect the three grain roads of Henan Road, Hebei Road, and Hedong Road."
Bai Shan was stunned for a moment, then stepped out, and bowed down.
The emperor said: "Bai Shan, the matter of building granaries and stabilizing prices is the first thing you mentioned, and you are good at calculation. You must pay attention to this matter and don't slack off."
Bai Shan responded respectfully, "I obey the order."
The emperor settled the matter, and discussed a few more things with his ministers. Seeing that it was getting late, he didn't want them to make troubles about the river water transportation, so he got up and said, "Let's retreat from the court."
Everyone stood up and sent the emperor off respectfully.
Bai Shan looked up at Yang Heshu, smiled slightly, and turned to look for Zhou Man.
Zhou Man smiled at him with his wat and said, "You are going on a business trip again, and you will go to many places this time, remember to help me keep an eye on the plants along the way."
Bai Shan responded, "Don't worry, I'll take care of it, I'll leave the family to you first."
Zhou Man said "Yes", and was stopped by Gu Zhong when he went out. Gu Zhong called the names of several adults, Yang Heshu and Bai Erlang were among them, "Your Majesty wants to see some adults."
The four turned around and headed towards the study at the back of the Tai Chi Hall.
Bai Erlang walked beside Zhou Man, exhaled softly and said, "It's dangerous, I'm really afraid that His Majesty will question me in the court, but why did you think of asking me to inspect the grain road? I have always served in the Imperial Academy."
He also participated in and signed the papers on the river course, but he did not participate in the papers on building granaries and stabilizing prices.
Zhou Man, "Isn't the Imperial Academy just to move wherever it is needed? Do you really want to stay in the Imperial Academy for the rest of your life?"
Bai Erlang: "The Imperial Academy is pretty good, and it's not bad to be an old Hanlin."
Bai Shandao: "Your Majesty asked you to go with Senior Brother Yang to make inspections so that you can protect Senior Brother Yang."
"Me?" Bai Erlang was surprised, "I protect Brother Yang? Brother Yang can also lead the army and have some kung fu, better than me, right?"
Bai Shan: "... In short, you just follow Brother Yang closely, and take care of the guards of your Princess Mansion. You are the son-in-law. Your Majesty has always loved Princess Mingda, and Huainan Road dare not do anything to you."
Bai Erlang realized later, "Oh, yes, Brother Yang has many enemies in Huainan Road."
Yang Heshu couldn't help chuckling, and said to him, "I'm going to have to protect you along the way."
Bai Erlang quickly said: "Brother Yang, don't worry, I can't do other things, I can still follow you closely."
When we got to the study, the prince and several important ministers were all here.
It was the first time for Bai Erlang to enter the small court meeting, and he was still a little nervous. Fortunately, the emperor did not ask him questions, but caught Bai Shan and Zhou Man to ask. Bai Shan and Zhou Man.
Bai Erlang breathed a sigh of relief quietly.
Bai Shan dared to write this note, because he had done research, especially the second note was more detailed than the first, and he added a lot of things in the interval of a month.
Bai Shandao: "My Dajin water network is densely covered, not to mention the North Yellow River and the South Yangtze River, but only the branches of the rivers in between, Weishui, Luoshui, Wuding River, Fenshui, Bianshui, and Huaihe River. This is from northwest to east. , sailing from north to southeast, the states and counties passed through include half of the prosperous places in my Dajin."
"Not to mention that it is difficult to connect the Jialing River with the Wei River, but it can connect with the Han River to the Central Plains," Bai Shan said, "If these rivers can be used, commerce and trade will flourish along the way. The Central Plains has more people and less land, and the idle manpower will be even greater. If it is quickly transported to the north and southeast, the national strength will not only increase by one or two times?"
Old Master Tang frowned, "Wouldn't it hurt farmers if you put so much emphasis on business?"
The prince said: "If it was before, it would be natural. After all, the arable land is limited, but now the food production has increased and the price of food in various places has dropped. In the past, two adults worked hard to feed a family of three, but now one adult labor can support a family of three. How much is that?" A person who comes out can naturally do other things to make life better."
"And business is the way to make their lives better." The crown prince said: "In the past few years, Sinong Temple has been studying the matter of increasing the production of rice and wheat seeds. I heard that a rice plant from their experimental field this year has reached Eight stones per mu."
Bai Shan agreed, and said: "Although the grain yield is high, there are still many poor people in various places. The refugees who lost their land, and the tenant farmers with little land, these have to be solved. I don't have a better solution now. I will use these manpower for the time being. Keeping it alive in the world is a top priority."
In fact, there is a way, but the way is more radical. Both Bai Shan and Zhou Man feel that if they mention it, they may not see the sun next month, so forget it and leave it alone for now.
They think of a better way, let nature take its course first, and focus on the present.
The emperor nodded slightly, and then said: "The river course can be dredged, but this is not a one-time job, especially without a river course map, the situation of each river course is unknown, how to dredge it, and which part to dredge first must be discussed in a long-term way. conclusion."
He said: "This time you travel, except for Jiannan Road, the places you go include all the important rivers in my Dajin. I order you to collect river maps privately and hand over all the information to the Ministry of Industry, who will formulate dredging Of the policy."
Bai Shan was overjoyed and bowed in response.
Only then did the emperor look at Zhou Man, and said: "The Ministry of Industry will first select a few river channels for testing, so as not to cause problems in the expansion of the project, but there are too many migrant workers and soldiers going down the river, and there will be disasters and diseases. Is there a countermeasure?"
Zhou Man bowed and said, "I will come up with a suitable anti-cold and epidemic prevention prescription as soon as possible, as well as a coping method suitable for their underwater operations. At that time, a medical office will be set up at the labor site in case of emergency."
The emperor nodded slightly, then clicked on the map on the table and said: "Then start from the section from Weishui to Fenshui, and your Tai Medical Office will prepare."
It’s September now, and the water level in the Fenshui area has dropped, and it’s even snowing in some places. At this time, it’s really important to dredge the river. Zhou Man dared not neglect it, and bowed down.
The emperor gave the assignment, and then he said to Bai Erlang who had been standing obediently: "My son-in-law, you should study hard with Master Yang."
Bai Erlang agreed.
Only then did the emperor wave his hand to make them retreat, leaving the prince to talk to Mr. Tang.
After leaving the study room, the four of them walked out of the Tai Chi Hall, Bai Shan and Zhou Man were left behind, he asked, "This matter is urgent, I'll go back and pack my things before I'm ready to go out, will you go to Fenhe?"
Zhou Man: "Depending on the situation, this matter needs to be discussed with Xiao Yuanzheng, but even if I go, I won't be there for a long time, and I will be back in three or two months."
After all, it was November, and it was difficult to dig the river.
Bai Shan nodded, took her hand and said with a smile: "Then we will see each other according to fate, you have to take care."
Zhou Man looked up at him and said with a smile, "You should also be careful along the way."
Yang Heshu and Bai Erlang had already reached the bottom of the steps. Seeing that the two of them were dawdling behind and hadn't followed up, they couldn't help but look back.
The sun was shining brightly, and the two of them were bathed in the golden sunlight. The steps of the Tai Chi Hall were very long and high. When Yang Heshu and Bai Erlang looked up, they felt the sunlight was dazzling, and they could only see the hands that they were holding together.
Yang Heshu couldn't help smiling, shook his head and turned around, "Let's go."
Bai Erlang curled his lips in disgust, and followed Yang Heshu away with a sad face.
Seeing this, Bai Shan and Zhou Man looked at each other with a smile, approached and chased after each other, their sleeves touched their sleeves, and they flew up, no one could see their holding hands under their sleeves.