Chapter 226 Water Canal

Wei Shen also heard that this method was written by King Qi Changfu, who personally issued a teaching last time. It is said that it was to summon the villagers to actively respond and improve their lives. Zhao Qiongyu personally accompanied King Qi and chose this place.

Because it is more than ten miles away from Qichang Prefecture, after statistics from Wuhua and Xingning County, there are many villagers who have moved from all over the country, and there are currently many people living there. Because most villagers were thatched huts at the beginning, the King of Qi suggested using this method to build it. It is said that it will last for generations without worrying.

Although Wei Shen, as a child of the big family, rarely cared about the common people, after leaving the capital, there were naturally some people in the family to give instructions. Because Lingnan was mostly made of big trees and stones, they could usually be used locally, which was most suitable for local farmers to live in. However, in Wei Shen's opinion, it was obviously different.

At this moment, I couldn't help but look around, and I heard Chang Shisan unable to stop and kept saying: ",,,,,,,,, I heard that the people nearby have received the grace of the court. I am grateful to follow the arrangements of the court and consciously use this method to build my home. Now the people are offering the emperor's tablet for immortality!"

"Recently, the King of Qi issued an order to hand over the poultry seedlings assigned to them, and twenty households rented a plowing ox. The young man, who was appointed as the assistant minister, also visited him for a follow-up visit! When he saw the situation at that time, he was as surprised as the adults. He sighed that he would not work in the county in the future, so he led the family and the young to set up a quiet place to be so happy!"

Chang Shisan saw that Wei Shen was easy to talk and liked to listen to these things, so he kept talking. Because Wei Shen was really too surprised and shocked, he slowly walked along the way and arrived halfway through the mountain.

I saw that there were no tall trees on the hillside, and there were paddy fields on the oblique mountain, winding down one by one. Moreover, there were many different crops in the field at this time, and they all seemed to grow very well.

The weather in Lingnan is very good, and it is not surprising that crop growth is not surprising. In the past, some lazy people would not starve to death without working, because there are a lot of fruits that can be eaten in Lingnan. Because of this, Wei Shen was naturally surprised to see this.

Although it is not far from Wuhua, it is also high and there are few waters. There are no ponds or other places to store water on the mountain. However, how did these paddy fields in the middle of the mountain come from? Although there is a lot of rain in Lingnan, it is impossible to rain for a few days, so Wei Shen is naturally even more strange!

Looking at the past, Wei Shen naturally became more and more curious. He couldn't help but let go of the donkey. Wei Xi on the side took him slowly and walked along the terraces.

From time to time, I squatted down to see the mud and soil moisture in the fields. It was indeed a piece of terraced fields, each piece was full of water, which was the best place for crop growth. Chang Shisan and Wei Xi didn't understand, so I could only follow them honestly, but Wei Xi led the donkey behind them all the way!

Wei Shen walked for a while and looked at it for a while. After a short while, he saw a ditch that was two or three feet wide suddenly appeared in front of him. It winded along the mountain, and the ditch was located along the mountain. Some places were hidden under the bushes, and some areas disappeared behind the big rocks.

After following after walking, Wei Shen found that some places were obviously traces of artificial decoration, which were constantly connected. It seemed that it was a ditch along the mountain. After it was repaired, it was completely used as a canal.

Wei Shen was originally a smart person. After carefully looking at the canal in front and behind, especially the ins and outs of it, he couldn't help but stand on the mountainside and laughed and said, "I understand, I understand, I understand!"

Chang Shisan and Wei Xi looked at Wei Shen for no reason, and were covered in mud, but stood by the ditch with a happy look on his face! Chang Shisan saw Wei Shen happy and suddenly seemed to remember something.

Seeing that Wei Shen was still in a state of interest, he leaned closer and said, "There was no such ditch here before. When I came to choose a place to reclaim it, the official sent by him took a fancy to him, so he chose to let everyone build a house here."

"Those villagers who have just migrated are unwilling to drive the wasteland on the hillside. Unexpectedly, the adults actually led the villagers to climb the mountain there. After finding a waterfall, they led the ditch in two days. In a few days, the wasteland turned into a paddy field!"

Chang Shisan here was a little proud and even a little proud. He looked at Wei Xi who seemed to be a little confused, and his eyes were full of pride. But as Wei Shen stared at him, he had to immediately touch him and say everything he knew.

Then he pointed to the remote mountain on the right, which looked a little stretched, and said with a deep feeling: "There are small ditches on the mountain in the distance over the years. Because the flowing water is not large, the villagers generally do not pay attention to it. But there is a small waterfall that flows directly into the river over there!"

"And look at the edge of the mountain, there is a natural oblique ditch. Although it is not obvious, it just connects there. The master asked them to open this ditch, tighten the mud in the ditch, and then the water is brought here!"

"But what is surprising is that he did not let the water flow down directly from the terraced fields here, but only allowed a small amount of water and regularly put a little water over. The rest of the water ditch stored excess water and guided it to more than ten miles away, and another village. There was a natural small lake there, but he didn't expect that the stepped soil opened on this high slope would become a fertile field!"

"The court has regulations. Last time, the King of Qi ordered that as long as these paddy fields that were opened by themselves did not deliberately destroy the mountains and forests to build land, even if the villagers' own Yongye fields were collected, and five years later, the court collected half of the tax on the land. These villagers were so happy that they were so young that they were very moved!"

At this time, Wei Shen was so excited that he was good at water conservancy development and utilization. Naturally, he knew that such policies were unprecedented, and such measures to benefit the people could directly lead to a multiplier increase in farmland harvests across the country and across the country.

Although the court did not make any obvious profits due to this kind of reclamation and even direct efforts, it seems that these ordinary people have benefited a lot. In Wei Shen's view, the court's tax revenue and the people's harvest will naturally increase significantly in less than a few years.

When it comes to these efforts, they will not directly harm the people at all. It seems that they will only help. Looking at the ditch in front of them, Wei Shen was even more excited at this moment.

Chang Shisan didn't know the real meaning of this modified ditch. Wei Shen knew that it meant that not only this paddy field would not dry up from now on. And because it flowed in parallel, the waterline would benefit the distant villages from now on.
Chapter completed!