Chapter 60                                                             �

In May, the weather is still getting hot. The epidemic in Luoyang, which lasted for several months, seemed to have become low because the weather turned hot, or because Li Shizhen handled it properly, and suppressed the epidemic.

However, at this time, no one paid attention to anything else in the entire land of China. Because the wheat harvest is about to be harvested in May.

These are the two most important things in the year, and the other important thing is the autumn harvest.

At this time, Zhou Mengchen also led his group to patrol the land of Guanzhong to check the wheat harvest.

However, Zhou Mengchen also saw that it was not optimistic. In fact, Zhou Mengchen did not know whether the earthquake had an impact on the growth of plants, but he thought it would not have a big impact, but this time the earthquake was too big.

At this time, Zhou Mengchen could see clearly. In the same land, one piece of wheat harvested, the other one was empty, was it because the people had no seeds? No, it was during the earthquake that this land was either covered by something or buried by soil and rocks. This situation is common, and Zhou Mengchen also knew that several villages disappeared directly from the ground. Then the land that also belonged to these villages would not exist. As for the ground breaking and becoming blocked, and other changes that made the earth riddled with holes, the wheat that was originally planted became scattered.

In addition, there is also a problem with the river channel. After the earthquake, it is normal for the river channel to roll over and change the road. However, the wheat fields are no longer there.

Han Bangqi sighed and said, "If there were no nephew to come to provide disaster relief, we wouldn't know how to spend this year."

Zhou Mengchen smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Uncle Master Mizang, I just did what I should do. By the way, are there any repaired projects nearby? Just take a look."

Zhou Mengchen looked far away and saw that the people around him were struggling to harvest on the land, lined up in a row, standing in the wheat fields, quietly cutting wheat. Instead, he looked at Zhou Mengchen's group and his group a little strange.

Because during this season, anyone who is leisurely will look weird.

However, Zhou Mengchen did not want to go to the wheat fields. It was not that he had done such a job. In the past few years of Datong, he had to go to the fields every year when he harvested, and set an example. Naturally, he knew the hardships of doing farm work. Moreover, the situation was different. Zhou Mengchen did not need to go to the fields to show off. What he needed to estimate was the grain harvested from the wheat, so as to calculate the food gap.

Look, is the amount of grain he entrusted to Shanxi merchants to sell enough? The reason why this batch of grain started to be shipped after May was actually because Zhou Mengchen wanted to buy it cheaper. After the wheat harvest in May, the grain must have a low price, so it was delayed for a while. In other words, if it is calculated here that the wheat harvest in Guanzhong is good, then you can buy less in the Huainan area.

However, Zhou Mengchen was very interested in the projects built in various places. Some small projects have been accepted, while others have not been completed. Zhou Mengchen really wanted to go and see them.

There is a certainty overall.

Han Bangqi is most familiar with this place. After all, this is his hometown. He said with a stern finger: "There is a project here, which is the Dragon Shouqu."

Zhou Mengchen was stunned and said, "But is the Dragon Head Canal of the Han Dynasty?"

Han Bangqi shook his head and said, "Yes, no. The Dragon Head Canal in the Han Dynasty is completely out of reach. Now it is just a rebuilt channel with the former site of the Dragon Head Canal. Because it is closely linked to the starting point of the Dragon Head Canal, it is named the Dragon Head Canal. In fact, no matter the irrigation range or even the water volume, it is far less than the Dragon Head Canal of the Western Han Dynasty. The Guanzhong of each other is not the Guanzhong of the past."

Zhou Mengchen also knew that during the Qin and Han dynasties, Guanzhong was once the most important grain-producing area in China, not only because of the good ecology of Guanzhong at that time, but because of the large number of water conservancy construction in Guanzhong in the Qin and Han dynasties. However, after the capital was not built in Guanzhong, the country naturally would not destroy manpower and material resources in Guanzhong. As the ecology was destroyed, water conservancy projects were disrepaired one by one, or were destroyed by war, and grain production was naturally deteriorating.

Even so, Guanzhong is still the most important grain-producing area in the entire northwest. It is necessary to supply grain from the entire northwest.

Zhou Mengchen said, "Go and have a look."

They soon arrived at the so-called Dragon Shou Canal, which just disappointed Zhou Mengchen.

Zhou Mengchen was used to major projects in later generations, and he also built water conservancy projects, such as the Wenyuan Lake Project. Moreover, the reputation of Longshou Canal is such a great water conservancy project, but it seems that it is not a few meters wide and only one meter deep, giving Zhou Mengchen a feeling that if he only needs to increase his strength to run, he can jump from the Longshou Canal to the other side.

There is no water now, but there is still a lot of work in it.

Zhou Mengchen walked over and found that there was no supervision, and there were not many people. There were about a dozen of them, all strong men. They were all shirtless, wearing only one pants, and sweating all over. The thing they did was also very simple, digging soil and pulling up a frame of soil from below.

It gives people a feeling that it is not like a government project, but rather like a farmer building a house for himself.

Zhou Mengchen walked by, and they naturally saw it. When they saw Zhou Mengchen and his group, they stopped their work and immediately stepped forward. Zhou Mengchen thought they had admitted their mistakes and was about to say something, but they all came to Han Bangqi and immediately bowed and said, "Mr. Han, you are here."

Zhou Mengchen was stunned, and then he truly felt Han Bangqi's influence here.

Han Bangqi said, "You are the old Wang family."

An old man in the lead said, "Yes, we are not from the old Wang family."

Zhou Mengchen asked, "Why don't you go to harvest wheat?"

The leader of the Wang family looked bitter and said, "Last winter, God was not good at seeing each other. My family was covered by rocks. It took me a long time to clean up the land. However, the harvest was over. So the village discussed and gave me the matter here to my house and eat. After the preparation, I would give me one tael of silver and we came here."

Zhou Mengchen looked at the long distance that had been repaired and asked, "You all did it yourself."

The Wang family said, "Isn't it? We have been busy here for several months and have been repaired for about 30 miles. Fortunately, the foundation is still there and it is not that difficult."

Zhou Mengchen's eyes were not blind, he could see clearly.

The government rarely repairs water conservancy. I don’t know that the new dragon-shou canal was built that year. Many places are blocked on a large scale, and many places are like flat ground. This family has dug more than 30 miles a little by little. How much effort does it take to do?

Zhou Mengchen forgot it. The things they could get were about a dozen taels of silver and a full meal every day, which was only one or two hundred stones of food.

Zhou Mengchen asked Xu Wei: "How much is this project costing at that time?"

Xu Wei had a very good memory and said, "If I remember correctly, it's about a hundred taels."

Zhou Mengchen sneered and said nothing.

Han Bangqi couldn't hold his face anymore and immediately asked, "What is your cultivation to achieve when you practice like this?"

The Wang family said, "The village chief said that after everyone is finished, I will bring you back."

Zhou Mengchen said, "By the way, how did you choose your village chief?"

The Wang family was stunned and said, "What should I choose? Our family has been in charge of the Bai family for generations, so what should I choose?"

Zhou Mengchen was stunned and said, "That's it." Then he looked at Han Bangqi.

The Bai family is an old surname in Guanzhong. It was the first to go back to the Qin Dynasty. There was a big surname in the Bai family here. Zhou Mengchen was not surprised at all, but the votes he designed were useless. Although he was not surprised, he was somewhat uncomfortable.

Han Bangqi's face was also a little ugly and said, "Didn't you read the village agreement I wrote?"

The Wang family didn't know what made Han Bangqi furious and said, "The things written by Mr. Han were read by us illiterate people. We knew that there seemed to be something posted on the ancestral hall, but we didn't go to see it. Is there anything wrong?"

There are not just things that are wrong, but there are too many things that are wrong.
Chapter completed!