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Chapter 209 Putting the People First

St. Ann's three years.

The first day of November.

Chaozheng Palace.

The regular court meeting on the first day of each month is about to begin. The civil and military ministers are lined up on the left and right. Lin Feng is now the chief of the Commercial and Taxation Department of the third rank. The place where he stands is already in the middle of the queue of civil servants.

The floor heating in the Chao Zheng Palace had been turned on, and bursts of warmth came from the floor beneath his feet. Lin Feng suddenly felt sleepy. It was still a while before the morning session started, so he leaned against the golden pillar and dozed off.

"Your Majesty is coming to court!"

"I will pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

I don't know how long it took, but the voices of Sun He and the civil and military officials sounded in the main hall, which woke Lin Feng from his sleep. Lin Feng quickly bowed and made a salute.

"Everyone is safe!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Huangfu Gongcheng sat on the dragon chair and looked at the civil and military officials under the imperial platform with a smile on his face.

"My dear friends, the Chaozheng Palace is as warm as spring today. When I entered the palace just now, I was thinking, how great it would be if everyone in Dayan could use floor heating!"

"His Majesty loves the people like his sons. It is a blessing to all my ministers! A blessing to all the people!"

Faced with the compliments of civil and military officials, Huangfu Gongcheng did not take it seriously and continued to say: "My dear friends, please think carefully and see if there is any way to make all the people in Dayan use floor heating."

As soon as Huangfu Gongcheng said these words, the whole hall suddenly became quiet.

In the minds of the ministers, how can ordinary people afford floor heating? Not counting the construction costs, ordinary people cannot afford the briquettes consumed every day.

Fortunately, Fengyang City has a large supply of cheap briquettes from Lijiazhuang Coal Mine. In other places in Dayan without coal mines, floor heating is even more unrealistic.

Huangfu Gongcheng also knew that this would be difficult to achieve, but he still couldn't help but express his thoughts. As time passed little by little, no ministers still stood up to express their opinions, so he had to put his last hope It rests on Lin Feng.

"Marquis Jiangling, you invented floor heating. Do you have any idea?"

When Huangfu Gongcheng mentioned the matter of floor heating, Lin Feng knew that the emperor would definitely ask him, so he began to think about how to deal with it. Then he thought of the earthen Kangs in the homes of the people in northern China, and he suddenly had an idea.

"Your Majesty, it is not practical for ordinary people to build floor heating in their homes, but it is still possible to build an earthen kang. There should be no problem in surviving the winter."

Huangfu was overjoyed with his success, "The Marquis of Jiangling came forward to speak and tell me in detail about the earthen kang you just mentioned."

"Sir, obey the order!"

Lin Feng immediately came out in front of the ministers and stood with the three pavilion elders.

"Your Majesty, this earthen kang is actually a smaller version of floor heating. People only need to use earthen bricks to build an earthen pit next to the stove. When they boil water for cooking, they can heat the earthen pit, and at night they can have a warm earthen oven. Go to bed."

"Hahaha……"

"Okay, okay! Marquis Jiangling is truly a sage in this world. He can come up with such a wonderful idea. I just don't know if the construction of this earthen bed is complicated?"

"Your Majesty, the structure of Tukang is very simple. With the structural diagram, ordinary people can build it by themselves."

"Okay! You can draw the structure of the Tukang after the court."

"Sir, obey the order!"

Huangfu Gongcheng nodded, "Liu Aiqing and Xiao Aiqing, I leave the promotion work of earthen kangs to your Ministry of Household Affairs and Ministry of Industry. I don't want to hear about people freezing to death this winter."

Liu Qin, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Xiao Jun, the Minister of Industry, all bowed their hands and saluted, "My lord, I obey the order!"

Huangfu Gongcheng was very happy that the people's winter problem was successfully solved, "My dear friends, since we are talking about the people today, we might as well talk about the drought and floods that often plague the people."

"Droughts and floods occur every year in the vast area of ​​the seventy-two prefectures of Dayan, and the people suffer deeply from them. Dear friends, you may wish to express your opinions. It doesn't matter even if you are wrong. Let's brainstorm. ."

As soon as Huangfu Gongcheng finished speaking, Xia Yuan, the official minister, took the lead and said, "Your Majesty, droughts and floods are natural disasters that cannot be eliminated since ancient times. What we have to do is provide timely relief."

"I second the proposal!"

All the civil servants in the palace spoke in agreement.

At this moment, General Cheng Wuwei stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I don't have any good strategies to deal with droughts and floods, but I always believe that man can defeat nature. Although natural disasters cannot be eliminated, as long as we take appropriate measures, we may not be able to reduce the harm of natural disasters to the people."

"In my opinion, winter cold is also a natural disaster. Since Jianglinghou can invent floor heating and earthen kangs, Jianglinghou must also have his own solutions to drought and flood problems. We might as well listen to his opinion first."

As soon as Cheng Wuwei said these words, all the civil and military officials looked at Lin Feng. Lin Feng was good at creating miracles. The reason why Huangfu Gongcheng wanted to discuss the drought and flood issues in the court was because he hoped that Lin Feng could create miracles again.

Lin Feng did his best to do things for the people, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, I do have ways to reduce the harm caused by drought and floods to the people."

Sure enough, there is a way. Huangfu Gongcheng's face lit up and said, "Marquis Jiangling, please tell me in detail."

"Sir, obey the order!"

"Your Majesty, the terrain in our country is mainly mountainous and plain. In the mountainous areas we can build reservoirs in high-lying areas to store water to reduce flooding during floods and divert water to irrigate farmland during droughts."

"In plain areas, in addition to building dams along rivers to block floods, we also need to build large water diversion trucks to divert water to irrigate farmland when drought strikes. This will effectively alleviate drought and flood problems."

After Lin Feng finished speaking, there was silence in the hall, everyone was thinking about what Lin Feng just said.

"Lin Aiqing, it is indeed feasible to build a reservoir to store water in high-lying areas, but what is this water diversion truck? Can it also automatically divert water?"

Huangfu Gongcheng and the civil and military officials looked at Lin Feng with puzzled expressions. It was obvious that Dayan did not have a water tanker yet.

"Your Majesty, this water diversion truck is a huge circular turntable structure. It can use the power of water flow to automatically guide water from the river to the shore."

"Is Marquis Jiangling serious? Is there really a water diversion truck in the world that can draw water without manpower?" Academician Meng Xianli asked excitedly.

"Mr. Meng, there is no need to doubt it. Xia Guan tested the water diversion truck when he was in Jiangling City, and I guarantee there will be no problem."

"Hahaha……"

"Okay, okay! God has blessed me Dayan! With the automatic water-drawing artifact like the water diversion truck, droughts will not be so terrible from now on."

"Xiao Aiqing, I will leave it to your Ministry of Industry to build the reservoir on the mountain and build the water diversion truck. The Marquis of Jiangling will give you your full cooperation."

"Sir, obey the order!"

Lin Feng and Xiao Shu both raised their hands.

Huangfu Gongcheng nodded happily, "My dear friends, my country, Dayan, has undergone earth-shaking changes in the past year. The Marquis of Jiangling is indispensable for all of this. I will reward my merits and punish my faults. If Lin Aiqing has any requests, please feel free to ask for them." Come out and I will agree to it."

"Your Majesty, I have no request. I ask your Majesty to pass the decree to provide three meals a day for the people who are working on the reservoir. Don't waste the people and money and suffer the people."

"Of course, building the reservoir is related to the national economy and people's livelihood. I will use one million taels of silver from the royal treasury as the starting capital. From now on, I will mobilize the people to build the reservoir every winter."

"I am very relieved that Lin Aiqing is devoted to the people. All the ministers should follow the example of Marquis Jiangling and put the people first in everything."

"I will obey your orders!"

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

All civil and military officials bowed and saluted, and the meeting came to a successful conclusion.

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