Guo Song returned to Jiuyuan County ten days later, and he had been visiting the three towns for a month, and it was already early March when he returned.

At this time, the ice and snow in Fengzhou have long been completely melted, and the breath of spring is full of vitality, and the air is filled with the fragrance of wild flowers and earth.

Guo Song did not return to the city immediately, and when he was still three miles away from the county seat, he turned to a fork in the road to the south of the city, and he wanted to see the progress of the army's tuntian.

There was still some way to go from the land of Juntun, and Guo Song saw a new river, about two zhang wide, flowing calmly to the east, flowing into another north-south main canal more than ten miles away.

This is the new irrigation canal after dredging, it belongs to the irrigation branch canal in Fengzhou, there are six main irrigation canals in Fengzhou, connecting the Yellow River in the north and south, including two in Yongfeng County, three in Jiuyuan County, and one in Feng'an County, the main irrigation canals are all flowing in the north-south direction, and then there are countless branch canals that connect the main canals with each other, forming a grid irrigation system on the land of Fengzhou.

The irrigation system of Fengzhou was the most developed in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and then it disappeared for a time, and the Sui Dynasty re-emerged, until the Tang Dynasty, after the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, it fell silent again, but the silence was not long, and the main irrigation channel basically maintained the original appearance of the Tang Dynasty.

It's just that some of the branch canals have dried up and silted up, and this southern branch canal was dried up and silted up twenty years ago, and today it has been dredged again, and there is once again a sparkling flow of water in the dry riverbed.

Guo Song and his retinue walked for miles along the new river channel, and finally saw a large area of newly cultivated fertile land, where countless soldiers drove oxen to cultivate and sow wheat fields, and many soldiers continued to dig irrigation canals, which brought water directly into the wheat fields.

At this time, Guo Song suddenly saw Li Ji, who was leading several young men who looked like scribes to guide the cultivation situation, and there was a middle-aged man next to him, who was observing the soil quality.

Guo Song hurriedly waved his hand and urged the horse over, and Li Ji also saw Guo Song and hurriedly led everyone to meet him.

"The envoy is finally back!" Li Ji said happily.

Guo Song smiled slightly: "No way, this time I went to the three towns not to inspect, but to solve the problem, so it took a little more time." ”

"Well, are the soldiers willing to move their families?" Li Ji asked with concern.

Guo Song nodded, "Most of the soldiers are very enthusiastic, so let's wait for the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households to approve our plan, and once the plan is approved, we will start to implement it." ”

Speaking of this, Guo Song glanced at the few people behind Li Ji and asked, "These people are-"

"I'll introduce you to the envoy!"

Li Ji pulled the middle-aged man and introduced: "This is Zhang Nong, the deputy envoy of Lingzhou Tuntian of the Shuofang Army, who has more than ten years of experience in Tuntian, and is here to guide us. ”

The middle-aged man stepped forward and hugged his fists and smiled: "I have heard of Guo Yuanjun's name for a long time, and when I see it today, my subordinates are fortunate to have three lives!" ”

Guo Song hadn't seen him, so he hurriedly said politely: "Zhang Tuntian has worked hard. ”

Li Ji introduced three young people again, "These three people are newly recruited Tuntian scribes, enriching the Tuntian Division, and soon Luo Liang, the director of Kai Cao, will be the deputy envoy of Tuntian, he is now handing over, and he will report to the Tuntian Division tomorrow, and he will be responsible for the specific affairs of the Tuntian Division in the future." ”

The three young men already knew that the person in front of them was the envoy of the Three Towns and the Assassin of Fengzhou, and the three of them hurriedly saluted, "See Guo Envoyjun!" ”

Guo Song smiled slightly and asked, "You are all locals of Fengzhou?" ”

The three of them all nodded, and Guo Song said again: "There are not many scribes in Fengzhou, so now that you have a chance, I hope you will seize the opportunity and be pragmatic and capable as soon as possible, so that you can provoke the big beam in the future." ”

"Thank you Guo Yuanjun for your kindness!"

Guo Song smiled and asked Li Ji again, "What is the situation in Tuntian now, and how much land has been reclaimed?" ”

Li Ji smiled bitterly and said: "Our goal is to reclaim 3,000 hectares of wheat fields, but it seems that we can only reclaim half of them at most, and the remaining half can only wait for next year's sowing." ”

"Take your time, planting 1,500 hectares of wheat fields is already very good, if one mu produces 300 catties of wheat, it will be more than 300,000 stone of grain a year, not only to solve the military rations, but also to surplus, if all the land is cultivated, we can also transfer grain to the outside."

Guo Song smiled again and asked Zhang Nongdao: "Can one acre of land here produce three hundred catties of wheat?" ”

Zhang Nong smiled and nodded, "There is no problem at all, the light, heat and water in the Hetao Plain are sufficient, the land is fertile, the soil moisture is good, one mu of land in Lingzhou can produce three hundred and fifty catties of wheat, and Fengzhou is about the same." ”

"So what do we have to do now?" Guo Song asked again.

Zhang Nong thought for a while and said: "If you want to say that it is insufficient, the main reason is that the irrigation canals are not all arranged, but they have been excavated and hope to be completed before April, April and May are the times when the wheat fields need water the most, and irrigation is very important." ”

Guo Song immediately instructed Li Ji, "You can arrange this matter, if it doesn't work, send more people, and it must be completed before April." ”

"The humble duty will definitely be done."

"Is there anything that falls short?" Guo Song asked with a smile again.

"There are no other big problems, and then there is the arrangement of warehouse construction and composting next year, I believe you can do a good job, and then there are some details, I also told Li Duwei just now, a large number of fish should be raised in the canal, and the fish not only eat aquatic plants, but also eat the eggs of many pests and diseases, so that the harm of pests and diseases in the wheat field will be weakened a lot."

Guo Song glanced at Li Ji, and Li Ji hurriedly said: "There is no problem with fish farming, I have already arranged it, and I will catch a large number of fish fry in April." ”

Guo carefully inspected the soldiers' ploughing and sowing conditions, and asked Zhang Nong some key points of the tuntian, and then left the military field and returned to Jiuyuan City.

He stayed in the military field for an hour and a half, and it was noon when he entered the city, Guo Song did not go to the military office, but went back to his mansion directly.

As soon as he entered the mansion, he felt that his subordinates looked at him with a strange expression, and he was really a little suspicious in his heart, at this time Steward Liang greeted him, and Guo Song asked, "What happened in the mansion?" ”

Steward Liang slurred: "I can't say it, just go to the inner house and take a look." ”

Guo Song handed over the horse to him, and walked quickly to the inner house, he entered his yard, but heard the voice of Xiao Yuniang from the courtyard next door, "Ling'er, you are not mistaken!" How do you draw eyebrows upright? ”

I heard Liang Ling'er grinning again, "Then you don't understand, this is called Emei color eyebrows, which is very popular in Chang'an, and the three colors of red, green and black are matched, and the lips can only be painted with a little rouge on the tip of the lip, which is called a little lip, and the powder on the cheeks should be coated with three layers, which is very even, so that there will be a feeling of snow white like pear blossoms, which is called Sydney makeup." ”

Guo Song only felt that his brain was a little short-circuited, and he couldn't imagine what the little fish girl had become.

Guo Song hesitated, or walked through the small door, towards the other party's courtyard, just walked into the courtyard, but saw Xiao Niangyu and Liang Ling'er swaying out in palace clothes, this kind of palace dress is also called a lady's dress, the chest is exposed a large piece of white flesh, mopping the floor of the emerald long skirt, arms around the long silk, the two of them comb their hair in a high bun, their hair is full of pearls, their faces are painted snow-white, like a silver basin, their eyebrows have been shaved off, and they are painted in three colors to form a thin triangle on the eyebrows, and the tips of their lips are coated with a little bright red rouge.

The two walked out of the room triumphantly, but Xiao Yuniang saw Guo Song standing in the courtyard with a shocked face, so frightened that she screamed, turned around and fled back to the house.

Liang Ling'er was also stunned for a long time, then turned around and ran.

In fact, Guo Song is a little knowledgeable, this is indeed a very popular makeup in the Chang'an harem, the slender figure, the plump woman is indeed very beautiful when she dresses up, but these two little girls who are only fourteen years old are only a little more than thirteen years old, especially the little fish girl is thin and small, where can her thin little breasts hold up, but she wants to learn the dress of a mature woman, it is really nondescript.

Guo Song knew that they still had to remove their makeup and thrushes, so he shouted, "I'll go to the official office and come back at night, you are not in a hurry!" ”

He turned around and left the mansion, walked to the door, and asked Steward Liang, "How long have the two of them been dressed like this?" ”

"It's been half a month! But they didn't dare to go out, they would be stoned by the children, and they just walked in the house. ”

Guo Song shook his head and walked quickly to the official office.......

Xiao Yu Niang took off her makeup, changed into an ordinary dress, and cried on the bed, Liang Linger looked at her guiltily on the side, although she was a little rebellious, but she was not stupid, she heard her brother Liang Wu say that Brother Guo actually didn't want Xiao Yu Niang to stay by his side, but out of a kind of gratitude, he didn't drive Xiao Yu Niang away.

Now that he has made trouble, Brother Guo may not tolerate Xiao Yuniang anymore.

"I'm sorry, I'll pack my things, let's go!"

She turned around and silently wanted to leave, Xiao Yuniang wiped away her tears and said, "Where are you going?" ”

"I.... I went to my brother and asked him to arrange for someone to take me back to Lingzhou. ”

"What are you going to do when you go back to Lingzhou now, you are a guest, you will leave as soon as the host comes back, this is not hospitality, you really want to go, you should also ask the host's opinion."

"But ....."

Liang Ling'er bit her lip and said, "I seem to have gotten into trouble and made Brother Guo dissatisfied with you." ”

"This is my own business, I will explain to him, he really wants to drive me away, I can't help it, it has nothing to do with you." Xiao Yuniang lowered her head and whispered.

Tears welled up in Liang Ling'er's eyes, and she finally couldn't help crying, "It's all my fault, I instigated you to put on makeup, I went to admit my mistake to Brother Guo, and if I want to beat him or punish him, I just can't drive you away." ”

Xiao Yuniang sighed in a low voice, "Childe may not drive me away, it's just that I feel uncomfortable, I don't want Childe to see what I am dressed up today, but he saw it, so I cried, don't feel guilty." ”

Liang Ling'er gritted her teeth and said, "No! When Brother Guo comes back, I will explain it to him for you. ”