"Will you spend a lot of money?" Yuan Tao asked curiously.

Zheng Lang started by talking about a funding issue, and did not dare to Qing Tingdao, but now he sighed again. Yuan Tao has been wandering around the place and has never entered the center. He is not very familiar with the situation of the court. Either the diary or the newspaper, but can those two things leak the core information? I believe it.

Yuan Tao didn't know what happened this year, but the data counted after New Year's Day last year were published in the palace and newspapers. The court's surplus was more than 60 million yuan, equivalent to more than 50 million yuan, not surplus. The surplus was nearly 40 million yuan a year just last year. In the battle of the Northwest, more than 100 million yuan was spent in the country, and the country shouted that it couldn't bear it. In fact, it only cost 40 million yuan a year.

It turns out that he used this comparison. But it is inevitable that since the court disclosed that the officials in the main local areas below could calculate some small accounts, and some officials even tried every means to ask the court for money and silk to govern the local area. It would be fine if there was no money in the treasury, but how could they not be moved by money? It was only last year that the Nongzhi incident dispelled some officials who were diligent in their work and loved the people.

There is still something behind.

The freight often costs 400 cents to transport a bucket of grain to the northwest front line, and the legendary peak reached 1,000 cents. This made Yuan Tao, a clean official, not understand how the money was spent. Could it be that the transported money was not rice, but bird's nest and dragon meat? Otherwise, how could a bucket cost 1,000 cents? One-third of the fact that the front line was moldy grain and rotten grain. Even good grain was mixed with stones, and one eating could make a front teeth crack. Or the dry road was too far, resulting in high freight. The truth was that he didn't want to think about it, nor did he want to think about it. He was on Guangnan East Road, and he only wanted to do something about Guangnan East Road. He didn't want to do one thousand cents, nor four hundred cents. As long as the court paid 100 cents, he had the ability to transport grain from the Jianghuai River to anywhere in Guangdong and Guangxi, whether it was in the inland river or by sea.

Last year, many areas of Guangdong and Guangxi were killed by Nong Zhigao, and the soldiers and people died under Nong Zhigao's sword reached tens of thousands of people. However, in the Northwest Battle, many soldiers and people did not die that year. Guangdong and Guangxi used tens of thousands of troops, but the troops used in the Northwest were 300,000. They were expensive forbidden soldiers and excellent weapons.

Either some roads were built on Jinghu South Road, which cost a lot, and the total project volume would even exceed Sanbaiqu, but as long as it was repaired in the front, there would be profits later. There would be other chain incomes that could not be seen from the commercial tax alone, which could make up for some of the expenses of the imperial court.

No matter how you calculate it, it’s okay to keep the court fair. So what is the nearly 70 million yuan used for?

Even the bank's dividends have not moved.

It's hard to ask, so I asked Zheng Lang how much it costs.

Zheng Lang looked at him and smiled and said, "The Yuanyun envoy is not what you think. Last year, the court reduced the head's money and increased consumption, and this alone reduced the income of the court by nearly 10 million."

"so much?"

"I remember that year the Qiongzhou free of salt and salt incident? The court only reduced the income from one or two thousand salt management, but in a year, the court wasted 10,000 or 20,000 yuan. Why?"

Zhou Ying said: "Human hearts are too greedy."

I was filled with emotion. For example, in this battle of following the Qiandao, the powerful people could no longer live? In fact, the salt administration and trade law were implemented, and they could join, but because their income was not as high as private salt, they stood up and took risks.

Is the court flirting with officials? But there are still officials who are greedy. The reason is one word, greed!

"Ji Zhen, don't be angry, you have to understand," Zheng Lang said, but he was also shaking his head and said, "You know the treasury is relaxed. You know your Majesty's character, so the pensions have become thicker and he spent more money. Although the court despised Guangdong and Guangxi, he was lucky enough to protect himself before. After the incident, most areas were decayed. This is not like Xixia, which only fought on the border and did not harm the country. Once in and out, how much money will the country spend? Military expenses, the loss of war, and the cost of road construction. Three, Chunzhi wrote to me, saying that the country was deficit last year, and the entry and exit were unbalanced, with a difference of nearly 20 million, equivalent to 15 million yuan in money. This picture..." Zheng Lang didn't know if he should open it.

Open it, it is a magic box, with his own ideas and experience in governing Guangdong and Guangxi in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. It turned out to be just a water conservancy. Guangdong South Road immediately became a kaleidoscope, thriving, but how much does it cost? Just now, I was shocked.

Guangdong, then Guangxi, and then Jinghu South Road. There is also Liuta River behind it! Liuta River is definitely not good, it is the entire Yellow River. How much does it cost to pile up? It is not tens of millions of dollars, but it may be 200 million dollars.

If the money is piled up, the entire Song Dynasty will undergo earth-shaking changes, but where can we make so much money?

Holding the scroll in his hand, he looked at the night sky outside the tent in a daze.

Two crisp rogues came from the riverside, and Zheng Lang walked out and came to the riverside. The cool river breeze blew, and the fragrance of flowers was blowing. Even in March, the day was already very hot. Only at night did he feel a little cool.

A low voice came from the river not far away.

Zheng Lang looked over carefully and found that a few foreign riders were not afraid of the cold, so they ran to the river to swim.

The quadrilateral began to sing again.

Zheng Lang suddenly thought of a poem and whispered: "The green trees listen to pedogs, and it is even more sensible. The sound of partridges is stopped and the sound of cuckoos is cut.

When I cry until spring, I have nowhere to go, and I have no choice but to regret the fragrance of flowers.

It is not enough to be done, and the world is farewell.

The Pipa Pass is blocking the black gate, and the green chariot leaves the golden palace.

Look at Yanyan and send her back to her concubine.

The general has a reputation for fighting for hundreds of battles.

Going to the river and looking back thousands of miles, the old friends will be gone.

The water is whistling and the west wind is cold, and the whole house is full of clothes and clothes are like snow.

The heroic man has not yet completed his tragic song.

The birds still know how hatred they hate, but they don’t cry without tears.

Who is sharing me with you? Drunk the bright moon?"

"What a long and short sentence," Tian Yu praised. But he was confused. This poem was easier to understand when it was Xin Qiji. It was called desolate and desolate, jumping and turbulent, and there was no such writing power in ancient and modern times. It was a bit confused when it was placed on Zheng Lang, and it was not even aware of what it means to turn back thousands of miles to the river beam. Could it be that this river beam refers to Xixia, and it seems that there is no such allusion.

Zheng Lang said: "I'm old."

The three of them wanted to kick Zheng Lang. You are only in your thirties and are calling you old. How can we live?

Zheng Lang was still very depressed. There were too many things to do. He was the pioneer and said that Lingnan was so good. Who saw it? Moreover, Guangdong and Guangxi were big. Unlike Taipingzhou, which was only a few thousand square kilometers, the entire Guangdong and Guangxi area was almost a hundred times more than Taipingzhou. How big is this stall? He also considered that the entire country, there were Jiaozhi, Xixia and Khitan, and the future Jurchens, and the heavy burden were unimaginable to outsiders.

Therefore, when I heard the sound of geese, I chanted Xin Qiji's poem He Xin Groom.

"Go back, let's show you my map first," Zheng Lang said. His own power is still small after all. It's not okay to have golden fingers. Let everyone see if there is any good way to supplement it. Go back to the tent again and open the map.

It is actually a water conservancy planning map of Guangnan Road in the future. There are detailed text descriptions below, which can be seen at a glance.

If water conservancy is built on Guangdong South Road, it is basically divided into two irrigation areas. One is the alluvial plain in the delta at the mouth of the Evil River and Yushui, which must be dominated by dike surrounds. Just like Jiangdongwei and Taihu Lake fields, each pier and enclosed field can not only create a large amount of excellent arable land, but also prevent river water from flooding, or fixing river water and preventing it from diverting it. Some people on Guangdong South Road do this spontaneously, but the government has not taken care of it. It is a bit messy and has not formed a climate. Including beaches, many beaches are actually excellent arable land. Seawalls can be built to prevent sea floods from being caused by typhoons and farm normally.

It's easier to be, but hard to do.

Especially for seawalls, if you want to be firm, you must use stones instead of mud. The mud dam cannot block sea floods. Yushuikou is the later estuary of the Pearl River. Think about how many seawalls you have to build when thinking about the vast and long estuary of the Pearl River.

Moreover, the longer and huge Yushui River Basin alone is more than 200 miles long. Of course, the benefits are huge if repaired. It can be more than 700 hectares of land and more than 70,000 acres! There are many benefits, but when looking at the densely packed long dikes outlined with red lines on the map, the three of them remain silent.

It is just an alluvial plain area. Also, the northern hilly areas and the high-pitched areas of the Leizhou Peninsula, the water conservancy here is mostly a combination of dams and dams. The dams are prepared for drought and dams are prepared for dams and dams are prepared for dams. The cost of dams is not very high, but when preparing dams in these areas, thinking about the power of the mountain torrents, it requires the dams to be strong. Often the labor costs of dams are a hundred times as much as that of dams, and the interests are even greater. There are also dams in the south of Guangdong Road in the Guangdong Province, such as the Lianzhou Longfu Pond built during the Three Kingdoms period, which can irrigate 5,000 acres of land. However, this dam is very backward, and it uses not a stone dam, but a mud dam, and it is damaged by mountain torrents every few years. Therefore, Zheng Lang has all been changed to dams, and dams are spread throughout many areas.

And according to the great overturned car invented by the Tang Dynasty, Zheng Lang turned it out and used the impact of water to make it rotate by itself. Every time he turned, the bamboo tube on the overturned cart will bring the water to a high place, and a canal will be built to divert water at the high place. Many slope fields can be planted, which is called the slope fields.

Tian Yu murmured, "Mr. Zheng, no wonder you said there are one million hectares of land. If you cultivate like this, Guangdong and Guangxi will be more than one million hectares."

Yuan Tao sighed and said, "It's good, how much money does it cost? Where can I get so much labor to build a repair?"

Although Guangnan East Road is denser than Guangnan West Road, it is actually a sparsely populated place compared to the Central Plains. Except for Guangzhou, there are not many people in other states.

"There is no shortage of labor," said Zheng Lang.

"Where did you come from?" Yuan Tao asked suspiciously.

"Fujian Road! The area of ​​Guangdong and Guangxi is more than four times that of Fujian Road. However, Guangdong and Guangxi has only 700,000 or 800,000 households, and Fujian Road is close to one million. It is not as many as Jiangnan West Road. The number of households on Jiangnan West Road is almost close to 1.5 million, but the area is larger. There are many plains. However, more than 90% of Fujian is a mountainous area, and the density is equivalent to Jiangnan West Road, second to Liangzhe, but it is denser than Jiangdong, Liangjing, Lianghuai and Hebei Road. With the most barren and harsh environment in the country, it feeds a population of six or seven times the density of Guangdong and Guangxi. You said that in such an environment, if they are given a glimmer of life and provide sufficient guarantees, and are from southerners, and are not afraid of heat, will more tenants come to Guangnan East Road?" Zheng Lang felt very heavy when he said this.

The harsh terrain and dense population caused the people on Fujian Road to flock to the largest number of overseas people. Ping An Supervision has opened up some small colonies, and even the people on Fujian Road have started to go to make a living with simple luggage.

Then he forced the people on Fujian to go on business and go to the sea. And he also became Japanese pirates...

Tian Yu's eyes lit up and he asked, "Mr. Zheng, can you tell me in detail?"

"This map is only the information I reported through the information of the Zhongshu, some secret agents inquired about, as well as the maps and information presented by officials from various states. If I want to make it, I have to go down and take a look. You also need to think about it, everyone will make up for each other's miscellaneous recollection. When the construction is really started, it must be winter. The miasma is reduced, and there are fewer mosquitoes, so there will be no large-scale malaria. During this period, I will use some means to comfort the barbarians. And after the autumn, the farmers I brought successfully planted, and these barbarians will see confidence and hope.

I will actively cooperate with us and expand and open up various roads by the way, making the traffic more developed than before. Then, starting from the summer, I will mobilize the people of Fujian Road to provide fees and ask them to send representatives to inspect them in person. In addition, I have some small plans to prevent them from fearing the barbarians. I will provide them with help from the labor force to build the dike. As for the labor force, they will exchange for the food, cloth and materials they need before they harvest. After the dike is completed, they will provide them with free arable land. There will inevitably be a large number of people from Fujian Road to move south, and the labor problem will be enough to solve it."

Labor has been solved, but it is actually an enhanced version of labor-for-relief.

The people who are willing to come are all suffering. The poor people who cannot live a life will have nothing left. If they want to move and survive after the migration, the court must provide help. The construction of the dike must be done at the same time. The labor force of the dike can also be solved, and the materials for the migration of the people can be provided for the relocation of the people for a year. The best is the best.

but……

However, construction of water conservancy requires money and even a single child is indispensable.

"Can it be carried out in a few years or more?" Yuan Tao asked. It is impossible to launch so many projects at once, but if it can be carried out in installments, there will be no financial pressure.

"You must do what you can, otherwise you will have so much money? I estimated that if so many projects can be implemented, it will cost at least 50 million yuan. If you add Guangnan West Road, 100 million yuan is not enough."

"so much?"

"There are many Zizhong, but Guangdong and Guangxi can harvest three seasons a year. Even silkworms are raised in the north, only two to three silkworms in a year, four or five times a year, while Guangdong and Guangxi will reach six or seven times, seven or eight times! Although silk in the south is not as big as in the north, it can be achieved by four times. Once all developed, how many people can be raised will reach at least six or seven million households, rather than the current 700,000 households. Even if the court lights the taxes, agricultural taxes, commercial taxes and franchises, and various supervisors, it can still bring more than 20 million yuan in profits to the court. Tens of millions of people have a way to survive and a way out. Compared with this return, is there more than 100 million yuan in money?"

But all three of them smiled bitterly, the prospect seemed to be wonderful, and it was important to take out such a large batch of money.

Zheng Lang continued: "Why do I say that the large amount of silt and sand loss in recent years is the result of slash-and-burn farming and vegetation damage. Once formal development and even a merchant comes to Guangdong and Guangxi, I will be in Xunzhou City to negotiate with them tomorrow. It will be more serious than slash-and-burn farming. The silt and sand loss will increase several times, and the river flooding downstream and the diversion incident will also increase several times. You can take it slowly in the middle and upper reaches, but there must be a downstream alluvial plain area.

In big way, these areas also have faster incomes than pond fields and slope fields. It’s just a big way, how much does it cost? Furthermore, now the barbarians do not pay attention to the land. As long as the officials regulate properly, there will be no disputes for the land. Once they see the benefits of the land, many barbarians, under the preferential treatment of the court, will create countless contradictions and conflicts, which often prevent immigrants from settled, and in severe cases will hinder the construction of water conservancy projects. Therefore, the earlier the project is, the better it will be."

When Zheng Lang said this, he began to rub his head again.

In the capital, I started planning, and after arriving in Guizhou, I started planning. It was not until Xunqiandao that the sketch was fully marked. The battle of Xunqiandao ended. I took out the map and carefully calculated the cost, but I was speechless.

"It's a little difficult to deal with." Yuan Tao was also worried.

Once successful, Zheng Lang doesn't care about his political achievements, he can care about his political achievements. Although the wonderful prospects are tempting, they can't afford money, which is equivalent to a waste of money.

"There is a solution. It really doesn't work. You can use the bank's profits..." Zheng Lang sighed. That was reserved for the bank to expand its scale. Once it was used, there were Jinghu South Road, Kuixia Fourth Road, and Liutahe. I don't know that the bank's scale will be expanded in that year. This is equally important. The expansion of the bank's scale will not only make profits, but also be conducive to the development of national business. For a moment, there was no choice. After a while of silence, Zheng Lang said again: "Please come, one is to discuss. The other is to see, this is the product of working behind closed doors. If you want to move.

The work must be supplemented on a large scale. I don’t have this ability, so you need to cooperate with the officials. The second is to choose. Those projects must start first, those projects will move forward. They cannot be considered from their own economic and returns, but also their impact on the local area. If they can have a good impact on the local economy or politics, even if the returns are low, they must start as soon as possible. So, today is over, I will go on a walk with Ji Zhen. You must also send officials to check the arrangements. At the end of June, we must settle this matter."

Yuan Tao smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Zheng, time is still too tight, and there are few capable ministers. In such a short time, there is such a large-scale water conservancy. There is still a road, and we may not be able to keep up."

Zheng Lang touched his chin, thought for a while, and said, "I'll write a memorial and let the court transfer Cai Ting and Yang Cha to assist. They have been in Jiangdong and have had experience in building mollands. Or, I would like to ask the emperor to transfer Cheng Shimeng. This person is not only proficient in water conservancy, but also a good official. In addition to Zizhong, he can probably solve the problem."

The three of them were overjoyed when they heard the name of Cheng Shimeng. Not to mention anything else, they could see that this person was good at water conservancy just by managing the Zhang River.

There was a faint scream from afar, and Bao Ke frowned. These soldiers were too cruel. They used all kinds of criminal laws to force confessions, which was inconsistent with the imperial system. But seeing these soldiers gritting their teeth, Bao Ke was also a little scared and dared not stop them. There was also a benefit. Many people confessed in a harsh manner under the torture and questioning. Seeing the interrogation went smoothly, Bao Ke simply pretended not to see it, escaped, and squatted in the corner. Boys, ask you, I don’t know what method you asked.

But the four-person talks ended.

In fact, this night's talks were the first real plan for Zheng Lang to come to Guangdong and Guangxi.

Meeting the next day.

Before the war, during the war, and after the war, Zheng Lang had actually been planning for the post-war since before the war. It was very effective. The merchants who accompanied him and the merchants who rushed to Guangdong and Guangxi looked at Zheng Lang with admiration. But those barbarian chiefs finally felt fear when they looked at Zheng Lang.

In order to show off, these representatives made some exaggerated words after returning, but the chiefs did not know that what the children they sent out could not be fake. This made them feel even more lucky and scared.

Zheng Lang asked everyone to sit down on the ground, but it was still not in the city, but outside the city. Many people also rushed to watch after hearing the news and asked the soldiers to separate the people. Zheng Lang waved his hand, Cao Beiwei understood it, ran to the back and began to instruct his subordinates.
To be continued...