Curtis's words were so straightforward, and Lu Lidi was finally able to retreat unwillingly, and the hatred in his eyes towards Li Hengxin became even more obvious. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"I don't know what is the important matter for Your Majesty to recruit ministers today?" Li Hengxin asked.

Hydra stepped forward and explained, "That's right, there were originally three rivers in the imperial capital, which were interspersed with the city for the citizens and the palace to use water, but due to the impending drought every four years, one of them has already been cut off, and according to past experience, the other river from the east of the city to the south of the city will also be cut off, and it will not flow again until the early summer of next year." ”

Li Hengxin also felt that the water level of the river passing by in his backyard had dropped significantly.

"The water of the river that was cut off first happened to supply the water in the palace, and now the water in the palace needs to go to another river a few kilometers away to fetch water, which is very inconvenient." Hydra said.

"If it's just a lack of water in the palace, it's nothing, but the biggest problem is that with the interruption of the rivers in the city, most of the wells have dried up, and the citizens have to run a few kilometers or even more than ten kilometers away to fetch water. Curtis said worriedly.

"The city guard has already arrested three groups of main leaders of the forces that occupy the water point, but in less than half a day, it was occupied by another group of people, this drought news has not yet arrived, the imperial capital is already in chaos, if the drought news comes in a month, I am afraid that the situation will be even more chaotic." Hydra said helplessly.

This Curtis's ancestor is really an idiot, he would choose such a place to establish the imperial capital, I really don't know how such a person established the Resa Empire.

"Then how did you spend the past four years in the drought imperial capital?" Li Hengxin asked.

"The rivers that are cut off by each drought are uncertain, and if they are weak, they will only cut off one river, so in the past, when there was a drought, the palace would send people to sell water at a low price, but this time the water in the palace began to be tight, and where would they have the strength to sell water." Curtis.

"Then Your Majesty, what did you just discuss?" Li Hengxin.

"Your Majesty wants to dig several tributaries in the city and connect each river together, so that not only will the water coverage of the river be greatly penetrated, but it will also be done once and for all, and there will be no need to worry about drought from now on." Hydra.

"That's a good thing, isn't it? What else needs to be discussed? Li Hengxin looked at everyone puzzled.

"It's not difficult to dig a few tributaries in the city, but it costs a lot of money, at least 500 million gold coins, not to mention that the treasury can't take out so much money now, and even if it does, it can't all be taken out to dig ditches!" Hydra said helplessly.

"It's not difficult to dig a ditch, but the project is very large, and it can't be dug through it in two or three years, and the residents along the ditch have to be relocated, which is a huge expense, and this ditch digging will inevitably cause the river to be turbid and the residents in the city will be inedible for a short time, and even if the channel in the city is dug at that time, I'm afraid the economic structure of the imperial capital will collapse." Curtis sighed.

Now the ministers in the study are roughly divided into two factions, one faction advocates digging ditches, so that they can do it once and for all, and they don't have to be affected by this drought news anymore, while the other side is against digging ditches.

"Spike, do you think you should dig a ditch or not?" Curtis looked at Li Hengxin, in fact, in Curtis's heart, he advocated digging a ditch, because he didn't want the development of the imperial capital to be restricted by this drought, and he had to invest a lot of money every year.

"Your Majesty, do you have a topographical map of the imperial capital? I want to refer to it first. Li Hengxin said.

"Rulidi, give Spike the blueprints." Curtis said with a wave of his hand.

Lu Lidi reluctantly stretched over the drawings, Li Hengxin took the drawings, and opened them to inspect without saying a word, judging from the drawings, the upper reaches of the three rivers should be the same river, but after entering the imperial capital, they were separated in three directions.

In addition, a large number of residents are distributed around each tributary, and the intervals of the three tributaries are large, which makes the construction difficult.

Everyone looked at Li Hengxin, hoping that he could get along with a complete solution, but everyone didn't have much confidence, after all, this is not a problem that can be solved by one person, and inviting Li Hengxin to come is just a reference opinion.

"Your Majesty, I don't think digging a ditch is the best solution." Li Hengxin put away the drawings and said.

"Hmph-if you don't dig a ditch, is it just that you have been affected by this drought, the empire has to spend tens of millions of gold coins every year for this, and it has not been affected financially by this." Rulidi snorted angrily.

"Is digging a ditch the best solution?" Li Hengxin asked rhetorically: "If you want to do it once and for all, you don't necessarily need such a big movement. Li Hengxin looked at Lu Lidi mockingly.

Lu Lidi looked at Li Hengxin with contempt: "If you don't dig a ditch, can you have any better way?" ”

"Snort...... If you can't think of any other way, it's just that your own brain is dull, and there may not be no other solution! Li Hengxin snorted coldly.

However, the faces of the ministers and Curtis in this study are wonderful, although Li Hengxin has no intention of targeting them, but they are indirectly said by Li Hengxin, of course, they are looking forward to Li Hengxin's next words, they know that Li Hengxin has always had amazing moves, and I hope this time will be no exception.

"Your Majesty, since Lord Spike said that he has a solution, then forgive me for being incompetent and unable to help Lord Spike, please allow me to retire." Lu Lidi said hatefully, he said this in order to force Li Hengxin to take over this hot potato, and if Li Hengxin couldn't come up with any way to do it, he could use this to hit him and force him to step down.

"Spike, do you have a solution?" Curtis's eyes turned to Li Hengxin, he only hoped that what Li Hengxin said before was not a big deal.

"Your Majesty, the minister already has a preliminary solution, but the minister needs enough manpower, at least five million gold coins, and a large ironworks and some blacksmiths." Li Hengxin said confidently.

"Manpower is not a problem, the ironworks can also arrange it for you, but did you say that you only need five million gold coins?" Curtis was obviously a little incredulous about this, if Li Hengxin could really do it, the five million gold coins would seem a little insignificant.

"Five million is just the initial estimate of the minister, if you want to further implement it, it may increase by 1~2 times." In fact, Sophia has already made a preliminary calculation just now, and it only needs about four million, of course, there will be deviations between the actual and the expected, even Sophia can't do it 100%.

"Duke Spike, how long will it take you to figure it out?" Hydra asked.

"Including the preliminary preparations, it will take about two months to complete the initial water shortage problem, and then start to fully rectify the water source problem, which will take about half a year in total." Li Heng said in a new way.

All the ministers quieted down, if Li Hengxin really did it, I am afraid it would be a great credit, but if he spoke in vain, the ending would be miserable, but according to past experience, it seems unlikely that he would lie, besides, if he can't do it, he doesn't need to accept it at all, which has no impact on him at all.

"Will that have any effect on the people of the city?" Curtis.

"There will be some impact, but it's basically negligible compared to digging ditches." Li Hengxin.

"Okay, this matter will be handled by Duke Spike, Spike, if you have any needs, you can ask me or the prime minister, I will allocate the funds to you within two days, and the manpower will be in place at the same time, and the ironworks you mentioned, there happens to be an ironworks in the south of the city that has been idle for a long time, so I will give it to you." Curtis said.

"Your Majesty, the stakes are so high, how can you make such a hasty decision? At least it will be decided after the deliberation of the important ministers of the Manchu Dynasty! Rulidi jumped out again.

"Well, now that everything Asaka is talking about, do you think you should leave this water problem to Spike?" Curtis said immediately.

"The minister thinks so, Duke Spike is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and the minister believes in Duke Spike's ability and intellect." An official walked out and said sincerely.

"The ministers also think that they can ......" At this time, all the ministers expressed their positions, all of them supported Li Hengxin, and the angry Lu Lidi's face was pale, and his chest couldn't stop rising and falling, and he felt a little out of breath.

"Since there is no objection from everyone, then the matter is decided." Curtis said cheerfully.