The prince is enlightened, and in the eyes of others, it is a great event, but for Qin Wan, it is far less important than the repair of the southeast transportation road.

When she first took charge of the government, out of prudent considerations, she did not levy forced labor, but lightly levied the poorly, so that the people could recuperate. Now that the matter of the bracket has gradually progressed, this round of purge has made many people obedient a lot, and they dare not continue to obstruct the bracket. In addition, there are many lakes and swamps in the south of the Yangtze River, and the excavation of the Jiangnan Canal is better than expected.

As a result, the issue of the southeast route was put back on the agenda.

For this reason, Qin Wan specially ordered Mu Miao to postpone the time to return to Jiangnan, invited the prime ministers, and summoned the people who would be the supervisors, the Ministry of Industry, especially the Ministry of Water, to inquire about ways to solve the problem of the Southeast Road.

Shuibu Lang Zhongwen Province is Wei Tuo's father-in-law, he was born with a good appearance, a straight nose and a wide mouth, and he is not angry and arrogant. Just looking at his appearance, no one could have imagined that he was a person who usually pities his daughter, but at a critical time, in order to avoid trouble, he ruthlessly turned his beloved daughter away, refused to let her go home, and forced her into a corner.

The children of the merchants are so mellow that they can't help but weigh everything and choose the most advantageous direction. Although people can't generalize and divide generally, we have to admit that there are often more poor scholars than wealthy businessmen in the "integrity" thing.

It is human nature to be greedy for life and fear death, and it is impossible for the court not to use a talented official because of this. People who are virtuous but not talented may not be used by talented and unvirtuous people. But such a person, Qin Wan will not entrust him with a heavy responsibility, just like the southeast transport road, Qin Wan will ask Wen Province how to repair it, but he will definitely not send him to repair too much of the cat in it, the so-called ten percent of the grain, seventy percent of the loss, although there are reasons for the disrepair of the southeast transport road, but there are also too many interests. Needless to say, the officials along the way extorted money and reported the loss of scraped grain, and it is only natural that people with ulterior motives want to take advantage of this to carry something.

That's right, there are more and more people in Chang'an, and the southeast transportation road is becoming more and more difficult, especially in the section of Sanmenxia, where the boat can hardly pass, and must be pulled by ox carts, the mountain roads are difficult and dangerous, and the ox carts are difficult to control, and the transportation volume is very limited. If it is a strong waterway, at least six or seven of the ten will be sunk. But this does not prevent some rats from enriching themselves, because no one will starve them if they are hungry. Qin Wan just wanted to take advantage of his own killing, and some people were still immersed in panic and didn't dare to stretch out their hands, so he first gave the matter of the southeast transportation route, otherwise it would be another trouble.

Although the general supervisor is in charge of the palace buildings, he is also an expert in this area, especially the general eunuch Yang Wu, who is eager to curry favor with Qin Wan, is extremely enthusiastic about this matter, and immediately provides a feasible plan Niu is not good to control, people are good to control, as long as the Sanmen Mountain next to Sanmenxia is excavated, and the slender man is used to pull it over, so that it will be much more stable

Compared with digging a new waterway, it is indeed convenient and fast to just dig a mountain road. But such a good method, why didn't the first emperor adopt it

Qin Wan knew that there must be something wrong with this, his eyes looked around, and sure enough, Mu Miao's brows tightened, and he said in a deep voice: "Although Sanmen Mountain is not as dangerous as the pillar, it is also extremely steep. Even walking is extremely difficult, not to mention that if Laxian really wants to do this, I am afraid that every 100 stones of grain will cost the lives of a few people, or even dozens of people. ”

Yang Wu raised his eyebrows, disapproving.

Slender men are lowly servants, and they are often people who are too poor to live happily. Such people, let alone dozens of deaths, even if tens of thousands of deaths, what does it matter? Anyway, there are so many people who are about to starve to death that they come to do this business in order to get a bite to eat, and if they are not taken in, they will starve to death sooner or later. If the food can be transported safely, these people should feel honored even if they die.

Thinking about it, Yang Wu is not stupid enough to say something that everyone knows, just pretend to be deaf and dumb, if he says it clearly, the prime minister and Zhang Xiangshu can't sit still, and they will definitely stop it.

As soon as Qin Wan saw Yang Wu's expression, she knew that Mu Miao was right, and there was an unspeakable disgust in her heart, but her face did not show anything, and she only said: "Is there any other way?"

Prime Minister Xu Mi also understands water conservancy, and when he heard this, he said: "For today's plan, the only way to go around the pillar of Sanmenxia is to dig a parallel canal, which can resolve the situation, but it will inevitably cost the people and money." "The point is, even if it is chiseled, it may not have a good effect.

It is a very troublesome thing to dig a canal, especially for such a large project as the southeast transportation road, if you want to dig a parallel canal, how long should it be chiseled, where to start the drainage, and where to go back from it. The terrain, the soil, whether there are crops or not, whether or not they go through the city, all aspects must be considered.

This is only a technical issue, and the more important thing is still in politics.

Once the southeast transport road is rerouted, this is not a trivial matter, a river can prosper a city, not to mention the Yellow River, and it is the most important transport road from Luoyang to Chang'an

The excavation of the Jiangnan Canal is good for everyone, not to mention that the Jiangnan clan is also afraid of being killed, even if there is obstruction, it is not very strong in the end. The southeast route is different, which involves too many forces and interests, and it is definitely not something that can be acted on simply.

It's not nice to say, the matter of Jiangnan is at most a snake on the ground, and the southeast side is the dragon crossing the river. This involves countless magnates, important ministers and even military generals, once it is not handled properly, it cannot be prohibited, and it is a trivial matter to do bad things with good intentions, and it is not impossible for those who have been offended to their interests to change the people on the dragon chair.

Qin Wan is not afraid of these people.

She dares to risk the disapproval of the world, wants to be the emperor of a woman, and wants to solve the crisis in Great Xia, so she doesn't care who looks at her or not. For their own interests, regardless of the safety of the country, oppose her, and kill her. But she was afraid that after killing someone, the problem would not be solved, but would become more and more serious. So she needs to come up with a complete plan, secretly send people from Lijingmen to investigate, and Ming Ze selects the right people to make this thing happen.

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu was afraid of offending people, so he didn't dare to speak, Wen Xingxing didn't say anything when he saw Shangfeng, and followed behind with low eyebrows, and saw Wei Tuo stand up, and said calmly: "I have an idea, and I hope you will refer to it together." ”

"On the road from Luoyang to Chang'an, the water flow was very turbulent, the riverbed was gradually raised, and in some places it was very narrow, and the transportation road was blocked. The first thing to do if you want to control the water is to widen the narrow river. ”

"Although the south of the Yangtze River is rich in grain production, but it is necessary to wait until the water is suitable to travel, and the boatmen of Wudi are not used to the river, and they stay everywhere, which is easy to cause theft. If a warehouse is set up at the mouth of the river, it can be used to accommodate rented rice from the east. ”

"Build a warehouse on the east and west sides of the three gates, and deposit the rented rice from the east into the east warehouse. The terrain of Sanmen is steep, then the mountain is dug along the river, the lane is opened, and it can be transported for more than ten miles, and it can be sent to the West Warehouse. Then slowly transported to Taiyuan Cang, from the Yellow River into Weishui, there is no difficulty. ”

Yang Wu listened to it and was very happy, in his opinion, Wei Tuo undoubtedly agreed with his practice of digging Sanmen Mountain.

The prime minister should have such courage, if he dies a few thousand people, he will make a fuss, and he will still be a wealthy and noble son, no wonder the Mu family will fall.

Qin Wan was really a little unsure whether Wei Tuo would agree to this kind of thing, the southeast transportation route was related to the stability of the country, and compared with his family and country, the life of the river worker was indeed too small. But that's not just dozens, hundreds, or even tens of thousands, but there will be a steady stream of dead people, if only a few people die, Mu Miao will not object, what he is worried about is that there are too many people who die, and the royal family has a bad reputation

Seeing her embarrassment, Pei Xi, who had just returned from Luoyang, was about to speak, and the second prime minister Jiang Bai had already roughly calculated the number, so he said: "In this way, the grain transported to Chang'an every year may change from more than 300,000 stone to 4 million stone." ”

Four million stones

This number, even Qin Wan was thrilled.

Ten times the grain, what is this concept Although the surrounding areas of Chang'an are also farming, the harvest is not as good as a year in the end, once it is a dry season, everyone does not want to have a good life. Although there are five years of grain stored in the granary of Chang'an, this kind of guaranteed thing is naturally good if it can be used without it.

If four million stone of grain can be transported to Chang'an every year, Chang'an will no longer have to worry about food

Probably thinking that this shock was not enough, Jiang Bai said: "Not only that, but the freight can also save 100,000 yuan per year." ”

Qin Wan's hands couldn't help but clench.

At this moment, Pei Xi said: "Coincidentally, I just came back from Luoyang, although the road in Sanmen is very difficult, but it may not all have to take the mountain road, the waterway is faster, if you can do both, it will be better." The Yellow River is not without tributaries, and if there is not a place 100 meters away, there is no way to send people to explore, and it may not be impossible to do things. ”

His mind is the same as Wei Tuo's, but the meaning is more explicit.

Although Weituo provided a good enough solution, there is one link that cannot be bypassed, that is, Sanmenxia is indeed very steep, and it is impossible to transport grain from here on a large scale without dying.

Qin Wan also knew this, she just had a hint of fantasy, hoping that there would be a better way to solve this matter.

There is indeed a better way, and Wei Tuo has also proposed that if 400 stone of grain can be transported to Chang'an every year, as long as it takes three years, the grain pressure in Chang'an can be greatly reduced, and there is no need to rush so tightly. If, within three years, the canal next to the Sanmen Gate is also dug and some of the Yellow River water is diverted, the pressure on the mountain road can be further relieved.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the drainage matter cannot be successful, with such a huge number of foundations, there will be many fewer deaths, and if Chang'an has food reserves, more people can be saved. There will never be a few years ago, when there was a famine around, but the government could not release food, and the displaced people gathered outside Chang'an City