Li Daifu glanced at Wang Tianxun.

"The minister didn't mean this, he just felt that since for the Xinghan Empire, such a small path could not play a short-term role, it was better to spend the money where it should be used."

Li Daifu feels that this sum of money is spent, but it is too difficult to see the benefits immediately.

In addition, in such a large place, it is even more difficult to build all the roads, so it is even more difficult.

After Li Daifu thought about it, he might as well think that he should spend the money where he needs it for the time being.

For example, all cities today need to be developed, but then they require a lot of money, and it will be much better to spend the money in these places.

When Wang Tianxun heard this, he suddenly lost his temper.

Li Daifu said this, it is indeed true, it is just to build roads and canals, which is indeed too expensive.

"Holy Lord..."

Wang Tianxun looked towards Lu Chensheng, wanting to see how the saint would choose.

"The road still has to be repaired, if it is not repaired now, it will be too late when it is needed, and the road is repaired, the mobilization of soldiers and horses, and the transportation of grain and grass can be much faster, which is not only related to business, but also military use."

Lu Chensheng vetoed Li Daifu's proposal, although the other party's proposal has the benefits of the other party, but in the long run, this road construction cannot be stopped.

When Li Daifu heard this, he fell silent after thinking about it.

What the Holy One said still makes sense.

Although he wanted to say that now the Xinghan Empire is peaceful and peaceful, there will definitely be no soldiers, but no one can guarantee this kind of thing, and the rest is not easy to say, just the Tartars on the grassland are still peeking at the Han Dynasty at the moment.

That's it, I think there will be a big war.

In addition, last year, the other party committed the seven deadly sins, but the saint was angry, if nothing else, there will be a battle this year.

Now, he is already trying to come up with a budget for the war.

The Holy Lord is going to pack up these tartars this year, and the budget or something has to get out of him.

There is no discussion about this matter, it stands to reason that at this time there should be cultivation or something, and all places need money, and there is really no money to take out.

However, it was not easy to persuade the Holy Lord last year, but now I am afraid that it will not be so easy to persuade the Holy One.

This battle is inevitable.

"However, the Xinghan Empire has a vast territory, just relying on the imperial court to build roads, and the cost of this is indeed too much."

Lu Chensheng's words changed, and he somewhat agreed with what Li Daifu said.

In such a large place, it is too difficult to build the roads of the whole kingdom just by relying on their current productivity.

When Li Daifu heard this, his heart immediately moved, and he wanted to know the specific thoughts of the saint.

Lu Chensheng pondered for a moment and continued to speak, "In this way, you go and discuss with those family merchants to give up the cement production recipe, on the condition that they have to repair some roads." ”

The profit of cement is still very large, and if it is let out, there will not be much loss.

The Xinghan Empire is too big, and the cake is also big.

At present, the cement produced by Xinghancheng itself needs to be used in many places, and it will not affect the income much after it is divided.

And in this way, there are people to help build roads, and this business is very cost-effective.

When Li Daifu heard this, he was stunned and suddenly felt happy in his heart, this thing won his heart.

In this way, the household department can reduce the expenses again, but he is very happy.

Li Daifu immediately responded happily, ready to deal with this matter when he turned back.

"How is the canal being built now?"

Since he talked about this aspect of the canal, Lu Chensheng asked more.

At the beginning, there was a canal in Xinghan City that was built to the side of Chengzhou Kingdom, but it was later broken.

After arriving, because the Chengzhou Kingdom was also taken down, it was repaired again, and I don't know how it is being built now.

At that time, the construction of this canal was still using prisoners, and it has not changed now.

Because of this, a lot of money was saved, and in addition to this, many people were recruited to build the canal.

For some people, building a canal can also give them an extra income.

It's not like in the old days, when you built a canal or something, you were directly engaged in labor and didn't have any money.

If you are miserable, you still need to bring your own food.

The contrast in this can be said to be one heaven and one earth.

"Back to the saint, the canal is still under construction, but many of the captives have died."

Wang Tianxun replied, the captives arrested a lot of people, except for some who were pressed to dig canals, some were pressed to mine, and some were to grind limestone.

In short, there are traces of captives in many places.

It's just that the treatment of these captives is not very good, and many people died on the way.

The Holy One has never paid much attention to these captives, and he will not bother to say a word when he dies, so this situation is much more serious.

Hearing this, Lu Chensheng and Wang Tianxun thought normally, and they didn't get angry or anything, but their brows frowned unconsciously.

"Treatment or something, get better, if all of them die, digging the canal will cost an extra amount of money, and mining or something, rare coolies, if not, it will be difficult for you to get it in the future."

Lu Chensheng's words made Li Daifu nod again and again.

"That's it, it's still the saint who is wise, look at what you do, if those captives are all dead, then you will come to me again to ask for money, isn't it good to save a little!"

Li Daifu nodded frequently, and spoke to Wang Tianxun very politely.

This guy is the most diligent in asking for money in the six parts.

We all know that it is not easy to take money from ourselves, why don't you know where to save a little?

Captives can save a lot of money, and if there are more captives, the effect will be even better!

Hearing this, the corners of Wang Tianxun's mouth twitched slightly, and he glanced at this Li Daifu, but his expression was not so good-looking.

This guy, who buckles the rope on weekdays, has nothing to do with his own use of prisoners!

I wanted to squeeze this Li Daifu a few words, but this meaning was still holy, so Wang Tianxun didn't say anything more to Li Daifu, but just turned his head and nodded at Lu Chensheng, with a somewhat solemn expression.

"Yes, the minister knows."

Lu Chensheng nodded, "If there is no accident this year, you can also go to the grassland to teach that so-called khan a lesson, maybe you can bring back a lot of prisoners, that canal or something, and the progress of excavation can be accelerated a lot." ”