"Building a wall in the mansion is only one of them, since the fourth eldest brother wants to see is believing, he can't send a few people to Yizhou for a trip, and the truth will be revealed."

When Fang Yuegong heard this, he asked with great interest, "Oh, how do you say it?" ”

Luo Shizhi stood up and walked to the table again, pointed to the big color picture and said, "This is a real picture, the original dam is the same as on the picture." Although there are thousands of miles of fertile fields on Nayizhou Island, there are also giant streams and evil streams to make trouble, and if you want to turn fertile soil into fertile land, giant dams are indispensable. ”

Seeing Fang Yuegong nodding, Luo Shizhi continued, "Right now, this dam has a sister dam under construction. The fourth eldest brother might as well send some craftsmen and cronies to make a trip, not only to learn the craft, but also to see the real thing, killing two birds with one stone. ”

When Fang Yuegong heard this, he said, "In this case, I will select people." ”

"Good!"

Fang Yuegong thought about it and explained, "It's not because my brother is stingy. It's just that this matter of building a pond is a matter of a century-old plan, and it has been staked on the official reputation for my brother, so this matter cannot be ignored at all, and I hope that Brother Luo Xian will forgive me. ”

"Where did the fourth eldest brother come from?" Luo Shizhi smiled and expressed his understanding, "My brother is on an errand in the Ministry of Engineering, and he knows this project best, so he can't be sloppy at all, and a little carelessness can cause a big disaster." The fourth eldest brother's sincerity and fear is the posture of doing things seriously. ”

"That's good, that's good."

Having said that, after Fang Yuegong felt the sincerity of the other party, he offered to take a look at the construction planning drawings brought by Luo Shizhi.

Luo Shizhi then re-rolled out a blue planning map, and took out a ruler that was unique to the people and marked with units of measurement such as zhang, meter, li, and kilometer, and then explained it to the prefect.

The dam body diagram drawn in a three-view way is clear and clear at a glance, and Fang Yuegong can see the benefits of this kind of drawing at a glance, "The craftsman that Cao has recruited is really clever, and this painting is enough to show his ability!" ”

After learning how to use a measuring tape, Fang Yuegong began to listen carefully to Luo Shizhi's talk about the drawings.

The 6-meter-high seapond embankment, 12-meter-wide base and 3.5-meter-wide embankment are built with stone as the backbone and concrete as the binder.

The entire seawall is 6 kilometers long and is located in the Fengxian District of Shanghai in later times, that is, the lowest-lying coastal area on the north shore of Hangzhou Bay, where the embankment is often broken.

While listening to Luo Shizhi's explanation, Fang Yuegong kept taking a ruler to measure on the map, nodding again and again, with an excited expression on his face - if this sea pond was really as drawn in the drawing, it would be much more clever than the sea pond he planned.

The historical seawall is not only far inferior in length, width and height to the one on the drawings, but also the total length is also far behind, the drawings are 6 kilometers, and the history is only 42 kilometers.

Just these 42 kilometers, he almost asked Fang Yuegong to build the front foot of the old life sea pond, and he was falsely accused of "embezzling 3,000 taels of silver" by a gentleman on the back foot.

Later, the people who still benefited came forward to the government to defend the old party, and only then did he clear his charge and be reinstated.

So when Fang Yuegong heard Luo Shizhi list the construction standards of the dam body one by one, his face was really flushed, his heart was swaying, and he couldn't help himself, and he didn't know that he thought he was a nymphomaniac.

Luo Shizhi finally smiled and added, "According to this picture, a red willow forest will be planted in front of the pond afterwards to resist the tide, which can be regarded as complete." ”

"Okay, good, this picture is wonderful, just follow this regulation, this pond can be repaired!"

After approving the engineering design and planning on the drawings, the mansion waved his hand and invited Luo Shizhi to sit down, and changed the tea for the guests with his own hands.

The key to the next round of dialogue is the specific fund allocation plan for the pond embankment.

Here, Luo Shizhi made a promise on the place that the old party was most concerned about, and the most expensive material problem of this stone pond, including all the stones and cement, was borne by the old man Xiong Dao, and the Songjiang Mansion did not have to pay a penny for it.

"In this way, Songjiang Mansion only needs to levy the people and raise some money for food?" Fang Yuegong couldn't believe it when he heard this.

"Yes, yes." Luo Shizhi nodded, "That Master Xiong has opened a stone yard near Hangzhou, if the fourth eldest brother breaks ground in the next year, the cement kiln will be able to be built one or two by then." In this way, stone and cement can be used down the Qiantang River. ”

When Fang Yuegong heard this, he stood up and began to pace slowly in the room. At the same time, he pinched his fingers with both hands in his sleeves, and after a rough calculation, he couldn't help but feel a little confused, no matter how he calculated, according to the current price of stone and the price of cement that Luo Shizhi told him just now, to build this sea pond, the materials and silver alone must exceed 150,000 taels, maybe he will not be surprised if it reaches 200,000 taels.

However, in this way, things have become a bit mysterious-Fang Yuegong knew Luo Shizhi's intention, and it was nothing more than to exchange the matter of building the pond for the help of the government and use it to tear up the land deed alliance.

It's just that this Xiong Dao, or that General Cao, is too expensive, which makes Fang Yuegong feel extremely unreal, extremely contrary to common sense, this is more than 150,000 real money! If this silver is taken to the capital to operate, the official positions of one or two feudal officials can be handled.

Or to put it more bluntly, even if it's the prefect of Songjiang, that's it. If you work hard in this position, it is shameless to be able to be greedy for 18,000 taels of silver a year, which shows how exaggerated 150,000 taels is.

In the early years of Chongzhen, the total number of Liao Sheng in Yingtian's subordinate prefectures was only 380,000 taels, and how many poor ghosts did the Fujian Liberation Department have? 120,000 taels.

In other words, the surname Xiong took out more than a poor province's Liaosheng tax amount of silver to support the old side to repair the embankment - this price has far exceeded the return that the old side can give.

After all, Lao Fang is only a prefect, at most he is a little biased to Xiong Dao's side within the scope of his authority, and he can't arrest that group of gentry into the cell, you must know that the energy of the partnership is much greater than that of Lao Fang, and if you are not careful, you will lose your official job, to be honest, 10,000 taels of silver can't be used.

After weighing the gains and losses in all aspects, Fang Fuzun's previous lively heart suddenly cooled down.

Because judging from his rich life experience, the set that Luo Shizhi came to play today, although the means are clever, and it is cement and color pictures or something, but when it comes to money, the other party is completely exposed - the Ming Dynasty does not have Lei Feng, and it is clear that it can be done with 15,000 taels of silver, but someone has to send 150,000 taels, which is obviously fake.

"It's about a sweetness, tricking the official into making a move, and then shirking the blame for your surname Xiong, you are Cao Qiuba!"

After figuring everything out, Fang Fuzun immediately sat back on the chair, and while picking at his fingernails, he said with a smile, "In this case, the matter will be settled." ”

Luo Shizhi heard the Taoist Mansion Zun's decision, and immediately laughed, "The fourth eldest brother is going to be famous for eternity this time, but the younger brother is very envious, haha, haha." ”

After Fang Yuegong laughed a few times, he suddenly put his face away, and said casually, "It's just one thing, now that this matter of repairing the pond is in ruins, that old man Xiong must also be the master of the silver, why don't you pay a position of 20,000 taels of silver to the government first, so that my old Fang can handle it first, I don't know what Brother Luo Xian wants?" ”

When the prefect Fang said this, he was already ready to wait for Luo Shizhi to open his mouth and shirk it, and then send this person out after a few sarcastic words.

"But those few patterns still have to be thought of, and they can be used in the future." Fang then thought to himself.

However, the next moment, the prefect of Fang was shocked. I saw that Luo Shizhi nodded without stumbling and responded, "It should be like this." For such a big business, there must always be a deposit. Master Xiong has already prepared 50,000 taels of silver, which will be delivered tomorrow, and the fourth eldest brother can prepare the silver cellar. ”

"Huh?!" Fang Yuegong was dumbfounded by the sudden scene. After blinking a pair of small eyes and staring at Luo Shizhi, who was drinking tea with his head down, he felt that the other party didn't seem to have hysteria, so Fang Yuegong opened his mouth in disbelief and asked a little tremblingly, "Brother Luo, is this true?" ”

Luo Shizhi was stunned to find Lao Fang's gaffe face at this time. After blinking his eyelids a few times, he couldn't help but raise his head and laugh, "Haha, Fourth Elder Brother, I'm afraid you haven't dealt with Master Xiong, right?" Alas, the poor heroic character, but he was stumped by a little blockage, and he lost his grace."

After dropping two sentences of the schoolbag, Luo Shizhi couldn't help laughing, stretched out his five fingers, and said categorically to Fang Yuegong, who was looking forward to it, "Fifty thousand taels of snowflakes in silver, tomorrow will arrive." ”

After a "bang", Fang Fuzun stood up suddenly, and said loudly to Luo Shizhi even more out of shape, "Don't go, you and I will sleep tonight." If you don't see the silver tomorrow, I'll make you a deception! ”

Luo Shizhi laughed again, "I don't want to be dignified in Songjiang Zhengtang, but today I changed my career and did that ticket kidnapping, are you ashamed or ashamed?" ”

At noon the next day, when Fang Yuegong was guarding in front of the treasury of the mansion, after counting the 50,000 taels of silver, he turned around on the spot and gave a big gift to Luo Shizhi, "Fang Yuegong knew his mistake and underestimated the virtuous brother and Master Luo, this one has made amends, and he will be punished, let the virtuous brother take action." ”

"The fourth eldest brother is shrewd and capable, step by step, what is the crime?" At this time, Luo Shizhi picked up Lord Fuzun and said with a smile, "Actually, Master Xiong has already confessed before, and the 50,000 taels of silver are lent to the fourth eldest brother to pay the people and buy grain and rice. In this way, the fourth eldest brother will not need to run to the front of those mansions to make a fate, and he will be able to have less trouble afterwards - if he takes the silver of those bloodsuckers, it will not be good! ”

When Fang Yuegong heard this, he sighed and said with emotion, "It's really a big deal, it's Fang Mou who is a villain in vain." Another day, Fang Mou will definitely go to Mr. Xiong's mansion on behalf of the coastal people to thank him and make friends. ”

Speaking of this, Fang Yuegong's face became firm again, "Brother Xian, please rest assured, and go back and tell Master Xiong that I will write to my subordinates today to find some trouble for those bloodsucking insects, and I can always help Master Xiong." ”

No, Luo Shizhi shook his head: "Fourth eldest brother, there is no need to be like this. ”