Nan Ke's words made these people's faces a little unpleasant.

After all, their backbones were all sent to Montenegro to suppress bandits, and the remaining orphans and widows could only be bullied.

Nan Keben wanted to explain something to them, but seeing this scene, he didn't want to explain more.

"All men over the age of eighteen and under the age of fifty are out of the ranks, and they will come with us." After dropping these words, Nanke stopped talking to them.

Later, some people from the Dingzhou Army took charge of this matter.

After coming to the outside of the camp, Nan Ke said to the lame: "You go back to the city, talk to Li Que, and ask him to buy a batch of hoes and shovels of better quality and send them over." ”

The lame man nodded, and left first.

Nan Ke and the others waited at the door for a while, and Bai Shuyu took some soldiers of the Dingzhou Army to gather at the gate of the barracks with those robbers from the Three Tiger Village.

"Where do we go first?" Nanke asked.

"Mengjia Village!" Bai Shuyu replied.

The location of this Mengjia Village is in the middle of Dawan Lake, Wulingpo and Gejia Village.

At the same time, it is also the shortest distance to divert water from Dawan Lake to Yongping County.

Fortunately, in this area, although the terrain is also very complicated, it is not blocked by mountains, as long as it takes a little effort, it is still very easy to build a canal.

"Alright, let's go!" Nanke said.

In this way, the group of people drove towards Mengjia Village.

The Dingzhou army and the robbers of the Three Tiger Villages in the back were not fast because they were holding some digging tools and bamboo baskets.

Nanke, on the other hand, rode in the open-top ox cart, which was slightly faster than them, and after walking some distance, the two sides opened up some distance.

At this time, Jiao Jincai, who had been silent, said: "Grandpa Guo, why did you agree to Lao Bai's request just now?" ”

"Huh?" Nan Ke looked at him suspiciously.

"You built a canal so that the people could have water for irrigation when they farmed the land, but what was the use of making it a canal? Even if goods could be transported through the canal, how many ships could sail here in Yongping County, which was so poor?

Even if we set up a card to collect ship tax, it will take tens or even hundreds of years to recover the cost. It's not a good deal.

Does this Bai Shuyu want to use you to make a name for himself......" Jiao Jin said again.

Nan Ke's heart warmed when he heard this.

Because in Jiao Jin's view, Nanke's construction of canals can improve the arable land environment of Yongping County, and can greatly increase grain production.

Therefore, there is no problem with investment in this area, not to mention that the people will still chant Nanke at that time.

But if Nanke directly built this canal into a canal, it would be a bit similar to Emperor Yang of Sui, and he would have lost money by building a large number of buildings.

And Jiao Jin became a loyal minister and a righteous man, and he only had to die.

"Do you think that after this canal is built in the future, we will not be able to recover the cost?" Nanke asked with a smile.

"It's almost impossible to recoup the cost." Jiao Jin lowered his head and said.

Nan Ke said: "As far as the current situation is concerned, Yongping County is indeed a poor county, and the counties around Wubo County are not willing to play with us, whether it is trade or other aspects, they are all in a very backward position.

Therefore, even if the canal is built, there is no profit to be made.

But if we take Montenegro for ourselves in the future and control some of Newport, do you still think so? ”

"What do you mean......" Jiao Jin was stunned for a moment.

"In the future, whether it is Xingang or the Lion Bull Dynasty, there will be many, many goods that will be transferred to other parts of the Light Dynasty through Yongping County. Even overseas goods will pass through our Yongping County, so that our canal will be of great use. Nan Ke said again.

Jiao Jin was stunned for a while, and said, "Grandpa Guo, can there be that day?" ”

Nanke grinned and did not reply.

It's actually quite simple.

Infrastructure can speed up local development, but first of all, the trade volume of the place must be large enough.

This is just like the former China, which can spread high-speed rail all over the country and build the world's largest high-speed rail network.

However, some of the world's largest countries with sparse populations, even if they have the largest economy in the world, are still not qualified to build high-speed rail.

Because their flow of people and logistics profits are completely insufficient to maintain the operation of high-speed rail.

It is precisely for this reason that Huaxia has become the most perverted infrastructure maniac.

The huge volume of trade is the confidence of his various infrastructure, and it is precisely because of this that the logistics industry will also blossom everywhere in China.

At this moment, Yongping County is building a lot of buildings, and it looks a little stupid.

However, after Nanke can open up the trade route of Xingang in the future, these problems will not be a problem.

After solving the doubts in Jiao Jin's heart, they continued on their way.

Not long after, the group came to Mengjia Village.

At this time, the people of Mengjia Village all poked their heads to look here, and some of the bold ones even came to him.

When he saw that these people were indeed wearing the clothes of the Dingzhou Army, one of them shouted: "They are really the Dingzhou Army, are they recruiting soldiers or suppressing bandits this time, it looks like bandits, so many people are here......"

"But there are no robbers around here...... The gang of robbers on Jin Guangling heard that the bandits in Yongping County were powerful, but they had already run away. Another said.

Seeing these people pointing in the distance, a round of Jiao came in front of him, and said: "No need to guess, we came here today to help the surrounding people repair the canal, and my grandfather saw that your crop yield was bleak, so he was ready to build a canal in Yongping County that would cover the entire Yongping County to help you improve the arable land environment, and today is the first day of construction." ”

After hearing Jiao Ting's words, these ordinary people were stunned at first, and then they talked about it.

"So in the future, it will be easier for us to wash clothes, so we won't have to fetch water from the well?" One muttered.

"Say what? People build ditches for us to water our crops, not for you to wash your clothes. Anyway, how big is it to build a canal covering Yongping County, and how long will it take to repair it......"

"I don't think it will be completed in three or five years!" Another said.

Although these people were talking a lot, not many people were grateful to Nan Ke because of the news.

This scene also made Nan Ke a little puzzled, shouldn't you be grateful to me for repairing the canal so hard? What does such a calm appearance mean?

Bai Shuyu came to Nan Ke's side at this time, looked at him and said, "But do you think these people don't appreciate it at all?" ”

"Alas...... It's a little different from what I imagined. ”

"It's actually quite simple, they can't farm for a long time to support themselves, and they are better at hunting or doing odd jobs for people. Therefore, the expectations for arable land are not high, and naturally they do not know what changes will be brought to them after the canal is repaired. Bai Shuyu said again.

Hearing this, Nan Ke also understood why Bai Shuyu made such a choice.