"I want to hear about it!"

Seeing Bai Shuyu's confident appearance, Nan Ke also became interested.

The painstaking construction of the canal is just to improve the farming environment of the people of Yongping County, and Nan Ke really doesn't know what other benefits this canal has besides irrigating farmland.

"Water transport!" Bai Shuyu said with a smile.

These words also made Nan Ke's eyes light up.

I didn't think of this in the first place.

When it comes to water transportation, I naturally think of the former Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

The construction of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal directly penetrated the transportation channel between Beijing and Hangzhou.

The biggest advantage is that grain and other commodities from the rich parts of the south can be transported to the north at a lower transportation cost.

After solving the food shortage in the north and the inconvenience of the circulation of goods, the development of the towns around the canal was also accelerated.

In the days when there were no cars and trains, the waterway was a vital trade route for a country, as it was much cheaper to transport than by land.

If Yongping County can be carved out of a waterway that can be navigated, the future development of Yongping County will definitely outweigh the disadvantages.

But suddenly another question appeared in Nanke's heart.

"If you want to sail, how wide does this canal have to be built......" Nan Ke frowned slightly.

The main function of the canal is to bring abundant water resources to places where water resources are scarce and used to irrigate farmland.

In order to reduce the cost of repairing canals, in general, the width of the canals is not large, and there are even small channels with a width of one step.

If it is such a small canal, it is somewhat impossible to carry it by boat.

If you want this canal to be navigable, you must widen and deepen it, which is all money......

"In fact, we only need to build the main canal wider, and the other branch canals can completely use the small canals commonly used in the county, so that water transportation and irrigation can be done at the same time." Bai Shuyu said again.

Hearing this, Nan Ke also understood what Bai Shuyu meant.

I just wanted to build a small ditch, but Bai Shuyu was embarrassed.

It becomes the rhythm of digging canals.

That's a lot more work.

You must know that there is no such thing as cement and impermeable membrane here, and even after the canal is built, the soil erosion is very serious.

If you want to build a big ditch, not only do you have to dig the ditch, but you also have to have a stonemason to repair the stone embankment.

The bottom of the canal had to be tamped before the water was opened, and in addition to these, dams had to be built in different areas to hold back the water. Second, it can also properly discharge and drain water.

If the canal is to be widened and ships are to be allowed to sail, it may be necessary to build locks for ships to pass through some special waters.

This series of things, all of which add up to money.

But Nan Ke couldn't say these things clearly, after all, the matter of repairing the canal had not yet begun, and he, the main promoter, was discouraged, and he was a little unreasonable.

"Shuyu, how much do you think it will cost to repair this Yongping Canal according to your plan?" Nanke asked.

At this stage, it will cost a lot of money just to form the Dingzhou Army, which is enough for Nanke to drink a pot.

If you invest more money in another thing, Nan Ke will be a little unbearable.

Bai Shuyu thought about it when he heard this, and said, "I don't know, if this matter is done well, it will definitely not work without 10,000 gold, and it may cost tens of thousands of gold."

But I also know that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and many things, only when we do them, can we know what the final result will be.

Grandpa Guo, do you want to build a small canal to irrigate farmland, or build a large canal that will bless you for a hundred years? ”

Hearing this, Nan Ke was also a little helpless, it seems that this Bai Shuyu really wants to do something big.

I put a big hat on myself, and I really can't refuse.

If you are the leader and you don't have any ambitions, how can the people below follow you to work hard.

"I naturally want to build a Grand Canal that is beneficial to Yongping County, but this project is huge, and it can't be completed for a while. Nan Ke said again.

Bai Shuyu nodded and said, "Actually, this matter is easy to solve." ”

As he spoke, he slowly drew a line on the map and said, "We only need to repair part of the main road first, divert the water from Dawan Lake to irrigate the surrounding farmland, and then build the main road little by little."

When these main roads are repaired, we can connect them together, so that we will not delay the irrigation or our final plan. Even if it is only a short distance built in a day, as long as it is done day after day, the canal will be repaired one day. ”

At this time, Nan Ke also understood Bai Shuyu's thoughts.

He just wanted to do something for Yongping County, so he strongly advocated that Nanke make this canal repair thing bigger.

Even if it takes a little longer, at least it has to be done.

"Shuyu, you think about Yongping County like this, I also understand! Okay, just follow what you said, let's make this matter a stool, and when the time comes, this canal will be called Shuyu Canal. Nanke laughed.

Bai Shuyu's face froze when he heard this, and then he said, "When will we start construction?" ”

Nan Ke said: "Don't be in a hurry to start the construction first, I am looking at the route you just drawn." The irrigation area covered here is not large, and there is not much arable land around, so if you need to build a branch canal, isn't it very troublesome? ”

Facing Nan Ke's doubts, Bai Shuyu said with a smile: "Since we want to build a bigger canal, we must focus on the canal, as for the lack of cultivated land, you don't have to care about it at all."

In the past, the farmland was close to various villages, and no one was willing to plant the land too far from home.

But after we have repaired the canal, when they understand where it is easier to irrigate, they will naturally open up farmland and even settle in the vicinity, so we only need to repair the canal, and we don't have to take care of other things. ”

Bai Shuyu's words also made Nan Ke suddenly realize.

If he had followed his idea that the canals were mainly to cover cultivated land, then they would have to travel a long distance and the amount of work would have to become enormous.

But now that we don't care about them and just build the main canal, it's much easier.

"That's good! Let's do it! With that, Nan Ke got up and came to the place where the family members of the Three Tigers Village were placed.

These robbers from the original Three Tiger Village, since their defeat yesterday, have been all brought to Wulingpo by Nanke.

At this time, Wang Ying, Xu Feihu, and Zou Erlang took some of the backbone to Montenegro to suppress bandits.

But among the remaining people, in addition to women, old people, and children, there are many men who are in the prime of life.

Although they didn't follow to suppress the bandits, they couldn't let them be idle here every day.

After Nanke gathered them together, he said, "You have done evil in the Black Mountain, and you deserve some punishment!" If I don't ask you what you do, others will say that I don't distinguish between rewards and punishments. Therefore the time has come for you to atone for your sins. ”