Chapter 90: Bribery
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Among the reinforced concrete, the steel bar bears the tensile force, which can ensure the tensile strength of the concrete, and the emergence of reinforced concrete, so that the construction industry has a qualitative leap.
The soul that has traveled through time and space has built countless magnificent projects with reinforced concrete in this era, such as the Yellow River Bridge, the Yangtze River Bridge, the cement road, the indestructible concrete Great Wall, and the impeccable super concrete fortress.
Even if it is a small county town, relying on the tall bamboo reinforced concrete city wall, it can also make the nomadic army under the city have nothing to do.
"Smack!"
Yuwen Wen slapped the mosquitoes buzzing in his ears, looking at the blood red in his palm, the previous grand ideas disappeared with this sound, and the smell of wormwood filled the entire room, although it was not strong, but it could be smelled.
The moonlight shined on the floor through the screen window, bringing some light to the dark room, Yu Wenwen sat up from the couch and began to fight mosquitoes, he remembered to make sure that there were no mosquitoes in the mosquito net before going to bed, but there were still fish that slipped through the net.
Panyu's mosquitoes are very poisonous, swollen and itchy by its bite, it is just during the day, and a few leak in the mosquito net when sleeping at night, which can toss people to sleep badly all night.
Sit still, listen to the movement in the mosquito net, and after a while, the "buzzing" sound resumed, Yuwen Wen killed the fish that slipped through the net with lightning speed, and carefully inspected it in the moonlight, and found that a corner of the mosquito net was kicked out of the gap by him.
After stuffing the mosquito net, Yu Wenwen lay down again, this toss made him sleepy, and he simply pondered the thing that he didn't make a decision during the day: Zhenyang Gorge Plank Road.
Speaking of the construction cost, if it is just to solve the problem of whether there is or not, make an all-wooden plank road, which can allow a single person to carry a basket through, the cost of such a plank road is not so exaggerated.
However, Yu Wenwen felt that either he would not repair it, but if he wanted to repair it, he would build a plank road with practical significance, which must be able to pass ordinary carriages, and again it must be a man-powered cart to ensure the basic cargo transportation volume.
As a result, the width and load-bearing requirements of the plank road have risen sharply, and new building materials need to be used in order to achieve the "design capacity", which in turn leads to a soaring cost, and the estimated cost can be used to train a new strong army of thousands of people.
The discount is equivalent to one million copper coins, such a fund is not a small amount, if Yu Wenwen is shameless, he can still make up the tricks and deceive, even coax and scare, so the key to the problem is:
Spending a lot of money to build this plank road, is it worth it?
For hundreds of years, even if there is no plank road, the ships going north from Qinshui are unimpeded, which is nothing more than consuming a lot of manpower to sail against the current, even if the cost of transportation of goods rises, then as long as the selling price is increased, the cost can be passed on to others.
There are not enough soldiers and horses, so hurry up and spend money to recruit soldiers and buy horses, why bother to let the people save some living costs, fill in a large amount of money by themselves, is it to buy people's hearts? Does this work?
It's useful, those who have won the hearts of the people since ancient times have won the world!
The phrase "whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world" is familiar, but first we have to figure out a question: the people, which people?
Anyway, it is not a commoner, the "people" in the agricultural era refers to the landlord class, but each dynasty is different, the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty refers to the powerful landlords, the Wei and Jin dynasties refer to the scholar clan, to the Sui and Tang dynasties are the poor landlords, to the two Song Dynasty is the scholars who are closely integrated with the imperial examination, and they are also the landlord class.
If you don't buy, kill with a knife, kill until the survivors kneel down and sing about conquest, is this okay? No way.
Even if the strength is as strong as the Mengyuan and Manchu Qings, when they enter the Central Plains, they will kill the heads of the people, and finally they must use the landlord class to rule the world, after all, the imperial power is not lower than the county, and it is necessary to rely on the landlords and gentry to control the grassroots.
Therefore, Yuwen Wen really wants to buy people's hearts, and he also gives priority to buying the landlord class rather than the common people, but the ideal is very plump and the reality is very skinny, even if he is cheeky and wants to "buy people's hearts", there may not be many high-ranking families or nobles.
The other party is not uncommon with him, why doesn't he sneer at these high-ranking families?
Yu Wenwen doesn't think that "if there is no Zhu butcher, you will eat hairy pigs", he pulled up a vote, as long as he can fight, kill those who are not convinced, and then absorb the contributors, support his own people to be new landlords and gentry, and replace the original grassroots power vacuum.
So what he has actually been buying is the big and small tyrants in the states under the jurisdiction of the Huangzhou Governor's Office, and if possible, he will also buy the big and small tyrants in Jiangzhou, and the way is to form a community of interests.
Just as Yuwentai entered the customs back then, through various "concessions" including the government and military system, the Guanlong tyrants were absorbed into the system and the Guanlong Group was formed.
So with the Zhenyang Gorge plank road with a discount of one million yuan, let the local tyrants from all over Huangzhou and Jiangzhou gather more closely around him, and slowly form a cohesive interest group, what can't be done?
Thinking about this, Yu Wenwen is no longer entangled, the plank road in Zhenyang Gorge must be repaired, and the materials equivalent to one million guan, he himself cannot "pay" in full, the government along the Qinshui River will pay a part, he will find a way to raise a part, and the rest of the bulk will rely on "fundraising".
Calling on stakeholders in Huangzhou and Jiangzhou to donate money and materials to make a contribution to the construction of the Zhenyang Gorge plank road, Yu Wenwen does not think that these people can not see the benefits brought by the plank road, so the attitude of the other party determines his attitude.
Those who are willing to donate money and materials, regardless of the quantity, are handed over the petition anyway, and find excuses to prevaricate, there is no need to "buy", and from then on they will drink the northwest wind.
It's not that Yuwenwen is short of money so he is forced to donate, it's that he doesn't have the heart to play a guessing game.
Now that he figured it out, his ideas quickly diverged, and Yu Wenwen began to think about how to maximize the benefits with the help of the Zhenyang Gorge plank road project, he didn't want to embezzle the project money, but to let everyone 'benefit equally'.
To build the Zhenyang Gorge plank road, a new building material will be used, that is, "bamboo reinforced concrete (soil method)", which is not as good as real bamboo reinforced concrete, but it has been used for several years, at least it can be used.
But the durability of this thing is still poor, it is not good to build dams, it is not good to make house beams, if you use it to build bridges, it will start to slowly become dangerous bridges in about five or six years.
As long as the pillars are thick enough, the plank road made of bamboo-reinforced concrete (soil method) can indeed realize the ability to pass horse-drawn carriages, but it will have to be replaced one by one from the fourth year of construction, and it will be another expense at that time.
But so what? Every four years, it is better than the wooden pillars of the plank road are changed every year, and the plank road is repaired with bamboo reinforced concrete pillars, and the cement kiln owners in Huangzhou will be crazy with joy, even if they go to Zhenyang and Qujiang in the upper reaches of Zhenyang Gorge to open cement kilns, the huge demand will also bring huge profits.
The coolies who repair the plank road will be mainly slaves, which will not affect the daily life of the people, and the resulting huge manpower demand will make the slave catchers laugh so much that they can't close their mouths, and when the plank road that can pass ordinary two-wheeled carriages is completed, everyone will laugh from ear to ear!
Donating money and materials to build a plank road, even if the cost is huge, but most of the benefits benefit their own people, everyone knows that with the king of Xiyang, there will be food and money to make, and the cohesion will be stronger?
Thinking of this, Yu Wenwen made up his mind to build the plank road, anyway, he was responsible for raising funds, and Yang Ji was responsible for the specific construction work, so the next question was how to raise donations.
Directly said that you want to raise donations, in fact, everyone will think that it is a forced donation, such a reputation is too ugly, you have to think of a trick....