No money, this strange and familiar word, before, has always been the center of the impossible to avoid something, any investment, must consider this problem, but with the replacement of iron and some improvements, from the second half of the fourth year of Qingli, gradually no longer appeared.

Some projects that have not been invested before, or in other words, dare not be invested, in this period of time, successful project approval, batch after batch of project investment.

Now, there is such a long-lost word, which makes many governors look at each other.

"No, isn't this year's plan not yet complete?" Zhang Dexiang said with a little uncertainty.

"The water conservancy of farmland in the north occupies a lot of money!" Ye Qingchen said with some embarrassment.

But after saying this, everyone understood.

The construction of farmland and water conservancy in the north, which is a huge project, was first proposed by Ye Qingchen, and immediately obtained the consent of the entire center.

Food is the key, especially for the Northern Song Dynasty, the north has a large population, but the land developed for many years is no longer enough to support the consumption of the entire population, relying on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, from the south into a large amount of grain, Cao Yun, has become an important lifeline of the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the south of the Northern Song Dynasty, although the literary world was prosperous, except for Sichuan and a few areas in the south, there were very few people who really entered the court, and most of them were northerners.

The clans, families, and even social relations of these people are rooted in the north, and it is a natural right thing to develop the north and make the north a little better, not to mention, the north also has practical interests.

Ye Qingchen's initial investment was only about 5 million guan, and the investment of 5 million guan in three years will sort out 12 rivers in the entire central region, including key rivers such as the Yangtze River and Haihe River, and establish at least 100 reservoirs and ponds to ensure sufficient drought resistance and flood response capacity.

Through these nodes, a large number of canals and tributaries will be built on the plains in the north, and through a reasonable layout, the entire northern part of China will increase the amount of water irrigated by about 30%, and make more rational use of water.

Compared with dry land, the grain output of irrigated land has almost doubled, and although the land area in the north is not as large as in the south, according to the statistics of acres, it probably accounts for about 40% of the total land, that is, about 320 million mu.

As long as the average income per mu is 0.3 stones, it is expected that 10 million stones can be increased every year, in fact, 3 into the increase of irrigated land, you can increase 100 million mu of irrigated land, this possible grain growth is between 80 million and 100 million.

The reduction in the transportation of grain of nearly 100 million stones, and the increase in self-sufficiency, especially in the north, is basically, also saving, and at the same time increasing social stability, which is also an extremely important thing for the Northern Song Dynasty.

Ye Qingchen briefly introduced the current situation, especially the difficulties encountered, as well as the improvement of the effect, resulting in the total investment from 5 million in the first 3 years to 10 million, no one said anything more.

Farmland construction, occupying one or two million yuan of investment, may be more in the future, this point, related to the centennial plan, the northwest of the mutual market, can indeed obtain some benefits, but with the centennial plan, it is still weaker.

Ye Qingchen was also hesitating, to be honest, the demise of Western Xia was also what he had been looking forward to for many years.

One of the biggest uncertainties in the plans of the three divisions is the northwest.

In itself, the three divisions have a sum of money, not much, about one million guan, which is prepared for the northwest, but when Han Qi was stationed in the northwest, Ye Qingchen gave 300,000 guan, Ye Qingchen felt that there was no problem where Han Qi was in charge, and after giving 300,000 guan, there were some other material supports, which were misappropriated and invested in farmland and water conservancy construction.

At that time, I mainly thought that farmland and water conservancy construction was more important, and at the same time, if there was something in the northwest, materials and some other resources were ready-made, which could quickly support the past, and then find a way to do the rest.

But unexpectedly, Han Qi suddenly made a big news, and said unceremoniously that this was what the Northern Song Dynasty was most willing to see, but it was the last thing he wanted to see.

Xixia has solved it, so what materials, soldiers and equipment, are not needed, money is needed, and real bonuses are taken out.

The third envoy, who is already a little difficult in itself, because of the huge volume, embezzled millions of yuan, it should not be much of a problem, but if this money is covered with rewards and road repairs, it will be a little difficult for Ye Qingchen.

For military generals, the Northern Song Dynasty adopted a situation of suppression to prevent them from rebelling at any time, but for the soldiers at the bottom, it was quite honorable.

The monthly salary of the soldiers of the forbidden army can complete the life of a family of 20 with their own efforts, not to mention on the battlefield, as well as after meritorious service.

Although this time, the Northwest has not used many personnel, only 40,000 people, even if the average reward of 10 guan per person is more than 400,000, as well as logistics and other incidentalities, the total number may not be much, and 600,000 guan is necessary.

Of course, if the loot is converted, the expenditure can be reduced, but at the very least, it will take about 400,000 yuan.

400,000 guan must be spent, so even if one million guan is embezzled, it will be reduced by half all of a sudden, and the rest is completely insufficient to spend.

But giving up road construction is not what Ye Qingchen wants to see, road construction is inevitable, on the one hand, it can reduce border expenditures, and on the other hand, increase the transaction volume and obtain more benefits.

In the future, to stabilize the entire Western Regions, the development of Lingzhou is the focus, in the hands of the Western Xia, Lingzhou is almost not developed, almost a rich Hetao, into a pasture-like existence, to develop, need a lot of things, food, personnel, tools.

This would have been a huge investment, and after becoming the stability of the Northwest, the biggest burden may take a few years to gradually stabilize, with Han Qi's whim, the border mutual market and this contract, a large number of transactions, even if it is only one percent, or even one thousandth, will leave enough funds in Lingzhou.

With the current transportation to the northwest freight, to complete all this, the waste is huge, the center may be consistent every input, and in the end, the successful application to Lingzhou, may only be about 200 to 300 Wen, the rest are freight, which is unacceptable, especially almost inevitably cost millions, or even millions of dollars.

Wasting it on the road in vain is not only inefficient, but also does not produce any benefits.

If some roads are renovated and this business is completed in a year or two, it will be of great benefit to the entire Northern Song Dynasty?

This benefit in the long run, the impact on the Northern Song Dynasty is not great, once the Liao State and the Northern Song Dynasty border market is closed, maybe the early investment will be wasted, can only play a role in stabilizing Lingzhou.

This effect will also be weakened after the development of Lingzhou reaches a certain level.

This is a dilemma, if the comprehensive construction of a relatively high gallop road, it is inconvenient to maintain, the investment is still huge, but the temporary repair, the effect is not great, this is a dilemma.

What Ye Qingchen didn't know was that in the Dinghai Navy, the railroad had already appeared, even if it was the most rudimentary railway like the horse-drawn railway, but for the plain area, it was simply a terrible effect.

There is no need to build too much, as long as the 1,000 kilometers from Bianliang to Longxi are built, even if the investment is huge, the support for the entire west is also huge, not to mention, the transaction of 10 million head of livestock.

In the end, in the negotiation between Renzong and the governors, Ye Qingchen agreed to squeeze out about 500,000 yuan for repairing the northwest road.

At the very least, the road from Henan Province to Chang'an must be perfected, which is conducive to strengthening the connection between Bianliang and Henan Province and Chang'an.

As the capital of the Han and Tang dynasties, Chang'an has the heritage of a big city, even if it has been broken in the Northern Song Dynasty, it is also the center of Guanzhong and the northwest, this road is worth spending a lot of effort to build, even if it is wasted.

It's a pity that Ye Qingchen's long-term plan has no way to be achieved, he originally wanted to find an opportunity to use the squeezed out funds for the construction of the north.

The volume of the three divisions, squeezing out 1 million guan, is already the limit, and if it is squeezed out, there will definitely be problems.

Ye Qingchen, as the third envoy, could not make such a low-level mistake.

Ye Qingchen was very depressed, trying to find a way to squeeze out funds from all sides, such a thing, he often did it before, in the years before the fourth year of Qingli, he often did it, the Northern Song Dynasty was able to use a huge deficit to keep it stable, Ye Qingchen's ability is the key.

In the middle of Renzong, he should have been a relatively important core official, but in the year of Huangyou, after he died of illness, the financial situation of the Northern Song Dynasty began to deteriorate.

More and more information converged, including moving loot, as well as various secret agents who gradually determined the truth, and the news from all aspects was summarized, and in the end, it was proved that this incredible thing was true.

In the court, I heard Jia Chaochang's twists and turns, and grasped the first-hand information, which finally slowly spread, and the henchmen of the Northern Song Dynasty, Western Xia, were killed like this.

In the past ten years, Western Xia has always been a major problem for the Northern Song Dynasty, and has continuously lost a large number of soldiers, most of whom are from the northwest, but the number of forbidden troops is not at all.

Accumulated, there are at least more than 70,000 or 80,000, the forbidden army of the Northern Song Dynasty, a full 800,000, most of them have settled in Bianliang, which is also one of the reasons for the large population of Bianliang, 780,000, I am afraid that there are only three or four, which represents a family of 30,000 or 40,000, and has a deep blood feud with the Western Xia.

Now, the big stone that weighed on their heads, the revenge that could not be avenged all avengeance, what a relief and thunderous joy.

The news of joy always spread wildly, and soon, through the canals and various water systems of the Song Dynasty, it spread to the core area of the Northern Song Dynasty, of course, including the Dinghai Navy far away by the sea.

If there is aerial photography in the Northern Song Dynasty, at this time skipping the sky above the Dinghai Navy, you will be surprised, in just a few months, from the beginning of the fourth year of Qingli to now, it has only been less than ten months, but earth-shaking changes have taken place here.

The speed of Dinghai has become the key, after the prototype of Miaojiazhuang, the development of the Daimyofu, to the time of the Dinghai Navy, it has been quite mature, reasonable efficiency, excellent cooperation, and the use of various tools, and finally created a miracle.

A large seaport city was born in the midst of poverty and whiteness, more and more of which took shape, accommodating more and more people, and at the same time the productivity began to rise terribly.

After transferring from the Daimyo's Mansion to the Dinghai Navy, Zhao Xin never left, and the insight of the traverser, coupled with the reasonable layout, finally made the development of the Dinghai Navy enter the fast lane.

In 6 months, the Dinghai Navy has changed its appearance, it seems that Zhao Xin does not deal with a lot of things every day, most of the time, it seems to be idle, but his arrival has made the development of the entire Dinghai Navy more rapid, step by step firmly promote the development of the entire city.

In the past four months, there have been a lot of changes in the Dinghai Navy, but there is no system, a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west, and a lot of things have been done, but they have not been shown.

Now, with Zhao Xin's all-out efforts, he has smoothed out everything step by step, adjusted some things that have been done before, and adjusted some things that are not suitable, and it is a construction miracle similar to the Daimyo Blacksmith's Workshop, so it appeared.

This is not a workshop, not a small town, but a city, especially with a sufficient follow-up population.

With the help of the convenient conditions of the canal and the high wages, the daimyo blacksmith workshop has brought in enough people, and there are more than 150,000 people in the blacksmith workshop in the later period.

It is even more obvious in Dinghai, through the transportation of blacksmith workshops, as well as the affected population here, as well as low-income people from all over the country. ，

Because the Dinghai Navy was newly established, all aspects were relatively relaxed, and the population or something, as long as there was a request, I also agreed, and the migration could be completed in this way, so that the population of the Dinghai Navy began to swell, from the beginning of 50,000, 100,000, like a snowball, expanded, and now, close to the end of the fourth year of Qingli, it is almost approaching the million mark.

In an ordinary perspective, there are many things that need to be done in a city with a population of one million, many of which are gradually accumulated over many years, but under the speed of Dinghai, it is as simple as that. ，

A city that surpassed all the cities of the Northern Song Dynasty and was second only to Bianliang was quietly born in Dingjun, and in order to ensure that these people could live a stable life, Dinghai also made great efforts.

In four months, a total of 250,000 houses were completed, although it is still a collective residence, and there are no individual and family houses, but in the winter seaside, in the biting sea breeze, in the room, and in the tent, these are two completely different concepts.

The basic framework of the city was completed, in a small area, about 200 kilometers of cement roads were built, the construction of the main area was completed, and the functional areas of the city were divided, by the way, 37 kilometers of railways were also completed, which was the biggest achievement, connecting the output of all steel mills from the steel mill and the port, which could be quickly sent to the Dinghai Navy and the port, and marketed to the entire Northern Song Dynasty.