After throwing the Grand Canal, there were all kinds of sounds.

There are mixed reviews, but more people are just talking about it, as a topic, and they don't actually understand the construction of this canal, and they are not very interested.

Some people scolded Zhang Yu for working hard and hurting money, but it didn't touch their interests and didn't cause them to lose anything, so they also expressed their opinions.

As for daring to rise up and make trouble, they don't dare.

It's okay to express your opinion, once you dare to get up and make trouble, I'm sorry, they are welcome in the black room of the police station.

And for the people, it's a pity.

I can't dig a river without passing them.

This digging river is immortal, there is money to take, there is food to eat, dig for a year or two, and when you go home, you can tear down the house and rebuild it.

More people have nothing to do with themselves.

Only some of the people are related to the merchants.

A canal, the north and the south can travel in a more economical way, how could they not think of it.

These merchants immediately began to think about it, and some powerful merchants had already moved in in advance and directly purchased properties in the cities along the way.

They are also worried now, originally Zhang Yu carried out quietly, and few people saw Zhang Yu's intentions, but now they all saw Zhang Yu's intentions.

Zhang Yu is going to build a north-south canal, and many waters will be linked together at that time.

The end result is a further reduction in the cost of North-South trade.

Businessmen are profit-seekers and have a very sensitive sense of smell.

But now they're worried.

Because there are many people who talk about Zhang Yu's labor and money, and some people even go directly to Zhang Yu to ask Zhang Yu to stop building the canal.

This made these merchants very worried, and the canal would be too beneficial for them.

If the imperial court is forced to do so and does not repair it, what should it do?

It's a very serious matter, so they're going to have to figure it out.

The imperial court must be allowed to continue building the canal, the canal is too important and cannot be delayed, it is better to start building it as soon as possible.

The role of the canal is too great, and the merchants are staring.

As a result, several imperial relatives were lobbied, and some local governments also wanted to repair it, and through them, a place could be prosperous.

In this way, a very powerful force has been formed, and they are willing to be very strong and influence through various channels.

Zhang Yu summoned Qiao Lao and Zhen Yi.

"Two lords, I heard that people have been bothering you a lot lately." Zhang Yu invited the two princes to dinner.

Both of them are big businessmen, and the main development direction of Zhen Yi is Jizhou.

Jizhou is his home base.

"They are all here to find out the news, and they are very concerned about the North-South Canal." Zhen Yi said.

Qiao Lao smiled bitterly, and then said: "Not only are they very concerned, they can't wait to give the money for Your Majesty and help Your Majesty repair the canal quickly." ”

This canal is very important.

Businessmen have seen the benefits.

They really wanted Zhang Yu to be able to do it in one step and repair the canal as soon as possible.

But this leak of the canal plan has already attracted great attention.

The merchants were scared.

"Help me repair? It's good advice, I've been short of money lately. ”

This is the truth, Zhang Yu's lack of money is very serious, mainly because the provinces have to build roads.

This is still a gallop road, and at the same time, the counties and cities in the province also need to repair the road.

There are so many roads to be built, but it takes a lot of money.

Today, the empire is wealthy, mainly because of its large annual overseas income.

Today, South Africa, North America and Fuso are able to provide large quantities of gold and silver every year.

In other words, there were not many gold coins on the market before, and now there are a lot of gold coins.

There are more silver mines, but gold mines are very rare.

"The two princes, it takes a lot of money to build the road, and now the treasury is empty, it is really not fast, and I am afraid that it will take ten years to repair it slowly." Zhang Yu said.

Zhen Yi doesn't care, now Chidao has been repaired from the capital to the provinces in Jizhou, and his business is mainly concentrated in these places.

But it had a great impact on Qiao Lao.

Ten years, ten years is too long.

"Your Majesty, it's better to let the ministers go to them to collect some donations and speed up the progress." Old Qiao suggested.

"How sure are you, how much money can you scrape?" Zhang Yu asked.

This Qiao Lao was not very sure, and then said: "In the past few days, dozens of families have come to the minister's mansion to lobby and gather them, plus a few states along the way, maybe they can raise millions of silver coins." ”

"Let's issue bonds, I want to raise 30 million special funds, 10 million for two years of short-term interest, the interest rate is 3.5%, 10 million for ten years, the interest rate is about 5%, and the other 10 million will raise donations, if I raise enough, I will invest twice as much manpower to build." Zhang Yu said.

Zhang Yu released the news in order to test the reaction of the people.

Nowadays, there are no large-scale petitions asking for the abandonment of canal construction.

The reaction of the people was lackluster, not much attention was paid to it, and it was even insignificant compared to the division of administrative regions.

The north-south canal is divided into several lines, and the most important one is now the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which communicates several water systems and is 1,000 miles long.

Now Zhang Yu has been repairing for a year and a half, and he has completed one-fifth of it, but he has spent a lot of money.

The daily consumption is very large, and Zhang Yu has added manpower several times in the middle, and now there are more than 100,000 people who are slowly building these.

Zhang Yu understands that the construction of the Grand Canal is still starting from an easy place.

Although the Sui Dynasty soon opened several canals, they requisitioned millions of people.

So many people are requisitioned, and it will lead to big problems.

Zhang Yu stretched out the time and spent a few more years to repair, the Sui Dynasty spent more than two years to repair Beijing and Hangzhou, and he prepared five to ten years, depending on the situation.

There will be some things that are not easy to repair in the future, and we must repair them slowly.

In fact, for some of the more difficult places, Zhang Yu asked the people from the School of Engineering to mark them up, and they have already sent people to repair them again.

There are only a few hundred people at a few points, let them repair slowly, and even the cement is used.

Qiao Xuan and Zhen Yi didn't know how to answer after listening to Zhang Yu's words.

It was not very difficult to raise 30 million silver coins, but these merchants did not know whether they were willing or not, because 10 million of them were given to the imperial court for free.

"Spread the news, starting in ten days, for a month, let the local banks handle it, and if it is feasible, I will use at least 300,000 people to dig the canal next year." Zhang Yu said.

Now, in fact, there are only 100,000 logistics personnel, some of whom are auxiliary such as transporting grain and grass, cooking, etc., and only about 80,000 people are actually digging on the construction site every day.

"Yes, the minister first pledged 200,000 silver coins, and the minister did not buy bonds, so he donated 300,000." Zhen Yi said.

Zhen Yi does not have a great demand for the canal, but he must support Zhang Yu's policy.

"The minister will help His Majesty at least raise 500,000 silver coins."

This is a silver coin, not a copper coin, although a large amount of silver is imported, so that the empire has a lot of silver coins, but silver is still quite before this era.

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