It's still a small pilgrimage.

Zhao Kuangyin sat on the dragon chair and was as happy as that, holding Zhao Dezhao's recital in his hand, showing off to these Zhu Zi nobles one by one, and the smug look on his face could be seen clearly as long as he was not blind.

"Look, my son is okay, more than 700,000 yuan, but it has played a big role, this is a solution to the urgent need."

Zhao Pu stood up with a smile and said: "Your Highness, filial piety, this is the blessing of the Great Song Dynasty, the minister thinks that the top priority at the moment is to exchange the 700,000 yuan of wealth for food as soon as possible." ”

Zhao Kuangyin nodded when he heard this: "Yes, yes, that's exactly the reason, gold and silver things can't be eaten and thirsted and can't be drunk, if they can't be exchanged for food, they are all useless things after all, this is the kindness of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military to the victims of Huainan, we must ensure that the things are used to the fullest, don't be deducted by corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and don't be hoarded by unscrupulous profiteers to earn profits, do you have any ideas?" ”

Zhao Pu smiled and said: "The minister thinks that since this money was obtained by His Royal Highness, it is also his heart, why not hand over this matter to His Highness?" ”

"This ...... Zhao'er is still a little younger, and she is in charge of this matter independently, will it be ......?"

"The minister thinks it's okay, the minister's inferior disciple Sun Yue is only eleven years old, since His Royal Highness can raise this money, he still has the ability to come, but he lacks some practical experience, and now this matter is just an opportunity."

Zhao Kuangyin was still a little entangled when he heard this, and involuntarily glanced at his younger brother Zhao Guangyi, and found that today's Zhao Guangyi's face was as usual, without half an expression, just like an old monk who had settled down, and he was actually comforted for a while.

This second child has grown up in the city, if this is usual, even if he doesn't say anything, that face will be no different from a purple melon.

"Second child, tell me, how is this matter good?"

"When I went back to the official's house, my brother thought that it was not the best policy to use this money to buy food."

"Oh?" Zhao Kuangyin said: "This is the money donated by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and it is the heart of the hundred officials of the imperial court to the Huainan refugees, can it still be used for other purposes?" ”

"Official, the minister's brother doesn't mean this, the minister's brother also thinks that this money must be spent on the Huainan disaster victims, but they shouldn't buy grain anymore, a few days ago, the imperial court borrowed grain from the Southern Tang Dynasty, in fact, it has solved the current urgent needs of the victims, and then go to buy grain, in fact, the significance is not very big, plus the food in the world is counted, this year's year is not good, although there is no famine in the Great Song Dynasty, it is not a bumper harvest, the minister thinks, this money is better spent elsewhere."

"Spend elsewhere? Like what? ”

"The younger brother thinks that it is better to take this opportunity to work for relief, and recruit the victims of the Huainan disaster to repair the water conservancy embankment, they now have no agricultural work anyway, they are idle, and they are easy to cause chaos if they don't find something to do, plus they have just suffered from the flood disaster this year, and they will be more patient if they want to do the work, so that the merit is in the present and the benefits are in the future."

Zhao Pu laughed directly in the public court when he heard this, and Zhao Kuangyin's face was not very good-looking, but he glared at Zhao Pu fiercely, but Zhao Pu didn't seem to see it, and said to himself: "Second king, do you know how much silver it takes to build a river embankment of this scale?" ”

"How much?"

"In the fifth year of Xiande, Kaifeng Dashui, Emperor Sejong personally went to the river embankment to supervise the repair, which lasted five months, and spent a full 2.7 million guan to complete it, although the 70,000 guan of His Royal Highness is a lot, but to say that the water conservancy embankment is repaired...... Hehe, the second king, this political matter, you can't just pat your head and talk about it, it's better to talk about it after you actually understand it. ”

Zhao Guangyi's face remained the same, and he said with a smile: "It turned out that it was only 2.7 million, I thought it would be more than 3 million if I said it alone, and the official family and the courtiers also have a book." ”

"Oh? What are you trying to beat? ”

"Kaifeng City's righteous businessman Sun Chunming took the lead, united almost all the people in Kaifeng City with huge assets, and raised a total of 3.16 million yuan of wealth for the construction of Huainan's water conservancy embankment, this is a detailed report, the younger brother thought that this matter was feasible, but after all, the younger brother was inexperienced, and he couldn't see it accurately for a while, so he didn't dare to respond to him, so he took it to the court and let his brother and Zhao Shumi guide him."

Zhao Kuangyin's eyes are about to fall, Zhao Dezhao raised 70,000 yuan, he is already very happy, after all, this is charity, whose money is not blowing in the wind these years, but this Zhao Guangyi touched his upper and lower lips, more than three million?

"Sun Chunming told me that the 3.16 million yuan is only Kaifeng's capital, if it is not enough, as long as you continue to raise donations in the Jianghuai area, if you want to come, it is no problem to make up 5 million."

Not only Zhao Kuangyin was stunned, but even Zhao Pu was in a trance for a while, and pinched himself hard to make sure that he was not dreaming.

But how is this possible? Three million, the imperial court fought Jingnan Lake = the two countries in the south didn't spend so much money in total, he had seen a larger amount, but it was a war, and a few businessmen donated such a large amount? Did you put a knife on someone's neck and force it to donate?

"The second king, military affairs are not child's play, people in Kaifeng City with a huge family capital of more than 10,000 people say more and more, say less, don't dare to say that they all know each other, but at least they also know that they are not far from ten, how can they donate three million? Is it selling iron by smashing the pot? ”

saw Zhao Kuangyin holding the fold and said, "Hehe, it's really smashing the pot and selling iron." If built in this way, not only can you solve the hundred-year disaster of the flood once and for all, but also reclaim tens of thousands of acres of fertile land by the way, the second brother means, with this 10,000 acres of fertile land as a reward, when the time comes according to the amount of contribution, it will be distributed to them, Huainan Water Town, has always been the granary of the world, they do not lose money in this transaction, and it is also said that after repairing the water conservancy, they will also renovate a section of the canal by the way, To reproduce the grand scene of Yangzhou with thousands of sails, they also want to beg the imperial court to contract the canal to them, collect part of the toll fees, and contract the wharf, and pay off the fees after ten years, and then return the canal to the imperial court. ”

Zhao Pu's face is black, and there is still this kind of operation? The canal is contracted to private individuals and collects tolls? Isn't this the right of the imperial court to collect commercial taxes to merchants?

Zhao Guangyi said confidently: "The courtiers think that this does not seem to have any loss to the imperial court, more than three million yuan, it is really difficult to get it for a while, and the project painted in the picture seems to be larger than our Kaifeng, I am afraid that three million is not enough, so borrowing the people's wealth, with more reclaimed acres of land and canals that have not yet been traced, it seems to be a good thing for the court and the people, and the courtiers think that they can also use this profit to attract Jinling's businessmen to invest, the official family may not know, After the minister came forward to guarantee this matter, the merchants of Kaifeng City were crazy, saying that it was smashing pots and selling iron, but it was not wrong, thinking that there must be huge profits in it, the so-called merchants were heavy profits, and the merchants of Jinling City and the merchants of Kaifeng City, how much difference can there be? ”

"Okay, the second child is so beautiful to do this, hehe, Sun Chunming, sure enough, there is a son and a father, come, you Aiqing take a look at this twist and turn, and discuss it."