Chapter 42 Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, built by Emperor Yang of the former Sui Dynasty, is the longest ancient canal in the world. From Yuhang (i.e. Hangzhou) in the south, to Youzhou (the name of Beijing in the Zhenguan period) in the north, it flows through Hebei Road, Henan Road, Huainan Road and Jiangnan Road (including today's Tianjin, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang), and communicates the five major water systems of Haihe River, Yellow River, Huai River, Yangtze River and Qiantang River, with a total length of 1,797 kilometers, which is the longest artificial canal in the world.

It is said that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty in order to Yangzhou to see Qionghua, but also for the south of the grain to the north, digging the Jinghuai section to the south of the Yangtze River canal (in fact, the last one is the main purpose, in order to start a war with Goguryeo), the total length of nearly 2,000 kilometers, in the more than 1,000 years after the excavation, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has been responsible for the exchange of materials, culture, economy and other aspects of the north and south, and it is also the most meritorious traffic artery in Chinese history, and its position in history is an epic building comparable to the Great Wall.

Today's Grand Canal Hangzhou Wharf, there is a huge team, the number of more than 10,000, the goods carried are even more than the car flat, the river is endless, almost impossible to see at a glance.

The owner of this team is naturally Li Zhen, who has been operating in Lingnan for more than a year, and has destroyed the entire Nanyang and half of Tianzhu, Li Zhen can be described as a meritorious service, it is conceivable that when he returns to Chang'an, he will be greeted with endless cheers and glory.

While gaining endless merit and glory, Li Zhen also earned a large amount of gold and silver treasures - the treasury of more than 20 countries in Nanyang was emptied by him, and the domestic nobles were reduced to slaves and their property confiscated.

According to the statistics of the military secretary, the treasures obtained by Li Zhen in the entire Nanyang, the value of gold, silver, pearls and jade alone is at least about 100 million yuan (including jade and jade mines and the pure gold cast Buddha's golden body Arhats in those temples, etc.), if you add those precious resources - such as the agarwood with a large grinding plate, the camphor that the two of them can't hug together, countless spices, the rice that is as endless as the sea at a glance, the ambergris with the baby's head laughing, and the Buddha statue carved from rosewood...... The value will be much more, and the preliminary estimate should be twice the value of the gold, silver and jewelry - of course, this is the price sold to Datang in China......

You must know that the treasury of the entire Tang Dynasty is only more than 20 million yuan a year - this is because of the country's peace and security and economic development in the past few years, Zhenguan did not have so much money in the early years.

How poor was the country in the early years of Zhenguan?

Even the clothes of Empress Changsun are all barefoot, in order to save a little bit of fabric.

This is really indecent for a woman, and it is extremely unetiquette for my queen of the world.

But there was no way, the country was poor at that time, and even Li Shimin himself couldn't eat meat for three meals a day, and even in order to set an example, he simply changed the three-meal system to a two-meal system, just to save one meal.

Through these, it can also be seen how much money Li Zhen made in Nanyang - of course, ninety percent of these things will be dedicated to the country, and only one percent will fall into Li Zhen's hands.

But even so, this percentage of loot is low enough for the net profit of the Li Zhen Chamber of Commerce for a year - and this is still not counted in Tianzhu's harvest.

Now what Li Zhen is escorting is the most precious part of all the loot - the value is less than one-tenth of the total amount, as for all the transport, it is impossible, so many loot, when will it be transported by land? I can only wait for the typhoon season to pass and ship it back by sea.

"Sun An, the director of the subordinate Hangzhou Shipyard, has met His Royal Highness King Yue." A sallow-faced, skinny man gasped for breath while saluting Li Zhen.

"Alright, get up." Frowning and glancing at Sun An, Li Zhen reprimanded: "Didn't Old Immortal Sun say that your illness needs to be recuperated?" Looking at your situation, why is it getting worse and worse? Are you staying up late again? How many times have I told you, don't stay up late, don't stay up late, take care of your body first - otherwise why would I transfer you to Hangzhou? ”

Hearing this, Sun An's eyes flashed with emotion: "In his position, seek his own government, this is what His Royal Highness said to the minister, the minister is in control of such a large shipyard, how can he have a rest?" ”

"I'll go ......" Li Zhen was also helpless, crying and laughing: "Don't you feel bad conscience when you say this?" Even if you are a shipyard, you dare to claim to be large-scale? If the scale of the Hangzhou ship is large, then what is the crossing of the ship and boarding? Big Mac? ”

"But in the eyes of his subordinates, Hangchuan is the best. The scale of Hangzhou Shipyard may not be large, but the quality of the parts we produce is first-class - since the establishment of Hangzhou Shipyard, none of the accessories we produce have any problems. Sun An said with some pride: "Although today's production is the mainstay, but the subordinates firmly believe that in the near future, quality can represent everything, as long as that era comes, Hangzhou Shipyard is the world's first shipyard, what boarding, what overboard, can only eat ash behind the butt of Hangship." ”

"......" Li Zhen was speechless, this gaze is inevitably too advanced, right?

But Li Zhen also has to admire Sun An's vision, the future is indeed the world of quality, as long as the quality is good, there is no need to worry about no buyers, on the contrary, the products with high output and poor quality can only lie in the warehouse, and there will never be a chance to get ahead.

"Forget it, it seems that I have to remove your position, and let you continue to toss like this, I don't know what the future of Hangzhou Ship will be, but your future is definitely a dead end." Li Zhen shook her head helplessly and made this decision.

This Sun An is also one of the talents recruited by Li Zhen over the years, and he is also the top managerial talent, and he is also a famous workaholic under Li Zhen - the kind that doesn't want to die.

In fact, he was the first director of the Yuezhou Shipyard, but because he accidentally strayed into a miasma when he entered the mountains to inspect the quality of local wood, although he was successfully rescued later, he was also infected by the miasma.

But at that time, it was the early stage of Yue Chuan's creation, he was busy with affairs, and he didn't want to die at work, where did he have time to recuperate?

As a result, a minor illness has become a major illness, and it has become what it is now.

Li Zhen transferred him to Hangzhou Shipyard because of the beautiful environment and suitable climate in Hangzhou, coupled with the small scale of Hangzhou Shipyard, giving him a relaxed working environment and giving him time to recuperate, but now it seems that ......

Fourth, the debt owed yesterday is made up, and tomorrow I will buy a computer, and with a new computer, the update speed should be faster.

(End of chapter)