The cost of repairing the embankment was huge, and it was always allocated by the imperial court, which then allocated it to the state capital, which in turn allocated it to the county government as appropriate, to repair the embankment.

The river embankment inspectors of the Metropolitan Water Authority and Drainage Department will carry out inspections, and if there is a need for complete reconstruction, or if the difficulty of repairing is explained, they will go to the department in person.

Li Shi was not brainless, and after a little thought, he asked Wei Renshi: "How can such a thing as building a river embankment be taught to a private person?" The cost of building a river embankment is huge, and no private person can afford it. Even if you can afford it, it must be a huge cost, who wants to? ”

"Your Majesty, there is a saying that the bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. Literati are in business, farmers are in the harvest, craftsmen are in labor, and merchants are in business. As long as it is profitable, there will naturally be people who are willing. Why would Wechen be willing to let Yimenglou repair the river embankment? It is precisely because Weichen sees the benefits in building the river embankment. Wei Renshi replied with another salute.

"What's in it?" Li Shi looked at Wei Renshi with some surprise, and felt that the young man in front of him was different from the other courtiers. None of the other courtiers would put their interests on the table so directly and clearly. Although, what everyone does is for the sake of profit, but they also have to add a high-sounding reason outside. But there are few who are so unabashed, and speak directly.

Instead, it made him feel ...... Magnanimous? Li Shi couldn't say for sure, so he decided to listen to it later.

"After the embankment is built, if Wechen can get the permission of the state government and own a market, then the benefits here are great, and the cost of repairing the embankment is nothing compared to the cost of Wechen. Even if the state government takes back all the markets, as long as Weichen manages it well in the process of repairing the embankment, so that everyone knows that the embankment was built for everyone at the expense of Yimenglou, he can win a good reputation. With this good reputation, when everyone talks about restaurants on weekdays, they will first think of Yimenglou, which will also bring countless customers to Yimenglou. These guests will bring a huge amount of income to Dream House, so that although the benefits are not as large as those of the market, in the long run, they will bring more benefits than the cost of repairing the embankment. ”

Wei Renshi continued: "So, no matter what you do, there is a price, as long as the gain is more than the cost, it is worth it. Anyone with discerning eyes can see this. Therefore, at first, several other large restaurants and restaurants in Luoyang City joined hands with the state government to assign the matter of repairing the river embankment to Yimenglou, hoping to drag down Yimenglou. But when he saw how Weichen did it, he changed his attitude and paid money to join the ranks of repairing the river embankment. It is because they see the costs and the benefits, and then consider the results. ”

"Wei Qing is saying that as long as private individuals see the benefits of building river embankments, they will be willing to pay for river embankments." Li Shi said.

"Exactly. The imperial court could have released the design and concept of this kind of embankment and told the world. Then, when the embankment is built, the right to build it can be sold to private individuals. Where does the merchant's profit come from? He promised them that whoever repaired the embankment, after it was completed, he could let him occupy half of the market, or even seven CD rows. The rest naturally belonged to the imperial court. Once the embankment is built, it will last for a long time. These markets are naturally long-lasting, how can people not see this benefit? Therefore, in order to get this half of the market, it is natural to scramble for the right to buy from the imperial court to build the embankment. In this way, the imperial court was able to reduce the cost of building river embankments, and also got the money to sell the right to build them, and they got the market without spending money. ”

Wei Ren talked about it in a real way, and even Li Shi was stunned and quite surprised.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Shi immediately smiled and said, "Okay! Good! That's a great idea! Wei Qing was able to go from being destitute to having a lot of money in more than half a year, which really makes sense. It's just that Wei Qing has such a choice, why didn't he do it earlier and let his family fall into the middle? ”

Wei Renshi said with a smile: "There is training at home, you have to study and study, and serve the court." Chen's grandfather and father were both devoted to their studies and had no time to take care of the family, which caused the family to fall into the middle. My grandfather and father both died early, and Wei Chen inherited his will and studied hard. If it weren't for the fact that the family couldn't get by, A-Niang would not have woken up when I saw me borrowing food everywhere. ”

"Well, study wholeheartedly and serve the court. The precepts of the Ru family still have to be observed. Li Shi looked at Wei Renshi, how did he think Wei Renshi was pleasing to the eye at this time, and said with a smile: "Now that your family is no longer poor, you should pack your heart back and continue to study hard." ”

"Your Majesty's teachings!" Wei Ren replied with a salute.

Li Shi seemed to be in a very good mood, and said with a smile: "Wei Qing is still young, so he has such thoughts, if he studies hard, he will definitely be able to achieve something in the future." Well, Wei Qing gave me a wonderful idea, and it was the age when I should go to school, so I specially gave Wei Qing to enter the Chongwen Pavilion, how about it? ”

Chongwenkan?

Wei Renshi stood up and thanked: "Thank you, Your Majesty Longen!" ”

Li Shi laughed, nodded and said, "Wei Qing is still young, study hard, serve the imperial court more, and have a bright future in the future." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wei Renshi said: "As for the strategy, Wechen hasn't finished talking yet. If this policy is properly managed, it can add a lot of money to the imperial court. But if it is not properly managed in the middle, it is also easy to give birth to several bad things. ”

"Oh?" Li Shi frowned slightly, and immediately asked, "Wei Qing, hurry up." ”

"First, I am afraid that people will bribe the state officials to gain the right to build. In this way, it will give rise to greed for ink. Wei Renshi said to Li Shi: "Second, I am afraid that after obtaining the right to build the embankment, I will cut corners when building the embankment, so that the embankment cannot cope with the flood and lose its most fundamental function." ”

"That's true!" Li Shi's face darkened, and he immediately figured out the joints. He was just stupid, not stupid, and he understood the problems that might arise when he thought about it. Before, I was just happy because I suddenly got rich, and I didn't pay attention to it. Now that I heard Wei Renshi say it, I immediately realized it.

After a pause, Li Shi looked at Wei Renshi again and asked, "Since Wei Qing proposed it, there must be a way to deal with it?" ”

Wei Renshi nodded and said, "Actually, there is no other, I have a supervisor of the imperial history, and there is also a river embankment supervisor of the capital water supervisor." Just get both involved. At different stages, multiple inspections were carried out, and each time the monitoring was carried out by a different person, and even temporarily appointed people who were not overseers of the imperial history to supervise. After the embankment is completed, it is inspected by the Metropolitan Water Superintendent every few years. And once anyone is found to have committed these two acts, it is enough to impose capital punishment. Those who dare to be greedy for favoritism and cut corners in such a major matter as building river embankments are still human? Why kill a few of them! ”

Li Shi listened, nodded thoughtfully, and after a while, he smiled again: "I really benefited a lot from summoning Wei Qing to come today." It seems that he should play more with Wei Qing in the future. ”