"If there is anything in the way of Lord Rong, please speak up."

Before coming, Hongqing had already planned for Rong Zhu's possible reaction, and he understood the pain of his lack of money, but Hongqing didn't plan to break it, and he was not in a hurry to say the solution, but to use it as the price of negotiations, and he was happy to let Rong Zhu worry for a while, which quietly took Rong Zhu's army.

"This ......, or not, then the lower official said bluntly, this part of the river control plan is detailed, magnificent, it is really the only official in his life, according to this trip, when the Yellow River can be guaranteed for decades without loss, but one of them has to use a lot of labor, although I am not short of manpower in Henan, however, in the year of the catastrophe, the people are panicked, if there is no food, the people are afraid that they have no intention of this; Moreover, the silver taels required are millions, even if the little prince has the million silver taels brought by the Hecao Yamen, it is not enough, and I am poor in Henan, and it is difficult to make great achievements, if I really want to do it, I am afraid that the court will have to add millions of silver taels, this one, if the little prince can do it, maybe it will work; Third, the construction of water conservancy, digging lakes and storing water can certainly govern the river, but I am afraid that there is a shortage of water at the other end of the canal. ”

Rong Zhu is a person who knows how to govern the river, everything he says is to the point, and he is really not a vegetarian.

"Lord Rong is very worried, but these three are not insurmountable difficulties, Lord Rong said that Henan has a large population, if Ben Baylor can ask for three years of tax exemption, and then work for relief, work to offset taxes, manpower must not be a problem, right?"

Hongqing had long expected that Rong Zhu would bring up these three shortcomings, so he didn't care, smiled indifferently, and casually gave the first solution.

"Well, if that's the case, it's feasible, but the gap between capital and bank is too big, I'm afraid it's still embarrassing."

Rong Zhu has served as a magistrate for many years, and he is very familiar with the way of government affairs, and after a little calculation, he knows that Hongqing's method of dispatching manpower is indeed feasible - to govern the Yellow River in sections, and to do the responsibility of doing everything, since he can dispatch a large number of people to participate in the control of the river during the slack time, this is originally the way Rong Zhu secretly prepared for Hongqing's strategy, but without waiting for him to say it, Hongqing has already broken it, and Rong Zhu is secretly frightened, and he will not deny the feasibility of this policy.

"In terms of capital and silver, it is not very difficult, this time my father and son were entrusted by the emperor to come to relieve the disaster and control the river, and the head of the household department approved 1.2 million taels, plus the one million taels brought by Ben Beile from the Hecao Yamen, this has 2.2 million taels, the difference is only about 800,000 taels, and now the household department is tight, and it is impossible to add it from the imperial court, but it can do something about the river control."

Although the number of 800,000 taels is not much, it is not small, if it is in the past, Hongqing is still sure to ask for additional funds from the old man, but now, there is the fourth master squatting in the household, this is expected, not to say no, it is definitely not much, Hongqing will not consider the way to do this, and the possibility of additional funds for river control has been blocked in one sentence.

"Start with the river? This ......, the lower officials really don't know, and I ask the little prince for advice. ”

As soon as he heard that it was impossible for the imperial court to make additional appropriations, Rong Zhu's heart was already half cold, as for what Hongqing said about making a fuss about governing the river, Rong Zhu actually didn't believe it, you must know that since ancient times, governing the river is a money-losing business, the so-called spending money to buy peace is such a truth, I really haven't heard that the river can get money, unless it is to cut corners, otherwise, how can there be such a possibility, to say that the sky, Rong Zhu also doesn't believe it, but this time Hongqing's serious look doesn't look like he is telling a lie, curiosity is really up, after being stunned, and immediately hurried out to ask a question.

"Didn't Lord Rong take a closer look at the strip Chen, how could he forget that the more than 200,000 hectares of wasteland on both sides of the river and the four major lakes formed by the cofferdam of the river?"

Hongqing smiled confidently, and casually broke the way to make money from the river.

"More than 200,000 hectares? The little prince is saying......"

Rong Zhu had seen the method of water conservancy construction and cofferdam into a lake before, but his mind did not consider the land along the river at all, because the Yellow River flooded, and no one wanted to cultivate the land on both sides of the river, even if the soil of those lands was quite fertile, but no one was willing to take the risk of being washed away by the flood, since the end of the Tang Dynasty, those lands have been barren, all of them are borderless land, if they can all be exchanged for money, let alone 800,000 taels, 8 million taels are not a problem, a thought of this, Rong Zhu's heart went wild.

"Oh, in fact, those who can really be used as fertile land, not as many as more than 200,000 hectares, after deducting the needs of water conservancy and the use of cofferdams, it is only more than 100,000 hectares that can really be poured out, and it is exchanged for silver taels, about 3.9 million taels, and then counting the lake that has been built can also be rented and sold as a pond for raising fish and lotus roots, and the number of 4 million taels obtained should be there.

Hongqing smiled and nodded, and explained the results of the budget, giving Rongzhu a conclusive answer.

"The little prince is really smart, with so many silver taels, it is not difficult to govern the river, but, hehe, it's just this land......"

Four million taels of silver is not a small amount, you must know that the tax of such a poor province as Henan is only a pitiful 800,000 taels all year round, and it is not enough to support the provincial government at all.

Gotcha, the play meat is coming, this old bangzi is really not a fuel-efficient lamp!

Although Rong Zhu's words were vague, Hongqing understood it as soon as he heard it, basically just saying that those lands are the land of Henan, and there is a way to make a profit, and Henan should take the lion's share.

"Lord Rong Mingjian, these hundreds of thousands of acres look like a lot, but it takes time to vacate one of them, and second, there must be a large number of buyers, Henan is too poor, I'm afraid that few people can eat it, and moreover, my Ministry of Industry has paid for the river, and for the great development of water conservancy in Henan Province, it has paid a lot, and it has to be rewarded in the end, what do you say?"

Now that the meat has been placed on the table, it is the turn of the cutting knife, as for who can get the big portion, it depends on whose ability is strong, at this point, Hongqing is unwilling to make concessions, and unceremoniously put the credit of the Ministry of Industry on the table.

"What the little prince said is also reasonable, but the land is my land in Henan, and the manpower needed to govern the river is also mobilized by me in Henan.

Rong Zhu is a veteran of Huan Hai, and in the face of such huge interests, he is also indispensable, and he also put his own reasons on the table, and in turn took Hongqing's army in the name of the people of Henan.

"Oh, since Lord Rong said so, Ben Belle is not too much of himself, in this way, after deducting the needs of governing the river and the cost of taking care of the joints of the imperial court, there can be a hundred thousand hectares of land in general, and my Ministry of Industry will account for eighty percent, and the rest will go to Henan."

Seeing that Rong Zhu wanted to occupy more, Hongqing naturally refused to agree, so he smiled, and a lion opened his mouth widely, and he had already put his big head in his arms.

Listen, this is all the meat has been scooped up, and there is only a mouthful of soup left, and it is still called bad too much, is it not polite to take the pot away? As soon as these words came out, Rong Zhu's eyes immediately turned red, and he didn't care about any respect or inferiority, so he shook his head and said: "Little Wangye's algorithm is wrong, let's make an analogy, hire workers to help repair the house in people's homes, and there is a lot of hard work, but you can't always take the house as your own. What does the little prince think? ”

I'll take it, this old man is really ruthless enough, Sancheng? You're always called Hanako!

As soon as he heard the division ratio proposed by Rong Zhu, Hongqing was a little angry, but the city was deep, but he didn't bring it to his face, he just smiled indifferently, he didn't accept it at all, picked up the tea bowl, and tasted the tea carefully, and Rong Zhu, obviously a very calm master, also picked up the tea bowl, and also played silent confrontation with Hongqing, and the atmosphere in the hall was so weird for a while.

"Lord Rong's asking price is too high, I'm afraid Ben Baylor can't afford it, that's it, this matter will end here, Ben Baylor will go to Liu Fantai to discuss."

Silence and silence, both sides are masters of qi cultivation, a silent confrontation, it is obvious that there is no intention to back down, as soon as he sees this, Hongqing does not intend to be so silent anymore, so he put the tea bowl in his hand on a few pieces, got up, and asked for resignation with something to say.

"Little prince, slow down, is there anything that can be discussed, come, sit down and say, sit down and talk."

Although Hongqing's words are casual, but the meaning inside is not simple, that is to say that you Rongzhu is unwilling to back down, then you simply don't even have to be the governor anymore, although this meaning is hidden, but as a veteran of the Huan Hai, Rongzhu can still hear it, and it is precisely because he can hear it, so he doesn't dare to let Hongqing go away so negatively, no side, the third master father and son are now holding the power to control Henan, and they really want to be iron-hearted to participate in Rongzhu, although they may not be able to push him Rongzhu to the end, but it is easy to transfer it out of Henan. In this way, not to mention the benefits of those fields, even the credit that is about to be received has to fly away, this is not a situation that Rong Zhu is happy to see, since he didn't dare to let Hongqing leave like this, he hurriedly got up, so that he finally appeased Hongqing, this spoils sharing agreement, naturally we have to start from scratch.