Chapter 187 Persuading Farmers [II]

Out of Yidu County, Wang Jue stepped forward and couldn't help but say: "Lord Wang, do you want people to move that straight lady thief Zhixian County?" Even the prince dares to contradict you! ”

Zhou Qin's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him: "Lord Wang! Never! ”

Zhao Yu nodded and said, "Naturally!" ”

Wang Jue muttered dissatisfiedly: "The prince's straight mother thief is so faceless Lord Wang, what is there to do!" If it is placed in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, what if it is killed? ”

Zhou Qindeng's face was tense, the five dynasties and ten kingdoms longed to be the darkest era of scholars, no matter how smart you are, you can't fight a horseman.

Zhao Yu didn't think so, turned his head to look at the scenery on the side of the road, and said, "What's so embarrassing about this?" ”

"Why not?" Wang Qi said strangely.

Zhao Yu explained: "If you change to other issues, this will be a loss of face, but even the officials dare not easily meddle in this problem!" It's normal for this king to be hit even if he is pushed aside, and besides, what is this? A little county magistrate! ”

In order to increase his persuasiveness, Zhao Yu paused and continued: "There is a proverb in officialdom: If you do evil in the past life, you will be attached in this life; The evil is full of evil, and the imperial city is attached. It means that if you did a lot of bad things in your previous life, being an official in this life is to be a county official in the state office, nominally a county official, but you don't have the prestige of Baili Hou. is full of evil, that is, to be a county official in the imperial city, think about the county officials under Kaifeng Mansion, isn't that a sad face? ”

Wang Jue was stunned and smiled happily. "Lord Wang, what you say really makes sense! Speaking of which, the magistrate of this straight thief is also quite unlucky! ”

Zhou Qin looked at Zhao Yu's side face, and couldn't help but secretly admire Zhao Yu in his heart, and resolved the grievances of his subordinates in just a few words. And deal with it sensibly. This magistrate is just a small character, why expose his intentions for him? In his heart, he was more determined to assist Zhao Yu.

After inspecting the spring ploughing in Yidu County, Zhao Yu's next stop was the Guangling Salt Grassland. Now it's no longer pastures, but thirteen villages.

Thirty thousand refugees are digging canals on both sides of the river, burning weeds, and cutting timber.

In charge of this place is Zhang An, a master craftsman sent by the Ministry of Industry, with three long beards under his chin, and he looks polite. People who see Zhang An for the first time will not think that this is a craftsman at all.

"Zhang An, how is the excavation of the canal?" Zhao Yu, dressed in a dozen clothes, walked up and asked.

The people nearby all bowed to Zhao Yu, and they all recognized the identity of this young man, the noble King of Changsha.

Zhang An tidied up his clothes and gave a salute. "Xiaguan has seen the King of Changsha!"

After a pause, Zhang An replied: "The canal is easy to say, although the 120,000-step canal dug according to the plan cannot be completed, but there are about 8,000 steps excavated at present, which is a little nervous, but it is barely enough." It's just that the water tank is too troublesome! The price is also very expensive! ”

Zhao Yu frowned and asked, "How much does it cost?" ”

Zhang An said: "Because they are all built for their own families, the wages are much less, but the food cannot be short. In addition, some craftsmen must be recruited outside, which is about 7,000 kan! It is possible to build a reservoir of seven feet of soil, four feet thick, three thousand three hundred and fifty feet long, five feet, and six feet wide. ”

Zhao Yu was stunned by Zhang An's professional terminology, waved his hand and said, "Okay!" You said that this king couldn't listen to it, so the king asked directly, how many acres of fields can be irrigated! ”

Zhang An smiled a little helplessly and said, "In an ordinary year, about 30,000 acres of land can be irrigated. ”

Zhao Yudeng's brows furrowed, after the survey, the land planned to be reclaimed by Guangling Yanwu Grassland has increased from the original 320,000 mu to the current 350,000 mu, which means that if all fields can be fully irrigated, twelve water storage tanks need to be built?

As soon as Zhao Yu's question came out, Zhang An had already shook his head and said: "The prince is not such a simple calculation, first of all, the reservoir is not to be built, you need to choose the right place, in fact, there are not so many suitable places for you to build the reservoir." Moreover, the reservoir basically needs to be overhauled once every two years, and the overhaul price is only one or two thousand times cheaper than rebuilding! Therefore, every reservoir needs to be considered carefully, otherwise it is likely to cause flooding without money for major repairs. ”

The more Zhao Yu went deep into local government affairs, the more he felt that his ability was weak. He didn't put forward his own clever opinions, but lowered his posture and asked: "Then Zhang An, how many reservoirs do you think should be built?" ”

"One is enough, because there is no money!" Zhang An said.

Zhao Yu was stunned, and immediately smiled bitterly.

Next, Zhao Yu went to inspect the fields, and he had a lot to do, not only to persuade farmers, but also to solve some field disputes. Because everything is new, it's inevitable that there will be a lot of vulnerabilities.

Things are slowly getting on the right track in the busyness, and Zhou Qin's contribution is the most outstanding. He single-handedly caught thirteen corrupt officials, and suddenly became famous. For this reason, Chen Fangzhi was also frightened, and retreated from the sharp-edged Zhao Yu.

After three months of construction, the Zhaoyuan gold mine was mined with explosives, and the output was amazing. The monthly output reaches 8,000 taels! Converted into copper coins, it is equivalent to 144,000 kan! This is also because it has just been mined, and when the miners are proficient, the veins will go deeper and the output will be further increased!

The gold dug up in a year was exchanged for copper coins, to say the least, 1.8 million yuan! At this time, the national commercial tax of the Great Song Dynasty was only five million a year! Zhaoyuan alone can top half of the commercial tax!

Although the progress of maritime trade is not smooth, it is also gratifying. The trade with Japan was not opened, nor was the trade with the Jurchens, but the trade with Goryeo was opened!

The medicinal materials in Goryeo are very cheap, and the horses are much cheaper than those in the Song Dynasty. Especially Korean ginseng, Korean ginseng costs seven or eight pounds in Goryeo, but in the Great Song Dynasty, one or two Korean ginseng costs one or two silver, the kind that does not bargain! Triple or quadruple profits!

At the same time, the tea of the Song Dynasty was also sold very crazy in Goryeo, and a pound of coarse tea was only 30 wen in Qingzhou, and it was also 30 wen in Goryeo. But the unit has changed, one, two or thirty! The Song Dynasty had a catty of sixteen taels, which means that this was sixteen times the profit!

Of course, the real calculation is not calculated in this way, the volume of tea is relatively large, plus the risk of crossing the ocean and so on. But then again, even then, the profit is quite substantial.