Chapter 0712. The proposal of the King of Shu

It is really a great project that has never been seen before or after in the history of Tianzhu. [ads:This site has a new URL,Shorthand method:,.]

As many as 1.2 million people built embankments and diversion canal dams along the Ganges River and its tributaries, which are thousands of kilometers long, and braved the obscene drizzle of March, exposing their dark arms and singing songs in the local language that they could not understand.

This time, in the face of natural disasters, regardless of the Tang people, Turkic people or Tianzhu people, the Persians who migrated over for the first time achieved the equality of everyone, whose homes were washed away by the water, and if the river embankment was not repaired, no one would be stable in the future.

In the process of labor, the once racial barrier was unconsciously broken, and Tang's father-in-law was finally willing to recruit a foreign guy who could work, and there were also Persian strong men who got their wish and married a docile and housekeeper Tianzhu girl.

It is said that Qin Shi Huang was brutal, repaired the emperor's mausoleum, built the Great Wall, attacked the Xiongnu in the north and conquered Baiyue in the south, and the people of the working world were not able to make a living, but from another point of view, it was the labor that was constantly sent down that allowed the remnants of the Seven Kingdoms, which were once divided into seven countries and had serious ideological differences, to integrate together, laying the foundation for the great unification of China.

Although he was defeated on the Arab battlefield, before retreating, Li Jie was deeply impressed by the same Zhong Yong blood of the Tianzhu people after the Tang Dynasty. Paying attention to the Tang people alone, he only has a few million people in his hands to drive away, and he has to guard against the rebellion of various ethnic groups, but if he wants to integrate the various ethnic groups in his territory, he has tens of millions of huge imperial people to squander.

This is the main reason why Li Jie stopped the campaign, turned back to concentrate on governing the country, and used the strength of the whole country to make such a great determination to build the canal water conservancy project, of course, there are other reasons, the flooding of the Ganges River is not good on the one hand, India is rich in water resources, and it is a pity not to make good use of it on the other hand.

For the first time, the government ceded the right to build and manage large-scale water conservancy facilities to private individuals, and the merchants were slippery, and the Ganges River basin was divided into 33 sections, and the 20 sections that went deep into the agricultural area were not cared for at all, and the Ganges River went from Bengal to Beijing, and then north to the Himalayan Pass.

The amount of river repair project is huge, the cost is amazing, many merchants themselves simply can not afford it, it is also the first time, the ancient merchants have learned the means of financing without a teacher, learned to take out loans, various canal management companies came into being, the injection of foreign capital has led to the competitiveness of domestic capital, almost half of the merchants of the Jingshi family have also joined the investment in the canal.

Compared with the previous dynasties to repair the Yellow River, using millions of people, a repair is more than ten years or even a hundred years, but the project time of Fujian has been shortened a lot, only five years.

It's not that Li Jie learned from Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and desperately forced the people to work, but that the money was sufficient, so that the laborers were motivated, and before the river was repaired, the imperial court came to an overall plan. To build a family, Yu Wenkai's descendants personally operated, where it is easy to reinforce, where it is necessary to repair the flood canal to drain in the flood season, where it is too dry to repair the drainage canal, before Li Jie came back, it has been planned by the Ministry of Industry for more than a year, and now it is only necessary to start construction according to the gourd.

After the canal was repaired this time, Tianzhu, which was already twice as much arable area as the Central Plains, produced absolutely amazing grain!

However, with such a good prospect, sitting in the office, Li Jie was not happy.

"Uncle Min Wang, this is the hibiscus splendid map, according to legend, it is the pre-Qin era widow Qing personally summoned twenty-three women to embroider the gift to the first emperor, but unfortunately before the splendid picture out of Shu, the first emperor died in the sand dunes, so that such a rare has been preserved in Bashu for thousands of years."

A gorgeous Shu embroidery brocade map is displayed in the palace of the King of Min, the brocade is several meters long and more than one meter wide, the flowers are clustered on it, the beauty and prosperity of the hibiscus brocade official city seem to be shown vividly on it, and the whole embroidery also pays great attention to details, every petal of the hibiscus flower, every leaf is displayed vividly and vividly.

And without the arrogance of that day, Chen Yan is also as well-behaved as the third grandson, Li Jie, who is not a few years older than himself, is respectful, and it is funny to say, this kid is the nephew of Chen Menghan, the princess of Shu, that is, Li Jie's brother, the nephew of Li Su, the king of Shu, Li Jie's own descendant, this hibiscus splendid picture was originally a gift from Li Su.

It's a pity that Chen Yan is humble and respectful to the extreme, but today Li Jie is not as approachable as that day, but he seems to be uninterested in such a valuable gift, and he looks lazy and listless.

"Your Royal Highness, Uncle Shu also asked his little nephew to greet you." Under the weakness of his heart, Chen Yan hurriedly carried out his uncle Li Su, the king of Shu, and the meaning was that it was your relatives, you can punish it, don't ask for a small life, but unfortunately, the mind of this young talent in Bashu was done in vain, and Li Jie didn't notice it at all.

Listening to Li Su, the king of Shu, Li Jie finally came back to his senses, glanced at Chen Yan's pale face, and asked casually, "How is my sixth brother lately?"

can be regarded as to the point, the purpose of Chen Yan's trip is this, he immediately bowed, arched his hands and bowed heavily.

"Back to Uncle Min Wang, the King of Shu has not been doing very well recently, and the court's taxes on Bashu are a little heavier, for the sake of the people's stability, the King of Shu himself has to bear more, and the Shu Wangfu is very hard." With a bitter face, Chen Yan sued, but Li Jie, who listened to it, was surprised, why did Li Su, who has always been so rich, still cry and be poor?

But after a while, Li Jie understood again, and said that the matter was still on him.

Originally, a small part of the grain produced in the Indochina Peninsula and Fujian was exported to the Central Plains, and the goods of Shu embroidery, Shu brocade, and tea tung oil were exchanged for Shu embroidery, Shu brocade, and tea tung oil through the ancient tea horse road and Bashu, and Li Su sold this part of the grain to the Central Plains at a higher price.

Guanzhong, although the Central Plains is a grain-producing area, but there is a large population here, food consumption is also large, Li Zhi conquered the Western Turks, conquered Liaodong, the food needed is huge, so most of them need to rely on imports, but this year more than a year Fujian exports grain sharply reduced, the war is still non-stop, the grain pressure in the Central Plains is getting bigger and bigger, most of the pressure is on the Jianghuai and Henan, and the people of the two places are not happy.

When Li Zhi did not restore, no one dared to manage the Manchu officials, after the restoration, he was particularly resentful of this situation, although the royal nobles of the Tang Dynasty were exempt from taxes, but the emperor had the right to ask for tribute, and Li Zhi did not know that Li Su was a second-class dealer, and he was angry that he deliberately hid grain and did not come out, and saw his own jokes, so he increased the exploitation of Bashu.

A while ago, Li Jie said ruthlessly to conquer the Central Plains, forcing Li Zhila to enter Luoyang with 300,000 heavy troops, and also brought countless dignitaries and nobles.

Li Ke, the king of Wu, supported Concubine Yang, who was Li Jie's reverse scale, subconsciously Li Zhi still didn't dare to touch him, and the unlucky Li Ke became a scapegoat, and Li Zhi asked Bashu to have two more layers of offerings.

In this case, it is natural that Li Jie can't bear it, looking at Chen Yan, who is looking down at him cautiously, Li Jie shook his head helplessly.

"Go back and tell the King of Shu that he doesn't have to worry, after the summer grain comes down this year, there will be more grain trafficked by Fujian to the mainland, just let him survive this spring."

However, hanging his head, Chen Yan still hesitated to speak, and Li Jie, who was watching, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?"

"That, the King of Shu, he wants to borrow soldiers!"

"Borrowed soldiers?" Military power is a sensitive word, as soon as he is idle, the prince wants to borrow troops, Li Jie couldn't help frowning and stood up, and asked in a condensed voice: "What are you doing borrowing soldiers?"

"Your Royal Highness, Bashu is the source of the Yangtze River, as long as there are 30,000 soldiers, hold the country of Ba, the Jianghuai area, can not be defended, as long as the grain of Jianghuai is cut off, it will not be long, with Li Zhi's character of poor soldiers, the Central Plains will inevitably be in chaos! When the time comes, Your Highness, you will raise your arms and shout, you don't need to make another move from the Min Kingdom, and the kings can also kill Li Zhi'er. ”

"You want to divide the world, no! No way! Patting the table, Li Jie stood up suddenly, shouted angrily, and in one sentence, Chen Yan, who was frightened, trembled all over, and fell directly to the ground with a pale face.

Seeing Chen Yan's trembling appearance like sifting chaff, Li Jie once again helplessly spit out a mouthful of turbidity, there have been too many things that have made him unhappy recently, and his anger couldn't help but come out. Knocking on the table, Li Jie waved his hand again and said gently: "You get up."

"Your Highness, Li Zhi is the sworn enemy of the King of Shu and His Highness after all, he will not die, His Highness and the King of Shu, the King of Qi, the King of Wu, etc. will never have peace, why can't His Highness make up his mind for a long time?" However, Chen Yan was quite loyal, he didn't stand up, he lay on the ground, but shouted excitedly.

"This Lone has made his own decision, go back and tell your King of Shu, if he wants to become a country of his own, Lone will find a new continent in Nanyang, the radius is not lower than the south of the Yangtze River, the water and grass are abundant, and the products are abundant, Lone can give it to him, but the land of Datang is not allowed to be divided!"

"Go down!"

After glancing at Li Jie in a daze, Chen Yan finally kowtowed helplessly, turned his head and exited the study.

With a long breath, holding on to the armrest of the chair, Li Jie sat back again, and after a while, a pair of gentle hands pressed on his temples, and Wu Meiniang, who came from behind at some point, gently pressed it for him.

Quite tired, Li Jie simply closed his eyes.

After being quiet for a while, seeing that Li Jie seemed to be comfortable and about to fall asleep, Wu Meiniang lightly opened her lips with emotion and asked, "Lang Jun, why are you so troubled?" You yourself know that a war with Li Zhi is inevitable, there can be no two emperors in the world, even if you don't rule the Central Plains, if you still want the support of Huaxia, you must get Li Zhi down! ”

"Lone knows!"