Seeing Shang Yang coming out, the ministers looked stunned.

They are a little frightened of Shang Yang now, and every time Shang Yang stands up, nothing good happens.

Shang Yang didn't care about everyone's looks at all, and said directly: "Your Majesty, regarding the reform plan of the River Yamen, Shang Shutai has already prepared a plan here, and there was no chief official of the River Yamen before, but now Lord Lu Yuan has served as the deputy envoy of the River Yamen, please ask Your Majesty, whether the reform plan of the River Yamen needs to consult Lord Lu's opinion." ”

"You can do it yourself. Wang Mang pondered for a moment and said, "Lu Yuan can get involved, but this matter is still up to you." ”

"I understand. Shang Yang nodded, and said, "The minister still has something to do with His Majesty." ”

Say. Wang Mang motioned to Shang Yang to continue.

Shang Yang glanced at the eldest grandson Wuji, the eldest grandson Wuji walked up with a map, unfolded the map, Shang Yang introduced: "Chang'an City is located in the tributary of the Luoshui River, the Luoshui River has been extremely rich in water resources since ancient times, but in recent years, the number of households in Chang'an has been increasing, the land on the riverside has been increasing, and the river water of the Luoshui River is somewhat stretched. ”

After a pause, Shang Yang continued: "According to the Great Qin Five-Year Plan that is being formulated according to His Majesty's suggestion, the scale of Chang'an City will be at least doubled on the existing basis, and if it is according to the future urban planning, there is no doubt that water will be the first resource that will be lacking in the development and growth of Chang'an. ”

"Lord Shang, are you a little alarmist?" said Dali Temple Qing Shen Buxian.

"Lord Shen, you may not know much about this, but our household department understands it. Li Hong stood up at this time and said: "In fact, the water shortage in Chang'an has happened for a long time, and everyone may not feel it in ordinary times, but when farmers expand wasteland, they feel it very deeply, and Chang'an Ling should know a lot about this." ”

Lin Guodong immediately said: "Your Majesty, according to the records of the Chang'an County Ya, as early as a hundred years ago, the Luoshui River could be newly reclaimed by the emperor every year for tens of thousands of acres, but fifty years ago, this number dropped to about 5,000 acres, and since ten years ago, the new cultivated land on the banks of the Luoshui River has been around 1,000 acres every year. ”

"Why is this happening?" said Shen Buxian, frowning.

"There is not enough water!" Lin Guodong sighed: "Who doesn't want to reclaim more wasteland, but when wasteland is opened, there is no water, and food cannot be grown." ”

"But I see that there is a lot of water in this Chang'an City?" Shen Buharm said: "There are many various water features in the gardens everywhere, and there has never been a shortage of water in the rivers in the city. ”

"Ensuring the water supply of Chang'an City is the homework that every Chang'an Decree must do!" Lin Guodong said with a straight face: "No matter how bitter you are, you can't be bitter to the court, you can't be bitter Your Majesty, this is the common wish of the people of Chang'an!"

Lin Guodong said it simply, but everyone who listened could understand the meaning of Lin Guodong's words, that is, Chang'an's water supply was guaranteed, and in order to supply Chang'an's water, even the irrigation water for cultivated land near Chang'an could be sacrificed.

Shangshu Yu Wenkai of the Ministry of Industry also stood up at this time and said: "I don't know if Chang'an is short of water, but every year the Ministry of Industry will invest a lot of silver in the river near Chang'an, and the main thing is not to renovate the river, but to refine the river, so that it can save water." ”

"If you can't open source, you can only throttle. Lin Guodong sighed, then looked at Shang Yang and said, "I didn't expect Lord Shang to see this quietly, but I don't know what Lord Shang wants to do?"

"Shang Yang, what do you want to do, just tell your lords. Wang Mang said at the top.

Shang Yang nodded around, then looked at Wang Mang and said: "Your Majesty, it's like this, the minister transferred the map of Daqin from the Ministry of Industry, judging from the map, there are fewer rivers in the north of Daqin, the population is dense, and most areas may lack water in the long run, while although the people in the south of Daqin are also dense, there are many rivers, and there is a lot of rainfall, and there are floods all year round." ”

"The minister and the eldest grandson Wuji summed it up and came up with an idea, that is, to dig an artificial river channel to divert water from the south of Great Qin to the north. Shang Yang said, drew a line on the map, starting from Shenmu County, where the rebels are now entrenched, passing through Nanyang, Xinyang and other places, all the way to Chang'an.

Pointing to this line, Shang Yang said: "This line is the minister and the eldest grandson for a long time, the best route to study, this waterway has a low cost, quick results, and consulted the Ministry of Industry Yuwen Lord, from the perspective of mountains and rivers, the man-hours are not much, the minister also gave a name, called the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, as for the name of this artificially excavated river, please name it." ”

"Present it. Wang Mang instructed Deng Fang to take the map and look at it carefully.

Although this road is not the shortest from the map, according to the map notes, it is indeed an excellent road, but it is ......

Wang Mang looked at the ministers and said, "Is the water shortage in Chang'an really to the point where this river must be excavated?"

"If Chang'an maintains its current scale, then there is no need to dig this river, but if Chang'an continues to expand, then Chang'an's existing water volume will definitely not be enough. Lin Guodong shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, it is not easy to live in the capital, this is not for fun, in addition to the high housing prices and high prices in the capital, this lack of water is also an important factor." ”

"What do you say?" said Wang Mang.

"The previous Jing Zhaoyin and the current Chang'an Order have always strictly implemented the two policies. Lin Guodong said: "One is the household registration restriction, outsiders want to settle in Chang'an, in addition to Chang'an as an official, it is difficult for other people to obtain Chang'an household registration, in addition to the family background, rich family property, but also through strict political examination, the second is land restrictions, Chang'an and nearby land growth is strictly controlled, the government will be based on the situation in previous years, the amount of land growth will be approved every year. ”

Lin Guodong looked at Wang Mang and continued: "The ultimate purpose of these restrictions is to limit the increase in water consumption, as early as a hundred years ago, Jing Zhaoyin at that time had already discovered this, so many years, relying on various restriction policies, Chang'an can always ensure water use. ”

Shang Yang echoed on the side: "Your Majesty, Lord Lin said these situations, the minister did not know earlier, and later in order to draw up the future development plan of Daqin, the minister checked the archives of various ministries, and suddenly found that the implementation of all plans has a prerequisite, that is, the sustainable development of Chang'an City, and the development of Chang'an City has been limited by the lack of water resources. ”

"You're doing a great job. Wang Mang took a deep look at Shang Yang, in fact, in the eyes of his descendants, the development of a city will inevitably be limited by water use, but he didn't notice this, but let Shang Ying, a local, discover this first, I have to say that Shang Yang is really a talent.

Glancing at Shang Yang, Wang Mang's expression moved, and he said: "Shang Yang, I see that your south-to-north water diversion plan can't be formulated in a day or two, why didn't you say it before?"