What is the idea of the imperial court, Yang Meng doesn't need to think about it much, what he needs now is to keep doing things, so that he is always active in Jiangnan, the prestige is given by others, and he also created it himself, once he is obscure, the first product will be slowly swallowed up by the officialdom.

Although the Taiping army fought well in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the remnants of the camps in Jiangnan and Jiangbei also played a considerable role in blocking the rookies of the Taiping army, Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng, the Taiping army rookies.

In general, the war situation during this period of time is a stalemate, the Taiping army wants to go down to Jiangsu and Zhejiang in one go, it is impossible, and the second army of Hunan and Chu wants to recover Anhui and Jiangxi in a short time, it is also impossible, according to the current situation, meddling in military affairs will do more harm than good.

Government affairs are the same, the scale of the river project, somewhat according to Yang Meng's previous expectations, not only the gap in funds is large, but also the use of too many people, stubble continues to consolidate the tributary river, a huge funding gap, although Yang Meng said that he can block it himself, but he is not very good at talking to the imperial court, and he can't find a suitable source of money to prevaricate.

The river project is nearing completion, and the water level of the Yangtze River has risen twice since the beginning of spring, and this year's major drought in the areas along the river is basically impossible, and the matter of repairing the canal must also be handled with consideration.

Now this time, Yang Meng is waiting for only the good news of the completion of the river project, the river project, which lasted for more than half a year, although it is extremely hasty, but with sufficient manpower, the whole project is still smooth, because it is the reason for the start of the whole section, although it is nearing the end, but the amount of residual work is still very large.

The success or failure of river projects cannot be tested in one or two years. Three or five years or more than ten years. It is the time to test the success or failure of the river project. For Yang Meng and the imperial court, as long as the river project is completed and the upstream river water is introduced to dredge the river channel of Guò, the matter is considered to be completed.

The river project is not so much a water conservancy project, but rather a water conservancy project, and the dredge of the main channel of the Yangtze River is the most important purpose, and this purpose is to benefit the people second. The main thing is still military purposes.

The Qing Dynasty had advantages in inland rivers and inland lakes that European and American countries did not have, and after the dredging of the great rivers and waterways, it was feasible to build warships, Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake, and it was possible to build Neihu shipyards and manufacture warships at sea.

Under the premise of no maritime superiority, this is also an extremely helpless choice, from Jingzhou to Jiujiang, thousands of miles of rivers, most of the half a year of efforts to dredge, dam, even if millions or nearly 10 million people have been invested. But this river project, fundamentally. Or a temporary military project.

It will take a year or two to build an ironclad ship, to say the least, and it will take three or four years if it is not done well, and with this section of the river and the tributaries of the two lakes, the water volume of the main channel will be diverted, and as long as the river channel from Jiujiang to Tianjing is dredged again, the warship can sail out of the inner lake.

There is a risk in the river project, for this risk, Yang Meng chose to ignore it, this river project is also a brick rammed earth embankment, compared with the previous natural embankment, more or less stable, the deepening of the river, can also hold a large amount of water, even if the water, it should not be a thousand miles of Zeguo.

Luo Bingzhang and Hu Linyi are both cadres, and handing over this errand to the official office of the two lakes is also what Yang Meng has to do next, which is the same as the right to dismiss the army, and it is not a good thing for Yang Meng to control the finances and taxes of the two lakes for a long time.

"Third master, in half a month, the river project will be completed, how will millions of strong men be resettled up and down this river?"

Along with the river project, there are millions of strong men who have left the land, and their families are tens of millions of people, which is also a major hidden danger of the river project, once these people lose their livelihoods, the consequences can be more severe than a major flood.

Xu Ziwei, as Yang Meng's chief of staff, these things must be arranged in advance, and millions of strong men cannot be placed casually in half a month.

"Half a month? Let these strong men guard the river in sections until the rainy season passes, and once the dam has a problem, it is better to organize the construction of the dam on the spot.

During this period, the young and strong ones were selected from among the strong men, and they were organized into brave battalions, and the new army arranged training and relied on the granges in various parts of the two lakes to feed them.

The coal and iron mines on the boundary of the two lakes are also about to start construction, and the remaining people will be used to open mountains and build roads in advance.

The families of these people, according to the distribution of factories and mines, build some factories that can make money in the surrounding areas, and some barren mountains in the two lakes should also be included in our sight, raw silk, tea, tung oil, just tentatively these!

But everything that involves our business, road construction, and factory construction are entrusted to these people.

Let the people of Xishan seize the time to come up with the route of the canal to be repaired in the near future, and after the completion of the river project, these errands will be handed over to Luo Bingzhang and Hu Linyi. ”

Half of the Zhuang Ding used in the river project is the population of the two lakes, and the other half is the refugees in Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the huge number of people, the pressure on the two lakes is not small, and the training of new bravery, mining mines, and building factories cannot make the Yang family get rid of this heavy burden in a short period of time, and the consumption of tens of millions of people is definitely a great number.

Moreover, practicing bravery, opening mountains, building roads, and building factories are all projects that cost a lot, and after listening to Yang Meng's arrangement, Xu Ziwei's face was also bitter.

"Third Master, is it better to have fewer people who practice bravery? About 100,000 is about the same.

These strong men should still be scattered to various granges as much as possible, otherwise the consumption will be too great.

Open mountains, build roads, and build factories, can we cooperate with the government offices of the two lakes? ”

To put it bluntly, this people's livelihood is money and food, and the river project is already at a loss, and then the strong man who takes over the river project will have too much burden in the short term, in Xu Ziwei's view, these people should be assigned to the land.

"100,000 is too little, at least 300,000 Lian Yong, half-work and half-Yong are placed in the Grange, if possible, 500,000 is the best!

As for the money and grain, let's take care of it more in the near future, and then the two lakes government office will build a canal, the silver is a big gap, and the ownership of the mine is the basis of our cooperation with the two lakes government office, they sell the ownership of the mine, and we provide food.

Sale and purchase with the Two Lakes Government Office. They can't be left to ask for a price. You find the right people. Contact the government office of the two lakes, as soon as possible, take all the mines and barren mountains of the two lakes in a short period of time, and the price should be severely suppressed, try not to give the government office actual benefits, and maintain the canal repair project. ”

Training is a big deal! It was also difficult for Yang Meng to predict the scale of the war that followed, and the 200,000 new troops in Yunnan were too few. The combat effectiveness of temporary recruitment is too low, although Wuzhuang has a lot of reserve soldiers, but that is the heritage of Yunnan, unless it is absolutely necessary, Yang Meng will not use Wuzhuang's personnel.

There is another one, the people of Wuzhuang, who have been accustomed to a stable life over the years, compared with the refugees, they do not have the consciousness of being a soldier and eating for their lives, so they are not afraid of death. Refugees are better than those who have been training in Wuzhuang.

One to two years of training for these refugees. is the best soldier, although the cost of training is not small, but in Yang Meng's opinion, this is definitely a good deal.

"Third master, the cost is still too great......

"Don't talk about the cost, as long as we can maintain it, just follow what I say, it's really not possible, and then let Yunnan inject capital, the battle situation is important!"

Yang Meng's idea is similar to that of the devil six, the overall situation is important, the war situation is important, from the general situation, the Qing Dynasty has not yet reached the moment of life and death, but once the war with England is lost, the autumn of life and death will come immediately, and it will be too late to respond by then.

Yang Meng has some impressions of this war, the four-nation alliance of Britain, France, Russia and the United States is not the time of the eight-nation alliance, this time it should be England singing the leading role, France playing a supporting role, and Russia and the United States playing tricks.

The main opponent is England, as long as England is dragged down this time, France has few troops in Asia, Millican has no precedent for large-scale overseas use of troops, and Millican's civil war should be almost time, Eros has just experienced the Crimean War, and he is not capable of fighting at all.

England collapsed, Yang Meng also has a lot of time to show, the recent battle, looking inconspicuous, is definitely an extremely critical step, the future direction of the exhibition, must not be taken lightly!

Half a month later, Yang Meng handed over the defense of Jiujiang to Yu Biao, and he went west to the three towns of Wuhan, and the river project was completed, and it was time to open the gate and release water.

It is easy to keep the water and difficult to release the water, one of the two barrage dams has been demolished, and the remaining temporary dam, for more than half a year, has been constantly washed by the undercurrent, and many places have seeped water.

The river surface near the dam body, there are only slight waves, this is also a critical time, looking at the strong man who is opening in the center of the dam and at both ends, Yang Meng's mood is also a little nervous.

"Congratulations to Yang Butang, once this embankment is demolished, the river project will be considered a meritorious achievement!"

The official text of the governor of Huguang looked at Yang Laosan with envy and a calm face, if he hadn't personally experienced the river project, he really couldn't believe that in just half a year, this Yang Laosan took a group of poor men to dredge thousands of miles of rivers.

I don't want to see Yang Laosan's official writing, but the shape is stronger than people, and now this is the Holy Lady Zhenglong, and this one has greatly affected his authority in the two lakes, I hope that after the completion of the river this time, this annoying Yang Laosan will be transferred elsewhere, right?

"Your Excellency, why do you like it? The river canal repair has just started, and the next is the most difficult time, the river project, gathered millions of strong men, nearly 10 million people, the next two lakes to repair the canal, it is time for the government of your two lakes to contribute.

Yang Laozi is a martial artist, Anqing's military affairs have reached a stalemate, during this time, Lao Tzu has no heart to care about these, but the repair of the canal in the Guhe River was proposed by Lao Tzu, who dares to give Lao Tzu eye medicine in this matter, without the punishment of the imperial court, Lao Tzu's sailor group training, he will find the door. ”

For the compliment of the official text, Yang Meng did not give him a good face, although this official document is a local member of the first product, but Yang Meng is the central member of the first product, and the high posture must be put on, approachable, but it will attract the official document to show his teeth and claws.

"What Yang Butang said is that this Guhe canal repair work will benefit the future in the present era, but this official's crime should still be handed over to the imperial court to deal with."

The position is different, in some things, the official can give in, but Yang Laosan's words are excessive, and there is no need for the court to deal with it, this is arrogance! In this regard, the official text is also not yin or yang.

"It's good to know! You bring a message to the official office of Huguang, who dares to fight with Lao Tzu about the matter of repairing the canal on the river, if something happens, Lao Tzu will kill his whole family!

The officials who raided the house before were still in the midst of hard work, so don't commit Yang Laozi's bad luck! ”

According to reason, this is not easy to say on Yang Meng's side, officialdom has never been a reasonable place, mixed officialdom relies on power, and Yang Meng happens to have these two things.

"Don't worry, if you say something, the official document will be brought!"

"Humph! The law does not blame the public, it is not easy to do it on Lao Tzu's side! I have already been on the fold, the river corruption and fraud cases, all by the water division group training, the gap in the silver of the river repair canal is not small, if you don't want to die, just come! ”

What is Guanwen's mind now, Yang Meng knows that he is looking forward to leaving! After he left, he wanted to be powerful in the two lakes, and he could only think about this matter.

Half a month's effort, the dredged river was slowly filled with water, and all the river boats that built the dam in the early stage of the sinking river were also fished up, and the news from each section was also good news.

"Third master, you're done! From Jingzhou to Jiujiang, the shallowest river surface is also two zhang deep, and there is no leakage in the embankments. ”

Xu Ziwei said the final result, the big stone in Yang Meng's heart has fallen, and it is fortunate that there is no mistake in such a big project, and then it depends on the situation of this rainy season.

"Give the information about the water along the river to Taichen in Guangzhou, he naturally knows what to do!

Let's take a boat back to Yunnan! (To be continued......)

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