In fact, there is still a big difference between the diversion of the Snow River and the excavation of the canal.

The diversion of the snow river is more urgent, as long as the river channel is opened, there is no need to clean the river, and the river channel of the snow river is narrow, so it can dig 30 miles a day.

If you dig a canal, you need to widen the river and clear the riverbed, which will be much slower.

However, these Ye Xuan had taken into account that even if it was slower, he would be able to dig the fifteen-hundred-mile canal from Liuyun City to Longyuan Prefecture within three months.

After the canal plan was decided, many more questions were raised.

"City Lord, digging a canal will definitely change the river environment of the Lushui River, and it is likely that the flow will be cut off. If our canal causes the original footwater to flow downstream, I am afraid that we will become the target of public criticism. A deacon of the Department of Water Resources asked.

"I've already thought about this situation, and the solution is not difficult, just build dams in various sections of the canal and store water. In addition, tributaries of other rivers can be diverted into the canal, which will not eventually change the environment of the footwater. Ye Xuan answered.

The various matters related to the excavation of the canal were discussed, and it was decided that the canal would be excavated in three days.

Next, one by one, the development of Liuyun City was proposed.

Ye Xuan gave solutions one by one, and his style was very unique, but he could solve the problem accurately every time.

At the same time as the canal was dug and the three-fold expansion plan of Liuyun City was also determined, but this expansion plan was carried out in three stages, and the expansion progress was promoted according to the development speed of Liuyun City.

Immediately afterwards, the Department of Household Registry raised the issue of population growth.

"City Lord, although the canal plan can change the traffic problem of Liuyun City, the population growth is not achieved overnight, and with the current population growth rate of Liuyun City, it is difficult to reach a million people within ten years. ”

This problem had already been discussed with Fang Yanxiao before, and Ye Xuan directly gave a solution: "First, from next month, Liuyun City will officially sell Martial Sect-level pills and start the development process of the fourth-level city. Second, it was announced that the Dan Dao level of Kunpeng Academy would be upgraded to the level of Martial Sect, and students would be recruited from all over the continent, without family background or cost, and they could work and study throughout the process. Third, within the area under the jurisdiction of Liuyun City, farmland will be allocated to migrant farmers, and farmland in the whole region will be exempted from taxation for ten years. ”

As soon as the three city lords' orders came out, the audience was stunned.

Some were shocked that Liuyun City was going to produce a fourth-order elixir, which was a cultivation resource that only the powerhouses of the Martial Sect Realm needed to use.

Some were shocked by the last one, all farmland is exempt from taxation, this decree is terrible.

It has a fatal attraction for farmers who make a living from farming, and as soon as this decree is issued, all farmers who can move within a radius of thousands of miles want to move here.

But at the same time, as soon as this decree came out, it also meant that the city lord's mansion had almost no tax revenue for ten years, and the consequences were even more terrible.

"City Lord, if you are exempt from taxes for ten years, then Liuyun City will have no income, and you will have to dig a canal and expand the city...... In less than three months, Liuyun City will collapse. ”

That's a matter of vision.

In fact, Ye Xuan's initial idea was that farmland would never be taxed.

In a prosperous city, farmland taxes are nothing to mention in the face of commercial taxes.

What's even more terrifying than the commercial tax is that Liuyun City is actually on the trade road of the ten thousand caravans, but the road is not easy to walk, and the trade road goes around to the Southern Wilderness State.

As long as the canal is dug and a wharf is built in Liuyun City, the trade route of all ethnic groups will definitely pass through Liuyun City, and the income from the wharf alone will be able to raise a male city.

A small amount of farmland is taxed, and for the sake of rapid population growth, it is no problem to be exempt forever.

However, Ye Xuan did not directly issue an edict that farmland taxes would never be levied, because the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty had paid taxes for tens of millions of years, and when they suddenly heard that they did not need to pay farmland taxes, their first reaction was definitely not joy, but panic.

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Of course, if Liuyun City wants to start expanding and building a dock at the same time, the amount of money required is very large, and a large amount of money must be obtained first.

Ye Xuan continued to issue an order: "It is planned to build a canal wharf ten miles south of the city, allocate 100,000 acres of land, and plan warehouses and business areas in proportion. All regional land is auctioned publicly, and the whole Great Zhou is informed that as long as it is a family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it can be auctioned, and the price is not capped. ”

As soon as this decree came out, some people looked confused, and some people instantly understood the meaning, but they really knew how big the benefits were, and it was not great.

Fang Yanxiao hadn't heard Ye Xuan talk about this before, but when he heard it at this time, he thought about it again, and his eyes widened.

After Xu Maosheng heard about this dock land auction plan, his heart calmed down a little, and said, "City Lord, this dock land auction method is good. In this case, the cost of digging the canal excluding the pangolin should be able to earn back most of it. ”

"Earn back half of the cost of canal excavation?" Ye Xuan smiled and didn't say anything.

"Isn't it possible? If the wharf is built, there will definitely be a lot of warehouses and shops in the surrounding area, and there should be many families willing to buy the land there. Xu Maosheng frowned and said.

Fang Lance Xiao saw that the people present were a little confused, smiled and said: "You shouldn't have figured it out yet, if you talk about the straight-line distance, Liuyun City is on the Wanzu Trade Road, but because of the southbound road, the Wanzu Trade Road will go around Nanhuangzhou." As long as the canal is completed, Liuyun City will definitely become a new rising city on the trade road of all ethnic groups. The value of Liuyun City Pier, haha......"

(End of chapter)