"Do you want to promote the return of An Shixiang?"

When Ying Chong received the news, it was two days later. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info only because this matter is too important, the capital is worried about leakage, so it does not use the six-winged swift eagle, but through the purple rune book.

This kind of rune not only carries a large amount of text, but can also be encrypted in various ways. Even if someone intercepts it, I don't want to get a little useful information from it.

It's just that the speed is too slow, far inferior to the Golden-winged Swift Eagle. It was a full two days before the talisman was delivered to Ying Chong's hands.

Then when this talisman book was in his hands, Ying Chong couldn't help but grind his teeth for a while. Guo Jia's strategy is undoubtedly the best, and he deserves to be his peerless national warrior!

Whether the matter is successful or not, it can be successfully postponed for several months. Xie Ling got the bargaining chips, how could he be willing to be forced to retire by Pei Hongzhi? The probability of success this time is at least more than sixty percent.

But when Ying Chong thought of Wang Anshi, the notoriously abusive father-in-law, he couldn't help but shiver, and the chill invaded his bone marrow.

It's not because of this, there is anything bad, on the contrary, a few years ago, Anguofu's family had a good relationship with Wang Xiangfu, and his mother even listened to it under his door, and he had the friendship of teachers and students, which was regarded as a world friend.

The reason why 'fear' is so much is because Yingchong's childhood memories are too profound. I feel that once this person returns to the Qin Court, the situation of him and Xue Pinggui, Zhou Yan and other 'four evils in the capital' will not be easy. That kind of lawless days, I'm afraid I don't even think about it.

However, this matter must be done, in Ying Chong's opinion, now the Great Qin Dynasty, only a strongman like Wang Anshi can clean up and clean up.

Although this person is not from a family, he has accumulated great prestige in the government and the opposition. In his early years, he taught and lectured in Taixue for 20 years, and had countless disciples.

At least nearly 10,000 officials in the court and the central government have attended classes under him. Not only do all the people from the poor regard it as hope, but even many families also value this person's knowledge. Just climb up and shout, and you can become a faction valve by yourself.

He is also arrogant and noble, honest and simple, and far-sighted. The only bad thing is that people are sloppy and stubborn to the extreme. But it is precisely because of this stubbornness that once he determines something, he can't pull back nine cows, that he can do many things that are unimaginable in the eyes of ordinary people.

After reading this talisman book, Ying Chong pondered for a long time, but only replied with a short number - the affairs of the DPRK and China, you can be self-contained!

He did not care about the situation in the DPRK and China, and he also paid attention to it all the time in the past two days. But at this time, it is thousands of miles away, and the whip is beyond reach.

And he trusted Guo Jia, thinking that instead of pointing fingers at him in the case of poor news, it was better to entrust everything in the capital to Guo Jia. Let this counselor plan for himself.

At this time, Xianyang City should be Guo Jia's stage!

Then after he wrote a reply to Guo Jia, he had to deal with Guo Jia's junior brother with a smile on his face.

At this time, Wang Meng was in his cabin and had been waiting for a long time.

"—That's my brother's letter? When the adults returned to the book, they could talk to him about it. ”

Wang Meng said as he put a map in front of Ying Chong: "I guess that after the Jizhou War this time, the DPRK and the Central Committee may seal the food for the adults?"

"It's possible to seal the food yip!"

Ying Chong fixed his eyes on this map and found that it was the map of the four northern states, and Wang Meng explained the location of the county in the map and drew a red line. He couldn't help but wonder for a while: "My achievements in this battle are not small, but they are far from enough to increase the title, if the court wants to reward the merits, in addition to the official position, there is only one way to increase the land population,"

His current fiefdom is only one Xie County. Counting the area of the fief and the households, it is the smallest of the nine princes.

Therefore, the possibility of adding one or two counties to eat is as high as nine out of nine! I don't know if it is the nearby Zhuang County or Changxing?

However, Wang Meng made a heavy point on the map: "If it is really beneficial to seal, then the adults might as well order Senior Brother Guo to find a way to bring this Nie County!"

"Nie County?"

Ying Chong raised his eyebrows slightly, still puzzled: "But why is this necessary?

Nie County is under the jurisdiction of Jizhou, close to Xie County, and it is okay to come over as his own fiefdom.

However, although Nie County is also fertile, it is far from Zhuang County and Changxing. Especially in Changxing County, there are not only 37,000 hectares of fertile land, 60,000 households, but also a spiritual stone mine that he has coveted for a long time. Although the scale of the deposit is small, it produces 3.5 million gold per year, and the reserves will not be exhausted for hundreds of years.

"It's just Changxing, how can it be compared with Nie County?"

Wang Meng smiled disdainfully, and scratched a scratch on the red line with his fingers, and said contemptuously: "Lord Guogong, haven't you thought of it?"

Ying Chong saw this guy's contempt, and he didn't care. He looked at the picture intently, and then an electric light flashed in his head: "Sir, what do you mean, is it the canal?"

"It's the canal!"

Wang Meng laughed, his eyes were full of relief, and he thought to himself that his employer was not too stupid: "From Yangjiang to the north, through Xie County to Loufeng Pass, and then to Nie County's Zhanghe, it is just 250 miles of road! I have calculated that with only 400,000 people employed, a canal with a width of 80 zhang and a depth of 5 zhang can be dug in six months, which can pass through four ships of 3,000 materials at the same time. The amount of silver spent will never exceed three million gold. After that, it is estimated that the Anguo government will collect more than 6 million yuan in tolls from the canal every year, and it will also be able to open up more than 40,000 hectares of high-quality fertile land on both sides of the river. ”

Ying Chong lost his mind for a while, feeling that his jaw was about to fall. He is now struggling with money.

But Wang Meng casually placed a 'Golden Avenue' in front of him.

Looking at the map carefully, Ying Chong's eyes moved slightly: "This canal can still control the southern Hebei region, right?"

Wang Meng heard the sound of 'hey' and did not answer. Ying Chong is a disciple of the general, and he is also the envoy of Wanzhou Jie Du when the dynasty is powered, and he supervises the military of Wanzhu. Therefore, the first thing he saw was naturally the military use of this canal. The sense of smell in military strategy is indeed keen.

With this canal, it only takes three or five days to send troops from Xie County to any place in central and southern Hebei. And the main trade routes will also be controlled by the Anguo government, and the foundation of the Ying family in Jizhou will become more and more difficult to shake. It can even radiate to the western part of Hebei and the northern part of Hebei and even the grasslands! Especially the latter two, they will benefit the most.

Merchants can travel north to the grassland from Wanzhou and Yuanzhou, saving at least 2,000 miles of travel. Especially nowadays, when machine steamers are all the rage.

"It's amazing, if there had been this canal seven years ago. When Uncle Li went on the Northern Expedition, he would never stop halfway. ”

Ying Chong couldn't help but sigh, when Li Yixian defeated the Huns, and led 740,000 troops north out of the clouds, and 640,000 people from the king of Wude County, echoing left and right, sweeping the grassland.

That battle was originally able to defeat the three wings of the Huns in one battle, but because of the lack of strength, the success was lost.

If there is this river at that time, it will be much easier to supply food, grass and ordnance in the rear.

The resistance is also small, presumably people of insight in the court are also willing to see this river and be repaired by him.

But then Ying Chong frowned slightly: "But in this way, I'm afraid I really want to offend the Guyuan Lu family." ”

The opening of this canal will at least rob the Lu family of at least 30% of the trade income. At that time, the merchants who went north from the south had the shortcut of the Jiexian Canal, how could they go around to the east of Hebei again.

This seems to be harmless to the Guyuan Lu family, after all, the fiefdom of the nobles cannot collect commercial taxes privately, and the nature of the toll is different from that of the canal. But the inns, carriages and horses, dart boards, etc., all have the figure of the Lu clan.

And the merchants along the way need to give the Lu family a certain amount of etiquette every year, which is the same nature as the Wuyang Ying clan collecting escort fees on the Yangjiang River.

"If you don't want to, sir, then I didn't say it. ”

Wang Meng sneered and put away the map. However, he was only halfway through this action when he was held down by Ying Chong.

"Sir, don't be impatient, how can my father not want to? This canal, Ying Mou must be repaired! There are some pros and cons, and you need to think carefully in advance. ”

At this time, Ying Chong was in a low voice. Thinking about this river, the fool won't repair it!

He didn't have much friendship with the Guyuan Lu family, and the last time Lu Wenjin, the king of Jingbei County, helped him, it was just to repay his father for saving his life.

Now that the two clans are in Jizhou, it is inevitable that there will be conflicts. At most, when the Lu family is in trouble in the future, he can let them go for the sake of Lu Wenjin.

"It's just that in this way, I'm afraid that I'm going to have to re-plan the county? The excavation of the canal is three million gold, but it actually costs no less than 10 million, right?"

Wang Meng knew that this lord was smart, and he was not surprised when he heard this, so he only said: "It really needs to be rebuilt! After the completion of Kejie County, it is estimated that the façade of the city alone will earn 20 million gold." And this matter can be postponed, and the initial investment will only cost three million gold. ”

Once the canal is opened, Xie County will definitely replace Wuyang and become the commercial center of the three states of Hebei, Yuan, and Wan. It has become the largest cargo distribution center in the entire northern region for thousands of miles.

With the scale of less than three miles in the county seat of Xie County today, it is naturally insufficient. It also needs to be at least ten miles in radius to accommodate wealthy businessmen and workers from all over the world. The previous plan of the late Duchess of Anguo could only be swept into the pile of old papers.

But once it is completed, not only the façade land in the city will be exchanged for more than 20 million gold for the Anguo Mansion. And every year, a lot of money can be collected from the hands of merchants in the city.

Commercial taxes can't be collected, but after all, this is the fiefdom of An Guoying's family, and there are many ways to collect it.

"Twenty million gold?"

Ying Chong's body shook slightly, and his eyes were almost full of the word 'money'. I thought to myself that this was really a great book! The only trouble was that the Tobe Shangshu and him were about to become mortal enemies. If you want to promote this, you have to spend some time.

I also felt that Guo Jia was his countryman, and so was Wang Meng! )