Jia Liuma rode for a while, and then changed carriages.

The reason is that there are not many people on the road.

In the car, Jia Liu called two deputy heads of the special reporting group of the governor of the "Daqing Daily" to get into the car and talk cordially and gave several instructions on the direction of the newspaper's public opinion in the near future.

First, we must attach importance to agriculture, second, we must guard against disasters, third, we must carry out the construction of sanitation and civilization, and fourth, we must clean up the accumulated prisons and so on.

It's all a daily routine.

It's a kind of nonsense, because Jia Liu has said similar things in the newspaper many times before, and the problem is that he knows that it is nonsense, and he has to ask the newspaper to report his meaning again in words.

That's the difficulty of being a big official.

If you don't talk about it, you can't do it!

Finally, let the editorial team publish an open letter in the name of a special commentator calling on the military and civilians of the province directly under the government.

It is to let everyone have the money to contribute, and make a strong contribution to participate in the vigorous road construction project, so that Zhili, the central province of Gyeonggi, can be reborn and lay a good transportation condition for reform and development.

"If you want to get rich, build roads first!"

Jia Liu naturally put forward this advanced and factual slogan.

Yao, deputy head of the reporting team and former secretary of the Governor's Ya Portal, was a little puzzled: "My lord, what is a special commentator?" ”

"Hmm... It is the meaning of the common people, or this call is the voice of the people, and the newspapers listen to the public opinion and report it, and the governor's yamen attaches great importance to it. ”

Jia Liu explained.

If you have to give an accurate explanation, this special commentator is the embodiment of him, the Governor-General.

The people are him, and he is the people.

He may not think of the people, but he will definitely want what the people want.

Therefore, calling on the people to donate is also a manifestation of Jia Liu's respect for public opinion.

The results of the surveying and mapping of the provincial road mapping team organized by Yang Jingsu have come out, and the construction of the two provincial roads will soon be put on the agenda.

Considering the reason for the hot weather, the construction will start at the same time in all parts of the province after the autumn, so as not to delay the farming and save the construction period.

In accordance with the requirements of the Governor General for the construction of standardized and streamlined roads, the Buzheng Yamen and the provincial highways passing through various prefectures and counties have begun to prepare for the construction of road repair teams.

I heard that the six sons and virtuous brothers were going to build roads in Zhili, and the purpose of building roads was also to facilitate the transportation of goods and promote Beiyang trade to bring new tax growth points to the Ministry of Households.

It can be said that everything is ready, and the east wind is missing.

What is Dongfeng?

Silver!

Two east-west, north-south trunk provincial highway project together more than 1,600 miles, need to lay more than 100 bridges, including 11 extra-large bridges, the Ministry of Industry and the relevant experts of the Department of Political Envoys of Zhili calculated that in order to completely repair the two provincial roads, at least 3.8 million taels of silver are needed.

This does not include the cost of food and lodging, follow-up maintenance, and road care. There is also a "county-to-county" project in various prefectures and counties.

It was done exactly according to the Governor's wishes, and the financial revenue of Zhili for ten years was not enough to fill this hole.

Since ancient times, building roads and rivers has been a major project, and some dynasties even used millions of manpower to build a road.

The Sui Dynasty built the Grand Canal and Meng Yuan ruled the Yellow River, didn't they all destroy the country?

Now the main road (post road) of the Qing Dynasty actually follows the road built by the Tang Dynasty thousands of years ago, on the basis of this post road, the successive dynasties regularly carry out renovation, but there is no dynasty to say that the road is rebuilt, which governor is full of food and support, and then build what thousands of miles of provincial road outside the original post road in the territory.

A purely agrarian society doesn't really need much to do.

There are many roads, and it is not easy to calm the chaos.

Even the road map is top secret.

Otherwise, the thieves will know what the local roads are leading to other places, which roads the official army will come from, which places will occupy strategic positions, and what kind of battles will be fought.

Therefore, what Jia Liu is doing now can be said to be unprecedented since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, and it is also very radical, which makes many people in Beijing watch his jokes.

If there is really a mess, I can't contain the nest, and Jia Liu, the governor of Zhili, may not be able to do it.

As the "rich father" of the twelfth, he also has to beware of the six sons and virtuous brothers who have a backbone in the back of his head to become big in Zhili and threaten the Jiangshan Sheji of the Qing Dynasty.

The deaths of Wen Fu, Ah Gui, Mingming, and the Fu brothers sounded the alarm for him.

Who knows if the devil six, that kid will be worried about the throne in the future.

Therefore, if the six sons and virtuous brothers fall on their heels, it is actually a good thing for the Qing Dynasty.

Even if Beiyang Commerce can't go on because of this, it doesn't matter if the old man is rich.

The way to govern the country lies in stability.

As long as we can change the bad habits of the old four devils who were reckless and reckless, extravagant and wasteful, and parade at every turn, with the annual financial income of nearly 40 million taels in the Qing Dynasty, we will be able to achieve national peace and security.

Of course, before that, we have to put down the anti-thieves in Huguang.

Devil Six had an accident, and he took the opportunity to demote or dismiss him, or transfer him back to Beijing to raise his salary, which is not a bad thing for both parties.

Jia Liu knows the consequences of all this better than anyone else, so he desperately wants to make money and desperately want to release water and flood water in Shanhaiguan.

He was also afraid of civil unrest.

If he wants the people of Zhili to build roads happily, they don't have to worry about eating, drinking, and getting money, and they don't have to worry about young and strong laborers coming out to build roads and miss farm work, so they have to take money out of the way to subsidize them, instead of replacing them with forced labor.

Although Yang Jingsu said that there was no money in the province, he could squeeze out 500,000 taels somewhat, so the remaining 3 million taels of provincial highway construction costs had to be solved by the governor.

Although Jia Liu's side received 4.5 million taels of investment from Sichuan, he had to use the money for trade and industry, and if it was moved to build roads, Tianjin would definitely become a mess.

There is not much money left in hand, and the second and third phases of the Baolong project are being promoted, and hundreds of thousands of taels can be made up before the end of the year, but the further I am afraid, the worse the income.

The reason is that the stock of the old rich has risen sharply recently, and if he rises, the stock of the old four devils will definitely be green.

Besides, the anti-Qing elements who are loyal to the old four devils are not all wealthy.

So, Jia Liu naturally thought of calling on the military and civilians of Zhili to donate money to build roads.

In fact, it is not impossible for him to engage in the "donation system of donating officials and paying grain" in Zhili and the old rich in Sichuan, didn't he take this opportunity to buy the Jiupin Lanling who took the official road at the beginning.

However, as a pilot of the industrialization of the Qing Dynasty, Zhili did not talk about Qingming, at least he had to get by. If you sell officials indiscriminately and make a place a mess, you will be lifting a stone to shoot yourself in the foot, and I am sorry for the image of the blue sky that he painstakingly created.

The front foot is making a big effort to rectify the rule of officials, redress grievances, re-run corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and sell officials on the back foot, isn't it a slap in the face?

Jia Liu calculated that the population of Zhili Province was close to 30 million, of which 2.86 million were urban residents, accounting for about 10 percent of the total population, according to the statistics of the political envoy and the Yamen.

If we calculate the rural population at five cents per person and the urban population at ten cents per person, the people of the whole province will be able to solve as much as four or five hundred thousand taels for road construction.

In addition, anyone who works as an errand in the government, whether it is an official or an official, or helps to run errands, and donates according to the level, can also make up hundreds of thousands of taels.

As soon as the two are combined, won't there be one hundred thousand taels of silver?

As soon as the early stage starts, and then fines from the entertainment industry in the later stage, as well as the rectification of various guilds, the application for business licenses, etc., the provincial finance is squeezed again, and the two provincial roads can probably be completed.

After the trade is completed, the financial resources are rolling, and there is no need to worry about the lack of money.

Of course, Jia Liu must emphasize the principle of voluntariness.

All government units and subordinate agencies, including the three major yamen, the governor, the government administration, and the inspectorate, must make unconditional voluntary contributions.

The schools in the province, the schools in the prefecture, and the schools in the county should also take action, if the Xiucai are unwilling to voluntarily donate money to build roads, then can they consider letting them study at home, and whether the Xiucai will also see if the Xiucai has contributed to the country.

The people are unwilling to donate money, can they let the three shifts and six rooms of the helpers often go over to do work, and persuade them.

In short, on the premise of voluntary, this child must be collected.

This open letter was the introduction to the donations made by the officials, soldiers, civilians, businessmen, and universities of the province of Zhili.

There won't be a mess.

Officials, businessmen, and academics are inherently inherently inherently incomprehensible.

The soldiers and the people donated very little, but it was only five or ten cents, how could someone have to hang the governor on the street lamp for one or two steamed buns?

What's more, the Governor is really using their money to do their business, but he has lost nothing, but has subsidized millions of taels.

The kind that can't be cleared anymore!

In addition to donations, there is actually a way to raise funds.

It's a loan to build a road.

With the direct subordinate including other provinces of the money bank ticket number loans, with the provincial highway in the future tax right as collateral.

This method is the most effective and safest.

The problem is that Jia Liu didn't want to work the big development, and in the end he cheapened the business group.

Since it is a collection of funds and donations to build roads, roads should be free in the future, so how can they be used?

If this is to collect tolls for decades, it will definitely seriously affect the local economic development.

It also violates the teachings of the saints who take from the people and use them to take the people.

After talking to the two deputy leaders of the reporting team about the precautions for newspaper publicity, Jia Liuming stopped his car and asked him to make it easier.

After getting off the bus, I saw a fertile field in front of me, but the rice growth did not look very good, which may be the reason why the weather was too hot this year.

After the soldiers first looked around to make sure that there was no danger, Jia Liu walked comfortably under a row of poplars on the side of the road.

After a shush, I shook it three times before I put away the eucalyptus tools with satisfaction, smelling the scent of rice from my nose, and couldn't help but enjoy it again.

Seeing that there were several peasant households pulling weeds in the field not far away, Jia Liu immediately jumped over from the small ditch and walked over quickly to say a few words to the villagers, ask a few questions, and talk a few words.

This is his usual style of being close to the people, and his virtue of not changing wherever he goes.

This was not arranged in advance, and the soldiers were frightened when they saw this, and hurriedly jumped over the ditch and followed.

If the Governor had been killed by the peasants in the rice fields, their heads would have to be moved.

The peasant households in the fields also saw the long queue on the official road, and knew which official had beaten them, and they all looked at them curiously, and when they saw a group of officers and soldiers running towards them, they were startled.

"Hello folks!"

"Come and rest, fellow!"

Jia Liuda waved his hand and shouted his throat to greet the farmers warmly.

Seeing that some officials shouted at them, the farmers hurried back to the edge of the field, nervous and restrained one by one, for fear that they would offend the official master by doing something wrong.

"Fellow, don't be nervous, I just passed by here and saw you working hard in the fields, so I wanted to talk to you casually... Come, smoke. ”

Jia Liu knew that the peasants were naturally repulsive to him as an official, so in order to let the peasants reduce their vigilance against himself as an official, he took out a small iron box from his pocket and opened it, took out a few cigarettes and handed them over.

Not to mention, this smoke really made several farmers let down their vigilance and eased their tension.

They all looked at the cigarettes in their hands curiously, took the young adults' fire folds, and lit them one by one.

As the smoke rings continue to spit out, the atmosphere comes alive at once.

Jia Liu took the opportunity to pull people to sit on the edge of the field, and he didn't care at all to sit on a big dry mud block, pointed to the rice in the field and asked them: "This year's harvest should be okay, right?" ”

"If you want to talk about this year's harvest,"

An old man in his sixties thought that this young official was better, so he casually said: "It may be about the same as an adult's hair." ”