Liu Ponu frowned slightly.

Make money off of this thing?

He did think so, but in reality it was difficult.

Even if Liu Ponu felt that he had the physique to become a profiteer, he still couldn't calculate his approximate profit point in this kind of thing.

Because the method of transportation is too backward, the uncontrollable cost of transportation is too high.

Even if the problem of transportation capacity is solved, the cement thing is also very delicate, if it rains, which car is not covered will be finished soon.

Even if all aspects are taken care of, the temperature difference between day and night in the grassland is large, and the water content in the air is higher than that in the mainland, and a single accidentally entire batch of cement may be discarded.

So even if Liu Ponu deliberately intends to quote a high price, there is no way to guarantee that he must make money.

And the bad old man brought so many people over this time, Liu Ponu roughly guessed his intentions, and with the special reminder just now, the intention was even more obvious.

He was hinting not only at himself, but also at the ministers behind him.

Liu Ponu hadn't seen anyone else, but he had seen it with Tingwei Wang Wenshu.

Wang Wenshu's position among this group of people is not too high, so this is the three princes and nine secretaries of today's imperial court?

I, II, XIII ......

Well, Sima Qian has seen it once, except for him, there are exactly twelve people.

"Hmm......" Liu Ponu racked his brains to think about how to deal with it.

It seems that this thing was also done during the Han Dynasty?

If I remember correctly, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty once built a city wall around Dunhuang, and placed a number of troops to guard it every other section, because there is a city wall, so even if there are few Huns, there is no good way.

But the city wall is different from the military fort, behind the city wall is home, and he may wait for support at any time.

The fort was destined to be surrounded by enemies from the moment it was stationed there, and like a paratrooper, he was born to be surrounded.

So if the number of people is small, in the lonely grassland, he may really not be able to take care of it.

If you want to control costs, profiteers obviously can't do this, and can only use the influence of the imperial court to do this.

But......

Liu Ponu glanced at Liu Che with some hesitation, and suddenly sighed helplessly in his heart.

Forget it, let your bad old man take advantage of me again, just follow the customs of the locals and do your filial piety!

"If you don't make money, you can only earn people's hearts, if you can't get anything from such a big toss, wouldn't it be a big loss?" Liu Ponu smiled helplessly.

Liu Ponu's reaction made the three princes and nine secretaries in the rear a little confused, and even felt that he was a little too much of a philistine.

Why does the prince always think about making money?

Look at what you said, it's like a loss if you don't make something every day!

Even many people feel that Liu Ponu has put the cart before the horse.

If the imperial court continues to follow your line of thought, I am afraid that it will not be long before it completely collapses.

"The number of military forts cannot be changed, but the scale can be appropriately reduced, and the appropriate number of people can be dispatched according to the situation in the later stage, which is nothing more than loose and crowded living, which I think should not be a big problem."

"If the sub-fort is reduced, the main fort cannot be reduced, after all, he has to protect the surrounding pastures, and even fight against the enemy, if the grassland is full of sub-forts, then the military fort group will lose its meaning."

"In this case, I can't continue to do this, after all, I don't have so much money to lose ......" Liu Ponu spread his hands.

Originally, he was not confident that he could make money, he planned to make money through a side business, but now that Liu Che is doing this, he has no idea of contracting projects.

But the project still has to go on, no matter how difficult it is.

Even if it takes 10 or 20 years.

Once the fort complex is built, the meaning is different.

Although the cost is huge, it can completely turn the entire grassland into the pasture of the Han Dynasty, as long as the Han Dynasty can still fight, others will never want to step into the grassland.

"Doesn't everyone outside say that the emperor likes to toss around blindly and likes to do those things that work hard and hurt the people, aren't they all persuading the emperor to be a person?" Liu Ponu unceremoniously damaged Liu Che, as long as you don't find fault for a day, then you have to accept it honestly.

As for the loss of face, that's not something I should think about.

As for what the ministers think, that's their business.

Of course, is it on the verge of death repeatedly jumping sideways, Liu Ponu thinks that Liu Che should not be so stingy, right?

Besides, didn't I scold him for his good?

Others don't dare to scold him because he is the emperor, and even some people will flatter him regardless of right or wrong in order to achieve some ulterior motives.

As a son, we have to know what is right and wrong, good or bad, scolding you is to make you sober up, don't be deceived by some people and make a big mistake.

Don't let your father make a big mistake, this should also belong to one of the filial piety, right?

"How can you be so dismissive of Your Majesty?" Prime Minister Shi Qing couldn't stand still, even if the emperor was here, even if the emperor wasn't angry.

But this doesn't mean that these ministers can't be angry, Liu Ponu, this kid is still too young, he's afraid he doesn't know that the Han has a crime called slander, right?

Just because you kid dares to scold the emperor in person, no one dares to speak even if you are arrested and beaten to death.

"How can this be called criticism?" Liu Ponu smiled slightly, and said disapprenously: "The bad old man told me that the emperor is actually not as stingy as everyone thinks, in fact, the emperor is still very large, he is not intolerant of others scolding him, in fact, the emperor likes others to scold him very much, the more people scold, the happier the emperor is, of course, the premise is that you scold right, you can't just impose it on the emperor's head to scold him because of some trivial things, that would be wrong." ”

"Although I'm not in the court, but the old man has told me about the little things in the court, some people don't dare to say it in person, but they dance happily behind their backs, I look down on that kind of person the most, let them learn from me, as long as they catch the evidence, they should be scolded, don't say that the emperor is not here today, he is here, I dare to scold him in person, don't believe it......"

"Ahem......" Liu Che coughed awkwardly, interrupting Liu Ponu's pretense.

I know you have the guts, right?

Can you save some face?

I'm the emperor of the Han Dynasty, not those shameless prisoners.

"Get down to business, say anything else that you don't have!" Liu Che awkwardly stopped the two of them arguing.

Seeing this, Shi Qing could only retreat with a depressed face, the emperor himself didn't care about Liu Ponu scolding him, so no one could use this matter as a handle.

Naturally, any criticism and slander will not be added to Liu Ponu, and whoever wants to make a fuss about this in the future may be worse than Liu Ponu's end, unless the emperor wants to kill Liu Ponu......

"It's very simple, the imperial court can first order each county to make a statistic, and see how many people each county can draw on the premise of ensuring that each household does not affect agricultural cultivation!" Liu Ponu said slowly.

"What does it mean not to affect farming?" Liu Che frowned slightly, Liu Ponu told him about this, but the ministers didn't know, so they deliberately mentioned it.

"The new plough will soon be promoted in Lantian, and it is still a little difficult to promote it to the whole country in the short term, but the waterwheel can, Hanzhong Taishou Chenzhong has sent a team of 1,000 people to learn the experience of making waterwheels, and wait until the spring of next year, Hanzhong will be able to use the waterwheel first."

"Although this year's harvest statistics have not yet come out, according to the reactions of many people, this year's harvest will feel more than one percent more than in previous years, which means that relying on a waterwheel alone, each household cultivating ten acres of land is equivalent to cultivating eleven acres of land in previous years."

"And every family cultivates more than 100 acres of land, which also means that the people of Lantian will harvest at least 10 acres more than last year's average this year, and the output is about 15 stones.

"The standard is that even if there is one less laborer in the family, the family can still guarantee the output of his home, according to this standard, it is basically a family of four if all of them are adults, and one person can be produced without impact."

"In addition, this levy is not a forced levy, the people can voluntarily sign up to participate, and those who respond, the imperial court can exempt them from paying taxes for the year, and pay them two dollars a month!"

With the introduction of new ploughs, the yield will definitely increase gradually.

Even if the promotion of the new plough is not good, there is still a guaranteed project of the water wheel can be carried out smoothly.

The importance of water for crops is self-evident, and in the pre-Qin period, Zheng sent people to persuade the Qin king to build the Zheng State Canal, the purpose of which was to consume Qin's national strength and make it unable to conquer.

Of course, Qin Yu knew the consequences of doing so, but he still accepted the suggestion.

As a result, after the completion of the construction of the Zhengguo Canal, the grain production of the Qin State increased greatly, and the Qin State became stronger than before.

Therefore, the new plough and the waterwheel, these two things can already ensure the lower limit of Dahan's grain production, which also gives them the confidence to do things that they did not dare to do before.

The imperial court conscripted not only tax exemption, but also money.

Where can you find such a good thing?

Although money was also given before, it was only given after the period of forced labor was overdue, and the money given was also for two jujubes, which was not enough to make up for the loss.

"In addition, the imperial court should encourage people without household registration to register with the government again, so that the people can freely choose whether to stay or go outside the city to graze, and the imperial court can also make appropriate incentives to let more people choose to graze."

"This ......" Shi Qing, Sang Hongyang and the others couldn't help but widen their eyes.

What Liu Ponu can think of, of course they can think of.

But many problems are not something that you can solve if you think of it, what Liu Ponu said in the past, it is something that is impossible to achieve.

But if all of this is based on a certainty that production can be increased, then this is possible.

What is Genius?

It's not that your idea will surprise everyone.

It's that you, who are on the first level, can think of problems that can only be thought of and seen on the second level, and only on the third level, this is genius.

Liu Ponu can think of the problems they think of, and at the same time can find the root of the problem, to make the impossible possible.

This operation is indeed shocking, if this is really Liu Ponu's idea, then it is not surprising why the emperor is so optimistic about him, and even does not hesitate to abolish the crown prince!

"The Point Guard Is Here"

Liu Ponu's answer made Liu Che very useful.

As for the fact that the court has to pay another fee, Liu Che naturally doesn't care, anyway, the money will come back sooner or later, and it can still let the court gain the hearts of the people on the premise of doing things again, why not do it?

Liu Che was very satisfied with Liu Ponu's performance today.

Liu Che glanced at Ren An, and Ren An, who had been prepared, understood and nodded secretly at Liu Che.

Liu Che had already been angry with him, so there was no need to communicate too much at this time.

Ren An has already prepared everything that should be prepared, and it is still a full set, the kind that you can't find if you want to find a problem.

As for whether some people will find loopholes, this is not within Ren An's consideration, anyway, everything he can think of has been thought of, and the emperor has seen it.

"Let's go, pull your new plow out for everyone to see......"