"It's worth anything." Pei Qing stood up lightly, pointed to the vast world in front of him and said leisurely, "The cotton produced in the field, the booklets, soap and all kinds of snacks produced in the county, and even more items produced in the future need to be transported out through the rivers of the former river." ”

The more Lao Zeng listened, the more surprised he became, he really didn't expect that Princess Rui would plan such a grand cause for a woman.

In the previous dynasty, the transfer ships that passed on the Grand Canal in the Tang Dynasty could carry 1,000 stones, but it was the Grand Canal, and the small ditch where the draught of the former river was a problem for ships like the river was to bear the burden of dredging that could be comparable to the Grand Canal...... The manpower and material resources invested are gone.

Before he knew it, he asked the question.

Princess Rui, who looked into the distance, bowed her head lightly: "That's right, it is to dig a grand canal that can carry thousands of stone boats." ”

Zeng Qiang fell silent because of Princess Rui's words, and was silent for a long time.

Pi Rixiu's "Two Songs of Bianhe Nostalgia" in the Tang Dynasty, but the pros and cons of the excavation of the Grand Canal have been exhausted - "The Sui Dynasty died as this river, and it has been relying on the waves for thousands of miles so far." If there is no water hall dragon boat matter, there will not be much merit in Gongyu."

Is it a good thing to dig up a river? It's a good thing, and a big good thing.

But it's also true that the people and money are lost, and if one is not done well, it is possible that the entire feudal town will be dragged down by the river.

When the people's livelihood withers and the people's grievances boil, it is not only the imperial court that comes to let people withdraw the domain, but it is more likely that the princess Rui will attack from the inside out of the feudal town......

"It's too hard, it's too hard." Zeng Qiang sighed and shook his head again and again, and accidentally brought it into the perspective of the person in power, "Princess Niangniang, you have to think twice!" ”

Princess Rui turned her head, and the smile on her face was like a spring breeze: "What are you panicking about?" It's not that it's not unexcavated. ”

Zeng Qiang was already mentally prepared at this time, and he muttered: "Since the princess Niangniang took out the waterway map for the late life, do you want to let the late born preside over the river repair?" ”

I saw the corners of Princess Rui's lips hooked slightly, and a pair of beautiful eyes were shining like pearls in the sun, and she slowly spit out two words: "That's right." ”

Zeng Qiang looked at the girl in front of him with a complicated face, although he had recognized it as a generation of heroes in his heart, and he also knew that the other party consciously wanted to subdue himself - the cement building and the increasingly beautiful food had proved this, but when the picture was poor, he still couldn't help but be a little frightened.

"That princess is really eclectic...... "After Zeng Qiang's thought flashed, his heart was extremely accessible, and he suddenly got up and threw himself to the ground, "Minister...... Zeng Qiang will live up to the trust of the Lord! ”

From this moment on, he was a minister under Princess Rui.

"But the minister has ugly things ahead, and repairing the river is a big deal, and it costs a lot," now he put it in a calm and relaxed manner, "If the minister is allowed to preside over this matter, the princess will not be able to find the guilt of corruption for the minister." ”

How many ministers and ministers in history have fallen on the item of governing the river, and he doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of others.

I saw Princess Rui chuckle out loud, and said calmly: "Then we can set up a contract, stating that the cost of repairing the river cannot exceed 10% of the budget, as long as it is within this 10%, you are not considered corrupt, how about it?" ”

Zeng Qiang gasped, and actually shivered involuntarily.

- The tone of the girl in front of her, but there is a tendency to swallow the sky? It's a bit too bold.

"The minister of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" has also read it, and this 10% is indeed a lot, but it is just ...... What is a contract? ”

*

After initialling a river control agreement with Lao Zeng, Pei Qing left a basket of food and chicken soup for him to enjoy, and took Ah Xing and Sun Miaomiao to prepare to return to the palace.

Before leaving, she said something like this to Lao Zeng: "It is your ability to repair the river without exceeding 10% of the budget, but if you can save this 10% of the budget and the river can be dug at the same time, then the embankment of this river will be named after you - Zeng Gong Dike, how about it?" ”

Zeng Qiang looked as ecstatic as if he heard that he was nominated for prime minister, maybe he was too happy, he actually cried in front of the three women, and was laughed at by Sun Miao.

In the end, Pei Qing stopped Sun Miaomiao, and she told her maids: In the future, you must respect this Mr. Zeng, not only the two of them should respect others, but also tell Ah Tao Aji Ah Yue and others to respect this gentleman together.

Because throughout history, those who dare to take on the important task of controlling the river have already had the consciousness of risking their lives, and such people cannot but be respected.

After listening to her words, Lao Zeng, who had already begun to cry, changed from sobbing to crying.

When he was in trouble just now, he was humiliated by a maid named Ah Tao next to Princess Rui, and this matter has always remained in Lao Zeng's heart.

At this moment, the little heart knot quietly untied, and disappeared into invisibility as the tears flowed to the ground.

In fact, Pei Qing wants to dig the river for another purpose - he wants to make glass.

Quartz sand, soda ash and lime are needed to make glass, and now she only has lime in her hands, which is limited to the refining process of soda ash, and it is basically impossible to make soda ash in the territory at present, so she can only find soda ash ore, and quartz sand also needs ore.

There are few mineral resources in her territory, and there are no quartz ore and soda ash ore - but she has the Ten Thousand Realms Trading Platform system.

After checking the system, she found that if she wanted to exchange quartz sand, the most suitable general equivalent for exchange was river mud.

As for the soda ash mine, she can exchange it for a small soda ash lake, which is also related to the repair of the river, and when the river is repaired, a small artificial lake can be repaired by the way.

Therefore, it is imperative to repair the river, whether it is for short-term interests or long-term development, it is necessary to widen the river in Xixian County, which is an important economic lifeline, and the sooner it is mastered, the more beneficial it is to the development of the territory.

But before soda ash ore and quartz ore can be exchanged, there is another very important mineral that needs to be exchanged - that is, a small iron mine.

The pig iron brought by the Huang family caravan was expensive, and the journey was long, and it took ten days, half a month, or even a month or two to pass.

But the development of the territory cannot wait.

Iron nails in small roads, as large as steel bars, the role of iron is indispensable in all aspects.

Last time, the 3,000 gold iron sent by the Huang family caravan entered the blacksmith workshop, and after building farm tools for the farmers in the county, it was gone, and the remaining iron was enough to make some iron nails.

Obviously, Pei Qing didn't want to be limited by pig iron resources.

If it was earlier, when the supreme master Li Yi was still there, she only needed to take him straight to the mountain, and she could exchange it for an iron ore in minutes.

After all, after having the Nursery Hall, her merit value has increased by leaps and bounds.

However, the reliable person is not there, she can only find another way, every day to make new delicacies that are not available in this ancient world, and finally got another martial arts master, and even better, she is still a woman.

So what are you waiting for?

Bring Sun Miaomiao, bring fresh food, and ask Sun Miaomiao to accompany her into the mountains to change mines in the name of picnic.