Datang Nongwang

Chapter 560

The powerful Wang Ting is still in Qiantang.

The reason is that there are still some goldfish that have not been sold, and that they still want to wait for the price to rise.

Li Chongyuan was very happy and wanted to laugh.

With Wang Ting's drive to do things, it's hard not to get rich.

of course.

It was also mentioned in the letter.

It is said that [-] of the [-] goldfish he took away died on the way.

For this matter, Li Chongyuan can ignore it.

Even if the [-] goldfish were not dead and were taken away by his royal court, Li Chongyuan would not be able to ask for them. After all, he was making money for himself.

Moreover.

It is very difficult for fish not to die when transported in the current era.

Not to mention the current era, even in modern times, under long-distance transportation, many people will die.

As for whether Wang Ting lost his goldfish, Li Chongyuan actually knew it well.

Li Chongyuan looked at Wang Shi and asked with a smile on his face: "Did you go to the south with your husband? Or are you in Chang'an?"

"Back to Uncle Li County, the younger one originally went to the south with my lord, but my lord said that there is a need for someone to take care of him here, so he let me stay. In addition, my lord confessed that if If Li Xianbo has anything to do, you can tell the little one directly." After Wang Shi took a sip of hot tea, he sat quietly on the chair, waiting for Li Chongyuan to ask questions.

What Li Chongyuan asked was not about his family's husband, but about him.

After hearing this, Li Chongyuan didn't say much, and went directly into the house.

This made Wang Shi see Li Chongyuan get up and leave, so he got up and stood there, whether to leave or not to leave.

Xingba on the side looked at Wang Shi's state, and said in a low voice: "You sit down first, my little lord must have gone to write a reply to your lord."

After Wang Shi heard this, he realized it.

After two quarters of an hour.

Only then did Li Chongyuan come out of the big room, holding a letter in his hand, he handed it to Wang Shi and confessed: "This is my reply letter to your lord, you can forward it to your lord."

"Yes, I will definitely hand it over to my husband." Wang Shi took it carefully, put it in his arms carefully, and patted it.

Li Chongyuan took out another piece of paper and handed it to him, "Since your lord has confessed to you, then you can find a way for me to find the person I want and send it to Xixiang. In addition, find a way Look for some boatmen, preferably those who live by the sea. Also, you’d better give me an accurate answer to what I want above.”

Wang Shi listened to Li Chongyuan's words, with a look of confusion in his eyes.

but.

When he recalled what his lord had confessed, he then accepted the answer.

"Okay, I won't keep you for dinner anymore. The matter above is a bit urgent, so don't worry about it." Li Chongyuan looked at Wang Shi and said with a smile.

Wang Shi took a step back and bowed, "May Li County Uncle Li rest assured that the small things you have told me will be handled well."

Wang Shi withdrew from the small courtyard and left Li Zhuang under the guidance of the guards.

a few days later.

The king servant came to Li Zhuang again.

But this time he left after coming to Lizhuang.

Li Chongyuan called Qiao Su over.

"Old Qiao, send out a notice, saying that Li Zhuang needs a lot of helpers, men are the best, and women are also fine." Li Chongyuan was about to implement his plan.

Qiao Suwen wanted to recruit workers again, and said with a bitter face: "Young Master, even if we have money, we can't spend it like this. After every recruitment, the money has been spent like water."

"What are you talking about? You can't make money if you leave it alone. Besides, I am recruiting workers this time to build embankments and repair reservoirs. You think I am willing to spend this money. You didn't see that as long as it rains heavily, it will inevitably Is it flooded? Do you want to see my Lizhuang being flooded or something?" Li Chongyuan knew that this guy felt sorry for money again.

But caring about money is not such a caring method.

The century-old plan lies in water conservancy.

In the past two years, the waterlogged water has not increased, and that is because it has not rained much.

Just because it didn't rain doesn't mean it won't rain forever.

If there is a sudden heavy rain, not to mention whether the flood water will rise, even the Wei River will rise accordingly.

By the time.

When the water in the Wei River rises, it will inevitably pour into the waterlogged water.

Whether or not Li Zhuang still exists is another matter.

As soon as Qiao Su heard that the recruitment was for building embankments and repairing reservoirs, he immediately shut his mouth.

he knows.

This is something that benefits Li Zhuang, and it is also something that benefits the people on both sides of the waterlogged river.

Even worse.

He also knew that once the reservoir was repaired, and both sides of the waterlogged water bank were also repaired, Li Chongyuan's reputation would greatly increase around here.

Even more.

The imperial court will also praise its own young man.

After all, Li Chongyuan is the acting county magistrate of Hu County, and he is also the parent official of a county.

recruitment.

Li Zhuang recruited a large number of workers.

As soon as the news came out, the people in the villages near Lizhuang heard about it and came to inquire one after another.

Yuanzhuang is of course the first to bear the brunt.

but.

The villagers in Yuanzhuang belonged to their own tenants, and they didn't even need to come to inquire, they knew that they would definitely be included in the recruitment list.

As for the villagers in Yuanzhuang, there are not many strong laborers themselves, and some of them have already built dikes on both sides of the waterlogged water.

People from Liu Zhuang, Miao Zhuang, Peng Zhuang, Tang Zhuang, etc. all came.

Even people from Hujia Village and Duanjia Village came.

stated in the notice.

At least 2000 people are needed to recruit workers in Lizhuang.

With such a huge number of people, the Zhuangzi village near Lizhuang really couldn't satisfy Li Chongyuan's needs.

"Everyone be quiet, everyone listen to me." When more and more men came to ask questions near Lizhuang, after being stopped by the guards outside the village, Qiao Su went to explain.

There are quite a few people who came to ask questions this time, at least three to five hundred people.

Moreover, it is the slack season for farming, so there is no work at all.

Farmers and common people want to find some work during the slack season so that they can earn some coolie money for their families and get through this year.

As soon as Qiao Su's words fell behind, all the common people and farmers silenced, looking forward to Qiao Su's acceptance of them.

Li Zhuang's work is either tiring or not.

But the wages are high, and food is included, and the food is pancakes that farmers and common people are reluctant to spend money on.

Such a good job, who wouldn't want to rush to sign up.

Seeing the silence of the crowd, Qiao Su nodded and shouted in satisfaction, "I, Li Zhuang, are now recruiting workers to build embankments and build reservoirs. The number of people is two thousand. I think everyone has heard about it. Of course, it's not anyone. Anyone who can come to work in my Lizhuang. People who didn’t want it before will not want it now, unless you can find five guarantors to come to guarantee. I also know that everyone’s life is not easy, so don’t think that my little man is a good person , I just wanted to come here to take advantage of the loophole."

"Let's say it up front. Building embankments and building reservoirs is a labor-intensive job. Men can come, as well as women who are strong and healthy. Old people and children should not come forward. But it's best not to be brave. At that time, don't suffer from illness. The wages are the same as before, twenty cents a day, and the food is the same as before, four pancakes per person a day, plus unlimited gruel."

"The start of work is set to be three days later. During these three days, you go to Yuanzhuang to register and register, and I will nod your head at that time. Everyone knows that my little man doesn't like troublemakers. Anyone who makes trouble, come together and take the lead. No longer hired."

After Qiao Su finally finished speaking, all the farmers said that they would not make trouble.

The rules must be established.

Basically, what you know will be followed, and what you don't know, of course you have to explain it in advance.

This is Lizhuang, not your home, not a place where you can do whatever you want.

After the people who came to inquire left, Qiao Su felt relieved.

2000 helpers, this number is already quite a lot.

In addition, there are thousands of people working in Lizhuang for a long time, repairing waterlogging, making stones, etc.

Following the recruitment this time, Qiao Su began to think about how much money he would spend every day.

The expenses of more than 3000 people are not a small amount.

The wages are close to [-] guan a day, plus food and other things, the expenses will be more than [-] guan a day.

When Qiao Su figured out a rough figure, the bitter look on his face became more serious.

Spend money, spend money.

been spending money.

I don't know if Mr. Xiaolang can keep this family in the future.

Okay.

Qiao Su was afraid of spending money, and began to doubt Li Chongyuan's ability to guard the house.

With Qiao Su's stinginess, Li Chongyuan was really speechless.

However, even if Qiao Su had an opinion on such a big matter as building an embankment and building a reservoir, he could only hold it back, and it was best not to speak out.

Li Chongyuan didn't want anyone to raise doubts about this matter.

Don't say that Li Chongyuan doesn't want it anymore.

Even Li Yuan didn't want it.

Li Chongyuan used his own ability and money to do such a great thing that benefited the country and the people.

This is really not something everyone can do.

at this time.

Li Chongyuan was in the small courtyard, talking to Li Yuan about the reservoir in a low voice, "Uncle, according to my estimation, the reservoir will cost at least 20 yuan to build the reservoir. From opening mountains, to cutting materials, to building embankments. The stones, earth and rocks are not a small number. In terms of labor, I calculate it based on five months, and the expenditure is at least [-] yuan. There are also mortars, which are also a big head."

"Then are you prepared for these things?" Li Yuan listened to Li Chongyuan's explanation, and began to ask some key things one by one.

Li Chongyuan took the pen and tapped it twice, "I have already arranged for the people from the Wang family to do it. The people from the Wang family came here the day before yesterday. They have already bought a lot of things and they will deliver them soon."

Mortar and other matters, Li Chongyuan directly handed over to Wang Ting's subordinate, Wang Shi, to deal with.

If Li Chongyuan really wanted to go out, he still couldn't find a way.

As far as the amount of mortar he needs to build a reservoir, that is not a simple number.

Fortunately, the reservoir that Li Chongyuan wants to build is not a large reservoir.

In the future, it can only be said to be a medium-sized reservoir, just to stop the water from the upper reaches of the flooded water from leaking down all the time.

It is also to reduce the pressure on the downstream, and at the same time, it is also to prepare for drought.

three days later.

After the groundbreaking ceremony, the reservoir officially started construction.

As soon as the construction of the reservoir started, the people who dug mountains, dug soil, and picked stones were so busy that they were in full swing.

On the night of the start of construction, Li Chongyuan sent Xingba and several others to carry gunpowder in the dark to the place that needed to be excavated, and drill holes to fill the gunpowder.

Then it's a blast.

There must be a sound, but there is not much movement.

Even Li Zhuang didn't hear the sound of gunpowder explosion.

On the second day, after the helper went to work, he found that the mountain, which was as hard as iron the day before, was extremely soft after one night. This made everyone suspect in their hearts that this was the manifestation of the mountain god.

This is not.

Some people were suspicious, and some people began to report to Qiao Su, "Manage Qiao, the mountain god has manifested, the mountain god has manifested."

"The mountain god has appeared, don't believe these ghosts and gods." Qiao Su stood in the distance without knowing it, and when someone came to tell him something about the mountain god, he stared back.

but.

The man was very persistent, and it was best to drag Qiao Su to the side of the mountain.

After Qiao Su found out that the rock and soil in the whole area that needs to be excavated today was soft, he was frightened out of his wits.

Regardless of whether he could run fast with one leg, he insisted on leaning on his crutches, jumping and running back to Li Zhuang, "Little Lang, it's not good, it's not good, something serious happened."

When Li Chongyuan heard the big news, his heart skipped a beat.

"Did something happen to someone?" Li Chongyuan was anxious.

If something happened to someone, Li Chongyuan didn't want someone to die while he was repairing the reservoir.

If that's the case, then he's about to die.

Qiao Su panted heavily, and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, the mountain god is haunted. The mountain was still as hard as iron last night, but when the helpers left this morning, the mountain was completely loose. Mr. lord, this is terrible. It’s not a good sign, if the reservoir becomes [-]% full, no matter how loose the mountain is, the levee won’t be able to stop it.”

wipe.

After Li Chongyuan heard Qiao Su's words, his heart fell to the ground immediately.

What kind of mountain god is causing trouble.

That's dynamite, okay?

Do you really think that these helpers can dig out the mountains on both sides? Do you really think that the reservoir can be built in five months by hand.

If there are tens of thousands of people, or ten thousand people, that's easy to say.

But with only two thousand people, even if Li Chongyuan is only building a medium-sized reservoir, it is impossible to complete it within five months.

What is the storage capacity of a medium-sized reservoir.

That's a storage capacity of 1000 million cubic meters to [-] million cubic meters.

According to what Li Chongyuan learned in his previous life.

The size of the reservoir is divided into five grades.

Large-scale reservoirs have a capacity greater than one billion cubic meters.

The capacity of large-scale reservoirs is greater than [-] million cubic meters and less than one billion cubic meters.

The capacity of medium-sized reservoirs is greater than or equal to 1000 million cubic meters, but less than [-] million cubic meters.

A small reservoir has a capacity greater than or equal to 100 million cubic meters but less than 1000 million cubic meters.

The capacity of small type II reservoirs is greater than or equal to 100 cubic meters, but less than [-] million cubic meters.

Just such a standard classification.

It would take five months to build a medium-sized reservoir with a size of nearly 3000 million cubic meters, without machinery and equipment, and with only [-] to [-] people.

But the reservoir in Lizhuang, according to Li Chongyuan's estimation, has a storage capacity of more than 1000 million cubic meters at most, so Mianmianqiangqiang can be regarded as a medium-sized reservoir.

(End of this chapter)