I don't want to be a saint

Chapter 92 The Ancient Version of Infrastructure Maniac

Large lakes are used to regulate rainwater.

This is the first time His Royal Highness the King of Chu and Guanshi Zhu have heard of it, but after thinking about it carefully, it seems that it is not difficult to understand.

Why are few people farming by the big lakes in the plains?

When there is little rain, the lake will shrink a lot, making it difficult to irrigate the fields; and when there is a lot of rain, the lake will flood and flood the farmland.

From the ups and downs of the lake, one can roughly judge the authenticity of Guo Yi's words.

Once a large area is filled with lakes and fields, when the heavy rain comes and the flood suddenly occurs, those filled lakes will naturally be unable to store the flood water. If that time comes...

Alas!
OK!OK!
The two couldn't help shivering.

It wasn't until this time that the two of them really understood the specific function of the lake, and Guanshi Zhu couldn't help smiling wryly: "I thought it would be a good thing for those yamen to take advantage of the drought and shrink the lake to fill the lake and make a lot of land. ,who knows…"

"Alas...!" After finishing speaking, he let out a long sigh.

Those idiots actually filled the lake to reclaim fields, it's a deed of death!
The King of Chu raised his eyebrows, looked at Guo Yi and asked, "In your opinion, what should we do?"

"Naturally, they are ordered to rectify quickly and return the fields to the lake. Now that it is not raining, the lake should be restored to its original state. Otherwise, there will be a severe flood after the severe drought!"

"Yeah!" King Chu nodded solemnly: "Gu knows it!"

It is rare for him to use the word "solitary", which proves that he is serious.

Manager Zhu wiped off his cold sweat, and quickly expressed his opinion: "I will quietly send someone to investigate."

After a long while, the King of Chu calmed down and continued to test Guo Yi according to the draft in his heart: "Guo Erlang, presumably, with your ingenuity, you must be able to guess my intention of recruiting you as an aide."

intention?

What's the point?
It's just because of my ability to make money!
Guo Yi has a bit of a belly, but he can't say it outright, he will be beaten...

In fact, regarding this question, after he received the badge from his staff, he has been thinking about it intermittently.

If you want to lead the hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangling Mansion to become rich and well-off, it is more convenient, and a method that can be used mechanically is to engage in infrastructure construction.

To be rich, build roads first.

If you want to be rich, raise more rabbits.

According to the model of infrastructure madness in later generations, vigorously build bridges and roads, build houses, engage in breeding, develop industries and handicrafts, so as to drive the rapid development of various related industries.

In short, building infrastructure is not the purpose, it is based on infrastructure to drive the circulation of various industries.At the same time, recruit a large number of workers, give them starting wages, and give them an extra income to resist risks.

All these thoughts are good.But the immediate difficulty is that there is no money!

In order to cope with this drought, the king of Chu built a new type of Luoyang shovel and a bobbin cart, and has already emptied the treasury of Jiangling Mansion!
If it wasn't for the fact that the saltworks had started to produce steadily, the two workshops would have been shut down soon.

For this reason, He Tongpan has written to the court more than once to clarify the matter.He is the general judge of Jiangling Prefecture appointed by the Ministry of Officials. As the eyes and ears of the imperial court, he can monitor the magistrate in a legitimate manner.

If you, the magistrate of Jiangling, want to make various actions, they have the right to stop them and report them.

Fortunately, the king of Chu is for the livelihood of the people and is not afraid of the court's inquiries.But no matter what, a word, no money!

Therefore, if Guo Yi wants to engage in infrastructure construction now, it is a bit of a dream.

Unless, he is righteous, he is selfless, and he has to pay for it out of his own pocket...

After all, he has a kiln at home, a mine at home, and a wax lake at home.he has money!

It is estimated that if he really wants to do that, then he is a big fool!
How can there be any saint in this world... how can there be any savior...

"Ding! The main task is triggered, and the strategy of governing the country - assist the King of Chu to ascend the throne and inherit the great rule! The first stage task: assist the King of Chu to manage Jingbei Road!"

"A husband and sage should sacrifice himself for others, take the world as his responsibility, worry about the world's worries first, and enjoy the world's happiness later; he should establish his life for the people and make a living for the people!

Scholars should cultivate themselves, regulate their families, govern the country, and bring peace to the world! "

"Rewards: "Proficiency in Basic Swordsmanship", "Proficiency in Riding Swordsmanship", "Proficiency in Mathematics", "Proficiency in Chess Skills", "Proficiency in Music Theory""

After the long series of system sounds, Guo Yi was completely dumbfounded.

Assist the king of Chu to inherit the great rule?

Is this the rhythm for me to fight for world hegemony?
Are you kidding me?
I'm a 996 old social animal who didn't even graduate from junior high school, plus a so-called scholar who didn't even have any fame...

What can I do?

Look at the King of Chu again, an idle prince who has no influence behind him, fled thousands of miles at a young age to become a fief, knows nothing but the Four Books and Five Classics...

Why is he?

Their two eggplants are not as good as the fifth prince's winter melon!
What's more, there is an eldest son and grandson above him!
However, since the task has been issued, it has been issued, and there is no room for resistance.

This dog system is clearly intended to make you righteous, to make you selfless, to make you pay out of your own pocket, and to make you a saint.

At this moment, Guo Yi wanted to scold his mother very much.

"Why, after thinking for so long, do you have a good plan?" King Chu stopped and turned to look at him.

"Carry out infrastructure construction throughout Jinghu North Road, build bridges and pave roads, build houses, engage in breeding, develop industries and handicrafts, so as to drive the rapid development of various related industries."

After finishing speaking, I explained the connection in detail.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu and Guanshi Zhu were already dumbfounded. It wasn't that they didn't understand business, but it was the first time they had heard of such things as infrastructure.

It's not that they haven't done things like building bridges and paving roads, but those are government corvees!

What is corvee?
It is the unpaid labor that the rulers force civilians to engage in, including forced labor, miscellaneous labor, and military service.

All the labor activities that the rulers recruited people from all walks of life for free were called corvee service, which included two parts: forced service and military service.

Among them, hard labor is to build bridges and pave roads, dig ditches and repair canals, build cities and so on.

And these forced labors are not only compulsory, but also free of money.If you don't give money, you won't talk about it, and you have to bring your own food.

Where have you heard that you need money to build bridges and pave roads, dig ditches and repair canals?

Is it a panic to burn too much money?

"Here," Manager Zhu hesitated for a moment, looked up at him, and then said in deliberation, "Erlang, the government's corvees don't pay. Besides, you know, there may be no money in the treasury now. "

Guo Yi shook his head and said: "It is precisely because corvee labor is not paid that the common people are so impoverished and unable to withstand even the slightest disaster.

As long as they have a little money in their hands, they will not sell their fields and land because of a flood, and then they will be displaced.

In fact, the common people are the best to be fooled, as long as they have a day's grain in their hands, they will not rebel.

Just like Shinshu.To put it bluntly, the Xinzhou Uprising was forced by the government! "

(End of this chapter)