Han Xiang

Chapter 232
"General Sun has lofty goals. The small things you talk about may mean big things to me."

Long Xiang suddenly found that Sun Quan was difficult to deal with, at least more difficult than Liu Xun and Li Shu before.

Seeing Sun Quan's address became more and more friendly, Long Xiang's instinctive sense of vigilance made him want to retreat, but he felt inappropriate in the middle of the sentence, so he turned back.

"Tell me first, if I can do it, I will try my best to help."

Sun Quan smiled happily and said: "Haha, people say that Long Yunqi is cautious and rarely promises to others, and now it is true."

"Ashamed. Ashamed." Long Xiang clasped his fists in embarrassment.

"Yun Qi, don't worry, this matter is definitely within your ability"

Sun Quan stood up, pointed to Chaohu Lake in the south, and said: "The water in this lake is injected by Shishui, and Shishui and Feishui flow from Jiangjunling. Gong Jin once said that in the south of Jiangjunling, the nearest point between the two rivers There are twenty or thirty li, and I intend to cut through the two streams and connect the Jianghuai."

In order to connect the Jianghuai water network, in addition to dredging the ancient Hangou in Guangling, the only remaining artificial canals are Shi and Fei.

Both Long Xiang and Lu Su could see its importance, and Zhou Yu was naturally no problem.

For next year's waterlogging, Long Xiang has already planned to dredge the river, and is currently planning to dig the Shifei Canal, but he is still hesitating. Unexpectedly, Sun Quan is even more anxious than him.

Seeing Long Xiang frowning and thinking, Lu Su hurriedly said: "General Sun wants to go north? I heard that Shouchun City is empty, you can send troops directly instead of digging canals and waterways. As the saying goes, soldiers are expensive and fast."

"Since Shouchun is an empty city, there is no need to rush for a while. I have few horses and many boats in Jiangdong. If there is no waterway to transport troops and supplies, how dare I take over the city with peace of mind?"

Sun Quan waved his hands, stretched out his sleeves and sat back to his original position, looked at Long Xiang and said meaningfully: "Yunqi has collected a lot of refugees to build the city, and he can mobilize thousands or tens of thousands of people to dig canals, this is a trivial matter Is it within your ability?"

"Yes"

Call some folks to dig channels. If Long Xiang disagrees again, it is obviously a rejection of Sun Quan. He has to agree first, but then asks in a low voice: "Twenty or thirty miles is not far, and it is not very close. I don't know what General Sun is. when?"

Sun Quan replied: "Naturally, the sooner the better, it is best to complete it before the spring rains and floods next year. I heard that there are many refugees outside the city of Hefei, and it is not difficult to dig the soil and open the canals. Now there are a hundred days before spring, and Yunqi will definitely be able to do it." Chiseled on schedule”

"Uh"

After hearing this, Long Xiang frowned, and hurriedly cupped his fists to complain: "It's really not difficult to dig a canal, and the [-]-day period is not short, but General Sun didn't consider the difficulties."

"What's the problem?"

Sun Quan squeezed his chin, his voice was low, and the smile on his face slowly disappeared.

Long Xiang's performance today made him displeased, he said in his heart that since you have the heart to rely on Jiangdong's big tree, you shouldn't push back and forth like this. If you just want to separate Hefei and have a good time, there is no need for Jiangdong to win over.

If Long Xiang's reasons are not sufficient, Sun Quan will not continue the discussion. He just slaughtered tens of thousands of people in Wan County, and he doesn't mind sending the army to Hefei to forcefully relocate the refugees outside the city to Lujiang to make up for it.

Sun Quan believed that with Long Xiang's prudence, he would definitely abandon his chariot to protect the commander and dare not send troops, and even if Long Xiang dared to send troops to obstruct, Jiangdong still had a numerical advantage in terms of military strength.

Longxiang has experience in construction units. Talking about difficulties and project additions in front of the "owner" are the basic qualities of a project manager, and he blurted out all the difficulties.

"General Sun didn't know that if the canal had been dug in other seasons, the [-]-day construction period might have been enough, but it was mid-winter, the weather was cold, and the soil was frozen, so the work would be half the effort.
Furthermore, the terrain at the southern foot of Jiangjun Ridge, and whether there are large rocks hidden under the mud that cannot be moved, all these information need to be checked in detail. Therefore, the construction period may not be guaranteed."

"It's just digging a channel. There are so many ways? I used to be the magistrate of Yangxian County, and I also ordered people to dredge the river."

Seeing that Sun Quan frowned and questioned, Long Xiang quickly interrupted: "General Sun doesn't know something. Dredging a river is not the same as digging a new canal. There are countless things such as sediment in the river, but what is buried under the ground?" , who can make it clear? But there must be a brave man under a heavy reward."

"Big reward? What does Yun Qi mean?"

Sun Quan looked at Long Xiang coldly, and said to himself that you talked about difficulties just now, and now you mentioned that rewards are feasible, do you want to ask for something?
"Working is slow in cold weather and people are prone to hunger. If we want to speed up the construction period, we can only increase the number of manpower, but then the food consumption will double. Hefei's surplus food is not sufficient, so I dare not waste it like this." Long Xiang seemed embarrassed.

After hearing this, Sun Quan smiled slightly, turned his head to look at Lu Su and said, "Since the canals were purposely dug for Jiangdong, Hefei can't send people and grain. I heard that Zijing is in charge of Hefei's money and grain. Please carefully calculate the amount, and turn around. People will bring in the food they need, remember to use the right amount.”

"Wu Hou, but relax."

Just as Lu Su agreed, Long Xiang complained:

"General Sun, food is only one of them. As the saying goes, 'If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools'. Digging canals and rivers can never be done by hand. Digging soil requires a lot of tools and utensils. Hefei is also in this area."

"All right."

Sun Quan interrupted Long Xiang, and said with a little pride: "Let Zijing write down the difficulties together. As long as it is reasonable and reasonable, I will make up for what is missing. Can you guarantee the construction period?"

"If the materials and utensils are in place, the construction period can be guaranteed."

Long Xiang clasped his fists and nodded, saying in his heart that he likes this kind of owner, and when the time comes to make the cost list more complicated, you won't be able to see the flaws.

"Very good."

Sun Quan nodded slightly, and reminded Long Xiang with a smile: "Actually, digging through water and Fei water is also very beneficial to your Hefei. The goods from the north and the south are carried by waterways, which can make people's lives more convenient, so this canal is not unique to Jiangdong. profit."

"Although there are advantages, there are also great disadvantages"

Long Xiang frowned, and murmured: "If the water is applied and the Fei River runs through, General Sun's warship can go north, but Cao Cao can also go south by boat. I heard that when he defeated Liu Bei that day, he took the water from Guandu to raid Xuzhou."

Sun Quan joked with a smile: "Yun Qi is afraid that Cao Cao will attack Hefei?"

"Yuan Benchu ​​was still defeated by Guandu. If I say that I am not afraid at all, I am deceiving myself."

After Long Xiang responded bitterly, he asked curiously again: "Is it possible that General Sun is not afraid?"

"Humph"

Sun Quan snorted and shook his head: "If it wasn't for my elder brother's death in vain, the outcome of Guandu is uncertain, and I would have to enter Xudu sooner or later."

"The general is really extraordinary."

Seeing Sun Quan being so brave, Long Xiang clasped his fists to compliment him.

In fact, Sun Quan uttered wild words, half of which was on the scene, and the other half was for Zhou Tai and Han Dang.

Sun Quan is not as good as Sun Ce in terms of martial arts, so he can only show his ambition so that his father and brother will have a better future.

"Yun Qi and Cao Cao have a vendetta against killing their father. Could it be that they never thought of attacking Xu Du?"

"Eh, I thought about it in my dream, but when I woke up..."

"Hahaha, Yun Qi is really funny, if you can work together with me, your dreams will come true."

"I will definitely cooperate with General Sun"

Sun Quan tried repeatedly from the meeting to the present, and verified Long Xiang's characteristics of "a small fortune is safe" and "no big ambitions in his chest", and finally strengthened his idea of ​​Huairou.

(End of this chapter)