Datang first village

"What is the Yellow River? It's the mother river!"

As soon as Li Yuanxing spoke, the audience fell silent. .

"In the pre-Qin period, the Yellow River was called Dahe, and the water was clear at that time. Of course, it must be much better than now. Why did this happen? I thought it was the period of the Three Kingdoms, when too many trees were cut down. How much sand is there in the Yellow River? , This is to bring down the upper reaches of the soil, the river bed is getting higher and higher, and there will be more and more floods."

"Does Your Highness want to control the river?" Several governors asked in unison.

"Treating a Yellow River will add 200 million hectares of fertile land in the Tang Dynasty, should it be cured or not?" Li Yuanxing asked rhetorically.

Li Er said at this time: "Wulang, how many votes have been cast? How many years have you been governed?"

"8000 million canals, ten years to control the Yellow River. At least 200 million hectares of fertile land. The most important thing is that we get more in the process of harnessing the Yellow River. This cost is more than my cousin's canal, but the benefits are greater. For example, Chendi Sub-picture, this is a dam, and this dam alone can protect the safety of the eight hundred miles downstream. On the Yellow River, Chendi plans to build six dams. After these six dams, any dam using hydraulic power will It can be used by ten Chang'an. And..."

When it comes to more, Li Yuanxing doesn't have enough confidence.

"The river flows out of Kunlun, and its color is white. All the canals are one thousand, seven hundred and one rivers, and their color is yellow." Yan Lide, who is not good at words, suddenly shouted.

His sentence comes from the Han Dynasty: "Erya?release water".

"The sage comes out, Huang Heqing!" Wu Zhao suddenly said, but Li Er was startled.

Li Yuanxing shook his head slightly, because this sentence came from the Ming Dynasty.It is said that the water of the Yellow River will become clear once every 500 years, and a saint will be born at that time.So the original words should be, the Yellow River is clear, and the saints come out.

"It's hard to see Huang Heqing in a thousand years!" Li Er also said with emotion.

8000 million guan is a huge amount of money for the current Datang, even exceeding the consumption of building a new Chang'an City.Chang'an Bashui and Bahui only spent 200 million guan and more than 1000 million stones of grain after finishing repairs.But these eight waters and eight benefits have brought 800 million mu of fertile land to Chang'an City and its surrounding areas.

Whole or not!

200 million hectares of fertile land!

All the officials knew that Li Yuanxing was never full of words. The expense must have been exaggerated, but the income must have been [-]% off.

"Suggestion, vote! However, does your Highness have any proposals for harnessing the Yellow River?" Wang Jishan, as the current head of the Tianying Pavilion, naturally had to be the one to speak at this time.

Li Yuanxing turned his head sharply: "Girl!"

"Come on, carry it up!" Wu Zhao was absolutely prepared for Li Yuanxing in this regard.

Twenty large boxes, a total of 120 sets of materials, naturally not everyone has one, of course, those who are of sufficient status must have one.This is a summary of the proposals for harnessing the Yellow River in 2000, which even included the biggest mistakes in Sanmenxia, ​​as well as the ideas for subsequent improvements.

Upstream water and soil conservation, management and control of river dredging, etc.

As well as artificial heavy current sand discharge, there are several modern methods such as sand discharge, pushing sand pools and so on.

The Tang Dynasty is not as modern as later generations. The first reason is that there are fewer people. Originally, the people of the Tang Dynasty did not dare to cut down trees.The second is easy management. Under a government order, whoever dares to destroy the soil and water will turn Li Yuanxing's whole family into slaves.The third is that Li Yuanxing believes that he can do better after having the experience of later generations.

The entire venue was full of heavy breathing and the sound of pages turning.

Even the waiters pouring water dared not walk with heavy steps, for fear of affecting these officials' reading materials.

Suddenly, the governor of Longxi stood up, thought for a while and sat down again, resting his forehead with one hand.

"Have you got a headache?" Dugu Xiude smiled.

The governor of Longxi was actually Yuwen Shiji who had resigned as the head of the province. He had a good relationship with Dugu Xiude.Hearing such a question, he immediately stood up: "I'm afraid it's a big tree that attracts the wind, and I'll let you bully me. I don't care. The investment in the Longyangxia Dam in this book is only 50 yuan, and we want to build it in Longxi. Let's pool the money , the painting on it, just fish farming is 30 mu of paddy fields, which can guarantee [-] hectares of fertile land, why not reorganize it!"

Li Yuanxing said in his heart, 50 guan, it must be a mistake.

50 guan, in fact, is about 20 billion in later generations, this figure is not right, 20 billion to build a dam, nervous.

Li Yuanxing quickly flipped through the pages: "I'm afraid you misunderstood this. This is the cost of materials. It will take at least 20 yuan to work for two years, and you don't have to produce the steel rods and cement yourself. You have to transport them from Chang'an, and the freight is quite high. Coupled with the food and drink of the craftsmen, 50 guan is definitely not enough."

Li Er closed the document in his hand.

"Wulang, the people in Chang'an say that the king of Qin will discount what he says. The expense is high, but the output is low. I have heard it and read it. Is the dam 100 million dams enough? Is 150 million dams enough? You build ten Well, it’s only 500 million guan, so it’s too much to spend, 2000 million guan is not enough. Where did you actually spend it?”

Li Yuanxing chuckled.

Questions like this couldn't help him.

"Brother Huang, there is another big problem, which is to plant trees. How many trees need to be planted on both sides of the Yellow River, no matter how many hundreds of millions of trees can be planted. Also, in addition to using labor, the construction of dams will also affect the livelihood of some people and make them move. There is also some money to be paid. Because the water has to be diverted temporarily, it will cost money to dig canals, which will affect the fields, and the farmers must be replenished!"

Li Yuanxing began to sit down and calculate slowly, it was all small accounts.

Li Er also had a way, and gave Cui Junsu a wink.

Cui Junsu immediately asked those under him to start planning and calculating the expenses Li Yuanxing said.

For a 70-foot-wide, purely reinforced concrete bridge, Li Yuanxing will build [-] bridges, six large dams, more than [-] small water conservancy facilities, six sand-discharging artificial lakes, and a total of [-] miles of branch canals.

Hydropower station control, generators, steel wires designed for power supply of [-] miles, and composite pure steel towers with a height of [-] feet.

Including the cement road along the river, Li Yuanxing drove [-] miles directly.

In the end, Li Yuanxing even managed the dam, the garrison, and the granary.

In the end, Li Yuanxing even added the inflation rate. The reason is that labor costs will rise, and the prices of many livelihood products and materials will definitely rise somewhat. Li Yuanxing gave 5.00% a year.

Cui Junsu's subordinates finished their calculations, and instead of giving it to Li Yuanxing immediately, they gave it to Wu Zhao.

After Wu Zhao read it, she knew that Li Yuanxing's calculation was too high. Datang's inflation rate was at most about [-]% to [-]%, and luxury goods could not be counted in the inflation rate.

The cost of the dam has been calculated in detail by Wu Zhao. The only thing currently restricted is the production of steel.

Therefore, in the next three years, only one site can be selected for construction.

In Wu Zhao's heart, he still intends to put it in Luoyang, which is Sanmenxia or Xiaolangdi.

Cui Junsu's subordinates actually calculated the expenditure to be 200 million guan, and it was an expenditure of ten years, not all at once in one year. Your Royal Highness the King of Qin only brought back the gold from Wa Island, not even the silver. , has far exceeded this figure.

Wu Zhao nodded slightly.Said softly: "High!"

"Princess Mingyue's opinion is, how high is it?" Cui Junsu sincerely asked for advice. In terms of budgeting, especially this kind of advanced product, Wu Zhao is definitely No. 1 in the Tang Dynasty.

Wu Zhao approached Cui Junsu and said softly: "If the control is good, there is no waste, or the officials are greedy, it is about 600% higher, and it must be less than [-] million."

Cui Junsu understood, and asked in a low voice, "Why did Your Highness say 8000 million guan?"

"You can understand that he is full of nonsense!"

Wu Zhao answered with a smile, but Cui Junsu shook his head because he didn't believe it.

There is no need for His Royal Highness King Qin of the Tang Dynasty to talk nonsense here, let alone make up a random number and talk nonsense as soon as he opens his mouth.

Seeing Cui Junsu's disbelief, Wu Zhao secretly praised Li Yuanxing's credibility.

Wu Zhao also became a lot more serious, and said in a low voice: "However, if you count the wharf, boats, and surrounding practical facilities, as well as all the officials and patrolling soldiers who have dealt with the Yellow River in the past ten years, plus The railway from Huating to Izhou, as well as supporting facilities, 8000 million is not nonsense."

Li Er heard it too, and approached him and asked, "Why didn't Wu Lang mention the railway just now?"

"He wants to get the money first, and then consider whether to build the railway. I know he is very embarrassed, because this railway is too long, he is afraid that someone will steal his rails, and he is even more afraid that there will be no good management on the road. The speed of this train It is extremely fast, and if it hits people, they will die. Not to mention, this railway is not easy to repair!"

Li Er can understand Wu Zhao's explanation.

Because once Li Yuanxing opened his mouth, how many officials would support this railway matter.

It is definitely not like the governance of the Yellow River still needs to be decided by voting.

Li Yuanxing dared to say that the construction of the railway would go to the Eastern Roman Empire, and the officials dared to approve it unanimously, so Li Yuanxing suppressed the railway.

Li Yuanxing saw Li Er, Wu Zhao, and Cui Junsu discussing in low voices, but he did not approach.

He knew that Wu Zhao would definitely talk about the railway, and it was okay to talk about it in a small area.

Wu Zhao added: "There is another thing that Li Yuanxing thinks about. Doing such a project will definitely kill people. And it will definitely not be one or two people. He has budgeted more money and plans to compensate these people's families in the future."

It's no secret that Li Yuanxing loves the people.

If it was placed in the former Sui Dynasty, let alone slaves, no one would care if hundreds of civilian husbands died.

When Yang Guangzheng went to Goguryeo, more than [-] civilians died on the road. Whoever he was in charge of, and whoever the officials were in charge of.

Datang now provides compensation for the soldiers who died in battle, but what about civilian husbands.Li Yuanxing didn't dare to mention it lightly, he was afraid that the gentry in Tang Dynasty would react too violently, and also worried that his livelihood policy would go too fast.

But Wu Zhao knew in his heart that after Li Yuanxing was hit by the return of the wounded soldier back then, there was still some shadow in his heart. (To be continued.)