Ming Dynasty: The army is forcing the palace, you say that Lao Zhu faked his death

The captives all live by grass and water. How do they know the delicate work of building dams?

Zhu Quan thought it didn't matter, he could learn it if he didn't know it.

Under the pressure of life and death, human potential can still learn a lot of things.

As for craftsmen, they are even easier to find.

Just bring any craftsman from the city and teach them.

He didn't even need to put in extra effort. He remembered that there were many craftsmen in Zhu Di's house, so he could just bring them over and use them.

The money used by these people can be filled with Zhu Di's private treasury.

Zhu Di had saved a lot of money in recent years in order to rebel.

In addition to the money, Zhu Quan also captured all the cattle and sheep of the Oara and Tatar tribes.

Those cattle and sheep alone were a huge wealth. Even if they were made into rations, they could feed Zhu Quan's people for a year or two.

After Zhu Quan's order, the soldiers acted vigorously and directly sent the prisoners and craftsmen to the Tonghui River.

In fact, there was originally a gate and dam near the Tonghui River, but it has fallen into disrepair and is not very effective anymore.

Therefore, they just need to repair and reinforce those dilapidated places.

This work was not difficult. The prisoners listened to the instructions of the craftsmen and mastered the work in just two days.

Zhu Quan also met a craftsman named Ma Jie through this incident.

This person had built a dam before, and was originally recruited by Zhu Di to build the dam.

Unexpectedly, we did not wait for the money to be allocated from the national treasury. Without money, we never started construction.

So the matter was shelved.

Unexpectedly, after waiting and waiting, he did not wait for Zhu Di to issue the order, but waited for Zhu Quan.

Seeing that Na Ma Jie was capable, Zhu Quan directly handed over the dam matter to him to arrange.

He took the excavators to the lower reaches of the river and continued dredging.

Of course, those puppets work very consciously and do not need supervision at all.

For Zhu Quan, he followed the past not just to keep track of the progress of the project.

More importantly, we must deal with corrupt officials along the way.

There are also those other feudal prince brothers who are ready to make a move.

Zhu Quan did not forget that in addition to King Zhu Di of Yan, there were also the vassal kings that Zhu Yunwen had dealt with before, and there were other vassal kings established in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Quan had long been determined to eliminate the power of these vassal kings.

But at the beginning, we still need to find a few people to catch the typical ones.

Now is a great time.

So, Zhu Quan went all the way south, accompanied by vassal kings from all over the country.

In the blink of an eye, two months have passed and it is already the season of early summer.

The river channels along the road have been almost repaired, and more than half of the Grand Canal is navigable.

All that's left is the finishing touches.

Even so, this speed can be said to be amazing!

You know, in ancient times, hundreds of thousands of people were needed to build a river, and it would take several years to complete it.

But now, such a short period of time has passed. Zhu Quan has only employed less than a thousand people, let alone any money from the treasury, and the river has already been repaired!

How can this not be shocking?!

When the news reached Yingtian Mansion, all the ministers were almost shocked!

"Sir, you just said that the Grand Canal has been repaired?"

"Is this the wrong message you received? Only two months have passed, and it will take at least ten years to build the river channel!"

Facing the doubts of many ministers, Guan Zhong also felt helpless.

"Everyone, I have carefully confirmed with His Highness Prince Ning. There is no so-called mistake. His Highness Prince Ning has indeed completed dredging most of the rivers."

"The dredged river channel has even become navigable."

Guan Zhong took out the memorials sent by officials from various places and handed them to the ministers.

The ministers were surprised and looked through the memorials one by one.

Because Zhu Quan discovered many corrupt officials along the way while dredging the river. Officials. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Zhu Quan, a master who always said he was the only one, immediately killed them.

As a result, officials everywhere are now much more honest.

The memorial sent was passed by Zhu Quan at his request. Avoid a lot of redundant words and describe more of the business.

Most of the things described in those thick piles of memorials revolve around one thing.

That is the recently dredged river.

Since the river was repaired by Zhu Quan, the relationship between the north and the south has changed. The transportation between the two countries has become much more convenient. It used to take three or four days to travel by land, but it can be reached by water in less than a day.

This makes the businessmen in the north and the south crazy!

With such a fast speed, this is not a business for them. Is it better?

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Merchants can't wait to take two more trips on the water to get their goods out faster!

Now, things that were originally only produced in the south or north can be quickly circulated to various places through waterways.

Economy It was immediately revitalized!

And this waterway was not given to them by Zhu Quan for free.

Zhu Quan set up official signs at various docks and ports.[]

All merchants who want to dock at the dock must pay a waterway toll first.

The amount of waterway toll depends on the quantity of goods.

The more goods there are, the more water tolls will be.

However, overall, this amount of money is not much compared to the money saved by changing the land route to water route.

Most of the businessmen paid the money obediently.

There are some people who want to take advantage of loopholes, and Zhu Quan will not tolerate them.

Zhu Quan set up heavy troops to guard every port and wharf.

As long as you find other ships docking without passing through the regular dock, attack them directly with artillery!

It doesn’t matter what cargo is on board or who owns the ship.

Those cannons are very powerful.

It was able to punch a hole in the city wall with one shot, let alone hit the ship.

Basically, one shot can sink the ship!

At the beginning, there was a large ship that tried to sneak ashore from somewhere else. After being discovered by Zhu Quan's soldiers, they shot through the huge hull with one shot regardless of what flag they hung on the bow!

Seeing that the situation was not right, the people on the boat immediately jumped into the water like dumplings.

He wanted to swim to the shore in a panic.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Quan's soldiers on the shore used weapons to stop him, claiming that he had to pay a head fee before he could go ashore.

Of course, the capitation fee must be paid by the owner of the ship. If the owner of the ship does not pay, then the rich people on the ship must pay it.

Otherwise, you can only wait to drown in the water.

In the end, the owner of the ship lost not only a ship's worth of goods, but also a large sum of money.

This living example immediately dissuaded those businessmen who wanted to fish in troubled waters.

Many businessmen also regard this matter as an important rule and spread it by word of mouth with other businessmen.

Now, except for those who didn't know the rules, no businessmen dared to take risks, and they all paid the waterway fees obediently..