dognovel Chapter 336
Chapter 336
Grand Canal, Sishui County, Huaibei section.
Standing on the Zulong, Yingzheng tasted the famous local tea and looked at the crowds on both sides of the river, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.
"If I remember correctly, the last time I passed by on an east tour, this place was still deserted, right?"
Feng Quji, who was on the side, hurried forward and said:
"Your Majesty has a good memory. Although this place was close to the Huai River in the past, due to the flood, the people had to move to the neighboring counties, so it looked extremely desolate at that time."
"However, now that our Daqin sea trade is prosperous, this Huaibei County has also become an important transit point of the Grand Canal, and the people have migrated back one after another."
Looking at the busy crowd on the shore, Feng Quji also said with emotion:
"These Huaibei people now all praise His Majesty's kindness. Hearing that His Majesty passed by this place, all the believers also came to greet him and gave a lot of gifts."
Yingzheng was very satisfied with this. You must know that the people who came to greet him were all the people of Chu State in the past.
"Since it is a gift from the people, I will accept it, but all the people who give gifts must be registered in the register, and the items given must be bought at market prices, and the people cannot be allowed to spend money."
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has sent a letter!"
While Ying Zheng and Feng Quji were chatting, Zhang Han walked over with a letter.
"I don't know what good news the prince brought me this time?"
Ying Zheng accepted the letter from Zhang Han with a smile on his face.
During this journey, the counties and counties I saw have undergone earth-shaking changes compared to the last inspection.
Even Ying Zheng was shocked by the bustling scene along the way.
This made Ying Zheng more satisfied with Ying Yu, and more determined to delegate power to Ying Yu.
Looking at the letter in his hand, a strange look suddenly appeared on Ying Zheng's face.
"Your Majesty, something happened to Xianyang City?"
Seeing that Ying Zheng's expression was not right, Feng Quji hesitated for a moment, but still asked.
Wang Jian and the others on the side also showed a trace of worry on their faces.
Although Ying Yu's performance was extremely amazing before, Jian Guo this time is different from the last time after all.
With the exception of Meng Yi, the courtiers are all middle-level and low-level officials. It is impossible to say that the courtiers are not worried.
"Loves, rest assured, the prince's letter this time is to expand the Grand Canal, extending from Xianyang City to the north until Liaodong enters the sea."
Ying Zheng explained with a smile.
The courtiers breathed a sigh of relief, but new doubts soon surfaced.
"Your Majesty, although the Grand Canal is good, it is very costly. Even if there are peacock coolies who don't need wages, the huge amount of supplies is still a lot of expenses."
"If the expansion of the Grand Canal extends to the north to Guangyang and Shanggu counties, it will be fine. Although the two places are a little behind, the population is still quite large. If it continues to the north, I'm afraid it will be..."
Nestern hesitated for a moment.
Although he didn't finish his sentence, Ying Zheng, Feng Quji and others knew that what Nesten was worried about was that the cost of building the canal to Liaodong would be too large, and the period for recovering the investment was too long, or it would not be recovered at all.
"Now our Daqin private businessmen are very rich, why not raise funds from the private sector like building the Grand Canal in the south of the Yangtze River?"
Wang Jian opened his mouth to express his doubts.
"The old Taiwei didn't know that the main reason why the Grand Canal in the south of the Yangtze River allowed businessmen to actively invest in it was that the south of the Yangtze River was originally a rich place, and with the addition of maritime trade, the prospects were unlimited. Businessmen with a little vision could see it. to the benefit of it."
"However, Liaodong has always been a place of bitter cold. Even after the first phase of development, only a few ports near the sea have been built. This is nothing compared to Jiangnan."
"And this time, His Royal Highness wants to build a canal from Xianyang to the north. The area to be developed should be the inland area of northern Liaoning. Even if it can reach the mouth of the sea, but there is Jiangnan, which is closer to Tianzhu and Persia and richer, who will How about going to northern Liaoning to expand sea trade?"
"Unless Liaodong has something to attract businessmen from all over the world, the businessmen will not invest at all."
Feng Qu smiled bitterly:
"Nowadays, with the great development of the south of the Yangtze River, the trade volume of Songhai City has been affected to a certain extent, let alone Liaobei, where the port will be closed in the twelfth lunar month of winter."
"The construction of the Grand Canal to northern Liaoning is really too much investment in the short term."
"However, Liaobei is also my Daqin County. If it is not developed, I am afraid that the people who have finally migrated there will return to the more fertile Central Plains and Jiangnan."
Yao Jia frowned and reminded.
As important ministers of the Great Qin Dynasty, they all understand the importance of the northern region and the richness of the Heishi land.
I understand better the hidden dangers of unbalanced development between the North and the South, and the gap between them.
However, it is helpless that there are too many unfavorable factors. Even though Daqin has invested a lot of energy, the development of Liaobei is still lagging behind.
It is even worse than the poorest Shangjun and other places in the past.
Nowadays, Shangjun and other places, relying on the Silk Road, are also thriving.
Although Liaobei is close to Fusang Island.
But if it's just mining, Songhai City is enough.
The sea route is hundreds of thousands of miles away, and the impact is actually not as great as that on land.
Everyone's brows could not help but wrinkle together.
"No, with the character of His Royal Highness, since he proposed to build the Grand Canal to the north, it is impossible not to take this into consideration, and there must be a perfect solution."
"Your Majesty, you have sold this pass, but it made me worry a lot."
After a long time, Nesten suddenly realized and exclaimed.
It is not the style of His Royal Highness to only ask questions and not be responsible for solving them.
"There is indeed a solution."
"However, I don't understand the solution given by the crown prince."
Ying Zheng said in a deep voice: "The crown prince's countermeasure is to raise funds from the people, from all the people of Daqin!"
When everyone heard this, a hint of doubt flashed across their faces.
Although the people of Daqin have a lot of savings now, even businessmen are not necessarily willing to invest. Will the people actively invest?
Moreover, the common people are not those big merchants who are wealthy, even if they respond positively, how much money can they have?
"In addition, the prince also proposed to publicly solicit the construction route and construction plan of the Northern Grand Canal in the newspaper, so that all the people can participate in this great northern development!"
As soon as Yingzheng finished speaking, the courtiers became even more puzzled.
After looking at each other, they all looked at Ying Zheng.
"The reason for this is that the prince only briefly mentioned one point in the letter. Specifically, you just wait and read the newspaper yourself!"
Ying Zheng laughed.
The courtiers were suddenly speechless.
Your Majesty's style of painting is getting more and more wrong.
As expected of a father and son, the virtue of being a close son really came out of the same model.
Don't bring such a trick.