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Chapter 21 Contradictions

!You are so nervous, then I will keep so many valuable goods in charge, and you can't live as you think! Be at ease, there are so many of us, and there is nothing wrong with the two capitals on the roads!”

"How can I say that? Kaifeng Prefecture is not peaceful this year."

After hearing what Manager Zheng said, Manager Chen shook his head repeatedly: "We have so many people and the government forces are escorting us. What kind of thieves dare to make a decision! Come and rob us, it will be like rebellion!"

While speaking, Director Chen pulled Director Zheng to the town.

The servant watched from behind, hurriedly hugged the bag in his arms, and followed quickly.

Xu Ping entered the station and arranged it for his yard, washed up, drank a cup of tea, and walked into the yard.

The introduction of Luo to Bian was not only to replace the turbid water in the Yellow River, but also to use another important significance, which was to use such a canal to directly connect the waterways between the east and west Beijings.

The Yellow River has too much mud and sand, and the river channel is uncertain. It rolls northward every year. Although it is also open to the canal, it is impossible to travel for half a year. Moreover, Luoyang City is not on the bank of the Yellow River, and water transportation is quite inconvenient. Once the Luo River is connected to the Bian River, the canal can be directly from Tokyo Bianliang to Xijing Luoyang, and the two capitals are completely connected.

Although land is convenient, the transportation volume and cost are far from comparable to water routes. Xu Ping wanted to form a large market together with Jingdong Road and Jingxi Road and Kaifeng Prefecture in the middle, so he needed such a canal. From Luo River to Bian River, enter Kaifeng, then from Kaifeng to Wuzhang River, and enter Liangshanpo, the entire east-west waterway will be completely connected.

It was precisely this idea that when Guo Zi proposed to guide Luo into Bian, Xu Ping fully supported it. The Bian River connects north and south, and then there is a canal that runs east-west, forming a "Ding"-shaped water transportation network with Kaifeng as the center. Such a transportation network is of great significance to the prosperity of business and is also a booster for market expansion.

Liu Xiaoyi took the chair and placed it under the tree in the yard, and said to Xu Ping: "Monk, I'm tired all the way, so I rested under the tree. I'll arrange supper."

Seeing Xu Ping nodding and sitting down, Liu Xiaoyi left the courtyard and went to find the official secretary to arrange food.

Xu Ping sat under the big sycamore tree in the yard, looking at the sun in the sky, squinted his eyes and thought about his worries. Digging a canal is difficult and easy. As long as the planning is right and there is no shortage of manpower, the waterway for dozens of miles will be dug in one or two months. To investigate the river, one is to choose the most suitable route, and the other is to look at the economic situation along the route. How much manpower can the local area bear and how much food is needed for the three departments. Now the three departments have no shortage of cash, which is not difficult. The most difficult thing is that the number of people in this line of people is scarce and lacks manpower, which must be solved.

Needless to say, the river water is flooded, and the construction of river embankments is heavy, and the few counties along the route are very few. According to Guo Zi, the water diversion outlet should be in Gong County, which is even worse. It is the county with the smallest population in the entire Jingxi Road. There are only six or seven hundred households in the county, which is only equivalent to a medium-sized village in Xu Ping's previous life. Just because it is close to the imperial tomb, the labor service is even heavier, even if it is tax-free, it cannot prevent the household from escaping.
Chapter completed!
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