Luo Xinran, he also knew about these things. He didn't care about the governments in the capital and local areas, as well as the aristocratic families, and now he had a way to fight them.

However, Luo Xin couldn't do it. Behind the nearly 200,000 Caoguan resident, there were nearly 200,000 families. If the nearly 200,000 Caoguan resident's job problem cannot be solved, and the rash development of shipping will indeed cause a series of reactions.

Even a disaster!

Luo Xin’s power is limited. No matter how powerful a person is, he cannot confront everyone. If Luo Xin now proposes to replace the canal transportation with sea transportation, it is to confront everyone.

Those vested interests will never allow such a thing to happen. Luo Xin will definitely encounter all the resistances in the past. Moreover, this resistance does not only come from the government, the aristocratic families, or even the entire scholars, and nearly 200,000 Caoguan. In other words, Luo Xin will become a public enemy.

"Oh..." Luo Xin sighed and said, "It's so difficult to do something. All problems from top to bottom must be solved. Only by preventing those vested interests from losing their benefits can there be a possibility of reform."

"No!" Luo Zhi shook his head and said, "Just letting them not suffer losses, they will still suffer great resistance. No, you think. You can get benefits without changing, so why change?

People are lazy.

Only when the benefits you give exceed the original benefits can they agree.”

Luo Xin shook his head and said, "Yes, and this is a change in thought. The most difficult thing in the world is thinking. For thousands of years, we have been accustomed to governing a big country like cooking small food, striving for stability, balance and immobility. Therefore, Xiao He was called an idle star, and Wang Anshi was called a chaotic country."

Speaking of this, Luo Xin looked at Luo Zhi and smiled and said, "My uncle is amazing now."

Luo Zhi blushed and said, "After arriving at the place, I knew a lot of difficulties and had been wiped out by my subordinates. However, over the years, I have followed you and seen your turn-ups for the clouds and rain. I haven't learned anything else, but I have learned to calm down and remain calm. I have gradually found a solution. After calming down, I feel that it was ridiculous in the past and I like the current life even more. Although I sometimes think about the country and feel very tired, I feel that I live a very exciting life."

"People just need to live with great enthusiasm!"

"Hahaha..." The uncle and nephew laughed out loud.

When the laughter fell, Luo Xin looked at the blocked ship on the canal and said:

"But sea transportation is the future trend. Even if sea transportation cannot be replaced with canal transportation now, some preparations are needed."

Luo Zhi thought for a while and said, "I have been an official in Nanjing for many years, but I have contacted a few friends. When I was chatting, I listened to them. More than 20 years ago, the Ming Dynasty also launched a shipping route."

Luo Xin recalled and said, "Well, I have heard of it, but I don't know. It seems to be from Jiaolai River and Seaway."

"Yes, it's Jiaolai River Seaway." Luo Zhi said.

"Do you know?" Luo Xin's eyes lit up.

"I'm not very clear. I just talked about it when I was drinking with a few friends and chatting. Let me think about it... Well, it seems that one year, the Yellow River was flooded with water, and mud and sand rushed into the canal, blocking the canal, and blocking it for dozens of miles. This time, the canal transport was completely interrupted. Some people in the court proposed to take the Jiaolai sea transport. However, there were many obstacles. I told me that the interests were not distributed well and it was finally left alone."

Luo Xin recalled the terrain, and finally returned to the cabin, dipped his fingers in tea on the table, and drew a map according to his memory.

"It should be like this!" Luo Xin stroked his finger on the map he drew: "Use the Jiaohe River waterway to the sea and land to Laizhou Bay, so that the seaway from Jiangnan to Beijing will be shortened. There is no need to detour the ocean, which will save costs and reduce the burden on the canal. Moreover, as the seaway matures, the canal can be replaced.

This plan is very good, it's a pity that I gave up like this. By the way, are your friends familiar with the Jiaolai Haidao incident?”

Luo Zhi said in surprise: "No, do you really want to use sea transportation instead of canal transportation? No, this won't work."

Luo Xin waved his hand and said, "Uncle, I have never said that this plan will be launched immediately. It is just that in the next fifty years, or even a hundred years, there will be no war in the Ming Dynasty. Do you know what a Ming Dynasty without war means?"

"What does it mean?" Luo Zhi was a little confused.

"It means that the population will increase sharply. In thirty years, the population will double. What about fifty years or one hundred years? At that time, the canal transport could not afford the transportation capacity at all, and at that time, sea transport became inevitable. Maybe it won't take that long, maybe it will take only ten or twenty years, the canal transport would not have the ability. We must find new ways to share the transportation for the canal transport. At that time, it was not me who worked hard to promote it, but those aristocratic families and courts and places had to take the initiative to find ways. So, I just prepared in advance and promote it when necessary."

"That's it!" Luo Zhi thought for a while and said, "There are a few who know a little, but the one who understands the most... the more there is. This person is not very good at the staff in Nanjing. It's not that this person has bad character, but that this person is just a nerd and knows how to study water conservancy all day long."

Luo Xin's eyes lit up and said, "I need such a person now! He is still in Nanjing?"

"Yeah, still here!" Luo Zhi nodded.

Luo Zhi thought for a moment and said, "There is no hurry to do this, find some time to meet you."

When Luo Zhi heard Luo Xin say he was not anxious, Luo Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, which showed that Luo Xin did not have the idea of ​​opening the island immediately. He was really afraid of Luo Xin. Over the years, Luo Xin has been ups and downs, and he was simply walking a tightrope. Now the honor and disgrace of the Luo family are placed on Luo Xin, and he is really afraid that something happened to Luo Xin.

The old saying goes, those who are close to the vermil, those who are close to the ink are black, and Luo Zhi is no longer the kind of person with a small vision in the countryside. With a group of outstanding people such as Luo Xin, Zhou Yu, Zhang Xun, and Liu Xiuwen, his heart calmed down and his vision opened. After carefully studying what Luo Xin has done over the years, he was worried and shocked, and deeply admired Luo Xin and learned a lot from Luo Xin.

Along the way, Luo Xin communicated with Luo Zhi every day. Luo Xin really looked down on Luo Zhi before, but this time he met, Luo Xin looked at him with admiration. Luo Zhi had his own ideas and knew how to think about it carefully first when he encountered problems and no longer talked nonsense. Moreover, as Luo Xin's uncle, Luo Zhi had no airs of an elder at all. Instead, he asked Luo Xin seriously about the problems he encountered in Nanjing over the years and the process he solved. He asked Luo Xin to analyze what he had done and what he had done.

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Chapter completed!