But in fact, the transportation network can play more than just military convenience.

If you want to build a transportation network all over the world, you will definitely need a lot of manpower, right?

If hundreds of thousands of civilians had been employed in normal times, Li Shimin would have been labeled as a tyrant like the First Emperor.

But what if it is a time of great famine when people are in dire straits?

Bringing together those hungry victims to provide work-for-relief not only obtains a large amount of manpower, but also solves the impact of natural disasters, not to mention the economic and livelihood effects that such national-level large-scale projects can stimulate.

The most important thing is that Bai Yuqi's plan is not just to solve the current food shortage problem.

It is more about avoiding the severe drought and locust plague in the coming year and minimizing the possible population losses caused by natural and man-made disasters.

Not only to preserve the seeds of prosperity for the Tang Dynasty, but also to preserve enough sources of faith for myself!

What is Bai Yuqi planning to open a water transportation company?

In addition to preparing to open up the waterway for food transportation in the south to ensure that the reduction in food production caused by the locust plague in Guanzhong next year will not lead to a sharp decline in the population.

The most important thing is to take the opportunity of opening up the water transport route to build river embankments to avoid the floods in the third year of Zhenguan... After repairing the river embankments, are we still worried about flooding?

The original "New Chang'an Plan" was also based on this consideration.

He planned to use the excuse of building a new Chang'an to take out grain from Shandong aristocratic families and Guanlong clan lords to prepare for disasters.

But the sudden emergence of a big Lingnan dog owner not only brought Bai Yuqi an additional option, but also brought him a big problem.

Don't look at the fact that Feng Zhidai gave away 500,000 shi of food as soon as he arrived, and also spent a lot of money to support Bai Yuqi's "real estate speculation plan".

But the problem is that Lingnan, like Shandong, has grain but cannot transport it!

On the Shandong side, it was because the Turks blocked the trade routes, but on the Lingnan side, it was because the mountains were high and the roads were far away, and the miasma blocked the roads.

Five hundred thousand shi of grain is equivalent to nearly 30,000 tons. In later generations, a train or a few cargo ships might be enough to transport it. But in the early Tang Dynasty, it was only possible to transport it to Chang'an in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse by men and horses alone?

What's more, if people eat horse chews during transportation, the loss is probably several times as much as 500,000 shi.

The cost of transporting the food would either be high, or Feng would give up because the gains outweighed the losses.

Therefore, if you want to get the food donated by Feng and make the south a food source for disaster preparedness, you must first open up food transportation channels.

Regardless of whether Feng Zhidai shouted the words first to save his life, it would not be a loss for him anyway, or he was deliberately making things difficult for his Emperor Wuji.

Now that Feng has spoken out, Bai Yuqi has no intention of letting him go. She has to implement this matter for him, so that he will have no room to regret it!

After thinking about it carefully, Bai Yuqi thought that since he had already taken action, he might as well take a bigger step and make the cakes rounder.

Only by solving the internal problems of the Tang Dynasty once and for all can he think about how to harvest the faith of the people of the Tang Dynasty with peace of mind, instead of being frustrated and blocked in everything he wants to do like now.

After a period of discussion between the kings and ministers of the Tang Dynasty, they were both happy and worried.

Do you want an amphibious transportation network throughout the Tang Dynasty? Want it!

But the problem is that we can't afford it! How much manpower and material resources will be spent to build such a huge project?

Let’s not talk about it before the founding of the Tang Dynasty. After the founding of the country, there were continuous battles, and the situation was worse than the previous year.

Nowadays, the little wealth left over from the previous dynasty is almost exhausted, and even the food and supplies for a desperate battle with the Turks cannot be raised. Otherwise, why would Li Shimin endure the humiliation and bear the heavy burden with Jie Li and sign the humiliating Weishui River?

Where is the alliance?

In the years of disasters, the Tang Dynasty was suffering from external and internal problems. The poor emperor Li Shimin had to cut back on food and clothing, and the eldest grandson and empress had to work diligently and thriftily to mobilize the palace maids, eunuchs, and embroidery fabrics to subsidize the land for the palace expenses. Where could they still get it?

Are you sending out grain and fodder materials to build roads throughout the territory?

unless……

I saw that all the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty were looking at me eagerly.

Obviously, everyone was counting on him, an immortal, to use his magical powers and pave all the roads in the Tang Dynasty with a wave of his hand.

Bai Yuqi smiled slightly, what good thing was she thinking of?

Not to mention that he, a land-lord-level god, can only show off on a three-thirds of an acre of land in Zhongnan Mountain.

If he tries to show off after leaving the border of Chang'an, he might have to reveal his secret. Even if he can really pave it all with a wave of his hand, why?

If the magic cannot be passed lightly, can this miracle magic be cast casually?

Fortunately, during several secret discussions with Li Shimin, I had already made it clear to him using the principle of "equivalent exchange".

It's not impossible for him to do it for free and help Tang Dynasty develop into a "celestial palace" like the upper world.

But because he, an outsider, interfered with the movement and natural development of heaven, under the correction of heaven's rotation, the Tang Dynasty would inevitably pay a price.

As for what the price is, it may be the fate of the country, it may be a natural disaster, or it may be a man-made disaster. In short, there must be gains and losses. There is no advantage in vain in this world.

This reason made the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty dare not make any unreasonable demands easily, and could only wait for him, the god, to make a decision on his own initiative.

"This 'business' does not require your Majesty to spend a penny of grain or money!"

"As long as we provide policy support, not only can we get a land and water transportation network throughout the Tang Dynasty, but the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is just around the corner!"

Bai Yuqi took out the "crowd-funded road construction section toll plan" that he had planned for a long time and explained it to the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty.

At the time of the introduction, "Tiangongmen Infrastructure Construction Company" will join forces with "Datang Economic Development Commercial Bank" to jointly establish "Datang Transportation Investment Group".

According to development needs, ten intercity and interstate roads in the Tang Dynasty will be gradually built and handed over to the "Yuntong Group" for operation and management, and the investment will be recovered by collecting tolls.

However, in order to reduce the burden of raising materials and share the risks of investment, the equity will be split into:

The imperial court invested in policies and land, accounting for 10%;

"Yuntong Group" is responsible for management and operation, accounting for 10%;

"Tiangong Infrastructure" invests in technology and manpower, accounting for 30%;

"Economic Development Commercial Bank" invests in capital and materials, accounting for 40%;

For the remaining 10%, additional stocks will be issued in varying quantities according to the construction costs of the road sections.

It allows people whose roads pass through prefectures and counties to purchase shares, and the tolls collected will be distributed proportionally on an annual basis.

The detailed share value will be estimated by "Tiangong Infrastructure" after surveying and mapping, and then handed over to the "Economic and Development Commercial Bank" for accounting before issuance...

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