Su You shook his head: "Yuan Chang, you are wrong again. On the other hand, five, three, and two are almost the same. Many projects are difficult to achieve in the first year. There is only investment but no output. The initial investment of any business is the largest consumption of funds."

“When the fields are released later, and we can develop them while selling them, we will be able to breathe a sigh of relief.”

"But this is not the most important issue. The most important thing is that in addition to money, we also need to have materials and manpower. We are ready to make progress..."

Jia Quan and Cai Jing looked at each other. After all, this is already the land with the best foundation in the Song Dynasty, okay? This is a waste of resources waiting to be prospered. Is there any place in the world that can survive?

Su You looked at Cai Jing: "Don't just listen to Mr. Jia's lies. Mr. Jia, let me ask you, how did you and Shen Cunzhong calculate together before?"

Jia Gan's face suddenly turned red. No, his skin was too dark and turned purple: "This...isn't this what Cunzhong said, Yunshuai is very rich..."

Su You was speechless: "If you have money, it doesn't come from the strong wind. It's all earned. How can you make money if you do this? A business that can't make money can't develop sustainably! Let's talk about what you said before.

plan!"

Jia Dan said coquettishly: "The previous plan was mainly to build a few large water storage ponds, large lakes, and tidal gates in the upper reaches first. Well, if there is a surplus of funds, then dredge a few main streams."

Suyou said this plan was acceptable, but Cai Jing found a problem: "Upstream? Last year's floods in Zhejiang were mainly caused by blockage in the downstream. If there is an urgent delay, shouldn't the downstream be dredged first?"

"Yeah!" Su You also reacted: "Yuan Chang is right. Dayu's purpose in controlling floods is to divert water. Why would Mr. Jia use his father's method? That will fail!"

Jia Quan cupped his hands and said: "It depends on the fate of one moment and another. The floods of the year before last and the year before last were not enough, but this year, we should shift our attention to the drought."

"Drought? Can there be a drought in the Suhu area?"

Jia Quan was puzzled: "Of course there are droughts. There are records in history of severe droughts that caused Taihu Lake to bottom out, exposing underwater village roads."

Su You understood: "After two consecutive years of floods, the chance of another flood is much smaller than the chance of drought, right?"

Jia Quan bowed and said: "Exactly, and today is different from before. This is supported by the hydrological data and meteorological data of the new water conservancy law."

Su You nodded: "How is the progress of the project?"

Jia Quan said: "I and Cunzhong are unable to do what we can. The big project in the upper reaches involves the army of the five prefectures of Chang, Hu, Taiping, Jiangning, and Guangde. The affairs are complicated and complicated, so now we only renovate the areas of Gehu and Yangzhou."

Of the six major lakes that flow into Xianxi River, only three have been included in the initial project. As for the artificial Dapu, there is no trace of it. The dredging of the lower reaches will probably have to wait until autumn."

Su You nodded: "I agree with Mr. Jia's water conservancy plan for the Taihu Basin. The governor of Huzhou is Sun Juesun, and the Jiangning Mansion is now judged by Wang Xianggong. The two elders used to be good friends, but now they are incompatible. Fortunately, we

I have pretty good relationships.”

"But it involves so many state capitals, so many rivers and ponds, and the affairs are not as complicated as usual... Brother Qi, where are the people from the Statistics Department of Sitong Commercial Company and the Budget Department of Sitong Construction?"

Zhang Qi said: "We will arrive in two days."

Su You said: "When they arrive, we will work with the preliminary survey team to prepare a budget. Based on three hundred cents a day, we will give the cost of the upstream construction project, the materials required, the ancillary facilities that need to be invested and constructed, and the management personnel that need to be equipped.

number."

"My opinion is that this project is so huge that we can only temporarily set up an organization to manage it, called the Taihu Water Conservancy Department."

"I was appointed as the general manager, and together with the governments around the lake, I ordered them to appoint water conservancy commissioners. As local water conservancy project managers, I am mainly responsible for the preparation of manpower and materials, as well as liaison work with local governments."

"The two Zhejiang branches of Huangsong Bank have established special account accounts and accounting books, and a team is responsible for managing the allocation of funds."

"Below the Water Resources Department, there are separate planning, surveying, design, construction, inspection, hydrology, deployment, personnel, and finance divisions, as well as the secretarial and regulatory departments. Each performs its own responsibilities."

"The Water Resources Department has two magistrates who are directly responsible for general promotion. When I am away, two magistrates are responsible for daily affairs. One of them is more technical and the other is more management."

"The one who is more technical, the one who is more managerial must be none other than Ji Gong..."

Cai Jing quickly smiled and held up his hands: "Ming Gong, Cai Jing please order me."

Su You sighed: "I have to worry about Yuan Chang, Mr. Jia, how is the development in Kunshan?"

Jia Quan quickly said: "The water conservancy experiments in Kunshan and Changshu are very successful, otherwise I would not dare to propose such a big... plan."

"The Loujiang River over there has been silted up, but we have excavated the Zhihe Pond on its foundation, and Qiyapu from Yangcheng Lake."

"Both of these areas have been renovated. They withstood last year's floods and drained 3,000 hectares of good land."

Su You smacked his lips: "Is there a huge sluice over Qiyapu?"

Jia Dan nodded: "Yes, that is a facility for regulating water storage in Yangcheng. The three thousand hectares of paddy fields depend on that gate..."

Su You waved his hand: "No, no, no, what I want to ask is...are there a lot of crabs near the gate? Have you damaged the ecology? Have you protected them well?"

Jia Dan was angry. Crabs are the natural enemies of Diwei, okay?! I have always been at odds with them!!!

…

The inspection of Taihu Lake has made Su You no longer want to continue the inspection of Kunshan. Jia Quan's blueprint is too beautiful and tempting, but... it's really too big.

A project so big that even the Huangsong Bank could not support it during the Xining period would have been even more terrifying than the Three Gorges Dam in later generations.

Labor service is a very sensitive topic. To avoid discussion between the DPRK and China, wages must be paid adequately.

So he has to find a way to make money.

There was no market for officials who only knew how to make money in the Song Dynasty, especially in Hangzhou. He had to devote a lot of time to building relationships with the scholar-bureaucrats - at least half of them were spent on socializing, banquets, and poetry exchanges.

energy.

The "hell of wine and food" that Su Shi once called may not be ordinary sadness.

But before the Suyou people arrived in Hangzhou, they received a letter and immediately accelerated their journey and rushed directly to Yuezhou, which is next door to Hangzhou.

Zhao Peng, old man Zhao, now holds the reputation of being a bachelor of the Zizheng Palace and admonishing the officials, and he knows Yuezhou.

When they arrived at Kuaiji, the Yuezhou Government Office, Zhao Pian was already waiting on the dock. When he saw Su You, he was not polite at all and threw Su You a booklet: "Mingrun, prepare for disaster relief."

Damn! Can you tell me something good to talk about your separation? For example, how old is the flat can?

Opening the book, there is a form on it, densely packed with names.

Su You was a bit big-headed, so he took the old man on board and made tea to serve him: "Mr. Zhao, what kind of roster is this?"

Zhao Peng said: "I visited the village elders, and the local elders said that there may be a drought in Yuezhou this summer after it has not rained for a long time."

Su You was surprised: "Is there really a drought?"

Zhao Pian was also surprised: "Have you heard about it too?"

Su You cupped his hands and said: "Jia Gan and Shen Cunzhong also said that the Wuyue Water Conservancy is now more important for drought relief than flood relief, and large-scale projects have been built in the upper reaches of Taihu Lake."

Zhao Pian stamped his feet: "Waters from far away can't relieve thirsty people nearby. I have visited Wenzhou and counties to ask how many villages will be affected by droughts in the past, how many people can feed themselves, how much relief the government should provide, and how many households can provide millet for the rich.

, the monks said that there are several families who have millet."

"Currently, nearly 50,000 dan of rice have been collected from various places. Including more than 50,000 dan of official rice and private loans, it is roughly enough to deal with the more than 21,900 registered disaster victims. However, the other prefectures are probably not prepared, so

I specially called you here to discuss it."

Su You was speechless. Wherever he went, disaster followed him. God was so disrespectful...

Zhao Peng said: "The following are some disaster relief measures I have come up with. You can see if they are feasible."

Su You turned to the back of the booklet and saw many items. For example, in the past, when the government provided disaster relief, the maximum output of three thousand dan per year was the upper limit. Zhao Pian thought it was far from enough and increased it to 50,000 dan.

For an adult, the daily ration is one liter of grain, and for children, half that amount.

Worried about the concentrated looting by hungry people, it was planned to set up 57 disaster relief points, and then divide the days for hungry people to receive food into odd and even days to reduce crowding.

The government's 50,000 shi of disaster relief grain was sold at a low price. In order to avoid crowding, 18 markets were set up.

The personnel are hired to serve as elected officials, paid to them, and given several quotas for regular promotion. After the disaster relief is completed, it will be used as a reward measure for those with outstanding performance.

To build a city, work was used in exchange for relief, and the wages were calculated in grain.

Encourage private lending, while limiting interest rates and reporting to the government. The government will endorse and organize repayment after maturity.
Chapter completed!