Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 138 Your Highness, Build the Road
Thinking about it, Yu Rentian couldn't bear it any longer, and said hastily.

"His Royal Highness, Tongzhou Zhangjiawan Wharf is at least fifty miles away from Wanping County.

Now that the spring plowing is less than a month away, if such a long road is to be paved, at least a thousand laborers must be recruited, and the work will not be completed within a few months, so the spring plowing will inevitably be delayed. "

Hearing this, Zhu Di frowned slightly.

Although Yu Rentian was somewhat incompetent, his words were not wrong.

Moreover, after the construction of this road was completed, it had already entered summer, the water volume of Tonghui River was good, and the water transportation resumed, so this road was completely unnecessary.

"Guo Qing, Zhu Qing, what's your plan?"

Zhu Fu bowed his hands and saluted, "His Royal Highness, such a large-scale road paving will waste people's money and waste money, and I feel a little inappropriate."

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and looked at Guo An again.

Guo Andao: "Your Highness, I feel that the road should be built. If the road is not paved this year, by this time next year, the Tonghui River will still be unable to carry water transport boats, which will still affect water transport.

Only by building roads can future troubles be eliminated forever! "

Moreover, it is not a good thing to place the Water Transport Wharf in the very center of Beiping Mansion.

In later generations, after Zhu Zhanji came to power, he disliked the water transport cargo ships coming in and out of Beiping Mansion, which was too noisy, so he directly ordered that the water transport terminal of Beiping Mansion be placed in Tongzhou.

As for now, it is also very noisy. Guo An sometimes feels noisy when he is in Prince Yan's mansion.

Hearing this, Yu Rentian, Zhao Jie and Dang Fu became anxious.

"I don't know Guo Changshi, but how much money does it cost to build an ordinary road?

And if another road is built, as Guo Changshi said, it will be feasible in rainy and snowy weather, and the money will be doubled. As for the recruitment of labor, it will cost tens of thousands. "

Guo An asked with a look of doubt: "It's just a fifty-mile-long road, so why bother the people and waste money as the magistrate Yu said?"

Yu Rentian's face turned red, and he said angrily, "How could Guo Changshi say that? Since ancient times, building roads and bridges has always been a matter of labor and livelihood."

Zhu Di waved his hands annoyed, "Okay, you don't need to quarrel, this road must be repaired.

Water transportation is related to the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of people in Beiping Prefecture, and it must not rely on the Tonghui River. "

"But Your Highness, to build such a long road, you need to inform the chief minister. Moreover, to build this road, not only will you need to spend tens of thousands of taels of silver, but you will also need to recruit thousands of laborers.

Now it's time for spring plowing, and the paving of roads has delayed spring plowing, and the lower officials really can't afford it. "

Yu Rentian looked puzzled.

Zhu Di looked at Guo An.

Guo An smiled slowly and said, "What if this road was built by Yan Wang's Mansion?"

Zhu Di's expression froze.

"what?"

Yu Rentian and Zhao Jie were all surprised.

Immediately, without waiting for Zhu Di to speak, Yu Rentian hurriedly said: "If this road is built by Yanwang Mansion, then the Beiping Mansion will fully support it."

Zhu Di took a deep breath, but still didn't speak, staring at Guo An closely, his eyelids twitching all the time.

Guo An did not explain to Zhu Di, but directly asked: "I wonder how much support Yu Zhifu can have?"

"This……"

Yu Rentian was taken aback for a moment, and then he laughed all over his face, "This matter is of great importance. I need to discuss it with all the officials of the Beiping government office, and then report it to the chief envoy."

Guo An sneered and said, "What if Prince Yan's Mansion needs to buy the land around Zhangjiawan Wharf in Tongzhou?"

"The piece of land at Zhangjiawan Wharf?"

Yu Rentian was stunned, and then beamed with joy, "Guo Changshi, please rest assured, this matter can be directly decided by me. No matter how much space the Yan Palace needs, I can sell it to the Yan Palace."

"What about the people near Zhangjiawan Wharf?" Guo An continued to ask.

Yu Rentian replied directly: "Don't worry, Guo Changshi, there are only a few hundred households. I will directly ask the magistrate of Tongzhou to find them a place, or directly compensate them with more than ten acres of fertile land for each household. Can't wait to move out."

"I see."

Guo An has a solid idea in mind, it seems that Zhangjiawan Wharf is not valued by these officials.

"Then Guo Changshi?"

Yu Rentian looked at Guo An expectantly.

Guo An smiled slightly and said: "Prefect Yu, the officials can only advise on such a major matter. If you want Yan Wangfu to build this road, His Royal Highness Yan Wang needs to make a decision."

"..."

At this moment, Yu Rentian wanted to scold his mother very much in his heart, Guo thief is not a human being.

However, he turned his head quickly and smiled apologetically at Zhu Di, "I also ask His Royal Highness King Yan to forgive me, I am confused."

Zhu Di glanced at Yu Rentian expressionlessly, and said, "Since Guo Qing intends to build roads, this king will not object.

But regarding the land at Zhangjiawan Wharf, you should find the magistrate of Tongzhou as soon as possible to handle it for me.

As soon as the title deed is in hand, we agree to pave the road. "

"Your Highness is wise!"

Yu Rentian was overjoyed and nodded again and again, "His Royal Highness, please don't worry, after the official returns, he will immediately summon the governor of Tongzhou.

As long as Guo Changshi takes a fancy to any piece of land, the magistrate of Tongzhou can immediately sign a land deed with Guo Changshi...Yan Wangfu. "

"Ok!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "You can discuss this matter with Guo Qing."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Yu Rentian responded quickly.

Then, he turned around and cupped his hands slightly towards Guo An, "I don't know what else Guo Changshi wants?"

"Prefect Yu is being polite."

Guo An replied slightly, "We only need [-] mu of land around the Zhangjiawan Wharf, and the farmland should not be occupied as much as possible.

Most of these are wasteland, presumably the price will not be so high.

As for the relocation of the people around Zhangjiawan, there must be guarantees, and the people must not be treated badly...

In addition, if some people do not want to move away, we can discuss with those people that they will stay in Zhangjiawan after the road is paved..."

"Guo Changshi, please rest assured..."

Yu Rentian nodded repeatedly in response.

As long as King Yan's Mansion is in charge of paving roads, not to mention buying a mere [-] mu of land around Zhangjiawan, even if it is a free gift, Yu Rentian can persuade Tongzhou magistrate.

……

After leaving King Yan's mansion, Yu Rentian's face was full of joy. He thought that he would be severely reprimanded by King Yan.

Unexpectedly, in the end, it was Yan Wangfu who came forward to pave the road from Beiping City to Tongzhou.

Zhao Jie and Dang Fu were still a little surprised.

"Prefect Yu, I have heard that although Guo Changshi was only a weaker year, he has never done any business at a loss.

That person loved Zhangjiawan so much that he even persuaded King Yan to build a road from Beiping to Zhangjiawan Wharf in Tongzhou.

No matter how I look at it, I feel that there is something wrong with this matter! "

Yu Rentian sneered and didn't care.

"Okay, okay, after all, Beiping Mansion is the fiefdom of His Royal Highness Yan Wang. Since His Highness Yan Wang has paid for the construction of roads, and there is no need for me to pay for people from the Yamen of Beiping Mansion, why are I waiting for these parents and officials to be so worried? ?

As for the purchase of [-] acres of land in Zhangjiawan?This matter was also purchased with the money of King Yan's Mansion. Even if something happened and caused the inspectors to report to the court, no matter how dissatisfied the court princes and His Majesty are, it will only be blamed on His Royal Highness Yan, and it will not fall on us. , why should I bother with such carelessness? "

"Besides, no matter what, even if His Royal Highness King Yan will not rebuild it, but simply repair it, it is also the achievements of our Beiping government officials, and we should support it!"

Zhao Jie and Dang Fu were taken aback for a moment, then quickly laughed and said, "Extremely, extremely."

"I heard that the Palace of King Yan made a lot of money in the cold winter last year. It only sold glass and earned at least 30 taels of silver.

There are also vegetables, woolen clothes, cotton padded clothes, sea fish, etc...

At least 50 taels of silver... A mere [-]-mile long road is really a drop in the bucket for the Yan Palace! "

"Hiss... No wonder that Guo Changshi said that he wanted to pave the road, but His Royal Highness Yan Wang agreed..."

"That Guo Changshi is really the God of Wealth in Yan Wangfu!"

"Okay, be careful, be careful..."

……

at the same time.

In Yan Wang's mansion, following Yu Rentian and others left, Zhu Di couldn't hold back any longer and stared closely at Guo An.

"Guo Qing, do you know how much money is needed to build such a long road? How much labor is needed?
In addition, Zhangjiawan is fifty miles away from Beiping Mansion. Although many water cargo ships will dock at Zhangjiawan Wharf during the dry season of Tonghui River, but that place is extremely remote, what is the value of it? "

Guo An smiled softly, "Forgive me, Your Highness, I don't know how much money is needed to build such a road.

However, Weichen estimates that it will not be less than 3 taels of silver.

As for the purchase of the [-] mu of land at Zhangjiawan Wharf, if His Highness thinks it is expensive, I can buy it myself. "

Zhu Di changed the subject and asked directly: "So, the main purpose of your efforts to build such a road is actually the hundreds of acres of land at Zhangjiagang Wharf?"

Guo An's eyes widened directly, "What does Your Highness think of Weichen? Weichen really wants to pave such a smooth road."

Zhu Di didn't say anything, but just continued to stare at Guo An.

Under the persecution of Zhu Di's eyes, Guo An was defeated after all, and obediently said: "His Royal Highness, in fact, according to the development of Beiping Prefecture, the Haizi Wharf alone is far from enough to satisfy the water transportation, and the Tonghui River can't satisfy the water transportation either.

Even now, there are often boats congested on the Tonghui River.

Therefore, in the future, there will inevitably be many cargo ships docking at Zhangjiawan Wharf, which is the closest to Beiping Mansion.

Now, there are often water transport cargo ships that cannot enter Beiping Mansion because of the curfew in Beiping Mansion, so they can only berth at Zhangjiawan Wharf.

However, the road between Zhangjiawan Wharf and Beiping Mansion is really bad, and many merchants are reluctant to transport goods on this road.

If this road is paved with concrete roads, wide and smooth, many cargo ships will not want to squeeze into Beiping Mansion, but choose to unload at Zhangjiawan.

Furthermore, these merchants on water cargo ships who came from afar were exhausted all the way, and they still had money in their hands.

If more food shops, taverns, teahouses, inns, big bathhouses, street food... and dozens of spacious warehouses are built on Zhangjiawan Wharf.

In this way, these merchants must be happy to rest and stay overnight on the Zhangjiawan Wharf.

As for the shops built by His Highness, if there is no one in the house to operate them, the shops can also be rented out, which is a big profit.

Perhaps, relying on the inns and bathhouses at Zhangjiawan Wharf, they can earn back the money for paving roads.

Even, if all water transport ships to and from Beiping Prefecture would berth at Zhangjiawan Wharf, then Zhangjiawan Wharf would be as lively as Haizi Wharf in Beiping City.

And the street His Highness built next to Zhanghewan Wharf will be as prosperous as Gulou Street..."

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(End of this chapter)