"Yes!" There were slight beads of sweat on Zhao Dezhao's forehead, and he continued: "There are fifteen villages within the site selection area of ​​Jinmingchi. In addition to the construction of rivers along the way, about eighteen villages need to be relocated..."

Zhao Dezhao frowned and said, "Why so many?"

"There is no way. The lake area is too wide. There are already a lot of people living near the capital, and most of them live in low-lying areas near water sources. The most economical way to build artificial lakes and rivers is to use existing rivers and streams as much as possible.

Lakes, this can increase the amount of water and save.”

"Okay! Just let them relocate!

Zhao Dezhao looked hesitant and hesitated to speak.

Zhao Guangyi frowned and said, "What's wrong with you? If you have any questions, just ask!"

Zhao Dezhao's face was a little red and he lowered his head.

"What's wrong? Tell me!" Zhao Guangyi said with some impatience.

"Yes!" Zhao Dezhao gritted his teeth and said: "The location of Jinming Pool is..., it is the food that the late emperor awarded to Queen Kaibao, Wei Chen, and his younger brother Zhao Defang..."

A food town is a kind of fiefdom awarded to the royal family by the king as a royal family. Farmers within the food town must regularly turn over grain, livestock and other output to the lord in accordance with regulations to support the lord.

Zhao Guangyi glanced at him sideways: "What? Are you unhappy about using your food?"

"No no! Wei Chen didn't mean that."

"Then what do you mean?" Zhao Guangyi's tone was very rude.

Zhao Dezhao hesitated and said: "The food of Weichen and my younger brother is nothing, but if Queen Kaibao's food is occupied, I'm afraid Queen Kaibao won't be happy."

"If you're not happy, just find a way to make her happy! If I have to do something like convincing Kaibao, then what do you, the third commander, need to do? I can just do it myself."

"Yes," Zhao Dezhao said with a bowed body: "Queen Kaibao is a calm person. She doesn't know what to say. She is just afraid that her family and the court ministers will be dissatisfied."

"What's the dissatisfaction?" Zhao Guangyi's face became even more gloomy, "I'm not using your food for nothing. I will give you another land to compensate you."

Zhao Dezhao smiled bitterly. All the good places around the capital had already been rewarded. How could there be any good places that could be awarded to him? But he couldn't say these words, so he could only knock out his teeth and swallow them.

Zhao Guangyi said again: "Is there anything else you want to say?"

Zhao Dezhao said hurriedly: "There is one more thing. It is also very difficult."

"What's the matter?" Zhao Guangyi frowned again.

Whenever he saw his frown, Zhao Dezhao was frightened, and secretly wiped away his sweat. He whispered: "That's right, Wei Chen asked his subordinates to calculate that it will take two years to build such a large lake.

At least one million people are needed!"

"You don't need to calculate this. I know it myself. What's wrong? There aren't so many people?"

"Of course there is nationwide recruitment, but these must be young and strong laborers. Spring plowing is about to start now. It is the time when labor is needed. If so many laborers are mobilized at once, I am afraid it will affect the spring plowing. And..."

When he said this, he saw that Zhao Guangyi's face was so gloomy that it was about to rain. He couldn't help but feel a sudden shock and did not dare to say any more.

Zhao Guangyi said coldly: "Say it. Go on, and what?"

"Yes..." Zhao Dezhao felt that his throat was about to smoke. He swallowed hard and continued: "And..., moreover, these one million people are responsible for their own food for two years, and they will take care of their families."

We took a lot of food..."

Having said this, Zhao Dezhao glanced at Zhao Guangyi secretly.

In ancient times, people worked for the imperial government for free. Not only did they not earn a penny, but they also had to bear their own food rations during the period of service. The government was not responsible for providing food.

Zhao Guangyi did not look at him and said with a sullen face: "Go on! Just say whatever you think."

"Yes..." Zhao Dezhao said with difficulty: "The entire construction will last two years. During such a long time, these more than one million young and strong laborers cannot go back. Most of them are the backbone of the family, and many people in the family count on them to support their families.

Yes, they can't go back for two years, and the family is afraid..."

"You're going to starve to death! Right?" Zhao Guangyi said coldly.

Zhao Dezhao nodded bravely: "I am not worried about anything else, but because of such a big movement, the civil and military ministers of the imperial court will have something to say."

"You are good at talking, so you can use them to try to distract me!"

Zhao Dezhao was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he quickly lifted his robe and knelt down: "I don't dare!"

Zhao Guangyi didn't let him get up, but said coldly: "If there is anything else, let's talk about it together! Otherwise, if you don't finish talking and plead for the people, you won't be able to sleep again when you go back!"

Zhao Dezhao's voice was trembling: "There is also the issue of cost. Now that the Treasury has gone out, there is not much left besides the military expenditure that the government has explicitly prohibited from using. It is far from enough to build Jinming Pool. Not to mention anything else.

, just say that relocating villagers from more than ten villages will require a lot of money. Building more than 10,000 pavilions and pavilions will require no less than a million yuan. It will only take a lot of money to transport Taihu stones from Taihu Lake.

It only costs hundreds of thousands, and the whole garden needs to be planted with flowers and trees, so..."

"Okay, just tell me, after you figure it out, how much will it cost to build this Jinming Pond?"

Zhao Dezhao secretly gritted his teeth and said: "The total cost of all the expenses is at least 10 million yuan!"

One Min is consistent, that is, one thousand Wen is equal to one tael, and ten million Min is ten million taels of silver, which is approximately equivalent to 10 billion yuan!

When Zhao Guangyi heard this, his brows knitted together. You must know that at this time, the Song Dynasty had only been founded less than 20 years ago, and its annual fiscal revenue was only about 20 million yuan (guan). Although it vigorously developed business,

The economy recovered and developed rapidly. The imperial court had accumulated a lot of money over the years. However, due to frequent battles and a large amount of money wasted, the money accumulated was not much. Brothers Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi had been preparing to use troops against the north to wipe out the enemy.

The Liao Dynasty did not have enough money to attack this powerful opponent, so it was definitely not possible. So it has been preparing military expenditures. Now, building this Jinming Pond will cost half of all the fiscal revenue for the year. How can he not be shocked?

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The problem now is that with the annual fiscal revenue of 20 million yuan, some expenses must be spent, such as the salaries of officials at all levels across the country, the military expenditures to maintain the army, the expenses of the royal family, and the inevitable disaster relief in various places every year.

Wait, these will use up most of the fiscal revenue. The rest can be embezzled by Zhao Guangyi. He originally wanted to keep most of the remaining money as military expenses and use it for the war against Daliao in the future.

Last year's fiscal revenue has been used as needed, spent as needed, and saved for military expenses. But this year has just begun, and the money has not been collected yet. The imperial treasury is empty, and the Jinming Pool needs to be repaired. Unless the money already saved is used.

As military expenditure. Otherwise, there is nothing we can do.

Seeing that Zhao Guangyi was silent, Zhao Dezhao thought there was something going on, and hurriedly added: "There is another headache."

"What?"

"Food for the people!"

"What's wrong?"

"It stands to reason that minzhuang should bring their own rations, but that is for the nearby labor force. But this time it is different. We need to mobilize millions of minzhuang from all over the country to the capital to build Jinming Pond. And it will last for two years.

You have to work day and night. But many families don’t have much food stored, so they have to add wild vegetables and other food for more than half a year. Many families cannot afford a year’s rations. We estimate that they only have three or four

When the people are strong, it will be good if they can provide more than three months of rations. Others cannot be provided. If they need to be recruited, they can only be paid by the court. This probably requires..."

"Okay!" Zhao Guangyi waved his hand impatiently, "Aren't you just saying that this Jin Mingchi cannot be repaired? Is that what you mean?"

Zhao Dezhao was very embarrassed and said: "It's not that it can't be repaired, but it can't be done too hastily. It should take more than twenty years to build during the slack time of the year. This way..."

"This way you will be satisfied!" Zhao Guangyi said angrily: "You are asking for life for the people. I am a fool and don't care about the people's livelihood. You have become majestic in the government and the public. You love the people like a son. Everyone says you are good and urges you to do so."

If I give up the throne to you, I won’t even have to go to Zhao Tingmei, right?”

Zhao Dezhao was so frightened that he fell to the ground with his forehead pressed to the ground and kept saying he didn't dare.

Zhao Guangyi said: "I tell you clearly, I have fixed this Jin Mingchi! No one can stop it! If you don't have money, just embezzle military funds first! You will give me the specific method within three days, your three divisions

If you can't do it, I'll let someone who can do it, do you understand?"

"Yes, I obey your orders!"

"Also, I will go to the site selection site of Jinmingchi tomorrow to inspect the situation in person! You and your men will explain the plan to me on the spot. You still have one night to supplement your plan. Once it is decided, it cannot be changed.

!”

"Yes! Wei Chen..., Wei Chen obeys the order!"

"Back off!"

"Wei Chen resigns!"

Zhao Dezhao kowtowed a few times, stood up, and walked backward to the door. Then he wiped a cold sweat and turned around to go out.

Zhao Guangyi's anger was still lingering, so he slapped the picture heavily and said, "It's useless trash!" After saying that, he stayed for a long time and slumped down on the dragon chair in despair.

Leng Yi stood aside and said nothing. After a while, Zhao Guangyi finally raised his head and said to Leng Yi: "Take the drawing and go to see Concubine Huarui. Be sure to ask her to go with me for on-site inspection tomorrow. At the same time,

Now that spring has come and the flowers are blooming, it’s time for an outing. Let’s go out and enjoy the scenery and take in the spring scenery.”

"Wei Chen accepts the order!"

"By the way, there are a lot of prey in that area. It just so happens that we have this opportunity to go hunting. Bring the crossbow I gave you as a reward and I will teach you how to hunt!"

"Thank you, officials!"

Leng Yi rolled up the drawing and left.

When he came to the door, he saw Wang Jien standing in the corridor, and he pursed his lips outside. Wang Jien understood and followed him to the edge of the patio. Leng Yi whispered: "What happened to the official family today? It seems that his temper is particularly bad, and the Wugong Commandery

Wang was scolding him like crazy. Moreover, he looked very tired. What happened?"

Wang Jien lowered his voice and said: "The official relationship is not going well, and the Zheng family is upset, so that's why."

"What happened to the official affair?"

"Oh! Don't mention it!" Wang Jien shook his head, turned around and looked around to see if there was no one around, and whispered: "In the past few days, the officials were busy with government affairs and did not recruit concubines. Last night, I finally had some free time, and I was lucky.

Xia Xiunai. This Xia Xiunai is pretty and innocent, and is quite favored by the officials. But for some reason, the official's dragon root was not lifted last night. Xia Xiunai tried all methods to no avail, she just couldn't get up. Originally
To be continued...