Chapter 1193: The Fate of the Canal

After throwing the Grand Canal, there were all kinds of voices.

There are mixed opinions, but more people just talk about it and treat it as a topic. They don't really understand or are very interested in the construction of this canal.

Some people scolded Zhang Yu for laboring the people and wasting money, but their interests were not touched, and they did not cause them any losses, so they also expressed their opinions.

As for daring to make trouble, they dare not.

It doesn't matter to express opinions, once you dare to make trouble, I'm sorry, they are welcome in the dark room of the police station.

But it is a pity for the people.

If you don't pass them, you can't dig the river.

This river digging is not deadly. If you have money and food, you can dig a year or two, and you can tear down the house and rebuild it when you go home.

More people have nothing to do with themselves.

Only a part of the common people and businessmen are involved.

A canal, the north and the south can communicate in a more economical way, how could they not think of it.

These merchants immediately began to move their minds, and some powerful merchants had already moved in ahead of time and directly purchased properties in the cities along the way.

They are also worried now, originally Zhang Yu proceeded quietly, few people saw Zhang Yu's intention, but now everyone has seen Zhang Yu's intention.

Zhang Yu is going to build a north-south canal, and then many waters will be connected together.

The final result is a further reduction in the cost of North-South trade.

Businessmen are profit-seeking and have a very keen sense of smell.

But now they are worried.

Because many people commented that Zhang Yu was laboring the people and wasting money, and some even wrote to Zhang Yu directly, asking Zhang Yu to stop building the canal.

This made these businessmen very worried. The canal would be too beneficial to them.

What if the court is under pressure and ends up not repairing it?

This is a very serious matter, so they have to find a way.

The court must be allowed to continue building the canal,

The canal is too important to drag, and it is best to start building it as soon as possible.

The role of the canal is too great, and merchants are staring at it.

As a result, several royal relatives were lobbied, and some local governments also wanted to repair it. Through their work, a place can be prosperous.

In this way, a very powerful force has been formed, and they are very willing to influence through various channels.

Zhang Yu summoned Mr. Qiao and Zhen Yi.

"Two patriarchs, I heard that people often disturb you recently." Zhang Yu invited the two patriarchs to dinner.

Both of them are big businessmen, and the main direction of Zhen Yi's development is Jizhou.

Jizhou is his base camp.

"They are all here to inquire about the news. They are very concerned about the North-South Canal." Zhen Yi said.

Qiao Lao smiled wryly, and then said: "Not only are they very concerned, they can't wait to give the money for His Majesty, and help His Majesty repair the canal quickly."

This canal is very important.

Businessmen are already seeing the benefits.

They really hope that Zhang Yu can do it in one step and fix the canal quickly.

But the leak of the canal plan has attracted great attention.

These businessmen are scared.

"Help me fix it? It's a good suggestion. I'm short of money recently."

This is true, Zhang Yu is short of money is very serious, the main reason is that the provinces need to build roads.

This is still a road, and at the same time, all counties and cities in the province also need to build roads.

There are so many roads to be repaired, but a lot of money is needed.

Although the empire is now rich, it is mainly due to a large amount of overseas income every year.

Today, South Africa, North America and Fuso can provide a large amount of gold and silver every year.

In other words, there were not many gold coins on the market before, but now there are a lot of gold coins.

There are more silver mines, but gold mines are very rare.

"Two patriarchs, building roads requires a lot of money. Now that the national treasury is empty, it is really difficult to build them quickly. It may take ten years to build them slowly." Zhang Yu said.

Zhen Yi didn't care much, now Chidao has been repaired from the capital to the provinces in Jizhou, and his business is mainly concentrated in these places.

But it has a great impact on Qiao Lao.

Ten years, ten years is too long.

"Your Majesty, it's better to let the minister go to them to collect some donations and speed up the progress." Qiao Lao suggested.

"How sure are you, how much money can you collect?" Zhang Yu asked.

This old Qiao was not sure, and then said: "In the past few days, dozens of families have come to the minister's mansion to lobby, and if we gather them together, plus several states along the way, we may be able to raise millions of silver coins."

"Issuing bonds, I want to raise 30 million special funds, 10 million is a two-year short-term, the interest rate is 3.5%, 10 million is a ten-year period, the interest rate is about 5%, and the other 10 million is a donation. If you raise enough , I will put in double the manpower to build it." Zhang Yu said.

Zhang Yu released the news in order to test the reaction of the people.

Today, there are no large-scale petitions to abandon the construction of the canal.

The response from the people was flat, and not many people paid attention to it, even compared to the division of administrative regions, it was simply insignificant.

The north-south canal is divided into several, and the most important one is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which connects several water systems and is a thousand miles long.

Now Zhang Yu has been cultivating for a year and a half, and one-fifth of it has been completed, but it also costs a lot of money.

The daily consumption is very high, and Zhang Yu added manpower several times in the middle, and now more than 100,000 people are slowly building these.

Zhang Yu understands that the construction of the Grand Canal should start from an easy place.

Although the Sui Dynasty passed through several canals very quickly, they expropriated millions of people.

Only when so many people are expropriated will there be major problems.

Zhang Yu extended the time and took a few more years to repair. The Sui Dynasty built Beijing and Hangzhou took more than two years, but he prepared for five to ten years, depending on the situation.

In the future, there will be some areas that are not easy to repair, and they should be repaired slowly.

In fact, Zhang Yu asked people from the Engineering College to mark some of the more difficult places, and they have already sent people to repair them.

There are only a few hundred people at each point, let them repair it slowly, and even use cement.

Qiao Xuan and Zhen Yi didn't know how to answer Zhang Yu's words.

It is not very difficult to raise 30 million silver coins, but these merchants do not know whether they are willing or not, because 10 million of them are given to the court for free.

"Pass the news, the local government will start in ten days, and for a period of one month, let the local banks handle it. If it is feasible, I will use at least 300,000 people to dig the canal next year." Zhang Yu said.

Now, in fact, there are only 100,000 logistics personnel, some of whom are used to transport food and grass, cook and other assistance, and only about 80,000 people actually dig on the construction site every day.

"Yes, I will donate 200,000 silver coins first, and if I don't buy bonds, I will donate 300,000." Zhen Yi said.

Zhen Yi doesn't have much demand for the canal, but he must support Zhang Yu's policies.

"I will at least help His Majesty raise half a million silver coins."

These are silver coins, not copper coins. Although a large amount of silver was imported, the empire has a lot of silver coins, but silver is still quite advanced in this era.

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