Chapter 1196 An Yuan's Shock

This Anyuan is very capable, and it is no problem to give him the deputy department. If Anyuan hadn't been away for a long time, he didn't know the center of gravity of China very well, and he even wanted Anyuan to become the official department.

This Anyuan has a lot of experience in construction and has presided over the construction of many places. It is just right for Zhang Yu to let him be in charge of the canal.

Zhang Yu picked up An Yuan and went straight back to the capital.

After returning home, An Yuan was going to take office immediately, but Zhang Yu stopped him. Zhang Yu told him to go shopping in the city for five days, go to the academy for five days, read materials for five days, and arrange the other half months by himself. to take office.

Although An Yuan is talented, he has been overseas for many years and needs to re-understand Huaxia. The current Huaxia is very different from the previous Huaxia.

An Yuan had no choice but to obey the order.

After he came back, he also took the initiative to learn about it. Only after this understanding did he realize that there were too many changes, and there were too many things he needed to learn. Even An Yuan thought that he was not qualified for the position of the deputy department.

Anyuan wandered around the city for a few days, especially went to taverns and teahouses.

This has changed a lot.

He hadn't read this bimonthly magazine before, and then he collected more than a dozen bimonthly magazines and began to read them.

"Your lord is wise, you managed the empire so well."

After staying in the capital for a period of time, he realized how powerful the current empire is.

Of course, he also knew the wealth brought back from Fusang, it was too much, at least hundreds of millions of silver coins a year.

There will be even more. There is not only one Iwami silver mine in Fusang, but also many copper mines and other gold and silver mines.

These huge wealth allowed the empire to develop at a high speed.

Anyuan was filled with emotion, that the empire could develop so fast.

Now it is the layout of provinces, cities and counties, and there will be long-term stability in the future.

Twenty days later, An Yuan came into contact with the canal information given to him by the Engineering College.

"Dean Zhang, it's actually not that difficult to dig for more than a thousand miles. It's enough to dig in sections without deviation. The rest is just to manage the workers and logistics well." An Yuan said to the dean of the School of Engineering.

The Dean Zhang nodded and said: "Dig in sections,

It is indeed possible to complete the task faster, and some counties along the way can give great help. In addition to recruiting long-term workers, we can actually recruit some nearby farmers during the slack season. "

"These temporary workers are paid on the spot on a daily basis, and no matter what they eat, they will be given an extra day's meal money. In this way, we can not only save costs, but also dig the canal faster."

An Yuan immediately accepted Dean Zhang's proposal.

"Very good, you just need to send some students to survey along the way, don't deviate, the rest will organize people nearby to start digging."

Anyuan and the others plan to arrange professional construction teams for those far away from the city, and recruit a certain number of temporary workers every day for those close to the city.

Temporary workers are not very demanding when they come, let them start working, as long as they provide good tools, they will pay their wages directly when they are done.

This method is very good, and one person only needs a dozen copper coins a day.

Even if they are asked to help transport soil or dig soil, there is no difficulty at all, and they can do it.

The dean Zhang said again: "Master An, in fact, His Majesty asked us to plan more than this canal."

Dean Zhang spread out another map and said: "We have planned four in total, including the canal from Luoyang to the east, etc."

This Anyuan took a look, and there are indeed other canals.

This canal can communicate with several major water systems and is very important to the empire.

"These were all secrets before, and His Majesty was afraid that people in the world would criticize him, so he didn't dare to announce them, but they have all been planned."

"This time, if we have enough experience in the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and use the lowest cost to dig other canals, His Majesty will definitely agree."

Dean Zhang very much hopes to dig other canals, and disclose them to Anyuan, which is not a leak. Anyuan has enough qualifications to read these materials.

"It is true that the amount of engineering is huge, but before this canal is opened, other canals must not be dug at the same time."

An Yuan learned about it, and now there are too many projects in the empire, roads and cities, and a batch of construction, I am afraid there will be construction sites everywhere in the past three years.

Under such circumstances, if they continue to recruit people to dig by hand, the empire will not be able to bear it.

In the south, Zhang Yu has also reclaimed a large amount of farmland, and many canals need to be built on these farmlands.

This is one project after another. Although the empire is strong, it cannot do this.

Dean Zhang wants to build it very much, but he also knows the current difficulties.

"Master An, it can't be repaired right now, but please pay more attention to the talents, Sir An. After this is completed, we will ask His Majesty to build other projects."

An Yuan nodded, he could see clearly that these canals are very important.

"President Zhang, don't worry, but you can go to survey all the routes first and find out the difficulties. Then they will start digging the difficult areas half a year in advance." An Yuan said.

Dean Zhang and An Yuan began to study. At this time, An Yuan had a deeper understanding of Zhang Yu's strategy.

He estimated that it would take ten years to dig through all of them.

Now that the national strength is strong, a large number of manpower can be recruited to dig.

An Yuan said again: "Your Majesty is talented and broad-minded. I'm afraid he won't just be satisfied with these. In the future, he will definitely repair all the roads in the world. I'm afraid you have to prepare in advance and cultivate relevant talents."

Dean Zhang laughed, Zhang Yu had nothing to say about his support for them.

Zhang Yu directly allocated 10 million yuan to them from the beginning, and it has not been used up yet.

They do academic research, and what they use the most is to go out for field trips, buy field equipment and hire labor to live in restaurants and so on.

If it is true what Anyuan said, Zhang Yu will have to build various roads after finishing the canal, then the amount of work is really huge, and they are busy.

The two decided on some plans and studied the plans for a few more days.

After living in the capital for a month, An Yuan already knew his job well.

This is a new era, he went to Zhang Yu with confidence and asked to set off.

For more than a month, Zhang Yu has collected the fundraising information.

"Yes, 36 million, better than expected."

This time, Zhang Yu raised a total of 36 million to speed up the construction of the canal.

An Yuan came to Zhang Yu and brought a map.

"Your Majesty, at my request, go immediately to organize the construction of the canal," An Yuan said.

"Well, An Qing's family, you've been back for a month, have you gotten used to it?" Zhang Yu asked.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty has adapted."

Zhang Yu nodded, and then went to prepare relevant imperial edicts and documents.

This time, Zhang Yu allocated 500 guards to An Yuan, and asked that 50 of them must follow him all the time.

Anyuan is a talented person, and digging a canal is not that simple, especially after recruiting hundreds of thousands of people, no accidents are allowed.

. m.

( = )