Chapter 1083 Water Conservancy Madman——Li Ming

"You are Li Ming?"

Shang Ji looked at the little old man in sackcloth with a dull expression in front of him, and asked in disbelief.

To talk about god-level master-type talents, Shang Ji has seen quite a few. The earliest ones were Nonghe, and the later ones were Gongshuchi, Hephaestus, etc. These people have distinctive personalities and are different from each other.

But Nong He, who is the most down-to-earth and approachable, also has the air of a master. You don't need too much contact, just look at him from a distance, and you can tell that this is not an ordinary person.

However, this master Li Ming is too simple, with dark skin, thick calluses left by years of hard work on his hands, layers of wrinkles on his face, cloudy eyes, hunched waist, dull and dull. He is loyal and looks no different from ordinary farmers. If it wasn't for Deng Yan's reassurance that he was not mistaken, Shang Ji might have thought he was being fooled by Gongsun Zan.

"Yes... the little old man is Li Ming."

Li Huan looked at Shang Ji with some timidity, and the look of horror on his face didn't look fake.

Shang Ji glanced at Deng Yan indiscriminately, Deng Yan shook his head with a wry smile, and once again indicated that he really did not mistake the person, this is indeed a god-level master of water conservancy.

"Grandmaster Li, don't panic. I came to see you today for no other purpose. I just want to ask your opinions or suggestions on water conservancy construction, and please express your feelings freely."

"Fix... repair the canal?"

Li Min's dull eyes seemed a little strange, and he said as if talking to himself.

"Well, it can be regarded as repairing the canal!"

Although it made Shang Ji feel extremely awkward to say that the water conservancy project was repairing canals, especially from a god-level water conservancy master, Shang Ji still nodded.

"What kind of canal to build? How big is the project? How much investment? How long is the construction period? How much area is covered? What waters are covered? How much manpower and material resources can be mobilized?"

Hearing that the canal was really going to be repaired, Li Min seemed to be a different person in an instant, his waist was no longer bent, and his expression was no longer dull. The problem was fired outward like a cannonball.

Seeing Li Min who was visibly excited, Shang Ji and Deng Yan looked at each other, and then Deng Yan came out and said: "Master Li, my lord came to visit you just to ask for your opinion, and to formulate a reasonable plan based on your opinion. Planning and building Pingzhou water conservancy facilities. Preliminary estimates show that the final scale of the project will not be inferior to that of Naizu when he built Dujiangyan, and in the process of making plans, you have a very high right to speak. We fully respect your Opinions." After the class.

"Is this true?"

Li Min was taken aback for a moment, then grabbed Deng Yan's smile and asked frantically.

"Of course, I never joke about such important military and political affairs."

"This this……"

Li Min rubbed his hands excitedly, his face turned into a flowery smile, and he was so excited that he couldn't speak.

His eyes wandered back and forth between Shang Ji and Deng Yan, and he asked with some embarrassment: "I don't know how to call you two?"

"???"

Shang Ji and Deng Yan were both taken aback, with a question mark on their foreheads, what do you mean? After talking for so long, you don't even know who you are?

Seeing this, Li Ming quickly explained: "Forgive me, I have a talent called deliberation. Once the skill is activated, only the most superficial consciousness is left, and the main energy will go into the mind to think and study, and the reaction to the outside world will be greatly affected. The amplitude is reduced. Only when a specific stimulus is encountered will the main consciousness hidden in the extension be awakened, so..."

At the end, Li Min smiled awkwardly, and apologetically bowed his hands to Shang Jiyu and Deng Yan.

"I see!"

Shang Ji's face suddenly realized, no wonder Li Min looked a little stupid, there was another reason for this.

Sure enough, there are all kinds of wonders in the flames, even such a miraculous talent as Shu Si.

"Let me re-introduce. My name is Deng Yan, and I wrote it by Hong. He is the head of the Cheqi General's residence. This is the Cheqi General, Pingzhou Mu, Yanhou, Shanggong taboo."

Deng Yan smiled and introduced Li Min again.

"It turned out that it was the Marquis Yan and Chief Deng who were disrespectful and disrespectful. They had offended me a lot before, so I invite the two of you, Haihan."

With the return of the main consciousness, Li Min's words and deeds finally have a bit of a master's demeanor, and he said calmly.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, Master Li's dedicated research spirit deserves our admiration."

After a few polite words, Shang Ji asked, "In Master Li's opinion, how should we plan water conservancy in Pingzhou?"

"It's still the same sentence. It needs to be based on the degree of support from Marquis Yan before I can formulate a reasonable plan. However, it is stated in advance that if the support provided by Marquis Yan cannot satisfy me, or it is terminated midway, I will definitely follow the principle. General away."

Hearing this, Shang Ji was not in a hurry, and asked with interest: "What kind of support can meet Master Li's basic requirements?"

"The right to use 80% of corvée, the funds invested in water conservancy for three consecutive years shall not be less than 40% of the annual tax of the year, and the amount shall not be less than 100 million gold per year!"

Li Huan waved his sleeves, and with an unchanged expression, he spit out conditions that would be absolutely impossible for the princes of the world to accept.

For a prince like Han Fu who occupies a fertile land, it is not impossible to squeeze out 100 million gold a year for water conservancy construction, but 40% of the annual tax is impossible.

In the current situation, more income means more expenses, and I wish I could spend all my money on the military. For the big forces, spending 40% of the taxes on water conservancy projects is not a matter of willingness, but of being unable to do it at all. arrive.

The small powers don't care about spending 40% of the tax every year to build roads, but it is impossible for them to meet another target of 100 million gold a year.

Shang Ji was also slightly surprised when he heard the words. No wonder Li Ye, a god-level master, has no master until now. The conditions for subjugation are really scary. I am afraid that there are not many people in the world who can meet this standard.

However, Shang Ji is precisely one of the very few princes who are capable of achieving the above two points at the same time!

"Master Li, money can be invested, and corvée can also be recruited, but I just need to know, after paying so much, what will I be able to gain after three years?"

Li Min didn't answer, but asked instead: "The area ruled by Marquis Yan is in Pingchen, right?"

"nature."

After receiving an affirmative answer, Li Min squinted his eyes slightly and pinched his fingers quickly. After a while, he opened his eyes and said: "According to my calculations, the total grain output in the Yanhou area should be around 10 billion stones, right? Grain self-sufficiency should be I haven’t fully achieved it yet, I wonder if what I’m saying is right?”

Shang Ji was startled when he heard the words, and immediately gave Li Ming a high opinion of three points.

According to the estimated data reported by Deng Yan, after occupying Chenzhou, the annual grain output of Pingchen and Chenzhou should be 10.8 billion shi, which is less than 10% different from Li Min's estimate!

It is highly confidential to know the total grain output of a faction. Few people in Xiangping know the specific data, but Li Ye just closed his eyes and calculated it, and then gave the approximate data, which really shocked Shang Ji.

Seeing Shang Ji's silence, Li Min didn't mind, and continued: "As long as the water conservancy project is built according to the plan of the Marquis Yan, the annual grain output will increase by 30% in the first year, doubled in the second year, and after three years, the grain output will increase by 30%. It can reach 40 billion stones, and regardless of drought or flood, the grain parameters can be guaranteed to be generally stable!"

"This is the situation where we will not continue to expand the cultivated land on a large scale, otherwise the grain production can continue to increase sharply!"

In the end, as if he was afraid that the shock would not be enough, Li Min immediately added another sentence!