The Jianhu project is indeed just the beginning of a huge plan.

Even the appetizer is not even a dish. At best, it is just a dish similar to the melon seeds and peanuts at the banquet, as the opening remarks.

After Zhang Yueqi won the victory, he immediately took advantage of the victory to pursue it.

"From the Yellow River breaks the gourd, the rivers of Honggou gradually lack water..." Zhang Yue pointed to the middle of the sand tray and said: "There is a long time to rely on Honggou. Last year, Guandong transferred 4.81 million stones of Guanzhong's corn, and 2.4 million stones of it, which were transported from Xuzhou to Luo..."

The emperor listened and nodded vigorously, and the ministers nodded.

Especially Liu Qumao, as the quasi-prime minister, he has been familiar with state affairs for almost a month.

Therefore, he knew very well that the fate of Guanzhong now actually relies on the transfer of grain from Guandong.

More than half of the grain in Guandong were transported from Xuzhou, Qingzhou and Yangzhou to Luoyang, and then transported from Caohe to Guanzhong.

But the problem is that the gap built in the Spring and Autumn Period has now gradually become silted.

This is the impact of the Yellow River breaking gourds.

The Yellow River broke the mouth from the gourd, causing it to divert its route. After the divert route, the gap dug based on the old Yellow River ancient road immediately fell into an embarrassing situation of water shortage.

Although, since the fourth year of Yuanfeng, the country has been investing heavily in renovating and repairing the Gangkok waterway.

However, it is difficult for a good cook to cook without rice. The Great Valley canal is built every year, but it is short of water every year.

There are even several rivers that have completely dried up and cannot be used anymore.

This has brought serious disadvantages to the country's transfer of grain.

The shortage of food in Guanzhong has lasted for a hundred years.

And it is becoming increasingly serious, and the foreign food shortage in Guanzhong is expanding every year.

Due to the drought this summer, officials from the Prime Minister's Office have told him that the food shortage in Guanzhong next year will be at least more than five million stones!

Therefore, he had already lost countless hairs about the Great Gun.

Now, when Liu Qumao heard Zhang Yue talk about the Hungou, he immediately became energetic.

Similarly, the generals were quiet.

For the Han army, they also hoped that the transfer speed of Guandong grain could be expanded.

The more the better!

Because the grain from Kanto entered Beijing and could also support their war.

He listened to Zhang Yue and said, "I have checked the records of the Prime Minister's Mansion and Lantai, and found that now, the tributaries of the Honggou are all short of water, and the Bian River still has water!"

"So, I checked the local documents and reported by officials, and asked all the ministers of Ming Dynasty to help me get an idea..."

Zhang Yue pointed gently at the Yellow River, Huai River and Bian River on the sand tray and said with a smile: "Turn Huai River into Bian, go north from the mouth of Huai River, and dig a canal to connect with the Bian River, so as to help the Huai River in the Bian River!"

The emperor listened and looked up suddenly.

He knew and understood the Great Gun very well.

In fact, the Han family began to rectify the gap after he was Fengshan Mountain.

Before that, Honggou Water Conservancy had been abandoned for a hundred years.

The last large-scale renovation gap can be traced back to the era of Qin Shihuang.

As the most famous canal in the Xia Dynasty, it is even the Grand Canal of the historical witness.

Today, it basically undertakes the main north-south water transportation connection.

This huge canal was built during the reign of King Hui of Wei and began a great project after the Wei State swallowed the Song Dynasty.

It uses ancient Danshui as the main body, from southeast of Mengzhu Lake to Dangshan area and Pei County, opening up the connection between ancient Danshui and Si Shui.

The upper reaches are canals dug by artificially, and the lower reaches are rivers naturally formed.

Since its completion, the Great Valley has become the most important hub for north-south transportation.

Zeng Liantong Song, Zheng, Chen, Cai, Cao, Wei, Ji, Ru, Huai, Sihui, and played a crucial role in the economic development of the Wei State and the Central Plains during the Warring States Period.

Chu and Han competed for hegemony, and Chu and Han used the gulf as the boundary, giving birth to the idiom Chu River and Han boundary.

But nowadays, the role of the gap is becoming increasingly weak.

The most direct reason is that after the Yellow River broke the gourd and Guantao, it changed its route. The old river channel dried up. Without the water of the Yellow River, the gap naturally dried up.

The suggestion of Zhang Yue's introduction of Huai River into Bian was almost a masterpiece!

It can even be called a kill of three birds with one stone!

After the Huai River enters Bian, Honggou will regain its vitality, water transportation from north to south will be smooth again, and the loss of grain transfer will be reduced by at least half!

More importantly, guiding the Huai River into Bian can greatly alleviate the pressure on the Huai River and alleviate the flood disasters in Xuzhou counties.

Moreover, the project volume is not large!

The investment is also relatively small!

Zhang Yue looked at the emperor's expression and then continued: "After the completion of this canal, we will immediately move to the next stage, from Luoyang to the east, dig the canal, and lead the Luo River into Bian, and at the same time, connecting the water transportation between Xingyang and Luoyang. In this way, the connection between the Guanzhong Cao Canal, Luo River and the Great Valley will be opened!"

"From Xuzhou to Chang'an, it's a smooth road!"

This is also a project that was only available for the Western Han Dynasty to start!

Because, at this time, although the gap is short of water, it still exists.

The ancient roads of the Yellow River were not completely blocked by silt, and even turned into land.

It is still a ready-made natural river channel without engineering quantity.

Just build a canal to introduce Huai River, Luo River and Yellow River water into the Bian River, and the power of nature will automatically guide the river water into the Honggou Ancient Road and the Yellow River Ancient Road.

Of course, this may still require the wise and hard-working people to exert their spirit of hard work.

But compared with the Sui and Tang dynasties, the cost of Tongji Canal and Bian Canal was much smaller.

After this project is completed, the new canal, plus the old Honggou Canal and the Yellow River Ancient Road, its capacity may exceed that of the Tongji Canal and Bian Canal in the Sui and Tang Dynasties!

Conservatively estimated that about 300,000 labor force can be completed in three to five years.

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When Zhang Yue finished talking about this plan, the stakeholders and the two thousand stones from Xuzhou all turned green.

Also green were noble officials and scholars from the Sanhe area.

This is one of the most powerful forces in the Han Dynasty. The only one who can challenge him is the Longyou generals, the nobles of military merit in the North and the Hexi generals.

There is no way. Since ancient times, China is where the three rivers meet!

Luoyang is the second only to Chang'an to gather the powerful people in the world.

This is still the present. Fifty years ago, the three counties of Henan, Hedong and Henoi accounted for one-third of the total number of marquises in the country.

What are Pingyang Housing, Tiao Hou, Jiang Hou, and Kaifeng Hou, all of them are gathered in these places.

These families join forces to make the emperor in power fear even.

Even now, there are still dozens of marquis in Sanhe area, living hundreds of Guannei marquis, and they are also the hometown of hundreds of empires of 2,000 stones.

There are more than 200 generals above the Han army who are currently serving as a lieutenant, and are from Henan County, Hanoi County and Hedong County.

The project suggested by Zhang Yue made these people feel blood bulging and their hearts pounding.

I really want to raise my limbs immediately and shout: Emperor Dad, repair it, money and people are not a problem!

As for the hundreds of scheming officials in Xuzhou, they were already eager to roll on the ground.

There is no way, the project described by Zhang Yue is really...tempting!

Even if a novice who doesn’t understand geography, just thinking about it, if the Great Gaunt can rejuvenate its vitality, it will be trembling all over with excitement!

As for those who understand geography, their heartbeat has increased sharply at this moment, and their adrenaline secretion has accelerated by hundreds of times, and they almost got excited and had a myocardial infarction on the spot.

Even if they don’t look at the sand table, they just imagine the future in their minds and are already crazy!

After the Huai River, the Yellow River and the Luo River enter Bian, Luoyang will become the center and hub of everything.

And all the counties and states along the way benefit!

The vast river water will be able to irrigate the mountains, rivers and lands thousands of miles away, and give millions of hectares of land life-saving water.

In the face of such a brilliant prospect, the scholars, doctors, nobles and generals in Henan, Henoi, and Hedong were already drooling all over the place.

Whoever opposes such a project will be enemies of them.

Become enemies with five million fellow villagers in Henan, Hanoi and Hedong!

Especially, they are enemies of the 257,000 people in Luoyang City!

Especially Huihe thirty-eight marquises, fifty-four marquises of Guannei, and one hundred and seventeen 2,000 shi are enemies!

As a good son of the Henan people, Taichang Qing Shang Qiu Cheng reacted first. He exaggeratedly held Yu Fuong, went out to the list and bowed: "Taichang Qing Cheng, I will pay homage to Your Majesty again after dying, and wrote a memorial crying: Please give your Majesty great kindness to the world, and the Supreme Court Officer's discussion!"

After Shangqiu Cheng, hundreds of court officials and nobles from the Sanhe area came out to worship: "I will discuss with you! I would like to ask Your Majesty to have mercy on our loyal and obedient subjects, and I wish you mercy on this great kindness!"

There is no way, the people of Henan, Hanoi, and Hedong are born fanatical about water conservancy construction.
To be continued...