Chapter 310 Project

Zhejiang is a famous river in the southeast of my country. It is composed of several tributaries of Jinhua River, Xin'an River, Tongxi River and Puyang River. It winds and turns between the mountains in southwest Zhejiang. Finally, it bypasses the remnants of Tianmu Mountain in the west of Hangzhou and merges into the East China Sea. Not far from the city wall on the south side of Hangzhou is Zhejiang. On the wide Zhejiang River, there are continuous connecting strings of wooden rafts floating down from the upstream. The first bare-handed man holding long poles shouted a trumpet and stood against the pre-prepared shore. The river bank was crowded with people, and Ding Zhuangzheng of the brigade decomposed the wooden rafts on the shore and then transported them to the pre-laid bamboo shed on the shore. These woods were just harvested from the deep mountains in southern Zhejiang.

Since ancient times, those who wanted to make the south of the Yangtze River all valued the navy. Lu Fang was no exception. When his power was weak in the early days, he tried his best to accumulate water army talents, paid attention to the collection of civilian ships, and also had a large-scale navy. However, because all its territory, whether in Danyang, Huzhou, and Hangzhou, were densely populated and well-developed plains, there was no large amount of high-quality wood for manufacturing warships, so although there were enough shipyards in the area under his jurisdiction, the traditional timber of these shipyards was from the deep mountains of southern Zhejiang. Since the Wuyongdu Rebellion, the wood sent downstream had long been exhausted. So once Lu Fang captured Muzhou and Quzhou, and after the prefectures and counties, he ordered the county magistrates to send wood collectors to the mountains to log wood, woven into wood rafts, and transported downstream to Hangzhou, and stored and dried for future use.

On the hill not far from the shore, a group of people were watching Ding Zhuang's work. Lu Fang was the leader. He saw him looking at the terrain and outlined the map in front of him, saying: "With the river bank in front of him empty, and then build a parallel stone embankment along the river bank. It should be one mile long and three meters wide. Build a viewing tower above the head and tail to connect with the land with an arch bridge. In the future, our warships will be moored on the inside of the stone embankment. In this way, the boats coming and going on Zhejiang will not be able to see the depth of the boat army."

Gao Fengtian, who was standing by, estimated the manpower and material resources needed, could not help but be amazed at his amazing numbers. Zhejiang is most likely to have typhoons in summer and autumn. With the backflow of Shanghai tides and water reaping the wind, even the dikes that have been painstakingly managed will be washed away, let alone the construction of such a long stone dike in Zhejiang. He quickly advised in a low voice: "Lord, Hangzhou is in a war and a new level of peace, and people's livelihood is in decline. I am afraid that such a big thing will not be able to build it for the time being. Can you put it aside for a while?"

Lu Fang snorted, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face, and asked, "How long will it take to be, as you said?"

Gao Fengtian pondered for a moment, secretly estimated the manpower and material resources needed to build water conservancy and workshops, and bitten it and said, "According to the opinions of his subordinates, it will take at least two years."

Lu Fang snorted coldly, shook his sleeves and pointed at the navy warships docked not far away and said, "These warships are docked on the shore now and there is no obstacle. If our army has any new warships in the future, the civilian ships passing by the river can see clearly. What should we do? Besides, if there is a strong wind and sea tide, it is afraid that the damage will be even greater. How can this be delayed? I know that it is the busy farming season now, and you can't bring out your manpower. At the end of today, at the end of this year, you will have to repair this breakwater for me."

Since Lu Fang had already given the order, Gao Fengtian had to bow his head and take the order. The clerk on the side quickly recorded Lu Fang's order in the book. After Lu Fang gave the order, he walked down the hill. Everyone hurriedly followed. Only Gao Fengtian was behind, and he was still saddened by the order just now.

In Gao Mansion Study, Gao Fengtian sat in front of several cases and was concentrating on the documents submitted by his clerks. He saw that the documents piled up on the large desks were more than one foot high. Under the dim light, his earlier appearance also showed a bit haggard. At this moment, a gentle knock on the door suddenly came. Gao Fengtian did not raise his head and asked, "Who is outside the door?"

"Master, it's me, Yunniang." A soft response came from outside. It turned out that it was the daughter of the owner of the restaurant in Guangling City. She was originally a descendant of the Hu people. When Gao Fengtian went to Guangling, he liked the wine and food in the restaurant and went there from time to time. After a while, the two of them became familiar with each other. Seeing that Gao Fengtian's appearance was great and extraordinary, he really loved it in his heart. So he followed the story of Li Weigong in the early years of the French Dynasty, cleaned up his own softness, and ran to Gao Fengtian's accommodation at night and recommended himself as his wife. Gao Fengtian had been a monk for so many years. Once he returned to secular life, he had long been indifferent to the family background. Seeing that Yunniang was beautiful and cheerful, he also liked it very much, so the two became husband and wife.

When Yunniang came into the room, she saw Gao Fengtian sitting next to several cases, with a silk book spreading on the cases, and she looked tired. She quickly put the tray in her hand aside, took a hot towel and handed it to Gao Fengtian and said, "Master, don't be tired, just use a towel to wipe your face first, refresh yourself, then use some midnight snack, and then read these documents."

Gao Fengtian took the hot towel and wiped it on his face. He felt refreshed. He picked up the midnight snack on the tray and ate two bites. Yunniang massaged and relaxed the muscles on his shoulders behind him, and asked, "You have so many people under him, why don't you have one or two people who are satisfied with it? How can you do everything yourself? Now Lu Guan is only in the four or five states now. If there are too many in the future, wouldn't your husband have to give birth to seven or eight hands to deal with it?"

Yunniang's skills were really good. Gao Fengtian felt that his shoulders were sore and a little painful. He couldn't help but smile and said, "My lord is going to create a great cause, and the system has not yet been established. As a minister, I have to suffer more and take on some responsibility. In fact, these documents are simple. There is something that makes people worry about today. But after a while, Luo Zhixiang must come over and hand over all the matters on the Gu Bo Rent and Tax to him, and I don't have to worry about it."

After hearing this, Yunniang asked what was upsetting Gao Fengtian. Gao Fengtian could not resist his wife's hard work, so he told Yunniang what Lu Fang said today, and finally said: "Now, the land of Liangzhe is in ruins, and there are all places where money is spent. Even if the huge wealth is falling, it is not enough. Not to mention that the people are unstable and heroes are not close to each other, even if they call the people to build river embankments, let alone let alone let them build the boat master's wharf, which will definitely arouse the people's changes."

After hearing this, Yunniang lowered her head and thought for a moment, and asked, "Husband, do you mean you have no labor to do this project?"

Gao Fengtian nodded and said, "Yes, I don't know where the lord has come from so many things to do. I want to build iron smelting workshops, coking workshops, gunpowder workshops, and casting workshops. I don't know how many new tricks he has. I can only have the power of the two states at most, and where did so many things." It turned out that although Lu Fang has obtained all the land in eastern Zhejiang, in order to prevent the incitement of chaos, in the new prefectures and counties, most of the officials who surrendered voluntarily remained in office. The request for him was only to pay the taxes sent to the envoys and the taxes in the palace in Hangzhou, and there was no more requirement, let alone collecting civil servants.

Yunniang smiled with a pursed lips and said, "I have an idea, but I don't know whether to use it."

Gao Fengtian became interested when he heard this. He knew that his wife was not an ordinary woman living in the deep boudoir. She worked in a restaurant at a young age. She was mostly in charge of the account books at home. She was a very thoughtful person and smiled and said, "Okay, let's talk about it."

"At present, the city is under construction, and the envoy attaches great importance to farming. Even if he has money, he is afraid that he will be stolen from other places. If other things are delayed, he will be afraid that it will not be beautiful. What I mean is that the labor force should be used from other places."

Gao Fengtian nodded. In ancient times, the population was slow, and for a period of time, the number of labor was limited. Lu Fang has built so many projects now that he has basically absorbed the surplus labor near Hangzhou. Even if Gao Fengtian took out money and silk to hire him, he would not have much. But the people are basically in a heavy land, so where can they get enough labor?

"The war in various states has just ended. If you call Qimin, it will cause trouble instead. It is better to make some ideas in Shanyue."

"No." Gao Fengtian shook his head and denied Yunniang's suggestion: "The lord has set foot on the east side of Zhejiang. It is unstable inside and strong enemies are around him. It is the time to calm down the people. If you attack Shanyue, you are afraid that the war will easily start but not extinguish. Once it spreads, it will be endless disasters." Gao Fengtian is familiar with the people in the two Zhejiang Provinces and knows that the mountain and Yue who live in the deep mountains are not the government's household registration and the people are all registered, because they do not know their specific household registration, and they cannot redeem their people's strength. The way for the government to deal with them is generally to plunder with strong soldiers. In history, there are often tyrannical governments, which arouse civil unrest. If the war is together, it is not an ordinary trouble.

Yunniang smiled and said, "Husband, my family has done some business with Shanyue before. They scattered in the mountains in units of chiefs and fought against each other. The strong are kings and the weak are dependent on them. There are often poor and humble people who cannot survive and buy themselves as slaves, and there are also losers who are captured as slaves. The husband can buy slaves from them with property and use them to build projects."

Gao Fengtian lowered his head and thought for a while, and pointed: "This is also a solution, but this matter is of great importance. I will report to the lord tomorrow and discuss it."

In Runzhou, beside the pier, under the dim light, the soldiers were moving sealed pots from the boat. The outside of the pots was covered with straw bags, which was supposed to be used to prevent them from falling. An Renyi stood by, his face, which was usually full of indifference to smile, was full of solemnity, and even a little nervous.

"Five hundred and thirty-five, five hundred and thirty-seven, well, plus these three, exactly five hundred and forty. The envoy An, will be ordered by the lord to transport all of these 540 "Greek Fires" to you, please check them." Speaking with a burly and dark face, it was Kang Fu, the general under Tian Wei.

"Forget it, what else can you trust when doing things?" An Renyi nodded and said, "That guy Ren Zhi is also funny. Why did he give such a strange name? What about Thunder Fire and Thunder Fire are much louder than this one."
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