Some officials finally realized that Dai Zhide came to the river, looked at the water flow, and came to Li Wei and said, "Your Highness, once the two canals are opened, it will be convenient for the country and the people. What I am worried about is next year and the next..."

It's not manpower or material resources, it's finance.

The prince was in charge of the presidency, and the accounts had to be submitted to the court for investigation. The money was easy to check. The borrowed more than 1.4 million yuan, and the income from the sea market reached 600,000 yuan. However, the prince had the first words. Guangzhou was not in charge, but only Suzhou and Quanzhou were used. Suzhou had a advantage in the territory. There was a foundation for Quanzhou to go to sea privately. The income from the two phases seemed to be. If Guangzhou was deducted, it would be slightly more than 300,000 yuan. In addition, the donations from Liang and Lu were less than 1.9 million yuan. It was also a huge amount of money, but by the end of this year's project, nearly 1.1 million yuan had been used.

This is not much different from the original budget, but with this net bag blocking method, it is easier to open the canal, otherwise the expenses will be greater. The Shenmen River will be dug next year, which is similar to the newly opened river project. If you want to drain water, you must be deep and wide, so you can't be careless. Besides, it is not easy to turn over. To achieve the purpose of drain water, you need to be wider and deeper. The only difference does not need to be so flat. However, on Shenmen Island, the construction difficulty has increased a little. Looking at the current, you cannot drag it. Otherwise, shipping will be unfavorable.

The Danshui Canal has moved to the middle of the river, from Caoqiao Pass to Longju Village. Dai Zhide has not seen the actual situation, but he has seen the map and heard about it. The construction of this project is more difficult, not only for dredging, but also for the entire river to be cut deep from the middle of the river, and it is mostly a canyon and rocky riverbed. Therefore, the cost is greater than this year.

But what about the income of the sea market? After asking, after seeing the benefits, many maritime merchants began to customize large ships and became familiar with them, and the income would definitely increase part of the income. However, even if the ships are now placed, it is not like river boats. If the construction of various docks in the Wei River is speeding up, they can be used up to nearly a thousand small river boats. These ships have been sailing in the sea for a long time, and their quality is higher than that of the imperial court's maritime ships. It is possible that even if they place an order, they cannot pay the ship this year. Even if they hand over, they cannot benefit immediately. Therefore, the remaining funds plus the tax revenue of the two cities may be used up this year.

The difficulties this year can be passed, what about the second half of next year? The project volume from Longjuzhai to Shangzhou will be larger in the next year. Although the profits of Haishi have increased by a point, they have to pay off their debts. What can the remaining hundreds of thousands of dollars be done? Opening a ghost gate peninsula river is probably not enough.

After Dai Zhide finished speaking, the ministers around him looked at Li Wei together. This was also a problem of fact. Time flies quickly. In the blink of an eye, it will be next year and next autumn...

Li Wei said: "The most urgent task of the two-channel project is to open a new river and Guangtong channel. These two sections of rivers and canals have been completed. Other projects do not have to be completed overnight. I said that it takes six years, but it also depends on financial resources, manpower and technical difficulties. It is OK to be successful for five years, and it is OK to be unsuccessful for ten or eight years. It is based on not harming the people or national strength."

Wu Zetian came over and heard this passage just in time and smiled and said nothing.

She had learned that her son's plan was a national event and did not break it.

Of course, Li Wei said that, but everyone saw his confident expression and didn't have time to ask, so they had to wait and see.

But this incident brought Li Wei to wake up. On the way back, he called Wei Hongji and said that those who expressed their loyalty could also be regarded as a confidant. Then he secretly ordered him to do something and spread rumors to the public about Liang Jinzhu's move to open a new land. Even if Liang Jinzhu took the lead, no merchants were interested in the so-called islands. The results were long, the court system was harsh, and the number of people they carried was limited. These were sea boats, not river boats. Just the canvas rose or pulled down, they needed many sailors. There were also emergencies, and warriors needed to escort and fight the indigenous people. Who was interested in becoming interested in the colonies?

So, it is not that the wind is not enough. There are indigenous people who have made divisions. In addition to some complex terrain and ordinary terrain, the indigenous people's weapons are backward, and many areas are just small tribes. How much combat effectiveness can they have? Treated as a division, the Tang Dynasty prohibited the Chinese people from going abroad, but there was no ban on the indigenous people. They can be used for fighting and ploughing. The cultivated land can be planted with rice or sugarcane, and when it matures, they can make sugar on it. In the Central Plains, if they want to export the sugar itself, they have to pay taxes, and then they have to pay a tariff. When overseas, all taxes are exempted.

What else is more exciting to make not paying taxes more exciting?

Wei Hongji was stunned when he heard this and said, "This, this..."

"Wei Shaoqing, just said that it is not simple, the sea risks. When we arrive at the local area, the weather is hot and unacceptable. There are many poisonous insects and beasts, and even conflicts with the local natives. Don't think that there are no people in the local area, some are very few, and backward, and even the country does not have any country. The land is fertile, but because no one cultivates it, it is mostly woods, bushes, and swamps, so it is not easy to cultivate it. It will not become mature land for decades, and it will be obtained by the court fifty years later. I know that it is not good to talk about profit, but when I go to sea, it is for profit. The profit is not heavy and will not attract people."

This is also OK to explain.

But Li Wei thought further. Later, Britain called the British Empire, which was the prosperity brought by the colonies. Of course, the technology was more developed at that time, but there were many disadvantages. Britain was small and had a small population base. It was destined to occupy it for a long time. Europe was more complicated. It was not only the British, Irish, French, Spanish, Dutch, Danes, Germans, Portuguese, etc., with different races and ethnic groups. Therefore, the United States was destined to be ***.

But now the Tang Dynasty has a single ethnic group, and there are many ethnic minorities. But whoever does not regard himself as a Han people, even his own ancestors, all desperately strive to climb into the Han people. In addition to the restricted areas, the ethnic nature is single, even if there is a single one, it cannot erase the bloodline of the body. The region is large and the population base is strong. It can avoid all kinds of European colonies. There is another important reason. The Tang Dynasty may not be the richest, but it is the most tolerant and open.

Famous families look down on the royal family, but it is the various royal family and their bloodline that destined that this open atmosphere is unprecedented. At this time, the colony could be established. In other eras, it would be even more difficult, and foreigners might even be encouraged to kill expatriates.

This is a long-term, backward productivity and technology, as well as the Central Plains' emphasis on rural areas, which is destined to be a long process. At present, if the news is released, many people will not be able to sit still. It is not that they cannot see it, they are all smart people who borrowed debts, but they really delayed it until ten or twenty years to complete the two channels. No, so they will also put out a batch of places, and if there are more people, they will only have more taxes. Besides, they may get some "good merchant money" to solve the urgent problem. So they wait for their words. If they are lobbying, one is that their reputation cannot be erased, and the other is that they will also see the huge black holes of the fourth batch of projects next year, and they are afraid that their strange goods will be available, so they open their mouths. Therefore, there are people who are moved, but no people who are lobbying.

Maybe you can give me some advice and prevent me from selling money with quotas.

Since he wanted to be that and wanted to set up a archway, Li Wei had to force them to force him.

This is only the first step. The second step is to collect the records of various sea merchants from all over the sea, and collect the routes they recorded and the local terrain production and cultural status, and make them into books, including the knowledge provided by Liang and Lu, and print them into books, which are gradually improved every year to provide convenience for those who sail later.

The third step was to let Liang Lu's group split up. When he went to Lingnan, he called some friends because he was not enough staff. Li Wei also agreed to this move and let these people come out. The reason was very simple. Liang Lu enthroned the scattered officials, and the others became jealous. Then he wrote a letter to accuse this good merchant system. Do you really have good merchants in the country only in the two capitals or the coastal areas? Liang Lu and Lu took 30,000 yuan to donate the A-level good merchants. Okay, we took 50,000 yuan and mixed this pool of stagnant water.

Soon the news spread, and officials also heard it. They didn't know the inside story and felt it was not good. Whether it was tariffs or sugar tax, it became a considerable income for the court. If the two channels were not mentioned, the court would be more relaxed in the future. But what should I do if I made sugar overseas? Should I send tax collectors to collect taxes overseas?

Li Wei summoned several prime ministers.

Now he is not a ruling country, and there is a violation of the system. However, the first group of merchants were pure merchants and had weak power, which might make officials unable to understand, and then what orders were issued would ruin good things. So he said to these prime ministers: "I also heard the discussion, but the system had already allowed them to operate overseas, and they were the court, so they could not speak without trust."

But if you take advantage of the interests, the officials may change their orders every day and have no persuasion. They said: "My dear friends, let's say that there are only fifty years. Even if these places are cultivated, they are not easy. Although they have gained profits, they will be returned to the court in the future. If they don't manage them, they will not become mature land. With more mature land, they can increase the population and seriously annex the land, and find a way out. It's just a small loss of profit, but it is related to the grand scheme of descendants. With the people, mature land and profit, they will open up the territory. Unlike the Turks or the **, the court is useless. They will use troops every year to increase the expenses. Also, the grandson said that the difficulties in the funds of the two channels next year and the next year, and I have not told them all about the plan. The funds have their own places. You may obstruct this and disrupt the planning of the orphan."

When he reached this level, no one was stupid. Li Wei understood this one after another.

This aborted the controversy in the court.

Then wait for the parties to react.

The entire Tang Dynasty added real estate and fixed industries together. There were only a handful of people with millions of dollars, but there were still many people with more than 100,000 dollars, and more than 10,000 dollars. Of course, the proportion of the total amount was very small, but Li Wei did not need many people. As long as there were hundreds or thousands of households coveted, it was enough.

Start competing for patience.

However, what he had been worried about happened.

On the same day, Li Xian ran over and said, "Brother, help me."

"What's the matter?"

"It's my princess..."

"Speak slowly, no hurry."

"Brother, something happened to Pan'er."

Pan'er is the nickname of Zhao.

"What happened?" Li Wei frowned slightly. The girl was very arrogant, but she was only arrogant. Her personality was not the only one among all the children of the royal family.

"She beat a palace maid to death in the palace and then asked the mother palace to imprison her in the provincial eunuch."

"Why did the palace maid be killed?"

"Brother, didn't Prince Zhihan pay a batch of glassware this year? My father rewarded me with a few pieces. When the palace maid wiped it, she broke one. Pan'er got angry and ordered someone to beat her to death."

Li Wei knew about this. He paid a batch of green glass and Li Wei divided it into several pieces. It was not very pure. There were some impurities inside and it was unclear. He once went to the market and saw some fine products from Dashi. The craftsmanship was also not good, both green and yellow, and the color was impure. It was mostly green. I knew that it was burned by sand, but why it was not burned clearly.

Li Xian continued: "When the queen heard about this, she immediately ordered the eunuch to pull her to the minion of the eunuch and only sent raw food in. I pleaded with my father, the queen, and they didn't see me."

This statement understood the reason why Li Xian was panicked.

Just because of a vessel, it should be punished. But when it comes to the words, there are countless eunuchs who died inexplicably in the palace. The palace can be said to be the most luxurious building in the world, but the inner palace is the dirtiest group in the world.

Li Wei would not regard these glasses as rare things, but the glass products were still very precious at this time. Zhao was furious and could understand them. Her origin was destined not to take those humble palace maids seriously. In the past, such cases could be punished but not punished. But Li Wei agreed with the punishment. After all, life was at stake. Cao Siwei was so disobedient back then that he did not really kill her. Besides, it was just a glassware.

But another thing, the third brother said that he would only send raw food in. Maybe there was firewood seasoning in the palace in the eunuch, but Zhao was born with a delicate background, so how could he cook? Although he was nominally forcing the Zhao girl to suffer a little, he actually forced the Zhao girl to death.

Li Wei thought for a while and asked, "Third brother, has Princess Zhou ever said anything to disobey her mother?"

Li Xian stammered for a moment and whispered, "I have said it to me, and I have scolded her."

After thinking about it, he said, "But brother, that's the words of the bed mansion, and no one else heard it."

That arrogant little loli is a little older and has a bed mansion? It’s not like making fun of me, but I thought about it for no other reason and said, “You go back first. I’ll solve it for you.”

Li Xian thanked him for leaving, and Li Wei took the guards and headed straight to Wu Chengsi's mansion.

After a long journey, Wu Chengsi greeted him. When he walked into the living room, Wu Chengsi ordered his servants to serve tea. Li Wei said, "No need, you all go out."

Let his guards and servants from Wu Chengsi's mansion leave the living room.

Wu Chengsi felt something was wrong and said, "Your Highness..."

Li Wei said angrily: "Last year, you returned from Lingnan, and your mother called me to go away, deliberately saying that we are friendly with each other, and I agree. Since ancient times, the struggle between the royal family and the relatives has been extremely cruel. Although the incident of Helan Minzhi happened, I always feel ashamed of me."

Wu Chengsi laughed and said, "Yes."

"But you shouldn't put your hand on my third brother's head."

"Your Highness, why did you say this? He is the King of Zhou, I am just the Duke of Zhou, with orderly magnanimity and order. I don't have the courage to give me this courage."

"I don't care whether you have the courage or not, I only have one. Princess Zhou will come back safely tomorrow, otherwise I will take the head of your neck immediately." As he said that, he pulled out his sword and slammed Wu Chengsi's neck with the back of the sword!

This head must be released, and we cannot bear it. Today, we can attack the third princess, tomorrow we can attack the children of the royal family, and the day after tomorrow we can attack myself and a few brothers! And this Wu Chengsi played a very important instigating role in the middle.
Chapter completed!