That kind of thing where you are desperate to save face and suffer, but you can only sit there dryly and watch others make a fortune even though your heart is so itchy that you can't do it. Naturally, Wang Buxu will not do it.

After all, he is also a time traveler. What things have he not seen before?

Moreover, Confucianism has not yet risen, or in other words, it is far from dominating the world.

The most important thing is that Wang Buxu will never let them get to this point.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty dismissed hundreds of schools of thought and only respected Confucianism.

There are just a few reasons, but in my case, it is impossible for all these reasons to be true.

First, he is disgusted with Huang Lao's techniques, even to the point of disgust.

The reason for this is naturally because the Empress Dowager Dou was too strict in her childhood. If she wanted to do something, she would either be stopped by the Empress Dowager Dou or the ministers who admired Huang Lao's skills.

Rather than saying that he was disgusted and disgusted by Huang Lao's art, it was better to say that because of these people, Huang Lao's art was also implicated.

Secondly, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to fight back against the Xiongnu, but the world environment at that time had long lost the passionate atmosphere at the beginning of the founding of the country.

As long as there is talk of war, a large number of ministers will risk their lives to remonstrate and plead for peace.

Due to these influences, the public has great opinions on starting a war.

Confucianism, especially the Gongyang Sect, played such a role.

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty only respected Confucianism, there was soon a cry for war in the country. The desire for war in the country also greatly gave Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sufficient support for his ambitions.

As for the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, this is not the only one proposed by Confucianism.

In fact, it is impossible for any school or thought that can survive to this day to promote the wrong ideas of being disloyal to the emperor and unpatriotic.

Well, now Wang Buxu is talking about engaging in commerce and wants the Ministry of Commerce to handle this matter.

Who in the world dares to call your Majesty that you are competing for the interests of the people?

Who dares to say this?

Who has the courage to face a founding emperor who was killed on the battlefield?

And it’s based on the fact that the wages paid by the Ministry of Commerce are higher than others?

Even if the above is not mentioned, Wang Buxian also pointed it out directly, what kind of people are called people who can compete with the Ministry of Commerce?

They are just aristocrats and rich men wearing the skin of common people. As long as they dare to shout, the king will dare to kill him unless he is hungry.

"Your Majesty, promoting commerce so vigorously may affect agricultural production!" Xiao He raised the most critical question.

This problem exists now, and the reality is that it can only be started in winter every year.

"Then find a way to prevent it from affecting agricultural production. The introduction of new agricultural tools has effectively improved production efficiency, but now this work is far from being done well. The Ministry of Commerce can invest in agricultural tool workshops and raise mules.

You can only make a small profit, or even make no money, and sell it to the people. With mules and more new farm tools, if you can have two mules and two sets of new farm tools per mile, not to mention more, each household will save one labor force.

Isn’t it a problem?”

"How many households are there in the world? How many people are these?" Wang Buhung said.

There is a kind of investment in the world. Looking at the current situation, how do you think it will lose money?

But looking at the future, how does he think about how to make money?

Maybe the benefits are not obvious, but a smart person can see where his real benefits lie.

That is infrastructure.

When building a highway, even if it is a concrete road or something, Wang Buxian didn't even bother to think about it. Is it built for horses to run on?

It's not enough to delay things.

So he said: "If it doesn't work, your Ministry of Commerce will invest in building canals!"

"Build a canal?" Xiao He was stunned for a moment. Can a canal be built?

How much manpower and material resources did Zheng Guoqu spend in the pre-Qin period?

At the Ministry of Commerce, a person who doesn’t know how much money he can have, dares to pat his chest and talk about building a canal?

Of course, Xiao He has no objection to this decision. No matter how high the price is, as long as it is within the acceptable range, he will agree. It is just that the progress will be faster or slower.

"Yes, it's a very simple thing!" Wang Buxian smiled and nodded. Making money is definitely profitable. Small profits but quick losses.

After all, as a pioneer of technology and an investor in hardware, charging a small amount of money is not too much, right?

"Simple...simple???" Xiao He's eyes widened.

Zhang Liang couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth slightly, and when he talked about Zheng Guoqu, he burst into tears.

It was his ancestor who suggested that the King of Han send Zheng Guo to the Qin State to preside over the construction of aqueducts. The purpose was to consume the Qin State's national strength and make him unable to conquer the east.

In fact, it was indeed done. During the years when the Zhengguo Canal was built, the Qin State rarely launched wars.

Things have been better in South Korea for a few years.

However, just when everyone was shouting happily that the west was decided, the Qin army came over in a mighty manner.

Zheng Guo Canal affected too many places, and it also caused Qin's grain production to increase dramatically.

South Korea regretted it, but it was too late.

You can't go to Zheng Guo Canal and block it, right?

There were no explosives or anything like that back then...

"Is it difficult?" Wang Buxu looked at Xiao He, and then said: "The device in the forging machine workshop, stand it up, make it bigger, put some bamboo tubes or something on it, and let the water flow push it

Is it difficult to walk alone, then pour the water into a pond, and then build a canal about half a meter wide and deep? If possible, get some stones to pave it. Which household will need the water from the canal?

Just make a record and see how many kilograms of grain you harvest per acre of land every year."

"One free water tank is too small. Wouldn't it be enough to build a few more to let them flow into one canal? If that doesn't work, we can also follow the example of the forging machine shop and build a water reservoir at intervals. On weekdays, we can fill it with water when there is nothing to do.

Then lead it from the pool to all directions."

"And the advantage of this thing is that as long as it is running water, it can automatically lead water from low places to high places, so you don't have to worry about it like before."

Sometimes Wang Buxian wonders if his time travel is in a dream.

Why are these people so stupid?

They have already built a water-powered forging machine themselves, why can't they just build a water wheel?

How powerful is a waterwheel?

How can we describe this as Wang Buxu?

And now there is a shortage of water?

There is indeed a shortage of water during severe droughts, but the ecological environment has not been damaged these days.

There are also many rivers, big or small, and there is a lot of water.

But because there is no waterwheel, water cannot be diverted to farther places.

People can carry buckets to get water in places close to the river, but what about places that are miles away?

A half-day trip and carrying two buckets of water back?

What can two buckets of water do?

Now that the imperial court is investing, among other things, it will build a canal to your farm. Then you can draw water directly from the farm for irrigation. Has the yield per acre of land increased again?

The increase in production means that the family has more food to eat. Originally, it took five people to farm to support the family, but now four people can do it. Can the extra person do something else to make money to support the family?

Therefore, economic development can never be determined by looking in one direction.

There is a shortage of people. Before the birth plan takes effect, how to optimize human resources is the most important thing.

Building such simple canals is actually an investment in infrastructure.

And it's almost a one-time investment. From now on, just send a small number of people to repair it every year. It's basically a huge profit.

"It's possible!" Xiao He slapped his forehead fiercely. He was really dizzy. Why didn't he expect such a great thing?

"Well, the Ministry of Industry will do a few trials first, and use the slack to repair as many as they can. Well... My suggestion is to let each family repair the canals in their own fields, and just do it as required.

Then they will be connected together. After the construction is completed, water will be free for the first year." Wang Buxu dragged the bar down and said.

"Yes, but I think we should collect less in places close to water sources, and more in places far away from water sources." Xiao He nodded.

"You should discuss it among yourselves. There must be an upper limit. It should not be too much for the people. The court does not need to rely on this to make money. The purpose of building the canal is just to increase production and free up people to do other things." Wang was not hungry.

He nodded his head calmly.

Look, such a simple thing can be solved in just a few words.

What strong men really have to do is plowing the ground for sowing and harvesting. These tasks must be done by men, and they are extremely labor-intensive tasks.

As for other things, such as weeding and watering, women and children can do it.

In the past, there was no water, and the water in the wells was not allowed to be used, so everyone had to run to distant places to fetch water.

So more men and women go to fetch water, while the elderly take their children to work in the fields.
Chapter completed!