In the great river civilization, agriculture has always played a dominant role in the economy, and attention must be paid to precision work in agricultural production.

This requires improving tools, improving production technology, and increasing output per unit area, and water conservancy is the most important aspect.

The ancient agricultural production model was a small-scale farmer economy, which was unable to fight against natural disasters such as floods and droughts. Therefore, in order to ensure agricultural production, we must pay attention to the construction of water conservancy projects.

After all, farming depends on the weather.

How to change with human intervention so that water can be irrigated when faced with drought, and dredged and avoided when faced with floods.

Guan Ning had this plan for a long time, but since the establishment of the new dynasty, he did not have the conditions. At that time, he wanted to reform the country. When he was about to settle down, the war started again.

Now I have finally settled down.

For this reason, he made detailed statistics. Guan Ning noticed that in the central and northern parts of Daning, the vast majority of the land was dry land. There were no irrigation facilities and no fixed water sources. They relied entirely on the weather and naturally could not increase production.

To change this situation, new water conservancy facilities need to be built.

What Guan Ning is planning to do is to repair the canal!

There was a ready-made canal in the Ning Dynasty, called the Lancang Grand Canal. This canal was also the main waterway connecting the north and the south. It has existed for a long time and was built by several generations of emperors before it reached its current scale.

It starts from Lin'an in Jiangzhou in the south and reaches Tong County in Lanzhou in the north. The main trunk road is Cangjiang.

But in Guan Ning's view, it is not a qualified canal, and the manually excavated part is actually very small.

Most of them are excavated and connected according to the natural rivers.

In other words, it is not based on artificial design, but follows natural conditions.

For example, there is a branch river in this place, and there is a branch in that place, and then the two rivers are connected.

That's probably it.

The original natural river will then be widened and excavated to meet traffic conditions.

This can indeed greatly reduce manpower, but it also causes the canal to twist and turn because it pursues natural conditions too much. The distance between two places is directly connected. It only takes half an hour to go around, but it takes two people.

hours.

Just open it for the sake of opening it.

The actual role of canals is great, not only to increase transportation channels, but also to divert water for irrigation.

The Lancang Grand Canal also has limited effect on the latter, benefiting only a few places.

In fact, it is understandable.

In ancient times when productivity was low, people's labor could only be used on a large scale during construction, making people's lives relatively difficult, which would eventually lead to conflicts.

There is precedent for this in history.

Due to the barbarian troubles in the north, Daning's economic center of gravity has always been in the south. The canal can strengthen the court's management of the south, and can also ensure that the south supplies food to the north. It can connect the economies of the two places, and can also promote the development of agricultural production and commerce on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. It has great benefits.

big……

Chui Gong Hall.

Guan Ning summoned all ministers and announced the decision.

"I want to rebuild the canal!"

At his signal, Cheng Jing and several eunuchs unfolded a large picture.

This is the canal plan.

It was compiled by him who sent people to explore many times, went there personally, and conducted field surveying and mapping!

The ministers gathered around.

The labels are very detailed, including place names, rivers and lakes, and an overall route map.

And the areas that need to be changed are also marked, so you can see them intuitively.

"After the new dynasty was established, I had the idea to rebuild it. During this period, I continued to explore and it took more than three years to form such a map."

Guan Ning introduced it from the side.

"The beginning and end remain unchanged. It still starts from Tongxian in the north and ends at Lin'an in the south. It mainly focuses on repairing and diversion, and taking direct dredging. After the connection, it will connect the national political center Beijing and the economic center with its unique communication function. More importantly, it will connect different

The connection of production areas in river basins can improve farmland water conservancy along the river and determine the increase in agricultural output..."

"The re-planned Lancang Grand Canal is divided into seven sections, namely..."

Guan Ning explains the pictures in great detail so that everyone can understand them.

But after he finished speaking, the courtiers did not speak immediately, and all looked solemn and gloomy.

"If you have any ideas, please explain directly."

Guan Ning sat down and looked at several people.

In addition to the cabinet ministers, there are also specialized officials such as Guanqiu, the minister of industry, and Chen Xuan, the water transport envoy.

"It is a fact that the Lancang Grand Canal has serious problems."

Zhao Nanxing was the first to speak.

"This canal has existed for a long time, and has been plagued with problems such as siltation and narrowing of the river. After Emperor Xizong of the previous dynasty came to the throne, he also allocated funds for reconstruction. However, the Water Transport Department was a large organization at that time and was responsible for both water transport and river management. There was serious internal corruption.

It is no longer for civilian use and has become a place to make money.”

"That's right."

Fei Tian said: "At that time, His Majesty raised troops and Lanzhou was short of food. Xizong transferred food from the south, but was controlled by others and delayed by the blockage of the canal. In the end, the food was not used."

Many people knew about this, and later Guan Ning benefited from it. In the end, he obtained this batch of grain, which alleviated the current predicament.

"The appropriation has not been implemented, and it has all gone into the pockets of the officials of the Water Transport Department. It has been in disrepair for a long time, which has greatly affected the transportation capacity. It is a great thing that Your Majesty is determined to rebuild it."

Zhao Nanxing said solemnly: "This type of plan is also excellent, benefiting the north and south, and benefiting both sides of the strait. However, such reconstruction is not a simple renovation, reopening rivers, re-diversion of rivers and lakes, the project is huge, it requires recruiting a large number of civilians, and it is not

It can be done in a day and a night.”

With so much foreshadowing, we get to the point.

"Although our country is changing rapidly, the people are actually in hardship. This kind of recruitment is fine for a short period of time, but I am afraid there will be problems for a long time."

"What Mr. Zhao said is absolutely true. Your Majesty, please think again."

Several courtiers expressed their condolences one after another.

Everyone knows that rebuilding canals and constructing water conservancy projects is a good thing, but the actual situation is different.

Daning is in the recovery period.

National strength is restored and people's livelihood is restored.

At this time, you can't make too big a move.

They all felt that this was too big a step!

History has proven that forcefully recruiting civilians will not lead to good results.

It may not be obvious in the short term, but problems will arise in the long term.

"I understand all the problems you mentioned."

Guan Ning said: "When I implement it, I will also take the actual situation into consideration, so I prepare to proceed step by step, starting from the important part, completing one part, and then moving on to the next part."

Hearing this, several courtiers breathed a sigh of relief.

Your Majesty did not do this on a whim.

"Everyone, this matter is urgent. If we rebuild a section, we can promote the increase in food and economic development in this area. When we have money, we can continue to rebuild. This is a long-term process and cannot be achieved in a short time."

Guan Ning is very thoughtful.

All the ministers nodded their heads.

"What about the issue of requisitioning civilian husbands? This is not a small-scale problem."

"I am not planning to requisition, but to hire!"

"Hire?"

"right."

Guan Ning said: "Infrastructure construction is a very good way to stimulate domestic demand..."
Chapter completed!