Chen Ji behaved very quietly from beginning to end, without saying a word. Chen Qing felt a little strange in his heart. When he came back in the carriage, he smiled and asked: "Ji'er, what do you think of Danba Waterway?"
Chen Ji said for a long time: "Reporting to my father, I think it seems unnecessary!"
"Why do you say that?" Chen Qing asked curiously.
"The reason is actually simple!"
Chen Ji said seriously: "After widening Sanmenxia, food supplies from the south of the Yangtze River can enter the Yellow River from the Caibian Canal, and then be transported from the Yellow River to Jingzhao. There is no need to go through Xiangyang and Shangzhou to Jingzhao. It costs hundreds of thousands to build the Danba Waterway.
"Guan, there are tens of thousands of civilians, which is indeed a bit of a waste of time and money."
It turned out that this was what his son was thinking about. Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "Can't you just consider the connection between Jiangnan and Guanzhong, or Jinghu Road, Sichuan Road, Huainan West Road and Jiangnan West Road? Such a vast central and western area,
Do they have to transport their supplies to Yangzhou first and then take a long detour from Yangzhou?"
Chen Ji is twelve years old this year. Although he still respects his father very much, he already has his own ideas, but he does not dare to refute his father and has to lower his head.
Chen Qing saw that his son had his own ideas, so he smiled and encouraged him: "If you have any ideas, just say it. As a father, I want to hear it!"
Chen Ji bit his lip and said, "Father was right just now. Going to Yangzhou via Sichuan Road and Jinghu Road is indeed a long detour, and it is more convenient to take the Shangluo Waterway. But I think that after the second stage is completed, it should be over, and then in
There is a transit warehouse each built in Baishui and Danshui, and supplies are still transported by camels. The transportation capacity of a camel is equivalent to a small boat. There is absolutely no need to waste people and money to develop the Danba waterway."
Chen Qing nodded, "This is the same as Pei Yaoqing of the Tang Dynasty who built the Jijin warehouse to the east of Sanmenxia and the salt warehouse to the west of Sanmenxia."
"Yes! This is what a child thinks."
Chen Qing smiled and said: "Your idea makes sense, but we can't make decisions like this. We can't rely on our feelings. 'I feel it will waste people and money, so this project cannot be approved.' We can't do this. Things have to be done step by step."
One step at a time, for example, in the first phase, how much people, material and financial resources the Ministry of Industry plans to spend, and how much it actually costs. After the second phase is completed and the development of Bashui is completed, at this time, we will calculate based on the various expenditures in the early stage.
Calculate how much food and manpower it will cost to build the Danba Waterway, how much food and manpower it will cost to build two warehouses, and then make a full assessment and weigh the strategic pros and cons before deciding whether to implement the Danba Waterway."
Chen Ji looked ashamed and said, "My child is immature!"
Next to him, Zhou Kuan opened his eyes and smiled: "Are you immature yet? I think you already speak like a twenty-year-old young man."
Chen Qing laughed and said, "Old Zhou, tell this kid, do you want to build the Danba Waterway?"
Zhou Kuan said with a smile: "I took a boat from Jingzhao to Jiangnan. When I arrived at Lantian Pass, the boatman told me that I could only stop here. I had to carry dozens of kilograms of luggage and walk more than ten miles over the mountains.
, I will definitely be tortured to death if I look for a boat to continue traveling after arriving in Shangzhou."
Chen Ji suddenly understood that he was thinking too narrowly about the problem and did not realize the significance of building the Danba Waterway at all.
Chen Qingyu said earnestly: "Convenience is the most important part of transportation, and it is also the key to our control of the southern states. Do you understand Ji'er?"
Chen Ji nodded repeatedly, "I understand, kid!"
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Chen Qing led everyone to board the ship in Shangluo County, and first took the thousand-stone passenger ship to go south along the Dan River. Three days later, they arrived in Xiangyang. More than 20 thousand-stone ships had been moored in Xiangyang, including Chen Qing's ship, a ship with a hundred thousand stones.
The super-large blessing ship, the largest ship in the world, and three thousand escort soldiers boarded other ships. Chen Qing took his wife, children and officials to his own blessing ship.
The Fuchuan above the deck is divided into four floors. The first floor is where hundreds of soldiers live, the second floor is where Zhou Kuan and a dozen officials handle official business, and the third floor is where Chen Qing and his wife and children live, including ten soldiers.
There are cabins for the accompanying women, and the fourth floor is the cabin for luggage and twelve female guards.
Below the deck are various functional cabins, boatman's cabin, kitchen, storage cabin, fresh water tank, livestock cabin, etc.
A huge ship like this with a hundred thousand stones can accommodate a thousand people, but in fact it only accommodated less than two hundred people, which was still very spacious. Of course, this was King Yong's ship, so it couldn't be as crowded as a merchant ship.
At night, the fleet has left Xiangyang and is sailing mightily on the Han River. Each large ship is hung with a large lantern, which is particularly eye-catching on the dark river surface and can be seen dozens of miles away.
The night was getting deeper, Chen Qing and his two concubines were in the dark. The three of them were exhausted and lay down. Chen Qing fell asleep with two beautiful ladies in his arms.
When Chen Qing woke up early the next morning, Yu Lian was the only one beside him. Yao Mei had disappeared. He could faintly hear the busy work in the outer cabin, and Yao Mei was already busy making tea.
This is the difference between the two. Yao Mei is very much like Yu Ying, very virtuous and used to getting up early to serve her husband, but Yu Lian is not. She understands her husband's habits and uses another way to serve her husband. Chen Qing suppresses Yu Lian again
After some affectionate love, Yu Lian stood up. Chen Qing really liked her plump and exaggerated figure, just like a ripe peach.
At this time, Yao Mei's face was slightly red, and she came in with a basin. She wanted to wait for her husband to wash up. After all, she was still young and thin-skinned. She and Yu Lian served her husband together last night, but she couldn't let go. She slipped outside to put on her clothes early in the morning.
skirt.
Yu Lian was naked, but she didn't care that Yao Mei was in the same cabin. She lazily arranged her hair before putting on her dress. She looked back at her husband and smiled charmingly: "Husband, I'm going back to the cabin."
Chen Qing smiled and nodded. Yu Lian playfully hugged Yao Mei and kissed her on the face before leaving with a giggle. Her cabin was next door and she had to go out through the corridor outside. There were two of her friends there too.
The personal maid has to help her wash and put on makeup.
Chen Qing is served by Yao Mei beside her. There is no maid. Of course, Yao Mei also has her own cabin. In the side cabin next to her, there are all her belongings. There is a small door to go directly through. It is very convenient. In fact, she lives with Chen Qing.
Together.
This made Yu Lian a little jealous, but there was nothing she could do about it. She was not as diligent as Yao Mei. She only served her husband on the bed and didn't care about anything else.
Yao Mei's face turned red after being kissed by Yu Lian. Thinking of the absurdity last night, she felt even more embarrassed. However, she still fetched the chamber pot for her husband quickly, wiped her husband's body carefully with a warm towel, and waited for him to dress.
Wear a soft cotton robe.
"What time is it now?" Chen Qingxiao asked.
There is a clock outside. It took jeweler Li Si half a year to develop it based on the principle of a gravity clock. However, it is not refined enough and weighs a hundred kilograms. Although the error is about a quarter of an hour every day, Chen Qing is still very satisfied.
, I brought it out specially this time. The 100,000-stone boat is very stable on the inland water and has little impact on the clock. But if it goes to the sea, it may not work.
"It's almost Chen time!"
That is to say, it's not yet seven o'clock, and Chen Qing gets up at this time every day.
"Is Ji'er up?" Chen Qing asked again.
"I met Xiao Tao just now, and she got up to practice calligraphy when she said Shi Zi Mao."
Chen Qing nodded. His son Chen Ji is very good at studying, but he is a little behind in calligraphy. He has no talent in calligraphy and has no choice but to work hard to make up for his shortcomings. He has been practicing calligraphy hard in the past two years. This time he went to Fujian
During the inspection, Master Lu Cunyi did not arrange for him to study, but asked him to practice calligraphy hard for no less than five hours a day. If something was delayed, he must make up for it later.
Chen Ji followed his father to inspect the progress of the Danba Waterway and was delayed for three hours, so these days, he practiced calligraphy for six hours every day to make up for the lost time.
Chen Qing was very satisfied with his son's self-discipline. To become a qualified leader of the world, self-discipline is the most basic quality.
Especially don't learn from yourself, because you are too indulgent in sexual intercourse.