Chapter 124: Hitting the Zheng Family's Idea Again
The reason why Lin Jingzhi wanted to change the direction of the canal was not that there were major problems in the drawings drawn by Zhang Jia, but because in addition to the wasteland opened by the Lin family, the back of the small mountain was also
There is a piece of wasteland that can be opened. Although the wasteland is only one-tenth of the size here, and the soil and terrain are much worse, if you can really dig the canal here and you can hire it so hard that you only need to have enough food to eat.
The refugees who dug the river, how could the wealthy families in Luocheng miss such an opportunity for wealth?
In just one winter, if you open a piece of land, you can earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and only a fool will not make a profit!
I guess when the Lin family's canal is less than half dug, someone will think of the wasteland. At that time, the person who bought the wasteland will inevitably stand on the same line with the Lin family, supporting digging the canal and opening up the wasteland. In this way,
Isn’t the Lin family one more ally? After all, the Lin family can’t dig a river, so naturally he can’t open the wasteland.
In addition, he must have given some money to the Lin family, otherwise why would the Lin family give up the nearest canal route and give dowry to others?
It is certain that when the news of the Lin family clearing wasteland and digging canal leaks at the beginning, it will cause Tian Ji and Wang Meng and others to plot. If you find another helper, the Lin family will have more self-protection strength! And it can be grabbed by many rich people.
The people in that wasteland naturally have a certain status. At that time, if Tian Ji and Wang Meng still want to play tricks, they have to consider the strength of this family.
Of course, if Lin Jingzhi is willing, he can also disclose the news of digging canals in advance to a certain family. In this way, the initiative to choose an allies is in the hands of the Lin family. In fact, Lin Jingzhi's current heart is currently in his heart.
, there is already a suitable candidate.
General Xuanwei, Zheng Sheng!
So far, there is no better ally than the Zheng family. The official position is large enough and the power is large enough. In Liuzhou, he dares to work against Tian Ji. If such a useful person is not pulled out and used, it will be a bad situation.
For the Lin family, it's too wasteful.
And it is precisely because of this reason that Lin Jingzhi did not pay for the wasteland and opened it together.
"Mr. Zhang, don't be angry, listen to me slowly." Lin Jingzhi smiled and comforted Zhang Jia, then said again: "Since Mr. Zhang has run away countless pairs of cloth shoes in this area, it should be clear that
, on the other side of this small mountain is also a piece of wasteland.”
"What? Is Mr. Lin trying to open that piece of wasteland together?" Zhang Jia was relieved after hearing this, and then asked in confusion: "But the official text in your hand does not state it, it just says to buy it.
This wasteland.”
"Yes, I did buy only one piece of wasteland here, but the wasteland over there, Mr. Zhang, just imagine, if my Lin family drove the canal here, the wasteland on the other side of the small peak would be afraid that there would be no wasteland on the other side of the small peak.
Does anyone buy it and open it?”
Lin Jingzhi's words woke Zhang Jia up, but he still had questions, "Why didn't Mr. Lin buy two wastelands together? If you do it according to Mr. Lin's words, wouldn't it be for others to do it?
Take advantage of it in vain?”
Lin Jingzhi will not tell Zhang Jia this reason at present. He chuckled softly and replied: "The money is earned by everyone together, how can we let the Lin family take it alone? What's more, the wasteland over there is compared with this one.
But it's more than a little bit worse. Mr. Zhang, if you want to open the wasteland over there, can you change the route of this canal?"
"Mr. Lin, it's not to be hiding it. In fact, Zhang had thought about opening up the wasteland over there before, but Zhang also knew that the border wars in recent years have been constantly fighting, and frequent wars have caused the national treasury to consume a lot of money, which is difficult for
This project allocated too much money, so I reluctantly gave up the wasteland there. At the same time, I thought that when the canal here is dug, a few years later, and when the treasury is full, I will give another report to the top.
Let’s open the wasteland on that side, and then just open another tributary on this canal, and it will be done.”
Zhang Jia said, pointing to the distance to explain the intersection of the branch to Lin Jingzhi.
"Well, Mr. Zhang is very worried. In fact, according to the following point of view, if the court had no foreign troubles and the national treasury was sufficient, Mr. Zhang might not have been removed from his official position." Lin Jingzhi sighed softly, in his heart, he said to
This good official who is dedicated to serving the people is very sympathetic.
"Oh? Why?" Zhang Jia looked puzzled.
"The reason is very simple, it's that there is no money!" Lin Jingzhi explained his guess, "Mr. Zhang, just imagine that even if the above knows that your plan to dig a canal in your wasteland is feasible, but in the treasury, the national treasury
If you don’t have money, what will they give you to approve it?"
Hearing Lin Jingzhi say this, Zhang Jia frowned tightly.
"No money is a good project. If these ministers report it directly to the emperor, then the emperor today will blame them for being incompetent and not getting money, and scolding them like this?"
"Border wars are coming, and the Ministry of Revenue has long lost money. When Mr. Zhang reported this memorial, the first person to offend them was them. As for the officials of the Ministry of Works, even if they knew that the project was feasible, they would still be able to end up with some things after the matter was completed.
The achievements, but they dare to report them even though they know that the emperor has no money? It is impossible. If they anger the emperor, they will not have good results!"
"In the following point of view, Mr. Zhang can save his life. I think it is because the officials of the Ministry of Works secretly asked you for love and could not bear to kill a good official!"
Although Zhang Jia has been in the officialdom for many years, he knows nothing about the affairs of the court and the way of being an official. After hearing Lin Jingzhi's explanation, he felt it made sense, and in the end he was shocked and angry!
What was shocked was that I was almost framed and lost my life.
What is angry is that those officials who attend court all day long can do such inhuman things just for their own selfishness.
Fortunately, he met Lin Jingzhi. As long as he could open up the wasteland, whether it was done by the court or by the wealthy families, it would be a good thing that would benefit the country and the people.
Although the biggest beneficiary of the land was the Lin family, the Lin family opened such a large piece of land and eventually rented it to tenant farmers to plant it. This invisibly supported thousands of civilians, and it was precisely because of the fact that it was the case that the Lin family opened up such a large piece of land.
Thinking of this, he refused to charge him the wages paid by Lin Jingzhi at the beginning.
"What Mr. Lin said makes sense. Now Mr. Zhang finally knows why he lost his official position. Thank you!" After that, Zhang Jia bowed and bowed to Lin Jingzhi.
Lin Jingzhi quickly replied with a bow and said, "Mr. Zhang, you are polite. In fact, from the perspective below, Mr. Zhang's character is really not suitable for surviving in the officialdom."
"Well, Mr. Lin said so much, but even so, if Mr. Zhang has the opportunity to become an official again in the future, he will definitely not let it go!" Zhang Jia was full of righteousness when he said this.
In his opinion, as long as you can do something practical for the people, even if you go through fire and water, you will be willing to refuse!
"Mr. Zhang is indeed righteous!" Lin Jingzhi bowed deeply to Zhang Jia.
Xu helped him and Zhang Jia changed the topic, "Mr. Lin, Zhang had already drawn the drawing on the other side of the mountain, but he always felt that the drawing was not very useful, so he received it in the bookcase and was backlogged.
Come down."
"Okay, as long as there are drawings!" Lin Jingzhi laughed when he heard this, then pointed to the distance and said, "Mr. Zhang, can you ask if the direction of the canal is changed here on that drawing?"
The place where Lin Jingzhi pointed was exactly the same as the canal route drawn by Zhang Jia. The reason why Lin Jingzhi pointed there was because the 100-meter mountain had a deep valley there.
Originally, digging the canal downward is enough to be laborious, let alone digging mountains?
So no matter who it is, you will definitely pick where to dig.
"Yes, it's there. The first half of the line on the canal on that drawing is the same as this drawing. Only in the second half did some changes be made. In addition, except for those places where the changes are made, the other side of the mountain
All the canal routes have been drawn."
Speaking of the route of the canal, the two of them had a very speculative conversation and pointed at the hills. After half an hour, Zhang Jiacai remembered an important question again: "Mr. Lin, tell me about it."
After so long, I haven't told me when the construction will start? There are people digging the canal, where are you going to find it?"
Lin Jingzhi was stunned and restrained his smile because of the speculation he had chatted with Zhang Jia. He pondered for a while before saying: "Mr. Zhang, in fact, there are some hidden behind the Lin family's digging canals for digging.
It’s hard to tell you, so the specific start time and the staff who dug the river have not yet decided.”
Zhang Jia felt nervous when he heard this and asked anxiously: "The Lin family wouldn't just talk about the two things about opening up wasteland and digging canals!"
If this is true, Zhang Jiake will be angry. Isn’t this using him as a monkey?
"Of course not. I can guarantee that the matter of clearing wasteland and digging canals is a foregone conclusion and will never be fake. And you have read the official paper, which cost the Lin family a full 300,000 taels of silver!
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After saying this, Lin Jingzhi saw that Zhang Jia was still a little worried, so he said again: "The construction will start in just one month at the latest!" dd