Great Wei scholar

In other words, 500 taels of silver is extended for ten miles. If you want to extend it for another mile, you need 250 taels of silver. Generally speaking, in relatively poor places, the water sources are about thirty or forty miles apart.

Including the cost of creation, this is close to more than 7000 taels to provide a water source for a village, and even this is only a conservative estimate, after all, labor has not been included.

To implement it, one village needs 1 taels.

During the Great Wei Dynasty, ten townships constituted one county, ten counties constituted one prefecture, and ten prefectures constituted one county. They were divided into two provinces, Guangxi and four lakes, one province, 49 counties, and four lakes, 36 counties, making a total of 240 counties.

If calculated, there are 24 villages and towns that need water trucks, which does not include county capitals, prefectural capitals, and county capitals, so if we really want to follow the highest standard, we need 24 taels of silver.

The treasury can't stand it at all.

After pondering for a while, the empress spoke.

"The Ministry of Industry inspected the area, giving priority to those with water sources in poor and desolate areas. First, determine the [-] poorest counties. However, water trucks must be built within the scope of Nanguang, and the length must be measured to be controlled within [-] miles. Finally, a unified report will be made."

"Li Yanlong, I will give you a budget of [-] taels of silver to save labor costs as much as possible. This will encourage the common people to work hard and build waterwheels. All costs can be saved, but materials cannot be saved."

The empress made a choice, [-] million taels is definitely not enough, but this is the budget. According to the cost of construction, the fifty counties will cost almost [-] million taels of silver, which is part of the labor cost.

As for the need for so many goods, if you want to come to the Ministry of Industry, you can also negotiate the price. It is impossible to do it according to the market price. Naturally, it is the lowest price, so that the merchant can earn money, but not too much. After all, this is a thing that benefits the country.

The empress originally thought about using cheap materials, but after thinking about it, she still vetoed it.

There is no other reason. If this kind of thing is made of low-quality wood, it may be more troublesome to repair it. It is better to use the best material directly, once and for all, and it will be more difficult.

The big deal is to let some people increase the grain production first, and then slowly change it after the next year's harvest is good.

All in all, it's still a little bit, silver taels are not enough to spend.

It would be great if there were hundreds of millions of taels of silver in the treasury.

"Fifty million taels? Your Majesty? Are you serious?"

The empress opened her mouth casually, which frightened Li Yanlong into a fool. He knew that this thing was worth a lot, but he didn't expect that the empress would allocate [-] million taels?This is an astronomical figure. Now the national treasury is indeed rich, but it is not easy to take out [-] million taels, right?

"Do you think I'm joking again?"

The female emperor's voice was slightly indifferent, but Li Yanlong immediately lowered his head and said.

"Your Majesty, I naturally don't dare to doubt Your Majesty, but I just want to ask, if the allocation of [-] million taels is true, how will the Household Minister Gu Yan explain it?"

He asked aloud, this matter must be asked clearly, if the explanation is not clear, according to Gu Yan's personality, he really dared to cut himself with a knife, and later said that he was bewitching His Majesty, so he could not accept the blame.

He will gladly accept the allocation of 500 million taels, and he must not mess around with [-] taels.

As a miser, Gu Yan, it's fine to talk to him about anything, but you can't talk about money, and he can't stand it if something happens.

"I will discuss this matter with the Secretary of the Household Department. You don't have to worry about it. Please do the calculation. This is my order. If you need silver taels, just come to Wan'er."

The Empress opened her mouth and mentioned Gu Yan, but she didn't know what to say.

After all, Gu Yan was extremely obsessed with silver taels, if he was really asked to take out [-] million taels, he would never take it out, but fortunately, the emperor had a veto power and could override him to handle this matter.

It's just that if Gu Yan finds out that the fifty million taels are gone, it's probably... a troublesome matter.

But there is no way, the current situation, I have to do this.

"Your Majesty is wise."

Li Yanlong didn't have anything to say, anyway, since His Majesty meant it, he should just do it.

"Well, go back, remember, don't mention this matter to anyone, otherwise it will be regarded as a felony."

"Especially Gu Yan, don't talk to him about it yet."

The empress made a special warning, and then asked Li Yanlong to resign.

The latter nodded. Dawei was still in charge of the empress, and it was up to the empress whether to spend money or not. He knew it in his heart, so he turned and left.

After Li Yanlong left, the empress also spoke slowly.

"I'm tired, take a rest."

After saying this, Zhao Wan'er understood what it meant, and got up to leave immediately.

After Zhao Wan'er left, the empress got up from the dragon chair, came to the middle of the Dragon Luan, and lay down directly.

The four words Xu Qingxiao filled his mind.

【Unless I marry you】

"Ugh."

With a long sigh, the empress knew that this matter must be explained clearly, but it was not appropriate at the moment.

"When the time is right, I will find some stunning women who are not weaker than me for him, and let him stop thinking about it."

"However, if you want to find a beauty as beautiful as mine, I'm afraid it's hard to find in this world."

"Uh... No, there seems to be someone in the Department of Heavenly Dao, who seems to be in the Sutra Pavilion, you can let Xu Aiqing take a look, forget it, forget it, let's see it later."

The empress thought so in her heart, she didn't know what to do, she directly rejected Xu Qingxiao, afraid of hurting Xu Qingxiao's heart, but if she didn't refuse, she would have to explain clearly sooner or later, at that time, she was afraid that Xu Qingxiao would love herself to the point of madness.

It is not good to have obsessions.

It's better to choose a few stunning people for Xu Qingxiao and let him stop thinking about it.

And at the same time.

Compared to the melancholy of the empress, Xu Qingxiao is not bad.

Inside Shouren Academy.

Xu Qingxiao was making tea while thinking about one thing.

Find a bookstore.

Yes, Xu Qingxiao wanted to find a bookstore to read books. The first was to investigate the identity of the middle-aged man, the second was to study strange arts, the third was to look up the materials in the ancient scriptures of the Alchemy God, and the fourth was to Add your knowledge.

As the old saying goes, live to the old and learn to be old, I will reflect on myself three times a day, and it is always right to read more.

However, in the Great Wei capital, there are only two places with countless books, and the rest of the places combined are not as good as either of the two.

One is the Great Wei Cangjing Pavilion in the Great Wei Palace, and the other is the library in the Great Wei Palace.

There are countless books in these two places, and there are enough books in them to read by myself for three to five years.

It's just that the imperial palace cannot be entered casually, and it is even more difficult to go to the Great Weiwen Palace.

awkward.

Xu Qingxiao was a little distressed.

At this moment, Chen Xinghe's figure appeared not far away, holding a pile of books, walking in with some difficulty.

Yang Hu saw it and went up to help immediately.

"Master Chen, why did you bring so many books back?"

Holding dozens of books in his hands, Yang Hu asked curiously.

"Scholars of my generation naturally want to read books, otherwise how can we improve?"

Chen Xinghe said, since Xu Qingxiao entered the palace, he left the school to borrow some books.

"Brother, where is Brother Wang Ru?"

Xu Qingxiao asked.

"Wang Ru? His friend is looking for him, so there's no need to mention it, Qingxiao, the poetry meeting is coming soon, why don't you read the book and get ready?"

Chen Xinghe came over, took a sip of tea, and asked Xu Qingxiao.

"No, I won't prepare anything, I don't have the mind to think about it now."

Xu Qingxiao shook his head, he didn't have the heart to think about the poetry meeting or not, and he didn't like to pretend to be beeping, so he could just take part in a cutscene.

"Junior brother, don't be humble."

"For this poetry meeting, it is said that admission invitations are hard to come by, and most of them are for you."

"If you don't write two poems, you probably won't agree."

Chen Xinghe said so, but even though he said so, he still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

He can accept that Xu Qingxiao is talented, but it's not good to be too talented.

"No."

"I don't even want to participate this time."

"I'm not in the mood. Besides, I don't want to write poetry anymore. It's better to keep a low profile."

Xu Qingxiao said seriously that he didn't feel anything about this poetry meeting, and he was determined not to write poetry.

The main reason is that it is too high-profile, it is time to keep a low profile, otherwise, how can people live?

"Brother, are you serious?"

After Chen Xinghe heard this, his mind instantly became active.

He has been studying the Book of Songs hard for the past few days, but he often feels uncomfortable halfway through the study. After all, with Xu Qingxiao around, he really doesn't know how to compete.

Fortunately, Xu Qingxiao is his younger brother, so there is no such thing as jealous or not.

However, now that Xu Qingxiao has vowed that he can't compose poems, then Chen Xinghe is excited. If Xu Qingxiao doesn't compose poems, he can still show his face.

"Don't do it, unless you have to, otherwise even if His Majesty asks me to come, I won't come."

Xu Qingxiao replied.

"Junior brother, you have matured."

Chen Xinghe said seriously.

Xu Qingxiao: "..."

"Okay, then senior brother won't delay you, you can take a good rest, senior brother will go to read a book, and I will talk to you about the Book of Songs when I have nothing to do."

Chen Xinghe smiled, feeling a little joyful.

But Xu Qingxiao nodded, and after Chen Xinghe left, Xu Qingxiao sat here alone in a daze.

After a while, Yang Hu's voice sounded.

"Master Xu, why do you feel that you are a bit out of your mind when you come back from the palace?"

"What's going on? Is someone bothering you? Do you want me to chop him up?"

Yang Hu asked with concern.

"Okay, I'm glad you have this heart."

"Prince Huaining makes me very upset. Go ahead. I'll ask Yang Bao to prepare the coffin for you. What kind of wood do you want? We can't afford mahogany, so pick a better one."

Xu Qingxiao joked.

Yang Hu: "..."

Seeing Yang Hu's silence, Xu Qingxiao smiled slightly.

"Okay, I'm just kidding with you. I have nothing to do. I just want to read books. The books at home are all torn, and the books in the bookstore outside are not very good."

"Ugh."

Xu Qingxiao sighed and expressed his troubles.

"Oh, I don't understand about reading, my lord, please think about it slowly, I'll go outside and listen to some news."

Yang Hu tactfully left, leaving only Xu Qingxiao sitting here in the school.

There is no class in the school today, if there is a class, you can still bully and bully those bratty kids, it's a pity, it's a bit boring.

But I can't go to work. If I can't help but want to hate someone or do something, wouldn't I put myself in danger?

so boring.

Xu Qingxiao finally got up and went to sleep in the room.

However, what he said was clearly heard by Li Guangxiao in the kitchen.

"read?"

Li Guangxiao secretly took out a piece of decree, wrote a line of words on it, then threw it into the stove, and continued cooking.

And in the room.

Xu Qingxiao was lying on the bed, had entered the eighth rank of martial arts, and basically didn't need to sleep, and couldn't fall asleep even after tossing and turning. Being bored, Xu Qingxiao waved his hand, and his righteousness condensed into a book of words.