[Red House] A beautiful girl welcomes the spring

Jia Yan is irresponsibly planning to use cement as an excuse to lobby the emperor to promote the dredging and treatment plan of the Yellow River, and does not want Lin Daiyu to think of going with her.

Not only Jia Yan knew about the Grand Canal, but also Lin Daiyu.She has a miscellaneous notebook in her hand, and there are annotations from her ancestors on it.

Lin Daiyu stared slightly and thought of it: "Second sister, do you remember that when Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty built the Grand Canal in the past, bluestone slabs were used to lay the river channel. Does the second sister also plan to use bluestone slabs? Or is the second sister planning to use imitation stone slabs? slate?"

The Grand View Garden in the original book is to demolish Jia She’s East Courtyard and move the rockery and lake rocks in the East Courtyard, which saves a lot of expenses.But in today's Grand View Garden, since Jia Yan has something to say, the East Courtyard is not allowed to be moved. Naturally, the rockery Taihu Stone in the East Courtyard is naturally impossible to move.Therefore, the Taihu stones in the current Grand View Garden are all imitations from the shops and workshops in Xuanhui Mansion, and the main raw material is naturally cement.

The imitation stone slab mentioned by Lin Daiyu naturally refers to the cement slab envisioned by Jia Yan.

Although she has been keeping a filial piety, Lin Daiyu is not the kind of girl who knows nothing or shakes her head when asked.

Jia Yan was taken aback for a moment, but finally decided to tell Lin Daiyu the truth: "Sister Lin, I admit that the Taihu stones used in this garden are all imitations, and I used the prescription I dedicated to Long Live. However, this prescription The imitated stone slabs have not passed the test of time. Therefore, maybe bluestone slabs and Sanhe soil will still be used in the future."

Good things stand the test of time.Those that have not been tested should always be questioned.

Lin Daiyu immediately shook her head: "But Second Sister, have you thought about it, if you use bluestone slabs and compound soil, the cost will be high. Long live it will not be accurate."

This is also a bloody lesson that Emperor Sui Yang exchanged for a dynasty.

Countless ancients have expressed their attitudes with poems and articles, that is, the construction of the Grand Canal by Emperor Sui Yang is a great thing that will benefit the society and benefit the future.However, the most important raw material of Sanhe clay is glutinous rice.Now that the Central Plains suffers from successive years of famine, the common people can’t get enough to eat. Where did so much glutinous rice come from to be used on the Yellow River?

Jia Yan said: "If we follow the method of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, it is nothing more than quarrying and sanhe soil. Prisoners are usually used for quarrying. If the number is not enough, civilian husbands will be recruited. But I plan to use captives. As for the sanhe soil, There may not be so many in the Central Plains, but it does not mean that there are no overseas ones.”

That's right, harnessing the Yellow River is just one of the three future projects that Jia Yan planned for himself.

The pacification of the Quartet on land, the expansion of the maritime territory, and the governance of the Yellow River are three major components that complement each other.

What should I do if there are not enough quarrying staff?Go to Fanbang to grab it!

What should I do if there is not enough glutinous rice in China?Find it overseas!

Jia Yan has carefully calculated that the preparatory work alone will take ten years of preparation.

As for whether the emperor will nod - don't be stupid, the emperor has already included sweet potatoes in the tax system.

Due to successive years of famine, the country's grain reserves fell below the warning line, which made Gu Zhizhang, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, write to the emperor, requesting that sweet potatoes be included in the tax system.In the past, people didn't grow sweet potatoes because sweet potatoes couldn't pay taxes, and taxes were the heaviest part of people's family expenses.Now, sweet potatoes can be used to pay taxes, which will only make people grow sweet potatoes in large quantities.With the massive planting of sweet potatoes, an inevitable result is that the population began to skyrocket.

In feudal society, there were two factors that affected the population, one was taxation, mainly poll tax, and the other was rations.The promotion of sweet potatoes is bound to bring surplus rations, and the most direct result of surplus rations is population growth.

In this land, the idea of ​​raising children for old age is deeply rooted.As long as they can afford it, the people will live as long as they can.

The population pressure will naturally bring about a series of problems, and the solution to this problem is naturally to expand outward.

This is also Jia Yan's purpose.

In fact, she could take her time, but that day, she couldn't hold back and told the emperor first.

It is not her style to say that regretting, so she can only do her best at the moment.

Only then did Xue Baoqin react.She murmured: "Old years ago, my father told me about the family affairs. Back then, when my elder sister's grandfather was in charge of the sea pond and the tribute from the foreign feudal clan in the south, the Wang family really got some good things. .It’s just that I’ve never heard of the glutinous rice.”

Jia Yan said: "Your father must have never told you that during the Northern Song Dynasty, the whole world used the copper coins of the Great Song Dynasty. Even in the previous dynasty, Koryo, Dongying, and Ryukyu countries also used our Central Plains copper coins. This is because The foundry technology of these countries is not up to standard. Our foundry technology in the Central Plains is naturally second to none in the world. Unfortunately, there are very few domestic copper mines, so a large amount of copper money has flowed out, which has brought a lot of trouble to the people's livelihood. But, in Luzon , Malachite is everywhere there. If the malachite from Luzon can be brought back, the problem of insufficient copper coins can be solved.”

Ji Tong couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, are you serious?"

Although Ji Tong is a servant, he is also the best among the less than 10 people. Naturally, he is not such an ignorant villain.

Instead, Ji-dong knows exactly what the malachite mine means.

Jia Yan said: "The Yan family was originally born as a sea merchant, if you ask them, you will know?"

copper.

Things that seem ordinary and inconspicuous are not as straightforward as gold and silver, but the status of copper in the currency system is leveraged.Ordinary people will never see the story behind the copper coins when they use them, but Jia Yan can.

Of course, Lin Daiyu could also see it.

It was Ji Tong, he had heard of it when he was in the palace.Of course he cares.

Seeing that Jia Yan didn't dislike him interrupting, Ji Tong couldn't help asking another question:

"Your Majesty, how many people do you plan to use to manage the Yellow River?"

Jia Yan said: "1000 million per year."

"what?"

Lin Daiyu was really frightened.

"Second sister, you mean..."

"I intend to mobilize 1000 million people a year."

"Second sister!"

Lin Daiyu was really frightened.

She knew very well that if Jia Yan could mobilize so many people, the emperor would be the first to guard against her.

The middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River are all places in Yuzhou and Qilu!Not to mention the distance from the capital, with so many people, it is enough to attack the capital.

Lin Daiyu dared to say that in Jia Yan's plan, it is definitely the number of people that will arouse the emperor's disgust.

Not only Lin Daiyu, but also Ji Tong thinks so.

He began to worry about whether Jia Yan could live to her 15th birthday.

Jia Yan had to explain: "This is calculated based on the population of the Central Plains. Sister Lin, the Yin Ruins are in Yuzhou. In other words, since the Yin and Shang Dynasties, Yuzhou has been the heart of my Huaxia. Huaxia can abandon Yuzhou and abandon its own. Heart? Impossible. It is impossible for Huaxia to abandon Yuzhou, and it is impossible for Huaxia to abandon the land of Qilu, which has been famous for its wealth since the pre-Qin period. The population peaks of all Chinese dynasties were around 1 million. Of course, this figure counts men, women, children and all ages. Due to the floods and droughts of the Yellow River and the locust plague, the number of people fleeing famine every year will not be less than 300 million. This is still a figure on the surface. In private, no one knows whether it is three times or ten times. After all, no one has counted it. However, besides taxation, which is the small tax, another important factor affecting population is rations .With the promotion of sweet potatoes, the population of China will definitely usher in a peak period of rapid increase. In other words, the population of Central Plains will be at least half more than it is now in ten years. Apart from relocating these people, is there any other way to make these people live in peace and not take risks for a bite of food?"

Jia Yan said these words to Lin Daiyu, and also to the emperor who was not here.

Jia Yan knew that the people around her would definitely send these words to the emperor's ears.

And Ji Tong is sure that they have work to do.