Chapter 630 Water Network Plan to Alleviate Drought Concerns

Chapter 631 Water Network Plan Relieves Drought Worries (First Update)

"Line up, line up properly, don't bring anything you shouldn't bring, I'm telling you, every year there are candidates who cheat and get dismissed."

When the Songzhou soldiers were fighting with Tubo, the imperial examination in Chang'an had already begun.

The candidates brought their things into Fanglin Garden, and Li Yi sent 220 students here.

The officials of the Ministry of Personnel shouted, and the candidates went into the tent next to them for inspection.

Searched from inside to outside, since Li Yi said how to cheat last year, the Ministry of Personnel has taken measures.

Students are only allowed to wear one set of clothes to enter, and other food, pens, ink, and inkstones are not allowed to be brought.

The examination room is provided, and the cook is a chef specially invited from Li's manor, including the ingredients are also provided by Li's manor.

The students took off their clothes and stood by the stove, waiting, and the officials of the Ministry of Personnel carefully looked at the clothes.

The clothes of the students who came to take the exam that year were all good, and the state government gave money to the students, and gave it at the village drinking ceremony.

The same is true for the tribute students, who are talents from the local area.

But it's only one year. If you don't pass the exam that year, the local government can't continue to give money.

Students need to spend their own money or find a job in Chang'an.

"Wear thin clothes in winter?" A student's clothes were turned over and over, and the official of the Ministry of Personnel looked at the student.

The student didn't feel ashamed to take off his clothes. Everyone took off their clothes. When someone asked about the clothes, he blushed.

"Seeing that the imperial examination is approaching, I have no money, so I pawned my thick clothes." The student answered in a low voice.

The official took a long robe from the side and compared it with the student's body: "It can be worn."

Another official handed over boxer pants and fine linen underwear and handed them to the student: "Wear these, although there is floor heating in the garden, it is still a little cold."

The student looked at the clothes and showed an unbelievable look: "New clothes?"

"How can Lijiazhuang let you wear old clothes? After the exam, someone from Lijiazhuang will come to you to get your clothes back."

The official didn't need to check this time, so he let the student put on the clothes and go directly into the examination room from the back door.

The students from Lijiazhuangzi went into the tents and took off their clothes directly, all of them, and put on the clothes prepared in advance.

They were faster and found their own seats.

They looked at where the toilet was, and then went to another direction to see what food was available.

When they needed to eat during the exam, they told the invigilator what they wanted to eat. The invigilator recorded the number and put it on the plate according to the number.

It was the first time for the students to encounter such an imperial examination. Except for the people coming, everything else was the responsibility of the court.

"Take a list and go. Tell the number when you eat." The officials outside the kitchen greeted the students to get the menu.

There were twelve dishes, two staple foods, and two soups, and samples were placed. The students knew it after seeing it.

"Xiao Yi, are you going to Tianshang Renjian for dinner later?"

Li Yi was sitting on the shaft of his ambulance, swinging his legs, and Bi Gou came out of the imperial city.

This place is close to Anfumen, and there is also the Ye Ting Palace next to it.

"Old Bi, are you not busy in the Ministry of Revenue?" Li Yi moved two folding chairs to the side.

Bi Gou sat on the chair: "How can the Shangshu do it personally? We should give other officials the opportunity to improve."

"Are you sorry for the small amount of 180?" Li Yi asked with a smile.

"Say 10,000, not 180. The people are very happy. Each county should present a petition of 10,000 people to Your Majesty."

Bi Gou finally put the money on the table according to the method provided by Li Yi.

He directly called out 1.8 million to build roads in Jingzhao Prefecture and build houses for people with poor economic conditions.

The people in Chang'an City ran outside the imperial city and knelt down to kowtow to thank His Majesty.

Bi Gou was depressed. He forgot to say that only the people in 20 counties would build houses, not Chang'an and Wannian County.

The people in Chang'an City had a good life. Li Yi found a job for them. Now they were going to pick tea leaves and sell them to Li's farm.

The words were not made clear. The people whose houses needed to be built knelt down and kowtowed. It seemed that they could not not build them.

"Old Bi, I have something new to come up with. I'll use it when the river water is not so cold. Will your Ministry of Revenue invest in it?"

Li Yi thought of making some money from the Ministry of Revenue so that the Ministry of Revenue would have more money for infrastructure construction.

"Invest... No, you should go to His Majesty." Bi Gou wanted to say invest.

After another thought, Li Yi always went to His Majesty for big deals, and he couldn't steal His Majesty's money.

"Can I still make money by cooperating with His Majesty?" Li Yi spread his hands.

"How do you invest?" Bi Gou reached out and touched Li Yi's head to comfort him.

"You invest in the construction of a water network in the entire Jingzhao Prefecture. It should be three feet wide and six to eight feet deep, and the bridge should be laid."

Li Yi said as he got into the car and took out a piece of paper.

The paper marked the names of the twenty counties in Jingzhao Prefecture, and above it was a waterway grid drawn between counties.

It was connected to the rivers of other main streams, and those rivers provided water.

According to the design, every village in each county could be connected.

"How much money do you need?" Bi Gou counted, and drew the extra confluences with blue lines, and the existing rivers with red lines.

Among them, Lantian County has many existing rivers and little investment.

Other counties only have one or two small rivers, which are dug manually, and the workload is large.

"One million and eight hundred thousand strings of cash cannot be spent on building roads and houses. Let's do it together and dig out the canals by the way."

Li Yi did not ask for more money. One million and eight hundred thousand strings of cash is not a small amount.

Bi Gou glanced at Li Yi and said, "You don't want me to embezzle that money. Of course, I know it can't be spent. If you repair the river, where can you make money?"

"Old Bi, lay out the water network to make it convenient for the people to irrigate. Make money, boats, I have a new kind of boat that any child can operate."

Li Yi smiled and said his plan.

"You build the boat and I'll take a look. Do you have a boat to sell and make money?"

Bi Gou believed that Li Yi had a new boat, but didn't know how to calculate the money.

"For leasing, we split the money, half for each. Your Ministry of Revenue is responsible for the water network, and my village is responsible for all the boats, which are many, with high costs and need to be maintained later."

Li Yi gestured and said, as if he had paid a great price.

"You have to calculate the gross profit when collecting money, and you have to maintain it in your village." Bi Gou made a request that the shipbuilding fee and maintenance fee should not be deducted and then split in half.

"Of course, otherwise the cost of digging canals and maintaining canals will be deducted." Li Yi agreed, and both sides did not calculate the cost.

"Okay." Bi Gou agreed.

"Another thing, cotton will be planted this year, and the people of Jingzhao Prefecture will be abolished from the Yong and Tiao, and the mulberry and hemp land will be turned into cotton fields."

Li Yi mentioned what he wanted to promote, and it was the planting season for cotton.

Bi Gou nodded again and agreed.

"Are you still going to Tianshang Renjian for dinner?" Li Yi invited.

"The Ministry of Revenue has a lot of things to do. I have to watch the progress of others." Bi Gou didn't go. He had to go back to make arrangements.

He went back and went directly to the Political Affairs Hall.

"Good news, Li Yi has come up with another way to make money. He wants to cooperate with the Ministry of Revenue and split the profits 50-50..."

Bi Gou showed off the situation, and was quite complacent.

Yao Chong and the other two looked at each other and shook their heads together.

"What...what's wrong?" Bi Gou felt guilty. What went wrong?

"Long Ze, Li Yi wants to promote cotton planting, and he needs water for irrigation. The places where mulberry and hemp are planted do not need as much water as cotton."

Lu Huaishen said just this.

Bi Gou: "..."

"Xiao Yi...he has calculated on me? He also helped the people irrigate the land. Didn't the people irrigate the land before?"

Bi Gou learned it in an instant. Xiao Yi, you are so capable.

This is the first update today. There should be at least four more updates. Thanks to my brothers and sisters for their subscriptions, monthly tickets, rewards, recommendations, and collections. I bow to you. In addition, there is one more leader, the Night Demon Emperor, and there will be more chapters later.