After Cen Mai and Uncle Tian came, Liu Che arranged some things that had already been discussed with them.

Because these things will only be carried out in Shanglin Yuan at the beginning, there is no need for the court to discuss with the ministers, Liu Che only needs to give an order.

It's just that the scale of this investment is a bit large.

The Shanglin Yuan of the Han Dynasty, three hundred miles back in a week, spans Chang'an, Xianyang, Zhouzhi, Hu, Lantian five counties, and eight rivers pass through the eight rivers of Bachanjing, Weifeng, and Hao, in addition to the gardens of the royal family, the hunting grounds of the emperor and the various workshops of the palace and the Shaofu Yamen.

Most of the remaining land in Shanglinyuan has been leased to landless peasants in Guanzhong over the past 50 years.

At present, there are nearly 100,000 farmers who rely on Shanglinyuan to survive!

In the future, this number will continue to increase as land annexation intensifies.

In the fourth year of the Yuan seal of the Little Pig Dynasty, because of the Kanto disaster, more than one million victims gathered outside Hangu Pass, of which more than 400,000 did not have household registration!

The world is shaking!

Originally, in any dynasty, when such a large-scale displacement of disaster victims occurred, the common people would definitely rise up.

However, that incident did not have much impact on the Han family.

Shanglin Yuan opened his mouth and settled most of the victims in one bite.

It is conceivable that if there was no Shanglin Yuan, what a crisis the Han family would have encountered at that time!

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It is no exaggeration to say that in the entire history of the Western Han Dynasty, Shanglin Yuan played a pivotal role.

It was not only the emperor's playground, but also the last refuge of bankrupt peasants, an emergency regulating valve when disaster came, and a training ground for the army.

Meantime. It was also an important part of the source of income for the Han emperor's treasury in peacetime.

Not counting the output of other workshops in Shaofu, it is only the fake land rent in Shanglin Garden. Last year, Shaofu collected almost tens of millions of dollars!

If you get, you will naturally give.

As a matter of fact. Shanglinyuan can feed the landless peasants, give them the opportunity to recuperate and start over, and at the same time, it can also feed the huge team of craftsmen in Shaofu, relying on Liu's huge investment year after year, day after day.

All the water conservancy facilities and irrigation channels in the entire Shanglin Garden, and even the houses where the people temporarily lived, etc., were all maintained by the Shaofu out of their own pockets.

In other words, this waterwheel on Lin Yuan was naturally installed by Liu Che out of his pocket.

This is also common sense.

After all. The entire Shanglin Yuan is actually Liu Che's own private estate.

Those people are actually Liu Che's tenants.

Even among the people, when building water conservancy facilities on the landlord's land, isn't it the landlord himself who is the main force, and the tenant farmers are the most likely to do it?

As an emperor, you can't be more stingy than the rich people of the people, right?

It's just that this Shanglin Yuan is too big!

Counting the royal manor that was not rented to tenant farmers and the farm under Shaofu's own control, Cen Mai estimated it in his heart. At the very least, thousands of water wheels must be laid in Shanglin Yuan to barely meet the irrigation needs of the entire Shanglin Garden.

And now a waterwheel is not considered labor, and the cost alone is already as high as thousands of dollars.

This time, tens of millions of dollars were smashed in Shanglin Yuan. Even the wealthy Shaofu was a little painful for a while.

Therefore, Cen Mai thought about it. He bowed and said: "Your Majesty, this year's land rent in Lin Yuan." Is it possible to collect the full amount? ”

The son of heaven of the old Liu family, starting with Emperor Gao. I like to be gracious in Shanglin Garden.

Nominally, the fake land rent of Shanglin Yuan is basically about 30%.

But in fact, the sons of the Liu family often excused themselves for various reasons to reduce or exempt the land rent of the tenant farmers of Shanglinyuan, and the Son of Heaven was more rewarded during the New Year's holidays......

In the early period of the Han Dynasty, especially during the reign of Wenjing, such a situation occurred repeatedly.

The fake land tax collected by the Shaofu was actually left hand to right hand, and then the emperor also privately subsidized some and returned it to the tenant farmers.

In the year since Liu Che ascended the throne, the money he gave to the tenant farmers of Shanglin Yuan, especially the tenant farmers in the original Sixian Garden, has exceeded the tax that these tenant farmers handed over to Shaofu last year......

Relying on such means, the emperor of the Liu family firmly grasped Guanzhong.

I don't know how many bankrupt farmers have been reborn and started all over again because of the storage of Shanglin Yuan.

It's just relative, and the losses of Shaofu are a little too much.

Now that Liu Che wants to promote the waterwheel and take Lin Yuan as a demonstration model, Cen Mai will of course feel unwilling.

Liu Che waved his hand and said, "Shaofu Ling don't worry about ......"

Cen Mai raised his head, only to see the Son of Heaven saying with a smile: "The wool is still out of the sheep in the end, and when you wait until the end of this year, you will know how cost-effective this money will be!" ”

It's a given!

The application of the waterwheel will definitely make this year's corn harvest in Shanglinyuan, and even grow by leaps and bounds.

Liu Che estimates that just the increase is enough to make up for this expense!

You must know that in addition to a large amount of land that was leased to landless peasants, there were also large tracts of land belonging to Shaofu.

The land was cultivated by the convicts organized by the Shaofu at a cost that was almost equal to nothing.

And the harvest of the output went to the treasury of the Shaofu.

Not to mention......

Liu Che looked at Cen Mai and said, "Even without this, I will be equally resolute and unhesitating to build a waterwheel in Shanglin Yuanguang!" ”

Liu Che stared at Cen Mai and said word by word: "Qing remember, national behavior does not need to be profitable, and there is no need to consider investment!" ”

On the bright side, the waterwheel is just a convenient project.

But in fact, Liu Che knows that once the waterwheel is popularized to the whole world, its impact will be at the level of a nuclear bomb.

First, waterwheels can turn many arid saline fields into bountiful fields, and even many of the land that might otherwise have to be fallow to restore fertility no longer need to be fallow and can continue to be cultivated.

The productivity and increased food production that this unleashes could feed at least a few million people!

Secondly, with the promotion of waterwheels. The influence and prestige of the Han regime will also further penetrate into the townships, pavilions, and lis of the people, and have a real impact on the people's life and production.

Even if it's just for the sake of that influence. Liu Che is also going to promote this matter even when he is pants.

Then, the promotion of waterwheels. It will inevitably cultivate a large group of skilled carpenters and catalyze the growth of a large group of high-level craftsmen.

In this pre-AD era, there was nothing more powerful than skilled workers to promote technological innovation and technological progress.

With so many benefits, not to mention that the investment in the waterwheel is not large, even if it is to make the Han family tighten his belt for promotion, Liu Che will not blink his eyes!

When Qin, the Zhengguo Canal project can be said to have almost exhausted Qin's national strength, but so what, Zhengguo Canal was dug through. The trend of Qin unifying the world is unstoppable!

Another example is the heavy industry of later generations, which is completely an industry with huge investment, but it may lose money at any time.

But so what?

Which of the real big countries doesn't take money and burn it on heavy industry like paper?

For a unit like the state, a loss?

As long as it can promote social development, increase productivity and national strength, even if you sell the last wrapping garment, it will be worth it!

Cen Mai looked at Liu Cheyan's appearance, and hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty." The minister is ignorant, please forgive the minister for the sin of ignorance of the holy will! ”

Although he said it with trepidation, in fact, Cen Mai's heart was as sweet as eating honey.

As a Shaofu order. How could Cen Mai not know the story of Zheng Guoqu in the Qin Dynasty, and how could he not see the potential and power of the waterwheel?

His previous mention yì, actually. It's just to find a way out for yourself.

Otherwise, this will be the end of the year. Shaofu's achievements have retreated in great strides, what will he do to explain to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty?

Cen Mike is still treated as a special veteran after the Zhishi!

With the endorsement of the Son of Heaven. He can have no scruples.

No wonder he is!

After all, there are too many precedents for Lao Liu's family to sell their teammates!

Liu Che nodded noncommittally, Cen Mai's ability, Liu Che can still trust.

In his previous life, after Zhou Yafu dismissed the prime minister, he faced the fact that no one was available to the first emperor and chose Cen Mai as the imperial doctor, and he did a good job, but he was old, and finally had to say goodbye.

What's more, the memory of his previous life told Liu Che that Cen Mai had been in charge of the Han Shaofu for more than ten years, and basically nothing went wrong, and he had completed any task assigned by the emperor very well.

This point, compared to the several successor Shaofu after Cen Mai, really got rid of eight streets!

But as long as the latter few are a little stronger, the little pig will not get the vests of Da Si Nong and Captain Shui Heng.

Liu Che turned and looked at Uncle Nei Shitian.

Liu Che said slightly apologetically: "This time I'm going to trouble Tian Gong again!" ”

Uncle Tian hurriedly bowed and said: "Although your majesty is relieved, although the old minister is old, but the old man is in the bush, and his ambition is thousands of miles, and the minister's body can still serve His Majesty for a few years......"

As the eldest of the nine Qings of the Han family, Uncle Tian doesn't care much about things now.

What kind of posthumous name is mourning after death, it doesn't matter to an old minister like him who has experienced life and death.

What he really cares about is the world and the society.

As the only minister in the Han family who has experienced the wars at the end of Qin, Emperor Gao, Empress Lü, Taizong, and Renzong, Uncle Tian loves the current Han regime more than everyone else, and hopes that the current Han family can rule forever.

The hell on earth in the war at the end of the Qin Dynasty, everyone who has experienced it absolutely does not want it to happen in this land again.

Liu Che nodded happily when he heard this, for Uncle Tian, Liu Che is ten thousand hearts.

After the most famous minister of the Han family became the internal history, he twisted the entire internal history yamen into a rope with his old and spicy experience and keen vision.

With Uncle Tian here, Liu Che is not afraid that there will be any problems with the promotion of waterwheels in Guanzhong.

It's just that this old minister is indeed old.

Liu Che can't let him be too tired, in case he dies of exhaustion on the job, then Liu's face will not look good.

Therefore, Liu Che has already begun to plan that after the watermill incident, he will let Uncle Tian live in retirement, of course, the treatment of a special veteran is indispensable.

Jiangdu is the capital of Guangling City.

Jiangdu King Liu Yan recently received two special gifts.

These two gifts are two delicate boxes, these two boxes, with fine workmanship. The carved lines have a distinctly exotic style.

What's more, the two boxes were hammered out with gold and silver.

This indicates. This is definitely not a Chinese thing!

It can't even be a product of the known civilized world!

Because, Liu Yan knows the world. Whether it is China or the Xiongnu, whether it is Nanyue or Southwest Yi, there are no such style utensils as zài.

After Liu Yan realized this, his whole person became excited.

He clearly knew that his Emperor eldest brother had an extremely strong interest in the products of these unknown worlds.

"Where the hell did these two cracked silver boxes come from?" With such a question, Liu Yan ordered someone to find Guangling Haoqiang who offered him these two treasures.

According to the two heroes, the two boxes came from the south.

In Gangdu, the south replaced no one other than South Vietnam.

But Liu Yan didn't believe it. These two boxes are a product of South Vietnam.

Not to mention the workmanship style and technology on these two boxes, which are not owned by South Vietnam at all.

Just the petals decorated with silver on the lid of the box, with the temperament of the South Vietnamese people, would never be so extravagant!

You know, China itself produces scarce silver, and today, silver is even more valuable than gold!

If the South Vietnamese had obtained the silver, they would probably not have had much time to process it into petals like this one, but would have acted immediately. Changed money.

Therefore, Liu Yan concluded that this was not a work of art from the South Vietnamese, but from a more distant unknown world.

Thereupon. A month ago, Liu Yan sent secret agents to Nanyue with those two powerful subordinates. Go and trace the origin of these two boxes.

Today, the good news finally came - the spies who went to South Vietnam to investigate more than just found the owners of the two boxes. He also brought him to Guangling City.

Liu Yan is very happy to have this credit. The emperor's eldest brother should be happy, so the widow should be able to go back to Chang'an, right?

To be honest, Liu Yan didn't get used to staying in Jiangdu.

The climate, food, language, and even customs here make it difficult for Liu Yan to adapt.

The only good thing, I'm afraid, is that the beauties of the south are gentle and lovely.

Therefore, Liu Yan was thinking about escaping from Jiangdu all the time and returning to the Central Plains, preferably close to Chang'an.

It's just that, in the short term, this dream is unlikely.

Thinking of this, Liu Yan couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, the personal eunuch beside Liu Yan came to report: "Back to the king, the slave has almost asked where the exotic merchant came from......

Liu Yan had already met the merchant who had been brought back today, and then he was so startled that he almost thought that the other party was a legendary ghost god.

It wasn't until someone sued him that this person was actually just darker-skinned, but still flesh and blood, that he was relieved.

It's just that the language barrier, the communication is all by gestures, and Liu Yan can't communicate with him, and in the end, he can only hand over any communication to his cronies and eunuchs and the few secret agents who were sent out to investigate.

"Tell me about ......" Liu Che took the two boxes and asked casually.

"The king, according to the foreign merchant, came from a country tens of thousands of miles away in China, and he came across the sea, and after a great deal of hardship and months of work, he followed the path passed down by word of mouth from his ancestors to Nanyue...... The eunuch replied respectfully, "Moreover, these two treasures of the king are not from this country, but from a great country on the far road to his country......

Liu Yan frowned and asked, "Then what is the name of the country where this person came and the country where these two boxes are produced?" Did you ask clearly? ”

"Returning to the king, I have already asked clearly, the country from which this person came, transliterated into Chinese, should probably be pronounced as 'body poison' As for the kingdom produced by these two treasures, the transliteration is probably 'Anxi'......"

When Liu Yan heard this, it was indeed like he had been whipped, so he immediately stood up, looked at the eunuch, his pupils dilated suddenly, and asked, "Are you sure that the place where this person came from is called 'body poison'?" ”

"How dare a slave or maid deceive the king, it is true!" The eunuch was startled, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "God can learn from the loyalty of slaves and maids to the king!" Please see it, the king! ”

Liu Yan didn't have the time to pay attention to him.

At this time, Liu Yan only felt shortness of breath, and he was careful that his liver was pounding and jumping!

Following the emperor's brother, Liu Yan heard the emperor's brother talk about poison and the name of India more than once.

I have heard the emperor's brother say privately more than once: Those who are poisonous and Indian, China's heaven-sent land, if they can be based on their land, then the Han family can be expected to live for 10,000 years!

Now, a living poisonous person has actually come to Guangling!

This made Liu Yan feel that he was about to faint happily.

If this person is brought to Chang'an, before presenting to the king, he will definitely be able to make Longyan happy, although the emperor's brother who may change himself to a feudal country or something will not do it for his big plan, but with this merit, he will stay in Chang'an for a few more months, but it is a sure thing.

"Someone!" Liu Yan immediately shouted loudly: "The prime minister, the internal history, and the lieutenant, come and see the widow quickly, the widow wants to go to the son of heaven, please go to Chang'an!" Dedicated auspicious! ”

If the people and news that came to poison him were not auspicious, Liu Yan couldn't think of anything else in this world that was auspicious in the eyes of his brother.

For a time, the entire Guangling City was full of chickens and dogs.

The king who has been in the country for less than a year is going to enter the Beijing Dynasty?

This is the biggest big thing for Jiangdu, a newly-born feudal country!

After the Wuchu Rebellion, the production and order of the two counties and 32 cities under the jurisdiction of Jiangdu State were greatly damaged, and I don't know how many heroes and powers were destroyed in the war, and a large amount of wealth was brought back to the Central Plains by the Han army from Chang'an as trophies.

Therefore, all classes in Jiangdu Kingdom welcomed the arrival of Liu Yan, the king, with all their limbs raised.

Who called this king Su and Jinshang are close, and they are flesh and blood, Liu Yan's arrival can be said to have given a reassurance to all classes under the jurisdiction of Jiangdu.

Everyone knows that now I hug my thighs!

Not to mention anything else, in order to take care of his compatriots and siblings, flesh and blood brothers, he has to give Jiang Du a little policy dividend, right?

And it was true that after Liu Yan became the country, the central government of the Han dynasty gave Jiangdu a lot of policy convenience, and also reduced taxes and forced labor for one year.

What's more, the impact of this has reassured the people in Jiangdu, and they no longer have to worry about the imperial court's reckoning.

And the king entered the court to make a pilgrimage to the Son of Heaven after entering the country, which is naturally not just a matter of Liu Yan alone.

The entire Jiangdu country is up and down, hoping that the king can bring back more policies and more support from Chang'an.

As a result, although the request for Hajj had just been issued, the whole country had already been mobilized, and countless people flocked to see Liu Yan with various purposes. (To be continued......) R1292