"I'm afraid it won't work, so the imperial court sent an envoy to ask your father-in-law about the amount of grain and rice."

"Some people can't reach Guangnan. I also expected that Wang Zheng went to Guangzhou to bring a letter. The letter had already said that my father-in-law didn't answer, but only said how much I could get. He couldn't answer. Time was tight, and I didn't know how much surplus grain I could get, how many surplus grain I could get, how many surplus grain I could get, how many surplus ships I had, and how many surplus ships I wanted to come to the north."

"Hahaha, this old boy will always complain about others and get angry every day."

"The Chu Office envoy is not. Just say that our dynasty has begun to be complicated, and the number of soldiers has gradually increased, and there are also redundant fees. If you are in charge of the three departments, you should compare the previous national taxes with the current national tax. But there are several prerequisites: First, the territory has increased and tax sharing. From this year on, Guangnan can suppress the imperial court again, second, the Wu Yue and Southern Tang part of the government paid tribute, and the people have gone from chaos to governance, longing for this peace, with sparse population and less land. Therefore, Zhao Xianggong's reputation is still very good among the people. Therefore, many founding countries have been founded.

Famous Prime Minister, but in another hundred years, the people will increase, the annexation will be serious, and the contradictions will intensify, so it will not be easy to manage. Fang Du Yaosong was in the early Tang Dynasty and the early Kaiyuan period, but at the end of Tianbao, it may not be famous Prime Minister. If the country is not in a state of crisis, there will be many conflicts. If there is no movement, it may be infamous for thousands of years. His Majesty is so diligent and loving the people, and the tax distribution is evenly distributed. Zhao Xianggong did not reach Fang Du Xiaocao's reputation. In some aspects, he has too much selfishness and lacks talent. Of course, no one of the four power-minded people can match it! But in the hearts of the people, he does not hate..."

Song**'s price was biased.

Famous ministers such as Xiao He must have left Zhao Pu a thousand miles away, but they were not as useless as Song Jiu. At least in governing the country, Zhao Pu must have been better than Chu Zhaofu, who only knows how to drink tea and chat. He also surpassed Lu Duosun, who was equally powerful in power struggle.

Chu Zhaofu was very happy and said, "This evaluation is the most fair."

"After you go back, you tell Your Majesty about these situations. The three departments are still not good, without His Majesty's support. The food cannot be transported to the disaster area in time even if you arrive in Mizhou. Your Majesty must issue strict orders, and from now on, vehicles and ships must be prepared. Wuzhang River has limited navigation capacity and small ships, and more ships are needed. Fortunately, the disaster area is mostly in Jingdong. There are still hundreds of miles of land roads, some of which are mountainous roads. In order to save costs and improve efficiency, we can still adopt the method of following His Majesty to conquer Taiyuan that year, one station from Banqiao to Gaomi, one station from Gaomi to Victoria, one station from Victoria to Shouguang, one station from Shouguang to Qiancheng, one station from Qiancheng to Boxing. Get on the boat from Boxing."

"Yes, it's fast."

"The envoy of Chu is here, let me say one more thing, the Yellow River is gone. But there is a plan for the Bian River."

"Song Jiu, this is the responsibility of the Secretary of the Communist Party of China, and I don't care."

"Wrong. This is Zhongshu's dereliction of duty, why not worry about it?"

"Then just talk."

"Come on. Look at the water of these two." Song Jiu first opened the earthen tap of the toilet and released the water. Then he took Chu Zhaofu to the Bian dike to see the Bian water and said, "Why is the water in the toilet so clear?"

"It has been settled...Song Jiu, you mean Bian River..."

"It is the Bian River. The Bian River has been broken many times, and its nature is the same as the Yellow River. One is that a small amount of mud and sand will be settled. The second is that the Yellow River flood season has arrived, and a large amount of river water will rush into the Bian River. The Bian River is not as wide as the Yellow River, so there are many rivers broken. In fact, it is not difficult to manage. Set up a weir at the intersection of the river and Bian River, and then set up a steep gate for ships and a steep gate for water release. As long as the river has a calm time, the mud and sand will settle in the water weir, and the injection of the Bian River will be clear water. Second, it is in some steep river embankments.

Use stone embankments instead of earth embankments, and do not use stone embankments all, just use them in a small amount of river sections. This cost can be afforded by the state. Then the river embankments in low-lying areas must be thickened to withstand the water pressure. The principle is not complicated, and the academy will also teach this knowledge. Then the crisis of the Bian River will be reduced by half. In the future, the population will become more and more, the cement technology will mature, and it will be time to build flying bridges to increase the number of ships in the Bian River and strengthen the transportation speed."

"How big is this weir?"

"Don't have to be too big. If the river sand gradually silt, dig another river and dig a new weir. The original weir has a lot of Yellow River silt. Set up a dike to make a high-quality enclosure field. After decades or hundreds of years, the floating mud disappears and the lower alkaline sandy soil appears. The river channel can be changed back and eroded again."

The strategy that Song Jiu mentioned was not too clever, which is part of his strategy of governing Huai in his previous life. There were similar cases in the Song Dynasty. A similar method was used to manage Sanbaiqu, but it has not appeared yet, which is a novel and clever idea.

Chu Zhaofu rushed back excitedly and immediately went to the palace.

This food made him almost breathless for the past six months.

Tell Song Jiu’s ideas one by one, plus some of the ideas he added himself.

Zhao Kuangyin took a few steps and asked, "Who taught you?"

"Your Majesty knows."

"If you have such talent, this will not happen."

"The old minister is guilty."

"You are indeed guilty. If you don't miss you, I will abandon you last year."

“Yes, yes.”

"Tell me, who taught you? I didn't expect Sansi to have such talent. I want to see him."

Chu Zhaofu couldn't figure out Zhao Kuangyin's attitude and hesitated and dared not say anything.

"Why not say it!"

"Yes, the old minister went to Song Jiu's family and asked how much food Guangnan could collect. He started talking to Song Jiu, which Song Jiu said."

"Song Jiu, why don't you dare to say that I won't eat Song Jiu."

"yes."

"It's too late to manage Bian. First solve the food, and then think about the Bian River."

"Yes, what about the edict?"

"Tomorrow I will ask Lu Duosun to draft an edict and issue it to various prefectures in Jingdong."

The idea was thought of by Song Jiu, so Zhao Kuangyin was not so happy. It was not that he was disgusted with Song Jiu, but that he was talented. The country longed for more talents, not a few talents. Moreover, Song Jiu had bad intentions... But if I had not transferred you to Guangnan Mojian for a few years, Daxing Water Conservancy, do you understand? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but shake my head, both angry and funny.

...

Only then did Song Jiu go to the Steel Supervision Bureau.

A lot of fine-tuning has been made in recent years, mainly due to the difference in cement strength and high temperature resistance. Song Jiu did not dare to give in too much. Song Jiu left the capital and went to Guangnan, and the fine-tuning almost stopped. Overall, it not only provided Song Jiu with some valuable research data, but also made little progress. It also had a freak in the combination of modern blast furnaces and vertical blast furnaces of the 17th century, which had many defects. The biggest defect is that the blast furnace was too large, and the wind power of the water truck was still very insufficient.

In Guangnan, after the emergence of refractory brick technology and refractory cement, the blast furnace was completely changed. This is a completely replica of the retro thermal storage hot air furnace. The blast furnace is not high, but there are more auxiliary equipment. The furnace roof has become a closed one. But it is a leap forward.

However, it was finally a small blast furnace, which was a large blast furnace, so it was even more complicated. So Song Jiu simply ordered the blast furnace to be turned off. Anyway, it was about to be dismantled, so he was not afraid of it lying down. After the blast furnace was turned off, the entire blast furnace would be transformed on a large scale.

This process will last for more than half a year, or even longer. After at least ten large-scale transformations, the quality of the refractory bricks can be further improved before the shape can be finalized. These successively transformed, adjusted and developed research and development will accumulate experience and technology for another type of copper smelting furnace and a more complex reflector furnace.

In order to maintain the steel required by the country, it is not convenient to transport iron ore in areas where it is difficult to transport iron ore, the small blast furnace of Guangnan can be promoted. The finished product is transported out and then processed into steel.

No one dares to object to this. Everyone knows how important steel is. This will be a molding test. Once the test is successful, it can be promoted nationwide. Then the entire history of iron smelting will be completely changed.

But Song Jiuyi did not attend court. He did not take it seriously, and he did not teach. He also had more and more helpers, and he lived a free and easy life.

It was food that gave him a headache.

There is no need to worry about not hiring labor. At least it can be done in this spring. I heard that Hezhou hires a large number of wage laborers, and hungry people from all directions fleeing famines came over. The scale of the construction started this time, but no matter how big it is, it will not be used for so many people. And how much food does tens of thousands of people eat every day? Song Jiu is also sending people to buy expensive grain and rice that costs nearly a hundred cents a dou. In addition, there are too many people, so they are crowded together, which is not efficient and is extremely wasteful.

It was very late that day when I returned home.

A distinguished guest came to the house, a young woman sitting at home, and two eunuchs stood respectfully. Song Jiu knew the identity of the young woman at a glance, but he didn't know that she was the princess. The eunuch shouted, "I haven't seen His Royal Highness the Princess."

"See Your Highness the Princess."

Princess Song Jiu is not worth a lot of money, but etiquette shows respect. The little princess is not too beautiful, but not too ugly. Her genes are slowly transforming, and the princess will become more and more beautiful in the future. For no reason, can the concubines in the palace look different? Therefore, in history, several emperors of the Song Dynasty have become more and more beautiful. Since the time of Renzong, they have gradually become beautiful men.

The little princess is not old, she is fourteen or five years old, and she can get married even at the age of thirteen.

I don't know which princess it was.

The little princess rubbed her nose, looked at Song Jiu, and asked, "You are that Song Jiu."

"yes."

“It’s not that good-looking.”

Song Jiu is so ugly that he looks better than you.

"I ask you, why are you criticizing Hebei? He said that the yamen in Hebei is not good, is it bad for the prince-consort?"

This time I found out that Zhao Kuangyin's youngest daughter, Princess Yongqing, was the one who married Wei Xianxin, the son of Wei Renpu. But when she really made a fuss, Song Jiu really had no choice. However, a little kid was easy to deal with. She carried Song Yu over from Yuping and said, "Your Highness, will I harm him?"

"He is your eldest son, why should he harm him?"

"That's right, will Your Majesty harm you?"

"Why did your father harm me?"

"I can't tell you the reason, but Your Majesty will tell you. Ask Your Majesty, Your Majesty will answer it for you."

"Why should I ask my father about this little thing?"

"How big is Hezhou? Is there any world that is great?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean how big is Hezhou? I'm going to go from east to west in the blink of an eye, but I came back from Lingnan and rode for nearly a month, but I haven't stopped on the road. Only the unpromising people put their eyes on this big place."

"Then what are you fighting for?"

"The reason I fight is that it can support many people, not make it disorderly, and I also need money, but this money is not earned for me, but it is urgently needed, so I cannot let it go. Your Highness, are you short of money?"

“No shortage.”

"Why do you have to fight for a while if you don't have enough? If you want to leave more money for your descendants, you have asked Your Majesty, and I will teach you a good idea. And if I'm not wrong, I'll give His Majesty a good thing. He still has it in his hands, so hurry up and ask your father for it."

"What?"

"Good things, good things, the secrets of heaven cannot be revealed."

The little princess went back curiously, mainly because she was young. Besides, Zhao Kuangyin was a human being, and the children she taught should not be evil. Moreover, Song Jiu also heard something. The princess once wore a short green feather jacket into the palace. Zhao Kuangyin said to her, "You should give me this dress, and don't use it as an ornament in the future?" The little princess said unconvincedly, it's just a few green feathers, how much can it be worth?" Zhao Kuangyin said, otherwise, you are my daughter. If you accept this, the palace and relatives will follow each other. The price of green feathers in the capital is high, the common people are pursuing profits, and it is easy to sell, and the harm is wide. That is your fault. You grow up in a wealthy family, and you should cherish blessings. How can you create this evil karma?

This shows that Zhao Kuangyin still believed in Buddhism.

It also shows that Zhao Kuangyin's life is simple. Empress Song advised him to use gold as a carriage. He also said, "I can use the wealth of the world and all the palaces can be decorated with gold and silver, but I can't use it for the sake of the world." The ancients said that one person can rule the world, and that one person cannot support one person. If I exist, how can the people in the world admire me?

Therefore, Song Jiu was easily sent away.

Yuping breathed a sigh of relief.
Chapter completed!