Chapter 716 Big Project

"During the Taihe period, the salt iron pond was dredged, ponds were excavated on both sides, and weir gates were built to block the water to the east of the hillock and irrigate the high fields."

"At the end of the Tang Dynasty, there was a large-scale Tangpu polder in the north of Wusong River. In addition, with the popularity of waterwheels, droughts and floods were eliminated."

"During the Wu and Yue periods, Hudong continued to improve the Tangpu polder, continued to dredge Haiyu 24 Pu, and installed weirs and sluices on both rivers and ponds. It has been prosperous for many years."

"In the early years of our dynasty, due to war, Huzhou destroyed the gates and abandoned weirs, causing droughts and floods to intensify."

"In the second year of Jingyou's reign, Duke Fan Wenzheng supervised the dredging of Baimao, Fushan, Hupu, Qiya and other large Pupu to facilitate the drainage."

"In the second year of Qingli, the ports along the Tongjiang River in Changzhou were opened, and tens of thousands of hectares of farmland were irrigated."

"But what is regrettable is that due to the huge expense and lack of progress in Western affairs, the Taihu Lake reconstruction project had to be stopped."

"Yunshuai, after years of population growth, land changes, and institutional corruption, now the Dongjiang River and Loujiang River among the three major river systems have been annihilated one after another, and the Wusong River has also become shallow and narrow."

After speaking, he pressed his hand on the east side of Taihu Lake: "When the flood arrives, the three rivers cannot discharge the floods, causing the accumulated lake water to overflow through the lowlands in the east of the lake. The order in the past has turned into disorder. Let the former land of plenty

, turned into a water town and Zeguo.”

"Look again, Marshal Yun. Taihu Lake was much larger before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The lake in the Tang Dynasty could reach the shore of the Wujiang River in this area. The Dongting East Mountain and the West Mountain were originally two large islands in the lake."

"Today's waters are far away from Wujiang, and the east mountains and lake shores tend to be connected."

"These are all caused by sediment entering Taihu Lake. Although the process is very slow, we must pay attention to it."

"To solve these problems, we need to start from the upstream and downstream sides at the same time."

"Upstream, build water dams in Xuxi, Nanhe, and Nanxi, along the Meizhu River, Daxi River, Daibu River, etc., to increase the amount of water entering Taihu Lake."

"Build Dapu in the upper reaches of Daxi River, Daibu River, and Xixi River to store tides and retain water, and increase the ability to regulate water sources in the upper reaches."

"The water system of Taogei Lake is uniquely endowed by nature. It receives water from the eastern foothills of Maoshan Mountain in the west, passes through Tao Lake, regulates and stores water in Gehu Lake, and then flows into Taihu Lake in the east. There are also Dangyang, Gucheng, Shijiu, and Nangui in the west."

"These six natural lakes need to be put to good use. We can continue to raise the embankments and set up gates to increase their water storage."

"Between various water systems, the north-south river channels used for flood diversion, river diversion, and navigation regulation must continue to be maintained and repaired."

"The Danjin River, Licao River, Zhaocun River, Mengjin River, Wuyi River between the canal and Nanhe, Nanxi River, and the Hexi River, Xilihe, Caohe, etc. between Taogei Lake and the canal all need to be repaired.

…”

"Stop! Wait a minute! I'm a little panicked!" Su You quickly stopped Jia Dan, who was talking incessantly, and looked at the dense red lines and red circles on the upper reaches of Taihu Lake on the map: "Jia Gong, please don't be busy now, these lines will not go.

Let’s talk about it, what are these big circles? Reservoirs?! You want to build a reservoir upstream?! There are just circles on the map. Have you ever calculated the amount of engineering work?!"

Jia Quan handed over his hand: "Yunpan, this is a great event that will benefit the future. The two Zhejiang roads are now severely famine-stricken. It is a good time to carry out large-scale construction projects. Only one hundred coins and two meals a day..."

"Stop it!" Su You stopped him again: "The civilian laborers under my command have never been able to earn a hundred cents a day! That would be a life-threatening situation. How can they still work?"

Zhang Qi flipped through the book that Jia Quan gave him: "Young Master, according to Ji Gong's project volume, not to mention the large lakes and rivers, the reconstruction of the upper reaches of the river alone totals 500 miles. This is a major project of two million guan.

"

"Oh?" Su You breathed a sigh of relief: "It doesn't seem like that? Don't forget that we can build cement plants and explosives plants."

"But what about the six major lake embankment projects, as well as Taihu Lake itself, and these reservoirs? This is the big tiger, right? How many river channel reconstruction projects are needed?!"

Jia Quan was a little dazed: "Uh, Yun Shuai may have moved the construction work from Shaanxi and Shuzhong here, right? The South Nest in Luzhou is only two feet deep, and the West Lake in Hangzhou is covered with weeds and creepers because it has not been repaired for many years.

, not even one foot."

"So our Dapu on Liangzhe Road is different from other places. For these Dapu, we only need to select a favorable location and build a six-foot-high embankment, which is better than what Yun Shuai built around Bianjing City.

The amount of construction work in Biankou is only moderate."

"Ah? Hahahaha, right... Mr. Jia, you told me earlier..."

The large reservoir in Sichuan in later generations was indeed built by local people carrying earth on their shoulders thirty years after liberation. However, the strong organizational, planning, and construction capabilities of later generations also took tens of thousands of people and ten years!

The height of the dam is usually more than ten meters. At its peak, there were 100,000 people on the construction site!

If it is true, as Jia Quan said, that a reservoir can be built in Central Jiangsu just by building a Yellow River embankment, then this business is a good deal!

Seeing that Su You's expression improved, Jia Gan said cautiously: "There is still the downstream river management. Drainage through the Three Rivers is no longer possible, but the three general directions of north, east and south have not changed."

"The project is mainly divided into three parts. One is to open Fanjiabang in Kunshan, which connects the Huangpu River above and the Yangtze River below. Mishi Ferry also has three branches, with Xietang, Mao River and Barrier Port in the north connected to Dianshan Lake.

In the middle is Yuanxiejing, connected to Yuhuitang on the top; to the south is Maogang, which receives water from Hangzhou, Jiahu and Jiahu."

“The second is Pubei, which connects Dianshan Lake, Cheng Lake and the surrounding Yuandang Lake, Baiyan Lake, Changbaidang Lake, Bailian Lake, Jinji Lake, Dushu Lake, etc., and passes through Wusong River, Jishui Port, Niuchangjing Pond, etc.

Badang River and other waterways release water."

"The third is Punan, with Taipu River as the main river, connecting Ant Yang, Peach Blossom Yang, Fenhu, Masie Lake, Qianshengdang and other large and small lakes,"

"In addition, in the area north of the canal to the Liuhe River, there are three water systems, Yangcheng, Chengxiyu, and Huxi along the river, according to the terrain."

"Each of the water systems mentioned above includes countless large and small waterways, lakes, and ponds; and each area can create countless fertile fields!"

"As long as...as long as..."

Su You looked at Jia Dan: "Speak boldly, you won't scare me!"

Jia Quan mustered up his courage: "The main project only requires 5 million strings!"

Su You touched his chin: "Fifty thousand guan and 25,000 hectares of land can be used to maintain capital."

Jia Dan was anxious: "If all these projects are completed, there will be at least 50,000 hectares more cultivated land!"

Su You's eyes lit up: "Is this Beili?"

Jia Quan waved his hand: "This is not irrigated land in the north. These are paddy fields with two seasons and three crops, at least two crops! The yield per mu is more than double that of the irrigated land in the north. One acre of paddy fields weighs 600 kilograms. Yunshuai

!”

Damn it! The profit has to be doubled!

Only then did Su You realize that in later generations, double-cropping rice was rarely grown across the country, but he had forgotten that there was such a period in Central Jiangsu's history.

It's a pity that Su You was not from Jiangsu. If he had known that the cultivated land area in the Taihu Lake Basin in later generations was as high as 230,000 hectares, of which nearly 200,000 hectares of paddy fields alone were more than what Jia Jin had estimated plus the existing cultivated area.

If it were to be several times more, we would have been hurriedly asking to start construction.

Now he is looking at the lake in trance: "No wonder Cunzhong ran so fast. The budget was five times over budget..."

Cai Jing handed over his hand: "Ming Gong, don't forget the "On Finance". With the friendship between Ming Gong and Sitong, you can definitely get a loan from Huangsong Bank!"

"Ha?" Su You laughed angrily: "Do you know the total available principal of Huangsong Bank now? There are only 7 million left this year! The rest have already made investment plans. The bank's business philosophy,

The first thing is to be steady, Yuan Chang."

Cai Jing said: "Then let's build another bank! Based on the output of the Huaiyang Salt Farm, we will divide the water conservancy project into three years according to the ratio of 23 to 5. In the first year, only 20% of the capital is needed, and one million yuan is enough.
Chapter completed!