"I don't know about this. I haven't discussed this matter with the Gao family yet. Let's try it next and see if the Gao family is worthy of peace." Feng Yuzhi said with profound meaning...
Lin Haoming said on his own: "The Gao family will agree. In fact, they have already agreed. I have raised this matter for a long time. The Gao family must have known about it and did not stop it. They made their attitude clear. If they don't agree, they will be against me and you."
, since the master of Yun City is promoted, doesn’t the Gao family want to take a step forward, I heard that he is still in the sixth rank!"
"Hehe, Brother Lin is right!" Tie Chengye couldn't help but nodded.
Things were indeed as Lin Haoming expected. When Lin Haoming and Feng Yuzhi found Gao Liangsheng and told them about the matter, Gao Liangsheng immediately agreed and was willing to send a large number of farmers who relied on the Gao family to help dig the canal.
The only condition is that they can be paid their wages.
Things are better than Lin Haoming imagined, but the biggest problem is still unresolved. Lin Haoming knows that this is not Gao Liangsheng's opposition, but a long-standing problem in Chigang City, that is, Chigang City has no money.
At the Chigang City Household Office, after deducting the salaries of all officials for the coming year, the total amount is only a dozen annual crystals and less than three million shi of Huayuan rice.
Lin Haoming would never do anything about temporarily withholding his salary. Taking it back would arouse public outrage. Now that Jia Kai has blocked the road to funding, there are only two ways to go. The first is to ask wealthy households for loans.
Chigang City was actually asking the Gao family to borrow money, which was obviously not what Lin Haoming wanted to see.
The second way is to impose taxes! And this is obviously not an easy way to go.
Although the money problem was not easy to solve for a while, Tiechengye took the people in the workshop and began to explore the terrain and design the direction of the canal.
After a month of investigation, Tiechengye designed a canal from Lushui River to the Chiyan River in the north of Chigang City, with a total of 800 miles from north to south. Six dams and reservoirs were also designed. Once completed,
, then it will only take more than ten years to develop, and there will be tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 acres of fertile farmland in the north. Even if it is not as good as Weilin Lake hosted by Jia Kai, it will not be much different.
It's just that this project is really huge. Currently, it is calculated that with the 800-mile river course and six dams, the reservoir will cost at least one to three hundred thousand yuan per hour. This is assuming that the project can be completed on time without any surprises or delays.
Faced with such a huge project cost, Lin Haoming was a little bit embarrassed, especially since the preliminary project required an investment of at least 300,000 hours.
Because there is no money or food, we can only take this matter slowly for the time being, and let Tie Chengye go back with the surveyors first. Although there will be no big problem if the plan is passed, the next thing will be difficult to handle.
On the same day that Lin Haoming sent Tie Chengye away, Gao Liangsheng once again extended an invitation to Lin Haoming.
Lin Haoming has been working with Tiechengye on the project for more than a month. Even Feng Yuzhi has not had much contact with him. At this time, Gao Liangsheng suddenly came to him. Lin Haoming only thought of one thing, that is, Gao Liangsheng might want to take action on the project.
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Lin Haoming naturally would not refuse Gao Liangsheng's invitation and arrived at Gao's house at ten o'clock in the evening.
It was still the same waterside pavilion as last time, and the dishes were still rich, but compared to last time, this time only Gao Liangsheng was with him.
It was more convenient for just two people to talk naturally. After a few polite words, Gao Liangsheng immediately got into the topic.
Sure enough, things were exactly as Lin Haoming thought, and Gao Liangsheng indeed planned to intervene on the canal.
Chigang City has no money, but the Gao family has money. The Gao family is willing to pay, but one condition is that the Gao family must get the right to rent new land for a thousand years.
Although everything grown in the fields must be turned over to the treasury, there are gaps in all fingers, let alone this. If there are one hundred thousand acres of land in the end, I am afraid that in a thousand years, the utilization will be no less than this investment.
If there are other thoughts, and in this way, the Gao family will occupy more fields in Chigang City, which will be detrimental to Lin Haoming.
Of course, Lin Haoming did not reject Gao Liangsheng immediately, but just said that he would think about it when he went back. He also really wanted Feng Yuzhi to discuss the matter. At least there would be a countermeasure after the plan was approved. The 300,000 Shijing could not come up with it.
Get at least 200,000 yuan first to get the project started.
Seeing that Lin Haoming still refused to let go, Gao Liangsheng did not continue to chase him, but he was not as polite as he was at the beginning. When the meal was almost done, he left.
When he arrived, Gao Pei personally came to pick him up. Because the matter had not been settled, Gao Pei did not see him off. He just asked the Gao family to find a carriage driver to see him off.
Lin Haoming also knew that his attitude made Gao Liangsheng a little dissatisfied, but he never wanted the Gao family to be satisfied and he didn't care about it.
The carriage started and after walking for a short while, Lin Haoming suddenly felt something was wrong. He jumped out of the carriage, grabbed the carriage driver's neck, and said coldly: "Where are you taking me?"
The carriage driver was just an ordinary person. When Lin Haoming caught him like this, he started to tremble with fright. He stammered and replied: "Sir... sir, I... am... not, it's Hongmei... Hongmei wants to see you."
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Lin Haoming was a little surprised when he heard these words. He didn't know why Gao Fangfang's maid wanted to see him. When he was drinking today, he thought of the water dance.
"Where is she?" Lin Haoming asked.
"Just... right... in front!" the coachman said fearfully.
Lin Haoming carefully observed the surroundings and made sure that the carriage driver was fine, so he let go of him. Not long after, the carriage stopped at the entrance of a small alley. In the dark alley, a young girl immediately came out and reached the carriage.
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"Sir!" The girl turned out to be Hongmei, and the little girl's delicate face was now full of anxiety.
"What do you want from me?" Lin Haoming asked, but he didn't have much emotion.
"Sir, you... please help young lady!" Hongmei begged as soon as she opened her mouth, as if she regarded Lin Haoming as her savior.
"Save your young lady, why is she being bullied again?" Lin Haoming asked seemingly casually, as if he was facing a stranger.
"No, it's... the master wants to give the young lady away!" Hongmei didn't pay attention or care about this, she just said anxiously.
"Is it Captain Gao Cheng who chose a husband for her?" Lin Haoming still asked calmly.
"Sir, if the master chooses someone for the young lady and can find out who the match is, I will not come to ask you even if it is to be a concubine. But the master wants to give the young lady to be used as a plaything. I know the fate of such a woman. The young lady is a good person.
It shouldn't be like this!" Hongmei cried anxiously.