"Yes, yes, how dare the light of fireflies compete with Haoyue?" Yi Kejiu gave Zhao Shouzheng a drink again, but he said depressedly, "If Zhao Hao is my son, do you believe me if I can go to heaven?"

"Then I'll do my business." Zhao Shouzheng remembered Zhao Hao's letter saying that Danluo Island needed a large number of stonemasons. "Then let's sentence them to exile Danluo and contribute to the Ming Dynasty's recovery of lost territory."

The Ming Dynasty generally followed the principle of easy settlement between the north and the south, that is, the south was invaded by the south, and the north was invaded by the south. Kunshan County naturally had to exile to the north, and the north was invaded by the north, and the destination was usually the nine border areas such as Shaanxi and Liaodong.

However, Mr. Zhao was familiar with the laws and regulations and knew that Danluo was also one of the optional destinations. In the early years, Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang's subordinates were all exiled to Danluo Island. Although he had not been exiled there for more than a hundred years, the Ministry of Justice never took Danluo from the option, so he had no problem expelling the criminals.

It's not a transfer of interests.

"Of course." County Magistrate Yi naturally agreed. As long as Mr. Zhao did not complain to his son, he would not frown even if he sent everyone in the county to Danluo.

~~

On the official boat of Dianshan Lake.

After discussing today's aftermath, Yi Kejiu toasted with a shy face and said, "In addition, there is a reluctant request, please don't refuse, brother."

"What's the matter?" Mr. Zhao's alcohol tolerance was still as bad as ever. After drinking three glasses of wine on an empty stomach, he was already a little drunk.

"Can you say hello to Jiangnan Group and give us some cement?" Yi Kejiu said embarrassedly: "We want to build the Taipu River..."

The three words "Taipu River?" evoked unpleasant memories in Zhao Erye's mind. When he first took office, in order to solve the floods in Kunshan, he whispered to this person, hoping to use the Taipu River connecting Taihu Lake and Huangpu River in Wujiang County to relieve the pressure on the Wusong River, but Yi Kejiu refused.

The two sides had a very unpleasant quarrel that time. Yi Magistrate Yi did not give Zhao Zhuangyuan face because of the fact that there was a hundred miles of Shitang in the county. Zhao Shouzheng was so angry that he slapped the table and swore that he would build a Shitang of two hundred miles, so that Wujiang County could taste it. It would be a half year to soak it in the water!

County Magistrate Yi didn't believe it at all at that time, and even teased them that they would not be able to repair it for a hundred years!

As a result, the whole county of Kunshan was in battle and built three hundred miles in half a year. Sure enough, Wujiang County tasted the taste of soaking in water.

‘Hahaha!’ Zhao Shouzheng laughed loudly and looked down on Yi Kejiu and asked, “How is it, Fengpo, I, Zhao Gongming, didn’t brag, right?”

"No, no." Yi Kejiu's face turned red with shame.

"Has the embankment been repaired? And it's been repaired for a hundred miles more!" Mr. Zhao raised his legs and crossed his legs more and more proudly, "I said I would soak you if I want to soak you. How about it? Are you soaking?"

"I've soaked, and I've soaked all of it." Yi Kejiu completely corrected his posture and let Jun ravage him. "I really regret it. I really don't listen to good people's words, and I'm suffering a loss in front of me."

"Remember this lesson." Zhao Shouzheng took a sip of three white wine and said, "If you miss something, you will miss it. At the beginning, our Kunshan County paid for money and asked you to repair it if you didn't. Now we don't need it anymore, and you have to cry and shout to repair it. But now this Taipu River is only harmful to our Kunshan and has no benefits. How do you think I can help you?"

Once the Taipu River is connected, the ships between Taihu Lake and Songjiang no longer need to circulate Kunshan, which is equivalent to reducing Kunshan's status.

"Yes, yes, yes, little brother is not considering it well." Yi Kejiu nodded quickly. He knew that he was thinking about Taozi, so he took a step back and said, "Then how about we repair the Dianpu River?"

"Dianpu River?" Zhao Erye said in his heart: "From Dianshan Lake to Huangpu River?"

"Yeah." Yi Kejiu quickly expanded the map and pointed to the dotted line drawn on the top and said, "Brother, look, once this river is built, you can go from Guixian to Songjiang. You don't have to walk the winding Wusong River. You only need to enter the Dianshan Lake from Kunnan and go east eighty miles to enter the Huangpu River. Another ten miles will be the Shanghai County."

"Yes." Zhao Shouzheng followed the dotted line and saw that if this river was built, the journey from Kunshan to Shanghai would be shortened by half. He remembered that Zhao Hao said that Shanghai's status in the future would be extremely important, and may even surpass Suzhou...

"Isn't Kunnan in Guizhou a long time? Will this river be built and will survive?" Yi Kejiu said to the sky and vigorously recommended his real plan: "And Huating, Shanghai, Chongming and our two counties in Kunshan and Wujiang will also be closely linked. Isn't Ling Gongzi promoting Jiangnan integration? I think Jiangnan Group will also strongly support it!"

"Well, this plan is quite reasonable." Mr. Zhao's second-hand looked flushed and obviously drank high again. He pointed to the map and said, "But this river does not seem to have as big a role as Taipu River."

The Taipu River connects Taihu Huangpu, runs across Wujiang County, and directly connects to Songjiang Prefecture. Of course, it is much stronger than the Dianpu River, which is only in a corner of Wujiang.

But the pressure of flood discharge was above my head, and Yi Magistrate didn't care about so much. Who made him lazy in politics and reject the Taipu River plan? Now he can only settle for the second best and choose a plan that is most beneficial to Kunshan County and also good to the county.

"It's okay, it's okay, so the pressure on us to acquire land is still smaller." Yi Kejiu said embarrassedly.

"Okay, I'll ask two of you to come tomorrow. Let's talk together and see how to share the burden." Hearing Mr. Zhao's tone, it was obvious that this matter was settled.

However, it is true that Huating and Shanghai two magistrates were both of him in the same year, and they were the kind of hugging their thighs tightly. Mr. Zhao said something better than the magistrate.

"Don't let us discharge the flood, how can we ask your county to pay for it? I'm the Wujiang County." Yi Kejiu quickly took over the big bag, and then looked at Mr. Zhao and said, "Can you talk to Jiangnan Group and set up a Wujiang development company in my county? All counties have been established, so you can't always leave our Wujiang out."

"Haha, let me tell you, I don't guarantee it will be successful." Mr. Zhao nodded with a smile. This feeling of being always asked for is really good.

~~

Sure enough, as soon as Mr. Zhao spoke, all counties responded positively. After discussion, the Dianpu River project was handed over to Jiangnan Development Corporation.

With the current strength of Jiangnan Development Corporation, digging an artificial river of 90 miles is not a big project. Development companies have been established in the four counties of Kunshan, Wujiang, Huating and Shanghai. Fortunately, Chongkaiser was busy with overseas projects and did not make a single squad. Otherwise, the whole family would not be divided into twenty miles.

The four companies were determined to compete, and it took only more than a month to chase each other. Before the storm, they dug the Dianpu River and built large dams of matt concrete on both sides.

As a result, during the storm, Jiangnan suffered several typhoons. Fortunately, the flood discharge channel was repaired, otherwise the entire Wujiang County would have to be soaked. At least, the county town and most of the crops were saved, and it would not hurt its vitality.

Of course, compared with Wu County Changzhou, who had basically built the Taihu Lake embankment before, it was still a little miserable. Alas, who made me want to save face before... County Magistrate Yi, who did a good job, sighed secretly.

However, this year, Taicang, Changshu, and Jiading all suffered backflows during the storm, and the most important autumn harvest of the year has become a foregone conclusion. Yi Zhixian silently calculated that the harvest of Wujiang County should be ranked third in history, which is also a highlight. I hope that Lord Zhongcheng will show his compassion and treat himself as a fart.

Unexpectedly, after the autumn harvest, as soon as the statistics in the mansion came out, Yi Kejiu's chin was shocked.

Wujiang County actually ranked fourth, and Wuxian County in Changzhou ranked second and third.

Kunshan County, the last in ten thousand years, actually won the championship in one fell swoop, and its total output exceeded the second place in Changzhou County by nearly 20%!

"Would you make a mistake?" County Magistrate Yi rested his chin and whined to his master: "Can cement also increase grain production?"

"How is that possible?" Master shook his head and said, "I heard that Kunshan County did not suffer any disaster, and even Kunnan's harvest is good. Second, they successfully planted two seasons of rice, which increased the yield per mu by a large part."

"Oh, I can't compare, I really can't compare." Yi Kejiu fell back on the chair in admiration, thinking that this hat called Hua Kunshan was completely thrown away.

~~

On the Wuwei ship sailing eastward, Mr. Zhao saw Kunkaisi's more accurate income report.

There are 100 farms under the Kunkaisi Agricultural Department, with a total of 600,000 mu of cooked land, including 300,000 mu of grain fields, 200,000 mu of cotton fields, and 100,000 mu of mulberry fields.

Under the scientific guidance of Ma Yilong, under the careful leadership of the farm manager and technician, 300,000 mu of grain fields successfully planted two seasons of rice, earning a total of 2.1 million stones of rice. The average yield per quarter reached three stones and five stones!

In addition, the cotton mulberry fields also achieved a bumper harvest, with a discount of 3 million stones of grain. Therefore, the gross income of 600,000 mu of land was 5.1 million stones higher!

After deducting the tax burden of 600,000 shi this year, 600,000 shi were paid to the landlord, and the remaining 3.9 million shi were left. According to the agreement, the harvest was equal to that of the farmers and workers, so Kunkaiser could get 1.95 million shi.

We also have to pay 1.5% incentive funds to 100 field leaders and 500 technicians. This year, due to floods in various places, the price of grain has increased, and it has reached two taels of silver and one stone. Therefore, the field manager and technicians can almost share nearly sixty thousand taels, and with their daily salary expenses, a total of 100,000 taels.

After deducting production, consumption and other costs, the gross profit of Kunkaiser Agricultural Office is about 2.5 million taels.

In addition, farmers and workers have to repay the pre-borrowed grain of about 300,000 shi, so the final book surplus is about 3.1 million taels.

But don’t be too happy too early. It’s true that the Agricultural Department made a lot of money, but the Construction Department repaired three phases of water conservancy projects last year and lost a total of 400,000 taels. This year, the loss has reached an astonishing 1 million taels of capital and profit.

Of course, this is determined by Kunkais' business model - the Engineering Department must advance the project payment first, and then the government will use the long-term rent of the land in its hands to pay off the debt. The Agricultural Department then builds the land into a farm, uses intensive management and scientific planting to increase yields, and ultimately obtain profits.

This long process finally made profits for the first time after a year and a half of continuous investment.

And it's a total of 1.7 million taels!

Another 1 million taels of development funds will be set aside next year, and the dividends will reach 700,000 taels this year!
Chapter completed!