"Repair the loan, pay the loan?" Hai Rui was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then shook his head and smiled, "You kid, you can always make some new tricks for me."

With the intelligence and talent of Hai Gong, of course, you will understand the way here as soon as you hear it - the river channel can be used to discharge floods and divert water, and it is also an excellent transportation channel. Jiangnan Group first lends money to the government to repair the river channel, and then the government authorizes them to set up card fees to pay off the debt. This model is very simple and easy to understand and not profound at all. But the first person to think of this method is an absolute genius.

Niu Mowang, the Niu Mowang, had no lines for several chapters, quickly echoed: "Young Master Zhao's ideas are emerging one after another, he is such a genius."

"Don't say that," Mr. Zhao smiled and took a sip of tea, and said modestly: "I'm just standing on the shoulders of the giant."

"This is indeed a way of thinking." Hai Rui ignored his habitual sensation and thought carefully for a while and said: "The government first borrowed money to repair the river, and then used the future income of the river to repay the loan, which is reasonable."

After saying that, he looked up and looked at Zhao Hao and said, "But what if you do the 'If you want to pass this road and leave the road wealth' and charge a high toll, what should you do if you charge a high toll?"

"Hahaha, please rest assured, Zhongcheng." Zhao Hao shook his head and laughed loudly: "The Jiangnan Group will never do such stupid things as fishing for exhaustion."

After a pause, he said frankly: "In fact, we want the right to charge the river, not for the charge, but for the charge less."

"To charge less?" Hai Rui and the other two were stunned.

"Yes. When Mr. Hai was in Chun'an, he rectified the harsh taxes. He should be clearest about the fact that the court did not have the power to collect transit taxes for each county, but the bad habit of plucking hairs by geese has been a long time ago. For transit commercial and travel goods, the inspection department would draw points, and the rivers would collect ship materials; and those gate officials... Anyone who could reach the river would extort silver from merchants and civilians who passed through the gate."

"Although each group of people doesn't collect much, there are many people who can't help but reach out. Freight ships travel from Wuhu to Shanghai often take a long journey, and the tax and fees paid even exceeds the value of the goods themselves, seriously hindering the development of Jiangnan's commerce." Zhao Hao said with a sad face:

"It would be fine if the money was taken from the people and used by the people. But it was all filled with people. What's the benefit of the country and the people?"

After saying that, he spread his hands and said, "Since that's the case, Zhongcheng might as well package the charging rights to us. We can guarantee that in addition to the river maintenance costs, we can only recover one percent of the loan every year. In this way, each river channel receives an average of less than 2,000 taels of silver each year. What else should Zhongcheng worry about?"

"Really?" Hai Rui said in disbelief: "What can this little silver do?"

"Earn personal labor costs." Zhao Hao smiled and said, "As for the same sentence, what we want is circulation. To allow the goods to flow smoothly in Jiangnan, this is the most valuable for Jiangnan Group! As for Jiangnan Bank's losses, Zhongcheng doesn't have to worry. The group will provide subsidies and will not be transferred to the people of Jiangnan."

When Niu Qianshi and Zhang Yi heard this, their old faces became slightly hot. They understood Mr. Zhao's words - Jiangnan Group would rather pay the money to the government, just to ask them not to cause trouble...

"Well, then do it like this." Hai Rui nodded. Since it was beneficial to the court and the people, he had nothing to worry about.

~~

The Wusong and Huangpu project, Hai Rui, has completed the inspection. He originally planned to use one month to gather civilians and raise supplies to start construction on the third day of the first lunar month of the fourth year of Longqing.

It was able to gather more than 100,000 people in less than a month, mainly relying on Hai Qingtian's strong appeal. This appeal came from his wholehearted efforts to make decisions for the people, which really reduced the burden on the people. Since Hai Rui implemented the One-whip method, the corvee bank burden on the people has been greatly reduced, and various additional stakes have been cancelled. "From this time, people will know that there is joy of living for the people."

The people accepted his love and knew that Hai Gong was sincerely doing their good. Naturally, with a command, everyone responded.

Now, with the mature recruitment system of Jiangnan Group, the assembly time of civil servants and materials can be shortened by half, and construction can be started a year ago.

As for the other four projects, we will follow the principle of preparing one place and launching one place. We will strive to complete the main project of "Wusong-Huangpu-Baichi" before the end of March of the fourth year of Longqing, and the "Loujiang-Taipu-Wangyu" before the Meiyu project, so that the Wuzhong area will be completely free from floods.

After the negotiation, Hai Rui left Pudong without stopping and inspected the Baichi River. After finishing the matter, he had to continue to inspect the Taipu River, Wangyu River and Lou River. It would be nice to be able to go home before the New Year.

Zhao Hao also declined Zhang Ji's invitation and took a boat to return to Kunshan County, which he had been away from for a long time.

Perhaps because of his return home, the hard work he had accumulated over the past year finally broke out, making him feel very tired.

In order to avoid peace, Zhao Hao asked Secretary Ma to send a message back, not to greet the wind or welcome him, and let himself rest quietly for a few days and meet again in Suzhou on the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Mr. Zhao first sent Gao Jie to Jiangnan Hospital and handed him over to Wanmizhai and Li Shizhen for treatment. As soon as he saw Zhao Hao, several miraculous doctors' eyes shone and pulled him to the laboratory.

"This year, you have made many new discoveries, you have to take a good look!" Li Shizhen said with excitement and blushing: "It's all amazing discoveries, which are enough to subvert medical books!"

"Let me take a few days off first and breathe a sigh of relief." Zhao Hao hurriedly broke free. He asked the three of them to hold on and don't think about going home before dark. "I'll be in Suzhou for a year next year, so I won't be able to do this few days."

After much persuasion, the three of them let him go.

~~

When he returned to the boat, he saw that it was usually warm outside, so Zhao Hao and Zheng Ruozeng stood at the bow of the boat, watching the boats traveling on the Xiaoze River, and the two sides were getting more prosperous.

In addition to Jiangnan Hospital, cotton spinning farms, wooden yards, farm tools shops, blacksmith shops, rice, flour, grain and oil shops, and livestock shops have been built on both sides of the Taiwan Strait... There are nearly a hundred shops, dozens of businesses are mixed with the river, making it a town that stretches for several miles.

This was not brought by Jiangnan Hospital. In fact, in order to prevent environmental pollution, no workshops are allowed within one kilometer near Jiangnan Hospital. Moreover, the hospital's material procurement standards are extremely strict, and it is not something that can be produced by these shops in towns outside the city.

At first, it mainly serves several nearby farms. The farms are centrally managed, and the purchase of farm tools is uniformly purchased, the use of oxen, the purchase of farm manure, etc. In fact, breaking the completely self-sufficiency small peasant economy will generate a large amount of external demand.

Wherever there is demand, there is a market. The people of Jiangnan with a keen sense of smell will naturally not miss this business opportunity. Factory, shop, and market were born in Yanhe Town. Farms and farmers also sell surplus agricultural products such as beans, wheat, vegetables, chickens, ducks, goose eggs, lotus roots, and water chestnuts, as well as handicraft products such as rattan, coarse cloth, and bamboo utensils.

The farmers and workers had money, and they had to buy furniture and daily necessities. So this place further evolved into an exchange market for agricultural and sideline products, handicraft products and daily necessities, and then attracted people from all over the country to come here to buy and sell, making Xiaoze River another emerging Jiangnan town.

Industrial and commercial towns are one of the important symbols of the development of commodity economy in Jiangnan. These large and small towns that are spread outside the major cities in Jiangnan are the links between cities and rural areas. They are often located on both sides of important rivers and bridges across rivers. They can not only rely on the convenience of shipping in all directions, but also not bound by the walls of all directions, and can develop freely.

In addition, there is less harassment from the government in the city. Being close to the countryside means easy to obtain agricultural products and raw materials. Therefore, in the south of the Yangtze River, merchants are crowded with densely populated areas, prosperous streets, prosperous markets, and developed industry and commerce. The prosperity is everywhere, and the prosperity is even less than that of cities.

For example, Shengze, Pingwang, Weiting in Suzhou; Nanxiang in Jiading, Nanxun, Wuzhen in Huzhou, Wangjiangjing, Puyuan Town in Jiaxing, etc....

Although compared to those famous Jiangnan Ju Towns, this town on the banks of the Little River can only be considered a younger brother. However, its from scratch is a sign that Kunshan's economy has finally begun to flourish!

"It was originally bare and nothing was left on both sides of the straits." The native Kunshan people like Zheng Ruozeng naturally felt a lot more emotional. "Such a prosperous town has actually appeared in our Kunshan."

"Yes, our Ming people are the most diligent and smartest in the world." Zhao Hao nodded with a smile and said, "As long as they are given a relaxed and safe environment, they will make their lives prosperous."

"Oh, I'm ashamed." Zheng Ruozeng sighed. It's easy to say that it's relaxed and safe, but this is the first time it has come to Kunshan County in so many years.

"It's all up to the old parents and the young master..." He bowed deeply sincerely.

"Hey, I'm home, so don't be polite." Zhao Hao smiled and waved his hand. Zhengjiazhuang was ahead. "Mr. Kaiyang will go home early to rest. We will go to Suzhou again in a few days."

"Young Master is troubled." Zheng Ruozeng smiled and nodded, "Young Master, please go back and rest early."

Shortly after Zheng Ruozeng got off the ship, Kunshan County was in sight.

But Zhao Hao spent an hour on his way to the city in just a quarter of an hour.

Because it actually blocked the boat from the Lou River flowing south of the city...

"What's the situation?" Looking at the riverside that was blocked in front of him, Zhao Hao felt a little irritable. This feeling of being unable to return home was really unhappy.

"Young Master, calm down." Xiong Dianshi, who made a special trip to the county to welcome him home, explained helplessly: "Since the shipping started, it has been blocked from time to time. The river surface is too narrow, there are too many ships coming and going, and there are ships that want to enter and leave the city. It would be strange if they don't block it."

After a while, he added: "These two days are very congested."

"Oh." Mr. Zhao nodded, understanding that this was actually his fault. "It seems that it is imperative to broaden Loujiang."
Chapter completed!