When Lin Yuzhu heard this, she said in surprise: "I know that I have been to Qingyi River?"

General Li nodded, stood up and walked to the chair beside him and sat down, "You still remember when I just returned to Anyang City! At that time, my arm was broken and I was depressed. Later, I thought about doing something good, so I went around. At that time, I also wanted to build bridges and pave roads, so I went to the Qingyi River."

Speaking of this, General Li paused for a moment, and then continued: "The water flows rapidly in the Qingyi River, and the bridge construction is too large, so the bridges on the Qingyi River have been built in a very small number of years. However, the Qingyi River separates the people from both sides of the river. Many people can only take a detour to the other side. Of course, there are also ferries along the way, but ferries can only ferry people but not ferries. For a little more, larger goods can only cross the bridge."

Since ancient times, building bridges and paving roads has been a great merit. He also had selfish intentions at the beginning and wanted future generations to remember him.

So he walked around the Qingyi River and walked upstream. He also planned the location of the bridge repair at that time.

Lin Yuzhu pointed to the five bridges and said, "Are the five bridges painted by Manager Cui all located in the population gathering areas?"

General Li nodded seriously and said, "It's all population clusters, and the distribution of these five bridges is very reasonable. Look at the distance on the drawings, is it the location of each bridge similar? In fact, there are many residents on both sides of the Qingyi River, and the location of these five bridges is exactly opposite to five towns. If the bridge is built, it will also be beneficial to the business on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, but the expenses are a bit large."

He had calculated that it would cost at least 20,000 taels of silver to build a bridge.

Lin Yuzhu didn't know how to build a bridge. Since General Li had known it and had planned the bridge construction, he wanted to have some plans: "Entertainment Father, how much money should you prepare for a bridge?"

General Li said seriously: "Twenty thousand taels of silver, you must prepare at least twenty thousand taels of silver. In other words, five bridges will cost 100,000 taels of silver."

When Lin Yuzhu heard this number, she was shocked, it was really not a small number.

No wonder the yamen has been unwilling to invest in the Qingyi River these years.

This is just a bridge built on a river.

Having said that, the Qingyi River is considered the mother river of Anyang City, and the capital city runs through the middle.

There are two big cities upstream, but she has never been to those two big cities and has never known them. She must help her familiar places and then slowly extend outward.

He sighed and said, "The account of 100,000 taels of silver is not enough. If this is the case, let's build three bridges first. Take the rest of the two, and the charity association will continue to raise funds." In the end, he decided to build the bridge.

General Li smiled: "Don't worry about the money. You didn't say that you had more than 50,000 taels of silver in the account, and you didn't need to take out these money at once. Just get it together slowly."

The prince-consort was listening, and now he was also working on the drawings.

Nangong Yunqi leaned over and looked at the drawings carefully.

The four of them discussed it carefully and finally decided to build the bridge.

Since he had made a decision, Lin Yuzhu had nothing to hesitate, so he called Manager Cui the next day.

Manager Cui was looking forward to it. He didn't fall asleep after he went back last night and was worried about this.

Speaking of which, he has selfish intentions. Building bridges and paving roads is a great merit. He is a eunuch and is destined to have descendants and is destined to be remembered by the world. However, if he can build bridges and pave roads, he will be recorded on the memorial monument. In the future, anyone who crosses the bridge will have to recite his good words, which is his ultimate goal.

Of course, building bridges and roads is beneficial to the people, and he just moved a little bit of his own selfishness in the middle of this matter.

Seeing Manager Cui’s uneasy appearance, Lin Yuzhu went straight to the point and said, “We had already discussed last night and agreed to build the bridge. The drawings you drew were also good, but you also know the money in the accounts. There are only more than 50,000 taels in total. Five bridges cannot be built at one time. You can choose three bridges to be repaired first.”

Manager Cui was excited. He didn't fall asleep last night, but he didn't expect that things would be confirmed so soon.

"Thank you, the Eighth Princess."

Lin Yuzhu roughly understood Manager Cui’s thoughts and said, “You must have your name on the Merit Monument. You can rest assured that the budget for a bridge is 20,000 taels of silver. It is more than enough to build a good bridge with this budget. I only have one requirement, that is, the quality of the bridge must be good. Building a bridge is a big deal, and I will keep watching.”

Manager Cui was even more happy: "I feel relieved to have the Eighth Princess staring at me. I have no experience in building bridges and paving roads, so I have to find someone who understands it."

Lin Yuzhu didn't worry about these things. General Li and the prince-in-law said last night that they would arrange skilled craftsmen in the government.

She had heard the eldest princess say before that the skilled craftsmen raised by the government are very powerful.

Manager Cui is full of fighting spirit now, so he posted the notice that day.

All notice boards and city gates in Anyang City have been posted on the expenses raised by the Women's Charity Association in the past year.

This has made many people understand the kindness of the Women's Charity Association.

Manager Cui also wrote down the plan to build the bridge in Qingyi River, and listed the estimated expenses in detail.

As soon as this news came out, the people along the Qingyi River were happy.

No one understands the meaning of a bridge better than the people along the Qingyi River.

Especially for those who live on the other side of the river, many people have never come to Anyang City because of the Qingyi River.

A list of donors was also posted along with the notice.

Especially the people who donate the most money are at the forefront, and people who come and go can see it at a glance.

Women's Charity will have a special office. Once the notice is posted, many people will come to inquire and raise funds.

Manager Cui and his friends are very busy.

Good news came from Lord Wu that 10,000 kilograms of grain in the warehouse had been distributed, and he personally distributed the land details registered in the yamen.

The amount of grain seeds of six kilograms per acre of land, which sounds like a lot of 10,000 kilograms, but in fact, it is not much if distributed.

When Lord Wu distributed grain seeds, he felt the meaning of Lin Yuzhu saying that there were few grain seeds.

Seriously report: "A total of one town was distributed. This town is a relatively poor town nearby. According to the amount of six kilograms per acre, I only distributed the one belonging to the farmers. As for the rented one, I have not distributed it for the time being."

The owner is the most affordable land rented, and the land in the farmers' hands is the only one who can manage the land they own.

"Those who do not have their own land are the real poor. Let's pay according to the amount of two acres of land per household." Lin Yuzhu reminded that she lived a hard life and could not understand it better.

This reminded Lord Wu.

Lord Wu thought for a while and felt that Lin Yuzhu was saying something reasonable, so he agreed: "Then I will go back tomorrow to register and wait until the 40,000 kilograms of grain seeds are reissued. By the way, I will use the 20,000 taels of silver you gave to buy grain seeds. It is easy to do something with money. With the emperor's will, the officials in Jiangnan are also very active."
Chapter completed!