bookcurios Chapter 213
Chapter 213
Chapter 213
What this kid meant was to build roads across the entire country!
"You're not going to rebuild the official roads throughout Daliang!"
Emperor Liang was shocked.
He thought that Qin Yu meant to build an official road in the remote mountain village and connect it with the existing official road in Daliang. Although this would consume a lot of manpower and material resources, it would be much faster and save a lot of money.
But if the entire Daliang official road is to be rebuilt, not to mention the time, the manpower and money consumed alone will be huge, and 60 million taels of silver will definitely not be enough.
"if not?"
Qin Yu looked confused.
"Your Highness! Do you know how vast Daliang's territory is and how many official roads there are? These official roads were all built when Daliang was first established!"
"If we rebuild everything, the cost will definitely exceed 100 million taels of silver. This investment is really too huge!"
Li Wei said in a deep voice.
"Oh! Does it actually take so much silver? If my guess is correct, the road construction should also be done by a noble family, right?"
Qin Yu looked at Li Wei and asked in a deep voice.
Forehead......
Li Wei was stunned for a moment, then his brows furrowed and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
With the Zhao family as a precedent, the aristocratic families who cooperated with the court to build roads would most likely not have a good fate. His words were equivalent to harming an aristocratic family!
"Your Highness, as you just said, road construction is extremely complex and requires a lot of manpower and resources. It's normal for aristocratic families to ask for more money when taking on such a project, right?"
Shangguan Xiong said coldly.
"Haha! Since it's complicated, let's take it apart!"
"This prince has taken over the road construction! I will also establish a Daliang Road Construction Planning Department in the border areas. All road construction matters will be directed by me!"
"At the same time, this prince is issuing a reward to the entire Daliang. Anyone who can draw an official road map that satisfies this prince will receive a reward of one million taels of silver!"
Qin Yu said with a sneer.
what!
When Qin Yu said this, everyone was shocked.
The reconstruction of all official roads in Daliang and the redrawing of the road map are very cumbersome even for the Ministry of Works. This set of procedures will cost more than a million taels of silver, possibly even tens of millions!
After all, it takes a lot of manpower and resources to check!
However, there are many extraordinary people among the people, and there are also people who love to travel around the beautiful rivers and mountains. For these people, the terrain of Daliang is well known, and drawing a topographic map is easy for them!
One million taels, there will definitely be a lot of people vying for this reward!
"Even so, building roads is a very tedious task!"
Shangguan Xiong said again.
"The Daliang official road project will be divided into prefectures, counties and prefectures, and will be open to bidding. Any noble family can make an offer. This prince will select the appropriate offer and sign contracts with different noble families!"
"When they finish repairing the road, this prince will send someone to inspect it. If it passes the inspection, I will give them silver immediately. This way, the road construction will be faster and we can save a lot of money."
Qin Yu said in a deep voice.
Gum!
His idea left the officials present dumbfounded!
In the past, Daliang’s affairs were divided into categories, and in order to facilitate management, they only looked for one family to cooperate with!
They thought that they were throwing the trouble to the noble families, but in fact, they were throwing the trouble to themselves, and they also spent a lot of extra money!
Qin Yu's method not only saved a lot of trouble and money, but also prevented him from being retaliated by any aristocratic family. It also put all aristocratic families in a competitive relationship.