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Chapter 1132. Loans to build rivers and repay the loans for a fee

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    "I'll go tell them," Zhao Hao said confidently, "This is a good thing. I believe people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will support it."

    "Okay, I'll leave it to you." Hai Rui was not polite to him and called Zhao Hao back. Wasn't it just to change the situation of being isolated and helpless?

    Finally, under Zhao Hao¡¯s suggestion, the number of rivers going east from Taihu Lake was changed from three to six.

    In addition to the Loujiang River, the Wangyu River in Wuxi and the Taipu River in Wujiang are also dredged. In this way, six waterways can discharge floods from Taihu Lake, and no matter how big the flood is, there is nothing to fear!

    Of course, the cost of such a project will also increase sharply.  Especially the three items proposed by Zhao Hao, each one is more expensive than the other - Lou Jiang need not mention it.  The Wangyu River has been silted up for many years, and it is tantamount to re-excavating it.

    ¡°The Taipu River simply does not exist and must be dug manually.  And this time it is twice as wide as the previous plan, reaching 200 meters, allowing Taihu Lake water to be discharged directly into Huangpu.

    In this way, Huangpu¡¯s traffic volume can be doubled.  Even if the river channel is not narrowed, the sand flushing effect can still be achieved.

    "It's better to narrow the river channel." Hai Rui thought for a moment and said cautiously: "Otherwise, the water potential may not be enough to repel the sand coming from the Yangtze River."

    "This is easy!" Zhao Hao smiled and took the lead chisel in his hand, drew a line segment on the left side of Wusongkou and said: "We can build a long embankment deep into the Yangtze River on the left side of Wusongkou, connecting the upstream  The sediment is blocked outside Wusong Mouth. At the same time, build a dike along the river bank on the right side to narrow the width of the river mouth. This can also increase the flow speed, wash away Wusong Mouth, and prevent sedimentation!"

    "That's a solution" Hai Rui looked at the map and suddenly exclaimed, "Hey, you added this anti-sand dike, how come Wusongkou looks like a port?"

    If you think of the wide river surface as a harbor, the sand embankment is actually a breakwater that is always available at the pier.  The two-hundred-foot-wide river is enough for both sides of the river to serve as docks for ships, without affecting the flow of ships on the river.

    No wonder this guy would rather spend more money to build sand embankments than narrow the Huangpu River. It turns out the joint is here!

    Hai Rui looked at this port more seriously and found that in addition to being the outlet for the entire Wuzhong, it was also the throat of the Yangtze River into the sea. Goods from Shuzhong to Huguang, and from Jiangxi to Jiangnan could be transported here to the sea.

    By the way, Shanghai is also adjacent to Hangzhou Bay in the south, making it extremely convenient to communicate with Zhejiang.

    And this is the midpoint of the north and south coastlines of the Ming Dynasty, reaching Jeju in the east and connecting North Korea and Japan.  To the southeast you can reach Ryukyu, and to the south you can reach Taiwan and Luzon.  It is really connected in all directions, even from the north to the south!

    Because of the maritime ban and the siltation of Wusongkou, no one realized the value of Shanghai County.  Now that Zhao Hao has started shipping and sea trade, and then opened Wusong Pass, this place is simply the natural trade center of the Ming Dynasty!  It is much better than the traditional Ningbo, Fuzhou and Guangzhou

    Hai Rui was keenly aware that Zhao Hao had been planning this for a long time.  This place is absolutely crucial to Jiangnan Group!

    "Oh, really?" Zhao Hao, as if he was belatedly aware of it, tilted his head and looked at it for a while, then opened his mouth in surprise and said, "If Zhong Cheng said this, it seems to be true!"

    He praised Hai Rui with admiration on his face: "Zhong Cheng has such a keen eye, he can always see things that us mortals cannot see!"

    "Don't do this." How could he fool Hai Rui?  He sneered and said: "The land in Puxi has almost been bought by Jiangnan Group, right? Kunkaisi also built the Dianpu River before. I think you have a plan!"

    "What's the matter? If I could have thought of this, could I have put the anchoring port of grain shipping in Chongming?" Zhao Hao refused to admit it: "But we are indeed looking for such an excellent port. It's really a breakthrough.  Iron shoes are nowhere to be found, and it takes no effort to get them."

    It¡¯s not that Zhao Hao has any ulterior motives, but it¡¯s just that this matter can¡¯t be explained at all!  How could he explain that he had eaten up the entire Pudong in advance, and also bought a lot of land along the Puxi river?

    "Well" Hai Rui also made him stunned.  Come to think of it, how could Zhao Hao have expected last year that he would govern the Wusong River, let Huangpu seize the river, and turn Shanghai into a river, sea and land hub?

    ¡°I didn¡¯t even take office last year.

    Unless he has foresight.

    "Then you buy the land in advance?" Hai Ruihu asked.

    "Don't I have cement? I'm thinking about building a dike and planting cotton in Pudong." Zhao Hao said with a fluke face: "I originally planned to build a farm, but I didn't expect that the Prime Minister would build a bridge to Wusongkou. It really makes us  The group got a big bargain!"

    Zhang He, who was sitting next to him, also quickly echoed: "Yes, Zhongcheng, the land in Puxi was rented to Shangkaisi by our Shanghai County, following the Kunkaisi model, for them to build rivers for the county."??, it's strange that the court has money.

    "Then how should the governor's office pay?" Hai Rui asked persistently.

    "This is simple." Zhao Hao smiled and said: "Eight words, loan to build roads, repay the loan tolls."

    "Building roads?" Hai Rui frowned slightly.

    "There was a slip of the tongue, it was a loan to 'build the river'." Zhao Hao changed his words without changing his expression: "To put it simply, the governor's Yamen will use the future toll collection rights of these waterways as collateral to borrow money from Jiangnan Bank to pay for the contracted project  various development companies.¡±

    "Then the right to charge fees for these six waterways will belong to Jiangnan Bank until the fees collected can repay the principal and interest." After a pause, he finally said: "Of course, the annual maintenance cost of the waterways must be deducted first." (Remember this site.  Website: www.hlnovel.com
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