Zhao Tiezhu listened carefully and asked: "Your Majesty, why are the ditches done this way this time?"
If the canals were just for diverting water, there would be no need to put in such a big effort.
Once it is necessary to pile stones on the walls of the ditch and lay slabs on the bottom, the cost will be very expensive.
If digging a ditch only costs a lot of money, you can use what Li Zhao mentioned, and the price will be at least three to five times higher.
The longer the trench, the more money it will cost.
Although the prince has made money, it seems that he has not ignored the money yet, right?
Li Zhao squatted aside and explained seriously: "Think about it, what will happen if the ditch we usually fill with water is not used for a period of time?"
"Growing grass, accumulation of debris, and... accumulation of sand and soil." Zhao Tiezhu thought for a while and said truthfully.
"Does it mean that we have to spend a lot of time cleaning it before irrigation?" Li Zhao asked again.
Zhao Tiezhu frowned slightly and said, "It's true!"
"Ditch clogging is a major issue that has happened since ancient times and needs to be solved!" Li Zhao gestured with branches on the ground: "However, if my ditch is changed to some extent, the inner walls and bottom should be made as large as possible. Since there's no grass growing, does that save you the trouble of cleaning up?"
Zhao Tiezhu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he understood what the prince was thinking.
"Although my method may not be effective in the long term, it is still not difficult to take care of it for a few years. It is better than spending time to clean it up two or three times every year, right? Isn't the two or three times of cleaning up also a waste of manpower and time? ? In this case, wouldn’t it be more convenient for me to deal with it once and for all at the beginning?”
Zhao Tiezhu was shocked, and looked at Li Zhao with admiration: "The villain has been taught, so... the size of this ditch is wider than the previous one, is it also to reserve space for stacking stones and slates?"
"Smart!" Li Zhao praised.
Zhao Tiezhu's face turned red with excitement. He had never thought about this kind of problem before digging ditches.
Now, it feels like a new world has opened up for him.
"Iron pillar."
"exist!"
"Anything in this world, as long as you study it to the extreme, is a great achievement!" Li Zhao patted Zhao Tiezhu on the shoulder and said: "The same is true for digging trenches. I will still have a lot to use in the future. In your place, if you can dig the ditch clearly, there will be more important tasks for you to command in the future, I will take good care of you."
Zhao Tiezhu's body was shaken again, his expression was extremely solemn, and he said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely handle it."
"Go!" Li Zhao waved his hand.
Zhao Tiezhu left in high spirits with the pie painted by Li Zhao. He was now full of energy.
However, Li Zhao is not really fooling Zhao Tiezhu, because in Li Zhao's future plan, ditch drainage is a quite large project.
Li Zhao can't recruit top designers now, and those people are unwilling to come. Li Zhao is also unwilling to recruit more, so he might as well train them himself.
In any era, drainage and waterproofing are top priorities.
Although Zhao Tiezhu is a villager, his understanding is really good, and he is also steady and convincing.
If he takes up the civil engineering aspect, Li Zhao can get another close general. Wouldn't this be much better than recruiting from outside?
Watching Zhao Tiezhu leave, Wu Diaosi, who had been silent all this time, reminded him in a low voice: "Your Majesty, are the large and small stones dug out from the last land reclamation used here?"
"You are right, but not entirely right." Li Zhao said with a smile: "I originally saved those stones for future cleaning and construction of river channels."
"But... our people said there was not enough stone, and they didn't lower the price." Wu Diao Si was confused.
If the prince's plan is followed, the amount of stones needed next will be very terrifying.
If you spend money to buy it, then the prince will be taken advantage of.
But if you don't buy it, these projects won't be carried out.
"Don't worry, I have my own arrangements." Li Zhao smiled confidently without explaining.
How could it be so easy for those people to take advantage of him?
Li Zhao looked at Wuyun Mountain in the distance and started searching again.
"The delivery room for cultivating earthworms and maggots should be built over there." Li Zhao pointed to the area not far from the fish pond.
It is not very difficult to cultivate things like earthworms.
Li Zhao now has to rely entirely on himself to achieve the operation and effects of the internal economy, and at the same time, he has to absorb all the money from the outside world.
Therefore, one's own strength needs to be very strong.
Pig manure can be used to raise fish, as well as earthworms and maggots.
The earthworms and maggots produced and cultivated can be fed to fish, chickens, ducks and geese.
When a certain number of chickens, ducks and geese are cultivated, the villagers here should be better off and they can start domesticating chickens, ducks and geese.
This economic cycle has another small closed loop.
"Yes!" Wu Diao Si wrote down: "Then I will arrange for someone to go there?"
"We can arrange for people to go there now. Let's seize the time now and strive to shine in the coming year." Li Zhao said with a smile.
In their view, fish are just simple fish, and chickens, ducks and geese can only provide eggs.
But Li Zhao doesn't think so. Li Zhao doesn't intend to eat these fish, but he can sell them.
As for how to sell it, Li Zhao has already made preparations in his heart. There are so many fish cooking techniques in the future, and it really is not difficult for him.
Once the fish restaurant opens, it will be hard to imagine whether the business will be booming.
Wouldn't it be great to turn fish into money, provide employment, and add a delicacy to countless people?
Those who have a lot of money are money.
The same goes for chickens, ducks and geese. Li Zhao has a hundred ways to cash out.
But the prerequisite for realizing it was that he had to complete all the preliminary projects. With various arrangements, Li Zhao discovered that the original villagers had also begun to be assigned to important positions.
Although these villagers recognized him and were very loyal, they also had limitations.
That is, their culture and knowledge are still a little shallow.
It may be enough for now, but once everything develops here, this group of people will not be able to keep up.
Li Zhao sighed and couldn't think about improving culture for the time being. After all, everyone didn't even have basic food and clothing.
The villagers who originally thought they were going to lose their jobs suddenly discovered that the palace still had endless work to do.
When the pig manure treatment project started, everyone was busy again. Whether it was finding polygonum, digging fish ponds, fishing, digging for earthworms, building factories, simulating the ecological environment, and further processing pig manure, it was all very urgent.
Li Zhao returned to the research workshop, where he wanted to focus on the research on gunpowder.
Gunpowder has failed dozens of times. Of course, this failure is not a true failure, it just means that the power does not achieve the expected effect.
Just when Li Zhao just stepped into the research base, a booming sound erupted, startling Li Zhao.
"Damn it, was it successful?"
