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Lu Chensheng didn't think at first that the other party could come up with so much money, but his idea was still on the other party's mine.

Hearing Lu Chensheng's words, the two were immediately overjoyed, mine, mine is good!

Anyway, some mines in the country were privately sold to some merchants by some people, and there was no loss at all to Lu Chensheng when they were taken back.

His heart was agitated, but he couldn't agree so easily, otherwise Lu Chensheng would be asking for prices all over the sky, it would be bad.

Thinking of this, the two looked at each other and understood each other's thoughts. They turned their heads to look at Lu Chensheng with a bit of trouble on their faces.

"This... I don't know how many mines Mr. Lu needs?"

Zhao Qianhua asked with a somewhat cautious look, as if he was afraid that Lu Chensheng wanted too much and he couldn't make the decision at all.

"It's not too much to have five mines, right?"

Lu Chensheng thought for a while, and then said something.

Five seats?

Five mines are not many, and there are dozens of mines in Dacang, so it is no problem to give Lu Chensheng five mines.

"By the way, the requirements for the mines must be close to Xinghan City, easy to mine and rich in mineral resources. The five mines will deduct some silver. If you take 20 taels of silver, you will agree to water control."

Lu Chensheng said something, which stunned both of them.

At first, I thought that the mine directly deducted all the silver, but I didn't expect Lu Chensheng to ask for 20 taels of silver.

Thinking of this, the two of them suddenly felt a toothache. The person in front of them really wasn't so easy to fool.

It's just that the price seems a bit high, and the two of them were a little uncertain for a while.

"Mr. Lu, you took out five mines, and you still need 50 taels of silver, isn't that too much?"

Zhao Qianhua didn't dare to provoke Lu Chensheng, so he could only say euphemistically, "Da Cang Kingdom is not rich, so the asking price is really unbearable."

"How much is 50 taels of silver?"

Lu Chensheng frowned slightly when he heard this, "You have to understand that water control is not something that can be solved simply, and at that time, it may be necessary to dig mountains and rocks, and the use of manpower may cost tens of thousands.

Don't these tens of thousands of people need money for food and drink every day?Their wages also need to be settled. In addition, when controlling the water, we need to use things unique to my star Seoul. You can go and see the city wall built by Star Seoul.

The dams that will be cut at that time will also use this kind of material. It is extremely difficult to produce this material, and the manpower and material resources that will be spent in it are incalculable.

If the flood control is successful, it will be a good thing for Da Cang Kingdom for generations to come. The monarch of Da Cang Kingdom will be a monarch whose name will last thousands of years. Go back and ask the emperor of Da Cang Kingdom if he is willing to spend this money to control the water?

Great Cang Kingdom invests a lot of money in flood control every year, or after the flood, right?Calculate how much money has been accumulated year after year, so how much money do you think you need next? "

Lu Chensheng looked at these two people who still wanted to bargain, and then said a few words.

From Lu Chensheng's point of view, the 50 taels of silver is already very little. If it wasn't for plotting the mine, his price would have increased a lot.

Hearing what Lu Chensheng said, the two of them were slightly taken aback, and after thinking about it carefully, the city wall they saw when they first came in was indeed very different.

At that time, he even touched it with his hands, only to feel that the city wall had completely become one.

Thinking of this, he immediately cheered up. If this thing is used to build a dam, it must be extremely stable, right?

"Master Lu, can you let me wait and think about it?"

Although his heart was already a little moved, but after thinking about it, he still felt that he should think about it more when he went back, and think about whether there was anything inappropriate in this condition.

In addition, if you respond too anxiously, you will expose yourself and others' urgency for water control.

The more it is at this time, the more you can't be anxious.

He has been in the officialdom for many years, and he already has this level of composure.

Lu Chensheng nodded, "Arrange for them to stay."

Hearing the words, the attendants at the side immediately led the way and led the crowd towards the outside.

In the valley, there is a courtyard built specifically to provide the missions with a rest.

"Will this asking price be too harsh?"

I asked for mine food and other things, and I also wanted 50 taels of silver.

50 taels of silver is not something that can be taken out casually.

Shou Yue now also knows how hard it is to earn this money, so she also feels that this money is too much.

"How can this be considered too much? Human, financial and material resources are all needed, and this is not too much."

Lu Chensheng shook his head quickly when he heard the words.

Shouyue curled her lips, "But, you should let those Tartar captives build the dam? They don't need any wages, and they can use it as they please."

"That's not how accounts are calculated. Think about it. These Tartars have been transferred to build dams. Should I still transfer the canals and foundations that they originally planned to build? The transferred people Do you want wages or something?"

Having said that, Lu Chensheng paused slightly.

"And, who are you from?"

Lu Chensheng was a little speechless, shouldn't the other party be on his side?Why do you still feel that your asking price is too high?

Shou Yue listened and looked at Lu Chensheng.

There is some ambiguity in Lu Chensheng's words. What do you mean by whose person?

Thinking of this, Shou Yueqiao blushed and walked away without responding to Lu Chensheng.

Lu Chensheng felt a little baffled, but he didn't care about anything. People from the Da Cang Kingdom Mission would probably agree.

This condition is not too difficult to agree to.

Chapter 423 Field Investigation

Lu Chensheng was right. Zhao Qianhua and Zhao Qianhua both felt that this condition could be agreed after they went back to discuss it.

They have food, silver, and mines.

After many separations, it seemed that Lu Chensheng's condition was a bit insignificant.

As for what Lu Chensheng said, their fleet should not be detained at will, and they don't think there is any problem with this.

After all, Lu Chensheng's fleet bought a lot of things after the Great Cang Kingdom, which increased the taxes of the Great Cang Kingdom this year.

Such a God of Wealth, they would not think of rejecting him.

Although they already had the intention of agreeing in their hearts, the two of them went to the city wall after thinking about it, and carefully looked at the construction of the city wall.

Finally, they came to a conclusion that if this thing is made into a dam, Da Cang Kingdom will be free from floods in the future.

Thinking about it this way, their grasp of Lu Chensheng's control of the water also improved a lot in their hearts.

The two thought about it for three days, and looked around in the valley during these three days, feeling more and more that Lu Chensheng's asking price was not too much.

The people in the city work for Lu Chensheng and eat four meals a day, and they have meat and rice, so they are full!

This way of eating, the common people don't know how much they will eat after the flood control is completed.

And there is still wages to get?

No matter how you look at it, Lu Chensheng looks a bit like a fool with a lot of money. What's the matter?

Both Zhao Qianhua felt that Lu Chensheng's actions were too exaggerated, and they had never seen someone who asked him to work for him to eat so well.

Even they themselves didn't eat so well, did they?

It's no wonder that Lu Chensheng said before that he didn't ask too much.

It's just a little bit of food. If they were from the Great Cang Kingdom, they would feel too much pressure.

After seeing this, the two hurriedly found Lu Chensheng, agreed, and then signed the contract.

According to Lu Chensheng's request, the other party needs to prepare enough money and send it to Xing Seoul before Lu Chensheng can start construction.

This is paying first and then doing the work.

The main reason is that Lu Chensheng has some trust in Da Cang Kingdom, or some officials in Da Cang Kingdom.

If you don't let the other party take the money first, who knows if the other party will repay the debt after you finish the work?

Anyway, Lu Chensheng can control the water, and the Great Cang Kingdom has no choice.

Sure enough, the mission was a little dissatisfied with Lu Chensheng's condition, but faced with Lu Chensheng's attitude that if you don't agree, then go back, they can only accept it bitterly.

After signing the contract, the missions will go back, prepare the mine silver, and then ask Lu Chensheng to act quickly.

Before they left, Lu Chensheng also asked for a rough map of Da Cang Kingdom.

Without a map, Lu Chensheng couldn't let Lu Chensheng travel all over Da Cang Kingdom by himself to check the waterways.

Regarding this, the Da Cang Kingdom Mission did not hesitate, and directly left a map, obviously knowing that Lu Chensheng needed a survey.

After leaving the map, Lu Chensheng called the boatman who has been running in Da Cang Kingdom all year round to compare the map for any inaccuracies and the general characteristics of each place.

After careful understanding, Lu Chensheng frowned slightly.

He also had a general understanding of the general situation of the water situation in the Great Cang Kingdom.

The reason why Da Cang Kingdom's water veins are so plentiful is because it is close to the snow peaks on the plateau, so the water source is extremely abundant. In summer, the water from the melting ice and snow flows into the river, and flows all the way to Da Cang Kingdom.

One of the branches flowed to Jiangguo to form the Yunmeng River, which often flooded.

Just the Yunmeng River has caused Yunmeng City to suffer unspeakably, and the Great Cang Kingdom, which has received most of the water source, is even more miserable.

"With such an abundant water source in Da Cang Kingdom, it would be no wonder if the river flooded."

After checking the map with the boatman and confirming that there is basically no problem, Lu Chensheng began to think about how to control the water.

Looking at the map, Lu Chensheng felt that it was not easy to build a dam.

Because the map of Da Cang Kingdom looks a bit flat at first glance. It is too difficult to build a dam in such a terrain. In addition, if the dam breaks, the disaster will be multiplied several times.

Lu Chensheng frowned, looking at the situation, it is not that simple to control the water.

But if you look farther, if the location is here...

Lu Chensheng looked at the map in front of him, and suddenly looked towards the edge, and then his heart moved slightly, and he suddenly had an idea.

"Looking at the situation, we still need to go to the field to investigate."

Lu Chensheng looked at it carefully, and then thought about it.

Qiong Yue, who was at the side, happened to come in with lotus seed soup, and asked after listening to her husband's words.

"Husband is going to the Great Cang Kingdom?"

These days, my husband has been talking with the missions of the Great Cang Kingdom, and what I just said means that I went to the Great Cang Kingdom to have a look.

"Well, water control still needs to be there to see it on the spot. Just looking at the map and directing how to do it is completely impossible."

Planning how to control the water just by looking at the map is called nonsense, something that doesn't work at all, Lu Chensheng will naturally not do it.

More or less, we still have to go to the field to see what the place is like before we can find a way to continue.

Qiong Yue frowned, "Is there any danger?"

Qiongyue was still a little worried, now that Xinghan City is becoming more and more conspicuous, it is impossible to say that no one has her husband's idea.

"You still need to pay attention to your safety. When the time comes, let Jin Yiwei and a group of people follow."

The members of Jinyiwei are all carefully selected by Shouyue, and they are warriors with high martial arts skills.

If you are in danger, it is no problem to run with Lu Chensheng. You may not be able to beat the army, but they are much better at running.

Qiong Yue was still a little worried, but Lu Chensheng really needed to go to see the flood control, and there was no way to change it.

"Don't worry, lady, Da Cang Kingdom's severe flooding will not do anything to your husband, and if you really do this, the king of Da Cang Kingdom will probably bear a lifetime of infamy."

Inviting people to their own country and then killing them will be cast aside.

As an ancient person who cherishes his reputation very much, such things will be taken into consideration.

What's more, comparing the two, I think the monarch who came to Dacang Kingdom would still be inclined to control the water.

At the beginning, in order to control the water, they took Lu Chensheng all the way to Da Cang Kingdom, which shows their urgency.

Now that he came to Xing Seoul to invite Lu Chensheng again, one can imagine how eager the other party was.

The Tartars had just retreated, and they couldn't wait to come forward.

According to Lu Chensheng's thinking, there should be no danger in going this time.