The spring breeze blows on my face without any chill, with a fresh smell of grass and trees. Spring is here, and Luoyang City is full of pink and green peaches and green willows, singing and dancing.

Xu Ping, who was back while watching the flowers, looked at both sides of the road, and saw that it was still a little deserted, and told Yang: "The weather has become warmer, and there is no excitement in the market? Instead, it is a bit worse than in winter."

Yang Qiao smiled and said, "That's natural. Before the New Year, there were tens of thousands of victims in Jingdong who were in the city! Now most of those people followed Wang Gongchen to the field responsibilities, and the remaining less than 10,000 people were arranged outside the city by Ducao, so where was there so much fun."

This is the truth. When the spring is busy farming, Wang Gongchen took everyone away early, but his place cannot be delayed for a moment. Agriculture is no better than other ones. Once the season passes, it will be abandoned for a year. Those who stay in Luoyang have also been put into various newly built farms, because they have to be next to the canal, so they are naturally outside the city. As for the locals in Luoyang, how much can they increase in a year?

There are no people in places with land, and there are no land in places with people. This era is really hard to have the best of both worlds.

When he returned to the Transport Office, a public official came up to report: "Ducao, Li Rui, the magistrate of Fangcheng, Tangzhou, has something to report!"

After hearing this, Xu Ping hurriedly asked the public officials to take Li Yue to the reception hall of his chief's hall, and told Yang again: "This Li Yue is no better than others. He has known me for many years. There is no need to be polite, so we won't go back to change public service."

After saying that, he went to the small flower hall with Yang Gao. As soon as the two of them sat down, Li Wei hurried in by the public official and greeted them. Xu Ping asked Li Wei to sit down and ordered the public official to come to tea.

After drinking tea, Li Wei bowed: "Ducao, deputy envoy, was given a few days ago to repair the road from Henan Prefecture to Dengzhou. I have had some clues recently and I will report it."

Xu Ping smiled and said, "On the way back just now, I also talked about this with Deputy Envoy Yang. Now is the busy spring season. Although I cannot recruit soldiers, there are still xiangjuns available. You might as well do what you can do first."

"Du Cao is right. Xiaguan went to Lushan and Nanyang counties a few days ago. They also said that it is not appropriate for the people to collect labor service during this season. They have to wait for one or two months. According to Xiaguan's intention, let the road be released first."

The Nanxia Avenue from Henan Prefecture to Dengzhou did not go to Fangcheng, but after passing Ruzhou, Lushan County, and after passing Sanyakou, Lushan Pass to Nanyang County. This is also an ancient road connecting the Central Plains in the Jianghan area, and it was the important place for Chu to compete with the Central Plains during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The reason why Li Lu, who was not on the way, was sent to preside over the presidency was to not consider the local interests more and coordinate better, and the other was Xu Ping's chance to show Li Lu himself. The magistrate is strong, and has a high position and a high position and a great power. It is difficult to transfer the Transportation Office at will, so it is relatively easy to use the Tongzong and the magistrate.

After hearing Li Wei's words, Xu Ping thought for a while and said, "You can't let go of all the labor service along the route. You can't get rid of the corvee labor service at first, but you have to send the bridge and road troops to investigate the road first. Including the route and the manpower and material resources you need, you must have rules. Peach blossom water will be released in a short time. Although there is not much rain in the north, you can't take it lightly. It's always good to prepare early."

Li Wei turned his back and recorded the matter. The wing army that can be used now is not only the Qiaodaoxiang Army under Lu Fang, but also the Zhuangcheng, Zhuangcheng and other commands in each state. Zhuangcheng is specially built and maintained the city walls. The prisoners sent by other state troops are also "thieves and troops" in ordinary people. Because only the wing army sent by the wing army are sent by the army, and each state has it, it is considered a fixed organization. Others, no matter the imperial guards, the wing army does not fall into the category of "thieves and troops".

If these manpower are arranged, the route will be investigated first and the approximate amount of labor can be achieved.

After saying this, Xu Ping said: "Around Xijing City, there are many coal mines from Xin'an to Mianchi. After mining, it can go down the valley water and transport it to the city along the water. The only thing is that iron is short of iron. Some of the nearby ones produce more iron, only Baofeng, Ruzhou, and the previously built coins for casting small iron coins are also there. The road from Lushan to Nanyang can be temporarily put on, but the section from Luoyang to Baofeng must be built as soon as possible. No matter how much new ground is used, there is always iron that cannot be lacked and cannot be delayed." Li Xunnuo and wrote it carefully. This section is not tall, with dense population along the way, and many garrisons, and sufficient manpower. It is okay to start construction in advance.

Xu Ping told Yang: "In the pre-Qin period, Guan Zhong was the prime minister, and Qi was richest in the world. Because it not only had the benefits of salt and iron, but also had to breed all directions and gather wealth from the world. Only by building roads, merchants and communicating with each other, can we truly gather wealth. If the people in the world just farm and eat by themselves and have no spare wealth in the family, this road would be useless. But can the world be called rich? At least at least, in addition to taxes and land rent, we have to plant three years and save for one year to resist natural disasters. Once there is surplus, we must communicate with each other. Otherwise, we will be useful if we cannot find people to use it. In the end, it will be decayed and useless. We build new farms in Luoyang City, and the roads that connect to all directions will be useless. Otherwise, we can build things but cannot be transported out and sold. What's the use of new farms?"

Yang told the story: "Ducao said that without roads, everything is useless after all. Now there is Luo River and Bian River connecting to the capital and the Yellow River connecting to Guanzhong. The only thing missing is the South Way Avenue. The burden of Li Magistrate Li is really not light."

The basis of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce is a self-sufficiency small peasant economy. Being able to be self-sufficient does not require exchange. If there is a surplus government to conquer it, it is not necessary to sell the interoperable existence or not. Of course, merchants are useless. This is the idea of ​​the Legalists. Qin used it to govern the world, and from then on it became the mainstream idea of ​​the world.

The basis of commodity economy is that producers have surplus in addition to meeting their basic needs. These surplus items need to be exchanged and commercially needed. When they develop to a certain level, they will start to divide the labor into social division of labor to produce these surplus materials for exchange, and what they need to exchange is. At this stage of commodity economy, the first thing the economic center requires is convenience of commercial exchange and transportation must be developed. What Luoyang urgently needs now is to open up the connection with the Jianghan water system.

There are many rivers in this area, but due to the terrain, there are several major water systems of the Yellow River, Huai River and Han River. The connection between the rivers is quite complicated. The Yi River is not far from the Ru River, but one belongs to the Yellow River tributary and the other belongs to the Huai River tributary. When you think about it, you will involve cross-basin diversion. How dare the water in the Yellow River system be transferred outward? One must use Si water to divert water in the middle to divert water from the middle to use mountain torrents and other water storage as much as possible, and do not dare to divert the Luo River directly to the Bian River.

The tributaries of Nanru River are not far away from the tributaries of Baihe River. For thousands of years, there has been a regime trying to connect the two, which is the last large-scale construction of the Xianghan Cao Canal during the reign of Emperor Taizong, and it ended in failure. This is related to the two major water systems of the Huai River and the Han River. The benefits are naturally huge, but they are also cross-basin, with difficult projects and many future problems.
Chapter completed!