On November 10, 2018, after Shao Shude went to court, he went directly to the Imperial College.

"Your Majesty, if the Ministry of Works has made a plan to build a pond at the corner of Fangcheng City, I think it can be done." Xiao Fu had known that the saint would talk to him about this matter and did his homework early.

"Oh? I asked you last time, you were still vague, why are you so sure this time?" Shao Shude said strangely.

"I have taken the Jianjianzi to Fangcheng County to investigate. The pass is actually not short, and there are rivers passing through, so it is not difficult to get water. It is probably not difficult to dig a pond." Xiao Fu said, "What I am worried about is that there is not enough water and the pond is not full. It will not be feasible that a few ships will not be feasible that year."

"After exploring, I feel I can be full?" Shao Shude asked.

"Return to your Majesty, the construction workers have selected two places suitable for excavation of ponds. They suggest that two ponds be built and water are stored at the same time." Xiao Fu replied: "The Ministry of Works has also sent people to participate, and they all think it is feasible."

Shao Shude turned his attention to Yang She, the Minister of Works, and asked, "Yang Qing, is this really feasible?"

"Your Majesty, I think it's feasible, but it requires manpower." Yang She replied: "In the past, Your Majesty first entered Luoyang, and asked the students of the Imperial College to record the width, depth of the river around Luoyang, and how much rain it takes a year. After hearing this, I suddenly realized that after several years of collection, the Imperial College recorded that it rained about ten palms in Luoyang a year, and the mountainous areas may reach more than ten palms."

Palm is a unit of measurement for evaluating the height of a war horse's shoulder. One palm is about ten centimeters. That is to say, the annual rainfall in Luoyang is about 1,000 mm at this time, and even more than 1,000 mm in the mountainous areas.

This is also the main reason for the frequent eruptions of mountain torrents. This autumn, the Luo River flowing through Shangyang Palace soared, and it was obviously flooded into a large number of mountainous floods. For this reason, it had to urgently reinforce the embankment in the project.

"Xiao Qing?" Shao Shude asked Xiao Fu again.

"It's true that there's so much rain." Xiao Fu replied: "Imperial College has recorded several years and found that the rainfall is slightly less than a few years ago, but it's still like ten palms."

Shao Shude nodded silently.

What an era of abundant precipitation! One thousand millimeters of annual precipitation fills rivers and reservoirs, nourishes farmlands, and prospers water transportation and commerce. I can't imagine what Henan would be like if this number was cut in half.

The data statistics of the Imperial College may be relatively rough, but the trend is indeed clear and intuitive. Shao Shude noticed Xiao Fu's words, and it turned out that the rainfall in Luoyang has been gradually decreasing in recent years.

This process is very slow and there may be repetitions in the middle, but the general trend should not be wrong.

In each major climate cycle, whether it is the ice age or the warm period, there is indeed a recurrence in the middle. During the ice age, there are a small warm period with rebound and heating. During the warm period, there are also a period of time when the temperature drops.

But what we are looking at is the general trend. Shao Shude hopes that after the temperature drops to a certain level in recent years, there will be a rebound, so that the people in the war will take a breath.

"Then build it." Shao Shude said: "I will find a way to find a way to recruit people or distribute prisoners. In short, it will be very likely to be less. However, before this, it is best to repair the first national highway of Jinxiang and Xiang first."

This road has been opened to Ye County in the middle of this year and is currently advancing towards Fangcheng County...

With a first-class national highway and a reservoir is built on the mountain, it is convenient to transport materials, which can greatly reduce the cost of the entire project, which is still very useful. Furthermore, having water transportation does not mean giving up land transportation, as the two are parallel and uncontradictory.

"Your Majesty, the first-class national highway can be built to Fangcheng at mid-3 years of the latest three years." Yang She, the Minister of Works, said: "This road is indeed very important. After reaching Ye County, there were a lot of goods transported to Luoyang. The mountains and wild goods, grain, and livestock in the counties were continuously transported. The prices of such goods on the market fell and fell, and the people applauded."

Shao Shude smiled with relief. As the capital, Luoyang is a purely consumer city, and there is no doubt that the prices of all kinds of goods on the market depend only on the supply and demand relationship. The improvement of transportation conditions can greatly increase the transportation volume and reduce the transportation costs. These will eventually be reflected in the price of goods. It would be strange if the people don’t applaud.

After talking about these two projects, Shao Shude said again: "Yang Qing, the Ministry of Industry will be next year

A group of officials should be selected to go to Andong Prefecture to guide them to build canals, roads and houses. Andong Prefecture currently has six counties including Lushun. If you want to cheer up, the Ministry of Works will have to spend a lot of effort."

Just a few days ago, the last batch of ships left Lushun Port and returned to Dengzhou. The immigration and material transportation tasks for this year were announced to be completed.

Considering the local people's composition, Shao Shude felt that it should be improved. Therefore, during the third year of Jianji, in addition to continuing to transport Guide, the families of soldiers of the Second Longwu Army and Wei Bo immigrants, he would also recruit immigrants in Zhili, Henan and Huaihai, and go to the southern Liaoning to settle down.

The preliminary plan is to transport at least 3,000 Henan immigrants, 3,000 Weibo people, and some of the families of soldiers. The six counties in Andong Prefecture will enter a period of great development next year, focusing on reclaiming wasteland, improving water conservancy facilities, relocating government troops, and consolidating the border defense system.

All of this requires sufficient population support. The Central Plains states, at least in terms of population, can solve a large gap.

"Your Majesty, the development of Anton cannot be separated from Denglaiqing and other places." Yang She said: "I heard that the people of Huaihai Road have complained about the strong support for the development of Anton Prefecture, and believe that it is purely helping outsiders. I think it may be time to adjust."

"I have had this intention for a long time." Shao Shude said: "After a while, Anton Mansion will be included in

Huaihai Road. No matter what aspect, the most convenient contact object of Anton Prefecture is the three states of Denglaiqing."

"Your Majesty is wise." Xiao Fu and Yang She responded together.

"Actually, these are all trivial matters." Shao Shude stood up and said, "My real thing is still various projects. You should encourage yourself. The two ponds at the entrance of Fangcheng Pass will be built at the same time, so as to lay a solid foundation first. After the Jinxiang Road is almost completed, you can build it with all your strength."

After all, Shao Shude was still worried about this road and wanted to continue to try the possibility of launching water transportation, transporting materials from the middle reaches of the Yangtze River to Luoyang through a canal with a boat lift.

If it can be successful, it will greatly change the situation where Luoyang is extremely dependent on Henan and open up a new source of wealth and grain.

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In fact, there have been notices near Luoyang that have long been posted to recruit those who volunteer to go to Liaodong to settle down, but the effect is not very good...

This is not surprising. Because most of the people who come to Luoyang to settle are martial arts, officials' families, and living conditions here are good, so it is normal for them to not leave.

But there are no exceptions.

On this day, as a large number of Khitan prisoners were escorted to the capital, many people became more and more interested.

In a restaurant next to Nanshi City, a group of old men with warriors looked at the Khitan prisoners who were parading downstairs without blinking.

Well, it may be harsh to say that they are old men. Because they are generally in their early forties, they are not small, but they are really not very big.

There were cheers coming from the streets.

Winning a battle is no longer a new thing for the people of Luoyang. But every time the prisoners parade, they still excite them. After all, they are all people who are so idle.

The soldiers escorted the captives also held their chests and stomachs, and were full of enthusiasm, as if they were fighting this victory.

"After we retreat, the departments did not seem to have recruited new people to make up for the gap." Someone looked out the window enviously and said.

"No." Someone nodded: "There are rumors in the market that Your Majesty may gradually reduce the number of the imperial guards, and it will not be able to make up for it so quickly."

Veterans are discharged from the army every year, and new recruits are added every year. But this year is a bit different. I originally expected that my nephews could make a living in the army, but the imperial guards no longer recruit new people, which was beyond the expectations of many people.

The warriors fight together for a long time, so their relationship is naturally excellent. Over time, it is normal to marry each other. If this situation develops for decades, the Luoyang Imperial Army will become a pro-party and tight army.

The imperial court obviously did not want to see this situation, so they successively set up four new recruit training bases, Lingzhou, Weizhou, Shaanxi and Yunzhou. People trained them every year and then added them to various departments to reduce or postpone the possibility of the imperial guards' pro-party bondage.

There is even

There are even more explosive rumors that the Nanya Privy Council will reduce the number of each imperial guard, and each army will reduce the command of two infantry and cavalry, which will add up to 5,000 people. In other words, the number of individual imperial guards will be reduced to around 25,000 - veterans, the possibility of enlisting the school's children will be further reduced, and the competition for limited quotas will become increasingly fierce.

Of course, there is actually a way to change the decision of the court. For example, collective riots, but they are not very brave.

"I wonder how to try my luck in Anton Mansion?" Someone suggested: "If my son can't join the imperial guards, it will be difficult to live in Luoyang. I heard that Anton Mansion won a great victory this year, capturing many cattle and sheep. If you go to the palace, you can give 150 acres of land to a father and son to succeed you. It's actually pretty good."

As soon as these words were said, many people frowned and pondered.

Luoyang is a good place. If you want to leave here and go to a remote place to make a living, this decision is not easy to make.

But there are also real difficulties. Many soldiers did not buy land and did not have permanent property. What's more, there was not much land for sale around Luoyang. Once they lost their generous income from joining the army, life would be more difficult.

The number of imperial guards is indeed quite large, and annual expenses are an extremely heavy burden, and it is inevitable to gradually reduce the number of troops.

Some people dare to disarmament, such as Zhu Quanzhong in history, who laid off tens of thousands of troops to less than 200,000, and finally even reduced to less than 150,000. Some people dare not, and even something happened, such as the Later Tang and the Later Jin.

Shao Sheng obviously dared it, so he had to make plans early.
Chapter completed!