"Crack!" The fish was thrown on the snow, beating endlessly.
The people who were digging the river looked at it and were all amazed: What a big fish!
"Fly bream is wide, thin and crispy, sweet but less meaty, and has fine scales, which is the beauty of fish." Someone shook his head and read a paragraph.
Everyone laughed and reduced themselves to digging the river with them. Just put away the airs of being a scholar.
The scholar didn't talk to them much, just immersed in his own emotions, and continued: "I traveled to Henan in the past, and I learned that Luo Li Yi Bream is cheaper than cattle and sheep. This is a good thing."
Everyone laughed again after hearing this.
What's so delicious about fish? It's far less hungry than beef and mutton. This person is really stupid in reading.
"Don't make any noise." A loud voice came from not far away.
Everyone immediately fell silent and stood in the freezing muddy water, working hard to clear out the mud and dredge, slowly transforming the Pichi.
This is Nanton, formerly a county of Runan, now the county seat of Nanton.
Although there are only four counties in this county, the population is very large. The main source is immigrants from Hebei. They are the people from various counties in Hebei that Lemo brought back from Dunqiu. They arrived during the autumn harvest in the fourth year of Yongjia (310). It has been more than two years now.
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Their arrival, to put it mildly, almost caused Nanton to "change its species", and the population surged to about 20,000 households and 80,000 people.
In the fifth year of Yongjia, people in Nanton, Ruyang, Shangcai, and Pingyu counties planted a season of millet. Although they used the cultivated land abandoned after the Eight Kings Rebellion and Li Hong's Rebellion, the harvest was still not very good, barely enough for them to eat.
Food, but not enough.
This year, people in the four counties planted another season of millet, and their harvests increased significantly, making their lives much better.
After the autumn harvest, some people planted winter wheat and some planted turnips, and their lives gradually got back on track.
The prefect Wei Jun always adhered to the will of the governor Lu Zhi and the shogunate. He took advantage of the great political opportunity after the chaos to clean up household registration, encourage farmers to teach farming, and roughly transformed the four counties of Nanton.
If there is a bumper harvest next year, the people's sentiment will be completely stabilized, and the four counties of Nanton will also become the second largest county in Chen County.
The Xincai Kingdom southeast of Nanton was similar. Nei Shilemo first cleared the land and villagers of King Xincai, and then accepted Yu Chen and brought thousands of people back from Jijun, and then absorbed a small amount of Hanoi and Guanxi.
As for the refugees in Yanzhou, there are currently about 10,000 households and 40,000 to 50,000 people.
When Shao Xun set major policies in his early years, he focused on Chen County as his business direction, followed closely by Nanton and Xincai County as the second batch of key business areas.
Now Nanton is on the right track, Xincai is a little slower, but in another two years, it can still stabilize.
The thirteen counties of Chen, Nanton, and Xincai have a large number of immigrants in battalion and team units, as well as a large number of field troops. They are common people who belong exclusively to the government and are not controlled by the powerful nobles. They are the power that Shao Xun can call upon.
There is no need to bargain with aristocratic families - to put it bluntly, this is the most solid foundation for a warlord.
Rich families, Wubao commanders, and manor owners support you and provide money and food. Of course, it can make a warlord instantly rise to power, but when they withdraw their capital, you will fall miserably because you do not have a tax base directly belonging to you:
Homeowner farmer.
Walking on two legs is never wrong.
The busy digging work lasted until noon.
The slaves lined up to receive their meals.
Chen Gongrende, the facilitator also provides meals, which is really good, although he does not take care of the meals every time.
Moreover, these ponds are also good for them. They are conducive to irrigating farmland and increasing the harvest per mu. There is no shortage of enthusiasm for work.
While everyone was eating, the prefect Wei Jun also came to the river control construction site.
He did not come alone, he also brought with him county officials and the Nanton County magistrate. At this time, he was the leader and surrounded Yu Liang, who joined the army in the shogunate.
The shogunate is an institution that focuses on military affairs, and its officials also have a strong military flavor.
As a member of the army, Yu Liang was in charge of Cangcao, Hucao, and Tiecao, and had direct business contacts with county officials.
Theoretically speaking, he cannot directly manage local governance. That is the power of officials at the three levels of state, county and county. But in practice, he will go to the local government to count household registrations, order county and county officials to arrest thieves, supervise lawsuits, and
Supervise warehouses - even large-scale grain warehouses such as Nanton Warehouse are under his direct supervision, with only local assistance.
Over time, shogunate officials gradually overrode local officials and turned them into subordinates. Therefore, Wei Jun, the governor of Nanton, was very cooperative and answered all questions.
"I heard that since the Han Dynasty, there have been more than 90 villages in Runan. How many are there in Nandun?" Yu Liang walked on the river embankment in high spirits and asked.
"Now there is only one." Wei Jun replied: "The name of this Pi is 'Xishu'. It existed during the Han Dynasty. Cao Wei continued to build it, but many dynasties neglected it. Now it is rebuilt, and it can irrigate more than 2,700 fields.
A moment."
"Where is Gepi?"
"Xincai, between peace and justice."
Gebei existed in the early Han Dynasty. It is "tens of miles away from Bei" and can be regarded as a relatively large artificial reservoir.
Because of its importance, it was constantly repaired during the Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties, and it still plays a huge role today.
In history, Shi Le suffered a great loss in Gepi, and many soldiers died of illness, so he had to return.
When they came here, Wubao in Yuzhou was still providing food and grass, but after hearing that they were defeated by the Jiangdong Navy led by Ji Zhan north of Shouchun, they suddenly turned against them.
Most of the cavalry were lost, and people "eat each other" on the way back north. In the end, only 20,000 to 30,000 people made it back to Hebei, which was much worse than Shi Le's strength in this time and space.
Shao Xun occupied Yuzhou and did not allow Shi Le to penetrate Henan and drink from the Yangtze River. This was a good thing for him. At least he did not have to let half of his main force be wiped out by the epidemic and lose the remaining half on the way back.
"Runan, Xincai, Nandun Jiushibei, Chen Gong didn't mention it, but he mentioned Gebei." Yu Liang glanced at Wei Jun and said, "The Lord should know how important it is."
"I know." Wei Jun's heart trembled, and he secretly wrote down Ge Bei's name.
Because it is located at the junction of Xincai and Pingyu, it is relatively complicated. At the same time, the Pichi can still be barely used, so he does not care about it. Now it seems that he has to discuss it with Xincai Neishi Lemo and recruit apprentices to repair it before the spring planting next year.
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Yu Liang felt relieved when he saw Wei Jun's respectful attitude.
Once you have the power, you can carry out your orders. This is a wonderful feeling.
However, after being trained by Shao Xun for a long time, he now has more experience in general affairs, and asked again: "Water control requires a lot of labor, is there enough food?"
"Not enough." Wei Jun said honestly.
Flood control is the same as war, which consumes a lot of money. The difference is that after the water conservancy project is repaired, the lower and middle fields can be turned into upper fields, and even more cultivated land can be opened up, increasing the overall grain production. However, fighting does not necessarily have so many benefits.
After two years of stability in Nanton, the government and the people finally had a certain amount of savings, so they could recruit slaves and repair Pichi. However, this kind of savings was not unlimited. Generally speaking, it was necessary to do what they could.
"First repair Xishu Pi and Ge Bei." Yu Liang glanced at Wei Jun dissatisfied and said, "If this doesn't work, I will report it to Duke Chen and ask him to make a decision."
Wei Jun felt angry after hearing this, but he didn't dare to get angry, so he could only say yes.
Logically speaking, he followed Yang Bao's path and was able to meet Duke Chen. After a test, he became the governor of Nanton.
He is actually from Mr. Chen.
But what should I say? Can Yu Liang be offended? Definitely not!
Apart from anything else, if Mrs. Yu's pillow is blown by the wind, all her achievements will be lost. She has to bow her head when she should.
Furthermore, dredging the river and repairing the pond were the big plans set by Chen Gong.
Yu Liang also joined the army in charge of Cang Cao. He used chicken feathers as arrows and patrolled the counties. He really couldn't object to what he said.
My maid, since you said so, I don’t care.
When public dissatisfaction boils over and a civil commotion breaks out, don't blame it all on me.
Yu Yuangui was impatient and anxious, he was so happy about his success, but it was nothing more than that, it was nothing more than that, haha.
Yu Liang naturally didn't know what Wei Jun was thinking. He continued walking along the river bank, thinking about what Chen Gong had done.
Currently, most water control projects are located in Chenjun, Nanton, Xincai, and Runan.
The first three are easy to understand, but Runan is intriguing.
It can basically be judged that the western half of Yuzhou is what Mr. Chen cares about and trusts the most.
Runan Kingdom is semi-surrounded by Xiangcheng, Yingchuan, Nandun, and Xincai. If it is not in your hands, it will be an eyesore.
However, Runan has been very prosperous since the Han Dynasty. It would be a pity not to make full use of it. In the Han Dynasty, Runan County was very large, with as many as 37 counties. It is not the same concept as Runan Kingdom, which only has 11 counties today.
There are dozens of ponds in Qisipei, Qingpi, Hongxiipi, Gepi, Haiyangpi, Shitangpi, etc., some of them can irrigate 300 hectares, and some of them can irrigate 30,000 hectares of fertile farmland (Fig.
—The two sides of Ru River are the most densely populated, with 37 Pichis.
Since the Han Dynasty, Runan has even diverted water from the Huaihe River to irrigate farmland. There are rivers and lakes crisscrossing the area, and there are many water reservoirs. It is almost comparable to the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River.
Fupi County (now abandoned) located in Ruyin today, "has many ponds for irrigating rice, so it is called Fupi County".
During the Han Dynasty, the rice fields in Runan were very dense.
Yu Liang read through the classics and learned that in southern Runan, "Japonica rice was planted in March and rice was planted in April." Compared with the millet and wheat harvest, "the high field was five times and the lower field was ten times." This is an exaggeration, but rice
The yield is higher than wheat and higher than corn, but it is an indisputable fact.
It's a pity that wars have been going on since the end of the Han Dynasty, which lasted for more than a hundred years.
Although Cao Wei and the imperial dynasty made many efforts to repair Pichi, the local irrigation canal system still inevitably declined, so much so that the once famous Fupi County (a metaphorical county with many reservoirs) was abandoned.
With the current strength of the Xuchang shogunate, it is of course impossible to restore the Pichi irrigation canal system of the Han Dynasty, and it cannot even reach the level of the Taikang period of this dynasty. However, as long as it is repaired and utilized, grain production will continue to increase.
There will be continuous disasters in the third and fourth years of Yongjia, and there are no conditions. In the fifth year of the recovery period, in the sixth year of recovery, a lot has been recovered, but we can start to do this.
Yu Liang keenly sensed the huge opportunities, so he took the initiative to apply for the job and regarded this matter as the main work in the next five or ten years. However, after seeing the slow movements of local counties and counties, he was still a little anxious, so
To threaten or urge.
If he wants political achievements, he will naturally have to work hard.
Chapter completed!