Tang Ke was a little surprised.

Zhao Ning continued: "You can't stay in the capital for the time being. Most people among the people hate you. The admonishers and officials in the court have impeached you over and over again."

"I wonder why Your Majesty asked me to go to Jinghu North Road?"

"Jinghu North Road is dotted with lakes, rich in aquatic products, and the land is fertile and suitable for farming. There is still a lot of land that has not been mined. It is the time when the country is in need of food. The purpose of my sending you is to vigorously open up wasteland and turn Jinghu North Road into a

Another Huainan Road.”

In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were 97.36 million acres of farmland in the Huaihe River, nearly 100 million acres, and the entire Song Dynasty only had 780 million acres.

This shows how wealthy Lianghuai was at this time.

Jinghu North Road only has an area of ​​about 26 million acres.

But there is a proverb in the Ming Dynasty: If Huguang is cooked, the world will be sufficient.

Huguang here is Jinghu North Road and Jinghu South Road, that is, Hubei and Hunan.

How many acres of farmland were there in Huguang Province in the Ming Dynasty?

During the Wanli period, there were approximately 77.56 million acres of farmland, which was 30.68 million acres more than the 46.88 million acres during the Song Dynasty.

By the time of the Republic of China, there were over 100 million acres of farmland here, making it an absolutely major agricultural province.

The most important thing is that lakes are crisscrossed and water conservancy is developed, and the agriculture of the Song Dynasty has already developed the trend of ecological agriculture.

Once Jinghu Road is opened up, grain from Jinghu can be transported along the Yangtze River to the southeast, and then transported by water from the southeast to Gyeonggi Road, Hebei, and Hedong.

Blood transfusion can be done for Hebei and Hedong.

Tang Ke finally understood. It turned out that His Majesty wanted him to go to the local government.

This time he was demoted from prime minister to local official, and Tang Ke felt somewhat disappointed.

Zhao Ning said: "The task I have given you is very important. It is related to the safety of the country and the livelihood of the people. You will naturally understand it in the future."

Tang Ke said: "Thanks to your majesty for not giving up, I am willing to share your worries for you and obey your majesty's orders in everything."

"Okay, I will hand over Jinghu North Road to you. I hope you won't let me down again."

"yes!"

That guy Sun Fu, as long as he doesn't touch the military and political affairs, there is no problem in engaging in tough diplomacy.

Tang Ke, as long as he doesn't touch military affairs and engages in people's livelihood management, he is definitely a good player.

He used to be a local official with outstanding political achievements, and many local people loved him.

Moreover, he once managed the Yellow River and was considered a man of great merit.

As long as you don’t touch military politics! As long as you don’t touch military politics! As long as you don’t touch military politics!

Tang Ke didn't know that he was the vanguard sent by Zhao Ning to Jinghu North Road.

Land reform has just begun in Gyeonggi Province. Last year, Chen Dong was working on a new land leasing policy, which was a pilot project.

Once the model is successful, Zhao Ning will choose several other paths to try to implement it in order to alleviate the acute land problem.

In fact, the most difficult problem facing Zhao Ning right now is not the fields in the south. Tang Ke can only count them as a chess piece and lay them out first.

The most difficult problem now is still in Hedong and Hebei. It is not the Jin army, but our own people.

Hedong and Hebei have 40 million acres of land on their books, but in fact it is far more. The phenomenon of land underreporting in the north is also very serious.

Then here comes the problem.

Because of the war, many fields were in panic, and people in some villages were dying and fleeing.

This trend of fleeing south continues.

If left unchecked, the land south of the Yellow River will be annexed to the limit, and suddenly so many people will come in, which will inevitably lead to chaos in people's livelihood in many places.

Moreover, the population in Hebei and Hedong has dropped sharply. Where will the military and political food and military supplies there come from in the future?

In the final analysis, we must find a way to keep people where we are.

This is what needs to be solved quickly now.

Moreover, this issue also involves another issue at the national strategic resource level.

iron ore!

A considerable part of the iron mines in the Song Dynasty were still distributed in Hebei, Jingdong East Road and other northern areas.

The largest salt pond is also in Jiezhou, Hedong.

Salt and iron were the lifeblood of the country in ancient times.

If everyone runs away, what will happen to the mining of salt and iron?

The supply of salt on the market has decreased, and salt prices have skyrocketed everywhere.

Not to mention iron, there are no weapons in the arsenal. The weapons supervisor is working day and night, and the need for iron will only increase.

The large-scale paralysis in the north will affect most of the national economy, not just losing some territory.

Once this happens and the Jin army attacks again, Zhao Ning will be confused and unable to do anything.

Therefore, how to keep people in Hedong, Hebei is the next top priority.

On that day, Tang Ke packed up his things and headed south in a low-key manner.

March 19, Jinan Prefecture.

After Liu Yu supported the new Duke Yansheng in Qufu, he eagerly arrived at Jinan Prefecture, preparing to build his capital, appoint hundreds of officials, and establish the state of Qi.

At noon that day, they had just entered the boundaries of Jinan Prefecture.

Kong Yanzhou smiled from ear to ear when he thought about his bright future and endless beauties to enjoy.

He flattered Liu Yu: "His Majesty arrived in Jinan. I saw all the people cheering along the way. I thought that the people on Jingdong East Road had tortured Song Dynasty for a long time. Your Majesty is really a wise king."

Liu Yu laughed loudly and said: "That's natural. I think in Bianjing, the Zhao family is ignorant and has no virtue. He only cares about pleasure and does not want to make progress. The people all complain. I have been ordered by heaven to control the world and benefit all people.

."

Li Cheng listened with disdain. In his opinion, Liu Yu was just a idiot.

The reason why he followed him here was that he took advantage of Liu Yu and went all the way north, and then went to find Wu Shu.

Liu Lin rode over and said, "Your Majesty, I heard from the front that there are traces of the Song Army in Jinan."

"Song Army?" Liu Yu was very surprised. Judging by the time, Zong Fu should have arrived in Jinan. How come there are still Song Army in Jinan.

"How many Song troops are there?"

"The number of people is unknown, it shouldn't be too many."

Kong Yanzhou said: "The Song army on the eastern front was defeated thousands of miles away. The Song army in Jinan is just a group of fleeing clowns. Your Majesty, I am willing to lead a team of troops to deal with this Song army for your Majesty."

"Okay, you can go!"

"Take orders!"

At this time, Yue Fei had just finished arranging the captured military supplies and prisoners of war.

He has already sent someone to Daming Mansion to deliver good news.

The good news should have arrived at Daming Mansion.

By the way, he sent someone to Cangzhou to inform Li Gang.

After sorting out these materials, Yue Fei planned to return to Fucheng and then wait for Zongze's dispatch.

Zhang Xian said: "Yue Tongzhi, speaking of Fucheng, it was really bad that the Fucheng guard general abandoned the city and fled. The letter from Cangzhou said that the Fucheng guard general was a man named Kong Yanzhou.

The road is governed by soldiers and horses."

"And I heard on Jingdong East Road a few days ago that after he fled south, he burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of evil in various places."

Yue Fei asked: "Is there any news about this person?"

"Some people say that they fled to the Xuzhou area."
Chapter completed!