Not to mention how many incidents arise between the Sun and Liu alliance because of this unborn child. In front of you, Mrs. Sun is pregnant, so the two ministers are naturally happy.

After Lu Su discussed with Lu Dai, he gave the soldiers an extra day off to let everyone rest a little. Lei Yuan also notified Yu Fu to raise local supplies and asked the soldiers in Jiangdong to have extra meals. He also proposed to hold a banquet to entertain the Lieutenant General of the Jiangdong Army that night.

The soldiers of the two armies met at the Yidu County troops and formed the team.

Lu Su, Lu Dai and other generals followed Jian Yong and Lei Yuan first.

As he walked, Lu Su looked back and took a look.

He noticed that there were forts under construction on both sides of this open land.

The fortress has a rough appearance, but it can be seen that the exterior wall is high and thick, with trenches outside the wall, and a viewing building is reserved at the corners of the wall in each direction. A viewing building has been built with gravel as the base, and then two floors are built with huge logs. There are three viewing buildings that are currently missing, and only a few carts carrying gravel are parked nearby.

At the entrances and exits of the two fortresses, there were military soldiers who were very cautious. These soldiers should be subordinates of the Jiangguan Commander. Judging from their clothing and equipment, they were far inferior to Lei Yuan's elite cavalry and Ma Dai's cavalry, but their faces were rosy and their attitude was very serious when standing guard.

Lei Yuan stopped and asked, "Zijing, what are you looking at?"

Lu Su said: "I entered Sichuan several months ago and passed by this road at that time, but I didn't see these arrangements."

Lei Yuan smiled and said, "Zijing, now the two prefectures of Jingyi are one, and Jiangguan is the key to connecting the two places. I am the commander of Jiangguan, so I dare not be careless."

After Lu Su thought for a moment, he remembered that Lei Yuan also had the position of Jiangguan Commander, who was the real host on the Qianli Xiajiang River. It seems that during his transition to Jianghuai, this man had no negligence in the construction and operation of various parts of the Xiajiang River; and his intention to govern was not inferior to that of the military.

The two of them were chatting and heading forward.

Starting from this open land, it goes eastward, and the roads have been repaired and widened, not as bumpy as before. There are several sections of roads that were probably unbearable to use when the old site collapsed, so they were simply re-arched. The newly built road surface is very solid, made of mixed materials such as fine sand, gravel, clay, lime, etc., and the central part of the road surface is raised, and there are specially excavated drainage ditches on both sides.

After walking for a while, bypassing a forest, you will see Yufu County.

This county town, Lusu, came to the beginning of the year.

He knew that the most steep part of the gorge river stretched for more than 700 miles, with mountains on both sides of the river, with little access to the valley. Yufu County is located between this complex terrain, with a slightly flat terrain on the shore, which is convenient for travel and a treasure land for cultivation. In ancient times, this place was Yuyi of the Yong Kingdom, and a county was established during the Qin Dynasty.

In the early Han Dynasty, there was a checkpoint called Guan here to inspect the talismans and travel, and to collect taxes. At that time, the places such as Guan, Yunguan, Wuguan, Hangu, and Linjin were all famous passes in the world and were also important places for wealth. It was not until after the revival of Guangwu that the functions of the Jiangguan Duwei were abolished, and Yufu County slowly declined. However, the city was an old barrier in the Qin and Han dynasties, and was built by Gongsun Shu, and the scale was quite large.

However, the situation in front of him surprised Lu Su again. Yufu County had been demolished.

In front of Lu Su, the entire city was not only on the north hillside, but also on the east side of the two sections of the fields on the banks of the Dongrenshui River. The city walls on the west and south sides were flattened. It seemed that they wanted to extend the entire city west to south and expand to three or four times the original area.

At this time, there were thousands of strong men like ants busy leveling the ground. Although the climate between the Xiajiang River was wet and cold, the strong men were sweating profusely, and many of them were simply rising naked. On a fork in the north of the main road, there was another group of old and weak, carrying steaming buckets and rice bowls, heading towards the city to deliver water and food to the people. There were also small teams of soldiers scattered everywhere along the road to maintain order.

Lu Su and Lu Dai couldn't help but look at each other. Both of them were familiar with military and political affairs, and knew how much food and materials would be consumed to build large-scale projects in the deep mountains. They heard before that Zhuge Liang built water conservancy on a large scale around Chengdu and expanded Jinguan City. After all, it was a fertile land in Yizhou. Although the investment was large, there would always be corresponding output. What's the point of Lei Yuan doing these in the Xiajiang River?

It seems that Lei Xuzhi is young after all, and he is so anxious that he can't help but be very happy.

Lei Yuan didn't know what the two of them were thinking. He rode his horse in front of him to lead everyone, but did not stop in the city, but went directly over the city and continued eastward.

Ten miles east of the city is the Donglan River, commonly known as Meixi River. In the past, Gongsun Shu occupied Shu and reclaimed rice fields on the west bank of the Donglan River. The water ridges stretched for about a hundred hectares, and the rice produced was famous; and the east bank was the melon taro area, which was also praised.

At this time, all the fields had been harvested, and this place should have been deserted. But along the Dongqian River, it was clearly in full swing. Lu Su saw at a rough glance that more than ten ships were moored on the four or five piers.

Lu Su has seen many docks and ships. There are docks in Jiangdong that are ten times larger than this, and there are huge boats that can carry thousands of stones and tens of thousands of stones. It is obvious that when the waters of the gorges are shallow in autumn and winter, there are so many boats, which shows that the connection between Jingzhou and Yizhou is getting closer and closer.

Lu Su couldn't help but glance at him again, and saw many ships with the banners of the salt mansion.

"Is this an official ship?"

Lei Yuan replied: "It is. There are salt wells in Qunin County, Linjiang County, Ba County, Hanfeng County, Fuling County and other places, which were once occupied by local tyrants. Now, my lord named Nanyang Wang Wenyi as the General of the Yan Yan Zhonglang, who is in charge of the salt production of the two states. Recently, the salt wells here have been generally owned by the military government."

This was actually a salt boat! Lu Su's heart was thrilled.

The salt industry has huge profits, so it is the foundation of the local tyrants. Duke Xuande seized Yizhou and started to gather the salt industry after a year of success. He did not talk about the bloody storm in the process, and dared to make big fuss on it, which shows the means and determination of the Zuo General's Mansion, and the high and vigorous spirit of the entire Zuo General's Mansion from top to bottom.

If Jingyi and Yi are integrated, they can prosper. The roads and cities between the Xiajiang River must naturally match them. It’s ridiculous that I thought Lei Yuan was very happy with me... This is obviously a drastic move and enterprising!

Lu Su smiled warmly, nodded while listening to Lei Yuan continue: "This fleet is from the place where the salt well is produced to Jingzhou. According to the requirements of General Zuo's Mansion, the cities along the waterway must be repaired so that the Yanfu's fleet can travel. In order to prevent stranding from reefs, these ships are all light-loaded; first take a familiar journey to the waterway and then expand the scale in spring and summer."

"So that's it." Lu Su nodded.

He could see clearly that in addition to the official ships of the Yan Mansion, there were also ships just merchant ships. On the ships were sailors walking, loading and unloading goods, and in charges and other managers dressed in luxurious clothes shouted and directed. With their command, the small workers dressed in Ba and the peddled and dressed in the mercenary were moving quickly.

Obviously, with the two states of Jingyi being set to be one, both public and private exchanges between the two states became more and more frequent. Military and provincial governments relied on the management of salt, iron and Shujin to obtain great profits, and local families were able to sell specialties and gain rich profits.

In fact, the Jiangdong clans also had business dealings with Jing Yi, but unfortunately most of the income in this area was divided by the Sun family headed by Sun Yu. How many can they really fall into the urgent needs of military and national affairs? Thinking of this, Lu Su could only shake his head.

The group turned north and entered the military camp in the northeast of Yufu City.
Chapter completed!