North of Jingjiang River, west of Hanshui River and Jingzhou govern Jiangxia County, and the area surrounded by Jingzhou and south of Jingmen. In the late Han Dynasty, the State of Wu once established Jianli County, the former dynasty changed it to Mianzhou, and after the establishment of the Dayue dynasty, it was renamed Fuzhou.
This Jingdong area in the traditional sense is divided into two regions, north and south, by lakes such as Chang Lake, Wazi Lake, Bailu Lake, and Hong Lake, as well as the Nanxiang River that traverses these lakes.
The area north of the Nanxiang River is generally still under the control of the government, while the area south of the Nanxiang River and adjacent to the river is sandwiched between the lakes connecting the Nanxiang River and the Jingjiang River. At this time, except for the easternmost side, all
Outside Hanyang City, which is adjacent to the Han River, everything else has fallen under the control of the Dongjing coalition forces.
The entire Linjiang area was silted into land relatively late. In addition to the low-lying terrain, which is directly threatened by the floods of the Jingjiang River during the flood season, the disasters caused by the intrusion of the Han River to the south are also more severe than those in the north - the upper reaches of the Han River are flooded.
In floods, nine out of ten floods will pour to the right bank into Chang Lake, Wazi Lake, Bailu Lake, and Honghu Lake, and then flow into the Jingshui River through the mouths and holes between the lakes and Jingjiang River.
Such a major disaster occurs almost every five or six years or every seven or eight years. Coupled with the superposition of floods in Jingjiang River, the living environment of the people in the Linjiang area is extremely difficult. The population and villages are also extremely sparse. Most of them rely on fishing and shipping.
Weiye is also one of the main birthplaces of the Dongjing Alliance Army.
However, although the Dongjing Allied Forces have generally controlled the Linjiang area, on the one hand, the time is still short, and on the other hand, the Dongjing Allied Forces are precarious under the encirclement and suppression by officers and soldiers, and they lack a sufficient sense of security. No one has thought about it yet.
We must take root in the Linjiang area.
Of course, due to the lack of supplies and the lack of practical figures in the rebel army who can take charge of the overall construction, no force has yet been able to carry out large-scale construction in the Linjiang area with frequent floods and low terrain.
Settlement.
Most of them are just to build some defensive outposts and forts on the basis of the original villages or fishing villages.
Xu Huai and Shi Zhen judged that Ge Boyi was in charge of the Jingnan system and envoys, and it was impossible to quickly solve the civil unrest in Dongting Lake that had become popular. The soldiers and horses on the Jinghu North Road were only enough to defend key cities.
It is possible that the Dongjing Alliance Army cannot be suppressed.
It is expected that the situation in the prefectures and counties surrounding Dongting Lake may recur in the next three to four years.
Xu Huai decided to use Jiang Ang as a big move. The core point was to help Dongzhou Village take root in the Linjiang area south of Bailu Lake, that is, to establish a base.
While Dongzhou Village was self-sufficient, it could also quickly absorb small groups of refugees from the surrounding areas. The rebel force grew stronger, thus truly gaining sufficient say within the rebel army.
It was not appropriate to have long conversations in the blacksmith shop. After nightfall, Jiang Ang and Zhao Shanqian went to the house at the east end of the back alley to meet Jiang Ping again.
Between Bailu Lake and Jingjiang River, there is an area of about 20 miles deep suitable for settlement. Previously, there were four or five small villages distributed with less than 200 families living in them. They were also within the sphere of influence of Dongzhou Village. They were usually not
No nuisance.
These two hundred small families, in addition to mainly fishing, also cultivated food on the beach land near the village. However, the area was very limited, maybe only one or two thousand acres of food fields. Due to flooding restrictions, the output was only enough.
To fill part of the ration gap.
Also due to the restriction of terrain and flooding, the population is not reproducing enough, and not many people are willing to move there to cultivate land.
However, after a large number of hungry people went south, tens of thousands of people once gathered there and tried to reclaim grain fields. Unfortunately, Jingjiang suffered from severe floods for many years. Not to mention that the reclaimed land was soaked in floods for a long time and there was no harvest. At the same time,
A large number of simple shacks were also flooded, and it was unknown how many people drowned in the water.
What Chushan hopes at present is to organize people in Dongzhou Village to start building dikes there, build settlements one after another, and then reclaim the beach land around the settlements.
In fact, it is a copy of Chushan's management of Qiaozhi Nancai, except this time it is carried out directly in the area controlled by the rebels in the name of Dongzhou Village.
To this end, the Military Intelligence Department has specially transferred four craftsmen and craftsmen. They will directly join Dongzhou Village in the name of "submission" and be responsible for assisting and guiding the construction of the village and ancillary water conservancy facilities.
Jiang Ang fled from Nancai and returned to Dongzhou Village to regain control. It took more than a month. However, since Shi Zhen advocated using Dongzhou Village as a big move, the Military Intelligence Department mobilized manpower.
It has been twenty days since I came to Changlin Town and settled down to study the Changlin River, Bailu Lake and the riverside area south of Bailu Lake. At this time, I have also drawn up a detailed plan.
In the final analysis, it is to first build single embankment villages around the existing five villages, and then build more stable settlements between the five single embankment villages, so as to promote the absorption of small groups of refugees and rebel forces as soon as possible.
After the young and strong labor force was relatively sufficient, they began to build a large embankment between Bailu Lake and Jingjiang River.
In addition to fifty thousand shi of food a year, the Military Intelligence Department will immediately transfer fifty fishing boats from the Huaze River and Changlin River to Changlin Village; a large number of equipment required for reclamation and embankment construction will also be provided.
Assist Dongzhou Village to build a dock capable of large-scale construction of fishing boats at the entrance of Bailu Lake.
When the morning light began to rise, Jiang Ang and Zhao Shan quietly retreated to Lao Jin's cake shop, but when he returned to Dongzhou Village, his head was still dizzy.
"Brother, how was the discussion? How much food can they give us? Three to five hundred shi must be given, otherwise it won't be enough to fill the gap between teeth." Jiang Xiong, Zhang Cong and others walked into the Juyi Hall and all
He eagerly surrounded Jiang Ang and asked about the results of yesterday's discussion with people from Chushan.
"I suspect this is a big trap!" Jiang Ang smacked his lips and asked ignorantly.
"How much food will be given?" Zhang Cong asked eagerly.
"The other party said that they would transport 50,000 shi of grain to us in the next year. The price is only 2 guan per shi. There is no need to pay cash. The eldest brother will take the pledge," Zhao Shan said. "I'm worried about that.
The plot is too big and we can’t afford it!”
"What, so much food!" Jiang Xiong, Zhang Cong and others almost bit off their tongues when they heard this number. They all wondered if they had heard something wrong. They didn't pay attention to Zhao Shan's well-intentioned "reminder" at all.
"Of course there are many additional conditions. In fact, the most critical point is that we recruit people in the south of Bailu Lake to build large-scale villages to help the nearby refugees and hungry people survive the famine that will become more and more serious in the future," Zhao Shan
Seeing that Jiang Ang still looked lost, he emphasized again, "Second brother, fourth brother, tell me, is there a big plot over there?"
"As long as they really give us food, it doesn't matter what their plans are!" Jiang Xiong said, patting the stock. With so much food, they all wanted to sell their heads to Chushan.
In addition, Jiang Xiong, Zhang Cong and others were all born in low-level farmers. They were brave and generous, so they gained a high reputation among the townships and were able to lead dozens or hundreds of townships to Dongzhou Village.
They are very different from the former leaders of Dongzhou Village who turned into bandits and secretly made a living by robbing property.
Rather than picking up swords and guns and going to the battlefield, they were more willing to open up grain fields with hoes - especially Jiang Xiong, who led more than 200 villagers all the way south from Chenzhou to avoid the war. He was even more eager to have a place to stay and build a new country.
's home.
Their original intention or most fundamental thought when they migrated south to join the Dongjing Allied Forces was to find a place to settle down in a real sense, so that their wives, children, and children could escape from the plight of being displaced, hungry, and cold.
However, the internal chaos of the Dongjing Alliance Army and the lack of practical skills in the world made them deeply disappointed, and even fell into a more difficult dilemma and a more tragic predicament.
They all sacrificed their lives for food. Now Chushan promised to secretly transport food, boats and many reclamation equipment, and also provided craftsmen and craftsmen for guidance, helping to build forts and build river embankments and lakes in the Linjiang area of Bailu Hunan.
Why don't they agree to build dikes and cultivate grain fields?
Jiang Ang was very hesitant at first. Although he didn't know what was wrong for a while, he felt that something was wrong.
However, in addition to Zhao Shan's scruples, Jiang Xiong, Zhang Cong and others were so eager to make peace with Chushan secretly. Liu Fujin would always listen to his elder brother, and Jiang Ang could only do what was good.
He never thought that, except for Zhao Shan and Liu Fujin, who were secret agents of the Military Intelligence Department, Jiang Xiong, Zhang Cong and others seemed to have nothing to do with Chushan, but they were the secret agents of the Military Intelligence Department from among the many captured leaders of Dongzhou Village.
The carefully selected ones have actually been woven into a web to wrap him up.
As Zhao Shan tries his best to guide the atmosphere and habits of collective decision-making within Dongzhou Village, the Military Intelligence Department will naturally be able to guide and control every major decision-making in Dongzhou Village. This will also ensure that Dongzhou Village truly develops and grows. Jiang Ang does not
Maybe he lifts his pants and refuses to admit it.
After Jiang Ang officially signed the loan note, the first batch of supplies included one thousand shi of brown rice, 50,000 kilograms of fine iron, 20 bags of salt, 200 pairs of leather armor, 500 straight-spine long knives, and 500 heavy knives.
Spears and tens of thousands of tools for farming, building houses, and building ships, along with fifty small sloops, arrived at Dongzhou Village in a few days under the cover of darkness...
