After Hehuai and other places began to enter the flood season, Xu Huai and Wang Xuan returned to Nancai to visit their relatives.
To the east of the upper reaches of the Han River, there is an uplift of the Jishan Mountain in Yingzhou, which is little affected by floods in the flood season. However, downstream, the terrain on both sides of the river is low. Every flood season, the Han River overflows and both sides of the river are threatened.
Counties such as Jingmen, Jingling, and Hanyang on the west coast will also be severely affected by flooding from the upper reaches of the Han River every three to five years, or six or seven years, but this is something Xu Huai can't take care of at this time.
However, the flood season on the east coast will never be easy.
In addition to being threatened by the rising water in the lower reaches of the Han River during the flood season, the east bank also faces several large rivers originating from Jishan Mountain, the southern ridge of Tongbai Mountain, and the southern foot of Huaiyang Mountain. They will also threaten Tianmen, Hanchuan, Huangpi and other counties, and eventually
It will be superimposed in Nancai, Qiao County.
To eradicate flooding in Nancai County, firstly, we need to build a dyke on the east bank of the lower reaches of the Han River, and secondly, we need to divert rivers such as the Jianshui River from between Huangpi and Nancai to flow directly into the Jingjiang River instead of overlapping to Nancai.
Come to the hinterland.
Chushan proposed to build continuous embankments on the east bank of the lower reaches of the Han River and other places. When Nancai was officially delimited, Jinghu North Road and Ezhou Prefecture finally included the large area north of Shuangliuzhuang and both sides of the lower reaches of the Jingshui River.
Nan Cai, in order to pass on to Chushan the responsibility of embankment construction for a total of more than 240 miles of the Han River, the lower reaches of the Jianshui River, and the north bank of the Jingjiang River from the mouth of the Jianshui River to the mouth of the Hanshui River.
Nancai City, which was built in late June of the fifth year since its founding, has been basically completed.
Nancai City, which is about four to five miles in radius, is located on the bank of the Han River. The city wall built of rammed earth is only more than ten feet high. It is about three miles away from the Han River Embankment built south from Shuangliuzhuang - leaving some space, but
The embankment is not to prevent floods, but to reserve enough development land for the construction of docks and warehouses. At this time, there are also more than a dozen boats docked at the Hanshui pier at the head of Nancai City, and people are working hard to move the boats.
The goods are unloaded and transported into the city by carriages and horses, or directly moved into the warehouse built next to the dock, waiting for a new round of transactions.
To the east of Nancaicheng, the first real Xiaoheling Mountain has been built. Including Nancaicheng, it covers the land south of Shuangliuzhuang, north of Panlong Lake and Suolong Lake, and to the west bank of Jianshui River in the east.
Surrounded.
This area stretches 22 miles from east to west and is about eight to eleven miles deep in the southeast. In addition to Nancaicheng, 40 large and small villages have been built, more than 50,000 acres of farmland have been reclaimed, and there is also a river causing water flow.
, passing through Dayuan and Nancaicheng, exiting the embankment from the south side of Nancaicheng and flowing into Suolong Lake.
Compound ship locks are built to control the river course as it passes through the embankment. Branch canals are interlaced within the embankment to ensure water supply for irrigation and domestic use.
Han Gyu has been here for a year, and his temples have turned a lot of gray.
"I originally wanted to transfer you back to camp, but in the next year, in addition to building three large embankments, we also have to build both sides of the Jing River and the east and north embankments of the Han River and Jingjiang River. The task is too heavy, so I still can't do it without you.
You!" Xu Huai said to Han Gui, who came from afar and was more dusty than them.
"Do we really want to take over the construction of the Han River East and Jingjiang North Dike?" Xu Sheng asked with some pain.
"Jingbei agreed to transfer so much land east of Jianshui and southwest of Hanchuan to Nancai. Why not take it?" Xu Huai said, "Bite your teeth and take it all. I am not worried about money and food now.
What Nancai needs to solve urgently now is the lack of land to accommodate the population!"
"Maybe we have attracted too many hungry people, which puts a heavy burden on our shoulders!" Han Gyu said mockingly.
"Don't be afraid of hard work. We named the first large embankment Xiaoheling embankment according to local conditions. But think about it, after a thousand years, future generations may call it Han Gong embankment. Is all the hard work at this time worth it?"
?" Xu Huai asked with a smile.
"Your Majesty will really give people sweet dates to eat. Han Gyu won't be able to do anything if he doesn't work hard." Han Gyu said with a smile.
"History is like this, and you and I are destined to be famous in history. If I don't even have this confidence, I might as well go back to the house and sleep with my mother-in-law in my arms!" Xu Huai nudged Wang Xuan with his elbow and asked,
"Xuan'er, is that what I said?"
"A dog's mouth really can't spit out ivory." Wang Xuan said shyly and angrily.
Wang Wenchong, Wang Mingqi and other Wang clan members who accompanied them into Nancai City had a different feeling after hearing Xu Huai's words.
They had been working together for half their lives in the past few years. Wang Wenchong was already in his seventies, and he had always thought that he was plotting for the clan or for his own sake.
Xu Huai married Wang Xuan, Wang Wenchong, and Wang Mingqi and his son fully supported the construction of Nancai County. They mainly hoped that the Wang family could firmly cling to the towering tree of Jingshenghou and achieve greater and broader progress.
Of course, their thoughts have not wavered at this time, but in the past year, they have watched hundreds of thousands of hungry people rise up in front of their eyes under the orderly organization of Nancai City and Xiaoheling. This majestic
The extreme sight also touched them deeply.
Yes, as a scholar, no matter how deceitful or ignorant, who has no dream of being famous in history?
It's just that many people have encountered too many setbacks, and their external edges have been worn away. They think that those are all unrealistic fantasies, and sooner or later they will be dealt with bloody by the cruel reality.
However, Chushan has the ability to turn these into reality. How many people are willing to take action when this happens?
The principle behind this is not fundamentally different from that on the battlefield.
Every time a victory is won, the generals will be inspired to have a stronger desire and pursuit of victory, and they will even be willing to pay greater sacrifices and even their lives for it.
Because in the minds of many people, it is worth it.
Han Gui, Xu Sheng and others seemed to be complaining, but in reality, they regarded the construction of Jingjiang North and Hanshui East Dike as a larger-scale battle and looked forward to it?
However, they also know the meaning of all this in their hearts.
Years ago, the thieves in Panlong Village, Meidu Village, and Xunjin Village were so devastated that they fled. Nancai took in as many as 160,000 hungry people a year ago. Later, a large number of hungry people moved to join them from Jishan, Huangpi and other places.
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At this time, the population under Nancai's jurisdiction had greatly expanded to as many as 250,000, which actually far exceeded the carrying capacity of Nancai, Qiao County - the currently cultivated 50,000 acres of grain fields were far from enough.
Even in the relatively affluent Jianghuai and Jinghu areas, a medium-sized state with four or five counties may only have a population of 200,000 to 300,000.
However, no one will refuse the influx of hungry people into Nancai County.
There are 250,000 hungry people. After four or five years of war and the cruel elimination of long-distance famine, the proportion of young and strong people is extremely high. It has provided Chushan with nearly 80,000 young and strong men. The number of young men between ten and fifteen years old is as high as three.
Thousands; in addition, the total number of girls and young women aged ten to forty-five also exceeds one hundred thousand.
In comparison, Chushan in Cairu Prefecture has been on the front line for many years and suffered huge battle losses. It also experienced the Tongbai Mountain Bandit Rebellion before, even though it has always focused on attracting young and strong men from the refugees.
, but in reality, the total number of young men aged ten to forty-five is slightly more than 230,000.
Shi Zhen offered advice and settled in Nancai, which increased Chushan's military mobilization potential by 50% in just one year. It can be said that he made a great contribution.
At this time, everyone's headache is still how to accommodate so many Dingkou more effectively.
On the one hand, it is necessary to increase the area of Nancai in Qiao County as much as possible. Jinghu North Road and Ezhou Prefecture are afraid of the difficulty of building embankments, so they will remove more barren land and even some sparsely populated areas in the south of Hanchuan County and the west of Huangpi County.
They would certainly not refuse to give up the villages and villages that had been seriously damaged during the civil unrest, which would increase the area of the county by almost half.
On the other hand, the absolute area of Nancai in Qiao County is difficult to expand significantly. Improving the land carrying capacity is a top priority.
When talking about the carrying capacity of land in today's world, it means rooting out floods and doing meticulous work.
The southern area of Hanchuan County has been greatly affected by floods for a long time, and the grain varieties are also relatively poor. The yield of rice planted there is only slightly higher than one stone per mu.
This is still raw grain. If it is shelled and processed into finished grain, one acre of land may weigh only sixty or seventy kilograms.
This means that people in southern Hanchuan County need five acres of land per capita to make a living, which is even worse than the dry land in the Hehuai area.
In the most affluent prefectures and counties in the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers, such as Suhu, in recent decades, the local government has promoted polders and duo fields that are not affected by floods, and selected Champa varieties spread from Fujian and Guangdong. The yield per mu is as high as
Three stones, four stones, and even some places have achieved continuous rice and wheat cultivation, with the annual output of one acre of land being as high as four or five stones.
It can be said that the land carrying capacity of the two is very different.
Xu Huai has carefully managed Tongbai Mountain over the years. In addition to more than doubling the area of sloping terraces, the yield per mu has also increased by 50 to 60%. The increase in the yield per mu of dry land has been limited, but it has also increased the actual population carrying capacity of Tongbai Mountain and surrounding areas.
Increased by two or three times.
Nancai County, Qiao County has been plagued by floods for a long time and has an extremely sparse population. Regardless of whether Nancaicheng City and Xiaoheling Dayuan were built before, or the Dujin Dayuan, Meidu Dayuan and Zhuandong Dayuan to be built next, as well as the ones that will be built in the future.
The embankments on the Jing River, Jing River, and Han River are connected together to control floods.
However, the territory of Nancai in Qiao County has almost never been developed. When the water recedes, the grass grows and the grass grows. When the water rises, the grass and the silt rot together. The land is extremely fertile.
All the investment and efforts are to create more high-yield grain fields in this world to accommodate hundreds of thousands of hungry people to take root here, live here and multiply.
Even if you don't consider other things, this is definitely a great achievement that will go down in history.
That alone is already heart-warming.
And this is not fantasy or fantasy.
Xiaoheling Dayuan has completed the reclamation of 50,000 acres of grain fields, and even some fields have completed the first round of harvest, and now they are all planted with rice.
Everyone stood on the city wall and saw that the vertical and horizontal ditches were all green...
You must know that in the past, this alone was enough to make local officials among the famous officials.
