It goes southeast along the Baitang River from Shanyang County and enters Qingjiangpu from the southwest of Tinghu County.
Crossing Qingjiangpu and entering Beiguan River is Yandu County (today's Yancheng). Going south is Jianling County, Hailing Prefecture. Further south is Gaocheng. To the west of Gaocheng is Xinghua and to the west of Xinghua is Weiyang. , from Gaocheng to the southwest is Hailing, and to the southeast is Chongzhou.
The Huaihe River and the Yangtze River continue to carry sediment into the sea, forming an alluvial plain downstream. The sea area between the two alluvial plains was not a landmass a thousand years ago and was a large bay.
Under the action of the tide, a large amount of sediment was pushed to the mouth of the bay and accumulated into a sand bank, forming a lagoon. Under the influence of the injection of many tributaries of the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers, the sediment in the lagoon accumulated into land, gradually forming today's Yandu and Jianling. Three counties of Gaocheng.
Due to the characteristics of land formation, the terrain in the four counties is low and flat, prone to waterlogging, with dense water networks, connected lakes, and numerous wetlands and swamps, forming a "pot bottom depression" lake plain area with high surroundings and low middle. Guanhe Plain.
The topographic features of Qingjiangpu are a miniature version of the entire Beiguan River Plain before it became land.
The Beiguan River Plain is less susceptible to waterlogging than the sea tide recharge. Therefore, the entire Jianghuai Plain, Yandu, Jianling, and Gaocheng counties are far away from the land of plenty in the usual sense.
Lin Fu stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the entire lake and plain. Xiaoman looked at the scenery in the southwest corner and was very curious: "The fields are surrounded by water. How come they look like haystacks?"
Lin Fu looked over and said with a smile: "Speaking of haystacks, it's really an image. If you remember correctly, this should be Duotian Town, right?" For the last sentence, Lin Fu turned around and asked Sun Jingtang.
"Your Excellency, you remember correctly, that is Duotian Town!" Sun Jingtang said, "The rivers here are crisscrossed, and the terrain is too low, so it is subject to waterlogging at every turn. In order to prevent floods, the villagers constantly dredged the rivers to obtain soil and raised the fields. In this way, Pieces of farmland are like haystacks floating in the water. Over time, they are called Duotian Town. If rural people want to farm, they have to take a small boat across..."
"Isn't that very hard?" Xiaoman said.
"How can farming be not hard work?" Song Jia said with a smile on the side, "Dredging the river to get soil, the fields should be fertile and have good harvests. It is worth the hard work... I am afraid that waterlogging will be too frequent, and that will be called hardship."
"Waterlogging is the second most important problem," Lin Fu said. "The three counties of Yandu, Jianling, and Gaocheng have low and flat terrain, and the biggest harm is the return of the tide. The seawater contains salt, and the salt intrusion into the fields is the lean soil. This soaked The saltwater land looks very different from the fertile fields in Chongzhou, and the harvest can be three to four times worse..."
The autumn scenery is still good today, so Chen Zhi, Zhang Gou, Han Caizhi, Chen Kuili and other generals have also been invited to come over to enjoy the autumn scenery and bond with each other.
They all came from humble backgrounds and were no strangers to farming. They listened to Lin Fu talking to everyone and looked at the past from a distance. However, they were confused: Lin Fu was a dignified envoy to Huaidong and had tens of thousands of powerful soldiers under his command. Nothing happened. Why do you care about such lowly farming tasks?
"This sea wall must be repaired without delay!" Lin Fu clenched his left fist and beat his right hand, making up his mind, "take 50,000 men from Minzhuang in the south and organize them into the work camp. Starting from Jiangmen, go north. Repair, repair for three hundred miles, all the way to the south bank of Qingjiangpu. The embankment must be able to block the tide, and carriages must be able to walk on the embankment! Try to complete it within two years!" Then he pointed to Chen Zhi, Zhang Gou, Han Caizhi, Chen Kuili, and said to Sun Jingtang, "I'll give you these four, Ge Siyu, and Wang Chengfu! Who else do you want?"
Chen Zhi, Zhang Gou is a surrendered general, and he is the hostage used by Lin Fu to blackmail Sun Zhuang into not rebelling in Suining. It doesn't matter how he arranges it. Even if he is put under house arrest, he is mentally prepared, let alone being dragged to repair the sea wall.
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Han Caizhi and Chen Kuili felt a little aggrieved. They both joined the forest tribesmen, thinking that by joining them, they would get a good position in the Huaidong Army, but they did not expect to be given this job.
Lin Fu seemed to be able to see through the minds of Han Caizhi and Chen Kuili. He turned sideways and said to them: "It is difficult to become a good general if you are not familiar with political affairs. In the next two years, you can follow Sun's command to learn political affairs. In addition, I have military skills.
I give it to you, study hard, and you will have the opportunity to stand out, so there is no rush." Someone brought four military training books and gave them to Han Caizhi and others.
Chen Zhi also took a copy and bared his teeth at Zhang Gou.
Zhang Gou still knew a few words, but he couldn't read a single big character, so the book given to him was just used as tissue paper to wipe his behind.
"You're such a fool, you've grown up a girl's belly, and you can't even recognize her when you lift your pants?" Lin Fu scolded Chen Zhi.
"Who doesn't admit it? I still worshiped him!" Chen Zhi said aggrievedly, "Sui Ning was taken away by the Lord. I heard that the girl from the Li family died in the rebellion. Besides, I now go to Mr. Li Wei and kowtow to acknowledge him."
Dad, why didn’t he stab me to death?”
"If you dare to tear up this book and wipe your butt, if you can't read all the words in it in a year, you can spend your whole life building sea walls!" Lin Fu did not say that Li Wei's daughter was sent to Chongzhou for him, and said, "
I will take your family to Chongzhou. You must first build the sea wall for me for a year or two. If you dare to run away to join Sun Zhuang, I have the means to deal with you..."
Chen Zhi was puzzled. Listening to Lin Fu's tone, he suspected that Li Wei's daughter was still alive, but even if she was alive, she didn't have his share. Li Wei was the magistrate of Suining County and was a Jinshi. How could he marry a thief general like him?
It was getting late, so Sun Jingtang and others left Lin Fu's boat with the others without disturbing Lin Fu Qingyang.
"Every family is eager to expand their power, and all the money they have is used to purchase ordnance and raise troops. Are you willing to build this sea-defending embankment on such a large scale?" Only then did Song Jia emotionally discuss the construction of the sea-defending embankment with Lin Fu.
matter.
"To expand our power, where should we go?" Lin Fu asked with a smile, "Everyone wants to achieve the millennium dream of world hegemony, but it takes time and momentum. If the time is not there and the momentum is not achieved, if you can protect the peace and tranquility of a place, isn't that a hero?
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If the historical trajectory had not changed, Fan Zhongyan during the Northern Song Dynasty would have built a sea-protecting embankment along the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, and his name would have gone down in history. The "Fangong Embankment" had turned Huaidong, a land prone to sea invasion, into a land of plenty, and would be remembered by future generations thousands of years later.
The historical trajectory has changed, and naturally no one has built any sea dikes. The three counties of Yandu, Jianling, and Gaocheng are still suffering from sea intrusion and the people's livelihood has deteriorated.
Lin Fu wanted to build a seawall outside Hecheng Grassland last year. However, the dredging project of the Yanyan River has just been completed, and building the seawall has not yet been put on the agenda.
Now that we are sitting in the position of the envoy of Huai'an, we have to consider the overall situation of Huaidong. We can't just build a section of Hecheng to build the seawall. We have to be ruthless and build it from south to north. No matter how the situation in the world changes in the future, it can be regarded as
Leave a blessed site to the people of Huaidong.
"That's true. I really can't rush to dominate the world," Song Jia stared at Lin Fu and smiled, "Let me guess what are the benefits of repairing the sea wall..."
"Then take a guess!" Lin Fu said with a smile.
"When the sea dike is built, salt is boiled outside the dike and rice is planted outside the dike. It is good for the people and good for Huaidong. It costs millions of silver. It can increase Huaidong's grain wealth and help you nourish your reputation in Huaidong. It is considered the third
A benefit, and also the most important benefit." Song Jia said.
"That's right," Lin Fu said with a smile, "This benefit comes too slowly, and it is far less effective than holding a hundred thousand soldiers to intimidate the countryside. Others may not bother to do it, but I am a little patient..."
"In the battle of Huaisi, you will have 60,000 men, all of whom will be organized into the army. The Huaidong army will suddenly increase by 100,000. It will be arrogant and useless, and it will consume the resources of the army. I am afraid that Chongzhou will not be able to support it, and the wise will not
"Why," Song Jia said, "it should be the most beneficial thing for you to be incorporated into the military camp and cultivate the pastures of Hecheng. But to be incorporated into the work camp and build the seawall, the military system will not be broken up, and the war will be fierce at any time.
It would also be a good idea to be incorporated into the army as a regular soldier..."
Lin Fu nodded and admitted that what Song Jia said made sense.
Building a three-hundred-mile seawall is considered a very large project in today's world, and the most important thing to pay attention to is organization.
In addition to the differences in armor and equipment and the intensity of combat training, the organization of the work camps is the same as that of other armies. The organization and military discipline will also be strictly implemented according to the battalions. In addition to building embankments, a certain amount of combat training can also be carried out.
As the war eases, the Huaidong Army maintains its current strength. Once the war becomes intense, qualified soldiers who can adapt to the Huaidong Army's battlefield discipline can be directly transferred from the industrial camps to join the armies, and a large-scale expansion can be quickly carried out. After the expansion,
, and can be quickly pulled out to fight in the field without worrying that the combat effectiveness will be weakened too much.
"Third, if you build and defend the sea dike, of course you will not build it exactly along the dividing line between the salt area and the county. If you move one step further to the salt area, the fertile land outside the embankment will be yours," Song Jia said, "Although Zhang Yan is a salt and iron envoy
, the rank is higher than yours, but the Lianghuai Salt District and the Ten Supervisors' Courtyard only have 20,000 salt soldiers in total. You have 50,000 or 60,000 people to build the seawall with your labor camp. The Lianghuai Salt District is competing for land.
I will definitely not be able to compete with you. Building the sea wall will also benefit the salt area. As far as I know, when the sea tide rises, the coastal huts will be washed away, and the salt stoves will be destroyed. The first person to be damaged is the salt household. Even if the sea wall can be built to defend the salt area, even though the salt area is outside the embankment
, but Yanhu always has a place to live and live, protected from the waves. If you preside over such a major event, Zhang Yan will always stay away and give you three points. If you defend the sea wall for three hundred miles, you can move one mile more eastward and you can gain it.
One hundred thousand acres of fertile farmland can make up for one or two of the time you spend building embankments..."
"It's your turn to be my marching commander," Lin Fu said with a smile. "This account is not something ordinary people can count. It's a benefit."
"I think the young lady is comparable to the female Zhuge." Xiaoman interjected from the side. Although she was somewhat opposed to Song Jia in her heart, among the many female relatives, there really was no one who could give Lin Fu advice as well as Song Jia.
"The three counties of Yandu, Jianling, and Gaocheng are filled with lakes and swamps. The land route is far less convenient than the waterway," Song Jia said. "Although the waterway is convenient, in critical times, such as when the seaway is blocked during the summer and autumn storm seasons,
There are always many inconveniences if there is no land route. The construction of a sea-defending embankment and a fast military road from Chongzhou to the south bank of Qingjiangpu will help control the entire Huaidong situation in Chongzhou - it has four benefits!"
"In addition, repairing and defending the sea wall is a matter of great benefit, and local forces will inevitably be mobilized, and local forces will be willing to work for you," Song Jia said, "It will help you win over the local forces in Yandu, Jianling, and Gaocheng counties.
Recruiting talented people from other places for your use has five advantages! Do you think what I said makes sense?"
"I always have a headache that women are too smart," Lin Fu smiled slightly and said, "From your point of view, there are indeed many benefits, but in my opinion, life is so fast that you must leave some benefits in the world to make this time worthwhile.
"Repairing and defending the seawall will greatly benefit Huaidong. If I can do it, how can I not do it? Sometimes, it's just that simple."
Song Jia pursed her lips and smiled. She didn't believe that such an effort was needed to mobilize an army. Lin Fu could convince everyone in Chongzhou with a simple reason.