Chapter 434 Political Achievements
"Crack!" The fish was thrown on the snow, beating endlessly.
The people who were digging the river saw it and were all amazed: What a big fish!
“Fly bream is wide, thin and crispy, sweet but less meaty, and has fine scales, which is the beauty of fish.” Someone shook his head and read a paragraph.
Everyone laughs and is reduced to digging the river with them, so just put away the airs of a scholar.
The scholar didn’t talk to them much, just immersed in his own emotions, and continued: “I traveled to Henan in the past, and I learned that Luo Li Yili Bream is cheaper than cattle and sheep. This is a good thing.”
Everyone laughed again after hearing this.
What’s so delicious about fish? Far less hungry than beef and mutton. This person is really stupid in reading.
“Don’t make any noise.” A loud voice came from not far away.
Everyone immediately fell silent and stood in the bitterly cold muddy water, working hard to clear the mud and dredge, slowly transforming the Pichi.
This is Nanton, formerly a county of Runan, now the county seat of Nanton.
Although there are only four counties in this county, the population is very large. The main source is immigrants from Hebei. They are the people from various counties in Hebei that Lemo brought back from Dunqiu. They arrived during the autumn harvest in the fourth year of Yongjia (310). , it has been more than two years.
Their arrival, to put it harshly, almost caused Nanton to "change its species", and the population surged to about 20,000 households and 80,000 people.
In the fifth year of Yongjia, people in Nandun, Ruyang, Shangcai and Pingyu counties planted one season of millet. Although they used cultivated land that had been abandoned after the Eight Kings Rebellion and Li Hong's Rebellion, the harvest was still not very good, barely enough for them to eat, but not enough.
This year, people in the four counties have planted another season of millet. The harvest has increased significantly and their lives have been much better.
After the autumn harvest, some people planted winter wheat and some planted turnips, and their lives were increasingly on track.
The prefect Wei Jun has always adhered to the will of the governor Lu Zhi and the shogunate. He took advantage of the great opportunity after the chaos to clean up household registration, encourage farmers to teach farming, and roughly transformed the four counties of Nanton.
If there is a good harvest next year, the people's sentiment will be completely stabilized, and the four counties of Nanton will also become the second in Chen County.
The Xincai Kingdom southeast of Nanton is similar. Nei Shilemo first cleared the land and villagers of the Xincai King, and then accepted thousands of people brought back by Yu Chen from Jijun, and then absorbed A small number of refugees in Hanoi, Guanxi and Yanzhou have been brought in. Currently, there are about 10,000 households and 40,000 to 50,000 people.
When Shao Xun set major policies in his early years, he focused on Chen County as his business direction, followed closely by Nanton and Xincai County, which were the second batch of key areas for business operations.
Now Nanton is on the right track, Xincai is a little slower, but in another two years, it can still stabilize.
The thirteen counties of Chen, Nanton and Xincai have a large number of immigrants in battalion and team units, as well as a large number of field troops. They are common people who belong exclusively to the government and are not controlled by the gentry. They are Shao The power that Xun can call upon does not require bargaining with aristocratic families - to put it bluntly, this is the most solid foundation for a warlord.
Aristocratic families, Wubao commanders, and manor owners support you and provide money and food. Of course, a warlord can rise to power in an instant, but when they withdraw their investment, you will fall miserably because you have not directly Own tax base: yeoman.
Walking on two legs is never wrong.
The busy digging work continued until noon.
The slaves lined up to receive their meals.
Chen Gongrende, the facilitator also provides meals, which is really good, although he does not take care of the meals every time.
Moreover, these ponds are also good for them. They are conducive to irrigating farmland and increasing the harvest per mu. There is no shortage of enthusiasm for work.
While everyone was eating, the prefect Wei Jun also came to the river control construction site.
He did not come alone, he also brought with him the county officials and the Nanton County magistrate. At this time, he was the leader and gathered behind Yu Liang, who joined the army in the shogunate.
The shogunate is an institution that focuses on military affairs, and its officials also have a strong military flavor.
As a member of the army, Yu Liang was in charge of Cang Cao, Hu Cao, and Thief Cao, and had direct business contacts with county officials.
Theoretically speaking, he cannot directly manage local governance. That is the responsibility of officials at the three levels of state, county and county. But in practice, he will go to the local government to count household registrations and order county and county officials to arrest thieves. , will supervise litigation, and will supervise warehouses-even large grain warehouses such as Nandun Warehouse are under his direct management, and the local government only provides assistance.
Over time, shogunate officials gradually overrode local officials and turned them into subordinates. Therefore, Wei Jun, the governor of Nanton, was very cooperative and answered all questions.
"I heard that since the Han Dynasty, there have been more than 90 villages in Runan. How many are there in Nandun?" Yu Liang walked on the river embankment in high spirits and asked.
"Now there is only one." Wei Jun replied: "The name of this pit is 'Xishu'. It existed in the early Han Dynasty. Cao Wei continued to build it, but many dynasties neglected it. Now it is rebuilt again, which can be used as a guide. There are more than 2,700 hectares of land."
"Where is Gepi?"
"Between Xincai and Pingyu"
During the former Han Dynasty. There it is, "tens of miles away from Bei", which can be considered a relatively large artificial reservoir.
Because of its importance, it was repaired from time to time during the Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties, and it still plays a huge role today.
Shile in history had suffered a lot in Ge Xi.
When I came, Yuzhouwubao also received grain and grass, but after I heard that they were defeated by the Jiangdong sailor led by Ji Zhan north of Shouchun, they suddenly turned their faces. Most of the 90,000 -step ride of Shile was lost. During the northward return, he was "eating each other". In the end, it was only 20,000 people who successfully returned to Hebei, which was much worse than the strength of the time and space Shile. Shao Xun occupied Yuzhou. He did not let Shile penetrate Henan and drink the horse and the Yangtze River. It is still good for him. At least he does not have to let his main force be eliminated by half of the epidemic.
"Runan, Xinzai, Nineton ninety crickets, Chen Gong did not mention it, but mentioned Ge Hui." Yu Liang glanced at Wei Jun and said, "Fujun When you know it "
" The servant knows "Wei Jun's heart, secretly remembered Ge's name.
Because it is located at the junction of Xin Cai and Pingyu, it is more complicated. At the same time, this pond can be barely used, and he doesn't care. It now seems that it has to discuss with Xin Cai Nei Shi Lemo, and it will be repaired before the spring sowing.
Yu Liang looked at Wei Jun's respectful attitude, and his heart was comfortable.
Once the power is holding, you can do it, which feels really wonderful.
However, in the end, he has been practiced by Shao Xun for a long time. His current affairs experience is relatively rich, and he also asked: "The water treatment is very large, and the food is enough?"
"Not enough. "Wei Jun said the truth.
Flood control is just like fighting a war, which consumes a lot of money. The difference is that after the water conservancy project is repaired, the lower and middle fields can be turned into upper fields, and even more cultivated land can be opened up, increasing the overall grain production. However, fighting does not necessarily have so many benefits.
Nandun has been stable for two years. The government and the people finally have some savings, so they can recruit slaves and repair Pichi. But this kind of savings is not unlimited. Generally speaking, you still have to do what you can.
“First repair Xishu Pi and Ge Pei.” Yu Liang glanced at Wei Jun dissatisfied and said, “If this doesn’t work, I will report it to Duke Chen and ask him to make a decision.”
Wei Jun was annoyed after hearing this, but he didn't dare to get angry, so he could only say yes.
Logically speaking, he followed Yang Bao's path and was able to meet Duke Chen. After a test, he became the governor of Nanton.
He is actually Mr. Chen’s man.
But how to put it, can Yu Liang be offended? Definitely not!
Never mind anything else, if Mrs. Yu's pillow is blown by the wind, all her achievements will be lost. She has to bow her head when she should.
Furthermore, dredging the river and repairing the Pichi are the big plans set by Chen Gong.
Yu Liang was in charge of Cang Cao and joined the army. He used chicken feathers as arrows and patrolled the counties. He really couldn't object to what he said.
My maid, since you said so, I don’t care.
When public dissatisfaction boils over and a civil commotion breaks out, don’t blame it all on me.
Yu Yuangui was impatient and overjoyed, but it was nothing more than that, nothing more than that, haha.
Yu Liang naturally didn't know what Wei Jun was thinking. He continued to walk along the river embankment, thinking about what Chen Gong had done.
At present, most water control projects are located in Chenjun, Nanton, Xincai and Runan.
The first three are easy to understand, but Runan is intriguing.
It can basically be judged that the western half of Yuzhou is what Mr. Chen cares about and trusts the most.
Runan Kingdom is semi-surrounded by Xiangcheng, Yingchuan, Nanton, and Xincai. It would be an eyesore if it is not in your hands.
Runan has been very prosperous since the Han Dynasty. It would be a pity not to make full use of it. During the Han Dynasty, Runan County was very large, with as many as thirty-seven counties. It is not the same as Runan Kingdom, which has only eleven counties today. concept.
There are dozens of ponds in Qisipei, Qingpi, Hongxiipi, Gepi, Liyangpi, Shitangpi, etc., some of which can irrigate 300 hectares, and some of which can irrigate 30,000 hectares ( The most densely populated farmland on both sides of the Ru River is the Miyang Pi), with 37 Pi ponds.
Since the Han Dynasty, Runan has even diverted water from the Huaihe River to irrigate farmland. There are rivers and lakes crisscrossing the area, and there are many water reservoirs, which are almost comparable to the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River.
Fupi County (now abandoned) is located in Ruyin today. "There are many ponds used to irrigate rice, so it is called Fupi County."
During the Han Dynasty, the rice fields in Runan were very dense.
Yu Liang read through the classics and learned that in the southern part of Runan, "japonica rice was planted in March and sorghum rice was planted in April". Compared with the millet and wheat harvest, "the high field was five times and the lower field was ten times" - this It is an exaggeration, but it is an indisputable fact that the yield of rice is higher than that of wheat and corn.
It is a pity that there have been wars since the end of the Han Dynasty, which lasted for more than a hundred years.
Although Cao Wei and the imperial dynasty made many efforts to repair Pichi, the local irrigation canal system still inevitably declined, so that the once famous Fupi County (a metaphor for the county's many reservoirs) was abandoned. .
With the current strength of the Xuchang shogunate, it is of course impossible to restore the Pichi irrigation canal system of the Han Dynasty. It cannot even reach the level of the Taikang period of this dynasty. However, as long as it is repaired and utilized, the grain output will increase. Increasingly.
There will be continuous disasters in the third and fourth years of Yongjia. There are no conditions. After five years of recovery, I have recovered a lot in six years, but I am now able to do this.
Yu Liang was keenly aware of the huge opportunities, so he took the initiative to take the initiative and regard this matter as his main work in the next five or ten years. But after seeing the slow movements of local counties, I was still a little anxious, so I threatened and urged.
If he wants political achievements, he will naturally have to work hard.
(End of this chapter)