Chapter 230: Old Things
For Zhao Hao, Kublai Khan's concern was just an accident, and he didn't care about it, because he was his dish sooner or later, and he didn't expect that the movement would make such a big fuss and cause the whole Jiangnan to shake. He is concerned about how many people can go to Qiongzhou, of course, he doesn't want the people of Jiangnan to run to Qiongzhou when they hear the news, and now although Jiangnan has been war-torn for many years, there are tens of millions of people, and they can't settle here and can't support them. His own conditions are not too high, and if he can come to 180,000, even if he is not busy in vain.
Now even Ying Jieyan knows that a large number of refugees have come to Qiong, which shows that there are still achievements. Zhao Yu believed that more people would come, and he secretly sent people to pick up refugees in coastal areas and arranged ferries to organize them to smuggle them to Qiongzhou. According to Zhao Yu, the productivity of the Ming and Qing dynasties was about the same as it is now, but at the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were more than 2 million people on Hainan Island, and there was no problem with the bearing capacity of land and resources. Now there is a large area of land outside Yazhou City for reclamation, even if there are hundreds of thousands of people who can be resettled, to ensure that they have land to cultivate and houses to live in.
As long as the arrangement is right, the seeds can be planted next spring, and the first crop of rice can be harvested in May, so that at least they can be self-sufficient and do not have to rely on the Shuai Fu for support. When the harvest period of the second season comes, there will be surplus grain to sell, and part of the military food problem will be solved. If there is no catastrophe, it will not take three years to work outside Yazhou City, and there will be a scene of chickens and dogs smelling each other, changing the tragic situation of being uninhabited for three miles out of the city, and entering a virtuous circle, the financial pressure of the Shuai Mansion will also be greatly reduced. In addition, the increase in population will not only greatly increase the army's oxygen supply capacity, but also provide the army with sufficient soldiers, so that the military strength will be further enhanced.
After Zhao Yu returned to Yazhou City, he discussed his idea of building Daya Prefecture in detail with Ying Jieyan that night, and obtained his support, and after the two discussed and sorted out the recent development framework, they convened a joint meeting of Jiyang Junzhou County officials and major generals of the former army the next day. In addition to briefing them on the current grim situation, they were also required to make good preparations for war, and also to prepare for the resettlement of a large number of refugees, so that they could make full use of the opportunity of the substantial increase in population to build water conservancy, reclaim wasteland, and build the Jiyang Army into the rear and production base of the Shuaifu Army.
For the Dutianling Iron Mine, after Zhao Yu returned, he ordered Huang Xianyao to send troops to raid their nest according to the prisoners' confessions. These people have been working there for many years, and some of them have even been arrested for more than ten years, and they are all familiar hands. He ordered the good students to be taken care of, and tried to keep them as the first workers in the iron mines, and put them into production after the capital was sent to receive them.
Zhao Hao has already calculated that the private workshop can produce about ten tons of pig iron a year with only more than 100 people, which is not the situation at full capacity, if the manpower is increased and management is strengthened, it is not a big problem to produce 40 tons of iron a year. And forty tons of iron in ancient times, what is the concept ?! If you use 40 tons of iron to make a bow and arrow. An arrow counts as twenty-five grams, and forty tons of iron can make 1.6 million arrowheads. The Song Dynasty's infantry armor was the heaviest standard armor of the nationalized armed army in the world at that time, and a set of 30 kilograms and 40 tons of iron could make more than 1,300 pieces. The role of this in the production of weapons cannot be underestimated......
"Sir, how about we rest here tonight?" Zhao Yu originally wanted to stay in Yacheng for a few more days in order to arrange immigration and mining matters. But suddenly there was news that the Yuan army was attacking fiercely, and laid down the important pass of defending Guangzhou, Da Yuling, and the threatened ****** hurriedly moved to Qianwan, but the enemy general Liu Shen led the naval army to chase closely, and Zhang Shijie was unfavorable to the battle, so he and Jiang Wanzai escorted the emperor to Jingao. The ****** he only remembered was that he finally ran to the vicinity of Leizhou, but the result was that the little emperor fell into the water and was scared to death. This is related to his future fate, so he also hastily ended his trip around the island, and prepared to return to Qiongzhou via the east of the island, but he did not expect that the army in Changhua could only enter the port here to avoid the storm.
"Your Highness, this place is shabby, I'm afraid it's not good, it's better to go back to the post house to rest." Ying Jieyan looked at the wind and rain outside the house and frowned. Your Royal Highness, this kid can't be idle, after arriving at the Changhua Army, the storm continues, and he can't stand it after holding it in the house for two days, and he will go out when the wind and rain are a little less today. But there is no good place to go in this place, so I will go to this 'wine hall' to go around.
"Sir, Mr. Dongpo lived here for three years, so what does it matter if we only stay for one night." Zhao Hao smiled when he heard this, this Changhua army is not as good as Yacheng and Wanzhou City, although it is small and surrounded by city walls, there is no city here, and the state government is also very narrow, so he can only deign to live in the post house.
"His Royal Highness insists on staying, and the old man can only accompany him!" Ying Jieyan said helplessly, because the wind and rain were very strong, the school was on holiday, and the vacant living house was enough for them to live.
"Sir, is there a provenance for this wine hall?" Zhao Yu visited here in his previous life, and at that time, the order fair and the like would be mostly chosen in places where there was eating, drinking and playing, Hainan Island has always been the first choice, and he also took advantage of this east wind to travel all over the island. But at that time, this place was called Dongpo Academy, and I was so drunk that I didn't hear what the little tour guide said.
"I think Mr. Dongpo took it from the Book of Han? The biography of Yang Xiong contains the allusion of the wine question, and the name of the house is the wine hall. Ying Jie replied after a moment's thought.
"Seems a little smaller here?" Zhao Yu entered the courtyard to take a look around, and said suspiciously, although he drank a lot that day, he still remembered that the yard was very large, there were many houses, and it was not so simple, and the environment was much better. He felt that even if later generations rebuilt, the gap would be too big.
"Your Highness, although the old man is here for the first time, he still knows some things about the past. Mr. Dongpo was quite miserable when he first arrived......" Ying Jieyan said with a sigh.
Zhao Yu learned from the old man's mouth that when Su Dongpo first came to Danzhou, the state official Zhang Zhong respected him very much and let him live in the official room to eat official food. In the second year, the imperial court sent Hunan to promote Dong Bi to visit Guangxi, and learned in Leizhou that Su Dongpo was living a very prosperous life in Danzhou, which was repaid. So he sent someone to drive Su Dongpo and his son out of the city. Su Dongpo is a foreigner, no house and no land, how can he live this life!
Fortunately, the local people are not bad, and the folk customs are simple, unlike those dog officials in the capital who are all killed, and the city is not allowed to live. With the help of the villagers, Su Dongpo built three thatched huts, which can be regarded as a place to live. Although the environment is a little harsh, it can be said that it is a home. The thatched shed is surrounded by a forest of nuts, and Dongsupo called his "new house" "Lang Nunnery...... (To be continued.) )