Lingling County, Shi'an County, which was established during the reign of Sun Quan, is now revoked and restored as before, and is the southern governor of Lingling.

The Lingqu is located between Shi'an County and Lingling County, and the main responsibility of the southern governor of Lingling is to maintain the operation of the Lingqu, as well as the surrounding warehousing and transshipment facilities.

Leaving Xiangyi to Shi'an County, it took only two days to stop and go, and then the envoy from Jiangdu came.

Wave after wave of messengers followed, finally bringing the final message.

Sad?

Tian Xin is indeed sad, but it is only sad, not so depressed that his personality has changed greatly.

The emperor's departure is not as sad as the death of Wang Zhizhan.

The people who crawled out of the sea of corpses and blood have a calmness like numbness about the change of fate.

During this time, Tian Xin only lived in the remote mountains, painting every day for leisure time.

Until one day Meng Da came from Xiangyi, more than 260 miles away, when Meng Da came, it was raining lightly, the road was muddy and slippery, sparse and difficult to walk, and it was even more difficult to climb the mountain.

When Meng Da reached the hillside where Tian Xin lived, he was already covered in mud, and there was a gravel road washed by a mountain stream on the mountainside, Meng Da rubbed the mud on his hands, and gradually approached, and saw Tian Xin cooking tea on the fire next to the source of the mountain stream, and the tea soup in the hanging three-eared small iron pot was boiled into black brown, and there were eggs inside.

Tian Xin saw that it was Meng Da, he just smiled, this is a reserved person, and he didn't come here to tell any big truth, or to do anything.

At this juncture, he ran to see himself...... There is no need to say anything, the posture is enough for the government and the opposition to understand Meng Da's position.

Meng Da doesn't need to talk about anything, but he has something to say, and he wants to use Meng Da to publicize it.

After all, the emperor is gone, and he also has safety concerns.

Tian Xin pointed to the wooden stake in front of him: "Zidugong, how is the view here?" ”

Meng Da looked around left and right before he sat down: "Barren mountains and mountains, sparse trees, overgrown weeds, there will be many snakes and insects, etc., it is not a good land." ”

"Yes, not a good land."

Tian Xin scooped the strong tea with a wooden spoon and scooped a cup of steaming strong tea for Meng Da, and sighed: "I initially thought that this kind of place could be cultivated as terraces and become a densely populated place. Just like my tea estates and tea mountains, I can crisscross the hills. If you plant rapeseed, the mountains will be full of gold, and you will start to feel so relaxed. ”

"When I got closer to it, I realized that it was a badland."

The plains of Lingnan have not been fully developed, let alone the mountainous areas, Tian Xin shoveled out a pile of maroon mud with his feet, and lowered his eyebrows: "This kind of soil must be transformed into fertile black soil, and it must be cultivated for three generations and a hundred years." I've only known Zidugong for five years, how many five years are there in my life? ”

Brown soil and yellow mud are too much land that is not suitable for reclamation and planting.

This requires an overflowing and sufficient population to cultivate this rotten land with the preciousness of the present population...... The people will vote with their feet.

Only the land around the main stream and tributaries of the Pearl River is fertile and easy to cultivate.

The farther mountain forest areas are costly and difficult to manage, and currently do not have development value.

I brought people to live a good life, not for them to sacrifice in vain.

Meng Da is not too dirty, the mud on his hands has not been cleaned, so he grabbed a handful of mud and rubbed it again, the feel is indeed a little rough, this kind of soil does not store water.

"The public once said that according to local conditions, the soil of Lingnan is indeed not suitable for fine cultivation."

Meng Da rubbed off the mud ball in his hand, turned around and washed his hands in the small spring stream near the side, and then took a sip of Tian Xin's boiled egg tea in a black pottery bowl, and suddenly his body was warm: "Then according to the public's will, what should Lingnan do?" ”

"Most northerners are not accustomed to the humid heat of Lingnan."

Tian Xin stated a fact, even he was a little uncomfortable, although there are many wonders about walking on tropical beaches and traveling with his wife and concubine, but this is only limited to sunny days.

There are not many sunny days like this, and the only thing to see is the beach...... Except for the beach, everywhere else, this era is all about human life.

In addition to these, the biggest advantage of Lingnan is that it can start a great voyage and plunder the resources of the South Seas, among which the slave human resources can greatly make up for their own needs.

Therefore, Lingnan cannot be cultivated finely, only extensively.

Like grazing, the Pearl River basin is a blood vessel, and the northerners are not adapted to the Lingnan climate, so they can only be used by the Xiangzhou people as the main material for the blood vessels.

These blood vessels absorb the manpower and resources of the Lingnan natives, and transform the Lingnan natives into Han and make them form flesh and skin outside the blood vessels.

Then there is the Great Voyage, which establishes a resource point in Nanyang to absorb and digest local resources and manpower, and then feeds back to Lingnan and accelerates the development of Lingnan.

If you can do this step, you don't need to take care of the rest of the things yourself, and this institution that collects resources to absorb, digest and expand is like a shark in the **, which will continue to expand and grow.

The Land of Summers, even if it is broken, is the largest market in the world today, and it is also a beacon of civilization in the dark.

No matter how Lingnan and Nanyang develop, it is inseparable from the Central Plains.

Tian Xin thought about it and suddenly smiled: "After Your Majesty passes away, I can't be naïve and wishful thinking anymore. I thought it was not difficult to develop Lingnan, but it was very difficult, which is why I was stationed in Tunshi'an. ”

After Shi'an, the climate of a little south is obviously not conducive to this army of Nanyang origins.

Nanyang area is humid and rainy, and the climate is a little closer to Xiangzhou, so it should have a certain adaptability to the Lingnan climate.

However, in the case of being equipped with heatstroke prevention medicine, there are still cases of heat stroke and death, which makes Tian Xin very uncomfortable.

If you die from a native attack, you can classify it as a decrease in military quality and lack of vigilance...... But in the case of prevention, he died of heat stroke, which can no longer be ignored.

Meng Da endured the excitement in his heart, and asked in a trembling voice: "What does the prince mean?" ”

"I will leave the Nanyang army to repair the Ling Canal, and afterwards, I will repatriate the Nanyang army to reunite with their families."

In this way, the plan of Beifu to relocate the families of the soldiers of Nanyang Province in August can also be stopped, saving a lot of resources.

The so-called Ling Canal repair plan is only to re-dredge the river channel, remove the sand and gravel in the Ling Canal channel, and increase the water depth to facilitate the passage of ships in the future.

It's a small project, and you don't even need to use your brain.

A change of order?

No, it's conforming to the heart.

Tian Xin looked calm, there was nothing to be embarrassed about, and continued: "Zidugong, the development of rail cars in Lingnan is not of great use. He also asked Zidugong to move to Wuchang and build a wooden track in Wuchang to facilitate the transfer of materials by Xiahou. ”

Xiahou State was established around the Wuchang Iron Mine, with a radius of 500 miles, if Xiakou, Wuchang and Xiahou Iron Mills were connected by wooden rails, they could streamline transportation manpower, improve efficiency and accelerate development.

Meng Da's face was difficult: "On the public, the principle of the rail car is simple, and I am afraid that the enemy country will follow suit." ”

"No hindrance, Cao Pi vigorously built rail cars, although it is convenient for the Wei army to transport, it can also be convenient for our army."

Tian Xin replied, seeing Meng Da's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, he knew that he was unwilling to share such an important technology with the Han court.

It would be nice if there was a patent bill...... I was a little unhappy, not to mention Meng Da, who had some small tools.

But here's the problem, the Han Empire can't use rail cars now.

The emperor was there, and the construction of rail cars in the Central Plains to accelerate the efficiency of material operation could greatly benefit the Northern Expedition. The logistics have been changed from impossible to possible; This is a qualitative change.

But now that the emperor is gone, for a period of time in the future, it is necessary to take a defensive position.

If you are on the defensive, the construction of rail cars in the Central Plains is equivalent to helping the Wei army build.

The traffic and transportation of Yizhou and Jingzhou rely on the Yangtze River, and now manpower is precious, how can we have the energy to build a rail line between Jingzhou and Yizhou?

In the Northern Expedition of Yizhou, a large area of road is a rugged mountain road, a steep plank road, and the section that can build a wooden track is fragmented, although it has a role, but it does not play an absolute role.

The only thing that has a role is to build a wooden track in Nanyang, and after it is repaired, it is not convenient for Beifu to transfer troops and transport?

Not to mention anything else, to build a wooden track from Dengyi to Ye County, Cao Pi will definitely move.