Suqian, in fact, is the place where the Xiang army has just arrived near Hongze Lake and is stationed, and it was stationed here at that time, but it is more convenient here and close to the water source.

For the Xiang Army, when performing tasks, I like these places very much, and unlike the forbidden army that supplies all the supplies, similar to the treatment of civil servants, the supply of the Xiang Army may not even be one-third.

When stationed in some places, the Xiang army will find some work to do, otherwise, they will not be able to support themselves, and when they are stationed outside, they will also choose places where it is easy to get food, natural lakes, which are the best places.

At that time, it was just an idea to lead the team, but now, with Zhao Xin being enclosed to the Dinghai Navy, he also took into account the future logistics situation of the Dinghai Navy, and took the initiative to discuss with Haizhou to allocate a part of the land around Hongze Lake, which can be bought with money, or exchanged for how many people affected by the disaster.

If it is any other place, the land by any lake is very important, and some of the famous ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty, the most outstanding attainment in the local area, is the silt field, which is in the river, or the lake, to get out of the land, in later generations, this is a very violation of flood control measures.

However, it became a common method adopted in the Northern Song Dynasty, for the simple reason that the interests of silting fields were too great.

A silt field on the Yangtze River can easily obtain tens of thousands of acres, or even tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, this kind of land that is completely silted down by river mud, abnormally fertile, and the yield of ordinary land may only be one or two stones, but the silt field is as high as more than 7 stones, and one acre of land is used as three or four acres, and there is no need to worry about it.

These are difficult to exist in Hongze Lake, because Hongze Lake is an inland lake, but also to undertake the injection of the Huai River, which has a very strong amount of water, there will be changes every year, between three or five years, there will be a big flood, in this case, unless it is the brain into the water, otherwise no one will choose to settle down in Hongze Lake, the grain planted, may be a rainstorm, it will be flooded, in vain.

Such a mess is accepted by the navy, which is no problem, of course, Haizhou also raised the issue of governance, Zhao Xin thought about it at the time and agreed.

The management of Hongze Lake, since the Northern Song Dynasty, has become the focus of the Central Plains Dynasty, a large amount of water injection, especially in some rainstorm seasons, the increase in water volume, will not only make Hongze Lake flood, but also make the entire Huai River dangerous.

To put it bluntly, it is a pond with only water injection pipes and no outlet pipes, which is not flooding, maybe, and it is even more terrible when the water volume is also fast and slow.

The simplest way to solve the problem is to use the method of artificial canals to dig an estuary, in fact, this is how New China has solved, but this project is a little too big, temporary, there is no plan, but there are simple links, there are still ways to treat the symptoms.

The very simple method is to use the method of excavating a giant pond to excavate a reservoir, and by the way, dig together in the relatively low-lying places of Hongze Lake, and build a dam around the lake, when the capacity to bear the amount of water exceeds the amount of water injected in a year, at least in such a year, it will not flood.

This is a comprehensive governance, and it is also a bottomless pit, which requires continuous investment, but no problem, Zhao Xin and Ding Navy pay more attention to the future of Hongze Lake.

The location of Suqian is more than ten meters away from the waterside of Hongze Lake, and the expansion of the port is a big step back, about 500 meters away, temporarily connected to Hongze Lake through a small canal about 2 miles long.

With the current strength of the Dinghai Navy, it is somewhat difficult to dig a canal of more than 300 miles, or even 500 miles, and the Dinghai Navy has so much money and enough manpower.

However, as a result, all projects related to the construction of the Dinghai Navy were suspended, and this price was unbearable for Zhao Xin.

He was only able to carry out some development along the shores of Hongze Lake, and for the low-lying areas, he kept digging and digging a series of lakes.

Compared with the canal, the excavation of the lake is much less difficult, as long as it is dug deep, and even if you don't pay attention to it, you don't even need to build the side embankment, and the construction in place is much more convenient than walking construction, and it is also a lot more concentrated.

In this case, in a short period of time, at least in one or two years, there is no need to consider the problem of flooding, and at the same time, it can help the construction of some ditches and water conservancy near Hongze Lake, which can be regarded as increasing the fertility of the land here in disguise.

This project, which was eventually started along with the port project, has not yet been completed, but the construction of the port has been completed.

After a series of excavations and constructions, a complete port was built at a height of more than 30 meters above the water surface, which is the current Suqian Port.

Through excavation, water diversion, this port has basically been put into use, with 20 berths that can berth 800 large ships, more than 100 small and medium-sized berths, in the whole Northern Song Dynasty as a whole, it is also a first-class river port, of course, the daily throughput capacity, is far more than other ports.

Higher position, farther distance, if Hongze Lake according to the current speed, even 20 years, can not flood Suqian Port, this is because of the geographical location, the lake to silt, according to the characteristics of the water, always enter the lowlands first, and then gradually rise, Suqian here, there is enough height.

If you add in the necessary governance every year, there may never be a way to flood the port of Suqian.

This is enough, of course, Zhao Xin cannot do a project for thousands of generations, to solve the problem of Hongze Lake, that is, to let Hongze Lake enter the sea, and repair the farmland and water conservancy construction on this side, so that the water of the Huai River can be fully utilized.

In 20 years, the rapid development of the Dinghai Navy, if it is not possible to complete this project, it is impossible, and it only took less than a year for the Dinghai Navy to become like this, a canal of more than 300 miles, what is the difficulty.

That is the vision, in the future, through the canal, really let the Dinghai Navy into the entire inland water system of the Northern Song Dynasty, and even some water networks that have not yet been connected through some artificially dug canals, so that the water transportation of the entire Northern Song Dynasty extends in all directions, in another sense, to create a transportation system.

At this moment, Suqian Port is a key, which has become a key point in the development of Haizhou, in addition to the Dinghai, the fastest speed, from a wasteland, to a busy city record.

From an untouched wasteland to a modern city with at least 50,000 people.

Countless from the Dinghai Navy to buy, through Haizhou to the official road, transported to the goods here, will be loaded here respectively, the annual throughput gradually increased, has now developed to a very terrible extent, only took a few months, up to now, the expansion project has been opened, after completion, the throughput can reach more than 5 times the current one.

Suqian has become the busiest river port in the entire Northern Song Dynasty, unless it is a maritime merchant from the south of the Yangtze River, otherwise, most of the merchants will come to Suqian through the developed water system of the Northern Song Dynasty, and then go to the Dinghai Navy to buy goods.

Merchants, some with a huge fleet, some, is to come alone, the Ding Navy has already put a lot of things, are ready, the fleet is also the first to build, under the original foundation, the Ding Navy has more than 1,000 ships, a total of up to 200,000 materials of a huge fleet, every day on the canal, the tentacles penetrate into every corner of the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

Suqian is one of the bases of the huge fleet of the Dinghai Navy, and there are a large number of routes all year round, and a huge exhibition center and exchange will be established in the future to bring at least half of the commodities of the Dinghai Navy to be traded here.

At this time, the most eye-catching thing in Suqian Port is the 30 huge ships, all of them are 800 sand ships, all of which are products of Jiangnan, and they are all new ships that have just been launched.

Originally, there was a master, but it was bought by the Navy at a high price, and these were Zhao Xin's cars to Bianliang, the eastern capital.

Zhao Xin was a little dissatisfied with these ships, the best ship should not be such a simple Chinese-style sailing ship, but should be a huge ship that resembles a car ship, relying on sails and pulp, and even inside, a ship that can move quickly by stepping on the impeller that can be transmitted.

It's just that these ships are too advanced, and although the Dinghai Navy has a steel foundation and a mechanical manufacturing foundation, it will take quite a while to rush into here.

The expansion of the shipyard is not only about the people in place, but also about materials, technology, machinery and many other aspects.

In this era, under the traditional process conditions, the completion of a ship not only requires huge investment, but also takes time, as short as one year, as long as two or three years.

However, for Zhao Xin, the problem that money can solve, everything is not a problem, an 800 material sand ship, the price is about 400 guan, Ding Haijun directly took out 1000 guan, almost two or three times his time, do not bend his waist for money, there is no connection, a ship, two or three years, can not earn two or three times the profit, the big deal is to take a thousand guan, continue to place orders.

In addition to buying a large number of boats, Zhao Xin also greatly expanded the river transportation team, employing a large number of people related to water.

In just one year, it is a boon for this group of people who walk the water business, because not only there is a lot of work, but also the opportunity to be hired on a long-term basis.

River workers are very hard, some people who are engaged in river work, often eat the rice of youth, relying on hard labor, can earn a meager salary, the boat boss and the boat, a little better, but a capsizing, is enough to make countless families, into the most miserable situation.