When the idea of opening up paddy fields and planting rice first appeared, not to mention these people at the bottom, they didn't expect that even Han Qi had eaten a lot, in his impression, the northwest has always been barren and lacking water, and it is already good to be able to have enough water to irrigate the land, paddy fields, how imaginative it must be to be able to open it up.

However, when the water conservancy project of Xiping Lake and the entire northwest farmland was gradually completed, they found that the paddy fields were not so troublesome, as long as they ensured that there was water, plus some fertilizer and rice, it was not as difficult as everyone imagined.

When Han Qi was preparing, he only made a figure of 20,000 mu, considering that water resources are not easy to obtain, large-scale paddy fields, maybe near the water conservancy hub, are okay, if they are far away, it is not suitable, and the water consumption of paddy fields is too great.

Dry fields and irrigated land, the demand for water, more is watered into the land, through the roots of the crops to absorb the water, their total amount is not too large, through water infiltration, in the surface is dried, after locking the transpiration of water, the transpiration of water is not much.

But the paddy field is different, in the south of the rainy place is nothing, but in the north, the sunshine time is long, the transpiration effect is large, the consumption of the paddy field may be twice as much as the south, or even twice as much, may also plant an acre of rice, the south water consumption may only be 800 square meters, but the north even reaches two or three thousand square meters.

One acre of land is almost equivalent to 10 acres of irrigated land, or even more when it is consumed, this paddy field is a bit excessive.

In this era, it has not yet developed into northern rice, and through thousands of years of natural evolution, it has changed from southern rice to rice that is only watered, not grown in water, which requires a long change.

These are all planting problems, Han Qi will not think about this problem, he has to do it first, and when he really wants to farm, he still has to rely on these old farmers.

The water conservancy project in Lingzhou, the water conservancy project in the entire northwest extended by this, from the very beginning, has created an impossibility, a blank paper place in the northwest, actually linked such a huge project at once, after Han Qi connected the system, there have been great changes, in the Lingzhou water conservancy project, as well as the entire northwest water conservancy project, when the total is completed, the number of paddy fields in the entire northwest is as high as 120,000 mu.

This is not the final result, when the introduction of the technology of the Dinghai Navy, expanded to 240,000 acres, and the rice field fish farming, as well as some other advanced technology applied, under the premise of the northern longevity period, actually really created a tribute rice.

This was originally the most outstanding rice in the Huaihe River Basin, but it was perfectly integrated with the bad environment and water conservancy projects in the northwest, and it took a few years to officially take root in Lingzhou, stretching for hundreds of years.

At the beginning, as expected, it was only a grade with the high-grade rice in the south, which was not particularly prominent, but with the slow changes, especially the introduction of the Dinghai Navy's cultivation of improved varieties, in just a few years, it was upgraded and formed a long-grain rice that was different from the rice in the south.

This is the characteristic of Hehuang rice, and because of its taste and various characteristics, it has been sought after, and in the end, this rice with high yield and value has become another pillar in the northwest.

Hehuang rice has become an important symbol of Lingzhou in the future, fundamentally solving many problems in Lingzhou, so that Lingzhou no longer simply relies on border trade and animal husbandry, but has a third more basic pillar.

The things that are placed in front of everyone's eyes, these are all things that can be seen, nonsense, not to mention which pond, just hundreds of miles of canals, it is certain that Lingzhou will have at least 1 million acres of land, most of which are still watered.

Besides, in the Northern Song Dynasty, agriculture was the top priority of a local official, and an official could not develop commerce or manufacturing, but if the farmland was not well managed and the tax could not be collected, it would be a big problem, and the grain for two seasons would be the top priority of a country.

They saw from such a Pingxi Lake how developed Lingzhou would be in the future, although it was a little strange why it could have such great results in a short period of time, but it was an example in front of them.

Obviously, this constant infusion of water, except for the Yellow River, no other river can do, as long as this water is filled, even if it suffers from a dry climate, Lingzhou can also have huge benefits.

600,000 acres of irrigated land, what does it represent, 1.8 million stone grain, what is the concept of this for the northwest, if all of them are military tuns, he can support at least more than 200,000 military rations.

The officials from the Privy Council are extremely frightened, you know, the current Northwest garrison is 300,000, of which the Privy Council is only responsible for about 3 percent of the grain and grass supply, but it is such 30 percent, so that the Privy Council almost sheds its skin, 800,000 stone of grain and grass every year, the Privy Council must pay 4 million, this is already the largest part of the northwest military expenditure, now, as long as there is enough manpower, these lands can be cultivated, can solve most of the problems in the northwest, what is the point.

A strong, self-sufficient and powerful county is about to appear in the northwest, they are self-contained, and they do not even need the support of the center, developed agriculture, animal husbandry and commercial development, will inevitably become an important pillar of the city, perhaps, under a few years of development, the Western Regions, which is extremely prosperous in history, will appear again in the Northern Song Dynasty.

A Xiping Lake was already shocking, and then, as if to open their eyes, they were shocked one after another in the course of 10 days.

For several days, there was no end of the main channel, some ditches similar to canals connected by numerous tributaries and streams, and large ponds that were not yet fully completed.

According to the farmland water conservancy construction in the entire northwest, in the entire northwest, two-thirds of the ditches of more than 7,000 miles have been completed, and the ditches of more than 4,000 miles have at least 50 reservoirs, which are not as big as Xiping Lake, but they are also quite large-scale.

The geographical advantage of Xiping Lake is hard to find, it is the result of the dual role of geographical advantage and manpower, the appearance of the lake group is born, the foundation of Xiping Mansion is acquired, the combination of the two, has created the glory of Xiping Lake.

These reservoirs are also regarded as a regional node, only if there is water, can complete irrigation, if only by relying on the Yellow River water, it is difficult to supply millions of acres, or even tens of millions of acres of land at the same time, although the Yellow River water is more, it is easy to cause the Yellow River to break off, which is not a good thing for the Yellow River.

Only with the help of a large number of reservoirs, can, in the middle, there are also primary and secondary, not to mention Xiping Lake so terrible, can be supplied to the surroundings alone, and can even be stored through surface runoff, not only need the independent system of the Yellow River water, there are also regional reservoirs with a total water volume of more than 30 million square meters, although only one percent of Xiping Lake, but it has become one of the five important nodes, as well as around, more than 40, medium-sized, or small reservoirs.

Among them, it has to be said that located in the north of Xiping Province, closer to the Yellow River, in the middle of the Yellow River and Xiping Mansion, four large reservoirs lined up, from 2,800 cubic meters to more than 3,500 cubic meters, they are not only the Lingzhou water conservancy system, they extend to the northwest four roads.

The biggest difference between the northwest and the Central Plains is that it is vast, a Baozhou, at best, is a little larger than a county, about 200 miles, but in the northwest, a road, less than hundreds of miles, more, more than a thousand miles, take Qinfeng Road as an example, almost as big as the east and west roads of Hebei combined, and there are several armies to be added.

This place, which has always been plagued by border troubles and the environment, has not been able to carry out large-scale development, and how glorious it has been.

Under the premise that the Lingzhou Peace Conference and Han Qi mobilized terrible funds, the Hetao Plain will have a very terrible foundation, with so many reservoirs as the core, with huge artificial ditches, natural swamps and lakes, as well as various tributaries of the Yellow River, and even small rivers on the Hetao Plain, and even the rivers left in the past, through excavation, sorting, under the huge manpower and material resources, forming a terrible network.

A Pingxi Lake is enough to make the officials from Bianliang a little shocked, these systematic projects, even more so, if they don't see it in person, they can't imagine that such a terrible project will appear in the northwest border.

In fact, even Han Qi didn't expect it at first. Even if it is depicted on a blank paper, there is no plan, and there are no constraints, Lingzhou is like a blank paper, which can make people feel free to calligraphy and painting, in this case, of course, how to save how to come, relying on rivers, lakes, plus some original water sources, you can easily save a lot of things.

But to say that it can achieve such a state, it is almost impossible, to put it bluntly, 7,000 miles of canals, but such a huge water conservancy project, is only one-tenth of such a huge water conservancy project, what really plays a role, is the original river, tributaries, and ponds and swamps, these seem to exist naturally a water conservancy system, by the use of Han Qi's water conservancy project, restored to its original appearance.

The completed project, coupled with the vision, is 1,500 miles longitudinal and horizontal, almost including the entire huge project of the Northwest Fourth Road, even the officials who had confidence in Han Qi before did not expect it, it seems that Han Qi's previous report is still a little disguised, otherwise, if this overall project is directly reported, anyone who sees it will feel crazy.