The same 10,000 people work wholeheartedly, and half-heartedly, completely different things, before, under the orders of above, these people worked hard, but now, but for the sake of the military industry, even if it is the same people, using the same equipment, in terms of efficiency, it will be two or three percent worse. In the face of the huge amount of work, two or three percent is already considerable.

The entire Lingzhou is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and the entire Northwest Forbidden Army, except for a small number of troops stationed on the outside, among those fortresses, to guard against possible attacks by the Liao State, the others have been put into the whole work, and the northwest has mobilized almost 250,000 people, as well as 150,000 slaves, and nearly 200,000 large cattle, these forces together are enough to produce earth-shaking changes.

According to the previous plan, more than 5 million acres of farmland reclaimed, these will become the foundation of Lingzhou's foothold in the future, in the autumn, even if the output of one mu of land is 2 stones, the entire Lingzhou, there will be more than 10 million stones, even according to the price in Bianliang, it is as high as 7 million, if it is according to the current grain price in the northwest, it is as high as 50 million.

10 million stone grain, what can be done, there are many things that can be done, Han Qi's large-scale project this time, the focus is on food.

Han Qi knew that with the gradual end of Lingzhou and the completion of his peace agreement this time, his time to stay in Lingzhou was running out.

The Northern Song Dynasty had fewer restrictions on civil officials, and they would not do anything against him because a civil official held great power.

But at that time, for the Daimyo's Mansion, the Daimyo's Mansion and the position of the Privy Deputy Envoy were compatible, the northwest side was too barren, and at the same time, the authority of the Northwest Fourth Road was too great, in terms of military affairs, the Northwest Fourth Road was equivalent to Hebei East Road, Hebei West Road, and the three passes combined, and all the military forces were combined.

In the era of war, when facing the threat of Western Xia, this is nothing, and higher authority can be given, but now that Western Xia is gone, how can it be possible without restrictions, it is difficult to make it possible, a Western Xia is popping up.

Of course, Han Qi did not have the idea of becoming a king on his own, or being an emperor of the soil, his lifelong ambition was to hold the authority of the Northern Song Dynasty, so leaving the northwest and ruling other places was a necessary choice and grinding.

The greater his credit, the greater his movements, and the sooner he will leave, because of this, Han Qi has a clear understanding in his heart that in the limited time, he will use the fastest speed to lay a solid foundation for Lingzhou.

Before he thought about it again and again, and finally put the foundation on animal husbandry and agriculture, there is no way to live in animal husbandry, more than 20 million head of livestock, if not properly handled, it is all money, this money is the profit of the Northern Song Dynasty from the hands of the Liao State, and even the income of the Liao State in Western Xia may not be as much as the Northern Song Dynasty.

Then agriculture is the foundation of a foundation, animal husbandry, may be able to get rich, but what can really lay the foundation still depends on agriculture.

Building a large number of ponds, building huge ravines, and gradually turning the places shrouded by these water conservancy projects from the original wasteland and dry land to irrigated land is one of Han Qi's core choices at present.

Watering the ground, what does it mean, the harvest of the dry land is very low, generally can ensure the harvest of more than one stone, it is already good, no matter more, it is difficult, and it is not even easy to resist the disaster, once it encounters the three disasters of water and drought locusts, it is almost inevitable that there will be problems, and the yield will be reduced at the lightest, and the harvest will be wiped out.

Relying on the Yellow River and its many tributaries, even in the dry and rainy season, there is no need to worry about the shortage of water, and as long as there is sufficient water, with the efforts of hard-working farmers, it is still possible to achieve a certain harvest.

In the general dry land, the harvest of one acre of land is less than 1 stone, and the irrigated land, even if it is the most elementary watered land, as long as it is watered a little bit when it is needed, it is enough to make the grain yield exceed 2 stones, and some intensive cultivation, and even experience, can even reach three or four stones.

Of course, Han Qi couldn't have the luxury of expecting that on the Lingzhou side, they were all experienced old farmers, but even if it was an ordinary standard of 3 stones, it was a very terrifying amount.

Based on the progress of the construction that I saw yesterday, the progress is going smoothly so far, and there are some unsatisfactory areas, but most of them, especially the reclamation of canals and farmland, are going very well.

The farmland in Lingzhou is above the canal, more important, but compared to the canal, the difficulty is not great, 250,000 people, 200,000 cattle and horses, horses may be under the continuous effect, far less than the ploughing cattle, and the strength is not big enough, but the speed is fast, a cow is up to 2 acres a day, but two horses rotate a day, but they can plough 20 acres.

It's just that there is no special horse-drawn plough in the northwest, and although it has been booked with the Daimyo's Mansion, it is difficult to say when it will arrive.

Even if it is with cattle, 2 acres a day, 200,000 heads, all put on cultivated land, 400,000 mu a day, 5 million mu, just 10 days, Han Qi has no doubt that the reclamation plan will be a complete success.

5 million acres of cultivated land is guaranteed, and the ravines are also guaranteed, and all these newly reclaimed land can be turned into irrigated land, which means that 5 million acres of cultivated land, at least in terms of increasing production, can increase production by more than 10 million stones, according to the standard of 6 stones a year for a person, 5 million acres of land, that is, with these, Lingzhou can support at least about 1.5 million people, which can even include more than 50,000 garrisons,

Why is the bearing capacity of the northwest so small, it is because of the problem of food, in the feudal era, there was no transportation that could be guaranteed, thousands of miles of troops, but the follow-up military food delivery, is an insurmountable difficulty, from Bianliang to the border pass, not only the cost is huge, the food eaten on the road is several times the grain transported, and it will take at least two months to arrive.

The huge logistical pressure not only transports a stone of grain to the front line, but also pays a huge price and is not very time-sensitive.

Sometimes, when it's a good opportunity, it's missed.

Take the battle of Liaoxia as an example, at that time, the border pass had already noticed the big fight between Western Xia and the Liao State, but the pressure on the border pass was huge, if you didn't prepare in advance, there was no way to mobilize the grain and grass for the troops, even if the main general saw the opportunity, it was impossible to seize this opportunity.

Now, everything is not a problem, when the entire Lingzhou can produce these grains, no one can capture Lingzhou, which refers to the original, Lingzhou's defense system, and now it is even more so

And with Lingzhou in the front, the entire northwest can be slowly restored, and this huge water conservancy system, is based on Lingzhou, but also takes into account the northwest four roads, once completely completed, can be enriched in the range, not to mention more than 5 million acres, that is more than 35 million acres of huge land.

Unlike the rich land of the Northern Song Dynasty, the northwest, the perennial war, coupled with a slightly barren environment, this is the root cause of the barrenness in the northwest, and now the war has been blocked out by the system of the fortress, and there are enough manpower and funds, everything will be very different.

Of course, it is impossible to turn all of the land into water, but some of it has become an improvement in the ability of other places to resist floods and droughts, which in itself is a great thing for the northwest.

This kind of credit is boundless. With the help of the opportunity, at the age of more than 30 years old, he has climbed to the level of the privy deputy envoy, and has almost climbed to the peak of Wenchen, and other people, maybe the limit of a lifetime, is this level, but Han Qi can go further.

That's right, going further, this is Han Qi's ambition in itself, after joining the new law and being promoted to the deputy privy envoy, because of Fan Zhongyan's relationship, he had to go to the local area to grind.

Since Qingli began to brew, and a group of law change factions led by Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi began to enter the center, the far-reaching Qingli law change began to appear, but because of the great resistance and the immaturity of the law changer, the law change was urgently stopped by Renzong, as a follower of Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi was of course affected.

But now, under the premise that this influence is overshadowed by this great achievement, even if he wants to go down to grind, it will greatly reduce the time. This is the inevitable path, if you don't go through the grinding of the state capital and don't make miraculous achievements, it is impossible to be promoted to the position of first assistant, and it is difficult even for the privy envoy.

In itself, Han Qi is ready to spend 10 years to complete this grinding, but the battle of Western Xia is a natural opportunity, and he has made great contributions, and he himself has a further opportunity, and he is a privy envoy, but he is still one step away from the position of the richest man.

Then, painting and calligraphy on such a blank piece of paper in Lingzhou provided the Northern Song Dynasty with a border state that could be self-sufficient and had strong defense at the same time, and completely solved the problems in the northwest, which was enough to make him famous in history and lay a profound opportunity for further progress in the future.

Just like the battle over Taoism, in the face of the foundation of enlightenment, no one will take the initiative to give up, and the same is true for Han Qi, even at this time, if the Holy Decree of Renzong orders him to leave, he will return the Holy Decree within the scope permitted by the rules, or even go against the Divine Decree.

In just a few months, from the beginning of winter to the beginning of spring next year, these few months are extremely important for Lingzhou and Han Qi, and if you grasp this critical moment, Lingzhou can lay a solid foundation and soar into the sky, and when Han Qi leaves after all this has been laid, then the credit for this will be firmly recorded in his body.

A war, a peace negotiation, and even a huge gain, this is just one time, and now, a few people will mention how powerful it is to single-handedly promote the signing of the alliance between the Yuanyuan and Kou Zhun, and some people even criticize Kou Zhun for winning two copies of the prime minister's salary.

But a Dujiangyan made Li Bing's father and son famous through the ages, built the Su Causeway, cleaned up the West Lake, and left a strong Su Dongpo in the south of the Yangtze River, and the same is true, Han Qi keenly grasped this opportunity and really took this step, so he who has already reached the peak will have a completely different encounter with history.