With the faint roar of machinery near and far and the sound of water stirring up by the slurry of water wheels, a long fleet of tugboats cruised through the widened canal. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On these tugboats with pink paw prints, I was carrying my entourage of staff and staff, a whole group of guards armed to the teeth, along with their chariots, horses, equipment, and food, and water.

In addition, there are several cavalry units directly under the Yuhou Army under the name of training on the shore, and they are responsible for the vigilance and response work along the coast in the form of relays. There are also a number of athletes from the inland water army, disguised as fishermen and boatmen, as the front of the fleet and the rear of the palace.

Therefore, although the lineup of travel is much more inconspicuous than in the past, the security measures are more stringent.

In May, when the weather was getting hotter, I just watched about 20 teams from Huaishang Prefecture race the dragon boats that passed the Dragon Boat Festival, and awarded the championship prize to the Ruan brothers from the Yunzhou Dragon Boat Team.

Although I have cruised many times in Huaizhen over the years, for some reason or another, it is the first time that I have taken a boat along the river to observe the scenery along the coast.

With the expansion of land and the improvement of water conservancy and canal facilities in recent years, the number of rivers that can pass large ships and the safe areas where control has been stabilized are also increasing. Therefore, the scope of this outbound travel has also been further expanded from the original six core states of Huaidong to the outer eleven states in the east, west, north and south, and has been further expanded to the newly developed western states of Huaizhen.

Another reason is to avoid disturbance and other collateral effects similar to those caused by the crossing of a large group of people and horses on land. After all, with the population and local prosperity over the years, it is impossible to keep them unaffected; It is more likely to give rise to undesirable tendencies in the bureaucratic system, such as the use of reception as a means of changing tricks, or the pursuit of political achievements at the expense of the basics, and the sudden implementation of image projects.

On the contrary, when traveling in the river, except for the occasional need to intercept? In the past, merchant ships and civilian ships, in order to pass first, can basically isolate more than the claims and petitions on the shore.

Therefore, in addition to the occasional smell of bituminous coal and marine lubricants in the wind, which reminds me of a certain industrial element, it is also quite pleasant to sit under the pergola outside the cabin when I have nothing to do, and drink the sweet and sour drinks prepared by the ship's attendants to cool off the heat, and to blow the wind and watch the scenery;

Here, you can look at the slowly receding towns and towns and pedestrians along the coast, the large and small connecting wharves and riverboats all the way, the green trees and willows in the near distance, and the idyllic songs in the distance, which can also be called unique and innovative.

When they stop and station, investigators from the corresponding departments and fields come up to hand over information, or they are the heads of important local departments directly under the department, who come to report on various progress and the latest situation.

Or based on these feedbacks, I took the initiative to designate and convene nearby local officials to come over for discussions, and some of the garrison generals who I paid special attention to would also be summoned; On the spot, it is either a blow or a suggestion, or a commendation or a correction.

But what makes people have the most intuitive experience is the endless canal under me and the changes it has bringed.

It can be said that Qingxu Town, which used to be on the back for a hundred years, was able to maintain a strong town atmosphere and pattern that was quite autonomous for a long time in this place adjacent to the core area of the Northern Dynasties and the Huaishang that controlled the north-south rush. In addition, in a series of continuous natural and man-made disasters, the basic living standards of the core area have been guaranteed, and a large part of them rely on these tributaries of the Cao River, which have the functions of agricultural irrigation and regional environmental climate regulation, and are also integrated with the water transportation system.

In the Huaibei Raid War of the First Northern Expedition, as one of the great obstacles and obstacles to the northward movement of the Eastern Route Army, Qingxu Town, as a strategic node of the four wars, was able to hold on for a long time in the wave and momentum of hundreds of thousands of southern troops' fierce attacks;

It is also with the help of this relatively intact canal system and a sufficiently large fleet of vehicles and ships that have been preserved since the wars of the past dynasties; With relatively inferior military strength and resources, he has always resisted the rolling trend of the Southern Dynasties without being cut off inside and outside, and has spent more than a month and a half under the fortified cities.

Because these Qingxu chariots and ships that traveled across the water not only transported personnel and materials to the besieging fortresses, but also often carried the armaments and soldiers equipped on the ships, broke into the rear and inner lines of the Eastern Route Army, harassed and intercepted the grain routes, burned and destroyed those areas where the defense was empty or slack.

It was not until the Northern Expedition army learned from the pain and took the measures of piling up earth and sinking boats at the expense of manpower and material resources, silting up many sections of the river sections and forks that were conducive to traffic, and relying on the abundance of labor and resources, Fengsui outposts were set up all over the river.

In the end, the water surface power to which Qingxu Town belonged was squeezed and shrunk section by section into several waters that were difficult to do, which slowly cut off the most headache foreign aid and help under Qingxu Town.

Today, Huaizhen under my rule is no exception, but while greatly widening and extending the distribution of the river network, it has also added new technologies such as small steamers (steam water steamers) to add bonuses in the transportation of troops and the flow of materials. Since then, there has been no longer the suffering of indiscriminate labor and animal-powered tugboats along the way, but has greatly enlivened the flow of people, the circulation of commodities, and economic activities.

Even with less wear and tear and operating costs, it is also largely due to the maintenance of a huge supply and marketing system that eventually reaches the municipal and rural levels from top to bottom, as well as an internal distribution system for both military and civilian routes.

Therefore, today's economic layout of Huaizhen is characterized by "heavy industry, mining, forestry and animal husbandry in the east, and more agricultural production areas in the west", "equal emphasis on coastal fishing and inland aquaculture", and "simultaneous development of sea trade and salt industry", while the strategic situation is "heavy in the north and light in the west, east and west expansion, sea and land go hand in hand". ",

Relying on this canal transshipment and transportation system, Huaizhen can completely realize the relatively small proportion of troops and troops, relying on the distribution of rivers and road traffic nodes, and the limited fortress fortress as a strategic support base, and can maintain the relative movement and elastic defense of advancing and retreating freely at any time, and even take the initiative to attack and resist the basic needs of the enemy abroad.

Then add to that the local secondary and tertiary mobilization capabilities, including a large number of young and strong people who are potentially educated with simple military training or have a short-term service to admire, forming the reserve base, as well as a considerable landing and delivery capability from the sea.

It is enough to improve to a considerable extent, the traditional strategic disadvantages of this Huaishang land that extends in all directions and are easy to attack and difficult to defend, () "The Traveler Crossed the Traveler" only represents the author's point of view, if it is found that its content violates the content of national laws and conflicts, please delete it, and the position is only committed to providing a healthy and green reading platform.

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