The way back was quick and convenient.

As one of the few main roads under the rule of Huaidong, they are all made of sand and lime mortar, and the composite road surface has been hardened in multiple layers, so the load-bearing carriage walks quite safely.

In the fields and mountains along the way, there is no shortage of busy figures working everywhere.

Thanks to the flooding of the Huai River in the south and the continuous fighting in the west, countless people have been displaced and have poured into neighboring Haizhou and other places.

As a result, the relatively monotonous and even somewhat desolate and lonely scene of the southern route of Qingzhou no longer exists with the successive resettlement settlements and temporary strongholds fenced off by wooden fences, as well as the newly rebuilt villages of new immigrants on the original site.

By the time I left, the freshly turned soil had been exposed to the air, and the fields, which had attracted flocks of birds to feed on, had been replanted with dwarf grey-green crops.

As a buffer transition place where the north and south meet, the two Huai are obviously far more abundant and productive than other places in terms of crop types and environmental and climate adaptability.

Whether it is rice, wheat, corn, soybeans, cotton, or rape, they can all grow well and coexist here.

Therefore, as long as you are willing to invest fertility and ∮ labor, it is not too difficult to achieve three harvests in two years or two harvests a ♂ year in the traditional agricultural areas of several river valleys, about 100,000 dumps of new and old mature land, through the rotation of different crops.

However, the corresponding shortcomings are that there are many low-yield mountains and hills in the traditional Qing, Zi, Wei, and Mi states, so it has somewhat affected the upper limit and potential of reclamation and development.

However, with the consolidation and strengthening of the Yunzhou-Xuzhou front, which was opened up to the west, from Jeju to Yanzhou to Xuzhou, the eastern end of the Huanghuai Plain, the so-called traditional agricultural production area of the Nansi Lake Basin, has also been gradually used and restored, and the corresponding worries and concerns have been calmly allayed.

You must know that Xuzhou, as the old feudal town of Qingxu Town, is the basic plate and core hinterland, and at its peak, it has supplied and fed hundreds of thousands of residents in the state, and in this chaotic world, it has created the illusion of several generations of chaotic paradise in a corner of the world.

After all, in addition to the natural geographical weakness of the land of the four wars, the local conditions in Xuzhou could not be better. Relatively dry and bitterly cold in the north, the climate here is mild, sunny, and moderately rainy. For Jiangnan, it is the four seasons and the rain and heat at the same time.

Among the four seasons, spring and autumn are short, winter and summer are long, the weather in spring is changeable, the summer is hot and rainy, the autumn is high and cool, and the winter cold wave is frequent.

There are also traditional canals and tributaries scattered throughout the territory, which provide great convenience for water and land transshipment. At the same time, the canal also brings sufficient irrigation water and local climate regulation for the surrounding agricultural development.

Although the basic pattern of Xuzhou has been in the Northern Expedition, it has been beaten by a long time of reciprocating seesawing, and almost every inch of land has been soaked in the blood and sweat of countless soldiers.

But the population was slaughtered and requisitioned, the things and goods on the ground were looted, and the buildings were burned and demolished into ruins, but there was no way to completely destroy the land and minerals under their feet.

On the contrary, some of the land that has declined due to overdevelopment has become more fertile and fertile because it has absorbed too much flesh and corpses and covered all kinds of ashes in the war.

According to the records in the land register of the old Qingxu Town, the reusable arable land in this strip-shaped area that runs through the three prefectures is at least more than half the amount of land that has been developed and restored in the six prefectures of Huaidong combined.

This does not include those hidden lands that are attached to the names of the powerful and do not need to be registered. Theoretically, all this has now become the public property at the disposal and control of the Huaidong Administrator under my leadership.

As the so-called defectors, there are too many people to defect, so they have to worry about the lack of land for collective resettlement and management, and the output is not enough; However, the peripheral land occupies too much, and we have to worry about the lack of specific manpower for development and utilization. It's a happy and positive cycle of trouble and trouble.

Therefore, at this moment, along the edge of the road, it has been some time since the summer and autumn harvests.

The air is also filled with the smell of all kinds of dried grains and straws that have been processed by the sun. The density of the distribution of various canals and ravines also seems to have increased.

The flow of people and teams walking on the road is no longer the main feature and selling point of being skinny and skinny. Although most of the body shapes still look dry and have not improved significantly, the expressions reflected in the faces are already much more vivid.

When they saw my car, they actually knew how to be in awe and salute simply, and even unevenly or stammered a few slogans, which were obviously strictly organized and trained.

At those intersections where the flow of cars and horses is relatively busy, there are even some figures wearing cyan short coats holding small flags and holding whistles in their mouths, directing traffic on the spot.

The post stations that pass and stop along the way have also been clearly expanded and renovated. But the biggest changes are the towering towers characteristic of the arm trigger signal, and the multi-segmented long arms with various colors of floodlight lenses like windmill blades in the air.

Therefore, it is inevitable that people will have some feelings and illusions that are changing with each passing day.

Of course, as one of the few red flowers in the green leaves of the peers, the three that were deeply hit still couldn't get out of a certain mood of self-pity and self-pity, so most of the scenery and production and construction scenes along the way, I shared and received it with two Lori.

It was only after entering the territory of Yizhou that, in addition to the equipment and baggage I brought with me, continued to advance towards Linyi, my party began to turn westward, diverted to Xuzhou along another trunk road, and began to inspect the frontier war zone first.

As a front-line assembly place and a support point for the front, the city of Pengcheng is still empty and lacks popularity, and in the huge city, there are only seven or eight battalion heads stationed in rotation for renovation, as well as more than 10,000 people and military service dependents.

The local generals led by Zhao Liangsi and Luo Kedi of the cavalry hunting battalion also held a small-scale review ceremony for me, and the right to make a simple welcome ceremony. Thousands of horse athletes lined up, and the head held high was also quite majestic.

Then, on the night of the overnight stay in Pengcheng, he privately summoned the representatives of the soldiers' committee to affirm and encourage their work. I also listened to some suggestions and opinions from the bottom, mainly focusing on some specific details of equipment, equipment and supplies. There are also complaints that the chief officer is too strict, the discipline is too strict, some are rigid and dogmatic, and the means of responding to the situation on the fly are insufficient, and so on.

However, there are very few complaints about the existing military system and organizational building, and even if it is affected by a new defeat, the spirit and morale of the officers and men at the front line as a whole are still good, and the so-called money, food, and hope are enough to reflect the basic demands of the majority of the people.

After passing through Pengcheng, it was a different scene, in addition to the straw piles on the ridges, there were all kinds of beacon posts and small fortresses, and all the settlements and labor camps were relied on around these strongholds, and they could quickly retreat into defense as soon as they heard the alarm.

Therefore, it is more full of second-line combat readiness and military cantonment. They had to follow stricter schedules and regulations than in the rear, and when the rooster crowed, they had to retreat to the fort and spend the night in cramped dormitories. Therefore, there are no old and weak women and children in these strongholds.

However, I am more pleased that, according to the investigations and observations along the way, although it is located on the great plain where the four wars were strenuous, it has been a long time without hearing the soldiers and warnings, and it is obvious that a lot of resources have been invested, and the clearing and expulsion operations of the forward buffer zone are still very effective.

Then continue to the north, one after another inspection and condolences, Weishan Lake-Zhaoyang Lake-Nanyang Lake line of the garrison soldiers, through the territory of Jinxiang and Rencheng in Yanzhou, and finally arrived at the territory of Yunzhou in the front salient.

In a sense, after Borneo and Runzhou, it has become the third largest source of troops for the army. It belongs to a certain kind of yin and yang karma, and this army is quite popular in the area.

If the prestige and attitude of this army in other parts of the north are awe and coldness, and even fear and hatred, then here is at least between respect and friendliness, almost second only to the basic Panqingzhou region under my control.

Therefore, it is reasonable to meet with the representatives of the old and old villagers and symbolically give encouragement and comfort.

When I had completed all this and made a big detour, and returned to Qingzhou along Jishui, the local government had already prepared everything I needed to discuss with the government. And then the first incident that I had to deal with was,

"There's a police officer up north?"

(Tianjin)