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In the twentieth year of the Taiyuan Dynasty, Dadu Escort Shuo set off for Lingzhou County to inspect the shipbuilding workshop.

As early as a few days ago, he had received a secret report from Liu Muzhi, saying that he had formed a fleet in the name of deep-sea fishing.

In the letter, Liu Muzhi also pointed out that ocean shipping is inseparable from a strong shipbuilding industry.

In this regard, Wei Shuo thought so deeply and specially ordered the rectification of the shipbuilding industry in Hexi.

Since two years ago, Hexi began to recruit talents from Jiangdong, which greatly accelerated the development of the shipbuilding industry.

At the beginning of June, the governor Li Wei, the assassin Shi Kozan, the county guard Jia Qian and other Shuozhou civil and military personnel, welcomed the capital to protect the east bank of the river.

This is Wei Shuo's second visit to Shuozhou, and unlike the first time when it was full of disarray, Shuozhou is now no longer what it used to be.

Looking at Shuozhou, whose appearance has changed greatly, Wei Shuo couldn't help but admire Cui Hao.

Shuo Fang has today's situation, which is not unrelated to Cui Hao's careful governance back then.

As soon as Cui Hao took office in Shuozhou, he personally conducted in-depth inspections of various places.

Subsequently, various plans were put forward according to local conditions, and finally Shuozhou's economy made a huge leap.

"Daduhu, there is an Aishan Mountain in the southwest of Lingzhou County, which cuts off the connection between the big river and Lingzhou, making Lingzhou a famous place for water shortage."

"Later, Cui Changshi served as the history of Shuozhou Thorn, and organized manpower to successfully chisel through Aishan (Aishan is also called Xiakou Mountain, which is the collective name of Niushou Mountain and Qingshan Mountain in today's Wuzhong City and Qingtongxia City in Ningxia), and ran through the river."

"And build a water conservancy project in the Aishan area to divert large rivers to irrigate farmland – the Aishan Canal."

"It is this water conservancy project that has laid the foundation for the development of agriculture in Lingzhou."

"After several years of development, Lingzhou County has become an important town in the west of Shuozhou, and it is one of the hubs linking Hexi to Shuofang."

Listening to his successor Kou Zan talk about his past achievements, Cui Hao was also emotional.

"Until today, Chen You remembers the first time he entered Lingzhou County."

"At that time, due to the changes of the Yellow River, the ancient canal left over from the Han Dynasty was two feet higher than the riverbed, and it was impossible to drink water and irrigate."

"However, there is a lack of rainwater in the local area, so the only way to solve this problem is to divert water from the Yellow River to build another canal for irrigation."

"Subsequently, the minister wrote to the capital to protect the government and put forward a plan to build the Aishan Canal, which was strongly supported by the lord."

"The Aishan Canal project officially started in the spring of the fifteenth year of Taiyuan, and it took 60 days to complete before and after, and the new channel is 40 miles long, and the ancient channel of the Han Dynasty is connected to the Han Dynasty, with a total length of 120 miles."

"Thanks to the completion of the Aishan Canal, more than 40,000 hectares of barren land in the surrounding area have been turned into irrigable fertile land."

"Bo Yuan's move is really beneficial in the present and in the future!"

"The lord has a good reputation, and the minister doesn't dare to praise it."

While speaking, everyone came to the vicinity of Aishan Canal.

Wei Shuo immediately turned over and dismounted, and walked in the field with great interest, inspecting the channel on the spot.

Wei Shuo looked at the empty channel and asked with a puzzled face, "Huh?" Why is there no water in the channel? ”

Seeing that most of the guards asked, Shuozhou Thorn Shi Kouzan glanced at Cui Hao, stepped forward and explained: "The lord doesn't know, after the right Changshi built the Aishan Canal, he summarized the local agricultural production experience and proposed a 'water-saving irrigation method'. ”

"What is water-saving irrigation?"

"According to the regulations: irrigate once every ten years, four times before and after, and the grain will be ripe."

It turned out that there was very little precipitation in Lingzhou County, and even if the Aishan Canal was built, the problem of water shortage was not completely solved.

In order to save water and make long-term considerations, after the completion of the Aishan Canal, Cui Hao proposed the method of rotational irrigation of farmland.

"Since the completion of the Aishan Canal, local agriculture has been harvesting year after year."

"Lingzhou County and even Beidi County have jumped from a barren land to a famous granary."

"This year alone, in order to help the displaced people, the minister was ordered to mobilize hundreds of ships and use inland water transportation to transport a total of 500,000 grains hoarded locally to Bingzhou."

Wei Shuo moved in his heart and asked, "The boat used is from the Lingzhou Shipyard?" ”

"Exactly!"

"Three years ago, the Assassin Mansion cut down timber in the vicinity of Liantun Mountain (now north of Liupan Mountain in Ningxia), and transported the timber to the boat mill on the bank of the Yellow River through the Qingshui River to build ships."

"In the winter of the previous year, with the arrival of the Jiangdong shipmaster, the shipbuilding technology of the shipyard was greatly improved,"

"So far, Lingzhou Shipyard has built more than 200 ships."

"It is with these boats that a large amount of grain and grass can be carried down the river by water, and it can reach the annex state in a few days one way."

"In less than two months, a total of 500,000 grains were transported by land and water."

"This move not only saves more than ten times the people's manpower, but also does not cost cattle and horses, and does not waste land."

"In view of the bumper harvest of local grain year after year, there are also important workshops such as shipyards."

"The ministers were worried that someone would covet Lingzhou, so they spent a huge amount of money to rebuild the county."

"At the same time, the minister also asked Governor Li to report to the Zhenxi General's Mansion and set up a new Zhechong Mansion to ensure the safety of the grain and shipyard."

After listening to Kou Zan's report, Wei Shuo praised again and again: "Qing is far-sighted and is a cadre of the country. ”

Along the way, everyone was talking, and before they knew it, they came to the shipyard.

At this moment, a group of people ran out of the shipyard, and the leader was a middle-aged man.

Taishou Jia Qian said: "Dadu Hu, the person who came is the owner of the shipyard and a shipbuilding technician. ”

"The proprietor? Is this a private shipyard? ”

"It's not a private enterprise, it's an official supervision and a private office."

"The government is responsible for supervision and guidance, and the specific operation is entrusted to the proprietor of the shipyard."

"Oh? Is it? Wei Shuo said with a surprised face.

"Don't hide that most of the guards used to be government-run, although there are objective factors such as low technology, but the slow development of the shipyard is also an indisputable fact."

"Later, when the people of Jiangdong came, they wanted to reform the management of the shipyard, synthesized the advantages of private and government-run, and put forward the idea of official supervision and private management."

"From the current point of view, the effect is not bad, in less than two years, the size of the shipyard has nearly tripled, and the output has also increased."

As he was talking, he saw the proprietor of the shipyard sweating profusely in front of Wei Shuo.

"I don't know that most of the protectors are coming, and the small ones are far away." As he spoke, the proprietor of the shipyard knelt down and saluted.

Wei Shuo hurriedly stepped forward to help the other party up, and said with a smile: "Proprietor Li, please hurry up, there is no need to make this big gift." ”

Perhaps because of his perennial dealings with all kinds of people, the owner of the shipyard gradually calmed down after the initial panic.

Under the introduction of Li Dongzhu, Wei Shuo has a deeper understanding of the entire shipyard.

"Proprietor Li, what kind of boats are usually built in the shipyard?"

Li Dongzhu pointed to the docks distributed along the river and said: "At present, the shipyard mainly builds commercial ships, such as passenger boats and boats. ”

"Most of these boats are converted from small flat-bottomed sand boats, which are suitable for inland river and offshore driving, and are very popular."

"In addition, it can be transformed into a naval warship, which has a very good sales and a lot of orders."

"Can you build a big ship? For example, large sand boats for navigation? ”

"No, the shipyard doesn't have that strength right now."

Hearing this, Wei Shuo was slightly disappointed, compared with Jiangdong, Hexi's shipbuilding industry is too weak.

I think that at the beginning, when he entered the court, he took the Jiangdong Navy warship to Jiankang, and the buildings and ships he saw were more than 1,000 materials.

And the building boat that Huan Xuan took was even as high as ten zhang, enough to carry thousands of people.

"In this way, there is still a long way to go between Hexi and Jiangdong shipbuilding."

"Isn't that that?! Not to mention anything else, just talking about shipbuilding, Jiangdong is definitely the best in the world! ”

Subsequently, accompanied by Li Dongzhu, Wei Shuo and his entourage entered the shipyard to visit.

As soon as they entered the shipyard, they saw that the ground around them was full of wood.

Wei Shuo turned his head to look at Li Dongzhu and smiled: "Li Dongzhu, it seems that the shipyard business is good. ”

"Hehe, there is only this one shipyard in the entire Hexi, so business is naturally not worried."

"The timber is all for the previous order, and there are at least 10 ships of various sizes waiting to be delivered."

"How long does it take to build a ship?"

"It depends on what kind of ship is built!"

"There are ten senior shipwrights, fifty ordinary shipwrights, and three hundred miscellaneous workers in the shipyard today."

"If you build a small ship of less than 500 materials, all of which are used manually, it can be completed in half a month at most."

"And ships with more than 1,000 materials will take a long time, and they can't be built in three or five months."

"The main reason is that the shipyard is understaffed and there is a lack of skilled technicians."

"Like those big shipyards in Jiangdong, the sand boat with 3,000 materials can be completed in three months at most."

"If you work day and night, a big ship of 5,000 materials will be built in less than half a year."

"The largest shipyard in Jiangdong Houguan has more than 2,000 ordinary shipwrights, and hundreds of ships of various types can be built every year."

Hearing this, Wei Shuo was silent for a while and said, "I wonder if proprietor Li can invite some boat masters to Hexi?" ”

"Don't worry! All the treatment is preferential, and the shipwrecks will never suffer. ”

"This ......" Li Dongzhu was quite puzzled: "I can only do my best in the future, after all, few people are willing to leave their hometowns." ”

"At the beginning, if I hadn't been able to live in the world, I wouldn't have trekked through mountains and rivers to Hexi."

"Hahaha, don't worry about it, you just have to let it go, I don't blame you for success or not."

"Okay, let's try my best." 1910