Because the construction of water conservancy requires on-the-spot investigation of the topography and hydrological conditions of various places, it is a very energy-consuming and physical matter.

In order to reduce the workload of Li Shuqu, Hua'an issued an order to gather talents who are familiar with water conservancy in Hanzhong County to help Li Shuqu, and at the same time, to speed up the speed and efficiency of water conservancy construction.

After resting for a night in Nanzheng, early the next morning, Li Shuqu took the water conservancy talents of the clan, under the protection of the elite soldiers transferred by Hua'an, to the vicinity of Chuyang County in the western part of Hanzhong, from where he planned to start the investigation from west to east, so as to fully understand the detailed terrain of various places in Hanzhong and make a good reserve of information for the next step in formulating a plan to build water conservancy.

At the same time, Hua'an also told Madang of the plan for the construction of water conservancy that he had discussed with Li Shuqu, and asked Madang to immediately arrange manpower to start dredging the river, and take full responsibility for the logistics of the construction of water conservancy, so as to help Hua'an complete this important event of great significance.

Agriculture is the foundation of all industries, the people take food as the sky, these truths are enough to prove the importance of agriculture, once there is a problem in the development of agriculture, the consequences will be extremely strict, after all, no one can spend a life without eating or drinking, eating is the most basic guarantee for people to survive, and it is also the most important material for the army to go out.

Under the overall planning of Hua'an, everything is going on in an orderly manner, and the entire Hanzhong County is active, and almost everyone is busy.

Because there are too many hectares of fertile land, it is naturally unrealistic to let the army manage so much land, so the purpose of Hua'an's reclamation of these lands is for the poor people in Hanzhong. Let the landless people and the people who fled from other places have fields to cultivate, and extract a certain harvest, as the army's military rations, and at the same time, it can also be given part of the land to the meritorious people, so that they can enjoy better treatment, of course, some families who already have a large amount of land, Hua'an will also give them a part of the land appropriately, in order to calm their hearts. Thus alleviating their resistance.

Moreover. Hua'an asked Madang to negotiate with some of the nobles' aides to unify the taxation of all land in Liangzhou, so that those who had no land and who fled from outside could freely choose the land to cultivate. And the percentage of the harvest to be paid is the same. But the proportion of taxes collected should be as low as possible. After all, it is not easy for the people to work hard to farm, so that the people can get more benefits. In order to attract more people to immigrate here, so as to further enhance the strength of Liangzhou.

In addition, in the leisure time of the army, it can also help the people in these lands to work, so as to cultivate the relationship between the army and the people, so as to improve the mass base of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Due to the lack of manpower in Hanzhong County, it was impossible to gather 100,000 prime-aged laborers, and after Madang reported to Hua'an, Hua'an had to order the transfer of some prime-aged laborers from the neighboring Zitong County and Pasir County to support Hanzhong, and at the same time let the 20,000 horses of the two legions of Lei Storm and Zhao Wu stationed in Hanzhong, most of them join the wave of land construction, thus barely scraping together 100,000 laborers.

Even so, among the 100,000 laborers, there are still many women, in order to build Hanzhong, Hua'an has made a bloody investment, and even women have been dispatched.

After several days of hard work, all the ditches and small rivers in Hanzhong were dredged, and at the same time, Li Shuqu and a group of water conservancy talents also formulated a detailed water conservancy plan.

The natural conditions in Hanzhong are the best in Liangzhou, the land is relatively flat, and there are many rivers, which provides a lot of convenience for the transformation of Li Shuqu.

According to the natural conditions of several large rivers in Hanzhong, such as Zuogushui, Baoshui, and Chishui, Li Shuqu formulated a plan to connect Baoshui and Zuogushui, and wantonly reclaimed ditches between the two rivers to level the land, so that the land between the two rivers has become a large piece of fertile land, and at the same time, a small river was dug from the water to the vicinity of Xixiang City, so as to improve the drought situation there, and develop the relatively flat wasteland there into a fertile field.

In addition, in order to prevent the occurrence of drought and flood weather, Li Shuqu also adapted measures to local conditions, according to the natural conditions reserved thousands of reservoirs, these reservoirs in the dry season, can save the life of crops, and in the flood time, can accommodate excess rainwater, so as to reduce the loss of crops flooded, moreover, these reservoirs are large and small, deep and shallow, some are suitable for feeding fish and turtles, some are suitable for planting lotus root, water chestnut and other aquatic plants, and there is no waste of resources.

After all these plans were set, Li Shuqu thought twice and thought about it repeatedly, and then handed over the drawings to Hua'an.

Hua'an is not very proficient in water conservancy, and after reading Li Shuqu's drawings, he naturally couldn't find any flaws, so he nodded and agreed to this plan.

After obtaining Hua'an's approval, Li Shuqu launched an operation, and he asked a large number of water conservancy personnel under his command to come to the scene in person, instruct the people to reclaim the land, dig ditches, and give due guidance.

And he himself inspected back and forth in various places to determine whether the ditches dug by the people met the requirements and whether there were any mistakes.

Like Li Shuqu, Ma Dang and others, who were in charge of logistics support, were also busy, they had to constantly understand the situation of reclamation, and purchase due materials as needed to send them to the front line of digging the ditch, and then, they had to check the accounts and confirm that the silver allocated must be allocated, and there was no over-allocation or omission, so as to prevent waste and eliminate unnecessary trouble.

With the help of Li Shuqu and Ma Dang and others, Hua'an's pressure has been greatly reduced, but as the lord of a state, Hua'an still needs to bear a lot of pressure, after all, Li Shuqu and Ma Dang still have to ask Hua'an for instructions when they encounter important things, and Hua'an can't delegate too much power to prevent them from forming the habit of being arbitrary, thus replacing their own status.

After more than a month of continuous efforts by 100,000 laborers, the newly cultivated land in Liangzhou has begun to take shape, and as long as it waits for a few months, when the spring flowers bloom, it can be sown.

With the cold snap again and again, the climate in Hanzhong is getting colder and colder, but as long as the land can still be dug up, Li Shuqu can not bear to give up, after all, winter is the season of farming, is the most leisure time for the people, after this winter, once the spring flowers bloom, it is the busy season of farming, if you dig ditches again are against the agricultural time.

Fortunately, there is the Qinling Mountains, the cold snap is not too violent, at this moment, in the north of the Qinling Mountains, the entire Guanzhong Plain has long been icy and snowy, but the land of Hanzhong has not yet frozen, which is relatively warm.

Half a month later, another cold snap hit, the land of Hanzhong finally snowflakes, the land became hard, and at this time, all the plans of Li Shuqu were completed, the jurisdiction of Hanzhong County, thousands of hectares of newly built fertile land and countless large and small ditches were built, the people who had worked hard for months returned to their warm homes, and the thunderstorm and the 20,000 troops under the command of Zhao Wu also returned to their respective camps.

The snowflakes in the sky are getting bigger and bigger, covering the land of Hanzhong with a thick quilt, making the entire land of Hanzhong look covered in silver and full of fairy tale charm.

In order to inspect the achievements of Li Shuqu and others, Hua'an worked tirelessly, taking Ma Dang, Xie Siming, Li Shuqu and others to various locations in Hanzhong in the snow to inspect the newly built 10,000 hectares of fertile land.

Twenty miles east of Chuyang City, Li Shuqu pointed to a large piece of flat land in front of him and introduced softly: "General Hua, the land here used to be full of potholes, but the water here is abundant, and I just let thousands of people dig a few ditches and level the land, so that ten thousand acres of fertile land will come out, which is very time-saving and labor-saving." After speaking, he looked proudly into the distance.

Hua An smiled slightly, and said softly: "Yes, really good, this is all the work of Mr. Ha ha! ”

"General, in order to reclaim these wastelands, Xia Guan has also made a lot of efforts!" Ma Dang looked at Hua'an and said with a smile.

Hua An could see that Ma Dang was joking, not for merit, so Zhengse said: "Master Ma has worked tirelessly, in order to reclaim wasteland, it is also a great achievement, and he will not forget it, this 10,000 acres of fertile land, you can pick a thousand acres at will, and reward you, how about it?" After speaking, he looked at Madang.

"No need, no need, the lower officials have a lot of money, these lands should be given to the people who have no land! They are the ones who need the land the most. Ma Dang waved his hand and rejected Hua'an's good intentions.

Hua An smiled and said softly, "Okay! Now there is not much newly cultivated land, so it will be left to the people, and when there will be more fields in the future, the general will definitely reward you, and any one of you will have a share. As he spoke, he looked at Xie Siming, Wang San, Lei Storm and others beside him.

Everyone smiled happily when they heard Hua'an's promise.

At this time, the goose feather snow was falling heavier and heavier, and there was no intention of stopping, and Hua'an and his party had to cover their eyes to prevent the snowflakes from entering their eyes.

"General, what a coincidence of this heavy snowfall! He had just finished clearing the land, and if it had been a few days earlier, it would have been a big trouble. Xie Siming looked at the heavy snow and said with palpitations.

Hua An laughed out loud and quipped: "I heard the local people in Liangzhou say that this year's snow is particularly late, in fact, I will think that this heavy snow should have fallen a long time ago, but God saw that there are so many people in Liangzhou who are working hard to reclaim the fields, so I can't bear it, so I have been holding it until we have reclaimed all the land, and then we will have a good time in one breath!" Ha ha! He laughed.

"Hahaha!" Listening to Hua'an's joke, everyone burst out laughing.

"General, such a heavy snowfall is definitely a good thing for Hanzhong, at least the crops that survive the winter will not be frostbitten by the cold air, and it can also keep the moisture of the land, which is very beneficial to the spring plowing in the coming year" Ma Dang looked at the heavy snow in the sky and said. (To be continued......)