Wanyan Wushu thought about it: "Yang Jin, Zhai Jin, Ding Jin, who has food there?" ”

"It's like there's no food."

"The king can't take care of them now, and the king is going to fight the grass valley. You can find a way to let Zhai Jin, Ding Jin, and Yang Jin kill each other, and this king will protect you from being prosperous and rich. ”

In Cangzhou, Zhang Yanju began to inspect the counties under Hebei East Road again. He is already the current Hebei transit envoy, in charge of the money and grain civil affairs all the way, the autumn harvest in September, and the tax payment in October. And Hebei East Road, because of the capital Baojia, is to hand over autumn grain in Yi.

The people take food as the sky, the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first. In addition to military affairs, food is the top priority. Zhang Yanju did not dare to slack off, for fear that something would happen in the process of grain harvesting, so he had to see the grain collection situation in each county with his own eyes before giving up.

He began his tour in Baxian and Jinghai counties in the north, and then went to Tanggu. Zhao Zhengyun, the secretary of Tanggu, heard of the arrival of the transfer envoy and greeted him outside the yamen.

"Cangning, why be so polite." Zhang Yanju and Zhao Zhengyun walked into the yamen side by side.

Tanggu all newly-built, this yamen is also different from the usual official office, after entering the door is a wall, bypassing the wall, is the lobby, the layout of the hall is not for the official master to try the case, but according to the layout of the discussion, a circle of chairs.

"Although Tanggu does not produce food, it is appeased and positioned to accompany the capital, which can be described as the most important thing. If you don't come to see it, don't worry."

Zhang Yancheng said: "Along the way, this official inspected Baxian and Jinghai counties, and found that the people lacked ploughing cattle and iron tools, and the land could not make the best of its benefits, and the iron factories in Cangzhou and Pinglu were moved to Tanggu, and I don't know if the agricultural tools produced in Tanggu can supply the needs of next spring." ”

"Envoy, this is inappropriate. How many farm tools are needed for the entire Hebei East Road, it should be the envoy to tell the lower officials, and the lower officials will then discuss with the general division, and then the general will purchase them from various guilds. ”

This is the endogenous commodity economy envisioned by Huyan Geng, with the five branches of the Shinong businesswoman in Luange carrying out person-to-person management of the lower strata, while the general division and the municipal department provide unified guidance on production and trading, which is both technical and output.

Each eup, as a whole, worked in a certain industry, some were in agriculture, some were handicrafts, some went to sea to fish, some dried salt, mined coal, and some rented ships from shipyards to go to sea, and engaged in maritime trade between Quanzhou, Goryeo, and Wado.

Therefore, Zhang Yancheng asked Zhao Zhengyun if the output of farm tools was enough, and Zhao Zhengyun couldn't answer. Since he didn't know how many farm tools were needed for the whole road in Hebei, he didn't know how to get the general to adjust the production tasks.

Zhang Yanju saw that Zhao Zhengning couldn't answer, and was a little dissatisfied in his heart, but he didn't show it: "When I return to the river, I will ask the general for advice from Wu Bailiu." ”

The two talked about business and did not speculate, Zhang Yanju was impatient, so he asked Zhao Zhengyun to take himself to the smelting industry center in Hangu to see, Pinglu Iron Field, Cangzhou Iron Yard have been moved over, Hangu is close to the river, the transportation is convenient, the iron factory, the armor factory, the weapons factory, the farm tool factory, and the vehicle factory are all concentrated here, so Zhang Yanju wants to come and see for himself.

The iron-making process in the Song Dynasty has been very developed, whether it is Hu Yangeng or Zhang Yantang, they don't know how to smelt, and this kind of thing is still handed over to contemporary experts. The manual provided by Hu Yangeng mainly provides ideas on organizational aspects.

After seeing the Hangu Smelting and Heavy Industry Zone, the Tanggu Commercial and Harbor District, and the Dagang Chemical Industry Zone—of course, Zhang Yanju didn't know the names of these areas in Hu Yangeng's heart—Zhang Yanju took out a piece of paper, which listed the items that Hu Yangeng asked him to inspect. Zhang Yanju drew circles one by one in these projects.

The inspection in Tanggu came to an end, Zhang Yanju rushed to the counties of Binzhou in the south, he felt in his heart that Zhao Zhengyun was not suitable to be the "prefect" of Tanggu, but the personnel performance appraisal, nominally the imperial court was directly in charge, and now the court officials have run to the south, and Tanggu is not in the imperial court system, this matter has to be discussed with Hu Yangeng face to face.

In the south of Hebei East Road, he is also a clan, and Zhao does not try. After he lost from Xiangzhou, he did not retreat with Du Chong, but went to Hebei East Road, when Hu Yangeng had just expelled Wang Yuan and Li Cheng, and there was a lack of experienced officials, so he asked Zhao Butry to serve as the secretary of the second division and inspect the surrounding counties.

When Zhang Yanju arrived at the time of disgust, he was worried. In the past two years, Hebei was full of displaced people, but this year it has only improved slightly, and more than 100,000 displaced people have been assigned to the people together with local residents, and as a result, hundreds of thousands of people have come from Bianliang, and according to the news that Huyan Geng has returned, one million households in Bianliang are one million people, and they will all come to Tanggu.

At that time, will the population of Hebei East Road be 3 million households? There are three people in each household, there are nearly 10 million people, so many mouths, what to eat?

According to what Hu Yangeng said, making money to buy food through sea trade, Zhang Yanju is unreliable when he listens to it. At that time, the hubs of foreign trade were still Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Guangling and Hangzhou, and the northern maritime trade had just started.

Moreover, due to the high transportation costs in ancient times, trade at that time could only be limited to a small number of luxury goods, and in order to support a separatist regime aspiring to support the Song dynasty (in Zhang Yancheng's view), only agriculture could provide enough food, weapons, and population to form an army, and it had to be a very developed agriculture to be able to provide enough surplus food to support the soldiers

This is particularly evident in ancient Chinese history, where the Qin Dynasty began in the Guanzhong Plain and the Chengdu Plain; The Eastern Han Dynasty and the Great Plain of Hebei and the Nanyang Basin, and the Tang Dynasty and the Guanzhong and Jianghuai Plains are all very vivid examples. And Huyan Geng built a feudal town in Hebei, didn't he want to retake the road of the Eastern Han Dynasty?

Hebei East Road was originally an excellent grain producing area, but it is a pity that the Yellow River is harmed, and the east and south of the Yellow River suffer from the diversion of the Yellow River and the return to the river. In the counties of Yanci and Bohai, there are large swamps and tidal flats. Moreover, seawater seeps into the groundwater, and the land in Binzhou is also in danger of salinization.

"In Yanci, Binzhou and other places, this year's harvest is average, and it is already insufficient for self-use, and it still needs the help of the river." Zhao Butry described this year's harvest this way.

Zhang Yancheng said distressedly: "Hebei's grain was originally barely enough to supply the local population, but since the Jianyan period, the population has increased to three million households, and it seems that it can only rely on the transportation of the south of the Yangtze River." ”

Zhao Butry said: "In the past, Bianliang relied on Jiangnan Caoyun, so why should the envoy be in a hurry? ”

"Duke Qian, the emperor is a little cautious about appeasement, can't you see it?"

"The envoy is cautious, reprimands the public opinion, and splits."

Zhang Yanju smiled, since this matter has been clicked, there is no need to say it clearly. But he immediately restrained his smile: "Anfu told me that we have to rely on sea trade to solve the grain, but Wadao and Goryeo are all bitter cold places, and the big cannibals and Tianzhu people in Quanzhou are all kitsch playthings, and they can't fill their stomachs." ”

"As for food, Xia Guan has a way. As long as you survive next year's spring ploughing, you will be able to achieve results when the summer tax is collected. ”

"Qiangong, speak quickly."

"Encircling the fields." It turned out that Zhao Butry wanted to drain the water in the swamp and then use the swamp as a field.

"Humility is wrong." Zhang Yancheng said: "Don't you hear about Wang Jinggong's play? ”

"Shaw Brothers Hearing and Seeing the Later Record" volume 30 years: "Wang Jinggong is kind and profitable. A villain said: 'Breaking Liang Mountain is 800 miles of water as a field, and its benefits are great.' Jing Gong was very happy, and Xu said: "Strategy, solidity, where can the water be tolerated?" Liu Gonggong sat in the middle and said: "Don't dig 800 miles from the side, then it can be accommodated." Jing Gong smiled and stopped. ”

Zhao Butry said: "Hebei is not better than Jingxi, the land of Hebei is close to the sea, the water in Zezhong can be discharged into the sea, and the Daze in Hebei is the water of the Yellow River, the precipitated loess is fertile, good for farming, if the envoy allows this, the lower officials can guarantee that they can open up thousands of hectares of fertile land." ”

Zhang Yantang also knew that this method was feasible, and as early as the Tang Dynasty, this agricultural development technology had already been established.

In the period of the Five Dynasties, Qian Miao, the king of Wuyue, presided over the people, built a large number of water conservancy facilities such as sea ponds, Cao River, and ditches in the two folds, and dredged, renovated and strengthened the river system within the sea pond while expanding the salt fields on the inner side of the sea pond, and set up water gates in important parts of the sea pond for water release.

In the river water source and freshwater lake area, revetments and embankments are built, and water gates are set up like sea ponds, and the fresh water provided by river water sources and freshwater lakes is used to wash away the salt and stagnant water brought by the sea tide backflow, so that it can be connected vertically and horizontally, circulating, and finally constructing a water conservancy project that drains water to the sea through sea ponds, and gradually turns the salinized land into fertile land that can be cultivated.

This technology, as early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, was used in the construction of Jianhu Lake in Yuezhou, and after several centuries of gradual improvement, it has gradually been mastered by the people everywhere. Therefore, in Hebei, which was developed very early, there was no technical difficulty in doing so.

Zhao Buchu first chose a settlement site on the high ground of the marshland, then selected a nearby natural river channel to be used as a main canal for transportation and drainage and water supply, and then dug a branch canal that was connected to each other for drainage and irrigation, and then surrounded the swamp piece by piece with a dike, gradually drained the water in it, and discharged it into the ditch, making it a field that could be cultivated.

Zhang Yanju pondered for a moment: "This is not something that the Yunsi can decide, and it should be reported to be appeased." ”

Zhao Butry said: "It is reasonable to make a decision to appease, but in Bianliang, this official document comes and goes, it is a month, and the land is built in Waize, and when you start immediately, you can catch up with next year's spring ploughing." ”

Zhang Yanju was still hesitating, and Zhao Butry said: "If it doesn't work, it's harmless, just settle the homeless." ”

Zhang Yancheng gritted his teeth: "Okay, Qiangong, what help do you want." ”

"We need some food to weave the households, and we need hoes to open canals and divert water."

"Okay, how much food do you want, how many iron tools, write a report and come up."

Zhao Butry bowed deeply: "If the envoy can achieve this, the merit is in the people, the benefit is in the future, and the stone is on the riverbank." ”

Zhang Yancheng smiled bitterly: "Qiangong, this matter is by no means a long-term solution, you have worked hard, the Yellow River is in chaos, and it will be in vain, to grow grain in Hebei, the fundamental plan is to control the Yellow River." ”

"Cure yellow? It also needs to be considered in the long term. ”