Chapter 770: Development
Selling the mansion is too easy and too fast.
In just over two months, the philistine Cao collected more than 4.7 million yuan in money and more than 1.7 million stone of grain.
are almost catching up with the annual financial revenue of the Qin State.
And this is only the first amount of money that has been withdrawn.
More money and grain are on the way to Chang'an.
Shuzhong, Western Regions, Central Plains...... Jiangdong is far away, and there are checkpoints everywhere, the least.
"If my father builds a few more cities, won't the money and food be endless?" Yang Xu was excited.
Yang Zheng frowned, things that are often too easy and too fast have negative effects.
Occasionally taking it out for a while can also stimulate the economy and enhance national strength, but if you indulge in it, the Qin State will only be empty.
"Wealth is not obtained out of thin air, but the grain in the field, the livestock in the pasture, the cloth on the machine, and the swords, spears and armor on the soldiers. As a monarch, you should focus on the Great Dao, rather than indulging in small arts, which can be occasionally together, but not constantly. Yang Zheng tried his best to make it clear.
In these years, if you don't farm and don't train soldiers, you are simply looking for death.
"Erchen seems to understand." Yang Xu seems to understand whether he understands or not.
The truth is simple to say, but how much the listener can grasp is two words.
What's more, Yang Zheng felt that he hadn't explained clearly.
The economy is inherently complicated, and it is difficult to explain it in a few words.
"I will arrange a task for you, follow Suo Jing to settle the people, watch more, listen and think more."
"The retainers obey the order!" When he heard that he didn't need to go back to the palace, Yang Xu was overjoyed.
It's normal for children at this age to yearn for the outside.
Deliberately suppressing human nature is counterproductive.
With Suo Jing's conduct, of course there is no problem in teaching the prince.
Now there is money, and there is food.
The time to start a great war was greatly advanced.
However, Sima Yan is not without the strength to fight, and the money is enough to maintain the war in the early stage.
But there are other uncontrollable factors that arise on the battlefield to be taken into account.
There are also the people who are being received, refugees, and so on.
The most important thing is that in the battle between Qin and Jin, Zhong Hui will definitely not be indifferent in Jiangdong.
With his character, he has endured it for so long, which is nothing more than sitting on the reaping the benefits.
Therefore, the Qin army must be prepared for a war on two fronts.
The sale of the mansion can only be taken for a temporary need, it is virtual, and the real national strength lies in the soldiers and the people.
The fact that Daxing's mansion can be sold is, in the final analysis, the general trend of the world played by Daqin, and the confidence of the people of the world in Daqin.
The reclamation of Hedong, Hongnong and Nanyang has been in full swing.
With Du Pre and Ma Long in charge, the problem will not be too big, both of them are people who are both civil and military, and they can both command the army and govern the people.
There is no need to worry about the affairs of the three counties.
However, Yang Zheng always felt that the potential of Guanzhong and Shuzhong had not been fully opened.
Since the end of the Han Dynasty, natural and man-made disasters have erupted here, cannibalism has occurred at every turn, and the economy of Guanzhong has been completely destroyed.
Many canals have not been dredged for many years and are gradually silting up.
"I'm going to dredge the Guanzhong channel." Yang Zheng consulted with Lu Zhi.
There is money and grain in the treasury, and lying down is also lying.
It's better to take it out and use it now.
Of course, Lu Zhi agreed, "Guanzhong is known as the country of abundance, but the canal is in disrepair, irrigation is not effective, a large number of upper fields have been reduced to middle fields, and middle fields have been reduced to lower fields, Your Majesty's move has benefited the people and has far-reaching significance." ”
In fact, Yang Zheng also wanted to build a Guangtong Canal from Daxing to Tongguan to divert water from the Yellow River to irrigate both Guanzhong.
The total length is more than 300 miles.
However, the amount of work is too large, and it is comparable to Zheng Guoqu.
In order to repair the Zheng State Canal, the Qin State delayed for at least ten years to dominate the world.
Yang Zheng didn't have that time.
In case Sima Yan gasped for breath, it would drag on even longer.
"This matter is handled by the ministers, now in the slack season, the people can also contribute, before the autumn harvest, temporarily suspend work, continue after the autumn harvest, before the spring ploughing next year, it should be able to succeed."
"Then there's Uncle Law."
In addition to Guanzhong, there are also Hanzhong, Henan, and Beidi counties.
Needless to say in Hanzhong, Zhang Lu ran this place at the end of the Han Dynasty, with 100,000 households, and Zhang Lu relied on a county to press Liu Zhang's father and son.
At the time of the Great Migration, Hanzhong was also enriched.
In the past few years, it has been fruitful, and it can deliver 6,700,000 stone of grain to Guanzhong every year.
Yang Zheng cares about Henan and Beidi counties.
Historically, Helian Bo and the party have successively established the country here, and the water and soil are extremely fertile.
Yang Zheng led his guards north to inspect these areas.
After the fall of Liu Yuan, the Xiongnu tribes in Henan surrendered one after another, and the years that did not surrender were almost wiped out.
On both sides of the Wuding River,
This land was originally owned by the Yiqu and Xiongnu people, and was later occupied by the Qin and Han dynasties.
Two years ago, Yang Zheng set this place as a no-man's land, and without overgrazing, the benefits were revealed, with green grass and gusts of summer wind, revealing wild deer and yellow sheep among them.
From Wuding River to Dijinze, the water network is dense, and in the middle of summer, people have a feeling of stepping into the water town in the south of the Yangtze River.
"Another ranch could be opened here." Green mountains and clear waters are invaluable assets.
"Why doesn't Your Majesty build a city here and reclaim it like Shuofang County?" Pang Qing suggested.
He, an ancient, is not as far-sighted as Yang Zheng.
The reason why the environment in Guanzhong became worse and worse in later generations was actually because of the overdevelopment of the Loess Plateau in the north, resulting in soil erosion.
In particular, the Tang Dynasty often moved the ethnic groups of Mobei and Qiang to this place, and overgrazing led to the desertification of the grassland.
"This place is the heart of Guanzhong, once the city is built, decades later, the grassland becomes a desert."
"It's still Your Majesty's foresight." Pang Qing complimented, but judging from his expression, he didn't take it seriously.
There are some things that cannot be done for the sake of the present, but for the benefit of future generations.
If Guanzhong is weakened, its control over Mobei, the Western Regions, and the plateau will be weakened.
The power of the Han Chinese may be blocked in the Kanto region.
This is unacceptable to Yang Zheng.
In his lifetime, he also wanted to bring the Western Regions into the circle of Han civilization.
"The ranch was established for three years, and after the world was dominated, it was canceled, cultivated for three years, and then set up again." Yang Zheng felt that a set of rules should be formulated and a rotational grazing system should be adopted.
As for the population, in the future, they can migrate more to Nanzhong, Hequ, and the Western Regions.
Further east, into Northland County, villages are one after another.
The herdsmen are also wearing Hanfu, and the sound of reading aloud can be faintly heard.
Yang Zheng was very pleased.
So many years of hard work has not been in vain, as long as they live, in another one or two decades, these children will grow up, and they will truly integrate into the big embrace of China.
The land of Beidi County is more fertile than that of Henan, and Helan Mountain and Yinshan Mountain block the wind and sand of Moxi and Mobei respectively, and are known as the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River in later generations.
After the rise of Yang Zheng, the most important areas are Wuwei, Beidi, and Shuofang.
Now the land is full of cattle, sheep and ploughed fields.
"Who is the Northland Taishou?" It is not a small skill to be able to govern the wasteland into a happy land of the Han family.
Pang Qing took out a small book and flipped through it, "Yang Jue." ”
"It's him, so it's not surprising."