Banquet.

All the civil and military forces gathered together.

Zhou Kuan, as the chief historian and the national order of Nanyang, is Li Yu's most relied on confidant, and naturally he is also the foreman of the ministers.

He toasted first.

"Lord, this battle, the results are brilliant, I Nanyang Jingxiang Jingnan expand the land for thousands of miles, it is of great significance, and the ministers are triumphant for the lord."

Li Yu laughed.

"Xie Changshi took the wind."

And they all raised their glasses and drank.

There are waiters full of wine.

Then, Zhang Jun raised his glass and said: "The lord is expanding the land in front, and the minister is enlightening King Deng with the king in the rear, although he is afraid, he will do his best not to disappoint my lord." ”

"Gong Zhang bothered, and the king was grateful."

"I don't dare."

Another big glass is dry.

Subsequently, Zhang Ge, Gao Shi, Chen Ban, Li Huaixian, Wang Houxie, Wei Ai, Zhou Wu, and Fang Xing all raised their glasses one by one.

This wheel battle came, and Li Yuke couldn't stand it.

After drinking the wind banquet, it became a world situation analysis meeting.

Zhang Jun put down the wine glass, ate a mouthful of food, and then said: "Lord, if the general trend is clear today. ”

As soon as he started talking, everyone else put down their chopsticks and listened, who made the family the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty? Today, I am still a scholar, and my words carry a lot of weight.

"The fierce battle between Zhu Wen and Li Keyong in Hebei has not yet been decided."

"It's just that Li Keyong has the advantage, and Zhu Wen barely supports."

"Wang Shifan in the east, he can be the enemy, his strength is not great, and now he has eased up, Zhu Wen wants to kill him, it is not a day's work."

"Huainan, just Wu Wangxue. Yang Wu's foothold was unstable and he was no longer able to attack Zhu Wen. ”

"Only I Nanyang, now I have Fangzhou and Guizhou, and there are three countries and three states, so I should manage it for a few years, and only then can I have another plan when the foundation is stable."

Everyone nodded secretly.

Li Yu also knew that he had just obtained the land of Sanzhou, and it was not appropriate to use swords again.

"What Zhang Gong said is reasonable, and we will discuss it tomorrow."

That night, Li Yu and the princess stayed warm for half a night, which was a temporary relief from lovesickness.

The first day of December.

Early in the morning, Zhong Wenwu came to work.

The lobby of the state hall was packed.

In the past, there were not many cadres under Li Yu, and this hall still seemed empty. Nowadays, many people have grown up and entered Li Yu's inner circle.

The hall was crowded.

Everyone looked at this dilapidated mansion, and the idea of building a new mansion and a royal mansion surged in their hearts.

"Gentlemen work hard, today, let's discuss the development of Nanyang, and if you have any good suggestions, you will speak openly and honestly."

Li Yu set the tone at the beginning, today is a brainstorming meeting, just say what you have ideas.

At yesterday's reception banquet, Zhang Jun put forward the strategy of suspending the attack and concentrating on development. There was no objection to this idea.

What we need to consider now is the question of how to develop Nanyang.

So everyone expressed their opinions and put forward their own opinions.

Li Yu asked Wang Houxie to record his speech with the case and summarize it after the meeting.

Chen Ban said: "My lord, although Fangzhou and Guizhou are large, they are not connected to my realm, and they are enclaves. Can we discuss with Feng Xingxi, the envoy of Zhaoxin Jiedu, and give us his Junzhou, so that Fangzhou and Guizhou will be connected to my Nanyang. ”

Of course, Li Yu knows that only a contiguous piece of land can truly exercise effective jurisdiction, otherwise it will be a monk for a day and a clock, and he doesn't know when this enclave will become someone else's.

Of course, he also wanted Junzhou, but Feng Xingxing would definitely not agree, and making such a territorial claim was tantamount to asking for his life. What's more, Feng Xingxi's birthplace is Junzhou, and he will never agree.

Rather than let him rise to a different level and turn his face against himself, it is better not to mention this matter and talk about it later. I can't offend everyone to death, and it's unwise to make too many enemies.

"No." Before Li Yu could veto, Zhang Jun spoke first.

"Feng Xing's attack is the feudal town I fought for, and I can't hurt the harmony in small things and only strengthen the enemy."

Chen Ban was blushed by Zhang Jun and retreated.

Li Yu said with a smile: "This time you can speak freely, no matter whether it is right or wrong, you can say it." Statements continued. ”

With Li Yu's relief, Chen Ban felt a lot better.

He is an outsider from Chang'an, and it is not easy to integrate with these local households, and now he is very embarrassed by Zhang Jun's refutation.

Fortunately, there is the lord's appreciation, otherwise his life will be sad.

"There is some truth in what Chen Changshi said, Fangzhou must not become an enclave."

Zhou Kuan said out of class.

"It's not appropriate to ask for Junzhou, I suggest that you can discuss with the abbot and give the valley city of Xiangzhou to Nanyang jurisdiction, and it is still convenient to go to the valley city."

"Oh? Where is Valley City? ”

"Ahem, lord."

Only then did Zhou Kuan talk about the geography of Gucheng in detail.

"Gucheng is located in the northwest corner of Xiangzhou, which is the connection between Dengzhou and Fangzhou.

The Han River flows south from Wudang Yancen City in Junzhou and flows to Xiangyang through Gucheng.

There is a water that flows from Fangju Prefecture to Gucheng in the northeast and joins the Han River. ”

"It can be seen that from Dengzhou's Qixian County can go directly to Gucheng by land, and from Gucheng to Fangling City in Fangzhou by boat"

"As for returning to the state, you can only go to Gangneung."

"Oh."

Zhou Kuanyi explained, and Li Yu understood.

"My lord, I suggest that since Xiazhou has already belonged to Jingxiang, if we give Guizhou to Jingxiang and exchange Gucheng with them, so that they are also connected, we can also bring Fangzhou into the jurisdiction."

Gao Shi took the initiative to come up with ideas.

"Well, that's right."

Li Yu nodded.

The corners of Zhou Kuan's mouth moved, and he didn't speak again.

In fact, that's what he meant, swap them for mutual benefit. But Gao Shi said it first, and he didn't want to say it again.

During this time, Gao Shi was in Suizhou, temporarily acting as the governor of the palace.

Although Deng Wangfu and Suiwangfu have not been established, Chen Ban and Gao Shi are both long-term historians and are on an equal footing with themselves.

Although he knew that he had a lot of weight in King De's heart, the rise of Chen Ban and Gao Shi still made him see a threat.

"Okay, Gao Changshi's opinion is very good."

Li Yu smiled and affirmed Gao Shi's opinion.

turned his head to Zhou Kuan and said, "Changshi, you still have to do this matter personally." ”

Seeing Li Yu's eager gaze, Zhou Kuan felt that he was still irreplaceable in the mind of King De.

"Yes."

The administrative division discussion is almost over, and the topic has turned to agricultural production.

This year's Nanyang, although at the beginning of the year, experienced a short shopping struggle with Zhu Wen, but it had little impact on the recruitment plan of the homeless.

In the past, the recruitment and resettlement areas were only the three counties of Nanyang, Xiangcheng and Fangcheng, and the people of the surrounding states and counties were very envious.

But for various reasons, they only have envy, and they can't leave their hometown.

It's been a good year.

The scope of the jurisdiction of the Nanyang De Royal Mansion was expanded.

The entire state of Deng and Suizhou benefited from becoming the fiefdoms of King Deng and King Sui.

Chen Ban took office as governor of the Dengwang Mansion in April this year, managing agricultural production in Dengzhou, with a focus on relocating new displaced people and reclaiming wasteland.

The five counties of Neixiang, Jutan, Xincheng, Suixian, and Xinye originally had 20,000 households and a population of 80,000. The five counties of Dengzhou have been recruited by displaced people, and now have 50,000 households and a population of 240,000.

Zhou Kuan gave support for grain, seeds, and farming tools, otherwise these people would have starved to death when they came.

This year's grain harvest is another bumper harvest. These five counties alone have collected 800,000 stones, leaving behind seed rations, and there are still 300,000 stones available for sale.

The new and old Dengzhou people are all smiling, just waiting for the acquisition of the government, so that they will have money, they can pull two feet of cloth for the second girl in the family to make a body, and they can buy a silver hairpin for their own mother, which was promised when they got married, and they are finally going to be fulfilled, and they are beautiful in their hearts.

Due to the rise of Nanyang in the past two years, these county towns have also been wiped out, and the grain, cloth, ironware and other handicrafts produced have been gathered in Nanyang through the turbulent water and Xishui Xiangyang and Xinye, in exchange for a large amount of copper coins, and then purchase other items to return to the counties.

Neixiang County wants to go to Nanyang, go south through Xishui, cross Gucheng to Xiangyang, and then transfer to Shuishui to go to Nanyang, which is a big circle.

Although there is a land connection, it can be a large-scale transportation of materials, and the waterway is the mode of transportation with the least loss, the largest volume and the lowest cost, but it is time-consuming.

Chen Ban out of the class said: "Lord, this year's Dengzhou harvest, can buy surplus grain 300,000 stones, if you dig a waterway between the inner countryside and Jutan, the inner countryside products can directly enter the turbulent water through the chrysanthemum, can be connected to Jutan, Xincheng, Suixian, Xinye, then the five counties can be interconnected, to Nanyang to save most of the distance. ”

As he spoke, Chen Ban presented a drawing, which turned out to be a map.

As shown on the map, the distance between Neixiang and Jutan is sixty miles.

Through the map, Li Yu found that, as Chen Ban said, as long as the waterway between Neixiang and Jutan is opened, then these five counties can be connected by turbulent water, come to Nanyang, and turn into Xinye, no need to go to Xiangyang, which does save most of the distance.

"What do you think?"

Zhou Kuan looked at the map, closed his eyes and pondered carefully for a while, then opened his eyes and said: "Lord, what Chen Changshi said is a good policy, which can not only solve the transportation problem, but also has great military value. One water can hold half of Dengzhou. ”

"This winter, we will recruit young and strong, dig the Neiju Canal, and strive for navigation next spring."

"Yes, my lord."

Chen Ban smiled, and got the approval of the lord, such a satisfaction is only known to himself.

He made up his mind that the "Neiju Canal" project must be completed to benefit the people of Dengzhou.