Chapter Eighty-Four: Inspecting Hexi
On this day, Li Yan left 20,000 people to stay in Xiangjun with him, and then asked the deputy general to lead 30,000 people to Nanhai County to join Peng Yue.
Ten days later, 30,000 soldiers from Xiang County rushed to Nanhai County, and Xiao He also happened to follow Fusu's edict to rush to Nanhai County at this time and take over as the county guard of Nanhai County.
After handing over the affairs of Nanhai County with Xiao He, Peng Yue left another 10,000 horses for Xiao He, and finally led the remaining 70,000 people to leave Nanyue and go straight to Changsha County, Jiangdong, to assist Wang Li and Yingbu in recovering Changsha County.
In view of the fact that Peng Yue had led his army out of South Vietnam and into Jiangdong, and that the laws and regulations of the Great Qin had been implemented in various parts of South Vietnam, and that various government affairs were already on the right track, Fusu shifted his focus to boosting national strength.
When the news from Xianyang sent the news that Fusu was going to lead a group of civil and military forces to inspect Hexi, Shusun Tong was excited for a while.
It has been more than a year since I came to this land west of the river, and the number of people who fled from Jiangdong and other places to settle down in the west of the river has increased from 200,000 at the beginning to 320,000 now, and there are still people who come to join one after another.
As for cultivated land, on the eve of Meng Tian leading his army to the south, 1.2 million mu of new land was newly reclaimed on the basis of 3 million mu, and there were as many as 4.2 million mu of land in the entire Hexi region; last year, because of the rush of time, only 1.1 million mu of fertile land was planted with grain, and after the Chinese New Year, almost all of the 4.2 million mu of land was planted with grain.
It stands to reason that 300,000 people were allocated 1.9 million mu of cultivated land, and 2.3 million mu of land was left uncultivated, but Shusun Tong issued a new decree to lease these 2.3 million mu of uncultivated land to the people.
After learning of this decree, the people went to the county government one after another, and the people of Sifu and Lizheng took up the lease and received the public leased land in a timely manner after plowing their own fields, and planted all the 2.3 million mu of public leased land with grain before the cultivation period was over.
A month later, Fusu led a group of civil and military forces to arrive in Zhangye Ganzhou City, where the Zhangye County Administration was located, and it was also the location of Shusun Tong's Western Regions Protectorate.
Since entering the land of Hexi, Fusu saw that the village market in the township gradually increased, and it was more prosperous than when the previous expedition to Toumandan, at that time there were not many people in the whole Hexi land, when Fusu's car drove to Qinwei County, a large-scale city foundation site has begun to see the scale, and the houses in the city are lined up one after another, and there is a thriving image.
When leaving Qinwei County and marching to Zhangye, it was another scene, only to see countless fertile fields mixed with the village and village markets along the way, when Fusu led the army to pass through here, there was no such scene, obviously these fields were newly reclaimed, and it was commendable that there was not an acre of abandoned land along the way.
Along the way, those soldiers who had fought with Fusu in this Hexi land felt a lot of emotion, and they praised Shusun Tong's ability to govern the border.
This trip to Hexi brought half of the officials of the DPRK and China with Fusu, and there was another purpose, that is, to let the hundred officials intuitively see the merits of Shusun Tong in Hexi, and lay the foundation for him to transfer Shusun Tong back to Xianyang and preside over the change of the political system of Great Qin.
When Fusu and his entourage arrived at the city of Ganzhou in Zhangye, they were shocked by the scale of Ganzhou City, only to see a large-scale city foundation site appear in front of Fusu and a group of civil and military personnel, there are nearly tens of thousands of houses in the city arranged around the city, although there are tens of thousands of houses, but still only a small part of the city, obviously this Ganzhou city can accommodate seven or eight hundred thousand people after completion, almost worth most of Xianyang.
Looking at the large-scale Ganzhou City foundation site in front of him, Fusu nodded with satisfaction.
The reason why Shusun Tong wanted to build this Ganzhou city so grandly was completely in accordance with the requirements of Fusu, because Fusu wanted to build this Hexi land into a commercial town facing the Western Regions of Daqin, and Ganzhou City in Zhangye County became the largest commercial gathering center among the four counties in Hexi.
It stands to reason that in addition to Zhangye, the four counties of Hexi also have Qinwei, Suzhou, and Dunhuang counties for Fusu to choose, but Qin Wei is closer to Qindi than Zhangye, and if the commercial center is chosen here, the merchants of the Western Regions will have to run more than 600 miles. If the commercial center is located in Suzhou, and it is too far away from Qin, and it is not conducive to the merchants of Qin, as for Dunhuang, it is even more unrealistic, not to mention the long distance, even the perennial wind and sand are enough to bear, it is really not suitable as a commercial center.
After comparing the four counties of Hexi, only Zhangye County is the best choice.
Everyone was welcomed into the city of Ganzhou by Shusun Tong in a shock, and placed in the pavilion, because the Hexi Metropolitan Protectorate and Zhangye County Shoufu and other official offices were under construction, Shusun Tong could only place everyone in a pavilion.
After settling the others, Fusu asked Shusun Tong to take him to inspect the city, so Shusun Tong took Fusu to wander around Ganzhou City under the protection of a group of guards.
"It seems that you, the general of Duhu, are still a man of words," Fu Su said to Shusun Tong, looking at the situation in Ganzhou City.
"Son, the minister doesn't understand what the son said, and I ask the son to make it clear." Shusun Tong asked suspiciously.
"Didn't you say in the recital that if the people don't live in a new house, you won't build an official office?"
"Oh, it turns out that Childe said this matter, I'm really ashamed, there are still some new people who don't have a new home for the time being."
After understanding what Fusu was referring to, Shusun Tong said with some embarrassment.
"You, the general of the capital protection, have done a very good job, I have come this way, there have indeed been some changes in this land west of the river, and I am still thinking about how to reward you?"
"Gongzi, this is the duty of the minister, the minister does not dare to take credit, the minister does not expect other awards, just ask the prince to give the minister some national policy support that is conducive to business."
"Oh, let's hear what kind of national focus you want." Fusu looked at his uncle and asked curiously.
"Yu Gongzi, this land west of the river is adjacent to the countries of the Western Regions, if you want to attract the trade of the countries of the Western Regions to do business in this land of the west of the river, the first thing is to change their impression of my Great Qin, and treat those merchants of the Western Regions countries as the same as the people of my Great Qin."
"This matter, you look at it, what kind of national policy support do you want, and after sorting it out, it will be drafted into a concerto, and I will give it to me tomorrow, and I will talk about it after reading it." Fusu instructed his uncle and grandson.
"Childe, there is another thing, merchants from all countries bring trade materials to my Daqin to do business, and there are often sand bandits on the way, and this matter is also the main reason for hindering the merchants of various countries from trading with my Daqin, the minister has thought about it carefully, but he has never had an idea, you see how to solve this matter."
After listening to what Shusun Tong said, Fusu began to seriously consider the matter of passing through the land west of the river, obviously his previous thoughts were a little taken for granted, and if he wanted to build the land of Hexi into a commercial town of Daqin, he still needed to solve some thorny problems.
Fusu lowered his head and fell into thought, and began to re-examine and think about the matter of Jingluo Hexi, but he didn't know that this thinking actually found a thoroughfare for the commercial development of Daqin.