In the Central Plains, millions of laborers are like worker ants, working on the canal construction site, and a long river passes through the land.

With the passage of time, the river continued to extend, because Wang Jing and Zhai Yue dug together from different places, and with the supply of a large amount of money and grain, the progress of the entire canal was very fast.

Four years later, the canal was finally completed.

Outside the city of Daliang, there was a sea of people, and Wang Jing led people to the lock of the canal.

After a while, a disciple next to him looked at the shadow of the pillar next to him and said to Wang Jing, "Master, the auspicious time has arrived." ”

Wang Jing looked up at the sky, and then shouted: "The auspicious time has come, open the gates!" ”

"The auspicious time has come, open the gates!"

"The auspicious time has come, open the gates!"

With a high-pitched trumpet, several strong men with big shoulders and round waists at the lock raised the sledgehammer in their hands and smashed it down, only to hear a muffled sound of 'bang', the lock was smashed open, and the chain next to it was immediately released.

With a bang, the water of the Yellow River poured into the ditch, but in the blink of an eye, the waves rushed into the distance like a galloping wild horse.

[Canal Luohuai Canal: Luohuai Canal is 650 kilometers long and flows through three provinces and six cities, the canal penetrates, so that the connection between Jiangnan and the Central Plains is getting closer and closer, in the next thousand years, Luohuai Canal will play a vital role in the land of China, your descendants presided over the construction of Luohuai Canal, you get a lot of luck value, you get human level props to clear the plague. 】

[Qingwen San: Human-level props, which can treat and prevent plague after use, and can be hydrated to eliminate the epidemic qi and clear the world. 】

Plague Powder seems to be nowhere near as powerful as other items, but it can heal the plague. Plagues appeared in ancient times, and every time they were a disaster. It has far more deaths than war.

It was really the first time in history that a plague with a specific record and a wide spread occurred in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing's family of more than 100 people, most of them died, and the duration and scope of this plague were terrifying.

According to historical records, the plague lasted for 51 years and the death toll exceeded 10 million.

At that time, the population of the Eastern Han Dynasty was about 55 million, even if it was because of the continuous war, a large number of people died, to Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty perished, the population was only 15 million, more than 30 years, the population died more than 40 million, of which at least 10 million died of the plague.

You must know that this also includes the natural increase in population, but in 30 years, the population has plummeted by 70%.

Now that there is the Qing Plague Dispersion, in Daqian, the plague has become controllable.

The water of the surging Yellow River poured into the canal, and at the same time, the rivers in other parts of the canal were also opened, and the water of Yingshui, Bianshui, Jishui, Surabaya and other rivers also entered the canal.

The canal is very wide, the channel is 40 meters away, the embankment is 15 meters wide, and the banks are planted with willows, which can pass all kinds of boats.

After the passage of the canal, the materials originally transported by land were changed to the canal, and the ships went north from Yangzhou, passed through Huai'an, and then turned to the northwest to Daliang City.

The boat then enters the Yellow River from Daliang, goes upriver into the Yiluo River, and finally enters Luoyang.

On the port outside Luoyang City, a large number of ships docked, and all kinds of materials were transported by boats.

With the prosperity of commerce, as the beginning of the Grand Canal, Yangzhou City has become more and more prosperous. The rivers in the south of the Yangtze River are criss-crossed, and all kinds of materials are easily transported through the rivers, and then enter the canals through Huiji or Jinling.

At the same time, Daliang City, like Yangzhou City, has become more and more prosperous. If there are no accidents, Daliang City and Yangzhou City will soon become prosperous places second only to Luoyang City.

After the opening of the canal, the important ferries of the canal have also become fragrant and sweet, and a large number of ships have brought in, making Daliang and Yangzhou very prosperous. Many people have noticed this situation and have traveled to Yangzhou and Daliang to buy land in excellent locations.

As a result, when these people arrived here, they found that these lands had already been taken by people.

Naturally, these well-located plots of land were acquired by the royal family, and after deciding to dig the canal, Wang Jing knew that the importance of Daliang and Yangzhou would skyrocket.

In real history, the wealth of Yangzhou and Daliang is known to the world, the Sui Dynasty opened the Grand Canal, and the Tang Dynasty has always attached great importance to the canal. After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, Daliang, which was later known as Bianliang, was able to become the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and one of the important reasons was the canal.

Since he knew that this place would be prosperous, Wang Jing naturally would not let it go, although the money and food of the royal family to support the clan was less, it was still a huge number every year.

Coupled with the secret guards, the royal family needs to spend a lot of money every year, and at the same time, these canal important places, prosperous commerce, large flow of people, and all kinds of news spread quickly, and the dark guards also have a large number of people here.

The opening of the Luohuai Canal has made Luoyang's materials more abundant, and even the annual tax grain transportation has become much more convenient, the consumption of tax grain has been reduced by more than half, and the commercial tax has been increased by one section.

Seeing such significant benefits, Wang Jing even wanted to dig a canal to the north, so that the transportation of grain and grass materials in the north would be convenient. However, as soon as he discussed this idea with Wang Ce and Wang Jing, he was dissuaded.

If you want to dig the northern canal, you need manpower and material resources to be several times more than the Luohuai Canal, and now the Luohuai Canal has just been completed, and it is not easy to work hard again.

At the same time, there is another reason that the Yellow River was flowing northward at this time, and the mouth of the Yellow River was near the current Tianjin, not the current Shandong.

During this period, it was completely possible to transport to the north through the Yellow River, without the need to dig a canal on a large scale.

After completing the construction of the Luohuai Canal, Wang Ce and Wang Jing both advised them to recuperate with the people, and Wang Jing finally agreed to no longer levy labor on a large scale.

Thanks to the continuous planting system and the improvement of medical standards, and the fact that there has been no war for a long time, the population of Daqian is also increasing rapidly.

According to the statistics of the Daqian Imperial Court, the population of the world has reached 6.8 million households, and the number of Dingkou is 36.71 million.

Although there are still errors in it, it should not be big, and those noble families and local tycoons do not dare to hide the population on a large scale.

The population of the world is increasing, and even after several large-scale exiles, the population growth rate has not been reduced.

At the same time, after decades of development, the horse farm in Hetao also became more and more prosperous. There are already hundreds of thousands of horses in the world's horse farms, and Wang Jing feels that the day of solving the Xiongnu is getting closer and closer.

(End of chapter)