The development project of Zhengbai Canal, the maintenance of the road from Chang'an to Luoyang, and the dredging of the canal between Luoyang and Xingyang are almost the three most important projects in the entire Yanhan after Liu Tai decided to recuperate.

To put it simply, the development of these three projects, Zhengbaiqu, is naturally for the sake of self-sufficiency in Chang'an, the completion of food supply, and the preparation for the crusade against Shu.

And the road maintenance from Chang'an to Luoyang is to allow Luoyang's materials to be transported to Chang'an.

As for the canal from Luoyang to Xingyang, it is to absorb the resources of Hebei and the Central Plains.

Finally, after Liu Tai recuperated for a year, the canal from Luoyang to Xingyang was successfully dug out.

It's just that what shocked the family even more was that the news spread to the city under Liu Tai's rule through Wang Xizhi's information department.

Liu Tai said to Wang Xizhi, "I know that it is not easy to let the news reach every corner of Yanhan, but you have to master the tongue of the court and spread the policies of the court, you must find a way to let the voice of the court spread to the entire Yanhan in the shortest possible time.

At the same time, this is the only way to maximize the promotion of the simplified Chinese characters you invented!

As long as all literate people can read the newspaper, then we don't need to spread it, and simplified Chinese characters will be accepted by Han people all over the world! ”

When Wang Xizhi heard Liu Tai's words, he couldn't help but boil with enthusiasm.

For Wang Xizhi, although he has no strategy to determine the country and Wang Zuo's heroic talent, the route he originally took was the route of a famous man.

And now that he is best at words, he is affirmed by Liu Tai, especially when Liu Tai also arranged such a caring position for himself, Wang Xizhi is grateful.

After all, by publishing his own articles in this newspaper, Wang Xizhi was originally a matter of enhancing his reputation.

Not to mention that he can still decide who will publish articles on this, don't say it, who in the world doesn't give face.

And Liu Tai also knew the status of the newspaper, and also made it clear to Wang Xizhi that the first few pages were to be reserved for the imperial court, such as what kind of policies the imperial court ordered.

But you can just look at the back section yourself, but as the tongue of the imperial court, the articles published on it must be the main text, and there must not be any political problems.

Wang Xizhi naturally understands, especially since he originally took the route of celebrities, and it is even more handy to play with this.

In order to cooperate with Wang Xizhi, Liu Tai began to get movable type printing, which is not very suitable for Huaxia.

After all, for Huaxia, it is generally only the printing of notices or books, and engraving printing is sufficient.

Before the invention of pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, engraving printing was probably already made.

The most typical example is even if the jade seal of the country is handed down, Liu Tai occasionally looks at the eight words "ordered by the sky, both longevity and Yongchang" on the jade seal, and he will be a little excited, but it is undeniable that at least the jade seal of the country appeared earlier than the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

But movable type printing is different, because movable type printing needs to be retypeset frequently, resulting in its life is not as long as engraving printing, and all kinds of books are disseminated or something, there is enough engraving printing, there is no need for movable type printing at all.

Naturally, Liu Tai did not propose movable type printing, because it was really unnecessary.

But now it's different, since the Department of Information needs to publish a different newspaper every day, then movable type printing is naturally only on top.

Of course, the Department of Public Information has been accompanied by more than just the need for movable type printing technology.

Liu Tai's death order to Wang Xizhi was to give Ling three years, from Xiliang to Youzhou, and I wanted the news of the imperial court, which could be smoothly conveyed within a month at the latest, so that the border areas could clearly know what happened to the imperial court.

Liu Tai is very clear, and the effective control range of an empire is almost the place where an elite can directly start broadcasting within three months, because when this army arrives there, it can basically be destroyed and destroyed.

But sometimes, as long as the information is communicated smoothly and the local government clearly knows the meaning of the imperial court, the control within the effective range will be further improved.

After all, the biggest problem in ancient times was the cost of communication between the imperial court and the local government.

Don't say it, a general has been lost to the place for more than ten years, even if you want to trust him, but after a long time, you don't know whether you should trust him or not.

And the same generals in the local area don't know the direction of the court at all, and what happens when they are called back is also a bit of a risk for the generals, after all, no one knows what awaits them.

Therefore, it is necessary to have the official own tongue to spread the wind direction of the imperial court to the frontier or region.

It doesn't matter if it lasts for a month, it's better than the frontier suspicious court, and the imperial court suspicious of the frontier.

Of course, the biggest shock brought by the Ministry of Information is still the family, because whether it is the Han Dynasty or the Jin Court, they have always played meritocracy, or whatever is discussed by the court, the final decision is made.

But this process, or the fierce confrontation inside, is basically only known to the parties involved.

Now, Liu Tai has started to become a little different after letting Wang Xizhi get out of this news department.

Because who in the court has expressed what opinions on this news page, who has appointed and dismissed what positions in the court, and who has really done anything in the court, all of which are known to the wealthy families and the common people.

And the humble did not dare to forget the country is almost the innate consciousness of the Han people, after all, they also want to know what the decision of the imperial court is, and whether they have gains and losses in the process.

Therefore, Mo said that the family subscribed to a newspaper of this kind of court every day, and soon even illiterate people began to listen to the news in this newspaper around the military history, in order to have more reasons for their bragging.

In the process, the Department of Information sells only a penny per copy, and even then it does not worry about selling.

After all, for people who really know the industry, they all know that if they can read the above news, they will definitely be worth a thousand words.

Of course, soon similar tabloids began to appear among the people, but as far as the facts are concerned, many small newspapers cannot survive in the current environment.

There is no way, Liu Tai's newspaper is distributed all over the country, but it really covers the entire Han Dynasty, and there are at least two or three million copies of the newspaper sold every day, some of which are bought by people from Cheng Han and Jin Ting.

After all, they also wanted to understand the current Yan Han, but they found that they had inquired with their hearts, and it was not as clear as the news in the Yan Han newspaper.

But now Liu Tai has set the capital of Luoyang and Chang'an, but to be honest, the population of these two places is now less than 400,000.

Liu Tai can still make some money after amortizing the cost of the entire Dahan market, but if other tabloids can sell 10,000 copies for a penny, it would be very good, but what kind of money does the 10,000-point newspaper make, and even the paparazzi who inquire about the news can't afford it.

It can only be said that the population of the two capitals is too low-density to support the newspaper industry, as for the kind of newspaper industry that can spread all over the country, I can only play like this by relying on the post station system of the imperial court, what kind of guy are you, dare to play like this!

But even so, Liu Tai has been prepared that with the increase in population, then there will inevitably be a private newspaper industry.

At that time, he will be able to introduce an entry threshold system according to the population of each county and county, and some small newspapers will be counted, but the big newspapers will naturally find one and the same, and some local newspapers will naturally merge those small newspapers.

To tell the truth, because of the level of productivity in ancient times, this determines that any newspaper that can reach the state level, or even cross the state level, is, to a certain extent, the epitome and tongue of collective political power, and also facilitates direct communication between the local government and the imperial court.

All in all, for Liu Tai, the Ministry of Information is just a foreshadowing for comprehensive literacy education after reunification in the future, as well as the tongue of the imperial court to convey news to the localities, as for what the families or people below think, Liu Tai doesn't care.

Now, the canal from Xingyang to Luoyang has been successfully completed, and it is even accompanied by ink-colored pictures, so that the families in Hebei and the Central Plains who eat the benefits of the canal will naturally become richer in trade towards Luoyang.

After all, even they know that Xingyang is only the central hub, and Luoyang is the real economic center of Yanhan.

It wasn't until the canal was really opened that a large number of materials, population, and funds poured into Luoyang, and at this time, Liu Tai's original plan for Luoyang began to play a role.

What villages provide vegetables, what villages provide meat, what villages provide horses, what villages provide furniture, and more importantly, several markets in Luoyang are brightly lit.

Under the original layout, a large influx of floating population in Luoyang quickly filled Luoyang, a city that was originally a little empty.

But even so, the order of the entire Luoyang has not changed much, on the contrary, Xi Jian, who was dispatched back by Liu Tai to manage Luoyang, soon found that this influx of people not only did not cause any impact on Luoyang, but even after Luoyang digested this group of people, even Luoyang was still a little empty.

"How do you feel that Luoyang is still not satisfied?" Xi Jian was a little dazed.

Because according to normal reasoning, so many people have poured into Luoyang, not to mention the competition between locals and outsiders for resources, just because there are not so many industries to support so many people for a while, it will always cause fluctuations in food prices or other living materials.

Basically, we had to start building new castles and wrapping so many people into the city.

But the reality is nothing, on the contrary, with the influx of population, the whole city has so silently digested so many people, as if all those who enter this city can find a home in this city.

It's just that Xi Jian soon found out that when he first managed it, he felt that the distance between some industries and Luoyang was too far, and he originally planned to adjust it manually, but after knowing that it was Liu Tai's arrangement, Xi Jian didn't dare to move.

I only feel that I have governed Luoyang for a few years, and when I have experience, I will write to Liu Tai to advise, after all, Liu Tai is reasonable.

But now, Xi Jian immediately understood that he felt that the supply of each village was a little too far away, but now with the influx of a large number of people, it is just to undertake this part of the flow of people.

Even so, the villages around Luoyang are not very dense now, and there is still a lot of redundancy.

"How big is Luoyang, and how many people can it accommodate!" Xi Jian couldn't help but feel a little dazed at Liu Tai's gaze. He knew that Liu Tai was powerful, but every time Liu Tai's eyes would refresh his understanding.

Now, Xi Jianguan seems to have seen Liu Tai's inexplicable accurate and long-term vision.

Obviously, when Liu Tai planned Luoyang at the beginning, he was aiming to accommodate a population of one million or even more.

But the problem is that since the First Emperor, there has been no city with a population of one million in the land of China, and what confidence does Liu Tai have that Luoyang will become a city of one million.

But seeing that Liu Tai opened up the Yongji Canal, and then opened the canal from Xingyang to Luoyang, so that the materials and population of the entire north converged towards Luoyang, this alone made Luoyang already have the possibility of impacting a million-level city, obviously the current situation has long been expected by Liu Tai.

Not to mention, if Liu Tai unifies the world, opens up the cities in the south, and attracts the resources and population of the south!

Xi Jian's breathing became rapid when he thought about it.

There is no way, Xi Jian is really managing Luoyang, and has seen with his own eyes that after the canal between Luoyang and Xingyang is opened, the changes in Luoyang before and after, and Luoyang really has the possibility of impacting a city with a population of one million.

At the same time, this made Ye Xi Jian can't help but think that the opening of this section of the canal has attracted the population of the Central Plains and Hebei, so if the canal is opened to the south of the Yangtze River, how much population will be brought by it, it is naturally conceivable.

Especially for Liu Tai, who is most hoping to build and build, he has already built a section of the Yongji Canal in order to open up the Bohai Sea and the Yellow River, so what is it to build a canal to communicate the Yangtze River in order to further control the country!

If it were someone else, it would definitely be considered a neuropathy.

But after Liu Tai, Xi Jian even suspected that this was Liu Tai's plan.

That's why Luoyang will leave so much redundancy, in order to undertake the resources of the entire Huaxia!

Xi Jian thought of this for himself, and couldn't help but take a cold breath, but immediately his eyes showed excitement.

After all, for Chinese intellectuals, there is nothing more exciting than dominating the world.

And when Liu Tai occupied Luoyang, he already had the idea of unifying the world, which was naturally too good for Xi Jian!

Of course, Xi Jian felt that things were very good, but Liu Tai didn't think so, because Cheng Han actually took the initiative to attack!

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