Zheng Jian went from Bingzhou to Xinzhou, passed through the Kelan Army, and went to Linfu Road to inspect. Although he had peace with Dangxiang, the border between the two countries was unclear, and the Dangxiang people continued to invade and farm, and there were disputes every year. As the strategic envoy of Hedong Road, he must have to inspect it.

When he arrived at the Baode Army, Zheng Jian did not cross the river to the Fuzhou, but turned north and first went to the Volcanic Army to take a look. Du Zhongxiao was here for a year, with more people and more money and grain, and his management achievements were outstanding. If he didn't look at it in person, Zheng Jian could not believe that such a big change had occurred.

After receiving the news, Du Zhongxiao and his subordinates arrived at the border with the Baode Army to welcome him.

At noon, Zheng Jian's team was welcomed, and the ceremony was polite. Du Zhongxiao accompanied Zheng Jian north.

Looking at the truck transporting cart parked on the side of the road to avoid giving in, Zheng Jian said to Du Zhongxiao: "Along the way, it is best to pass the road north of the Baode Army, and you can drive the truck. Other roads can only be carried by people on their backs and livestock, and the road is really unbearable."

Du Zhongxiao said: "This section of the road was built by Xiaguan and Baode Army last winter. The road surface was solid, the middle of the road was high and the sides were low, and there was no rainfall in rain. The military and civilians of the two armies worked together, and they spent a lot of money and food."

Zheng Jian smiled and said, "I heard from Baode Army that the Volcanic Army gave them a lot of money and food before they were willing to build the road. I took them to build the Gulan Army, but I refused. If there were such a big road to Bingzhou, Linfu Road would save a lot of money and food."

Du Zhongxiao nodded repeatedly: "The officials have heard a saying that if you want to be rich, you should first build roads. When the road is built, the people along the way can benefit from the mutual access between the locals. The army of Linfu Road exceeds 10,000, and the twenty prefectures of Hedong Road provide grain, which costs more than one million chunks per year, which is especially insufficient. If you build a road, use a large truck to transport grain and grass, you can save a lot. The manpower used to build roads will not be more than the manpower to transport grain and grass, which can be said to be beneficial but harmless."

Zheng Jian nodded: "You are right, but the Ministry of Commerce and the prefectures and counties along the way really can't come up with so many things, so I need to make a long-term plan. There are also big trucks on the road, which you can only see here, and it must be expensive."

"It must be expensive, but it is still cost-effective compared to people carrying their shoulders. One million yuan a year can buy countless big cars."

There are more than 10,000 imperial guards stationed on Linfu Road, which costs hundreds of thousands of stones of grain per year, and the freight exceeds one million bunches of grass. The freight is astonishing. For the transportation of grain and grass, Linzhou and Prefectures only cost one or two million chunks of qian per year. The soldiers there are purely piled up with money. How many roads can be built and how many big trucks can be bought? As long as the accounts are settled, you will know what to do. However, for the local government, the food and grass are collected from the people and let them carry them themselves. The transportation on the main line is organized by the imperial court and the General Administration. When road construction requires local people to pay for money and grain. Few prefectures and counties can organize it, so the General Administration must organize it uniformly.

Zheng Jian also knew this truth, but this plan requires the court to issue an order and allocate money in particular. If he does it rashly and the stall is suddenly transferred away, the matter will be abandoned halfway. He also needs to take a look, and with sufficient evidence to convince the court, he can take action.

It was almost evening, and the group entered the Volcano Military City. Zheng Jian looked at the pedestrians passing through the streets and said to Du Zhongxiao: "I heard that the most lively place in the Volcano Military is now the field affairs. I didn't expect that the military city was still so lively."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Your Majesty, merchants still have to go here to traffic in volcanic troops. Besides, there are ferries outside the city to the other side of the river, and there are many merchants. Although it is not as good as farming, this military city is still much more lively than before."

Zheng Jian nodded and entered the yamen with Du Zhongxiao's company.

That night, civil and military officials of the Volcano Army welcomed Zheng Jian and had nothing to say all night. The next day, they got up and went to the camp for the field affairs.

The Yellow River passes through the mountains, the road is along the Yellow River, and the road is boring. After passing Xiongyongzhai, the river valley begins to become wider. After walking for more than ten miles, the hillsides and hills of the valley disappeared, and the vision suddenly becomes wider. On the valley by the river, the wheat waves are golden, like the sea.

When Zheng Jian saw this, he praised him: "It is really rare to have so many fields cultivated in one year! Zhijun, can the wheat from the field camp be harvested this year? Can it be supplied to the local garrison?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "When I returned to my husband, last year, the military and civilians reclaimed more than 500 hectares of land by the river, and they collected two stones acres, which could harvest about 100,000 stones. The Volcanic Army and Tanglong Town had less than 4,000 troops, and the food and grass were enough."

Zheng Jian nodded repeatedly: "Can you receive 100,000 stones? The land of Hedong is barren and the people are poor, and many places cannot produce two stones of grain."

Du Zhongxiao said: "The fields opened by the camping and field business are all on the Yellow River beach. They have been silted for many years and are all good land. There is no shortage of water to irrigate, and one mu and two stones can be collected. If the fields opened by the households in the east cannot be watered, there may not be any."

One mu of two or three hundred kilograms of wheat, and this is basically the case. The land here is silted from the Yellow River, which is fertile than ordinary places. On average, it can be more than two and a half stones. Du Zhongxiao selected the plot to measure the yield, and the yield per mu is about two and a half stones.

In my memory of my previous life, when the wheat fields matured, they looked like yellow oceans, and the wheat seedlings in the fields were densely packed. When I really planted, I realized that it was the result of the lack of dense planting of fertilizers. At this time, the wheat fields were actually very sparse when I got closer. Such thin wheat seedlings were easy to plant and manage, and even much easier to harvest. Otherwise, one or twenty acres per person would not be able to plant them no matter what.

Zheng Jian dismounted and went to the wheat field to take a closer look, and praised it. The difficulty here on Hedong Road was the garrison along the border. The road was inconvenient, so the cost of transporting food and grass to the garrison was too high. Fortunately, it was a plain with fertile land, and the cost of transporting food and grass was not high. Linfu Road, Volcano Army and Kelan Army were not good. Ten or 20,000 troops were not enough, so the entire Hedong Road was difficult to resist. Especially on Linfu Road, more than 10,000 imperial guards, twenty states had to supply food and grass, and the court had to pay millions of qian freight. It consumed countless money, and the people were heavily in labor and complained. If they could farm in this way, they would not have to transport food and grass from the mainland, many problems would be solved.

After seeing the wheat seedlings, Zheng Jian asked his followers to cut a wheat ear, rub out the wheat grains and put them in his mouth, chewed them slowly, and said to Du Zhongxiao: "Zhijun, this wheat has been dried, hasn't been harvested yet?"

Du Zhongxiao bowed: "I went back to my husband, the ones in the distance have already been collected, but I haven't received them here along the river."

Zheng Jian nodded without saying anything. Du Zhongxiao understood that the farming and farming farming was harvesting wheat from far to near, and kept these, which meant to show Zheng Jian. The local officials made political achievements and the boss came, of course they had to show their merits.

After leaving the wheat field, Zheng Jian asked about the current scale of the field business. Du Zhongxiao answered one by one, how many households are there, how many fields are opened, what crops have been planted, and all kinds of numbers are available at will.

Zheng Jian nodded repeatedly. The grain produced by the camp and field business is enough to supply the garrison. If the corn harvested in autumn is added, it can still support 10,000 or 20,000 shi to Linfu Road. However, Du Zhongxiao's intention was that the military ration transported by the volcanic army to Linfu Road was still based on the number of stones in previous years, and the excess grain was left to recruit people. With the commercial prosperity brought by Tanglong Town, the population of the volcanic army was also increasing rapidly.
Chapter completed!