From the south of Xiangyang Prefecture, it is the Zhongxiang, Jingshan and Jingmen area of ​​later generations. Although there are mountains and rivers here, it is completely different from the continuous mountains west of Xiangyang. Large areas of flat land include the southern lineage of Dahong Mountain. In the words of later generations, this is the hilly area in central Hubei.

The five main mountain ranges, Xiangshan, Xujiazhai, Wangjiazhai, Longfengzhai and Huzhai Mountain, formed after entering the southern line of Dahong Mountain, extend southeastward and connect to the Jianghan Plain.

This land is sparsely populated and has no shortage of water sources. It has the Han River and the Zhang River passes through the territory. There is Xiangyang in the north and Jiangling in the south. It is sandwiched between the two richest cities in Jingchu. Liu Wei chose this place at a glance.

Taking Yingzhou as the starting point, as soon as Liu Wei arrived in Xiangyang Prefecture, he took the handwritten edict given by Zhao Gou and ordered Xiangyang and Jiangling to import food and grass to Yingzhou, and then issued a notice to attract refugees and poor people, and soon gathered more than 3,000 people.

After all, there were wars here. Even though the resistance of the Song army was very fragile, the war still disrupted the lives of some people.

For the barren land here, more than 3,000 people are too few, but a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Everything you do must start from scratch.

With the care of Xiangyang and Jiangling, Liu Fu, who was rich in money, grain and material resources, immediately organized manpower to open up land and open up fields. He even made the plan to renovate land and grow grain first, and then arranged to build roads, build houses, and build water conservancy during the slack farming period.

Although the first year or two needed the support of the imperial court, as long as the first group of people gained a foothold and as long as the wasteland turned into rice fields, everything would be alive.

The Agricultural Reclamation Bureau also has its own special funds, which can provide farmers with a five-year low-interest loan (5% annual interest) for them to buy farm tools. This is definitely a low interest rate in today's era.

You should know that the Qingmiao Law in the new law has an interest rate of 20%. Just this, when Wang Anshi was piloting in Mingzhou (Ningbo), he still asked the local people to be grateful.

Because whenever the young and old people are not allowed to accept it, ordinary people borrow money and grain from wealthy households, and the interest rate is generally 30% or 50%.

As long as such planning can be carried out step by step, the land of Jingchu will inevitably be prosperous in the future.

Liu Wei did not feel that he was making achievements in this way when he was able to spend all his last few years on this kind of thing, but felt that he was accumulating merits. Of course, if he really had merit, the one who benefited the most should be the King of Yan in Bianliang City. That person was the source of such good governance.

In the busy life, time passed very quickly. When Liu Wei looked up again, August was approaching.

For Bianjing, thousands of miles away, it is now a busy time. Students from all walks of life gathered in the capital. In the past years, this was really the most lively time in the capital.

Not to mention that when the autumn examination is in real time, great news is also coming from the southern battlefield.

First, the West Route Army pacified the North and South Road of Jinghu, and the troops had already penetrated into Lingnan; second, the East Route Army approached Hangzhou City, but this time the Zhao Guan family did not run away again.

No one knew that Zhao Gou had secretly communicated with his elder brother many times, and had already expressed a meaning - he kept repeating it again and again.

The timid Zhao Huan really didn't dare to escape.

But the most important reason why he has persisted until now has not surrendered is that he is still very unconfident in Zhao Gou's promise.

It is a big matter that concerns one's own wealth and life, and it also concerns one's descendants. If you don't bargain with Zhao Gou, how dare Zhao Huan walk into the cage obediently?

It is true that they are brothers, but the brothers are related to imperial power, so brothers' affection is not worth mentioning for a moment.

The Tian family has more than just father and son, and there are not even brothers.

Therefore, the Hangzhou area is still in a stalemate, and Zhe Yanzhi dare not really attack Hangzhou. The city can return the father and mother of the King of Yan in the future.

At this moment, Liu Wei made some free time, and then looked up and found that the Song Dynasty was about to be unified.

The government is obviously no longer able to do it, and the army is still in a stalemate. It is obvious that the two sides are negotiating conditions. When the conditions are agreed, the Zhao government surrenders and abdicates the throne of King Yan. Isn’t the land of Lingnan still determined?

As for Sichuan and Shu and Guanxi 6th Road, they had already surrendered and attacked.

It is said that it was the emperor's edict, and I don't know whether it was true or false. But no matter whether the edict was true or false, it was just a step. The leaders of the sixth road of Guanxi and Sichuan and Sichuan were requested to surrender.

No one wants to follow a boss with no future all the way to the dark, right?

Zhao Huan's situation was really passive, so that people could not see any hope. In this case, the King of Yan wanted to subvert the civil servant politics, even if he was ten times more arbitrary, few people would dare to really stand out.

The consequences are unmistakable.

Zhao Gou was just a little rebellious, which was very different from the invasion of foreign races, from the Tartars and the previous Jurchens.

Although there are countless truly benevolent people in the world, there are countless turtles who are afraid of life and death.

Liu Wei raised his head and looked at the world, and soon he curled his head and looked at the land beneath his feet.

Didn’t this happen before? Not rare.

Instead of spending their thoughts on so-called major events in the world, it is better to ask for more money and food from the King of Yan and recruit the people to use some local swamps and wetlands to build some water conservancy facilities.

Building a piece of auspicious land is not an easy task. However, Liu Wei has the patience to transform everything, even if the process takes many years, even if he can't see the end at all. But what's the problem? If everyone continues year after year, they can always solve all problems.

The descendants are endless. Yugong moves mountains, that's the reason.

Furthermore, don’t doubt the enthusiasm of these people. Only when you lose it will you know the preciousness of the past, and after you have it again, you will cherish them a hundred times.

After obtaining resettlement and land allocation, these people first used agricultural loans to purchase their own agricultural tools and living materials, and then burst out with amazing perseverance and enthusiasm. Many people worked in the fields early and late. They could get back the good silt from reservoirs and waterway construction sites a few miles or even dozens of miles away, and ferment them in the fields. After that, they continued to push the cart with wooden barrels, and even carry the wooden barrels to the construction site, repeating this action again and again.

The hard work of Chinese farmers has erupted in this environment with an unparalleled spirit of struggle.

Being in it, Liu Wei felt that it was not hard or trouble at all, which was an extremely fulfilling sense of satisfaction in his spirit.
Chapter completed!