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Chapter 114: The Value of Official Dao

To the north of Shangjing City, the border between Longjiang Province and Shangjing Prefecture is not far from Puhecheng.

A large number of people were under the supervision of the Public Security Army and burned bricks in earthen kilns. Although in the eyes of later generations, this was a small high-pollution workshop that needed to be closed quickly. However, in this era, it was a symbol of advancedness.

And near this open-air earth kiln, a large area of ​​water is being drained by the efforts of many people. At that time, the charcoal, cinder, useless earth slag, etc. of the kiln will be filled into the official road passing by water slag.

This is the official road of Jingmiao, which was planned and built by the Ministry of Works after the summer is entered. At the request of Ulutus, the Ministry of Works specially planned and built in the northeastern provinces. It is more than 1,000 kilometers long. It starts from Shangjing City to the north, passes Puyu Road, Heihe City, the capital of Longjiang Province, and then crosses the wilderness until the Haikou Temple Street in Huntong River.

It is very difficult to build roads outside the northeast of this area, which is mostly primeval forest and part of the semi-permafrost zone. Fortunately, with the current technical level, Ulutus never thought of reaching the level of highways in later generations.

As long as there is an official road in this vast and primitive forest that can ride horses and drive cars, it is enough. Moreover, through this road construction, the purpose of resettlement of immigrants can be achieved.

It is also thanks to the dividends of the victory of previous wars. Now the Khitans in Liaoning Province, the Jurchens in Jilin Province and Shangjing Prefecture, the Goryeo captured by Goryeo, and some herd slaves who escaped from the grassland will become the main force in the road construction of the official roads of the Beijing Temple in the next few years.

Immigration and colonization sites will also emerge on both sides of the continuously extending official road, like mushrooms after a rain. Although it is unlikely to reach the current level of the current official road of Beijing University, the population has gradually become dense.

But a village in Baili can still do it.

Moreover, after the battle in Shandong came to an end, the main immigrants in Longjiang provinces would become Han people. The first batch of immigrants in Dengzhou, which was captured by the navy earlier, had arrived at Dalian Port. They would go all the way north and join the main force of road construction. After the villages and towns were built, some people would be left to become villagers in the new village.

In the future, they will not only need to open up land around the village to increase grain production and population for Eastern Mongolia, but also be responsible for maintaining the official roads and ensuring the smooth operation of the entire Beijing Temple official roads.

The next horse team that looked like a nobleman traveled suddenly came to the construction site. The leader was a man and a woman, not old, but the woman was obviously older. She was wearing typical Mongolian clothing and was dressed clean. Her eyes were slender and the corners of her eyes were slightly raised. When riding a horse, she had a heroic and sturdy momentum. Although the man looked a little tender, her clothes were in a strong Eastern Mongolia style. The narrow sleeves were narrow, the collar was wider, and the waist was mostly round, which highlighted her body shape. Especially outside, she was wearing a windbreaker that was quite popular in Eastern Mongolia, which was white in color and leather. When riding a horse, the hem of the windbreaker was whirling, which was quite chic and elegant.

The group of people who saw it looked like they were either rich or noble, and the supervisors at the construction site immediately came over.

But before he could get close, he had a stern face, and looked at the guard who was not close to him, and stopped him and said, "You guys keep busy, don't pay attention."

The supervisor had to smile and salute several nobles, before turning back to the construction site. Under the double stimulation of his shouts and whip, the people working seemed to have worked a lot.

"I heard that it is quite difficult to build the official road to Longjiang Province. It has been two months now, but it has only been less than a hundred miles." Alahaibeji looked at the water see that it had not been completely drained, and some strong men were already working hard to level the land at the request of the supervisor, and were a little puzzled.

"It's not easy but you can't help it!" Ulutus responded: "The two provinces of Longjiang and Binhai are truly remote places. If you let them be abandoned and ignored, you will have to take the opportunity to steal it in the future." Thinking of the loss of the Northeast beyond the future, he had to feel a little sad.

"Alien?" Alahaibeji was a little interested in this; "But we Mongolians got on horses and fought and dismounted and stocked. This place is full of forests, so what's the use of us coming?!" In the eyes of the Mongolians, grasslands with lush water and grass are the real treasure land. For such a primeval forest, horses cannot run, which is really boring for them.

"Haha, we can't do it, but the Han people can do it. If this forest is cut down and turned into tens of millions of fertile land, what a large amount of money and food for Eastern Mongolia!"

Listening to Ulutus' description, Alahaibeji seemed to have seen a large amount of wheat being continuously sent into the granary. If the situation described by Ulutus became a reality, then the national strength of Eastern Mongolia would not be as simple as making the Khan Court afraid.

However, she did not express her concern on the surface, but catered to it: "Yes! The Han people have the ability to farm. If they can really be as you said, it would be a beautiful thing."

Ulutus saw Alahaibeji's perfunctory behavior and said, "In fact, the Khan Court can also build an official road. At that time, the carriages and horses will be sprinting together and the journey will be convenient, which is also a good thing for our Great Mongolian country."

Alahaibeji immediately looked at Ulutus seriously, as if he wanted to see if there was something ulterior motive hidden under the harmless appearance of others.

"Have the third sister walked through the official road of Beijing University in person?" Ulutus asked again.

This time when he was on a mission to Eastern Mongolia, Alahaibeji and his party headed south from the Alal Province and did not pass through the Kyoto Road. However, after staying in Kyoto for so many days, he still heard about the Kyoto Road.

Especially those merchants highly praised the official road of Beijing University. It was said that it took seven days to travel back and forth, but now it can be done in three days. Moreover, there are passenger and freight carriages on the official road, which are not only convenient, fast, and easy to deal, but also have great guarantees for safety.

Especially now, there are obviously more villages and towns on the official road of Beijing University, and road protection teams have been established. If any bad accident occurs on any road, it can be solved in time.

It can be foreseen that as the rule of Eastern Mongolia becomes increasingly stable, the economic value of the Jingdao official road will become higher and higher. Many businessmen from the south also learned about the power and prosperity of Eastern Mongolia through the Jingdao official road.

Thinking of this, Alahaibeji replied: "The official of the Beijing University has heard of it. The commerce and trade are prosperous. The carriages and horses have never stopped, but they have never experienced it myself."

"What if it is used to transport troops?" Wulutus said: "It took less than an hour for the Western Army to go south to fight the thieves from Liaoyang to Dalian. And it took less than a day for military rations and equipment to be delivered to Dalian." Although this has special reasons for military speed, the role played by the official road cannot be ignored.
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