On the morning of this day, Guo Song finally finished processing the accumulated paperwork, and he took a group of officials to inspect both sides of the Zhangye River, which is the most important granary in Ganzhou.

The vineyards are concentrated in the south of Ganzhou, not here.

As Pan Liao walked, he introduced Guo Song: "There are currently more than 12,000 hectares of wheat fields on the east bank of the Zhangye River, of which 6,000 hectares were reclaimed last autumn and this spring, and next year we plan to reclaim another 3,000 hectares, of which 5,000 hectares are official fields, 3,500 hectares are military fields, and the remaining 3,000 hectares are private fields of the people of Zhangye. ”

"How did Guantian arrange the planting?" Guo Song asked.

"Leased to the people, a total of more than 3,000 households, with an average of more than 100 acres of wheat fields per household, they moved out of the city at the same time, forming more than 30 villages."

"According to the calculation of five people in a family, this is only 15,000 people, but there are 100,000 people left in Zhangye City, what about the others?"

"More than 5,000 people have been recruited from the mine, and together with their families, more than 20,000 people can be removed, and then there are more than 5,000 people in animal husbandry, viticulture, artisans, etc., and more than 20,000 people can be removed together with their families, so that the total solution is to solve the livelihood problem of 60,000 people."

"And 40,000 more?"

Guo Song smiled: "Is there a good solution?" If not, do you want me to figure it out for you? ”

Only then did Pan Liao understand what Guo Song meant, what was the original idea of fighting the population of Zhangye?

He groaned for a moment, then smiled and said, "The envoy wants to send them to Anxi and Beiting?" ”

Guo Song nodded, "Anxi needs a population over there, and Gaochang also needs a population, and when I come back this time, I am thinking about letting a group of soldiers bring their families over, and then mobilize a group of people to come over." ”

Pan Liao said with a smile: "Under normal conditions, they are not willing to go to Anxi or Beiting, so that the king must come up with favorable conditions, maybe there is hope." ”

"Ordinary people give three hectares of Yongye land, military households give five hectares, and they are exempt from taxes for life, what are the conditions?"

Pan Liao blinked and smiled: "This condition is good, there should be a lot of people tempted, to be honest, I am a little tempted, when the time comes, I will publicize it in Lanzhou to ensure that another batch of registrations." ”

"I'll leave this matter to you!"

Pan Liao nodded, "I'll discuss it with everyone tomorrow." ”

"There is one more thing, there is a shortage of fifteen county officials on the Beiting side, and I will arrange for the official Cao Si to be selected, I hope it will be a young and promising official."

"Remember the humble duty, and arrange it tomorrow!"

.........

The Zhangye River comes from the melt of ice and snow from the Qilian Mountains, and countless small streams converge into a river, which flows northwest and eventually flows into the Juyan Sea hundreds of miles away.

The Zhangye River flows 10 miles north of Zhangye City, and the east bank of the 100 miles south from here has been reclaimed as farmland, and there are currently as many as 1.2 million mu, which is twice as much as last year, and this is also the need for the great increase in the population of Hexi.

Ten miles on the east bank are agricultural areas, and an official road is built in the middle, and from time to time you can see the gurgling river flowing into the Zhangye River, and there are woods by the river, and the newly completed villages are built next to the woods next to the river.

The Hexi Corridor is planted with spring wheat, sown in spring and harvested in autumn, and there is only one season per year, but because the land is fertile and the water source is sufficient, the yield of wheat is not low, and the yield per mu of land is close to three stone wheat.

At this time, it is the summer season, and the wheat fields are growing very well, lush, and there are still wheat seedlings that farmers are fiddling with in the fields.

Guo Song turned over and dismounted, stepped forward, squatted on the ridge and asked a farmer, "Where is the old man from?" ”

"Back to the official, the villain is from Shanzhou!"

The old farmer is not stupid, although he doesn't know Guo Song, there are a large group of officials waiting in the distance! Among them, there is also a county magistrate he knows, and his attitude is so respectful, this young official is not an ordinary person.

"How many acres of wheat do you take care of?"

"This is official land, the county only rents two hectares at most, and my son and I rent two hectares of land together, which is a lot, two hundred acres!"

"How much rent per year?"

The hearts of everyone next to him were hanging, for fear that he would come up with a tax that was different from that of the government.

"Aren't they all the same? Twenty percent of the rent is tax-exempt. ”

Everyone's hearts were put down, and the two-percent rent was publicly posted.

Guo Song smiled again and asked: "Uncle, if Gaochang County gives you three acres of Yongye land, which can be passed on to your children and grandchildren, and you will be tax-free for life, are you interested in going over?" ”

"This ....."

The old farmer hesitated for a long time and said, "I have to discuss with my son, I can't make my own decisions." ”

Guo Song saw that the expression in his eyes was tempting, the three words 'Yongye Tian' were too tempting to the people of the Tang Dynasty, not to mention three hundred acres of land, any peasant would be tempted.

In fact, Guo Song has experience, he has practiced it in Fengzhou, so far away in Fengzhou, there are still many farmers who come thousands of miles with their families for Yongye Field.

As Pan Liao said, we should publicize it more, and we should also publicize it in Guanzhong, as long as the population base is large, there will definitely be many bankrupt peasants who come with their families.

..........

After inspecting for two hours, Pan Liao took a group of officials back to Zhangye City first, and Guo Song, accompanied by Lu Jin, who joined the army of Cao Si, continued to go south with his own soldiers, and then walked a hundred miles south to the iron mine in Ganzhou.

The department corresponding to the imperial court is the Ministry of Industry, which is a large department in the six Cao Divisions in Hexi, and there are three independent official offices under it, the Ordnance Department, the Craftsman Department and the Mining and Metallurgical Department, and the Cao Division is responsible for preparing plans, recruiting craftsmen, improving technology, etc., and the specific things are responsible for the three official offices.

Ganzhou iron ore is located in the upper reaches of the Zhangye River, not a large iron mine, just a medium-sized iron mine, as early as the Tianbao period was discovered, but no one can find to mine, and the Hexi Jiedu at that time made Ge Shuhan have no interest in mining, so it has been shelved.

If it weren't for the invasion of Longyou by Tubo, which caused a large number of people to flee to Ganzhou, Guo Song would also not have found enough labor to mine iron ore, but since more than 500,000 people poured in at once, it would be foolish for him not to make good use of it.

At present, 5,600 people have been recruited as miners, of whom more than 500 are trained smelters, and the other 5,000 are in charge of mining.

In the afternoon, Guo Song and his entourage arrived at the mine, where the miners' camp was a mile away at the foot of the mine, consisting of 1,000 large tents and more than 100 soldiers stationed there, mainly responsible for maintaining order and preventing conflicts and fights between the miners.

The chief official of the Mining and Metallurgical Department is the Order, the rank of the eighth grade, under the Department of Cheng two, the mine supervisor two, are from the ninth rank, the current long-term official stationed in the mine is a mine supervisor, named Zhou Zhao, in his early thirties, from Jincheng County, Lanzhou, last year participated in the recruitment examination of clerks, he was admitted to the clerk with excellent results, and was promoted because of his outstanding performance.

When Zhou Zhao heard that the envoy of Jiedu was coming, he was so frightened that he hurriedly ran out to greet him, "Zhou Zhao, the lowly mine supervisor, see Lord Envoy, see Lu Joins the Army." ”

Lu Jin stepped forward and said: "The hour is not early, so make you take a brief look, you are responsible for leading the way!" ”

"Obey the order!"

At this time, Guo Song pointed to a dozen rafts by the river with a horsewhip and asked, "What are those rafts for?" ”

Zhou Zhao hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Envoy Qi, it is used to transport smelted pig iron and copper ingots. ”

"Why don't you use a boat?"

Guo Song asked Lu Jin again: "I remember that there are not more than 20 small boats?" ”

Lu Jin said apologetically: "Those small boats are currently used in Cangcheng, there is a Cao River in Cangcheng, and small boats are used to transport food and materials, which is more convenient than large carts. ”

Guo Song shook his head and said: "It's inconvenient to use a raft to transport pig iron and blister copper, you still have to use a boat, you go back and arrange it, transfer the ship over, and in addition, does the armor Cao Si have to consider shipbuilding." ”

"I have considered it, but it is not easy to find shipbuilders."

Guo Song thought for a while and said, "I will write a letter to Fengzhou, there is a group of shipbuilders there, and I will transfer them over." ”

The current history of Fengzhou is Xue Changshou, Guo Song's former staff, and I believe that he will give himself this face.

"If there are shipbuilders, you can arrange it with a low position."

Guo Song nodded and walked towards the camp, everyone following behind him.

"How's the miners fed?" Guo Song asked.

"Actually, it's still good, first of all, it's enough to eat, two catties of noodles per person a day, three meals a day, to ensure that each meal has broth, pickles, and mutton every three days, and the food and accommodation are free, to ensure that they make three net dollars a month."

Guo Song happened to see a group of miners eating, each with two big steamed buns, they sandwiched pickled vegetables in the steamed buns, and while drinking broth, they nibbled on steamed buns, talking and laughing.

At this time, there was a 'boom!' from the mountains. There was a loud bang.