Chapter 37: Good News

However, the situation was still better than Zhang Xuan expected.

Yangzhuang store was originally a key point on the waterway of the Ru River. The imperial court set up an inspection department here.

To be precise, the wharf is not Yangzhuang store, it should be a few miles east of Yangzhuang store, Zhang Xuan got off the boat, and he was in the Yangzhuang store.

If only these people were it.

Zhang Xuan had been prepared for this for a long time. Thinking about Yang Hongqi's family, it was not killed in vain.

But the situation after that was beyond Zhang Xuan's expectations, Xincai, Xixian, Luoshan, Guangshan, Guangzhou, Gushi, and even Xinyang Prefecture all ran over from afar, and they were all obedient, which made Zhang Xuan a little incredible. Almost except for the mall, people from all the counties in Runing Province came.

Zhang Xuan thought to himself that although he still had some deterrent ability, he would not let them do this.

"Zheng Lian." Zhang Xuan said: "Inquire privately, what happened?" Let them be so attentive to nothing. ”

"Yes." Zheng Lian agreed to go down, and immediately went down to inquire, but after a while, he came back and said, "General, good news." ”

"Oh." Zhang Xuan asked, "What's the good news?" ”

"It's from Xiangyang, Zuo Liangyu retreated to Wuchang, the marshal conquered Chengtian, even the emperor's ancestral tomb Xianling also conquered, the Jinshi patrol Li Zhensheng descended to the king, the king of Chuang set up officials in Xiangyang, and sent the generals to attack everywhere, the land of Huguang, almost looking at the wind and falling, the officers and soldiers in Xinyang did not wait, retreated to the south, and I heard that the eight kings came from the east and invaded Huangzhou, so they did not dare to slack off." When Zheng Lian said this, Zhang Xuan felt like a world away.

At the same time that he solved Liu Hongqi, Li Zicheng had already swept most of Hubei. It seems that Zhang Xianzhong will also be subordinated from Nanzhi to Chu, and Huguang will become the eye of the storm for a period of time in the future.

Zhang Xuan also marched in this area, and the incident of attacking Xinyangzhou at the beginning is still vivid, not to mention, the matter of following Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai to Huguang to get food was only a year ago. Huangzhou and Chengtian are both south of Xinyang, and both of them are threatened by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong respectively. borrowed the courage of the three of these people, and they didn't dare to say a word "no" to Zhang Xuan. Not to mention that Zhang Xuan himself used the head of the Liu family to prove that he, Zhang Xuan, is not a good talker.

The righteous army is so prosperous, and the righteous army in the world is dominated by King Li Zi, and many contradictions are being suppressed, if Zhang Xuan is not from the later generations, he may really want to assist Li Zicheng wholeheartedly to dominate the world at this moment, but he can't.

This may be the pain of the sober.

After knowing the reason, Zhang Xuan immediately put up a shelf, treated these village owners differently, and kneaded those village owners who were born as gentry, so that they could talk, and for those village owners who were born as homeless people, they had a good relationship with He Yilong.

Within a few days, the county commanders of Jinyang, Sinchae, Nasan, Gwangsan, Gwangju, Gushi, and Sinyang were appointed, and Zhiju was appointed. They sent a team of soldiers to escort them and establish power.

Of course, the control of these places is far less than that of other counties.

After dealing with these affairs, Zhang Xuan went to Xincai again, especially took a boat into the Huai River, looked at the traffic of the Huai River, and was urged by Zhang Zhen to write letters again and again, and then returned to Runing.

Because the matter of dividing the land and granting it is already imminent.

After Zhang Xuan returned to Runing, within a day, he crossed the Ru River east with Zhang Zhen with his entourage and clerks, and came to a place three or four miles east of the Ru River. ”

Zhang Xuan looked at it, it was barren, frowned, and said, "Why don't you arrange it by the river, but here?" Although he didn't know much about the fields, he at least knew the difference between watering the land and dry fields.

"The general doesn't know." Zhang Zhen said: "Since the Yellow River has taken the Huai River into the sea, the sediment has accumulated, and the Huai River has often been troubled. Therefore, the place near the river is not very safe. On the contrary, it is a treasure here, but it needs to be cleaned up a little. ”

"Oh." Zhang Xuan looked at it, and only felt that the land was flat, and it was winter, and he couldn't see the lush color, only a large area of dead grass, and some of the land still had traces of farming. I don't see any good.

"General, please see." Zhang Zhen led Zhang Xuan aside, looked at a river, and said, "This is the aqueduct of Honghepi. ”

"Honghepi?" Zhang Xuan didn't understand this somewhat awkward term.

"Yes, Honghepi." Zhang Zhen said: "In the Han Dynasty, digging Honghepi, leading you, irrigating the water of Huai, the county is rich, A is in the Central Plains, and Zhai Fangjin is the phase, leading the floods in the eastern part of the country, breaking the water, and the county is resentful, and the nursery rhyme is spread: 'Who is bad?' Zhai Ziwei. Rice, I eat beans and taro. On the contrary, it should be restored. Who is the cloud? Two yellow birds. 'In the Later Han Dynasty, Deng Chen rebuilt Honghepi, and the people were Lourdes. And today's drought is impermanent, although there are only remnants of the old wall, but if the general sends a large army to repair it. As long as it is high and low because of its old site, there is no need to build a width of 400 miles, it is enough to be a party, and within a few years, the grain can be produced incalculable, and this king is also the industry. Please also ask the general to think carefully. ”

Zhang Xuan's heart moved slightly, after he came to this era, he also understood one thing, although the famine at the end of the Ming Dynasty was a natural disaster, but it was also a man-made disaster

If all the water conservancy measures are in place, even if the world is chaotic, it will not be to this point.

The central power of the Ming Dynasty has no strength and cannot do anything, just like the so-called plan for rebuilding Honghepi proposed by Zhang Zhen to Zhang Xuan.

Such a big project is not at all something that can be done by a few gentry jointly, and it can only be done by the strength of Runing Mansion and even Henan Province.

It's just that Zhang Xuan really has no intention of staying here in Runing for a long time, this Hongyi plan, as soon as I hear it, it costs a lot of money, even if Zhang Xuan sends all the strong men and the army, it will take a few years to repair, I don't know, but does the situation in the world give him so much time?

I don't know.

Zhang Xuan was noncommittal, in fact, he had already denied this plan in his heart.

Zhang Zhen didn't find this, and continued to take Zhang Xuan to trek through the wilderness, pointing out the old site of Honghepi, where to dig a ditch and where to build an embankment.

As soon as Zhang Xuan saw it, he knew that Zhang Zhen had worked hard.

In fact, how many traces can be left of the so-called Honghepi after so many years, but Zhang Zhen is just borrowing Honghepi's water control ideas to reproduce the plan and use the old name.

In Zhang Xuan's view, it is a reservoir.

However, instead of the kind of mountain reservoir, the water of the Ru River and the Hong River is introduced into the depression between the two rivers, and a lake is artificially created, and then the water volume of the two rivers is adjusted by this lake, and the fields around the reservoir can be irrigated.

Zhang Xuan didn't count much, but he also knew that according to Zhang Qian's plan. I'm afraid it can irrigate tens of thousands of hectares. It is absolutely possible for Runing to be rich.

Even in later generations, there are many reservoirs in the Zhumadian area, in fact, from the point of view of thinking, the two are in the same line, but it is just a matter of engineering difficulty.

Zhang Xuan sighed and said: "Big brother, how much strength my Runing Army has, you also know, your plan will take a few years to complete, and you just need to wait until the world is peaceful, and then you can take care of this." ”

"I know." Zhang Zhen said: "I can only push the second, I am ready to connect the Pitang in the east of the Ru River, there is not much labor, and the benefits are not very good, but it is possible to change this large area to watering the land." The general is saying that the Chinese will do it, and the Chinese will get it, even if the general will undoubtedly stay in Runing for a long time, will he let the Runing people get the benefits of the general? ”

Zhang Xuan suddenly understood that Zhang Zhen is a person who understands, and his thoughts may not be known to others, but Zhang Zhen can see it clearly.

"Okay." Zhang Xuan said: "I have been in Runing for a long time, I always have to leave something here, I can allocate some idlers among the generals to you, but there is only one battalion every month, and the rest is only for you to figure out by yourself." ”

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