Chapter 50: Merit
Because of the mountainous area, the road and bridge projects in Jiangxi Province, if they are linked, their top view is a big ring.
Starting from Jiangxia, passing through Wuchang, Yongxing and then crossing the water to Xunyang. And Jiangzhou is ready to build a road from Xunyang, south to the west bank of Pengli Lake wharf, this boundary, is the junction of Hongzhou and Jiangzhou, Jianchang County in Gongting Lake, that is, the southwest waters of Pengli Lake has a wharf.
A waterway that is now being widened in Jianchang County starts from Jianchang and goes straight into Pengli Lake, rather than merging into Ganshui.
The advantage of such planning is to avoid capsizing when the boat crosses Pengli Lake and enters the mouth of the Yangtze River. Compared with Dongting Lake, the mouth of Pengli Lake is really risky, the big sand boat is fine, the small civilian boat is a little careless, and it is just a common thing to die in the belly of the fish here.
Then start from Jianchang, all the way to the south, after arriving at Ganshui, and Nanchang across the Ganshui. In this way, a relaxation road along the river and lake is formed. According to Fang Xuanling's prediction, at least a few more transit towns can be added, and in time, when the grain output around Pengli Lake increases, these towns will be upgraded to counties, which is also just around the corner.
Jiangxi Governor Fu planned a middle section of the road to connect Changsha. Take the old official road of Chongqing and water, after Nanchang to Fengcheng, go up along the Ganshui River, at the intersection of Ganshui and Yushui, a little troublesome is how to build a bridge across the water.
The difficulty of building bridges here is not high, and what is rare is how to widen the old official road that runs through Yuanzhou. This official road runs parallel to the Chongqing River, starting from the intersection of Ganshui, passing through Xinyu, Yichun, Pingxiang, and when you arrive at Pingxiang County, you can already go straight down the water and reach Liling.
Originally, Changsha contacted Liling, mainly relying on Xiangshui, and the subjective willingness to build roads was strengthened year by year because of Wuhan.
But because of the hardships of Xiangtan, Tanzhou wants to build a relaxation road by itself, which is not easy. Later, because of the rise of Puqi County, the "Han Yue Chi Dao" in Yuezhou and Ezhou was promoted, which gave Changsha both official and non-governmental motivation. It's just that this motivation is mainly to build a relaxation road from Baling to Changsha.
When Fang Xuanling, the governor of Jiangxi, and the overall management of the province, Liling, a territory that was originally not loved by his father and mother, were put on the agenda.
It's just that after several surveys, Liling County itself is useless, but the water and water under the jurisdiction of Liling County, also called Jinkou of Lukou County, is quite important under the overall planning.
Once the Chi Road is successful, this boundary will become the gateway of Xiangtan to Nanchang, and it is the only way for Xiangnan to Changsha. Whether it is the government soldiers in Changsha or Nanchang, if they want to go to southern Hunan to quell the rebellion, they don't know how much they have saved.
Moreover, because of the convergence of rivers, two large bays have been formed here, but because there has been no dredging treatment, a large area of land is basically swampy or reed. However, the actual situation is unexpected, according to estimates, if these two bays are properly managed, they will only produce per acre, and according to the lowest calculation of one acre and one stone, it will not be a problem to feed three million people.
The whole area is a typical "undeveloped", and the reason for this is because even in the Zhenguan Dynasty, even most of Changsha has not been cleaned up, how can there be spare energy to take care of this kind of place?
In addition, there are many epidemics, and there are seedlings in it, and the successive dynasties have also focused on Changsha, and then set up forts and military towns at the river bay, and at most stationed some soldiers in Liling to guard against the rebellion of the fangs, which is already quite remarkable.
If you want to make a big move, no ruler will make up his mind, not to mention that the finances will collapse, just how to solve the barbarian conflict is enough to cause a headache.
But now that Fang Xuanling is in Jiangxi presiding over the overall situation, whether it is him personally or the states and counties that have been "bewitched" by Wuhan for many years, the subjective will is strong. No one is born cheap, and likes to be poor. If water and land transportation can completely connect Dongting Lake and Pengli Lake, the entire region, if nothing else, just the grain output will be enough to supply the entire population of the Zhenguan Dynasty.
It's just that all of this is the most ideal state, and in fact, there are too many and complicated problems to face, and many times Fang Xuanling is just dragging and dragging through the way of "cutting through the chaos with a quick knife" and "covering up the contradictions with rapid development".
All this "risk", in terms of the rate of return, is really huge. Even those local tyrants who like land annexation will be killed in an instant, too many fields will appear "out of thin air", and "many people and few land" are not enough to describe their eventuality.
If you still adhere to the old farming methods, in addition to being emptied of the labor in your hands, in the end it will only be "looking at the fields and sighing", and then it will be completely run over, like the fertilizer in the field, mixed into a ball.
Fang Xuanling's approach is actually the same as that of Li Dong in his "basic plate", which is still "focusing on development" and "leading from point to point".
As long as the population of the core city is ensured, no matter how big the turmoil in the rest of the region is, there are core cities and can survive smoothly.
We want to have a source of soldiers, we want labor to have labor, and we want the market to have a market.
In the old days, the scene of the old wealth and a few careerists pulling a vote of mud legs can "rise up", and in the face of this "difficult" situation, the most is to hide in the mountains and claim hegemony. Or three years and five years, or three days and two nights, he went away with the wind and disappeared into ashes.
According to Fang Xuanling's concept, it can be said that whether it is from the perspective of economic or local stability, its benefits are immeasurable.
As long as the road is opened, Fangzhai in southern Hunan and western Xiangxi, because of the "emerging cities", whether it is the type of "handicraft" or the rise of "trade", will naturally make the labor accumulated by Fangzhai enter these "emerging cities".
Whatever form this natural way may take, there is no doubt that it will happen.
It is impossible for Fang Xuanling not to see the success of the "Wuhan model" in dealing with the Han Fang issue, and the number of military forts in southern and western Hunan is not small, if the pressure on the garrison is relieved to a certain extent through the "Wuhan model", the military department will at least give Fang Xuanling a one-ton medal.
Therefore, it is not difficult to see that after the breakthrough of Chi Dao, Fang Xuanling's first large-scale "historical achievement" since the "dismissal of the prime minister" will be announced to the world.
As for what kind of merits will be used to decorate the comments of future generations, that is the afterword.
But there is no doubt that the significance of such an achievement is not lost to "Qin Zhidao" or "Dujiangyan".