The fleet of ships going south is huge, crowded to the Beiguan River, the speed can not be fast, starting from Shanyang on the fifth day of the first month of October, and only entering the Yunyan River on the 15th, it is regarded as entering the territory of Chongzhou.

Lin Mengde, Hu Zhiyong, Hu Zhicheng, Li Shuyi, Chen Lei and other Chongzhou officials, with Li Shutang, Luo Fu and other Chongzhou gentry, dozens of people, went to the northwest of Jiuhua to welcome Lin Jian and his team back to Chongzhou.

Liu Shidu, the prefect of Hailing, was also subject to the control of the Huaidong envoys; When Lin Jian returned to Chongzhou, he did not take a shelf, but personally came to Jiuhua to greet him, planning to go to Chongzhou together, so as to discuss the military and political affairs in Hailing Mansion with Lin Lian.

At that time, it was the autumn grain harvest season, and both sides of the Yunyan River were golden rice fields, and farmers were already prostrating themselves in the fields to harvest rice.

When he led his troops to the north to guard Huai, the wheat harvest did not tassel, but in the blink of an eye, it was the autumn grain harvest season, and the time passed like a white horse, and half a year had passed without paying attention.

"How much can the harvest increase in camphor this year?" Lin Jian asked Li Zheng Luo Fu in the camphor.

"The Yunyan River has been widened, several rivers in Xiangzhangli have been dredged before the rainy season, this summer, Xiangzhangli has not suffered a little waterlogging, a rare harvest year in ten years," Luo Fu stroked his frost-white beard, and said excitedly, "Last year can already be regarded as a small harvest year, but this year's summer grain harvest is two percent more than last year, and the autumn grain can also increase by two percent!" ”

"When the local farmers are slack, they must organize the villagers to repair the ditches every year, and do a good job in seed selection and fertilizer accumulation, so that there will be a harvest every year!" Lin Jian said with a smile, "In order to widen the Yunyan River, I borrowed some grain from the local government. I didn't hide these grains in my personal pocket, and I used them all for water conservancy. Now that everyone can have a good harvest, I will be at ease, and in three or five years, I will return the grain I borrowed to everyone...... There is no need to scold everyone anymore! ”

"That's the painstaking work of us fools and stupid people who don't know adults......" Luo Fu laughed awkwardly.

Last year, Lin Jian inspected the fields twice in Chongzhou, and all those who encroached on the official fields and sent the fields to the monasteries on maternity leave were all fined and rented. The Luo family lost thousands of acres of land, fined and fined rents and discounted japonica rice and thousands of stones, of course, Lin was hated to the bone.

It was only after the truth of the Chongzhou boy case was revealed, that Luo Fu's captive young son returned home, and the Luo family completely relieved their resentment, and together with other benevolent families, they became representatives of local forces that firmly supported Lin Lian to take root in Chongzhou.

The Luo family still has 30 hectares of fertile land, and thanks to the dredging and widening of the water system of the Salt River and its tributaries, the harvest is 20% more than that of a normal year. With the addition of spring flowers, in terms of japonica rice, this year's income has increased by nearly 1,000 stones.

Fifty percent of the rent can be paid back in two years.

Last year, the more than 1,000 mu of land confiscated as official land was mostly middle and lower fields that had not been improved and were susceptible to flooding, and they were planted by tenants, and the annual rent collection was only 500 or 600 stone of japonica rice.

From this point of view, the dredging and widening of the Yunyan River and its tributaries is really a great benefit.

Even if they didn't benefit from Lin Tie and didn't benefit from the Jiangdong Left Army before, after this year's bumper harvest, the resentment in their hearts can almost be resolved.

"Don't mention the past," Lin Jian said with a smile, "It's a good thing to increase income and production, but don't steal or leak the money and food that should be paid......

"This is natural, how can you be so ignorant?" Luo Fu said.

Lin Jian smiled, pulled Liu Shidu, and talked about a lot of agricultural affairs with Luo Fu and other local gentry.

The county wants to increase the grain endowment, and the most important thing to do is to measure the acres of land and set it strictly, and it is strictly forbidden to use the good to replace the bad and evade the grain tax.

Last year, after verifying the amount of land and acres, there was a relatively definite estimate of the amount of summer and autumn grain in Chongzhou, that is, the total amount of summer and autumn grain for the whole year was 320,000 stone and rice grain.

This year, the county's output will increase, but there will not be much increase in the collection of summer and autumn grain, and it is the landowners and peasant households who will directly benefit.

Of course, the construction of water conservancy can reduce the county's investment in disaster relief and reduce taxes, which can be regarded as an indirect increase in the county's income.

The total amount of grain in Chongzhou in summer and autumn is a clear account, even if this part of the income is to be counted as the additional food and salary of the Huaidong Army, its details must be reported to Hailing Mansion, and Liu Shidu knows this account in his heart.

Lin Jian has only been in Chongzhou for a year, and Chongzhou's Ding tax and various capitation assessments have been exempted, and the total income of Chongzhou County in a year can be increased by two or three percent. This ability to govern the government, Liu Shidu also sighed to himself.

To say that the summer and autumn grain is being allocated, Chongzhou County can reach two Hailing counties, but Hailing County still has Ding tax and various assessments, and the overall income is not below Chongzhou County.

The biggest difference is that the income of Chongzhou County is directly linked to the number of acres of land, and the landlords who own a large number of fields and the large households in the township bear more obligations, while the tenants and small farmers benefit greatly; Hailing County's income is more tied to Dingkou, and the landlords and large households will pass on their obligations to the small farmers and tenants.

Lin Lian's success in promoting the New Deal in Chongzhou had special places, but if he wanted to expand to other counties, he would be hindered by the strong influence of local magnates and landlords.

However, Chongzhou can increase income and production on a large scale, and it can also resolve the resentment between local large households and landlords to a considerable extent. Compared with before May last year, Chongzhou was ravaged by pirates, and now the people of Chongzhou are safe, whose credit is it? Everyone has an account in their hearts.

In addition to Xisha Island, there are 400,000 acres of land used as official land, which is a secret account unknown to outsiders.

These more than 400,000 acres of official land are mainly distributed along the Xishan River and the Yunyan River, and most of them were middle and lower fields before. One of the most important goals of the dredging and widening of the Yunyan River is to improve the water conservancy conditions in the nearby areas, remove a large amount of silt from the bottom of the river for fertilizer, and transform these middle and lower fields into fertile fields.

The dredging and widening of the Yunyan River once numbered as 100,000 people on the embankment, and it was carried out for seven months, and at the rate of two liters and half a meter per worker, 400,000 stone and rice grains were used up for the food money alone, and the total cost reached 400,000 taels of silver.

However, this investment is worth it, and after the rent reduction of more than 400,000 mu of official land, the total amount of rent this year will also reach as much as 240,000 stone of rice and grain, an increase of nearly 30 percent over the previous period.

In addition, Xisha Island can also save 80,000 stone of rice grain.

Chongzhou County's total income from acres of land this year will reach 620,000 stone in terms of japonica rice, and these will be collected one after another in the next month after the autumn grain harvest.

It is precisely because of this foundation that Lin Jian dared to move Ding Zhuang after the disbandment of the 50,000 or 60,000 Liumin Army, as well as a larger number of family members, to Chongzhou for resettlement.

The people on the Chongzhou side are in full swing, and it will take almost a month to move so many people to Chongzhou.

Liu Shidu somewhat knew that Lin Jian had a large number of official fields in his hands, but the detailed numbers were not clear.

Lin Jian and Liu Shidu first talked about the reorganization of the Hailing Mansion Army, and then talked about repairing and defending the seawall.

To do this, even if Chongzhou pays for silver and grain to produce Ding Zhuang, Liu Shidu must cooperate, and Liu Tingzhou and the magistrates of Yandu, Jianling, and Gaocheng counties must be called to Chongzhou to discuss this matter.

"We have to build a 300-mile seawall!" Liu Shidu was stunned for a while, and he didn't know what to say.

It is said that Lin Tie is arrogant, but Lin Tie insisted on using seven months to widen and dig more than 100 miles of the Salt River with the power of one county, and the Thousand Stone Ships can now travel unhindered on the Salt River.

Lin Jian really wanted to grit his teeth and do it, Liu Shidu believed that Lin Jian had the ability to build a 300-mile seawall in two years.

Someone in the county department began to talk about Lin Tie's ambitions, and many colleagues brought letters, either hinting or explicitly, asking Liu Shidu to be more vigilant against Lin Tie in Hailing Mansion.

The dredging and widening of the Yunyan River and the investment of 400,000 taels of silver before and after the renovation, if calculated based on the direct increase in rents from the transformation of grain fields, it will take more than ten or twenty years to recover the cost.

Who doesn't know that the tide is intruding and flooding? For hundreds of years, except for fragments, no one has ever thought of building a seawall from Jiangmen to Qingjiangpu on a large scale, why?

The investment is too large, and the direct benefits that local governments can enjoy from it are too small, and it will take decades to manifest itself.

County officials are often appointed every three years, who wants to be the predecessors of planting trees, so that the descendants of ten or twenty years later can enjoy the shade?

Liu Shidu couldn't think for a while that spending millions of dollars to build this sea-defying embankment, in addition to prestige, could have any direct benefits to Lin Bin!

When Lin Jian made up his mind to repair the Hanhai embankment on the way, in addition to directly sending letters to the Jianghuai Governor's Mansion, the Xuanfu Envoy, the Salt and Iron Division, and the Huai'an Mansion, he also sent a special letter to the imperial court to talk about this matter.

Yue Lengqiu, Liu Tingzhou, Zhang Yan, Wang Tian and others were shocked, but they could not put forward reasons for opposition.

When Chongzhou invests a large amount of money, grain, manpower, and material resources in the construction of the Hanhai embankment, it means that the scale of Chongzhou's military expansion will be greatly restricted.

Lin Jian is only the military and political governor of the Huaidong region, except for being the governor of Chongzhou County, he cannot interfere in the civil affairs and finances of other prefectures and counties, and he can build a sea wall, and the three counties of Yandu, Jianling, and Gaocheng will benefit, and the Huainan Salt District will benefit, and the increased tax on Tianfu will not fall into Lin Bin's pocket.

Liu Tingzhou once thought that he had blamed Lin Tie for being a person, and was ashamed and annoyed that he had argued with Lin Tie in those days in Huai'an. After receiving Lin Bin's letter, and without waiting for Yue Lengqiu's instructions, Liu Tingzhou rushed to Chongzhou with Yandu Zhixian County to discuss the matter.

The excerpt was handed to Beijing, and it didn't take half a month for Jingzhong's response to reach Chongzhou. But for the imperial court, as long as you don't have to pay a tael of silver for this, and you don't toss the place, Lin Jian has no reason to refuse if he wants to do this.

From the beginning of the great effort to clear the dredging and transportation of the salt river, Lin Jian set a strategy for Chongzhou to "build a high city and accumulate grain", and repairing and defending the seawall was just a more resolute implementation of this strategy, and it was easy to convince everyone in Chongzhou.

During the Warring States Period, Qin gathered the strength of the whole country to build the Zhengguo Canal, and it was successful in ten years, and within ten years, it was unable to expand outward. After the completion of the Zheng State Canal, the foundation of the Qin State was stabilized, laying the economic foundation for the unification of the six countries.

If history does not change, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the heroes competed for hegemony, and the Zhu family "built a high city, accumulated grain, and slowly became the king" in Jiangning, and the other heroes were in chaos with 100,000 or hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and finally gave Zhu the south of the army to dominate and occupy the world.

Now Yue Lengqiu led the Changhuai army to recapture Hao and Si, divided his troops into Luzhou, took over the command of the Huaixi Theater from Lin Tingli, and began to use troops against Luo Xiancheng in Shouzhou.

Lin Tingli also asked to resign from the title of Huaixi Jingkou envoy and retreated to Dongyang.

Huaixi refers to the four prefectures of Dongyang, Luzhou (Hefei, Anhui), Haozhou and Huaishang (Shouzhou), and the center of gravity of its strategic situation is in Luzhou.

Like the Huaidong strategic situation in Huai'an, Huaidong can't control Huai'an, and Huaidong's system is virtual; In Huaixi, Luzhou cannot be controlled, and there is no need for Lin Tingli to force the big head to fight for the Huaixi system.

After all, the foundation of the Dongyang Army is not thicker than that of the Jiangdong Left Army (Huaidong Army), it cannot withstand consumption, and the money and food are insufficient.

If you give Yue Lengqiu a chance to fight Luo Xiancheng in Shouzhou, the gains outweigh the losses, and it becomes a disaster.

After the Changhuai army took over the defense of Luzhou, more than 10,000 elite soldiers in the original Luzhou town were able to escape, and under the leadership of the town general Deng Yu, they crossed the Yangtze River to the south and entered Huizhou to strengthen the defense of the southern part of Jiangdong County.

Huizhou is also known as Xin'an, mentioning Xin'an, or not famous, and the Yellow Mountain in Huizhou is famous all over the world.

Fuyu Mountain (today's Mu Mountain) in the northeast of Huizhou and Baiji Mountain in the southeast are the natural division between Jiangdong and Zhejiang; The territory of Xin'an goes south to Chun'an, and flows into the Qianjiang River, which is the source of the Qianjiang River.

Before Gaozu made his career, he held Jiangning, and built a gate city in Yuling between Baiji Mountain and Fuyu Mountain, according to the enemy of Zhejiang. More than 200 years have passed, and the city is still there, and it is still the key pass of the two Zhejiang Tongwei Prefectures, and there are garrisons.

Deng Yu led a heavy army into Yuling Pass, to the east to be able to respond to Dong Yuan, who was defending Hangzhou, and integrated with the defense line of northern Zhejiang, and to the south and west, he was able to contain the extravagant soldiers and horses occupying Chun'an, Quzhou and other counties in western Zhejiang.

Since then, although it has not been possible to recapture the southern Zhejiang region from the luxury family, the defense line in northern Zhejiang has also been strengthened and basically stabilized.

As far as luxury families are concerned, it will take some time to digest the newly acquired land and integrate northern Fujian and southern Zhejiang. In addition, the Yu Wangao Department that retreated south is still a cancer that causes headaches for the luxury family. For a short period of time, there was no sign of large-scale use of troops in northern Zhejiang or Liangjiang (Jiangdong and Jiangxi).

Compared with the wars in spring and summer, the situation seems to be easing after autumn, and there are signs of contraction in the east of Datong, but this great mountain and river end is really broken into several pieces - Lin Tie can only base Huaidong first, and see how the general trend of the world will go next.