One Piece of Song Dynasty

"Mr. Lu, according to our investigation, the topography of the Ezo Island is high in the middle and low on the four sides. Although the middle is mountainous and is the territory of the Ezo barbarians, the entire coast and the mountains in the middle are There are a lot of desolate plains scattered among them. It is estimated that the land that can be developed into cultivated land is nearly three million acres. In addition, we have also discovered many minerals, mostly large coal mines, as well as copper, lead, and iron. and other small minerals." An exploration team leader reported to Lu Wenbin.

After listening to the report, Lu Wenbin nodded and said: "Very good, you have worked hard these days. I will write a memorial and report these results to the emperor as soon as possible."

Just when Lu Wenbin was developing Beiting City on a large scale, Li Xin, who was in Yanjing, had already held weddings for his eldest son Li Xiaolong and his eldest daughter Li Xining at the same time. The weddings of the two couples were held on the same day, one getting married and the other getting married.

Seeing her children getting married, Li Xin was filled with emotions. In her previous life, she died without even seeing her son get married. This life can be regarded as fulfilling her previous wish.

After their children's marriage, everything returned to normal. Lu Wenbin's memorial was quickly placed in front of Li Xin's case. After reading it, Li Xin immediately approved Lu Wenbin to send another immigrants there, and appointed Hu Zikun, a graduate of Chongwen Academy in Xinghan Province, as the The prefect of Beiting Prefecture, Liu Fa's son Liu Zhengfei, is the defense envoy of Beiting Prefecture, and the name of the city in the core area of ​​Beiting City is directly called Beiting County.

Because only one season of food can be cultivated a year, and the climate in Beiting City is bitter and cold, making it difficult to settle down, Li Xin decided that Han immigrants who came to settle in Beiting Mansion would be provided with 40 acres of cultivated land for each household, and would be tax-free for three years. , grain tax is collected only once a year.

With the efforts of more and more craftsmen and people, the construction of Beiting County is progressing rapidly. After two months of hard work, Beiting County has taken a prototype, and the four walls have been erected first.

Moreover, a group of new immigrants arrive in Beiting Mansion every half month. Among these immigrants are immigrants from Lianghuai and Zhao Yizhu's family of six, including his mother, his wife Liu, and his two younger brothers Erzhu and Sanzhu. , and the youngest sister Yaer.

Zhao Yizhu's family was originally from Suqian. They originally farmed in the countryside and had a pretty good life. Later, after the war between Song and Jin Dynasties, as the Jin army invaded the south step by step, life began to become difficult. Moreover, as the Song army destroyed the Huangge Embankment near Kaifeng, , the Yellow River changed its course to divert the Huaihe River into the sea, and life became even more difficult. The Yellow River diverted the Huai River into the sea and passed through Suqian. Even so, the family did not want to leave their ancestral land and go to the south to make a living. Later, the two Huai River areas became the main areas of war between the Song and Jin Dynasties. The two sides were fighting back and forth, and life was about to become unbearable. The Song army went on the Northern Expedition and regained the Central Plains in one fell swoop. Zhao Yizhu thought he could live a stable life, but he did not expect that after Li Xin restored the Tang Dynasty, he gave the Ministry of Water Resources The first task is to study how to return the Yellow River to its original path in the north from Shandong to the sea.

Li Xin still understands the dangers of the Yellow River diverting the Huai River and flowing into the sea. The Huai River channel cannot accommodate the Yellow River runoff and the continuous accumulation of sediment. The Yellow River diverting the Huai River and flowing into the sea will only cause the people near the Huai River Basin to suffer from floods all year round, and the production capacity will be reduced. will eventually affect the country's fiscal revenue, so the Yellow River must be allowed to return to its original course and separated from the Huaihe River Basin.

However, it is not easy to change the direction of the Yellow River. If it fails, it will cause heavy losses to the people. However, it will not work if the Yellow River is not changed back. So Li Xin decided that the short-term pain is worse than the long-term pain. If the people move away, everything will be easier without them. As for where the moved people will go, either Beiting City or Ryukyu City are good places. Of course, after establishing a foothold in these two places, Li Xin will still Luzon will be developed, and with Luzon there will be no need to worry about where the people will settle. After the people are gone, the Yellow River diversion project will officially begin.

As a result, Zhao Yizhu's family was forced to board a boat to Beiting City. At first, Zhao Yizhu was a little resentful that the officers and soldiers forced them to leave their home. Zhao Yizhu had not thought about escaping, but his family's lives were in the hands of the officers and soldiers. Considering When the lives of his whole family were in danger, he did not dare to act rashly.

However, the officers and soldiers treated them well. Although they were immediately escorted to Huating, they took extra care of them along the way and never ran out of food and clothing. Moreover, if these civilian prisoners fell ill on the road, medical officers would arrange treatment.

People in troubled times are the easiest to be grateful. Zhao Yizhu's family saw that the army was so polite in providing food and clothing to the people, so the resentment in their hearts was relieved a lot during the journey.

After arriving at Huating, Zhao Yizhu was surprised to find that there were many people transported from the Huaihe River Basin outside Huating City. Zhao Yizhu learned that this group of people will go to a place called Beiting Mansion, and this Beiting Mansion is still an island.

To be honest, Zhao Yizhu had no idea about Beiting Mansion. These people who originally lived in inland China felt a kind of resistance and fear in their hearts when they had to cross the sea to live on a deserted island overseas.

However, the emperor's order was in front of him, so even though Zhao Yizhu was unwilling, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and take his family with him to board the naval ship heading to Beiting Mansion.

In midsummer, the fleet rode the strong southerly wind and headed north. After ten days, it arrived at Jeju Island. After changing ships, it took another half a month to reach its destination, Beijing Port, Beijing City.

The family, who had been dizzy after the boat ride, were all very happy to finally see the long-lost land. After the family came to the shore carrying simple luggage and boarded the gangplank, they saw the coniferous forest and green grassland, and breathed in the fresh air with the fragrance of pine leaves. All the immigrants felt an inexplicable feeling. A sense of freshness and curiosity.

Then, after arriving at Beiting Port, all the people, led by soldiers, turned northeast and arrived at the initially completed Beiting County.

Looking at the Beiting City in front of him, which was twenty miles in circumference and surrounded by moats, and looked exactly like a large county town in the mainland, Zhao Yizhu suddenly had the illusion that he had returned to the mainland.

Under the arrangement of Huzi Kun, the new governor of Beiting Prefecture who arrived earlier, all the immigrants temporarily lived in simple wooden houses in Beiting City. Afterwards, household registration badges were distributed and each family was allocated 40 acres by lottery. , the wasteland in the plains near Beiting City was allocated.

Zhao Yizhu's family was very lucky in this lottery. The land they were awarded was close to the river. It was a flat area, which was very convenient for farming. Moreover, the soil was shiny black and extremely fertile, which made Zhao Yizhu's family even more happy. Incessantly.

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