Chapter 58 Longyou Construction Plan
"Ming Gong!!"
Li Mu was holding Ma Su's armor tightly at this time, looking like you don't want me to let go unless I die.
"Ahem... Ziwen, I was just following the situation in a hurry. If I didn't use some means, I wouldn't have won the big victory now, right?" Ma Su was a little helpless and explained while trying to take his hand away.
What he did was indeed unreasonable. In order to lead the troops into battle, he directly knocked Li Mu's black bricks. But there was nothing that Ma Su could do. Li Mu really refused to let go at that time.
It is said that after he woke up and heard that Ma Di had led the army to fight, he cried loudly and kept saying that he was sorry for Shu Han and Ming Gong.
If there wasn't a lot of work in Longxi County, which kept this guy busy, he would have really planned to ride his horse to chase Ma Su.
Really, is this necessary? Didn’t I come back alive?
Fuck, I feel like crying.
"Okay! Ziwen, please let me go quickly and go to work!" Ma Di said speechlessly, why is this guy so powerful in grabbing people, and he can't get rid of them.
"Ming Gong! This time I will never let you lead the troops and leave without authorization!" Li Mu said through gritted teeth with an expression of death wish.
"You are as important as Prime Minister Zhuge now. If something happens to you, I can only apologize to the man by killing myself!"
"Prime Minister Zhuge wanted to go to war and he didn't stop you? Why did you stop me?" Ma Di frowned and looked at Li Mudao.
"The Prime Minister would also go into the sea of fire to rescue the bamboo slips?" Li Mu asked rhetorically.
Ma Su: "..."
Okay, okay, let’s play like this, right?
"Okay! Ziwen, let me go! I swear that I will never go to war without authorization again! Is this okay?" Ma Su said helplessly. There were a lot of Qiang and Hu soldiers behind this ****, which made it difficult for others to see. I thought I was as good as Longyang.
"Please Ming Gong keep your word! At least, be responsible for your duties!" Li Mu sighed and then let go of Ma Su.
He was really worried that Ming Gong would get mad again and rush out to continue fighting with the Qiang people.
He, Li Mu, has rarely met such a person who is both civil and military, not afraid of death, and truly has ideals in many years. Zhuge Liang was the first, Ma Di was the second, and Li Mu planned to entrust his fortune and life to this gentleman.
Such a gentleman must live, and the great things he can do are far beyond the current point.
"How does Ming Gong plan to deal with this group of Qiang and Di tribes?" After expressing his attitude that he would live and die with Ma Di, Li Mu began to get down to business. He pointed at the Qiang and Hu people who were moved by Ma Su and asked.
"Of course we have to organize farmland, gradually promote the land equalization method in Longxi County, and organize the most powerful people to open up wasteland." Ma Su waved his hand, indicating that he was well prepared for this.
"These are Qiang and Di tribes that have interacted with the Han people for many years, and have already accepted part of their culture. As long as they are intertwined with the people of Longxi for farming, within two generations they will stop making trouble and feel at ease as Han people."
"Ming Gong, I'm afraid there isn't so much arable land in Longyou." Li Mu glanced at Ma Su speechlessly, feeling that Ming Gong was unreliable again.
"Although Longxi County has experienced war, a large amount of farmland has been left uncultivated. But the population you brought back is too large, and it has exceeded the peak population of Longxi County."
"Even if the cultivated land abandoned in previous years is reclaimed, it will not be enough to feed such a large population."
"There's no rush for this. Let's reclaim it slowly first. In the next few years, Longxi County will need to build a lot of things." Ma Su waved his hand and said that although you are in a hurry, don't be anxious yet and listen to me.
"Longxi County is located in the westernmost of the five counties of Longyou. It suffers from drought and little rain all year round, so there are not many places that can be cultivated. Most of the places are grasslands suitable only for grazing. If it is converted into cultivated land, the soil fertility and moisture cannot support it."
"Moreover, there are often locust plagues here in Longyou, causing the people in Longxi to rely on the sky for food."
"In view of this situation, I will personally take charge and recruit a large number of talents to build a reservoir of water during the slack season. At the same time, I will dig canals and a large number of facilities to reduce the impact of natural disasters on farming."
The top priority is to use work-relief and at the same time organize the redundant population to promote construction.
In this era, many later generations of water conservancy have not yet been discovered, and most places still rely on the weather for their livelihood.
The weather was good and the harvest was good, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the court still had plenty. Due to the time difference, the harvest was not enough to feed the people, so many small farmers had to go bankrupt and sell their land, and eventually became sharecroppers.
If you are already a sharecropper, your only option is to starve to death.
Therefore, in Ma Su's opinion, the best way is to build water conservancy facilities. Build large reservoirs near rivers to store flood water and divert water for irrigation to expand local agricultural potential and reduce the impact of natural disasters on farmers.
Fortunately, Ma Su had studied this aspect in his previous life and happened to meet his professional counterpart.
"Ming Gong plans to follow what the Prime Minister did in Shu and build a reservoir in Longxi County?" Li Mu was slightly startled and asked after thinking for a moment.
When Zhuge ruled Shu, he built a large number of water conservancy facilities and improved the original Dujiangyan. Relying on these constructions, Shuhan's grain output has been raised to a higher level, allowing Shuhan to compete with the whole country with one state.
Even in later generations, people in Shu continued to offer sacrifices to Zhuge Liang to thank the prime minister for his contributions to Shu.
If Ma Su re-engraved the statue in Longyou, then Ma Su might also be able to build a shrine in Longyou.
"That's natural. Didn't the ancients say that the sky is unkind and treats all things like rotten dogs? To rely on the sky to make a living is to hand over the lives of the Han people to the sky. That is irresponsible." Ma Di shook his head gently. This was also the case with Ma Di. Another reason why we are anxious to suppress the Qiang.
The large-scale construction of such large-scale water conservancy projects has forced many civilians to live in the wild. Without a stable public security situation, Ma Di would have no choice but to escort the civilians with their soldiers and horses.
Not only is that unsafe, it also consumes a lot of money.
It just so happened that if he, Ma Su, had not died, the Qiang people who had been moved out would have been able to serve as civil servants for such a large project. The cultivated land finally reclaimed can also be used as cultivated land for the Qiang people to ensure maximum human efficiency.
These are Ma Su's scheduled plans, and they can now be implemented smoothly.
"And the strong Qiang and Di can also be recruited into the army to form a Qiang and Hu tribe similar to the Wudang Flying Army. The entire model can be completely imitated by the Prime Minister's measures in Nanzhong, so that we can revitalize the stagnant water in Longxi."
Ma Su finally added, pointing to the vigorous Qiang and Hu soldiers and said to Li Mu.
The Qiang people are good at nomadic herding, own many horses and are extremely good at riding. By recruiting the Qiang people and bringing them home, the Shu army could obtain the extremely lacking cavalry in a short period of time.
Generally speaking, Ma Su's plan is still very stable. At least Ma Su can confidently say that no matter how he criticizes, he cannot say that Ma Su has not contributed to Shu Han.
Even if I am seeking death, the things I do by the way are enough to be regarded as historical progress.