Chapter 762
Xia civilization originated thousands of years ago from the upper reaches of the Great River. Now some counties in Liang Province are the source of civilization, such as Longxi, Hanyang, and Beidi. With the development of civilization, the footprints of the various Xia nation, along the big river all the way eastward, expanding north-south, and now the vast territory and abundant resources of Divine Continent.
Various Xia people have descended from generation to generation, and Guanzhong was an important place for grain production during the Qin and Han dynasties. However, as time passed, the excessive development of Guanzhong made Guanzhong gradually barren, and grain output shifted from Guanzhong to Guandong, namely Jizhou, Yanzhou and Yuzhou.
Here, it is Central Plains.
East County should be considered the middle of Central Plains.
Before the Yellow Turban, this was a populous county. Dahe nurtures and nourishes, and there are more than 200,000 households in the eastern county alone, which is not much worse than Nanyang, the most populous county. However, as the Hornets rose, Central Plains was the hardest-hit area. The insurgents and the beacon flames caused the population density to decline rapidly. Until now, when the princes were fighting against Dong Zhuo, the population of Dongjun was only one third in the Peak period, with a maximum of eighty to ninety thousand households.
Cao Mengde has a poem: There are righteous men in the Kwantung area, who are fighting against the gang; Early-Stage meets the alliance, but the heart is in Xianyang...The armor gives birth to lice, and all surnames die; the bones are exposed in the wild, There are no cock crowing in thousands of miles;
The beacon at the end of the Han Dynasty has not yet reached the pinnacle, but the terrible scene in this poem that Cao Mengde will create in the future has been vaguely presented before people's eyes.
Three carriages were crunching on the Loess Road. The drought affected the entire Central Plains area, and the East County was not spared. The extremely tenacious weeds of lifeforce are also rustling out of strength, and the ground is barren and full of cracks. Vaguely some bones, under the scorching sun, Blink is shining a dazzling light.
"The strong man makes the man strong, the Guoheng is destroyed by the weak, and the lone man is destroyed by the strong. They are all buried under this dry and barren land..."
The power of the Han , The later dynasties are almost incomparable. Even in the Three Kingdoms period, Han Chinese's population was greatly reduced, and Cao Mengde only occupied 30% of the world, and he was able to single-handedly suppress the barbarians in the north. After the subsequent dynasties collapsed and split, those princes often called the barbarians in the north to gain greed, and even did not hesitate to draw the barbarians to the south. What emperor, what shit, abound.
Only the Han dynasty, even if it collapses, is still famous all over the world.
However, it is probably this kind of hard bones that led to the tragedy in the future.
Anyway, if you don't accept me, I don't accept you. I fight for life and death. The Han Chinese that I fight will be extinct.
After playing for more than a hundred years, I got tired. Sima Family did a coward, and was no longer able to recover the strong and prosperous age, hiding in the southeast, lingering and panting, leaving an infamy.
Zhao Yu leaned on the edge of the car, looking at the desolation and sternness in front of him, thinking in his heart.
The later Romance of the Three Kingdoms turned Cao Mengde into a thief. But who knows the sinister Cao Mengde is in?
He is alone in the north and seems to be powerful, but who has thought about the threats from barbarians such as the northern Huns, Xianbei, and Wuwan to him? It is said that Liu Bei is threatened by Southern Wilderness, and Sun Quan is threatened by Shanyue, but whether Southern Wilderness or Shanyue is more likely than the Xiongnu Xianbei? !
Actually, Zhao Yu even guessed that after Chibi, Cao Mengde did not continue to launch a large-scale Southward War because of the threat of the northern barbarians. He must have heavy troops to suppress the north, but he cannot be transferred.
Puyang is in sight.
"Old classic, where is it?"
Zhao Yu asked lazily because he was uneasy.
"We have entered the boundary of Puyang." Dianwei replied: "I will pass a section of the river ahead, do you want to see it?"
Zhao Yu heard it, and came to the spirit: "It depends."
The carriage stopped by the river, Zhao Yu climbed up the river slope, and at a glance, it was sparkling.
The Yellow River has become a hanging river in later generations. That is, the elevation of the riverbed is higher than that of the land on both banks. This is because of the accumulation of sediment that has been scoured upstream over the years. Therefore, once floods occur, the lower reaches of the Yellow River will definitely be a country.
But now this age is much better.
At least the bed of the Yellow River has not risen above the ground on both banks.
However, the turbid river water still indicates the irreversibility of all this.
The excessive development of Guanzhong by the Han family is also one of the important reasons for the turbidity of the Yellow River.
Actually, this is exactly the same as in the new era of later generations, where environmental pollution is exchanged for economic development. There is no way.
Dahan has a flourishing period of 60 million people. In such an era of low productivity, it is only through this method to feed so many people.
Zhao Yu squatted by the river, holding up a handful of pale yellow water, looked thoughtful at the river.
He suddenly said to Dianwei who was standing beside him: "Old Dian, you said that if I can make the Yellow River clear and prevent flooding, okay?"
Dian Wei's eyes are like bronze bells: "My boss, I know you have some strange abilities, but this is impossible, right?"
"I'll ask you if you are good."
"Okay, of course! It's definitely good!" Dianwei is categorical: "If you can make the Yellow River good for the owner, the commoners along both sides of the river must offer you as Immortal-like gods!"
Zhao Yu nodded, stand up: "Let's go, go to Puyang."
The consideration of governance of the Yellow River is not a whim of Zhao Yu. He supported Cao Mengde, but he would not pull up his sleeves and help Cao Mengde shirtlessly. He thought that was a shame. dignified A monk, not a killing machine.
On the contrary, products such as crop cultivation, steel forging, and even waterwheels, glass, and soap are more attractive to him now.
To transform history in all aspects, not just changing the soup without changing the medicine. This is what Zhao Yu hopes he can accomplish.
To change from every corner, to reverse, can time and space produce fundamental turbulence, so as to achieve one's own goals. Instead of just letting Cao Mengde establish a dynasty, everything is fine. This is just the work of the leather watch.
The improvement of the Yellow River is also in Zhao Yu's plan.
If it succeeds, the impact on time and space will never be less than the change of dynasty. The impact is even greater.
What's more, the transformation of the Yellow River is also in the plan to support Cao Mengde. It's also part of it. The south bank of the Yellow River is where Cao Mengde started and is the foundation. It's about Cao Mengde's great cause. If the transformation of the Yellow River can be completed, combined with the improved crops cultivated in the small world of primal chaos, this area will surely become the world's granary, which can continuously support Cao Mengde's fight in all directions.
However, it is not a simple matter to transform the Yellow River.
Even in the modern world 2,000 years later, the productivity is extremely advanced, and it will not be able to fundamentally change the Yellow River.
To accomplish this goal, Zhao Yu must use immortal means.
And now is not the time. Even if the immortal method is used, it will not happen for a while, and it still needs the support of a certain amount of human and material resources. This plan will not be implemented until Cao Mengde gains a foothold in Dongjun.
Before dark, Zhao Yu and his party of three carriages finally arrived in Puyang.
The house is a ready-made house. It was where Chen Gong stayed when he came to Puyang before. Now it belongs to Zhao Yu.
But on the surface, Zhao Yu paid for it.
"Low-key, you know?"
While Wang Po took two maids to clean the yard, Zhao Yu told Dian Wei, "Before Meng De took over Puyang, Must be low-key. But you can't do nothing."
Dian Wei is ignorant.
Zhao Yu raised his forehead and said: "How much money did you bring?"
"Uh, oh, three 100,000 yuan." Dianwei reacted: "'Buy it' This yard spent ten thousand dollars, also twenty...twenty..."
"Two hundred and eighty thousand five." Zhao Yu pouted and looked at Dian Wei: "From tomorrow From now on, you have to learn mathematics from me. If you can’t learn it half a month, I want you to look forward to it."
"Huh?" Dian Wei suddenly pulled down a rough face, such as prepare for there funeral .
Zhao Yu coldly snorted: "I have never seen such a useless domestic servant like you."
Dian Wei was silent.
"Okay, you immediately go to the city and find me a steward who can do business. Don't come back if you can't find it."
Dian Wei 噔噔僜I ran out.
Zhao Yu exhaled and sat down: "So what, Xiaochun, bring me a fan."
The weather is indeed very hot, but it has nothing to do with Zhao Yu. He is now in this realm, and it has long been cold and hot. But pretend to be. It's not decent if you don't take a fan on a hot day.
Two maids, one is Xiaochun, with a round face. One is called Xiaoqiu, oval face. They are only 15-16 years old and look pretty.
"Here is here."
Screaming, Xiaochun grabbed the fan and ran over, her face flushed.
Zhao Yu said: "Let Wangpo stop busy and make dinner first. I'll talk about it tomorrow."
"Well."
Xiaochun slipped away.
Zhao Yu has no arrogance, and the family is harmonious.
At least two maids are not afraid of him, and occasionally make grinning jokes.
Zhao Yu doesn't care. Such a girl is still in junior high school after 2,000 years.
Wait until Wang Po made dinner, Dian Wei's servant came back with the meal.
There is a sense of food, Dian Wei has never missed a meal.
"The boss." Dianwei scratched his forehead, quietly looking inside the room, and said: "I found three, which one do you want?"
Zhao Yu Looking up and down, holding a pu fan in his hand, looking at the three people who came back with Dian Wei.
They are all in ragged clothes, but their temperament is somewhat different from ordinary commoners.
"Tell me, what did you do before?"
In times of trouble, human lives are like weeds. Those who can't survive will either join the army, rebel, or sell themselves. People market is a place to sell people. It's called selling the first label, which means sticking a straw around your neck to indicate that you want to sell yourself.
Is it someone who wants to sell himself? But there is no way, I can't live.
The three of them rushed to scramble for the first time, and talked about their own backgrounds as if they burst into beans.
The demand exceeds supply in the human market. To be honest, in these days, if you can give a bite of food, some people will die. Therefore, business in the city is not good. There are random people who roar and are willing to sell themselves for free.
So, it is not easy to meet a buyer.
These three people all know that they all hope to be bought by Zhao Yu.
All three of them are 30-40 years old, and they all have families. It is because of a family that I have to sell myself. Otherwise, he can't afford his wife and children.
They are all Puyang locals, and they are all small businesses. But small businesses cannot withstand storms and tend to collapse. Once it collapses, there is nothing left.
Qiaoyu was not a good official. In the past, to conquer Dong Zhuo, he needed conscription, and conscription required money and food, so the people in Puyang City suffered. Those great families with influence, the bridge not to be trifled with, so small people like the three in front of them become the best targets for exploitation.
So they went bankrupt.