Chapter 985: Xie

Chapter 985: Xie

  Chapter 985 Xie Shi

"what's on your mind?"

   Ah Cha asked him.

   "Qinghai Lake should have frost." Qin Lang said.

   Ah Cha just snorted when she heard this. This woman just came from Guangzhou. At first Qin Lang asked her if she wanted to go to Nanzhong, but she said no. He also said that he never wants to go back in this life, not only Cuan's family in Kunzhou by Dianchi Lake, but also the Wumeng tribe's natal village in Wumeng Mountain.

  But when Qin Lang entered the Qianzhong Road along the Longjiang River, Ah Cha followed the supply team and caught up with Qin Lang in Yingzhou in the middle of Guizhou.

  Yingzhou was the third year of Zhenguan. Xie Yuan, the leader of Dongxie, went deep into Chang'an to make a pilgrimage to the emperor, and ordered his land to be located in Yingzhou, with five counties under its jurisdiction.

   It was originally Jiyi Prefecture, but now it is changed to Zhengzhou of the imperial court, but Xie Yuanshen is still the governor, but it is no longer hereditary.

  Xie Yuanshen has followed Zhang Shigui to lead troops into the land of Dongcuan in Yunnan.

  His disciples were terrified when they saw the well-known Duke of Wei leading the troops to the west, but later saw the envoy sent by Qin Lang to understand the purpose of the visit, and only when Duke Wei went west on his tour did he heave a half-believing sigh of relief.

  Shang County, the governing capital of Yingzhou, is located in Bagu, Duyun in later generations. It is said that it is an integrated state, city and county, but it is actually a village built on the west bank of Jianjiang River.

  The locals also call Jianjiang the Longtou River, and its tributaries flow in from the southwest around the river.

  Facing the Jianhe River in the east, and mountains in the west, facing the river and backing the mountains, it is built along the slope.

  Jianjiang flows all the way to the northeast, the downstream is called Qingshui River, and further downstream is the Yuanjiang River. The Yuanjiang River and Chenshui converge, continue to flow eastward, and finally merge into the Yangtze River.

It is precisely because of the Jianjiang waterway that can directly lead to the Yangtze River that the Yingzhou controlled by Dongxie is not bad, and it is not very closed and backward. The transportation is inconvenient, and it is extremely remote and backward.

  And one of the sources of the Liujiang River, a tributary of the Qianjiang River in the upper reaches of the Xijiang River, the Duliujiang River, is also very close to the capital of Yingzhou.

  Du Liujiang was named after the Ming Dynasty. At that time, people in Yingzhou called it Hejiang, and it got its name from the confluence of three rivers: Lantu River, Dajian River and Machang River.

It is called Dushan River in Dushan County, and it is called Lantu River when it flows into Sandu County. It is called Dahe River after Dajian River merges into it, and it is called Duliu River after it flows to Gejiao and Machang River. For Rongjiang, it entered Liuzhou and was called Liuzhou...

  Go straight to the east, and when it joins the Yujiang River, it becomes the Xijiang River, which goes straight into Guangzhou Bay and enters the sea in the east.

   Originated from Dushan, turned north to Sandu.

  The distance from Sandu to Bagu is only eighty miles.

  One mountain is separated by two rivers.

  Jianjiang flows to the northeast and finally flows into the Yangtze River, while the Dushan River flows to the southeast to flow into the Xijiang River and into the sea.

   "What are you drawing?"

   Ah Cha asked curiously when she saw Qin Lang sketching on the white paper with a charcoal pencil.

   "I'm drawing a post road map."

   Ah Cha leaned over, curious.

  Qin Lang has already outlined some mountains and rivers on the drawings with a sharpened charcoal pencil. The strokes are simple, but as soon as he talks about it, Ah Cha immediately understands it.

   "This is Hejiang, this is Jianjiang, and this is Dagou River?"

   "Well, that's right."

Here in Yingzhou in Dongxie, there is not only the Jianjiang River that leads to the Yangtze River, but also the Duliu River that flows into the Pearl River. In addition, there is a Dagou River to the south, which is also the upper reaches of the Longjiang River that Qin Lang and the others came to this time. tributary.

  The three rivers flow in three directions in Yingzhou, the Jianjiang River flows northward, the Duliujiang River flows eastward, and the Dagou River flows southward.

  The Dagou River flows southwards through Ezhou and Laozhou, and enters Guangxi. It is called the Longjiang River, and enters Liuzhou through Yizhou. The Duliu River originates from Polan County (Dushan) in Yingzhou, enters Guangxi through the Yingjiang River (Rongjiang River) in the east, joins the Xunjiang River from the northeast, turns directly southward, and is collectively called the Rongjiang River, or Rongxishui. Rongzhou, called Tanjiang, all the way south to Liuzhou, where it joins the Longjiang River from the east, collectively called Liujiang, and then joins the Baishi River from Guilin, and is collectively called Yangshui. After confluence, it is called Qianjiang River...

  Qin Lang explained while sketching, from time to time wrote a few place names on the winding riverside, and from time to time outlined a continuous mountain range.

"The mountains in Guizhou have many narrow roads, difficult roads, and inconvenient transportation, but you can see that the Jianjiang River is as quiet as a virgin, calm and elegant, sentimental but pure, and the green hills, green trees, and villages are reflected in it, and it looks like a flowing song. s song?"

   Ah Cha was born in the Wumeng Mountain, which is actually similar to this place. There are mountains as far as the eye can see, and one mountain is as high as the other.

  When she was very young, she always looked at the top of the mountain in the distance from the stilted building, imagining what it would be like on the other side of the mountain, and finally turned over the mountain, but there was still a mountain behind the mountain.

She kept climbing over mountains and ridges, from Wumeng Mountain to Dianchi Lake, but she still couldn't get out of the continuous mountains. It wasn't until she left Nanzhong by boat with Qin Lang that she arrived at the seaside, at the mouth of the Red River and the Pearl River. When you reach the endless plain, you can't even see a big mountain anymore.

   She used to hate Shan, even though she is Shan's daughter.

   Unexpectedly, Qin Lang would use such words to describe the mountains and rivers, so poetic.

"Qianyun is located on a plateau, the mountains are inconvenient, and the cost of building a road is very high. Therefore, for thousands of years, there have been countless tribes here, each of whom is king, because it is closed. I think it is best to try to use the rivers here. .”

  There are many mountains, and there are many rivers.

   Valleys and rivers intersect.

  Although these rivers are meandering, and there will be rapids and dangerous shoals when passing through many narrow bends and narrow sections, but imagine that since Cuba and Shu are also very remote, the transportation is inconvenient, and the Three Gorges out of Sichuan is even more dangerous, but the water transportation of the Three Gorges is very developed.

  Even the trackers in Chuanxia are very famous.

  Although many river sections need to be pulled by trackers, but no matter how you say it, it is much better than relying on mules to carry people on their backs.

  The people here, including the Xie family in Yingzhou, mainly rely on caravans for foreign trade and goods, using those short horses, or simply porters, to carry them in and out across mountains and mountains.

   "Look, the distance from Yingzhou Dushang County to Polan County is only 80 miles, and there is even a canyon to pass through, so we can build a mountain road to connect the Sanhe River and the Jianjiang River."

Qin Lang even thought of building a dam to store water in the dangerous parts of the two rivers to build a reservoir. This can not only be used to irrigate the nearby fields, but also increase the water level and reduce the danger of those dangerous river sections. Ascension, naturally it will not be so turbulent, and there will not be so many hidden reefs and dangerous shoals.

   You don't even have to pull the fibers.

  Through this method of building dams and storing water in sections, the permeability and transportation capacity of the upstream river section will be improved, and its water conservancy irrigation will also be improved.

   "This is too whimsical. It's such a big project, and it's going to be possible to build roads and build dams to block the river. It's impossible by manpower?" Ah Cha shook his head.

Qin Lang said, "If you had seen Dujiangyan in Sichuan and Lingqu in Guizhou, you might not have said that. There are too many great water conservancy projects, and the plank road in Hanzhong is also a must. Yes, I'm not thinking about it casually. I measured this journey with my feet, so I'm quite clear about the situation of the two rivers. This is actually completely feasible. As for the cost of labor and other things, in fact, don't think about it. It's too difficult."

For those who don't understand engineering, what Qin Lang said is really unimaginable, but in fact, in Qin Lang's opinion, this is not a big project at all, it is just a little dredging of two rivers, and it is not even a big project. It must be necessary to build dams and reservoirs. If they really need to be built, this is the source of the upstream, and the amount of work is actually very small.

  If we don’t build a dam, we just need to destroy some shoals and river rocks, and some of the more urgent sections of the river will have two towpaths on the side, and then hire trackers to pull the boats, and those troubles can be easily solved.

  In general, if you can use waterways, it will definitely be faster than people carrying horses across mountains and ridges.

   From Hanzhong to Shu, there are not only plank roads, but also many waterways. Some river sections there are more dangerous, and the solution for people is also simple.

One is to dredge the river, and the other is to pull the fiber in danger. If it is still not possible, then the shipping will be divided into sections and relay transportation to avoid these dangerous sections. In these sections, a land route for transshipment will be opened near the river, and the transport will be carried on the ship by horses and carts. Goods, such as the Yellow River from the Central Plains to Guanzhong, have to pass through a section of the Yellow River in Shanzhou, because they are too dangerous to sail, they must be transported by land first, and then by ship.

   This is also a workaround, as long as you are willing to think of a way, there are always more ways than difficulties.

   "Yingzhou is the territory of the Xie family, why are you bothering so much for the Xie family's sake?" Ah Cha was puzzled.

   "There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, and there is a road..."

Qin Lang almost said the words of the advertisement, "Yingzhou has already begun to reform the native land, and Xie Yuanshen has also changed from a hereditary native official to a non-hereditary official conferred by the imperial court, but the imperial court has relatively little influence on this place. Weak, the key is the inconvenient transportation.”

   "So as long as my plan is implemented, Yingzhou will not only become a Zhengzhou under the actual management of the imperial court, but also become a transportation hub connecting Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi."

   Open the road first, if there is a road, there will be a post, and if there is a post, there will be a merchant.

   At that time, not only will there be merchants coming in and out from all directions, but also the information here and the government orders from outside will be smooth, and the army and officials of Datang will naturally follow in.

  At that time, on this smooth traffic artery, immigrants from the Central Plains can be resettled along the road, and troops can be stationed and guarded.

   Once the water transportation is smooth, the salt and grain can come in smoothly.

  Salt and grain roads are unimpeded, so whether it is marching, garrisoning, or immigration, there will be conditions, and it will even inevitably drive business and trade.

Historically, the Duliu River was below the Sandu River, and since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, wooden boats have been navigable all year round. In the Qing Dynasty, the Rongjiang River could even build wooden boats of two or three tons, and carry out water and land transport. Before the new China, roads had not yet been developed. The water transportation of the main stream and tributaries of the Duliu River plays a vital role in this area. The main stream of the main stream goes directly to Guangxi, and the middle and lower reaches of the major streams can use ships and release wood in season.

  Where there are no land routes, there are water routes. When the time comes, the mountain cargoes from Yunnan and Guizhou, and the department stores and sea salt from Guangdong and Guangxi will be transported in without hindrance.

  The connection of the Duliu River and the Dagou River can open up the Rendu River in this mountainous area in southeastern Guizhou and connect with Guangxi. In the further south, the Hongshui River, the boundary river between Guizhou, Guangxi and Yunnan, can also be connected with the south of Guizhou.

  As for the Jianjiang River, vigorously dredging and developing it can become a major artery connecting the north and the south of the entire eastern Guizhou region. The Jian River flows directly into the Yuanjiang River and flows into the Yangtze River in the north. This can become a more important golden waterway.

  There are many dangerous roads in the mountains, so vigorously develop waterway shipping.

  In the past, it was difficult to enter Guizhou from the Central Plains because the land was far away and the roads were difficult. As long as this problem is solved, Guizhou can also become an inland area.

  You must know that the Hongshui River, which is 2,100 miles long in later generations, can be channelized in its entirety, with a fleet of 500-ton barges navigable, and it is responsible for the transportation of coal-based cargo between Guizhou and Guangxi.

The Yuanjiang River, which flows into the Mianjian River, is an important tributary of Dongting Lake. It flows through Guizhou and Hunan. It is large and has many dangerous shoals, but it can still exert its huge water transport capacity by using land and water combined transport and segmented shipping.

"Look at my sketch now. Although central Guizhou is remote and dangerous, it is only relatively in terms of land transportation. In fact, the water transportation conditions in central Guizhou are not bad. There is a Wujiang River in western Guizhou that connects the southwestern and northern parts of Guizhou. In the north, Qianzhou goes west. It flows into the Yangtze River in Fuling, Bashu."

   "And to the east there is the Jianjiang-Qingshui River that connects the north and south of the east, flows north into the Yuanjiang River, and finally enters Dongting Lake, which is 800 miles away, and also enters the Yangtze River."

   "In southern Guizhou, there are also Nanpanjiang River and Beipanjiang River connecting the whole southern Guizhou, converging into the Nijiang River in Chengdu and entering Guizhou, and directly leading to the Xijiang River into the sea."

"So, in fact, Guizhou is not that kind of remote and congested place. It has these three golden waterways, which connect the whole Guizhou and communicate with the outside world. It connects the six places of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Hunan and Hubei. Are you saying he is biased?"

   "This is the central hinterland of the Southwest, it is a transportation hub!"

   "How can I, Datang, give up such a precious land? Of course, we must fully manage and vigorously develop it!"

Acha asked with a smile, "Now you live in the village of Xie's family, and you are treated with delicious food and drink. I heard that Mrs. Xie even sent her precious granddaughter to serve you, but you are here Do you have the nerve to go out of your way to seize other people's property here?"

  Qin Lang shook his head.

The Xie family in Yingzhou was separated from Xixie, and it has a history of hundreds of years. It owns one state and five counties. Speaking of land, it is no smaller than Qinlang's Wu'an Prefecture. The foundation of operation in this area is very solid.

   These Central Plains Han people who went south during the Han Dynasty have already become the barbarian kings here.

  Although the Xie family entertained them very well, Qin Lang would not just ignore the essence of these people. In fact, they still wanted to maintain the customary rule since the Han Dynasty.

   And this is exactly the opposite of the Central Plains court.

   "Is the granddaughter of the Xie family beautiful?"

   "The set of silver ornaments she is wearing is very beautiful, and the brocade on her body is not bad." Qin Lang said with a smile.

   "I said people, didn't I ask you to comment on her silver clothing, isn't she beautiful?"

   "Very simple, just like this Jian Jianghe, pure and graceful."

   "Hmph, sure enough you men like young and beautiful ones."

   Qin Lang saw that she was jealous, and didn't know if it was true or pretended, but he didn't care, he was used to it.

   "Don't tell me you didn't eat what was delivered to your mouth?"

   "No, I just chatted with her for a while, about the customs here, the family history of Xie's family and so on."

   Ah Cha was surprised.

   "It seems that you really want to engage in the Xie family, otherwise you would refuse this delicate beauty?"

"I am going to set up a Yingzhou Governor's Mansion here, and station an army here. I have already thought about the name, and it will be called the Nanping Army. Three post roads will be built along the Jianjiang, Longjiang, and Duliujiang Rivers, and the three rivers will be dredged. Shipping, stationing troops and building forts along the route, emigrating and reclaiming land.”

   "Dongning Prefecture to the west, Guilin to the east, Qianzhou to the north, and Yongzhou to the south..."

   Ah Cha interrupted Qin Lang, "Come on, I'm not interested in hearing what you said, you don't like the little lady of the Xie family, why don't I, an old woman, come to accompany you?"

  Qin Lang laughed, "I'll make an appointment with everyone for a while, Ah Cha, you should go to bed early!"

"snort!"

   Being rejected again, Ah Cha turned her head away in a bit of embarrassment.

  (end of this chapter)