The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

After picking up Taishi Ci and returning to the county temple, on the same day, Xun Zhen summoned Chen Gui and other local scholars to inspect the wheat harvest and water conservancy outside the county. Ad-free site. There are many water systems in Xiapi and Guangling, and there are many large lakes. Compared with Pengcheng and Langya, the actual control of these two counties by the state government and the security of these two counties are also much better. Therefore, the water conservancy construction led by Puhu has Recently, mainly in these two counties.

The current farmland irrigation can be roughly divided into three categories. The first is well water irrigation, in which deep wells are dug in the field, and the well water is taken to irrigate the land. The second is irrigation by water channels, that is, building diversion channels to divert water from the river to irrigate the fields. Irrigation by canal, pi, means pond, water storage is pi, barrier water is weir, there are many lakes in the Huaihe River Basin, so this method of storing water in pond and then diverting irrigation to the fields is the most common.

In the areas of Yingchuan, Chenliu and Luoyang, large rivers have less water, and well water irrigation is more common. There are many rivers and lakes in Xiapi and Guangling, so there is no need to dig too many deep wells. The water conservancy projects under construction in these two counties are now That is, the Pi Canal and the canal are the most important.

Huaipu is adjacent to the Huaishui River in the south, Youshui in the east, and Lingshui in the west, which merges into the Huaishui River at a distance of thirty or forty miles outside the county. There are quite a few lakes near the county seat. There are currently two water conservancy projects under construction around it. The single, smaller-scale one is the long canal that leads to the northwest to Luoma Lake. After the canal is completed, it will be about 200 li long and can irrigate nearly 10,000 hectares of farmland. Therefore, Xun Zhen also put the focus of the inspection here.

During the busy agricultural season, in order not to affect the harvest, the construction of water conservancy has slowed down, and there are not many people who are still excavating and building channels on the construction site. Under the scorching sun, they were still sweating profusely while walking, let alone doing physical work. Even though these villagers were shirtless and only wearing trousers, they were still sweating profusely.

Xun Zhen instructed the officer in charge, saying: "We must pay attention to preventing heatstroke, and supply enough water for the servants' daily drinking water."

Officials promise.

Xun Zhen looked out from afar, pointed to the northwest direction of the canal, and said to Zhang Zhao and the others: "After the canal is built, the irrigated fields will reach one million mu, and our prefecture will be able to get one million more grains a year. It will be of great benefit to the military and to the people's livelihood."

Zhang Zhao and others all said yes.

Zhang Zhao smiled and said: "If you can be like the field of Puyangpi, you can get more than a million stones in a year!"

The area that the canal under construction passes through is not without farmland, but there is currently not enough water resources for irrigation in this area, so the yield per mu is slightly lower. , an increase of about one stone per mu should be achievable. The Puyangpi Pond mentioned by Zhang Zhao is a famous Pond in Xiapi County, located in the northern boundary of Xu County. It was built by the famous minister Zhang Yu when he was appointed Prime Minister of Xiapi during Emperor Zhang’s reign. It is about a hundred years ago. After the completion, hundreds of hectares of mature fields were cultivated and more than a thousand hectares were reclaimed. Rice was planted. At the peak, the yield reached as much as ten stones per mu. The land is only four or five stones, and the suburban land with the best conditions is only five or six stones.

Xun Zhen knew in his heart that the fields near Puyangpi could reach ten stone per mu, but it was only by chance that all factors came together. The words were just jokes, because they laughed.

The next day, Xun Zhen and his congregation left Huaipu, traveled westward along the Huai River for more than 100 li, and crossed south to Huaiyin.

There is also a canal under construction in the south of Huaiyin. This canal will divert water from the later Hongze Lake area in the southwest of Huaiyin to the northeast, pass through the Hangou, and go directly to the territory of Haixi County in Guangling. More than 100 li can also irrigate nearly 10,000 hectares of fields.

Hangou is a ditch dug by King Fuchai of Wu for the expedition of Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period. It was the first canal to connect the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River. It has been more than 600 years old. When Xun Zhen attacked Tao Qian, he once He used this canal to transport military supplies to Xun Cheng's department.

After staying in Huaiyin for two days, Le Jin and others returned to the county seat of Xiapi. Xun Zhen led Xun Yu and others to change to the waterway, boated in Hangou, and continued southwards, entering the border of Guangling County. Wang Lang, the prefect of Guangling, Li Bo, the chief of Guangling, and Xu Rong, who supervises the military of Guangling, greeted him at the county boundary. Puhu was now in Guangling, and Xunzhen was also greeted with him. Guan Yu was stationed in Tangyi, and Xun Zhen specially sent a message in advance and summoned him to meet him.

Xun Zhen knew Guangling too well.

Taking the boat down the river, he stood at the bow of the boat and watched the scenery along the way. He recalled when he first arrived at Guangling, and when he attacked Xu at the beginning of the year, he was quite emotional.

Wang Lang, Xun Yu, Xi Zhicai, Zhang Zhao and other civil officials, Xin Ai, Dian Wei, Guan Yu, Taishi Ci and other military officials served Xunzhen's two strategies, and the right-named officials in the county who followed Wang Lang were all dressed in the same clothes. from.

The breeze was blowing slowly, and the clothes of the people were fluttering. Pedestrians and peasants by the river saw it from a distance, and they all felt beautiful.

There are five most famous Guan family surnames in Guangling. They are called "Lei, Jiang, Gu, Lu, and Liu is the most ancestor." Like Liu Yao and Liu Ye, this Liu in Guangling is also a relative of the Han family, and some of them belong to the former Han Guangling. After the king, some were after the king of Guangling in the current dynasty. Chen Jiao, who is now the magistrate of Tan County, came from the surname of Liu, and later changed his surname to Chen because of his adoption to his uncle.

Speaking of Chen Jiao, there is still a public case. He and Xu Xuan, who is currently working in Langya of the prefecture, are from Guangling, and they are equally famous in the county. Xu Xuan often ridiculed him for this reason, and even gave Xun Zhen a small report on Chen Jiao, but Xun Zhen liked Chen Jiao's talent and attached great importance to Xu Xuan's ability, so he personally reconciled the relationship between the two of them. It failed to make the two of them reconcile and friendly, but at least no one in Guangling County and the prefecture talked about Chen Jiao's marriage.

Xunzhen's governor of Xingzhou, Chen Duan, Book Cao, Qin Song, Pengcheng, Lu Dai, and Langya, Xu Xuan were all from Guangling. Xun Zhen summoned them to the front and motioned them to watch the scene on both sides of the river. , asked with a smile: "Qing and others have been away from the county for almost half a year since I arrived in Tan. Now that I am back to my hometown, looking at this scene and people, are you still familiar with it?"

The east of Hangou is Sheyang, the north of Sheyang is Haixi, Xu Xuan’s family is in Haixi, and he is familiar with the situation around Hangou. , Walking on this waterway, he looked around for a long time and shook his head.

Xun Zhen was slightly surprised, and asked with a smile, "What? It's only been half a year since you left the county, and you already feel unfamiliar?"

Xu Xuan replied, "It's not that the scenery is unfamiliar."

"what is that?"

"From a closer look, I feel that there are more trees on both sides of the strait than before, and the population is denser."

After hearing what Xu Xuan said, Xun Zhen watched the people on both sides of the strait for a while. If so, she called Wang Lang to approach, smiled and said to Xu Xuan, "This is the work of the prefect of the king!" Asked Wang Lang, "The people in Jinyue County But the households are still full?"

Since Wang Lang took office, he has done a good job in various political affairs, especially in attracting refugees, which is the most among the counties.

According to the report of Li Xu, who is engaged in Guangling of the State Department, and the statistics of Chen Duanzhi, who is in charge of the household cadres in various counties, many refugees settle in Guangling every month. more than double.