Valley Emperor

Following the banging train, He Xihua took the immigrant train organized by the Immigration and Reclamation Division to leave Anle City, the provincial capital of Tuomi Province, first along the plains on the western edge of the Bogda Mountains, and then into the Junggar Basin. Then, along the southern plain oasis of the Junggar Basin, it continues westward through the La Mountain Pass, and then enters the Yibofu area, which also belongs to the Tumi Province.

Then go to the south, pass the Fucheng of Yibofu, and the city of Kashgar, which is located in the southwestern plain of Balkhash Lake.

After arriving in Kashgar, the Northwest Railway is also the focus, and the next train will run on the Central Asia Railway.

Here, the train they were on continued to go west, and He Xihua also knew that the other migrants who came together would be along the southern line of the Central Asia Railway, preparing to go to the Tashkent area.

And their words will continue westward along the west line of the Central Asia Railway!

At this time, He Xihua also fully felt the desolation of Haidong Province!

This kind of desolation does not mean poor mountains and rivers, how bad the natural environment is, but refers to the absence of people.

In fact, along the way, most of the places He Xihua saw were mainly plain green areas, and deserts were rarely seen. In this respect, the places where railways pass through are all places with relatively good climate and environment, and most of them belong to reclamation. In the plain area of ​​​​it is too bad, it is impossible for the Tang Dynasty to repair the railway.

After all, railways serve people, and it is useless to build a railway in the desert.

But the good thing is that many future generations belong to desertified areas, and in this era, they still belong to grassland areas, and even belong to places with abundant water and grass.

After all, the population in this era was still very small, and there was no excessive reclamation that resulted in soil erosion and vegetation turning into deserts.

The huge Tang Dynasty now has a population of only about 200 million, and it has experienced more than 20 years of prosperity. In addition to the development of industry and commerce, it is more important to expand many places. Although the core local area has more people and less land , but as long as you run a little farther, you will never worry about farming.

That is to say, generally speaking, although the population of Datang grows rapidly, the growth rate of grain output is even faster. Only when there is arable land and food can support the explosive growth of the population.

In addition, there is no war, the society is stable, and although the medical conditions are still very simple, they are progressing slowly.

This has led to a continuous increase in the average life expectancy. Before the Unification War, the average life expectancy of the Tang Empire was only about 30 years old, but now, the average life expectancy has generally increased to 40 years old.

If it is in later generations, the average life expectancy of forty years is definitely very low, but for the level of science and technology in this era, this is a huge improvement.

Looking at the world, only the Tang Dynasty can do this.

However, most of the population of Datang is concentrated in the local area, especially the place where the Chinese traditionally live. Among them, the Yellow River, the Yangtze River and the Pearl River have the largest population.

The other local provinces, in fact, are not very populated.

Take Gansu, Shaanxi, for example. In the early years, these two places were frontier provinces, and the empire made great efforts to settle settlements, but even so, the population was not large.

To the west, the Tumi Province and the newly established Haidong Province are even more pure immigration provinces.

The natives in these two places were taken away by the Tatars, and now there are only new immigrants from the Tang Dynasty.

A huge Central Asian region, including the entire Haidong Province and the southern part of Xibe Province, has a total population of only a few hundred thousand.

In this case, it cannot be said that there are fewer people and more land, but it should be said that there are no people.

The train ran for several days before it stopped.

He Xihua naturally knew that they had finally arrived.

He knew his destination before he came, Curry City.

The westernmost city of the Datang Empire, the terminus of the western line of the Central Asia Railway, and the base camp of the Western Expedition.

More than 100 kilometers to the west of Curry City, that is the Ural River, and three or four hundred kilometers to the west, that is the Volga River.

This place is already 6,000 kilometers away from Jinling City, and this is still a straight-line distance.

After seeing the desolation along the way, He Xihua originally thought that Curry City would be a wilderness like other places in Haidong Province. However, when the train was about to enter the train station and passed through the wilderness outside the city, he found that the place was flat. , and the surrounding area is still a grassland area, and there are also water flows.

And most importantly, he even saw the sea!

"Is this the West Sea?" He Xihua could hardly believe what he saw was real.

He also knew before that the westernmost part of Haidong Province was a lake, and he knew it was called the West Sea.

But this is the lake in front of you?

As far as the eye can see, there is a salty taste in the air. No matter how you look at it, it looks like the sea.

Naturally, he didn't know that the West Sea was actually a saltwater sea, and it was also the largest inland lake in the world. It was normal to mistake it for an ocean just by looking at it with the naked eye.

Otherwise, the name Xihai would not have appeared.

The West Sea is not big. He doesn't pay attention to why it is salty water. He only cares about where he will be assigned next and what kind of land he can get.

Soon, officials from the Immigration and Reclamation Division took them away from the train station, and then went to a large wooden barracks outside the city and assigned them to temporarily live there.

I heard that these temporary resettlement houses are still military barracks, which were vacated for the resettlement of migrants.

But He Xihua doesn't care about these, he only cares about what kind of land he can get.

After a good night's sleep, the next day, an official wearing an official manor with a badge came to their barracks, and now distributes land deeds.

Soon, He Xihua also got his own land deed. He first glanced at the name on it, yes, it was his own name, and then looked at the number, it was also right.

Five hectares of arable land and one hundred hectares of dry land.

Seeing this number, he clenched his fists involuntarily, as expected, he could divide so much land.

The reason why he decided to come to Curry is because there is enough land here.

Although many immigrants came to Haidong Province, most of them were actually on some oasis grasslands along the way, especially near Lake Balkhash.

However, there are not many people who really come to Curry. On the one hand, the distance is too far. On the other hand, this place belongs to the front line. The Tatars are more than 100 kilometers away.

So many people are reluctant to run over so early.

But He Xihua didn't care, because he came early and had enough land.

Compared with some places with good conditions and safety, which are close to the Central Plains, the land allocation is only calculated in mu. However, in places like Kuli, the land allocation is directly calculated in hectares.

In addition to the cultivated land that can be directly reclaimed and planted, there will also be a larger area of ​​dry land. These dry land can actually be developed, but there is no good water source condition.

With so much land, he didn't know how to cultivate it for a while.

Then, along with other immigrants, he was taken by officials to their lands, which were actually just outside the city, or just outside the barracks.

Today's Curry City is actually a huge military camp, and there is no traditional city wall or anything. Most of them are the wooden houses of the military camp.

It didn't take long for him to see his own land. The reason why five hectares of land calculated as cultivated land was used as cultivated land was because there was an apparently newly dug canal, which could provide water before farming food.

And behind the arable land is dry land where water is difficult to obtain.

But in his childhood and adolescence, he was a farmer who farmed at home, one-third of the 100 hectares of dry land was relatively flat, and the soil was no different from the surrounding soil. If water is introduced, it can be turned into farmland in an instant.

Of course, it has nothing to do with good farmland, but at least it can yield.

Five hectares of arable land with water sources and 100 hectares of dry land are why He Xihua traveled thousands of kilometers to Curry City.

Such a large area of ​​land, as long as the cultivation is good, the output will inevitably be indispensable, no matter what, it is better than working in a factory.

In the next few days, he met several immigrant families next door to him~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and made an appointment to help each other build houses.

Although it is said that they can continue to live in the barracks, it is a little far from their own land, and it takes more than an hour to walk. It is better to build a small house directly on their own land.

Just as he and his new neighbor were discussing the arrival of materials and helping each other build houses, another government official came with a group of soldiers, and these soldiers also brought several carriages, which were full of many supplies.

Only after being called by the officials did they realize that these were the materials allocated to them.

Some of these materials are free, such as production tools such as grain seeds and hoes, and materials such as wood and iron nails for building houses.

But some are materials that are borrowed by the government for free, such as cattle.

These are the materials that were determined before immigration. Without these aids, they would not have come to this ghost place.

However, after receiving the supplies, the soldiers did not leave. The leading officer waved his hand, and the more than 30 soldiers started to move. board.

And it can be seen that they are already very skilled, as if they have done it many times.

He Xihua has not figured out what happened.

However, the accompanying officials said that this is one of the benefits given to the new immigrants by the Western Expedition Army: the military will build houses for the new immigrants for free.

After he finished, he also said, in fact, the small canal in front of their door was also dug out by the military before.

Seeing this, he didn't know what to say. He asked the military men to help build houses and dig canals. To be honest, he never thought about it before.

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