Prime Minister

Chapter 659
Wang Shao's face was gloomy all the way, and just now he faced Liu Xishu's question, and he hummed heavily to express his answer.

Zhang Yue saw that the situation was not right, so he quickly dismissed Wang Shao.

Now Liu Xishu and Zhang Yue can't stop talking.

As a horse to bear, as the emperor's eyes and ears, Liu Xishu is also doing his duty.

He was a little excited, but Zhang Yue was still comforting him.

Liu Xixi is not a fool.

Obviously, the terrain from Ya'er Gorge to Yongning Village is dominated by mao. Of course, it is not impossible to plant fields, but the consequences of planting fields are not worth the loss.

From Yongning Village to Chengji, there is no wasteland in the Weishui River Valley. When Ouyang Xiu's father-in-law, Xue Kui, knew Qinzhou, he carried out large-scale farmland in Qinzhou.

The original text of Wang Shao's letter to the emperor was from Chengji to Guweizhai, a total of more than 300 miles of Weishui River Valley, there are tens of thousands of hectares that can be cultivated, but Zhang Yue and the others have traveled more than 200 miles and there is no barren land to cultivate.

This is about to reach the ancient Wei, where did the fertile land come from?

Li Shizhong is not blind. Although he is at odds with Wang Shao, he will not make false claims to attack him.

Dou Shunqing, and later Li Ruoyu, Wang Kechen did not dare to take the crime of deceiving the monarch.

Now that he sees the truth, Liu Xishu is excited.

However, Zhang Yue repeatedly advised Liu Xishu to be patient.He is coordinating the relationship between Liu Xishu and Wang Shao.

There is often a question, what is the human world?

It's not flattering, it's the world of people, the real worldliness is the cooperation of the team, the patience of the individual, and the coordination for the realization of the goal.

Zhang Yue could not let Liu Xishu expose and impeach Wang Shao at this time.

Before sending troops, there must be no internal chaos.

The next day everyone approached the ancient Wei Village.

Here the sky is very high and blue, the river water is clearer, and the lush water and grass can be seen everywhere.

Although the north wind was stronger, Zhang Yue was in a better mood, because Zhang Yue finally found a few traces of farmland by the river, but roughly it was about dozens of hectares.

Zhang Yue explained to Liu Xixi: "There are not many cultivable rivers in the Wei River below the ancient Wei Village, but there is a section from the north of Ya'er Gorge Village to the ancient Wei Village, which seems to be suitable for farming!"

Liu Xishu glanced at Wang Shao on the side, but said, "Even so, it's hard to say that there is a thousand hectares of land."

Wang Shao raised his whip and pointed to the west: "It is sixty miles from the west of ancient Wei Village to Weiyuan Fort, and the river valley there is more abundant than here."

"Now as long as the Weiyuan Fort is built, the fields can be settled in this sixty-mile valley, with at least five or six thousand hectares of land."

After listening to Wang Shao's words, Zhang Yue finally knew.

What is the truth?The truth is that you say one paragraph, I say one paragraph, and rubbing the two sides together is the truth.

Did Li Shizhong and the others tell lies?No, but there are also inaccuracies.

Did Wang Shao tell a lie?There are lies, but there are also truths.

After passing through the Ya'er Gorge, it is not the middle and lower reaches of the Weihe River. There is indeed a place for large-scale farming in the upper reaches of the Wei River.

Especially from Weiyuan to the ancient Wei Village this sixty miles.

It's just that the Weishui River Valley of 360 miles mentioned by Wang Shao has been shortened to only [-] miles.

Can you blame Wang Shao?

If the words are not exaggerated, he will not be able to win resources, and he will not be able to let the court support his strategy of reclaiming wasteland in Hehuang.

It's like the little brother who sold the house more than ten years ago in order to let you buy a house.

If there is no farmland, grain and grass must be transported from the rear. The longer the supply line, the higher the transportation cost, and the place that is laid cannot be held.

Therefore, it is said that the field is the foundation of opening the border, and the other aspects must be retreated to one side.

Wang Shao's words about the hundreds of miles of river valley moved the emperor, and if he said one hundred miles, he would be discounted.

But Liu Xixi is also a fine person, so he asked: "Isn't Weiyuan Fort still not repaired? How can we settle the fields?"

Wang Shao did not speak.

Zhang Yue understood that Wang Shao's farmland was still painting cakes.

When Li Ruoyu went to ask Wang Shao how much farmland was there, where was it?Wang Shao couldn't answer a word.

Why are there good places not to settle fields?
Facing Liu Xixi's questioning, Wang Shao held back for a long time and said, "The sixty-mile river valley of Weiyuan is too close to the Xixia people, so they can't be settled."

The Xia-Song border has a lot of arable land, especially in the Hengshan area.

Why is it called "two no ploughing", that is, the people of Xixia couldn't plough, and the people of Song Dynasty couldn't plough.

The people of Xixia would gather troops in the spring every spring, so that the army and civilians of Song Dynasty did not dare to cultivate.Come again in autumn, if the wheat is ripe, it will be harvested for you for free, and if you can't take it away, it will be burned.

Xixia people are also aware of the weakness of the Song army's farming nation, and have been harassing the Song army with invasion and harassment, making it impossible for the Song army to settle the fields.

Even when the relationship between the Song Dynasty and Xixia was the best, the people of Xixia never gave up the strategy of encroaching and disturbing farming.

This is also why Wang Shao started building Weiyuan Fort before he could gain a firm foothold in ancient Wei, just to cover the fields behind the Song army.

Therefore, the status quo of Guwei is that those who can colonize fields cannot be colonized.

Wang Shao got off his horse and grabbed a handful of fertile valley soil and said, "As long as the Xixia people give me Wang for three years, no, as long as two years, I can..."

Liu Xishu's face was cloudy and uncertain.

Zhang Yue glanced at Wang Shao, raised his horsewhip and pointed to the north: "If you want to settle the fields, why settle here, and if you want to go to Lanzhou, wouldn't it be fun to drink horses and the Yellow River!"

Liu Xishu was startled when he heard this: "Drinking horses and the Yellow River?"

Zhang Yue nodded and said: "Yes, now the truth of Gu Wei, the father-in-law also knows, or you can go back to Beijing and tell the official family the truth about the farmland."

"Either wait, wait until Wang Fu and I set up the Binglan meeting, and go straight to the thief's lair before reporting!"

"Why are you sending troops to Lanzhou and Huizhou?" Liu Xixi's expression changed.

Zhang Yue nodded and said, "Of course!"

As soon as Liu Xishu heard the fight, he wanted to turn his horse's head and walk away: "Our family... do you want to accompany me?"

Zhang Yue grabbed the reins on Liu Xixi's horse's head and said: "Of course, father-in-law, you think, if our army is defeated, everything will be suspended, and father-in-law can say what he wants. But if our army wins, you can go back to Bianjing. If you report to the official family that they have concealed the truth, the official family will not only praise you, but will blame you."

"As long as the father-in-law stays in Guwei, Wang Fugou and I will report you a meritorious service to the governor! At that time, the officials will reward you heavily."

Liu Xisuo was a little moved when he heard the words. At this moment, he suddenly saw that Zhang Yue's henchman, Han Tong, had already brought a dozen cavalry. He was staring at him with a knife in his hand. On the other side was Wang Shao. .

In the distance is a team of hundreds of Fan riders, marching through the river valley, and the leading Fan people are looking at themselves.

Although Liu Xishu was accompanied by more than a dozen elite cavalry of the Imperial Army, but the other party really wanted to be in this valley upstream of the Weishui River, and they would definitely not be able to escape.

Liu Xixi thought to himself, could it be that Zhang Yue and Wang Shao really dare to rob and kill Qin Chai?

That's right, why did Zhang Yue try to appease himself all the way, and he was only trying to see it when he was in the ancient Wei Village!
Liu Xishu's face turned pale, and he forced himself to laugh and said, "Okay, this is a huge credit. We were able to get a fair share of the pie.

(End of this chapter)