Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 805
In the past, Shouchun City was built purely as a military fortress. Although many people lived together, they did not devote much energy to people's livelihood.

With the complete collapse of the slave nation's army, the pressure from the military has eased, so the situation in Shouchun City has also adjusted since the beginning of winter.Although the entire city is still surrounded by inner and outer rings, it is no longer just used by the garrison. The outer city has been completely opened to ordinary people, and the city has become more prosperous as a result.

In the early years of Huainan, due to frequent attacks and wars in the territory, except for some powerful dock walls, there were few villages and towns in the countryside.Moreover, there is an extreme shortage of talents in government affairs in Huainan's internal history government, and in terms of material savings, it does not support large-scale help for the people to rebuild their homes.But the cold winter is approaching. If the people are allowed to stay in the countryside, it is conceivable that this winter will be full of wailing, and the disaster will be even worse than the military disaster.

Therefore, after the official war ended, Shen Zhezi reduced the garrison in Shouchun City. Except for the [-] garrison in the inner city of Jincheng, the other garrison moved to the surrounding fortresses to garrison the city. space to house people.The current Shouchun City has more than [-] households and hundreds of thousands of people.

Looking at the capacity of the city, even if so many households have flooded in, it has not yet reached the limit of Shouchun City.You must know that at the beginning of the construction of Shouchun City, although it was only a military fortress, it left enough tactical focus.Especially in the early years when the Zu clan was here, almost half of the town's population lived in Shouchun City alone.

If it was a normal season, with the influx of so many households, it would be a great pressure on things and order alone.But now Huainan is full of momentum, even if there are some powerful people hidden among the people, they dare not recklessly cause trouble in Shouchun City, and the pressure on management is not great.

Now Huainan Neishi Mansion has more than [-] registered households and more than [-] people. In terms of the number of people it has mastered, it is not inferior to Jiangdong County at all.You must know that even in the early years of Kuaiji, there were only about [-] to [-] registered households.Of course, there are still some shady Wubi households in the countryside, but they are completely different from when Shen Zhezi entered the town.And these Wubi people no longer have the power to contend with the Neishifu. As the rule of the township becomes more systematic in the future, it is only a matter of time before they become naturalized.

So in Huainan right now, the people's power is really abundant.Relatively speaking, the pressure of management and operation is also doubled.It is not easy to solve the vitality of these households alone.

If it was a normal year, these households would directly fill in the reclamation. With Huainan's huge reclamation foundation and cultivated land resources in the early years, it could be completely digested.However, such a utilization rate of people's power still made Shen Zhezi feel a little low.If all the households are paid for farming, it is true that the people's livelihood in Huainan can be quickly put on the right track, but the expected rate of return is relatively low.In this way, Huainan may be able to achieve self-sufficiency within two years, and save food to support the large-scale Northern Expedition to the Central Plains after five years.

This cycle is still too long for Shen Zhezi. You must know that he plans to send troops to southern Henan in a large scale next summer to completely recover the counties in southern Henan, and then look north to Luoyang.There is no doubt that large-scale external subsidies are still needed, especially subsidies from Jiangdong Wuzhong.Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the attractiveness of Huainan, and reclamation alone is not enough.

In terms of the use of people's power, Shen Zhezi plans to invest [-] households in the farmland. After winter, more than [-] households have arranged to live in the farmland area, and they have planted a batch of crops that can survive the winter, such as wheat.After the spring of next year, the remaining village households will also be put into production one after another.Of course, as the situation in Huainan improves, the scale of reclamation will further increase.Shen Zhezi's plan is that when he successfully establishes a foothold in the Central Plains, he will use Huainan as one of the food supply bases to replace Wuzhong.

The output of farmland can only satisfy the people's livelihood.As for the army with a larger demand, it needs to be purchased from outside.Therefore, Shen Zhezi will use the remaining people's power to repay the larger handicraft industry and produce commodities with greater value for trading.

For example, Shen Zhezi planned to gradually move to the smelting and casting base in Wujiang, Huainan Township, in the early years, and to expand this most important military industry. In addition to the original scale, there will be additional There is no upper limit on the investment of ten thousand households in manpower, and it will depend on the situation at that time.

Luojian is closer to Huainan than the Wujiang River, relying on the Huai River, not only can connect the towns in the north of the Jiangjiang River, but can even go straight to the Central Plains.In addition to meeting the needs of Huainan headquarters, the military equipment produced can also be used to trade with Xuzhou and Jingzhou in exchange for materials.

In addition to the pure military industry, the civilian aspect is also a profit point that can be tapped.Silk and hemp weaving, ceramics, industrial and agricultural utensils, cooking and drinking processing, livestock breeding, etc., once a sufficient scale is formed, the income will be much richer than that of simple reclamation.

The reason why Shen Zhezi dared to postpone the most important reclamation was because there was still a stable grain output area in Jiangdong.Today's Jiangdong, especially Wuzhong, has a considerable surplus of grain production capacity. It is similar to the fact that rice is expensive in China before. It is purely because of the national war.

Although the export of grain from Jiangdong is currently limited by the season, with the recovery of Huaiyin, the entire Huai River has been connected, and it is also trying to transport by sea, and a small part of grain has already arrived in Huaiyin by sea, on the way to Shouchun.Although it took a lot of trouble, compared with land transportation, the consumption is still small. In the future, we can also try to increase investment and expand the scale.

Another aspect is that due to the current situation, the situation in Jiangdong is gradually stabilizing.But the northern region was in turmoil, Shi Le died, Shi Hu was defeated, and the division of the entire Jie Kingdom was a foregone conclusion.Therefore, the current Huainan army can be said to have completely grasped the initiative. As long as the Huainan army does not take the initiative to launch an attack, the forces of the slave country will never dare to attack Huainan without authorization.Therefore, the Huainan Army has sufficient time to mobilize and prepare for war.

As for the last aspect, it is due to the geographical location of Huainan.Huainan is close to the sky, and has good transportation links with the Central Plains and Jiangdong. If it is not for such excellent geographical conditions, there will be no North-South confrontation, and this place will become the focus.Such a place is simply a natural business distribution center.

Although the Northland is currently in turmoil, it does not mean that there are no trading partners or no trading needs and capabilities.We must know that even in Huainan, a place where military strategists are contested and has been ravaged by war, there are still a lot of local forces dormant in the countryside, and there will only be more in the north.Even in southern Henan, which had just been trampled by the slave army earlier, with the retreat of the slave army, those rural forces resumed as if they had woken up from hibernation, ready to move.

The rural power in the north is not inferior to a separatist regime if it is stronger.Among them, the most representative one is the Xue family of Hedong, who gathered together to block the river to protect themselves, and did not serve Liu, Shi, and Fu for decades.As tyrannical as a stone tiger, or as powerful as the former Qin Dynasty, none of them can conquer such a self-defense noble family. It is conceivable how powerful this noble family has the power to protect itself.

Although the current Huainan power is not enough to radiate to Hedong, and it is impossible for the Central Plains to be full of powerful Haozong like the Xue family in Hedong.However, there are also countless Daxiangzongs living together.In the early years, Shi Le used the attitude of a bandit to plunder the Central Plains, and did not do production. These townships and Wubi were the main targets of his plunder.After the Northern Wei Dynasty settled in the Central Plains, it was also through beating and exterminating these villages and clans that the national power was greatly won.

Before formally marching into the Central Plains, Shen Zhezi regarded these township sects as trading partners, and first obtained a stable contact and communication.When he officially came to the Central Plains, although he would not plunder and kill these Xiangzong Wubi like those foreigners, but if these people insisted on going against his intentions, he would certainly not tolerate them.

In the few days after Princess Xingnan entered the town, Shen Zhezi really put aside some business at hand and took the princess to play in the town for a few days.In fact, in Huainan today, except for the relatively prosperous Shouchun Township, the rest of the countryside is mostly in a state of waste, especially in the cold winter when everything is dead and quiet, and the scenery is really lacking.But when the love between men and women is so strong, there is no reason at all. No matter how boring things are done together, they will feel relish and never get tired of it.

Although the climates in Huainan and Jiangdong are very different, Shen Zhezi is deeply afraid that Princess Xingnan will not accept the climate.But this girl's physique is much better than what Shen Zhezi expected, she adapts to the climate very quickly, and after resting for a few days, she has enough energy, and her wandering spirit is even stronger than that of Shen Zhezi.What especially frustrates Shen Zhezi is that this girl is so excited that she rides a horse with him in a hunting suit, and her riding skills are even better than her own.

"For a long time, the princess wanted to ride and ride with the lord in the Central Plains. When she was in the capital, she practiced riding hard every day, worrying that the lord would get bored and not accompany her."

Hearing the words of Mrs. A Ling who was traveling with her, Shen Zhezi felt even more deeply that this girl's heart was tied to her, so she couldn't help but be more considerate and caring.

"Actually, the princess is not the only one who thinks this way..."

Seeing the lord and the princess chasing horses in front, Mrs. Cui Ling fell behind, bowing her head in silence, but after a while, when she heard the princess calling her happily, she showed a bright smile and rode her horse to catch up. In the deepest part of my heart.

In that purgatory-like reed in the world back then, she just hoped that she could wait until the next dawn with her grandfather who depended on each other for life.After being rescued, she just hoped to see the vigorous figure of that young man from time to time.Now I just regard myself as a witness, watch this joy, share this joy with my heart, and then I will have nothing to ask for in the rest of my life.

"Miss Ah Ling's riding skills are much better than mine."

After riding for a while, the princess gradually became exhausted, so she was picked up by Shen Zhezi and shared a ride with her. After a while, she remembered something and said to Shen Zhezi: "I didn't go north this time deliberately to leave behind the beautiful little girl in my husband's room. Maid, it's a pity that the little lady Gua'er is really lacking in understanding. She fell down in the mansion earlier and is still recuperating in the capital. Don't mistake me for some jealous woman because of this! In fact, in fact, I also know my husband today. Time, fame and position, I can't force myself to be alone, otherwise people will hurt me..."

"This is not something you should worry about, and I can't be deceived by others. I just don't want to hurt the hearts of my closest relatives because of those insignificant personnel matters."

Shen Zhezi looked down and saw that the girl was in a slightly depressed mood, so he smiled and comforted her, and pulled the cloak over her body by the way: "It's windy, let's stop here today. If it's sunny tomorrow morning, I'll bring you You go to Youyingkou."

After hearing this, Princess Xingnan became excited again.For her, any place where her husband's prestige is overwhelmed is worth visiting a thousand times.

(End of this chapter)