Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 537 Homecoming Gift
Last winter, Liu Bei adopted Zhuge Liang's suggestion to vigorously revive Jianghuai, and then agreed to the memorial requested by Huo Jun.

In December, Liu Bei issued an edict that if any old Jianghuai people in the three prefectures of Jing, Jiang, and Yang wished to return to the Jianghuai, they should be allowed to return to the Huai, and no officials or officials could stop them.

After receiving the approval from Liu Bei, Huo Jun immediately ordered Jiang Ji to supervise the political affairs of Guangling, Lujiang and Jiujiang counties and be responsible for the return of the Jianghuai people.

That is to say, it is transferred to the first month of the fourth year of Zhangwu (AD 222).

Huo Jun woke up from his jade body and looked at the battlefield on the bed. He couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, feeling deeply that he was dissolute.

Last night there was a banquet for Jianghuai civil and military officials in the lobby. I had too much fun drinking. When I came back, I immediately took my sisters and concubines and was in a state of darkness.

Ever since Huo Jun accepted Xiao Qiao, he has been quite interested in the sisters. But how easy is it to find sisters with dignified appearance and outstanding appearance?

After all, beauty is rare, let alone sisters who are beautiful to each other and have similar looks.

But Huo Du's identity is different after all, and it only takes a little effort to get a beauty.

During the Zhengdan season, Bu Lianshi sent Huo Jun sisters' flowers from nowhere. They were so beautiful that they were both beauties when taken alone. Not to mention that the two sisters were similar in appearance, which was even better.

After sighing at Mi Fang's wealth, Huo Jun wrote back a letter to Mi Fang with a few simple greetings.

Mi Fang lived a really prosperous life in Nanzhong. During the few years he governed Nanzhong, the Mi family's wealth grew like a snowball. During his tenure, he directly completed the wealth accumulated by his ancestors for several generations. Produce billions.

The only wealthy family that can compare with the Mi family in terms of wealth and wealth is probably Liu Pu. He owns a county's taxes, salt and iron, and can almost make money every day he opens his eyes.

The two sisters were rare beauties. Mi Fang originally wanted to give them to Liu Bei, but considering Empress Mi, she decided to give them to Huo Jun as a New Year's gift.

"Happy New Year!"

Spreading out the map, Jiang Ji pointed to Qimen Ridge on it and said: "Ji discussed with the Lujiang prefect and thought that Qimen Weir can be repaired in Shucheng, cut off Shushui, divert water to irrigate the fields, and resettle all the people who returned to Huaihe and Lujiang." Here it is.”

Through "stick" torture, Huo Jun learned that Mi Fang got these two sisters for him.

Liu Xin was sent to Shu City by Liu Bang. He saw that the Shu River emerged from the steep mountains of the Western Mountains and was as powerful as a building. It stopped at the foot of Qimen Ridge. He built weirs to block the river, opened canals and built gates, diverted the river to the northeast, and carried it to the flat land. The branches are connected, and more than 80,000 acres of farmland are irrigated.

The caravan formed by Mi Fang reached Longyou in the north, Jiangzuo in the east, and Jiaozhou in the south. It can be said that it spread all over the states and counties of the Southern Han Dynasty. With the wealth accumulated in this way, can the Mi family not be rich?

Under the temptation of sinful beauty, Huo Jun couldn't bear it and finally fell.

When Jiang Ji saw Huo Jun, he handed over the gift first and said, "I wish the governor a happy New Year and may you make great achievements again."

"Zitong is welcome!"

Huo Jun asked Jiang Ji to take a seat and said with a smile: "I drank a lot last night and I have no bath today. Why do you get up so early to ask for an audience?"

Not only that, Liu Xin also dug the Wuyang Weir in the east of Qimen Ridge, which irrigated more than 10,000 acres of farmland; and built the Caocui Weir, which irrigated more than 20,000 acres of farmland. Qimen Sanyan has a total of more than 110,000 acres of irrigated farmland, about 2,200 hectares, which is enough for ten thousand households to cultivate.

Under Er Shu's service, Huo Jun went out to discuss matters with Jiang Ji at his request.

Er Shu is from Zhu Ti and her surname is Zhu. Born into a powerful family, Mi Fang took over the whole family because his father was suspected of participating in the rebellion.

Although Qimen and Sanyan are good, like Dujiangyan, there is no government responsibility all year round, which will inevitably lead to the destruction of Sanyan, which is not enough to irrigate acres of land.

Qimenyan was not re-excavated and rebuilt. Its construction period can be traced back to Genjiehou Liu Xin in the early Western Han Dynasty.

Jiang Ji smiled and took out a simple map from his arms and said, "Huai people are coming one after another. How dare Ji rest?"

The theory of Huainan proposed by Xi Huofan mentioned Sanyan, but it did not meet the military needs of Huaidong, so it was shelved. Huo Fan proposed that the military garrison area was from Feishui to Hangou, and the swamps and lakes in the middle were all military garrison areas.

In order to settle the old residents of the Jianghuai River, considering the geographical environment of Shu County far away from Shouchun and close to Chaohu Lake, as well as the rich water conservancy conditions of Qimenyan, Shucheng is most suitable for settling the people returning to the Huaihe River.

"How many hectares of farmland will be opened in Qimen Sanyan?" Huo Jun asked. "With all three weirs open, there are more than 2,200 hectares, divided into 10,000 households." Jiang Ji replied.

Huo Jun looked at the location of the river weir on the map, frowned and asked: "I am afraid that there are less than 10,000 Huai people in my hometown, and I am opening more than 2,200 hectares of farmland now, which may be a waste of manpower. Why not open the Qimen Weir first? After observing the number of people, we will build the second weir of Wuyang and Cao."

When governing local areas, Huo Jun often worries about administrative waste. Today, in order to resettle the Huai people, a big project is launched without mercy on the people's strength. If there are not many people returned home, the people's strength will be wasted and a lot of money and food will be lost.

"otherwise!"

Jiang Ji shook his head and said: "At the end of the Han Dynasty, war broke out all over the world, and no less than hundreds of thousands of Huai people went south to the three states of Jing, Jiang, and Yang. If Huainan was prosperous, wouldn't countless people return home? "

After saying that, Jiang Ji raised his hands and said: "Captain, the people of the world follow the rules and follow the example. If the governor wants to let the Huai people return home, he can persuade the ministers who are crossing the south to move back to Huai. Those who are in charge of the time must move, and those who cross the Huai River should do so. They all returned south."

Huo Jun paced and thought. Although what Jiang Ji said was simple, how to get the civil and military generals from Huaisi who had crossed south to return home was a big problem. But if the middle and high-level Huaisi people don't go home and want to revive Jianghuai on a large scale, it will be empty talk.

Without a large-scale revival of the Jianghuai River, Huo Jun wanted to go to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, and the logistics supply would be a big problem.

"Let me write a letter to Bu Yangzhou!"

Huo Jun stopped and said: "When we step into Yangzhou, we are Linhuai people, and there are many people from Huaisixiang on our left and right. If we can allow people from Yangzhou to move back to Huai, a large number of Huai people can return to their hometown in civilized and military fields. For example, according to Zitong's words, If we follow the example and follow the example, there will definitely be many people returning home.”

The Huai people had Lu Su and Bu Zhi as their core circle. For example, Bu Zhi had good relations with people from Huai and Si such as Zhuge Jin, Yan Zhen, and Wei Jing. Except for Huaisi literati, almost all military generals were under Huo Jun.

Compared with the family members of military generals who were moved to Wuhan, the family members of these county guards and state governors often stayed with them. If Bu Zhao is willing to take the lead in moving his family back to Jianghuai, most of the Huai people's civil and military affairs will be willing to move back.

"By the way, Lu Jiaozhou is from Hailing, Guangling, so I will tell you in a letter." Huo Jun said.

Huo Jun's many years of connections in the Southern Han Dynasty will finally come into play now. He plans to write letters to persuade the civil and military officials from Huaisi who have contacts with him to try to let them move back to Jianghuai, and he will use their safety and land to persuade them to move back to Jianghuai. as a safeguard.

Jiang Ji smiled and said, "I wonder if the governor wants to build a single weir or three weirs?"

"Open Sanyan!"

Huo Jun strengthened his determination and said: "If there are no tens of thousands of households moving to Lujiang and Jiujiang, how can we dare to talk about the great development of Jianghuai?"

There are about 40,000 to 50,000 people living in 10,000 households. If 40,000 to 50,000 people from Lujiang and Jiujiang can return to the counties, plus the number from Guangling, the household registration number in the six Jianghuai counties may exceed 300,000.

There are 300,000 people, plus the people on the left and along the river. Whether Huo Jun goes out of Surabaya or conquers Henan in the future, it will not be difficult to ensure sufficient logistics and food supplies if there is waterway transportation.

"promise!"

"Zitong, do you have enough cattle for farming today?" Huo Jun asked.

Jiang Ji shook his head and said: "The price of farm cattle in Jianghuai is high today. Three or four cattle are worth one horse. If you want to buy farm cattle, you may have to place your hope in Nanzhong."

"it is good!"

"I will send a letter to Mi Nanzhong to ask if he can squeeze out a thousand heads to farm with me in Jianghuai."

Huo Jun nodded and said: "Zitong allows people to cross the river. It advertises to the old Huai people and offers a great gift when returning home. Anyone who returns to his hometown will choose high-quality paddy fields and be exempted from land rent and taxes for one year; if two families return, Those who live in the countryside will be exempted from land rent and taxes for two years; three families who return to their hometown will be given one cow, and one thousand cattle will be exempted from the land rent and taxes for two years, on a first-come, first-served basis."

South and Central Africa is a purely agricultural society. The local barbarians graze all year round, so they are not only rich in horses, but also in cattle.

When Mi Fang was in charge of Nanzhong, in addition to buying and selling slaves and war horses, he also sold cattle to Wu Chu. In order to attract a large number of Huai people to return home, Huo Jun is afraid that he will not be able to attract too many people unless he bleeds. Now he will use the pretext of giving away farmland to attract people from the south to the Huai River to move north.

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)