Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 694
"South of the colorful clouds, the direction of my heart.

The peacock flew away with long memories.

Jade Dragon Snow Mountain shines with silver light.

Beautiful Lijiang, people are on the road..."

The voices of Peony and Furong are very bright, and the dance is also very beautiful. However, their performance made Shelong feel ashamed.

Today's Yunnan is not as beautiful as it is sung in the songs. There are deep mountains and old forests everywhere. The so-called Jade Dragon Snow Mountain has no decent road for people to walk across.

The so-called beautiful Lijiang, okay!Shelong does not think it is better than the scenery on both sides of the Wei River in Chang'an. At least the trees on both sides of the Wei River are planned, there are some residential buildings to see, and the waterways are very suitable for boats.The ancient city of Lijiang, which was only started to be built at the end of the Song Dynasty, is still barren, with a few small tribes living in trees or in thatched huts.

"Master Sun, is it really our Yunnan that is sung in this song?" After the song and dance, Shelong who was at the banquet asked with unfinished thoughts.

He just arranged for young singing and dancing artists of his clan to present songs and dances for Sun Xiangfu at the reception banquet. However, compared with the quality of singing and dancing of Sun Xiangfu's two orchid concubines, they were weak.

You know, this song and dance, which he intends to dedicate to all the guests at the opening ceremony of the Jiangling City Sports Conference, is already the best song and dance that the Annan Army Art Troupe can produce to represent the local area.

"As long as you work hard, Yunnan can become so good. Anyway, there are still two or three months before you start, so why not re-arrange and learn the song and dance they just sang and danced! While dedicating it to all the guests, Let the people of the world take a look at the aspirations of you Yunnan people. Isn’t there still more than six years to go, if we pay close attention to infrastructure construction, we may not be able to realize the beautiful scene in the song.”

In fact, during the sports meeting in Dingxiang, Shelong learned that the Yunnan Dali City would hold the sports meeting after Guangzhou City in Lingnan, and immediately started construction after returning.

It's a pity that the high-quality craftsmen and building materials from all over the country were concentrated in Jiangling City by Changsun Wuji. Dali City, which has only received a small amount of technical support, has a lot of labor available, but in the past two or three years, it has only repaired the city walls and some The most basic aspects of the roads and drainage ditches in the city have been completed, and even the concrete road leading to Shuzhong is only half completed.

Without vigorously introducing various industrial industries in Weinan, they have to get these raw materials that require certain industrial technology to produce, but it is very difficult, exhausting, and they can't bring in much.

"We have worked very hard. Except for farming and mining, I have used the rest of my manpower for construction, but you can also see that it has been almost three years, and I haven't even built a city." Shelong said a little said in frustration.

In this period of Yunnan, the traffic and roads were very inconvenient, but it was not as well-connected as Jiangling City. If you want any materials, there are thousands of water ships immediately, and they are constantly dispatched from all over the country. The reason why it can be transported within three years It was built quickly. In addition to investing more than 100 million professional construction workers, there are at least one million northern migrant workers who went south to work there in winter. Changsun Wuji also used all available human resources. , in order to have today's scale.

Shelong built it by its own people, so it can't compare with the progress of Jiangling City.A gap of more than ten times is said to be small.

Sun Xiangfu looked at his depressed look, smiled and said, "You have indeed worked hard, but the method is not very effective. Seeing the prosperity of Dingxiang City, you want to come back and build a building like Dingxiang City. Do you think a city like Dingxiang is suitable for you in Yunnan? Also, do you know why Dingxiang is so prosperous?"

Shelong's intelligence is not very high, otherwise, he would not have been played around by Wang Hao at the beginning, but he is more honest, and he will not hide his shortcomings and save his face just because he is not smart. He would only ask for advice with an open mind, so he suddenly stood up from behind his desk, bowed and saluted Sun Xiangfu, "Master Sun, please teach me."

"General Shelong doesn't need to do this, everyone is doing it for Datang."

Sun Xiangfu got up and straightened Shelong's body, pressed him on the seat, and said, "You have to remember one thing, to get rich, build roads first, no matter how beautiful you build the city, there is no fast and convenient way to get here Road, others will not be willing to come to you, if everyone does not come, then your city will not be prosperous.

Moreover, there is an old saying among us Han people, that is, sharpening a knife is not a mistake for a woodcutter. When you have repaired the road, you have sharpened the knife. In this way, those construction workers and various construction materials produced in other places can be transported in quickly. In this way, the construction of your entire city will be much faster.

In addition, professional things should be done by professional people. If you are not good at building city buildings, let a professional Han Chinese construction team do it. You develop the surrounding areas, make preparations for them, and provide a more comfortable and convenient work. The environment will do.

What's more, you have to adjust measures to local conditions and give full play to your strengths. You Yunnan people are used to living in the mountains and forests and living in wooden houses. Why do you need to build those reinforced concrete buildings like the north? You are full of big trees here. Use these woods to Building pavilion-style buildings is not only more beautiful, but also saves your construction costs, and makes your people more accustomed to living in them. "

The south is hot and humid. When he was in Lingnan, Sun Xiangfu had already experienced it. They really made them use cement and tiles to build houses. In the era without air conditioning and ventilation systems, once the house was built too large and the ventilation and lighting were not good, it would definitely appear inside the house. In the wet situation, unless they can be a local tyrant like Feng An, install the windows of the house with glazed sashes with better lighting and ventilation.

Otherwise, the pavilions and attics made of dry wood are more suitable for them to live here. People living in drier houses for a long time are also good for their health.

In fact, the new-style enclosure building designed by Sun Xiangfu is also very suitable in Yunnan. Later, when developing the planting base, Sun Xiangfu will let the agricultural students stationed here before build some buildings according to that style. , to give the locals a look, when the time comes, let them imitate the construction.

"I'm rather stupid, so you should tell me exactly what to do!" She Long admitted directly that he still couldn't fully understand Sun Xiangfu's meaning.

If he had that comprehension, he would not have built a road and built a city in three years. Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu shook his head with a wry smile and said, "What you have to do now is to stop the construction of the city. First, find a place suitable for building a wharf along the Jinsha River in Binchuan County, build a large wharf that can accommodate more ships, and then build a wide cement road from Dali City to this wharf. In this way, whether it is from Shu People from China or other places, or building materials, or the special products you want to sell here, can come in and out quickly, and the transportation cost and time cost can be reduced exponentially."

Sun Xiangfu just said this, and Shelong suddenly realized what they were doing to transport things to Sichuan before?Using a wheelbarrow, walking through mountains and mountains, and even crossing the cableway, is a distance of more than 1000 miles, but it always takes more than half a month to walk. However, Sun Xiangfu, who came from later generations, knows that the water system in Yunnan is actually very developed. Yes, there are many big rivers passing through the territory. As the so-called big wood comes out of Nanzhong, the wood here can be transported to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River for sale during the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, relying on the thrust of the river water.

The place with the largest drop in the Jinsha River is the upstream section of Shigu Town in Lijiang, and the downstream section of Binchuan County in Dali. The water flow is already very gentle, which is very suitable for sailing. As long as the waterway is sorted out a little, boats in the middle of Sichuan can be reached along the river. , Basically everyone can get here, and as long as the shipping problem is solved, the whole place will be revitalized.

"What else?" No matter how stupid Shelong was, she also knew that Sun Xiangfu's suggestions were all golden words, which would be of great help to the development of the land of Yunnan, and she couldn't wait to say.

"The other thing is to continue to build the concrete road that can connect to the official road in the middle of Sichuan. Moreover, it can't be built in one direction. Let the middle of Shu also start to move and repair it from your side. They accept all kinds of tools, building materials, etc. It is more convenient than you, and it must be easier to repair than you." Sun Xiangfu replied.

"It's gone?" A good way Shelong was naturally eager to hear more, seeing Sun Xiangfu stopped talking, he said with a look of disappointment on his face.

Sun Xiangfu smiled and said, "With the current productivity on your side, it is already good to be able to do these two things. In fact, what you need to do more is to help the people under your rule, develop fields, learn Farming and expanding output, no matter how convenient this road is, it is useless without sufficient sustainable output. Relying on natural resources can only tide over temporary difficulties. When it is exhausted, who would be willing to give Do you provide food?

in the future!As your population continues to grow and grow, your natural resources will be consumed faster and faster, and the problem will become more and more urgent.

Moreover, your goal should not just let everyone have something to eat and something to wear, and that's it. You should set it higher, at least to make everyone as rich as the people in Guanzhong and Shannan Road. It is right. "

There are many natural resources in the land of Yunnan, but it takes time for these natural resources to grow. Its growth rate is much slower than the speed of human reproduction and consumption. If the common people point to these wild medicinal materials, tea, Or if you develop a little bit, you will have less mineral resources to live on.Well, one day they will come to an end.

Moreover, relying on these things only allows them to barely survive, which is better than the original life of hunting.

Expanding agricultural production is the basis for them to survive and become rich. With self-sufficient agricultural production and the addition of natural resources, it is not difficult for them to achieve prosperity.

"However, if we don't step up and start building the city, how can I explain to His Majesty that the city has not been built when the sports meeting is held?" Although Shelong knew that what Sun Xiangfu said was right, he was the one who wanted the sports meeting. He has completed the political task, but he dare not neglect this point.

"Hehe, don't worry about this! The construction team of the imperial court built a big city like Jiangling in three years. Can't you build Dali City, which is not half the size of Jiangling City, in six years? This is What I said just now means to leave professional matters to professional people." Sun Xiangfu explained to him with a smile.

"Six years? Aren't they going to build Guangzhou City first?" She Long said in surprise.

Sun Xiangfu replied, "Guangzhou City has already been built by Feng Gong long ago. We only need to build a small number of competition venues, and divide them into a small group of people. It will be completed in half a year to a year at most. In the second half of the year, hundreds of courts will The Wan construction engineering team will come to your Yunnan one after another, so it is very important and urgent to build a pier along the river and build a cement road from Dali City to this pier."

"I said recently, how come there are so many Han merchants suddenly asking about the land in the city!" Shelong said with a look of sudden realization.

Sun Xiangfu smiled and said, "I guess, they just ask a lot, but the actual willingness to invest is not strong, and they dare not make it big."

"Ah! How do you know? They are always asking if they can give them land for free. Even if it is paid, they are only willing to pay a small amount of money to buy some shops, but none of them are willing like Dingxiang City and Jiangling City. You invested money to build a big hotel, I heard from the agricultural students you sent over that Jiangling City earned all the cost of building the city just by selling the land, and they told me not to sell the land in the city easily." Shelong was a little surprised Said, Sun Xiangfu guessed all the thoughts of those businessmen.

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu laughed again, "Businessmen need to calculate the rate of return when investing. Jiangling City, because it is located in the heart of the Tang Dynasty, has developed water and land transportation. Moreover, after the concentrated construction of fields, the population is very dense. There are more merchants traveling from north to south, and the economic aggregate may not lose to Guanzhong in the future.

Therefore, they are willing to spend a lot of money to buy the land there. As long as the property is built, it is a matter of earning more and earning less, and they will never lose money.

However, your Yunnan side is located in a remote and desolate place. Most of the people can barely solve the problem of food and clothing. The economic strength is very backward and the development potential is very mediocre. They open some shops here to sell you some small things , or buy your output, maybe you can make a little profit, but if you open a big hotel, who will live in it?On your side, there is no customer group who can afford to live in a big hotel! "

(End of this chapter)