For political decision makers, it is never easy to make up their minds, so the "Fangshu Dudu" in the Tang Dynasty was considered a perfect match. The correct decisions made by politicians were naturally natural in the eyes of later generations because history had sorted out the things clearly and later generations could see them clearly at a glance. But for people at that time, it was still like being in a fog and not being able to see the things around them clearly, let alone inferring the subsequent development of the matter based on this.

Li Di is straightforward and does not lack the responsibility to make political decisions, but he does things roughly and does not have the ability to make correct decisions. Chen Yaozuo is very ambitious and talented, but he is far inferior to Li Di in politics. As for Zhao Zhen, of course, he depends on the prime minister at this time. He cannot share the worries of the emperor. So what else do you have to do?

After Xu Ping said so much, it seems to be reasonable in Li Di's opinion, but based on this, he has made great efforts to fight the government. He feels that he is not convinced enough. He hesitated and still tends to maintain the status quo. Although maintaining the status quo cannot eliminate the accumulated problems, he will not make a big mistake. When he has no idea, people will always choose to do the most confident things, which is human nature.

Seeing that the result was the end, Xu Ping sighed: "After all the time, my husbands still felt that Dangxiang in the northwest might not be rebelled, and they were lucky. The subordinates believed that Yuan Hao would not rebel after the New Year, and that the year after the next year would be rebelled. Hexi has been occupied by Dangxiang. Tubo’s Ossiluo fought several times, but he could not do anything to him. Dangxiang did not dare to fight. Besides, Yuan Hao married the Khitan princess. Dangxiang would have to go to war with this dynasty again. Whether the military system of the imperial guards should be changed can only be changed after the war in the northwest can see how it will fight on the battlefield. I hope that by that time, Your Majesty and Your husband can make up their minds!"

After saying that, Xu Ping turned the topic back to the Accounting Record and said loudly: "The three departments have already determined that the war in the northwest will begin in the future. Before the troops and horses move, food and grass will come first. In the end, the war will be fought for money and grain. Therefore, in the past two years, most of the money loaned by the Bridge Road Department from the Beijing Bank and the Xijing Bank have been invested in the renovation of the northwest roads. After this winter, the major renovation projects will be completed, and the rest will be minor repairs. Often, there are two main freight lines leading to Guanzhong, one is centered on the Xijing Luoyang.

, through the Bian River and the Bian Waterway, the grain and rice materials in Jiangnan and Liangzhe, as well as the Jingxi Road, are transported from Mengzhou along the Yellow River, as well as the roads in the river valley, and then transported to the Wei River, and then to the prefectures and counties in Guanzhong. The products on this line are rich and the water transportation capacity is also large. Except for the Sanmen to Bai wave band, water power can be used in other areas. This route transports about 8 million stones of grain and rice and various materials to Guanzhong every year. From Liangzhe, Jiangnan, about 200,000 people need to be employed along the route."

After hearing the figures reported by Xu Ping, Zhao Zhen and the ministers in the hall took a breath together. The normal annual quota for the Bian River water transportation is now 6 million stones, and the remaining 2 million stones naturally come from Jingxi Road. Xu Ping said this, in fact, admitting that the transportation system after the renovation of the Bridge and Road Department set out from Luoyang and transported grain to Guanzhong, there is no longer a bottleneck. As many as you arrive in Luoyang, you can transport as much as you want from Luoyang. To achieve this, the most important thing is that the large amount of animal power provided by the Qunmaster Department in recent years can be used, which is enough to smooth the bottleneck of water transportation between the three gates and the white waves. After passing the three gates, there will be water transportation of the Yellow River and the Wei River. In addition, the ancient canals of the Qin and Han Dynasties, there is no transportation difficulty in Guanzhong.

In fact, Xu Ping not only refers to transporting grain from the Bian River, but to the fact that the backbone road network between prefectures and prefectures in developed inland areas has been built and can be replenished with land transportation. It is precisely because of this that it requires such a huge amount of manpower of 200,000. Thousand miles of grain transportation refers to foreign warfare. In the prosperous areas within his territory, the consumption of civilians can be supplemented by local governments, but in fact, the entire prefectures and counties in several regions are used to support such long-distance transportation. The real bottleneck zone, such as the Yellow River water transportation from Sanmen to Baibo, is actually only a few hundred miles away, and is forcibly leveled with the investment of huge livestock and vehicles.

Planning this material transportation network made Xu Ping deeply realize the limitations of the technical level in this era. Eight million stones sounded like a very huge number, but Xu Ping calculated that if there were trains like his previous life, if a freight train was calculated with 60-ton trucks, it would only take more than 200 trains. This capacity was already related to the foundation of the country at this time.

Seeing that everyone was not speaking, Xu Ping said again: "There is another advantage for the transfer of Luoyang to Guanzhong, which is to supplement the shortcomings of Hedong Road at the same time. If it is really necessary, it can start from Luoyang and add more than 500,000 stones of grain and grass to Hedong Road every year."

Hedong Road is also located on the border, and it faces the Khitan and Dangxiang at the same time, and has many troops stationed. However, the development of Hedong Road has a long history and is supplemented by several rich basins in the San Jin Dynasty. The food and grass and materials produced on this road are enough to support the garrison, and it is often used to support Shaanxi Road. Jingxi Road can support 500,000 stones a year, and Kaifeng Prefecture can provide support in an emergency, so the materials are enough.

"The road to Guanzhong, in addition to Luoyang, is the route from Xiangyang to Wuguan and Shangzhou. The grain and grass on Jinghu Road first gathered to Xiangyang County, followed the Han River, went up to the Guanghua Army and turned Danshui, and all the way to Shangluo. Change from Shangluo to land, and pass through Lantian to Yongxing Army. If there is enough manpower and animal power, this route can transport about 1.5 million stones per year. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the court has been in Guanzhong, and all rely on this road to control the southeast. During the Anshi Rebellion in the Middle Tang Dynasty, Shi Chaoyi occupied Luoyang and blocked the old road to the southeast grain and rice along the Bian River into Guanzhong. Liu Yan served as the transport envoy, so he relied on this road to transport southeast grain and rice into Guanzhong."

Speaking of this, everyone already knew that Xu Ping had made careful preparations for the war in the Northwest. He didn't ask questions, so he just waited for him to finish his words. The transportation route Xu Ping mentioned was actually in ancient times. China had fought a battle of thousands of years for breaking up and joining the country for a long time. What Xu Ping is doing now is just to use new technology and strong funds to greatly increase the capacity of these routes. Basically, the normal year can reach the limit of transportation capacity in history, and if the price is not included in the emergency, the transportation capacity can be easily doubled. Xu Ping's plan was to fight a protracted war in the northwest, but at the same time it would not affect other places in the mainland too much. In order to avoid the determination of the minister in charge of the court, he would let the party go after his heart.

"Hedong Road supports the Lin Mansion, which is also the Shixi Sandu Deployment Department, Guanzhong supports the Fuyan, Huanqing and Jingyuan Sandu Deployment Department, only Qinzhou is alone on the right side of Longshan, and Guanzhong cannot reach the strength. The money and grain required for Qinzhou are planned by the three departments and should be supplied by the four Sichuan and Shu roads. The roads passed by still follow the old Qin and Han roads. The three kingdoms were separated at the end of the Han Dynasty, and Zhuge Wuhou went out several Qishan. The roads from Sichuan and Shu to Qinzhou were the old roads. It took two years to borrow money from the banks of the two capitals and use the civil servants of several states. After passing this winter, the horse supervision will be set up in Qinzhou and Xingyuan Prefecture respectively, and horses will be transported from Tubo and Dali City respectively for road transportation. According to the three departments, this road can transport 3.5 million stones of food, grass and materials to Qinzhou every year."

Speaking of this, Xu Ping breathed out: "When the war in the northwest begins, Hebei will inevitably be unstable. In case of precautions, the grain and rice of Lianghuai and Jingdong will be supported there at any time for the use of the army. In short, Liangzhe, Jiangnan, Jingxi and Jinghu Roads, the products produced are transported to Guanzhong, Lianghuai and Jingdong will be transported to Hebei, Chuanxia and Qinzhou, and Hedong will support this road. The road is smooth and it will definitely be possible to ensure that all the expenses of the border areas are not short of food and grass. If there is any lack of food and grass, it will be the responsibility of the commander! The road renovation of the Sansi has been completed, and the court is not afraid of a war!"

Zhao Zhen, Li Di, Chen Yaozuo and others understood what Xu Ping was busy with in the past two years. After this planning, the whole country was included in the war supply system. The remaining Guangdong-Guangdong and Fujian Roads that were not mentioned were actually supporting Yongliang Road.
Chapter completed!