Popular recommendations:,,,,,,

Please visit the mobile phone to read synchronously

On the banks of Wushui River!

Luo Shixin, Ma Zhou, Zheng Liwan and officials of all sizes walked along the banks of the Wushui River.

On their right, thousands of people were braved by the cold, waving their hoes and digging a long gully.

"How is the progress now?" Luo Shixin looked at the people who were working hard and rushed to a little comfort. It was hard and tiring to open the canal. In the winter, some people inevitably sweated profusely, but Luo Shixin still saw hope for the future from their faces, and the numb expression on his face disappeared.

Regarding how to govern Xiazhou, Ma Zhou put forward a suggestion to develop Shuofang with all his efforts, gather the focus in Shuofang, develop Shuofang, and use Shuofang's economy to gradually drive the surrounding villages and towns.

This proposal was recognized and strongly supported by Luo Shixin. Although Luo Shixin knew nothing about how to manage local government affairs, he was knowledgeable and experienced many things personally. In later generations, his hometown was a relatively backward and poor village with poor living environment and poor conditions. However, later a leader came out of a nearby county and became the president of the country. In order to repay his hometown and develop his hometown economy, the economy of the neighboring county made rapid progress. The prosperity of the neighboring county also led to the nearby villages and counties, so that his hometown was directly upgraded from a small farm to a town, and it became increasingly prosperous.

In Luo Shixin's view, the development trend of his hometown is similar to Ma Zhou's proposal. Xiazhou is located outside the grassland pass and is remote. If there is no economic mind, it will be useless even if it spends ten times of its efforts. It is better to directly invest funds in Shuofang, the largest city in Xiazhou, and develop Shuofang into the economic center of Xiazhou, attracting vendors to come here.

Ma Zhougan was extraordinary, and with such support from Luo Shixin, the first development plan was launched.

Shuofang is short of water, and the wells in the city are only enough to drink. In the event of drought, there is also the possibility of water breaking out of water. Most of the water used to irrigate the fields and grow vegetables must be used to go to the Wushui River several miles away to get water, which is extremely inconvenient.

Ma Zhou's first step was to open a canal leading to Shuofang, opening a convenient door for the people of Shuofang.

Here, Ma Zhou learned from Emperor Yang Guang of Sui: Yang Guang opened the canal not a bad thing, but he made the heavens angry and resentful. Everyone in the world hated him to the core. The main reason was that they were too impatient and did not care about the people's strength. So much so that local officials forced the people to go down the river, working hard day and night, even the water was soaked around their waists and maggots grew. In order to avoid this crime, the people even broke their hands and feet and became disabled, which was called blessings.

In order not to repeat the same mistakes, before opening the canal, Ma Zhou patiently informed the people of the purpose of opening the canal in detail, and did not force the people to serve labor. He just promised those who participated in opening the canal to take care of food, accommodation and wages.

The people of Shuofang were trapped in Shuofang due to the Tang Dynasty's policies, and their families had no surplus food and their lives depended on help. In the middle of winter, there was nothing to do. Faced with this reasonable recruitment of the Tang Dynasty, they all showed great enthusiasm and recruited tens of thousands of people in a short period of time.

As the governor of Xiazhou, Luo Shixin handed over the government affairs to Ma Zhou and was fully in charge of handling it, but he did not let him do whatever he wanted, ignore him and become a confused governor.

The official documents reported by Ma Zhou will be read in detail every few days. Today, I have free time and call Zheng Liwan to visit the grassland, so I will take a look at the excavation of the rivers and canals.

Zheng Liwan was very dissatisfied with this. She was not as understanding as Ping Yang... She felt that since Luo Shixin took time to accompany her, she should be with her wholeheartedly. She had only been playing for a long time and hadn't had enough fun yet. She ran to see the progress of the river and canal. It was really hateful, with a tense face and a little temper.

Luo Shixin knew that Zheng Liwan was a little greedy and a little willful, but this kind of little temper came and went quickly, and it was definitely not the kind of unreasonable willfulness, and he didn't care about it.

"The progress has been completed... It is estimated that the construction should be completed when planting and farming begins in the spring of the next year." Ma Zhou was very surprised by Luo Shixin's arrival, but he was a little happy in his heart. Luo Shixin's ability to come means that he was concerned about this matter. This is what the governor of Xiazhou should do. He enthusiastically introduced the situation of the canal: "According to my original intention, this canal is the first step. Wushui does not know where the source is, but I have asked the local old men that they have never heard of the truncated flow of Wushui. It shows that the water volume upstream of Wushui is sufficient, and it can be opened to irrigate the entire Xiazhou. However, according to the current situation, this matter must be discussed for a long time. The current situation in our Tang Dynasty is not enough to carry out a huge project, and the canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal canal."

Follow the canal and head towards Shuofang. After walking for about a mile, we arrived at the top of the canal excavation.

More than a hundred soldiers on the left and right sides of the river canal stood in the cold wind. In front of them were three thousand Turkic people, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, was dancing hoes and digging hard, and they were in high spirits, one by one, one by one, working very hard like the people.

Seeing Luo Shixin and the others coming, Yan Pei, who was in charge of the care, strode over.

Luo Shixin looked at the scene in front of him with some surprise and smiled: "This is a good job, can't you tell that you have such a skill?"

Yan Pei smiled carelessly and said, "This group of people is just a slut. They started to shake their heads and stubbornly. I chopped his head on the spot, and the group became as obedient as a sheep."

Luo Shixin didn't care if he heard this. There was no human rights in this era. As a prisoner, you must have the awareness of a prisoner. If you want to make a fuss, you will be looking for death in the lamp in the toilet.

But it is really an accident that I am so obedient because I die?

Luo Shixin thought in his heart.

Yan Pei explained his confusion and said, "But the real powerful one is Ma Zongjun. This bastard dared not make trouble on the surface, but he was lazy for me behind my back. Ma Zongjun directly set a rule, divide the time period, and stipulate that if the task is not completed, there will be no food to eat, and no rest is allowed until it is completed. For a bite of food and to rest early, the cartilages are very enthusiastic."

Luo Shixin looked at Ma Zhou unexpectedly and had to accept it. He was really a sage who was playing politics. He looked like a compassionate saint on the surface, but he did unethical things without changing his expression. At the beginning, he planned to throw the Turks into the field to pick up stones, but Ma Zhou moved them to the front line of digging rivers and canals like a saint, and used them to open the way and use sectional construction methods to hand over the most difficult sections to the Turks. The people in Shuofang dig simple and easy-to-digging areas, and finally formed them.

When it comes to being ill-hearted, Luo Shixin asked himself how much Ma Zhou is.

"General, Tuli sent someone to see you."

Just as they finished strolling the river and canal, a cavalry rushed from afar, and it was Wang Yun, the leader of the Jiesheng Army.

"Suddenly? Could it be because of Geluosili?" Ma Zhou was quick-thinking and thought of this possibility.

"It's ten percent!" Luo Shixin's brow suddenly flashed with a smile and he grinned: "It seems that he thinks we want less, so he specially sent us cattle again. Where are they? Is it Shuofang City or military camp?"

Wang Yun said: "Waiting outside the military camp."

Luo Shixin smiled even happier and said, "God is helping me!" As he said, Ma Zhou continued to master the progress of the river and canals, and should not ignore the people's bodies too fast, nor should he be too slow. It is winter now, and the people are doing nothing, so there are so many people. When spring comes, the staff will definitely not be as sufficient as it is now.

Ma Zhou took the order carefully.

Then he asked someone to send Zheng Liwan back to Shuofang, promising her to take time to ride a horse with her. The small promise made Zheng Liwan turn angry and look expectant.

When he returned to the military camp, Luo Shixin glanced at the Turkic envoys waiting at the door, ignored them, walked directly into the military camp, and called Su Dingfang to give him a task. It was not until he did all this that he let the Turkic envoys enter the camp.

"Have you seen the general!"

Facing Luo Shixin, Xi Yuan, the envoy of Tuli, did not dare to be arrogant, and greeted him with the etiquette of the Turks.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Luo Shixin raised his feet, raised his feet, and a natural smile on his calm face, as if he was looking at a surrender.

Xi Yuan bowed again and said, "Gelulu Sili is a rude man. He didn't know that Shuobei grassland was the territory of the Tang Dynasty. This is a misunderstanding. My Khan hopes that the general will forgive him this time for his sake. We are willing to accept the general's proposal and exchange the Gelu's tribe members with one man, one horse and one ox."

"Has Tuli become the King of Khan?" Luo Shixin narrowed his eyes and did not reply directly.

Xi Yuan had to answer: "Go back to the general, Khan is the eldest son of Shibi, the greatest Khan king on my grassland. The position of Khan is his. It was Jie Li, the thief who stole his Khan throne. Now the Khan is brother to your Tang Dynasty prince. With the support of the Tang Dynasty, Khan has defeated Jie Li and ascended the Khan throne to the expectations of all Turkic people."

"Yes!" Luo Shixin touched his beard and said with some slightest point: "Now Tuli is the Khan King of the Turks. His status is very different. He should give him some face!"

Xi Yuan could not have imagined that it would be so smooth, so he said happily: "Xi Yuan thanked the general for his kindness for my Khan..."

"Thank me?" Luo Shixin smiled strangely and said, "Don't be busy thanking me for now! I only have four thousand cows and four thousand horses. Since you, the Turkic Khan, have come forward, add two thousand more cows. I originally wanted to cut you one ear and let you know that the ears are for listening. It's four thousand, but now for the sake of Tuli Khan's face, I will add an extra arm. Go back and tell Tuli that it is six thousand cows, and there are still six days left."

As he said this, he walked towards Xi Yuan with a hideous look.

Xi Yuan looked shocked and hurriedly pulled out the scimitar on his waist.
Chapter completed!