They still have to rely on the Liaohe River to transport food and supplies. In addition to the Jilin Shipyard, the Ming army in Liaodong also built ships at the Juliuhe Ferry, Wula and other places for transportation purposes.

At the same time, we must build warehouses and store military rations in Dengzi Village in the upper reaches of the Liao River, Itune Mun (Yitong County) where the Yitun River flows through.

When transporting materials by water, they will be transported to the grain warehouse of Dengzi Village in spring and autumn. There is no water connection between Dengzi Village and Itune Mun, and vehicles need to be transported by land. After arriving in Itune Mun, they will be loaded again along the Songhua River and transported to the front.

If this water-land transport route is successfully opened, it will solve the key problems in the Songhua River north and even the Heilongjiang River basin, and will also promote the development of the Northeast economy in the future.

More importantly, the two major sea outlets of Heilongjiang and Tumenjiang can directly reach Nagasaki, Japan, Busan, North Korea, and major ports in China.

In fact, the emperor did not lose enthusiasm for the development and construction of the Northeast. In his opinion, during the disaster period, the Northeast was better than the Northwest and could carry more population.

The northwest is drought, with the few lasting for three to five years, while the most lasting for more than ten years. The northeast is cold and may also experience drought, but it is not as severe as the northwest.

Historically, drought and cold should be of the same level, and the damage caused to crop production is also similar.

But now it is different. With potatoes, corn, rye, etc., it is cold-resistant and drought-resistant, and even has a short growth period, it is much more resistant to cold.

You should know that the severe drought in the northwest is inseparable from ecological damage.

From the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the excessive development and ecological degradation of the entire Guanzhong Plain were very serious. The trees in the Qinling Mountains were cut down, the vegetation was sparse, and the disasters were frequent, which caused the Guanzhong area to withdraw from the stage of history.

The same ecological damage was very common in ancient times. For example, in Beijing in the Ming Dynasty, sandstorms had already occurred, which was directly related to the decrease in trees in Yanshan, the destruction of vegetation, and the loss of its barrier effect on Beijing.

The ecological environment in Northeast China is good, with high forest coverage, human development is far from reaching the red line, and there is no need to worry about nature's punishment.

Of course, immigrating from the northwest to the northeast does not mean abandoning the northwest. On a strategic level, the northwest is also extremely important.

If it doesn’t rain, then build water conservancy facilities to divert water from the rivers and irrigate.

In principle, it is as much as you can plant and as much as you can harvest. One pound of harvest locally, and it takes five or six pounds to transport it in. Under the road and transportation conditions at that time, the loss on the road was quite astonishing.

The same is true in the current Northeast. If you cannot be self-sufficient and cannot provide food and supplies to the north, relying solely on foreign transportation will be extremely pressured by the court.

Regarding Zhang Pan's suggestion, Mao Wenlong smiled and said, "Since there is no hurry here, then draw a group of craftsmen to Siping! If the northbound entry is delayed by one year, even if there are fewer people and the ships here can be built well, these craftsmen will be at Siping's home."

Zhang Pan agreed happily, one was the boss's request, and two was the one who had more than a year. As Mao Wenlong said, a sufficient number of ships could be completed with fewer people.

"Long live to expand the territory northward will not change, but eliminating the remnants of Jiannu is no longer the main goal." Mao Wenlong said to everyone as he walked: "Just remember one principle, the harvest of war should be greater than the investment, and long live will be allowed."

So that's it, everyone looked at each other and nodded. Knowing that this is very important is equivalent to calculating the holy intention.

"Land is also wealth. After occupying and operating for one or two years, you can be self-sufficient. Long live to support it..." Mao Wenlong felt that since he said that, he would just give more to his soldiers and generals more.

The meaning is very clear. Advancing north will be a long-term national policy, and you will not have to worry about not having the opportunity to achieve success. But you must have a trade-off and judgment, and you must also be able to calm down and not do the "explosive military force" mentioned in historical books.

If you want to manage well and recover quickly, population is the first factor. Whether it is the Koreans who cross the border to survive or the ethnic minorities in Nuergandusi, you must make good use of them, that is, both kindness and power.

The Nationality Law issued by the imperial court was just the right thing to do. Jilin Prefecture had a three-year military control period, and Zhang Pan and other major generals had to learn to manage both the military and the people.

Of course, the court also sent many civil officials, all of whom entered the official career through officials' transfer. In terms of actual work ability, it was quite good.

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Fenghua (now Lishu County) under Siping was formerly known as Panying City and commonly known as Buying and Selling Street.

Because it is located in a brief place in the border north, it is a place where "thieves and bandits appear" and "stubborn people and thieves continue to stop", in order to educate the local "stubborn people", the rulers widely publicized their intention to "accomplish the king's transformation", so they named it Fenghua.

During the Ming Dynasty, Fenghua was just a small village. However, over the past year, it had become a small town after the construction of officers and soldiers and immigration.

As the old place of Yehe tribe, a considerable number of Yehe descendants moved here again and settled under the planning and arrangement of the government.

More immigrants were Han people, most of them were Liao people who returned to Liaodong after the war.

The first choice of these Liao people was of course the original villages and villages. However, after pacifying Liao, the government began to divide the land and set up villages and towns.

The people in Liaodong and the arrangements of retired officers and soldiers before the restoration were naturally not allowed to wait. Therefore, many Liao people who entered the pass and settled in the country had no original land after returning home.

There is still a lot of land left in Liaodong, but the new establishment of Jilin Prefecture has introduced more preferential policies, which has also attracted many immigrants to go there.

Erya's family is one of many members who chose Jilin Prefecture and was placed in Fenghua Village by the government. With the establishment of Siping County, it has now been upgraded to Fenghua Town.

The sun was so hot that it was hanging on its head, and the potato seedlings grew very well in the fields, green.

Erya's father carried two buckets and walked along the ditch from one end to the other, watering the fields and crops.

Fenghua Town is surrounded by the Dongliao River in the east, and there is the Shiling River in the middle. Officers and soldiers and immigrants dig ditches, which has led to a considerable number of irrigated fields here.

Erya's father wanted to go to the ditches to fetch water, but he saw a familiar figure walking towards this side from the village and hurriedly carried an empty bucket to meet him.

"Come and cool down. This hot day, aren't you busy sending it?" Erya's father greeted his wife with heartache, took the food basket with one hand, and then tightly pushed his wife to the shade of the tree next to him.

"Can you still be tired at this little road?" The wife walked to the shade of the tree, looked at her husband whose face was red, and a hint of distress flashed in her eyes, and urged: "Hurry up and have lunch, it's already noon."

Erya's father held the wooden barrel on the ground and let his wife sit. The other wooden barrel was used as a table. He put the rice basket and said, "Let's eat together!"

"I've eaten." The wife lifted the cloth and exposed half a can of porridge, steamed buns, potatoes and two pickles of pickles inside.

Erya's father smiled and said, "I said I wouldn't let you wait for me, but I'm obedient today."
Chapter completed!