In the rain, Gao Yue looked at the Gailang Mountain at the end of the Han River, and was also in deep thought about the problems in Liu De's room.

After a long time, he said to Liu Deshi: "Fangzhai, go back to your house immediately and discuss it carefully."

After nightfall, the dark sky was still falling. In the military office, Gao Yue and Liu De's room were holding candlelight, studying the construction problems of the shipyard and the lake dam in front of a pile of drawings and files, as well as the entire Xingyuan Prefecture camp.

Yuxiao, A Ni, and even Zhihui and Acuo are all asleep.

Now for the Dazhu River boat yard, its regulations have long been well-known in Gao Yue's heart.

Gao Yue pointed to the map of Xingyuan Prefecture and told Liu Deshi:

"The city wall of the military mansion is southward and approaching the Han River. I will immediately move the city wall of Linshui back one and a half miles back, and then expand a Zicheng along the southwest of the city, so that it will be adjacent to the shipyard of the Dazhu River and the Huyan, and then build a Dawang Tower at the top of Zicheng."

Then Gao Yue explained to Liu Deshi that when he was patrolling the city of the palace, he noticed that the city walls near the Han River had traces of collapse and repairs after collapse. He knew that whenever the Han River overflowed, it would soak and destroy Xingyuan Mansion, which is the southern wall of Nanzheng City.

Therefore, Gao Yue planned to move the southern city wall back to avoid impact from rivers. In addition, there could be more space to form several more docks along the Han River to increase freight volume.

As for the southwest sub-city, it is to guard the farmland of the shipyard and artificial lake weir, and to consolidate the city defense needs.

Gao Yue, the name of Zicheng Wanglou, has been thought of, "Tianhanlou".

Tianhan is the source name of Hanzhong, and it is also the name Xiao He once said to Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, and it is also the predecessor of the Han Dynasty.

Gao Yue also thought of the name of the Huyan overlooking the Tianhan Tower, "Pingcai Lake".

That's right, he wanted to rely on Xingyuan Prefecture and improve the strategy, and join forces with Wei Gao, Jia Dan, and Fang Zhen in the Central Plains of the imperial court to annihilate and flatten Huaixi Town.

Then when talking about the entire Xingyuan Prefecture camp, Liu Deshi pointed to the drawing and said:

The farming conditions in the entire Xingyuan Prefecture and Yangzhou were much better than those in Jingyuan. The Lianshui in Xingyuan itself had several dams, Mian County in the west of the prefecture, and Huangshatun, which was the former place where Zhuge Wuhou fought in the north to attack Yingtian; and the city in the east of the prefecture had a turbulence, which could not only be used for irrigation, but also for water transporting timber for forging. Yangzhou also had overflow and Tangshui, which was a small grain production area.

"In this case, Xingyuan Mansion will not be a problem to provide 50,000 troops, but why are the household registration so small and the taxes so poor?" Gao Yue frowned.

Liu Deshi patted the document book and explained that Xingyuan was synonymous with wealth in the Qin and Han dynasties, and they were almost on par with Shu, and they were all the heavenly palaces. However, when we arrived in the Tang Dynasty, they lagged behind. When Jia Gong was the governor of Liangzhou, he was busy dealing with Liang Chongyi and Li Xilie, and he didn't care about people's livelihood.

In addition, the weirs were disrepaired for a long time, the canals were blocked, the people were unable to organize, and the government had no time to take care of it. Naturally, the household registration was not high and the taxes were not high.

Gao Yue agreed and said that Brother Fangzhai’s official training is becoming more and more proficient, and Yuanzhou Xingyuan Prefecture’s common affairs are relying on you!

Before Liu Deshi could be humble, Gao Yue immediately had a topic of the next topic. Most of the water conservancy areas in the counties mentioned just now were for the people's land, and the land was densely occupied by our Baicao Army.

Liu Deshi sighed slightly and said that I had read the story of Xingyuan Prefecture. Baocheng County in the north of the prefecture originally had a mountain and river dam built by Xiao He of the Han Dynasty, so that it could farm until Chiya Pass. When Zhuge Wuhou made an expedition in the north, General Zhao Yun and the military supervisor Deng Zhi garrisoned Chiya Pass and the other supervised the camp fields under Chiya. Every time they met, they had to climb the top of the peak.

But now because the mountains, rivers and dams are abandoned, all of them are "stained from the ground", and the people will not go there to grow crops.

Land-stained, that is, saline-alkali land.

It seems that if you want to develop camping, you cannot just open wasteland everywhere like in Bailicheng in the past. You can only make your own ideas on the soil from Shanheyan to Chiyaguan.

"I will write a letter to consult Master Mingxuan for this question soon." Gao Yue thought to himself that there is an Alanta Temple in Baili City for his support!

The most urgent task is the boat yard.

With routes and ships, there is naturally everything.

Of course, the topic is back to what Liu Deshi said in the afternoon, the issue of labor.

Gao Yue understood that taxes and labor are the two heaviest burdens on the shoulders of the people in feudal society, but the difference between the two is that taxes make the people trapped, while labors directly make the people die.

Just imagine, you are a farmer in feudal society. You are under taxes while farming. You can save money when the year is good and the politics is clear. When the situation is serious, you can leave the waste and run away. You can become a rogue. You can't die until you are desperate. But labor is different. There is a fixed time every year. You have to build walls for the government or palace, build palaces, send military rations, and build dikes for free. Once the conditions are worse, you will really die a lot.

Later, the rulers also came up with compromise. At least in the Tang Dynasty, there were only two ways:

The household registration is divided according to assets, the rich will be paid for the service of money and silk, and the poor will be paid for the service;

Using troops to serve labor was more common in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. For example, Gao Yue used soldiers to build Baili City. Later, in the Song Dynasty, this situation became even more common.

But now, the Baicao Army shoulders the responsibility of protecting Shangjin Road and Han River. The soldiers of the three states unite their children and protect the cities and patrols of each state. Although Gao Yue obtained many craftsmen through various means, he also needed a large number of labor and "masters" to make the blueprints of Tianhan Tower, Ping Cai Lake, and even subsequent water conservancy renovations come true from nothing.

However, Gao Yue must be very cautious in the use of labor. After all, Xingyuan Prefecture is a young "Tang Dynasty municipality". If he handles it improperly, he will be at risk of public grievances.

After all, in this era of backward productivity, it is really not easy to die, and the social structure should not be too fragile.

"The households in Xingyuan Prefecture are divided into nine grades, and the first six grades produce rice, silk and money instead of labor. The second third grade is exempted from two taxes. The labor service itself can be paid for labor." Gao Yue said this, and then he thought, "Then next to the Dazhu River, a food shed and a shed are set up to ensure the food, clothing and accommodation of the people. When the busy farming season is over, the project will be started immediately."

That night, he studied it for a long time before Gao Yue finally went to bed.

When they opened the inner door, Yun Shao and Jing'er had already been asleep for a long time...

As a result, the next day, just as Gao Yue was in the yamen, a post letter from Xiangyang was sent. Gao Yue hurriedly opened it and read it.

Jia Dan inside said that the situation on Shangjin Road has changed!

What!

When I read further, it turned out that it was Han Huan's entourage ship that had passed Ezhou and arrived in Xiangyang City. But Han Huan was also cautious. He asked the servants who followed the ship to take several light ships to go up the Han River after arriving at Xiangyang City, and see what the "road conditions" of Shangjin Road were like.

The result was that there was no threat from mountain sheds or river thieves for the time being. However, there were dangerous shoals between the countryside of Shangjin and Yun. If a large-scale fleet passed, it would be quite overturned (when Jia Dan left, there were not many ships on the market, and most of his teams were on land). Han Huan's escort officer did not dare to take risks, and asked Jia Dan and Gao Yue to solve the problem as soon as possible and open up land routes.

Otherwise, Han Hua could only transport ships and grain to Xiangyang City.
Chapter completed!