Du Zhongxiao heard the words of the young man Huaxiu, and almost spit out a sip of wine. He made his own car to benefit the court and the people, and he became a dog official. The Yellow River from Baibo to Sanmen traveled between the mountains. The river channel was narrow, and the riverbed was hard granite, which was one of the most dangerous sections of the Yellow River shipping. The three islands of gods, ghosts and people in the river divided the river water into three troughs, called Shenmen, Ghost Gate, and Human Gate. The water in the south of the ghost gate was turbulent and could not pass the boat. The Shenmen in the middle was narrow and even the boat could not accommodate the boat. Only the human gate in the north could sail.

Although the boat can be used for a boat, the water flows too fast. When the water flows downstream, the boat will often be destroyed and people will die, which is regarded as a daunting road. When going upstream, a large number of boatmen must be used. Moreover, there are cliffs on both sides of this section of the river, and there is no place for the boatmen to settle down. Only roads can be opened on the mountain. The boatmen can pull the boat on the plank road. It is difficult to pull the boat, and the water flows too fast, and the boat will die if there is a slight accident. The loss of this section of the Yellow River shipping is astonishing, and at least 30% of the boats are destroyed in the river.

When the war began in the northwest, in order to transport grain and grass to Shaanxi Road, the canal was manually dug in the south, and the shipping conditions improved for a period of time. However, due to the high cement and sand content of the Yellow River, the canal was silted in a few years and could only continue to go to the door.

No matter how difficult the shipping conditions are, Sanmen Baibo is also the lowest-cost material transportation method to Shaanxi Road. There are no less than 10,000 boatmen serving in this section. Compared with the Bian River, the conditions are even more difficult.

The big trucks on Hedong Road became popular, and the Sanmen Baibo Shipping Envoy quickly reported that the roads were renovated on the south bank of the Yellow River, and used large trucks to transport goods, abandoning this section of the canal transport. The imperial court bought mules and horses on Hedong Road, prepared a thousand large trucks, and drove the roads last autumn. The roads were built, and the original boatmen and boatmen were useless and faced the same situation as the Bianhe boatmen.

When Du Zhongxiao heard the three people on the table next to him talking indignantly, he couldn't help but remember that when he had learned history, the story of machines replacing manpower when the European Industrial Revolution first began, and farmers smashing machines. The current boatmen's troubles can be said to be a replica of the East. But I can't remember that in history, when the railway tracks of trains were just laid on this ancient land, did anyone pick up the railway tracks?

We can't blame the ignorance of the boats, and the use of large chariots, they did face livelihood problems. After the Secretariat and the Privy Council did not need to pull the fiber, they were afraid that they would not spend money and food on them in vain. These people were not imperial guards with knives and guns. The biggest possibility was to lower their military numbers and reduce their money and food. Just as they said, just like when the winter was in Bianjing, they only spent rice and deducted their salary.

While drinking, the three of them discussed their future destiny, and the more they talked, they felt dim and dull.

One said: "Spring is coming, and the Bian River is about to freeze. I know that we don't need to pull the fiber this year, but I don't see the official list and arrange our future and going. Isn't it worrying to ignore us like this?"

The young man Huaxiu said, "Brother, can't you guess what those dog officials are thinking? We must have waited until the ice melts, so we will go back to our respective places. Although the dog officials do not care about our lives or death, they care about their own official robes. If we deal with us in the capital, we will be in trouble and we will not be able to take care of them. When we arrive at the place, we will be scattered and we will be allowed to deal with it!"

After hearing this, the other two nodded and said yes. This was true. When Mrs. Shin was in the capital, the government had been dragging her down, so she must have made such an idea. When she arrived at the place and left the capital, she still did it at will.

After pointing this out, the three of them became cautious in their speech, lowered their voices and whispered, not knowing what to say.

Du Zhongxiao drank wine and ate meat, asked the servant to meet the bill, and got up and left the shop.

Although he was called a dog official, Du Zhongxiao did not have the intention to make things difficult for these three people. They faced real difficulties, and what was wrong with cursing, and no one was made by clay men. Of course, what he and Han Jiang did was right, and the times always had to move forward. If you want to blame, you can only blame the relevant officials, not thinking about how to solve the problem, it was just a drag and wanted to fool things.

How can I drag such things over if I touch other people's food and clothing? If I can drag it for a while, I can't drag it for a lifetime, something will happen later. At that time, I'm afraid something really happens, so I finally put the hat on my and Han Jiang's heads, and I'll die unjustly.

Thinking of this, Du Zhongxiao smiled. Since he had encountered this, why not solve this problem? In the past few days, he has been worrying about the court for his civil service. Wouldn't it be nice if he took the initiative to volunteer to continue to be a civil servant?

The more I thought about it, the more I felt. When I returned to the inn, Du Zhongxiao immediately wrote a memorial, talking about the difficulties faced by the boatmen and the crisis that might arise if the court dealt with improperly. Finally, it was recommended that the boatmen cut down from various places be placed in several surrounding roads and cultivate land.

The surrounding roads, Jingdong Road and Hebei Road are densely populated, and are prosperous and have few idle fields. The same as the Guanzhong area of ​​Shaanxi Road, the surrounding mountains are not suitable for land reclamation. Only some areas of Jingxi Road and Lianghuai Road have a large amount of wasteland due to historical reasons. Of course, there is Jinghu Road to the south, which has not been developed yet, and it is also a good place to renovate land.

The most suitable place to resettle so many people is Tangzhou and Dengzhou as the center, mainly Nanyang Basin, and Xiangyang. This area has fertile land, superior climatic conditions, and a long history of development. It is a traditional agricultural developed area. It is just that due to the wars in the late Tang and Five Dynasties, land abandoned and population fled, a large number of unmanned areas appeared.

In order to avoid another misunderstanding, Du Zhongxiao recommended himself again and originally intended to do this. No matter what name it is, he would not be a military officer anyway. Even if the court does not send ministers to preside over the presidency, he would also help him from the side.

As a library position, there is this advantage that you can express your opinions on political affairs at will. Unlike other officials who say too much, they may be deprived of a big hat of over-the-job speech.

After waiting for a day, Du Zhongxiao sent his memorials up and waited with peace of mind.

The memorials are handled by Tongjinyinqianshi. Not all of them will be sent to the palace, and some will be sent directly to the relevant yamen. Even if they are sent to the palace, they don’t know how long it will take. After they are sent in, there are female officials who are introspective of the Shangshu, and they may not be all taken by the emperor.

However, Du Zhongxiaoxin made contributions in Beizhou City. The two governments attached importance to it and the emperor cared about it. The memorial did not stop, so he went to the Political Affairs Hall first, and then to the case of Emperor Zhao Zhen.

The next day, the prime minister went to the palace to discuss matters, and Du Zhongxiao's memorial was raised.

Before the New Year, Zhang Yaozuo returned to Beijing to replace Minghao. Quan was in charge of Kaifeng Prefecture. After reading the memorial of Du Zhongxiao handed down by Zhao Zhen, he held the scepter and said, "Your Majesty, every sentence said by Master Du's memorial is true. Since the New Year, the news of using vehicles and ships in Bian River to cut off the boatman, and the boatman who was in Jingdong stopped causing trouble. They heard that the car and ships were made by Han Jiang, the chief of the government, and were blocked at his doorstep every day, and he wanted to cause trouble. In order to prevent accidents, Han Jiang had been at home for more than a month and did not take matters when the mansion was concerned. In order to prevent these boatman from causing trouble, Kaifeng Prefecture spent countless efforts."
Chapter completed!