Chapter 1,357 Ju Yanhai

The two rivers flowing down from the Qilian Mountains and the Rouge Mountains merged into one in the middle of the Hexi Corridor and became a large river now known as Blackwater, flowing all the way north to the huge lake in the desert.

That lake is called Juyanhai, and where the two rivers converge, there is an ancient city, which was Zhangye in the Han Dynasty.

In the Tang Dynasty, it was called Ganzhou because of the sweet springs here.

Between Ganzhou and Liangzhou, on the bank of the river at the foot of Rouge Mountain, there was a huge pasture. Today that place is called Shandan, and the Shandan Army Horse Farm, the largest horse farm in China in later generations, was located there.

The shogunate of the Hexi Jiedushi was set up in Ganzhou, and heading north along the Heishui River to Juyanze was the place where Su You carefully selected for Chaogu to build his teeth.

The people here have always had a high degree of Chineseization. Northern Liang established its capital here, vigorously promoted the Han system, promoted Confucianism and Buddhism, and highly developed agriculture.

The millet here is the best in the entire northwest, and there are many rice fields on both sides of the Blackwater. Black rice has always been a tribute to the palace in later generations.

In the Tang Dynasty, agricultural development was carried out here. "Fields were opened to make full use of water and land, and the rice harvest was abundant. There were dozens of dendrobiums in one bundle, and military rations were accumulated for decades."

Later, due to the wars in the Western Regions over the years, the once land of plenty and nourishment was gradually abandoned.

It was not until the Yuan Dynasty that this place was restored again. The military rations produced here were enough to supply the entire Hexi.

Marco Polo once passed by here on his journey and marveled at the wealth of the place.

The mineral deposits here are also extremely rich. The famous Qingfeng Steel and Qilian Iron in Xixia are produced at the foothills of the Qilian Mountains in the southwest of Ganzhou.

In addition to the most powerful coal, iron, thenardite, lime, tungsten, and manganese, it is also rich in gold, silver, copper, sulfur, potassium, chromium, and asbestos.

It can be said that this place has all the resources needed by today's military industry.

There are horses, grain, mines, trade routes, and the capital to build a country.

This will be the main immigration location in the future. With the mining and metallurgical development technology of the Song Dynasty, this place is even more important than Liangzhou.

If two new armies can defend Ganzhou, this will be the base camp for the Song Dynasty to expand to the surrounding areas.

But to achieve this step, a large number of immigrants need to be resettled here first, so that the two parts of Tugan and Yeli are highly Hanized. At least a large city with a household registration of more than 20,000 must be built, so that the Han people can occupy an absolute population advantage here, and then they dare to start developing

cloth industry.

Suyou feels that immigration needs to continue for at least ten years.

It's difficult...

Things need to be done step by step. Now that March has entered, what Su You needs to do is to go to Juyanhai to help the herdsmen allocate their respective pastoral areas.

After that, we have to come back and wait for the high-quality stallions to be transferred from the Sitong Engineering Team, the Prospecting Team and the Langdu Racecourse.

After the transition period next year, Chaogu must come to take charge. By then the cement plant and iron plant should have been built. The second step is to build the city.

"Uncle! Uncle!" Guoliang in his arms stretched out his little hand and pointed at a big deer in the woods.

Chao Guodong rode out and raised the small hunting gun in his hand, which was a meeting gift given to him by Uncle Su.

There was a "bang" sound, and the big deer collapsed between the big trees.

Several herdsmen went over to lift the big deer and threw it into the cart behind the team.

Chao Guodong put the butt of the gun upright on the saddle, skillfully twisted and pulled the bolt, and a small brass cartridge case popped out and flew into the air.

Chao Guodong quickly reset the gun bolt, leaned over to catch the bullet casing that fell to the ground, turned around and showed Sun Neng excitedly: "Brother Sun, I did it!"

Sun Neng smiled: "You kid, this is because you are a good equestrian. If you have the ability, don't lean over and grab the bullet casing. Just like this -"

He raised his hand and fired at the tree where the deer had just fallen. His right hand holding the trigger turned and returned to the aiming position.

Chao Guodong asked doubtfully: "Brother Sun, where are the bullet casings?"

Only then did Sun Neng put down the gun and spread out his right hand. In the palm of his hand, there was a bright yellow bullet casing.

"Wow -" Chao Guodong's eyes lit up: "Brother Sun, you are so awesome!"

Tong Guan complained on the side: "That's because your brother Sun has calluses on his palms in order to practice this move to show off in the army! Are you stupid..."

Chao Guodong didn't care about this. This move was so cool: "Brother Sun, let me look at the calluses on your hands. Hey, your calluses are so round..."

This time it was Su You's turn to complain: "Huh! That was your brother Sun who was picked up and shot by someone when he was a dandy in Bianjing City. Guodong, you are a good boy. You must not imitate him in this regard."

Chao Guodong turned Sun Neng's hand over, and sure enough, there was a scar on the back of his hand, just opposite the palm of his hand: "Who is so powerful? Even Brother Sun can't beat him."

Sun Neng rolled his eyes: "Haha... Xiaodong, if you want to be reasonable, that person can't even be beaten by your uncle Su Yixi Weishe. Who am I?!"

Su You: "..."

Juyanhai can be seen as far as the eye can see, and now is the most beautiful time.

Tong Guan looked at the lush grassland at his feet: "Oh my god...it's so big!"

In fact, there was a brutal killing here. At that time, Liang Yongneng and Jialiang led the Xixia Iron Kites to clean up the nomads in Mobei from here to Black Mountain.

But this pot belongs to the Xia people. The Song Dynasty has come here again, bringing peace and beauty.

Once here, it is not appropriate to build a hundred acres. There are only 100,000 tents in total. It takes five days to walk around the lake, which is like spreading sesame seeds.

Su You asked Tu cadres to divide tents according to families, and issued land deeds. They then raced to enclose the land in the same manner as the United States' westward expansion movement in later generations.

Today's Juyanhai is not a desert like that of later generations. The amount of black water is still very abundant, and there are even floods that cause diversions, causing the Juyanhai to drift east and west.

The desert is far away from the lake area, and the trees are not only Populus euphratica. A large number of wild animals live around the large lake, and the lake is full of dense migratory birds.

There is also an ancient city here, Juyan City built here by Lu Bode, the powerful crossbow commander in the Han Dynasty, which still exists today.

Climbing up to the ruins of the city and looking around, some traces of water channels left by the Han Dynasty's farming can still be seen.

A large group of livestock was perching near the lake in the distance. Su You felt it was amazing: "Guodong, what is that?"

Chao Guodong took a look: "That's a herd of wild horses. The lost horses will roam on the grassland and gradually form a group. There can be a large group, at least several hundred horses."

"So powerful?" Tong Guan was dumbfounded: "I used to be such a miserable person as the Great Song Dynasty Magistrate..."

Su You smiled and said: "When the land in Hexi was at its peak, it had two million horses. How could it be so bad?"

After saying that, he stamped his feet: "From now on, Hexi, Ningxia, and Henan will be my horse farm in the Song Dynasty!"

Tong Guan said with a smile: "That's the Duke's ability to spread beans and make soldiers, and use grass to make horses. He can scare the disobedient barbarians to death!"

Su You shook his head: "This is the northernmost point of the Xia Kingdom, and further north are the Tatars."

"After the Xia Kingdom's raids in the past few years, the Tatars have hid in the north of Wushan. When this place develops, they may go south to plunder."

"Therefore it is necessary to maintain military strength. We must build Juyan City and station troops to support the Tu cadres."

"If the Tatars come to trade with cattle, horses and sheep, we welcome them. If they dare to plunder..."

Chao Guodong shouted: "Beat them!"

Su You laughed loudly: "Yes, beat them up, arrest them after beating them, and send them to mine for us!"

Tugangan is a tribe that started out as a businessman. Later, after switching to metallurgy, and with the books smuggled from Chaogu through Suyou, the tribe's cultural level, science and technology level is considered to be the highest in the northwest.

There are many talented people in the clan who know how to calculate and measure, so Su You doesn't have to worry about the matter of dividing the land.

Regardless of the size, the household registration method is based on the fish scale household registration method explored by the two Zhejiang Roads, and territorial ownership is guaranteed to the greatest extent.
Chapter completed!