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Chapter 1022 What needs to be done to stabilize the Shaanxi North Road (second update)
Chapter 1031

"Nowadays, the guards are really not enough. My nephew has specially dispatched 5000 troops from the Xiang army, and hundreds of vehicles to serve as the escort team." Wang Yang said with a long sigh. Definitely a blissful annoyance.

"Hearing what you said, the old man feels much more relieved. It will take about two months for the old man to return to Tokyo Bianliang from here, and then wait for Liu Zhi to come here. This time should be enough. You are tossing it." Having said this, Su Dongpo couldn't help laughing.

"After that, you can only rely on yourself. The old man is far away in Bianliang, Tokyo, but he has no right to speak about Shaanxi Road..."

"Uncle, you have helped my nephew too much. This time, when I return to Bianliang, Tokyo, I should take a good rest. It's a pity that my nephew can't go with you, otherwise..." Wang Yang slammed his mouth, His eyes were full of burning fighting spirit.

"I believe it will be very interesting if I can advance and retreat together with you and uncle in the court."

Su Dongpo smacked his mouth, thinking that if he and Wang Yang were in the court together, well, it seemed that he really told this guy, then the court would be very lively.

"You have a good idea, but unfortunately, the idea is too good, you, at least this amount..." Su Dongpo raised five fingers, but after thinking about it, he retracted two fingers.

"Three years?" Wang Yang was slightly startled. Although Su Dongpo, an old driver, is usually a bit unreliable, he is still very reliable when talking about serious matters. Since he dared to say three years, then I believe that there should be no time discrepancy. Too big.

This made Wang Yang touch his chin subconsciously and calculate carefully. "If it's only three years, then my nephew really has to hurry up."

"Why, why do you want to hurry up again? Don't you think you have to mess with some monster moths to come out within three years?"

"No way, my nephew is not that kind of person." Wang Yang smiled honestly, like a simple and honest old farmer.

Su Dongpo also laughed, but his smile was extremely contemptuous. "You are that kind of person, don't think that the old man is easy to fool."

"Little nephew has always regarded you as an idol to learn from, how could he fool you? It's just that, since my little nephew is in charge of the Shaanxi North Road, which is located at the junction of Xia and Liao, if he wants to make Shaanxi North Road stable, he has to do something. what is..."

"It makes sense. Now, the Liao Kingdom has stationed heavy troops on this East Road, and the territory of Xixia has been divided by more than half of our Great Song Dynasty and the Northern Liao Dynasty. Only the Xingqing Mansion area and the west side of Hetao are left. The temperament of those party members is definitely not willing to let it go." Su Dongpo nodded in agreement.

"As for Northern Liao, haha, the Emperor of Northern Liao is very good at reciting poems and writing poems, and traveling on horseback and hunting. But when it comes to governing the country and bringing peace to the people, he is probably not as good as an official in charge of a state or county."

"If it weren't for the strong capital and vast territory of the Liao Kingdom, how could it be able to support it until today..."

Listening to Wang Yang's explanations and thoughts, Su Dongpo also gradually understood Wang Yang's thoughts. Yes, the Song Dynasty has invested a terrible amount of military expenditure in the Shaanxi Road area over the years.

Because there will be wars with Xixia all the year round, and whenever there is a war, the military expenditure of hundreds of thousands to millions of guan is like a waste of money, and it will be gone if it is thrown away.

In the past hundred years, the additional military expenditure due to wars on Shaanxi Road has been close to one million every year.It also caused the entire Shaanxi North Road area to be in flames, all businesses withered, and the people were displaced.

Especially in the states bordering Xixia, it is normal for hundreds of miles to be deserted.It was not until the Song Dynasty captured the three states of Yan, You, and Hong, and moved the front line, that things became slightly easier.

Now, the completion of the Shaanxi North Road has also led to the return of a large number of people who fled to the middle and southern areas of Shaanxi Road.

But the problem is that most of the scattered people, their land is either barren or occupied by others.Fortunately, Wang Yang came, and the bank's agricultural loan to relocate the people finally solved the big problem in the northern states of Shaanxi Road.

Today, many people who have left their homes and scattered to the middle and southern areas of Shaanxi Road have also started to return under the vigorous publicity of the strategy of North Shaanxi Road. go away.

After all, the victories of the Song Dynasty for several consecutive years not only caused a sensation in the whole territory of the Song Dynasty, but also brought confidence and hope to the people at the bottom of the world.

Coupled with the official propaganda policy, even if it is half-believed, in order to live a better life, there are still many people with their families on the vehicle going to Shaanxi North Road, along the straight and flat concrete straight road , heading towards Shaanxi North Road.

Nowadays, no matter the ordinary people in the fields or the countryside, or those traders and pawns who roam the streets, or the important ministers of the Song Dynasty who are high above the temples, they all have to admit it.

What the cement straight road brings is not only the smoothness and convenience of the road, but more importantly, this kind of cement straight road that can be maintained by only a small number of people and is not afraid of flooding, not only brings people Great convenience.

Even the Song Dynasty's large-scale military mobilization was able to gain unprecedented mobility with the help of cement straight roads.

In the past, it took at least fifteen days for 1 people to travel from Chang'an Mansion to Huanzhou, and if it was raining or snowing, hehe, at least five more days would be added to this time.

But now, the straight and wide avenue is no longer winding and tortuous like in the past. Instead, many places encounter mountains and bridges. Therefore, the road is directly shortened by nearly 100 miles compared to the past.

Moreover, the cement straight road separated by stones in the middle is too wide even for ten soldiers walking side by side. Moreover, this is only one side of the road and will not affect the passage of carriages and pedestrians coming from the opposite side.

Some time ago, Su Dongpo conducted a special experiment. He asked a thousand forbidden soldiers to brave the wind and snow to set off from Chang'an Mansion to transport two hundred truckloads of cement to Huanzhou. It only took nine days.

In addition, in the past, from Chang'an Mansion to Bianliang, Tokyo, this road was often damaged due to frequent traffic and horses, and a large number of laborers were dispatched to maintain it almost every year. Since the paving became a straight cement road, the road surface has been improved. It has been greatly widened, and it is no longer as congested as it used to be.

The natural traffic also seems to be much smoother, and the common people are full of praise for this most important main road in the Song Dynasty.

Nowadays, if we compare solely by the smoothness of road traffic, the traffic on Shaanxi Road and Shaanxi North Road has risen several levels compared to the past.

In the past, it took a month and ten days for the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty to rush to Shaanxi Road, even if they rushed all the way slowly.

Now you can go straight from Bianliang, Tokyo, and go directly to Huazhou along the cement road, then turn north from Huazhou, pass through Tongguan County, Yaozhou, and go all the way north to Huanzhou. The time it takes is only two days. More than ten days, less than a month.A full eleven or two days were reduced.

(End of this chapter)