Xunzhou, in Dapeng Gorge before the water of the pond entered Dapeng Gorge. The river channel in the gorge was tortuous, the water flowed rapidly, huge waves rolled, and the sound of waves was like thunder. At the port of the gorge, Yuwen Weigan, who had been patrolling from now on, observed the canyon with a thousand-mile mirror, trying to find the legendary big vine.

The origin of the name of Dateng Gorge is that it is said that there are large vines in the canyon, which are thick as a bucket, spanning the east and west sides of the canyon, sinking on the day and floating on the night, for people to climb across the river, so it is named Dateng Gorge.

In Yuwen Weigan's opinion, the width of the canyon is not small. If there is such a thick vine, then the vine will be crushed by its own weight first and cannot cross the sides of the canyon at all. Therefore, the canyon is named after the vine, which should be because the canyon is rich in grass and trees and has many ancient vines.

Putting away the Qianli Mile Mile Mile, Yuwen Weigan stood still and smiled and posed out his scissors' hands so that the painter could draw sketches with the Da Tengxia behind him as the background.

As the observer of Lingnan West Road, Yuwen Weigan set out from Guanzhong, entered Jingzhou through Wuguan Road, walked into the Yangtze River through the waterway, and then entered the Tanzhou General Administration Office in Dongting Lake District. He went upstream along the Hunan River and entered Guizhou through Lingqu.

I spent more than half a month in Lingui, Guizhou Prefecture, and met with chiefs from all over the country and inspected various affairs of Lingui.

According to the "family rules", Yuwen Weigan "takes photos" in Lishan where the Lishui River and Peach Blossom Water meet in the south of the city. There is a large cave that runs through Lishan, like an elephant absorbs water from the riverside, so it is also called "Elephant Trunk Mountain", which is the "photo photos" place designated by his father.

Then he took a boat to go south through Lishui (the other name for Guishui in the first section of Lingui), and admired the picturesque landscapes on both sides of the shore, and then arrived in Cangwu, Wuzhou.

Cangwu is located at the intersection of the three rivers. All industries are prosperous and shipping is extremely busy. There, he met the chiefs from all over the country, inspected the navigation and ports, and then took a boat westward and followed the Yushui River to the capital of Guiping, Xunzhou Prefecture.

According to the "family rules", he would leave a "photo" wherever he went. This Dateng Gorge is the throat of the Tanshui Channel. It is said to be the "little Three Gorges" of Lingnan West Road, which is most suitable for "photo".

At the same time, Xunzhou Prefecture is also an important point. It was set up during the Xiaoliang period and is located at the intersection of Tan water at the turbulent waters. The terrain is very important.

The upper reaches of the Yu River in Guiping are Yongzhou, and the upper reaches of the Tan River in Guiping are Yanzhou. There is a tributary of the Tan River in Yanzhou. The upper reaches are Liuzhou. From Liuzhou by land, Guizhou is five or six hundred miles away.

Yuwen Weigan's next itinerary was to go through Guiping to Yongzhou, then turn back, go to Datengxia to Yanzhou and Liuzhou, and then return north from Liuzhou by land, and enter Tanzhou through Guizhou.

Therefore, today he was lingering at the mouth of Dateng Gorge. Although he didn't need to enter the canyon, he had to take a boat to pass here in the future. Now he came to explore the road first. Seeing such a spectacular scene, he only sighed that the government army was not easy to suppress the rebellion.

Lingnan West Road was the former place of Yulin County during the Han Dynasty, and the location of Xunzhou was the boundary of Bushan County and Alin County during the Han Dynasty. With the turmoil in the Central Plains, it confronted north and south. The Southern Dynasty established Guizhou in the former place of Yulin County.

Guizhou has a vast territory, with countless Li, Liao and Dong tribes. These tribes do not build cities and live in caves in the mountains as villages, so their settlements are called "dong".

Although Guizhou was established in all dynasties, the state cities and counties were all the lands of the lords of various places. Therefore, although Guizhou is vast, most of the counties and counties are just nominal institutions, and the same is true for Xunzhou.

When the dynasty divided the Gui branch into Gui, Rong and Yong, and began to strengthen its jurisdiction, many of the cave masters were unhappy. In addition, the government organized a large number of people to enter the three-guard land to open up land and farm. Conflicts intensified and rebellions broke out one after another, which was called "Dong Chaos" at that time.

Among them, the Dateng Gorge in Xunzhou where the Tan Water and the Lush Water meet are particularly important.

The terrain of Dateng Gorge was dangerous and it was not easy to sail. So the soldiers of the cave were entrenched in the canyon, intercepting passing official ships and merchant ships, and gathering people to besiege the counties and counties, with arrogance.

At that time, there were no steamships in Lingnan, so it was very dangerous to shuttle through Dateng Gorge. The chaos in various places was like wildfires that caused the rebels to be exhausted.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long, and a large number of reinforcements carrying firearms and many "Yi soldiers" (slave hunting team) joined, which led to the official army defeating the chaos and resolving the opponent's offensive.

Then the official army adopted the strategy of dividing and transforming it, offering real benefits (supplying salt and handicraft products), winning over some swaying cave masters, and then concentrating their troops to attack the stubborn people, and soon pacifying the chaos in the cave.

Chen Longshu, the governor of Xunzhou who accompanied Yuwen Weigan, was still very moved when talking about the war that year: "There were no steamships at that time, and it was extremely difficult for ships to pass through the canyon. It was really hard to destroy the cave soldiers entrenched in Dateng Gorge."

"In order to convince some of the cave leaders to cooperate with the government, Xiaguan and others spent a lot of effort to transport salt, cloth, and various handmade products from Guangzhou, which divided many cave leaders. They then used them as front guards, crossed mountains and ridges to surround them, and finally wiped out the culprits and their followers."

"It is hard for the official army to quell the rebellion, but this is a duty to defend the territory, and no matter how hard it is, it must be done." Yuwen Weigan said, maintaining the posture of the scissors hand, motionless.

"Chen Jun, the officials in the three-level places still have to work harder. After all, the orders for sugar sugar are endless. How to open up as much land and plant sugarcane and food as possible, please pay more attention to it."

"What the hell is said is that the officials and others will definitely focus on sugar production..."

"You must hurry up. You know that the amount of sugar is not enough now. Not to mention the needs of various parts of the Central Plains, the Khans of the Turks are now used to sugar. If you don't have many sugarcane and squeeze more sugar, the orders will be scheduled until the next year!"

"Yes, the official understands it!"

The following is the name of the local officials to the imperial envoy. As the observing envoy, it is appropriate for Chen Longshu to call it this way.

Chen Longshu was the son of Chen Fozhi. As a representative figure in the new generation of Chen family in the Longzhou, he was appointed by the court and served as the governor of Xunzhou. He once went to Chang'an to meet the emperor with his father, so he met the prince Yuwen Weigan.

Chen Longshu spoke with a strong Lingnan accent, and Yuwen Weigan spoke with a Guanzhong accent. The two could barely understand what each other said, so there was no need to understand the conversation.

Over the past decade, Lingnan has undergone tremendous changes. Chen Longshu has felt this deeply. The Chen family in the previous situation in the Longzhou was somewhat subtle. Although they were a wealthy family in the Xijiang River Basin, they were quite limited in their development. They were surrounded by mountainous areas, so it would be better to develop to the southeast.

But the southeast is the territory of Feng and Xian, so even though Chen Longshu's father Chen Fozhi and Feng Xuan, one of the heads of Feng's family, had a good relationship, their personal relationship could not make up for the conflict of interest between two (three) families.

The conflict will intensify sooner or later, and then turn against each other.

Previously, Mrs. Xian was there, and the Guangzhou General Administration was closely watching, so the conflict between the two (three) could barely be coordinated. Later, Mrs. Xian passed away, and the General Administration was in charge of business and it was difficult to favor too many sides, so the development of the Chen family in the Longzhou was increasingly difficult.

There are many children in the clan and they all want to buy a house. Although they can participate in various trades and make a lot of money, the place in Longzhou is already overcrowded, and there must be new land for many children to buy property.

Fortunately, the imperial court's efforts to manage Lingnan were greatly strengthened, and Lingnan was divided into two roads, and the Guiguan and Yongguan were divided into Rongguan and Yongguan, which were specially designated as the powerful locals in the east and the east of Lingnan. The chiefs went to the Sanguan to open up land and farm and settled their homes. The Chen family of Longzhou was one of them.

Chen Longshu was appointed governor of Xunzhou. The Chen family's children came to Lingnan West Road without fear of hardships and used firearms to "clear land" and defend their settlements. Then they began to reclaim wasteland on a large scale, plant sugarcane and rice, and worked vividly in Xintiandi.

All the dissatisfactions that the tribe members had previously suffered due to their restricted development have disappeared.

Faced with the Dongyun, the children of the Chen family rushed to the front line of quelling the chaos and used their blood to defend the manors and plantations they had built. Then more people came to continue to open up land and farm and settle down.

The uncles, uncles, sons and nephews of the clan all have their own large manor in Xintiandi. They make a fortune by trading sugar, salt, etc., and their faces are much better-looking than before.

This is true for the Chen family, and so is the Feng Xian family. The Feng family was appointed as the governor of Luzhou. In addition to doing maritime trade, most of the Feng Xian family's children rushed to Luzhou, which was on the east side of the Changhai Sea, where they opened up land and settled.

The Ning family in Qinzhou also had its own new world, that is, the Xiyuan area where Yongguan was located. The Ning family, like the Chen family, rushed to the Yongguan area, used firearms to "open up the land" and then started a plantation.

Because of the shipping weapon of steamships, the court has been allowed to hold firearms. More and more people are pouring into the west road of Lingnan. More and more plantations and settlements are emerging in the major water systems coastal areas, including salt, sugar, raw mouth and fragrant medicine transactions, becoming more and more prosperous.

The prospects are so beautiful, both public and private, Chen Longshu must work hard to show.
Chapter completed!