In the morning, the sun was shining brightly, and in the north of Liguo, a large number of young and strong people were digging ditches.

The construction site stretches from west to east for several miles, with countless people waving shovels and shovels for construction, and a large number of wheelbarrows transporting mud back and forth. The scene is very spectacular.

Most of the people involved in the work were prisoners of war, so just in case, a small team was stationed at the edge of the construction site at any distance.

There are also scattered cavalry patrolling in the distance, like a jailer patrolling, beware of the "prisoners"' escape.

On a mound and under a tree, Li Li looked at the map and studied the construction progress of Xinyundu (canal). Many officials were waiting aside to listen to Li Envoy's instructions.

It is the late summer. After the war, Li Li did not rest for too long, so he planned a major event: to build a east-west Yundu, connecting Sishui (located in the west) and Yishui (located in the east).

This Yundu is about 200 miles long. It starts from the west at the Sishui River section near Pei County, passes through Liguo (north), and follows the terrain to the southeast, and enters the Yishui River section in Xiapi area east.

Once the transportation is opened to navigation, the iron products of Liguo Railway Metallurgical can be transported out of the water, with two routes.

Route 1: Fifty miles west into Sishui and sold to the upper reaches of Sishui. You can also take this waterway to transport iron products into "Pengcheng Lake" and arrive at Hanshan.

Route 2: Go to the southeast and walk 150 miles into the Yishui River, turn north, and arrive at the boundary of northern Xuzhou and southern Qingzhou.

Or transport it to Xia Pi along the Yi River, into Si River, then to various places downstream, or even into Huai River.

This is the first phase project. The second phase project is to build a north-south tributary in the Liguo section of Yundu. The total length is about 60 miles, and it forms the character "Ding" with the first phase project.

In this way, the Liguo and the "Pengcheng Lake" in the south are directly connected to the Yundu. This Yundu will also pass through an open-pit coal mine area to facilitate the northward transportation of coal and expand the iron smelting production of Liguo.

The cumulative mileage of the two phases of the project is nearly 300 miles. The main force of the construction is the Qi army prisoners of war. The state party also spent money to hire young and strong men and organized battalions to participate in the construction, and strive to complete the "Phase One Project" before winter.

The premise is that the Qi army will no longer attack this year.

Li Li believes that there will be no more wars in Xuzhou this year.

"The Qi army suffered a lot this time, and it should not be dispatched after the autumn, and it will definitely be calm this year." Li Li said slowly, giving his subordinates peace of mind.

"Even if they dare to come, I will lead the army to repel him. You will build according to the plan and the progress must not be delayed."

Everyone replied: "Yes, the messenger."

"Also, the military farming matters must be arranged. The areas on both sides of the Yundu River and the places where rivers can irrigate will be given priority..."

Li Li changed a map and arranged it.

Qi State encountered a series of military defeats. Under normal circumstances, it would not launch an attack on Xuzhou in the next one or two years, so Li Li had to seize the time to organize the military and civilians to open up wasteland and farm.

The primary purpose of clearing land and farming is not to plant food and self-sufficient, but to share the land for the soldiers who have made meritorious services and stabilize the morale of the army.

After all, for people of this era, land is the most precious wealth.

During the battle in spring and summer, many soldiers of the Xuzhou army made military achievements, but the actual rewards of the court were limited, so the Xuzhou government and military government were asked to find a way to solve the reward problem.

The solution Li Li came up with was to divide the land.

There are many uncultivated wilderness around Xuzhou. The reason why it has not been cultivated is that it is inconvenient irrigation or too remote.

Yundu, which connects Sishui and Yishui, is completed, and the large wilderness along Yundu coast has become a hot commodity. Not only will it not be short of water irrigation, but the transportation is also very convenient.

This is a beautiful prospect that even a fool can see. It is perfect to share these prospects with the soldiers who have made contributions in a bright way.

Then, using Yundu as the "orta", and then repair many ditches as "capillaries" to allow more surrounding areas to be irrigated. Then, the soldiers of Xuzhou's soldiers' desire to kill the enemy and make contributions will only become more and more intense.

This is one of Li Li’s intentions to dig for Yundu, but the benefits are not only these.

He wanted to maintain his "popularity" as the governor of Xuzhou so as not to be replaced.

In the gap in the distance, Huang? Accompanies his nephews and nieces to fly kites. He is the one who is the uncle, and keeps running while holding the kite. The southeast wind blows, and the kite flies very high.

The little guys from the Li family danced happily and ran behind their uncle.

Huang? He guarded the country and his brother-in-law's family came over, and he had to accompany him both public and private.

Next to him, Huang Yan was very happy to watch his children having fun.

Li Li fought for half a year, and now it seems that Qi State has to calm down, so Li Li has more time to accompany his family.

Children grow up day by day, and it would be bad if Aye is always not at home.

Pang Qiu, who accompanied Li Li's family on a trip, saw Huang Gui in a good mood and smiled and said, "Madam, don't worry, Qi people will not come again. Even if they come, they will be driven away by Xinping Gong. Now many people in Hanshan City think so."

"Uncle Pang, I heard that the competition for the new round of licensed business licenses is very fierce?"

Huang Gui asked, and Pang Qiu replied: "No, everyone can see that this fortune is free and wealth is coming. Isn't it a struggle to make a bloody fight?"

"If you don't want to say anything else, just talk about Haiyan. As soon as the Yishui River leads to Haizhou, Haiyan from Haizhou will be transported to Xuzhou in the west and then sold to various places. This is huge profits, who doesn't want to be jealous of it?"

"So the state government wanted to build Yundu, connect Sishui, Yishui, and Haizhou. Merchants actively lend to the state government at low interest rates, and what they asked for was a licensed business license."

"The court also knew that these Yundu were related to the important relationship, so the military and civilians along the way were also mobilized. I think it would be only one year before the Yundu was fully opened, and Xuzhou would be even more prosperous."

As he spoke, Pang Qiu was quite excited: "At that time, according to what Xinping Gong said, Xuzhou's products will be shipped to Haizhou. When the north wind blows, go south to Lingbiao Guangzhou. The sales of Xuzhou iron pots will be even more amazing."

Huang Yan smiled and shook his head: "Lingbiao Guangzhou...ah, that's too far."

Pang Qiu explained: "The merchants are pursuing profits, so they don't care whether they are far away. Not to mention anything else, it takes more than two thousand miles from Xiangzhou to Jiankang, and a large number of merchants are willing to run."

"From Haizhou to Guangzhou and take coastal routes, this is an existing route, and there is definitely no shortage of merchants selling iron pots to Guangzhou."

Huang Yan just didn't believe it, but since Li Li thought it was feasible, it would definitely be feasible.

Although she was not sure why Li Li called Haizhou Prefecture "Lianyungang", it was a fact that after this plan "leaked the news", it attracted many merchants to hear the news.

Because of Li Li's performance, the people he has become more confident in him.

In the first half of this year, Li Li led his army to fight back three invading troops of Qi, and captured the northern Xuzhou and the southern Qingzhou of Qi, making the area south of Daxian Mountain owned by Liang. The emperor was very happy and received a reward.

The reward came down a few days ago.

Li Li was still the governor of Xuzhou, from "the governor of the military affairs of Xuzhou" to "the governor of the military affairs of Xu, North Xu, South Qing, Hai, Wu, and Suizhou".

Including Xuzhou, more than half of Huaibei provinces were Li Li to "govern the military."

The title is still the Duke of Xinping (County) with a fief of 1,000 households. The military name is from General Pingbei with a rank of 30 to General Bei'an with a rank of 31 (one of the Generals of Ba'an).

There is no doubt that Li Li's performance can be called "independent", so the emperor asked Li Li to govern the military affairs of more than half of Huaibei Province, which made Li Li a veritable "Huaibei Pingxian".

Li Li was born in a cold and 27 years old. It was already commendable to sit in this position by relying on military merits. Huang Gui was not happy but worried, and was worried about Li Li's future.

Of course, Li Li also knew that his situation was a bit subtle now, so he had to go through different ways to manage Xuzhou, maintain "popularity" as much as possible, create more benefits, and bring more people in.

In this way, we can firmly take up the position of governor of Xuzhou.

Instead of being brought back to Jiankang by the emperor, he was a drunken and dreamy decoration.

We cannot let the Xuzhou territory, which has been hard-earned, be easily picked up by others.

The reason for such concerns is that once Liang and Qi have a good relationship and turn war into jade and silk, it is very likely that the prince or sect king will be guarded by important towns like Xuzhou.

The position of governor of Xuzhou has nothing to do with Li Li anymore.

Huang Yan thought about it and frowned.

This is not impossible. Emperor Qi is strong and cannot beat Li Li. Maybe he will use softness to overcome hardness and make friends with Liang State.

At that time, the situation in Xuzhou will no longer be tight. Maybe the emperor will really let a prince or sect king guard Xuzhou.

After all, no matter how talented Li Li is, he is still an outsider.
Chapter completed!