In the ninth year of Shenwu (968), on the fifth day of the eighth month, less than a month after returning to Luoyang, the emperor, who had been immersed in his daughter's gentle hometown for a while, left the palace.

Luoyang is in the hot summer, which is really unbearable. Li Jia can't help but feel irritable and is preparing to build a resort villa.

There is no shortage of mountains in Luoyang. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with the Yellow River on the north, the Mon Mountain on the west, Xionger Mountain on the east, Song Mountain on the east, and Funiu Mountain on the south.

After Funiu Mountain, it was in the Nanyang Basin, which was where the Han Guangwu started. At this time, it was also a very important granary in Luoyang and an important path for Changsha Prefecture and Hubei Prefecture to transport grain northward.

Therefore, although Li Jia was eager to go to Songshan and learn about some famous places and historical sites, for the sake of rule, he decided to set up the Summer Resort near Funiu Mountain.

However, how could the emperor leave the palace for enjoyment? So inspecting Luoshui became his excuse, openly and upright.

As mentioned earlier, although Luoyang is adjacent to the Yellow River, it relies on the Luo River to connect it, thereby transporting grain from Bianliang to the Yellow River.

During the Five Dynasties period, the reason why the capital of the country was set in Bianliang in the later period was that the Luo River was blocked and the boat was difficult, and the other was that the Yellow River had a silt and sand, which was high.

If we clear the river, it will take a lot of manpower and material resources. For example, the Later Han Dynasty, if we just built half of the country, the country will be gone. In this case, it would be better to migrate to Bianliang, which saves time and effort.

For the Later Zhou and Zhao Song, as long as Hedong (Shanxi) is not enough, Luoyang will not be safe for a day, because there is only natural danger of the Yellow River in the north of Luoyang, and it can be condescending from Hedong. In history, the Huns and Han people rose like this.

The imperial guards left Luoyang City.

The neighbors and people next to the Imperial Road were scattered. Li Jiawangzhi couldn't help but say, "It seems that there are still not many people in Luoyang!"

"Your Majesty!" Minister of Military Affairs and Yongzhou Bo Li Huai, whispered: "The new construction in Luoyang is not very popular. I heard that Duke Lu (Pan Chongche) supervised Luoyang. Unexpectedly, after the completion of the camp, he actually sold those houses. The few were fifty or sixty cents, and the most were hundreds of cents. How could he attract the people so expensive?

Hearing Li Huai's words, Li Jia immediately understood that he was very dissatisfied with Pan Chongche's unconcealed greed. The dignified Duke actually went to sell houses on the street. Wouldn't it be a shame for the court?

Li Jia shook her head. The warriors didn't look like literati, so what kind of face did they want. Such things were really done by warriors. He smiled and said, "Is there such a thing?"

"But this is reasonable."

"After all, I heard that the imperial treasury was exhausted from building Luoyang City, which cost more than ten million yuan. It took nearly three years to sell some houses, and it was just right to return some books."

"But, if the merchants act in such a public hawk, how can the court be faced?"

Li Huai said indignantly.

"Your words are reasonable!"

Li Jia took a sip of ice water, nodded, and expressed his awareness, and then said softly: "This has been sold for half a year. I guess it has been sold a lot, and not many of them can afford it. For the rest, forget it!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Li Huai said cheerfully.

"Rent out all--" Li Jia changed her position, laying downward, looking up at the roof of the car, and said casually: "Rent a house is very simplistic and low-priced, and it can attract a lot of people to come to Luoyang, which is OK."

Li Huai was stunned and said, Pan Chongche was doing this way, but the emperor taught you, it was speechless.

Seeing Li Huai's look of choking and frustration, Li Jia smiled and said, "Your Earl's Mansion covers an area of ​​nearly ten acres and is wide and flat. This was sorted out by Duke Pan who asked someone to dig out rubble bit by bit, and he didn't ask for a penny.

But manpower and financial resources always need to be repaid. It is not easy for the imperial treasury to take out tens of millions of treasurys. Some of them can be recovered, and there will be a lot of money for future expenses."

Li Huai said this and was speechless and even a little ashamed. His Earl's Mansion was made by others. What is the difference between putting aside his job and cursing his mother?

Seeing his silence, Li Jia immediately whispered: "Luoyang City is well built, the market is clearly much better than Bianliang, and the Imperial Street is also well built."

Imperial Street is the road for the emperor to leave the city. People are not allowed to walk around on weekdays. In order not to affect travel, ditches were dug in the center and pine and cypress were planted.

On the edge, there are a large number of shops gathered, and there are not many in Luoyang, but in Bianliang, the scale has reached tens of thousands.

It took me more than an hour to walk the Imperial Street, which is nearly twenty miles long, and it was only after I could barely leave Luoyang City.

The Luoshui River from Luoyang to the section of the Yellow River is actually only about 200 miles, but because it is a tributary of the Yellow River, it bears a burden far exceeding its size, so it requires regular dredging to ensure smooth traffic.

Like Zhang Weiqing, although his main task is to clear the Luo River, he actually also serves as the important task of clearing the Yellow River in Sanmenxia.

Sanmenxia is an important threshold that hinders the progress of east and west grains. It is comparable to some of the Three Gorges. The former Tang Dynasty had no choice but to use land transportation during this period, and then transport it with water after passing Sanmenxia.

After arriving in Gong County, Zhang Weiqing fell into a lot of bitter water: "It is said that when Dayu controlled the flood, he dug a dragon gate and opened a pillar. In this section of the middle reaches of the Yellow River, he formed the "people gate", "ghost gate", and "shen gate" three valleys, named Sanmenxia, ​​are named Sanmenxia. Now it seems that it is true."

"Sanmen Canyon, with water on both sides, walls standing thousands of feet high, strange rocks are rugged, and the terrain is dangerous. There are two stone islands in the middle of the river that divide the river water into three strands. There is a pillar facing the Three Gate below. The river water rushes the door and goes straight to the pillar. Generally, ships will only destroy ships and people will die. It is so dangerous that nine of ten ships cannot pass."

"In this way, a plank road must be built and a hiring slap. According to legend, Liu Yan, the former Tang Dynasty, specially built ships in Jiangnan, and could resist their power. I don't know if there is any."

"During Kaiyuan, Li Qiwu, the prefect of Shanzhou, dug a canal on the left bank of Renmen in Sanmenxia. The canal ships went from the mouth of Sanmenxia to Weikou to Chang'an, and were called Kaiyuan Xinhe, but now they are blocked and need to be smooth..."

After talking a lot, Li Jia looked confused when she heard it, and said in a dry manner, "It's a character and a canal, but who can understand it."

However, what Li Jia knew was that the journey from Luoyang to Chang'an was really difficult. Without the implementation of national power at all costs, Chang'an's loneliness is very normal.

"Okay!" Li Jia stopped his words and said, "After sorting out this section of Luoshui, Luoyang will not worry about food shortage. You are doing well."

"Your Majesty, the Yellow River has all the mud and sand, and there has been no repairs for many years. The embankment will be higher and higher. Once you are negligent, Luoyang will be in danger and Bianliang will be in danger!"

Zhang Weiqing said with a serious look on his face.

"Oh? Then what do you think?"
Chapter completed!