That night, everyone dispersed and said nothing all night. The next day, they discussed the matters of the field.

Dazhou on the southwest road of Jingxi is Dengzhou and Xiangzhou. Among them, Dengzhou has fertile land, which has been a place with developed agriculture since ancient times and is the key to landing.

Dengzhou is dominated by Rang County, Nanyang County, Wusheng Army Jiedu, and the county five. Neixiang, Xichuan and Shunyang are distributed along the tributary of the Han River. It is located in the mountains and enters Wuguan Road in Shaanxi. There are two counties on the flat land, Rang County and Nanyang. The distribution of counties shows the current situation here. There are three counties among the mountains, and there are only two counties in the fertile Nanyang Basin, which has a serious shortage of population.

Since the pre-Qin and Han dynasties, this place has been an important place in China. It is known as Wanluo together with Luoyang in the north and is connected to the Luguan Road in the middle. It is densely populated and developed agriculture is a prosperous and developed place that can be relied on to compete for the world. Hundreds of years later, especially in the wars of the late Tang and Five Dynasties, population was lost, and the fields were deserted, and there was no more scenes of the past. The pond channels opened in the previous dynasty have long been abandoned, especially Rang County and Nanyang, with a large area of ​​land and sparse population.

The military service first entered Dengzhou, led by the prefect of the prefect Fan Zhongyan, and bought fields in Rang County and Nanyang. The organization referred to the Tangzhou field affairs, Dengzhou sent an official to station. Tangzhou provided land, oxen and seeds, and the Transportation Office provided agricultural tools. In fact, it was transferred from the Iron Supervisor to repay the arrears for the land affairs. The harvest was distributed in proportion to the prefectures and counties, roughly 55% of the share.

At this time, the title of a place may be not only called the prefecture name, but also the county name or the military governor, especially in places with a long history. For example, the Henan Prefecture of Xijing was Luoyang County, and people at that time often called it Luoyang. Dengzhou was Nanyang County, and most of the people at that time called Dengzhou and Nanyang. Xiangzhou was Xiangyang County, and most of them were called Xiangyang. The names of counties were mostly passed down from the Sui and Tang Dynasties, which were convenient for connection with history.

Xiangzhou, Xiangyang County, and the Jiedushi of Shannan Dongdao are the seats of the deputy envoy of Transportation. The six counties under their rule were even smaller than those of Dengzhou. The Xiangyang Basin in Nanyang is connected with flat land and has been a place with a large population since ancient times. It is the second place for the field camp this time. The field camp is directly managed by the Transportation Office and Xiangzhou assists from the side. The Transportation Office sent an official in charge, and also referred to the Tangzhou Field Camp Regulations to harvest and local distribution.

Suizhou, Handong County, Chongyi Army Jiedu, the plains and low hills in the territory are distributed intersected, making it the third place of Yingtian. The three counties under their rule have a small population and a large amount of wasteland can be reclaimed. Du Zhongxiao led Yingtian Affairs to govern Xiazaoyang County, and also managed the Guanghua Army and Xinyang Army camp fields in the north, with Suizhou assisting.

Most of the other prefectures are mountainous areas, and although there is idle land, it is difficult to reclaim. The prefecture and county report to the Transportation Commission, and the wing army of the land camp shall be assigned as appropriate. The prefecture and county officials shall be in charge. They shall also refer to the Tangzhou Land Camp and Field Affairs Regulations and distribute the harvest with the Transportation Commission.

Li Fugui, the governor of Tangzhou, repeatedly proposed that after the land was stable, the land affairs should be abolished and assigned to local governance. This time, three years after each land was opened, the scattered Yingtian villages would be assigned to the local area, and the settlement areas would be discussed at that time.

The matter of stopping the camp was discussed and seeing that it was still early, everyone went to rest. In the evening, Li Fugui treated her to a restaurant by the river.

Du Zhongxiao was about to go back to the inn to rest, Suizhou Magistrate Xiang Zong came and bowed, "Yunju, there is nothing to do with the left and right. Let's go outside to see the scenery of Tangzhou. The field affairs in Zaoyang are stationed in Zaoyang, and under the rule of the officials, there will be more places to talk about in the future."

Du Zhongxiao hurriedly replied the gift, but he didn't dare to take it.

Xiang Zong was the grandson of Xiang Minzhong, the prime minister during the reign of Emperor Taizong. His father Xiang Chuanfan married the daughter of Zhao Weiji, the prince of Nanyang, and was a relative of the foreigner. He became a civil servant. He served as a county magistrate. Because he was good at managing thieves, he was a magistrate of Guizhou and Changzhou. He was recently promoted to magistrate.

Du Zhongxiao was at a high level at this time, but he was young and had little experience. Xiang Zong claimed that he was too modest. He was a foreign relative and liked to make friends with literati and doctors. He was a good job in the officialdom and had a soft figure.

After leaving the prefecture yamen, Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu and Song Qi were already waiting outside. Seeing Du Zhongxiao coming, Ouyang Xiu said: "Du Yunzong is from Xuzhou, and his father is a Jinshi in the state. He went to Beijing to take the exam and failed, and he was in a difficult situation. Du Yunzong was young and talented. He wrote a short article at that time, which was highly appreciated by Su Zimei."

Fan Zhongyan sighed: "It's a pity that Su Zimei was a temporary mistake and was still in trouble. I heard that she was the chief minister of Huzhou since last year. I wonder if she will reuse it in the future. In recent years, he has been indulging in the mountains and rivers and is a little discouraged. Don't waste your ambitions."

The Chief of Huzhou was a Wenban official, and he used it to resettle officials for demotion, but he had no duty. Su Shunqin was demoted to the people a few years ago. Although he was just a single official with only a name, he finally had an official position again and had hope of resurrection. In recent years, Du Zhongxiao has paid money to ask someone to continue to work for Su Shunqin, and now he has seen some hope. Many years have passed since the Qingli New Deal, and the past has faded.

Song Qi's brother Song Qian had a good impression of Du Zhongxiao. He was also the governor of Xuzhou, and Du Zhongxiao's hometown was. After being invited by Xiang Zong, he came to meet him. Moreover, Song Qi and Ouyang Xiu studied the history of the Tang Dynasty together and had a lot of contacts.

Fan Zhongyan and Xiang Zong are old acquaintances. When Xiang Zong was ruling Guizhou a few years ago, he wrote a poem to him.

Ouyang Xiu grew up in Suizhou with his uncle, and spent his youth there. This time he arrived in Tangzhou, he intended to go back to Suizhou.

Five people left the state yamen and walked on the streets of Tangzhou. The railway was connected here. Tangzhou now has merchants gathered and it was very lively. Several people walked along the street, watching shops selling various goods on both sides of the road. In recent months, many shops selling iron supervision goods have been opened in the city. Many merchants from Jingxiang bought goods from here and took a boat down the Tang River, forming a new trade route.

Before I knew it, I walked past the station and saw a railway winding northward.

Looking at the railway, Fan Zhongyan sighed, "I didn't expect that there is such a magical object in the world. Burning coal can lead people to travel thousands of miles. With such benefits, you will definitely go big in the world in the future. The roads are well connected, and the world will change."

Several people nodded and said that.

Du Zhongxiao didn't know what changes would be brought to the world when the railway was prevalent in this era. It was developed in China first. What is certain is that it would be very different from the historical pattern. Maybe the Silk Road will flourish again, the importance of sea transportation will be suppressed to a certain extent, and the expansion will accelerate to the northwest along the Central Plains of the Railway. Before the great rise of ships, the cost of sea transportation will not be lower than that of railways, and Central Asia will be far more important than the historical pattern. The Central Plains civilization will collide with the green religion in the expansion period, and a series of sparks will ignite the Eurasian continent first.

In history, the Mongols' iron hooves almost swept across the Eurasian continent. In the west, they expanded to their limits, stopped, leaving half of the land and population of Europe. It was on the land left behind that industrial revolution broke out and changed the world pattern. If the railway was connected there, what kind of story would happen? It must be completely different.

This is an era of cavalry scattered, even with muskets, it cannot be changed in a short time. Muskets and cannons are unaffordable for this era. Some of the Dangxiang people's armies are still using bone arrows, so there is no such a lot of steel.

At this moment, Ouyang Xiu pointed to the railway road: "Hey, look, why are there carriages running on the railway there?"

Du Zhongxiao looked up and saw that there were indeed carriages on the railway, not one, but a convoy. He vaguely guessed in his heart that it might be the local caravans taking advantage of the railway and said, "This is a rare thing. Let's go and take a look."

When we got closer, we saw five carriages, carrying a lot of cargo, walking slowly on the railway. The wheels of the carriage were modified and just stuck on the track. After getting off the railway, we could also walk on normal roads.

Song Qi said: "This is also a solution. If there is no train, it will save a lot of effort to walk on it."

Du Zhongxiao said: "My husband, this is not a good thing. If there is no train, it is impossible to build a railway for carriages to walk. Not to mention that the carriages go slowly and cannot pull much cargo, building a horse shop on a single road to supply food and grass is not a small number. Moreover, horses are long-term and often sick, so they cannot travel far. Horses pulling cars on the railway, which makes them hundreds of miles away, but they are useless if they are far away. Now there are too few trains on the railway, and these people just change their cars and take advantage of the train. If this matter is not stopped, if they walk too much in the future, they will definitely be hit by the train and kill both people and horses!"

The Mala Railway once flourished in Europe, mainly from mining areas and industrial areas to harbors. It is a solution for dozens of kilometers and there are supply stations along the way. However, long distances are meaningless, and the cost is not proportional to the harvest.
Chapter completed!