Looking at the vast snow-covered land and the frozen Yellow River not far away, Wang Pu said to Du Zhongxiao: "The strategy is this? I used to be here, with abundant water and grass. In addition to more saline and alkali, drinking water is bitter, this is a good place."

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's here. You're right. There are some bans here, which are good pastures. The General Secretary wants to set up a village for Dingmu here, and grow grain near the Yellow River, and this area is used for grazing. If you bring your tribe here, the General Secretary will come out to help build houses, build roads, and build bridges. You can draw enough pasture for you to grazle cattle, sheep and horses. Of course, tax service is inevitable."

Wang Pudao: "In the past, in Zhenwu County, could our foreign troops be exempted from tax service? When we were in the Volcanic Army, most of the families who went to farm lived a good life, which was much better than before."

Du Zhongxiao nodded, very satisfied with Wang Pu. He was somewhat similar to Xiangbu before, without being infected with the atmosphere of plundering everywhere, and was only thinking about living a good life. Compared with Xiangbu, he was more willing to take responsibility and more courageous. Xiangbu arrived at the volcanic army and soon became a rich man in the countryside. The tribes each lived their own lives. In a few years, a tribe dispersed.

Wang Pu was willing to take the tribe to make money by himself and share the benefits to others. Of course, Du Zhongxiao didn't like too much cohesion, but now he needs to set an example and let the rest of the tribes take a look. Wang Pu is more suitable than Xiangbu.

That day, Du Zhongxiao asked casually if he was asked to move his tribe to Dongshengzhou with his tribe, and he agreed or not. Originally, Du Zhongxiao just asked casually, but Wang Pu agreed. They were nomadic tribes, and as long as there were water and plants, they could settle down. Dongshengzhou was located on a plain, close to the Yellow River, and was much stronger than the hilly areas in Zhenwu. Not to mention that Zhenwu was remote, moving to Dongshengzhou for easy business.

This area has a long history of development. After the Middle Tang Dynasty, most nomadic peoples moved into it. During the late Tang and Five Dynasties, warlords were in full swing, and the population decreased on a large scale. By the time the Khitan occupied this place, the population was not large. In more than a hundred years, except for the Khitans who moved to the Han people to farm near several big cities, the rest of the area was fully prepared for pasture.

The people living in this area are mainly Dangxiang people, such as Wang Pu's Tibetan tribe, which is actually the Dangxiang branch. After Dangxiang was founded, Yuan Hao once recruited a large-scale population, and the Khitan conquered Dangxiang for several consecutive years, and the population has been reduced again in recent years. As big as Dongshengzhou, there are only more than 500 Han households farming, with more than 20 foreign tribes and more than 1,000 accounts.

From Dongshengzhou to Fengzhou for hundreds of miles, the Han people were about 2,000 households, and the foreigners were less than 5,000 tents. Among them, the Han people were moved from the Khitan from Youzhou. The army retreated north urgently and did not take these people away. Recently, due to the involvement of the major case, Du Zhongxiao had too much killing and another wave of escape appeared. By the end of the matter, I still don’t know how many people could be left on Hequ Road.

Only when we got here did we know why the Khitan and Dangxiang did not use their first-level military achievements when fighting. For them, population is wealth, and living people are valuable, and the first-level has no use. There are large open spaces where people can create wealth.

Du Zhongxiao wanted to camp the fields, so he naturally chose to build a population gathering area around the city. This place is different from Jingxi Road. After leaving the city, there is a large area of ​​idle fields outside, and there is no need to go to remote places. Some strategic areas, such as Zhenwu, Kaide and other places, do not need to camp the fields and garrison directly. Now, it is not as good as before. There is a railway to transport materials, and the army does not need to be self-sufficient in food.

Wang Pu agreed, and Du Zhongxiao took him to see the selected camp land. It is on the bank of the Yellow River, and the alluvial plain. Although the saline and alkali are heavier, as long as the Yellow River water is attracted, food can be grown. Dingmu Village is on the periphery, and in the inner part is an agricultural village.

After watching the snow in a few places, Wang Pu came back and said to Du Zhongxiao: "Mainland, this is a very good place! If the court helps, the young man would bring his tribes to here to move his tribe here to serve the people under the rule of this province. Although we grazed, we would still be able to build bridges and roads, and we would not rely too much on the court."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Just come. I also built fields when I was in the Volcanic Army. You know that, and you will definitely not treat them unfairly."

After saying that, Du Zhongxiao pointed to the north and said, "There is another advantage to choose this place. Twenty miles north, it is rich in coal and easy to mine. In the future, if the railway is opened, you have to rely on the coal there to burn the train, and this place will surely prosper in the future."

Wang Pudao: "I also heard that there is a kind of train in the Song Dynasty that runs on the iron-paved road, which is extremely fast. You can travel thousands of miles in one day and night, without any need for forage or rest. Unfortunately, such a magical thing is just heard of, but I have no chance to see it."

Du Zhongxiao said: "It won't take long to see it. With the train, the supplies from the Central Plains will be easily transported here, and your cattle and sheep will be sold to the Central Plains easily, so you don't have to go to Tanglong Town anymore."

Wang Pu was a little fascinated when he heard this, and couldn't imagine what the scene was. After a while, he asked, "Jiangsu, will this place be the same as the Central Plains in the future? I heard that the Central Plains are extremely prosperous, and they are waiting for the crowds of people, and there are all kinds of things on the market. Although Tanglong Town was prosperous in the past, it was nothing with the Central Plains, and it could only be regarded as a small town."

Du Zhongxiao said: "After the train is open, this place is a key place, which is of course much lively than Tanglong Town."

The geographical conditions here cannot support too much population, and of course it cannot be compared with the Central Plains. However, there is no problem with several big cities with water and land. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, this place was as prosperous as Guanzhong, and it was not a bitter and cold place outside the border.

With railways, it is not necessary to open up land and farming on a large scale here, so grain is just transported from the Central Plains. Land and land are mainly in places with convenient water sources. Taking advantage of the small population now, a variety of trees and grass are raised to restore the ecology. Two major advantageous industries, one is naturally wool. With the perfect industrial chain of the volcanic army, it can develop on a large scale. The other is naturally coal.

After arriving, Du Zhongxiao made a rough survey. Not far from here, there were a large number of open-pit coal mines, but the area was deserted and no one developed or utilized. When Dongshengzhou developed, coal could be dug from there as an important coal-carbon base.

In more than a month, the General Secretary basically grasped the local situation, and the small population exceeded Du Zhongxiao's expectations. The population in this area was less than one-tenth of the prosperous Qin and Han dynasties. To develop, a large number of people were needed to inflow. It was not easy to move Han people from the Central Plains. Even if there was a unified organization of the imperial court, it was difficult to find a large number of households willing to move to the public. In Yingtian, Jingxi Road, Du Zhongxiao used the cut-off army, where can he find it now?

Although the population of foreign households is not large, it is better than none. As long as you are willing to form a household and a whole family, you can still enter the field business.

On the way back, when he arrived by the Yellow River, Wang Pu stopped his horse and said, "Two hundred years ago, my ancestors moved from the west, and there have been generations of people now. I heard that the place I came from was also called Hequ, but I don't know where it is."

Du Zhongxiao said: "The Hequ you moved to was in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. Now Tubo people live in. During the Tang Dynasty, Tubo was strong, and your Dangxiang and Tuyuhun tribes were attacked by the Tubo people. The Tang Dynasty moved you here to settle down. Don't learn from the Tuba family in the Xia Kingdom in the west. When you are in danger, the Central Plains dynasty will give you land and establish a new home. Once the Central Plains decline, they will turn their backs on the guest and plan for the Central Plains. If you can't even establish a foothold here, there will probably be no place to settle down in the future. Live a peaceful life and serve the court well, so that you can last for a long time."
Chapter completed!