Chapter 704 Changes in Northern Hubei

It was still three days' journey from the Lanjiang River to Northern Hubei City. On the way, Li Hezhou introduced the current basic situation of Northern Hubei to Li Junxin and others.

"The imperial court will not pay the troops in Northern Hubei. Now King Zhao has blocked the trade routes in Northern Hubei and refuses to sell salt to Northern Hubei..." Li Hezhou was interrupted by Li Junxin when he said this.

"You said King Zhao won't let Chenzhou sell salt to Northern Hubei? What about Northern Hubei?"

Li Hezhou laughed loudly, "Dad, you don't know, right after they said they would no longer sell salt to northern Hubei, we soon discovered a salt mine! Some experienced people went there and said that there was a lot of mining potential there. There will be no problem for a hundred years.”

These words made Li Junxin's heart drop. He looked at the fields beside the road. The green wheat seedlings looked very strong. They were completely different from the desolate things they saw in Chenzhou. Li Junxin asked, " Is it raining in northern Hubei?"

From just now until now, Li Hezhou has never mentioned whether there is a drought in northern Hubei. Along the way, they saw that the crops in the fields were growing well, but the big sun in the sky was baking the earth crazily, and Li Junxin didn't know what was going on for a while. .

"It hasn't rained for more than a month," Li Hezhou shook his head, "But I don't know why, but there is always water in the rivers. There is always water in the wells near the rivers. Some people say that in northern Hubei It is an auspicious place, blessed by gods."

He didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but he couldn't understand why there was a drought in Northern Hubei last year, but it suddenly disappeared this year.

Li Junxin had good eyesight and saw the canals connecting the fields, "Are these canals newly built?"

"Yes," Li Hezhou also looked over and nodded, "The construction started more than a month ago. Speaking of this, Dad, you don't know how the canals are built in Northern Hubei. Can you guess?"

Li Junxin glared at him, "If you have anything to say, just say it. Who can guess with you."

Li Hezhou chuckled and said, "I heard that the Ordnance Supervisor of the Northern Hubei Army has developed something called gunpowder. As long as it is controlled well, it is easy to dig mountains and dig roads. This is how these canals can be built quickly. That's right. The crops in the field.”

"Is there such a magical thing?" Li Junxin asked curiously.

Li Hezhou: "That is, when you settle down and go look around, there will be many changes."

He did not tell Li Junxin yet that a new caravan was to be formed in northern Hubei, and he would wait until they settled down.

Li Laosan and others felt strange when they saw the small rivers and streams flowing on the road. They looked at the big sun in the sky and then at the slowly flowing river on the ground. They suddenly felt very happy that they had made up their mind to come to Northern Hubei.

They came from Qishan Mountain. It was okay in the mountains and they could find some springs and streams, but it became more and more difficult to find them later on. After descending the mountain and arriving in Chenzhou, there was still some water near the Lanjiang River. Not to mention crops, most of the fields on the road didn't even see any roots or seedlings.

But after crossing Lanjiang, everything seemed a little wrong, but they couldn't tell what was wrong.

It wasn't until he compared it with the sun in the sky that Li Laosan realized that the same sun, across a river, kept the water on the ground in northern Hubei flowing. Isn't this the blessing of gods?

The more the Li family and brothers Li Laosan traveled to Hubei City, the more they felt that they had come to the right place.

…

Shen Qingqian has produced a batch of local high-yielding seeds in the past few days. The quantity is not large, and he first distributed them to farmers and military camps around Hubei City.

"20+1+5"