What happened in Baicaowan Village was not a special case, but something Li Ke had experienced along the way. Li Ke could understand the hearts of these people, they just wanted to see themselves.
So Li Ke stopped to let them take a look. Although it delayed his trip, wasn't this what he came to Qinghai to do? By the time Li Ke arrived at Chihai City, the first snow in Qinghai had already fallen.
Chihai City has now become a very prosperous city. It has become an important route to Ruoqiang and other countries passing through here, just like the northern route to the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, that is, the cities in Suoyang, Gaochang and other countries. One of the passing cities.
Because Chihai City has a complete construction, the number of merchants staying here is also increasing. In addition, most of the herdsmen in Qinghai itself use this place as a gathering point, so Chihai City is becoming more and more prosperous.
However, there are not many herdsmen living in Chihai City. On the contrary, many businessmen and the families of soldiers stationed in Qinghai live here, as well as workers and their families working in the entire Salt Lake, as well as those in Qinghai. More families in industrial zones live here.
Looking at this city that did not exist in the original history, Li Ke was filled with emotion.
Qiao Shiwang had already greeted him outside the city. After the two greeted each other, Qiao Shiwang smiled and asked, "How is it? Sanlang, have the changes in Chihai City been big?"
"It's big when you say it's big, and it's small when you say it's small." Li Ke shook his head and said. When he left, Chihai City had basically been completed. Now it's just more perfect, and there are more houses in the city. .
"How is it? Are you still used to it?" Li Ke looked at Qiao Shiwang and asked. Qiao Shiwang was Li Ke's uncle, and his wife was Li Shimin's sister.
"Adapt. You have basically completed all the work here in Qinghai. I am just here to keep track. There are even people below who can do many things better than me." Qiao Shiwang shook his head.
"I heard that you were stopped by the common people on the road." Qiao Shiwang joked.
"Uncle, you also know why I came. When I left, I promised to come back and see them. Now that I'm back, let's see them. At present, Qinghai's lower-level work is still doing well. Mainly in the Hehuang Valley We must do a good job in the planting areas and pastoral areas." Li Ke nodded helplessly.
"Don't worry, Sanlang. The division of pastoral areas and planting areas has been prepared without any problems, and the grain storage center to be built here has also been completed. However, I heard that the train you invented, Sanlang, is the train to the Yili Valley. Will you go from here?" Qiao Shiwang was very interested in this.
"It's probably unlikely." Li Ke thought for a while, then shook his head helplessly.
Although the terrain in Qinghai is equally flat, compared with taking the Longyou Road, a large number of people and villages can be connected along the Hexi Corridor. After entering Xinjiang Prefecture, the roads and railways there are more suitable.
The railway line will naturally follow the railway line of later generations, stretching from the north of the Tianshan Mountains to the vicinity of the Yili River Valley, and then see if it can cross the Tianshan Mountains.
Even if you can't cross the Tianshan Mountains, it's still very close to the Yili River Valley from there.
"Hey." Qiao Shiwang was a little disappointed, because if the railway was built, you don't need to think about it, Qinghai will have huge development because of this railway line, but now it is almost impossible.
"Don't you think about building it directly from here? Now the western part of Qinghai is almost all desolate Gobi Desert. After the division of pastoral areas, leaving aside the herdsmen who converted to planting land, in fact, a large number of pastoral areas have always been vacant. Especially many After using alfalfa as a supplement to pasture, herders’ demand for pasture is now decreasing.”
"If it passes through Qinghai, the entire Qinghai will usher in huge development. The key point is that if the railway can extend directly from here to Qinghai-Tibet Prefecture, it will also be a good thing for controlling the entire Qinghai-Tibet Prefecture." Qiao Shiwang thought for a while asked.
Li Ke was speechless. What are you thinking about? Do you know how difficult it would be to build a railroad on that land? Although the railway difficulty of steam trains is lower than that of later generations, it is also not something that the Tang Dynasty can handle today.
"No, I am afraid that the population of Qinghai-Tibet will be reduced to an extremely low level for a long time. According to my current plan, the population of Qinghai-Tibet will be concentrated in a few river valleys that are most suitable for human habitation. It would be great if all the large areas were left vacant." Li Ke shook his head and said.
The situation in the Tang Dynasty now is different from that in later generations. The original population of Tubo was more than three million. Putting aside what Songtsen Gampo took away, the Tang Dynasty actually took over nearly three million of the Tubo population.
After two years of propaganda, at least close to one-third of the Tubo population began to travel to Yunnan, Sichuan and other places along the Sichuan-Tibet and Yunnan-Tibet routes.
Because of Sanji's propaganda, the Tibetan serfs were much more loyal to the Tang Dynasty than elsewhere. After this series of measures, these Tubo serfs had completely returned to their hearts. After they mixed with the people of Shanyue, some It was conducive to strengthening Datang's rule over the local area.
In this case, at least one-third of Tubo's population will be moved to the interior. The rest will also be retained in the most habitable gathering places on the entire Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
In this way, most of the remaining areas on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which are actually not suitable for human survival, will maintain their original appearance for a long time.
In other words, most of the areas here will be uninhabited, and because of the entire Himalayas, these places do not have to worry about enemy invasion at this time. Several major passes are manned.
In the remaining area, even if someone can come over, large troops cannot come over. What's more, Tianzhu on the other side is a pile of mud. Do you still expect elite troops to invade Datang?
Therefore, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is definitely safe. In fact, there are not many enemies in the entire southwest region now.
"Okay, that's fine. Most areas in such a bitter cold land are indeed not suitable for human survival, but in the future the railway will definitely be built from Jincheng." Qiao Shiwang added.
"That's for sure. In any case, Qinghai is also an important logistics base, and if you go to the Western Regions, this is an important fulcrum, and the railway must be built." Li Ke nodded.
Qiao Shiwang nodded silently, and then he suddenly sighed without knowing what he thought of.
