In the Central Plains, millions of laborers are like worker ants, working on the canal construction site, and a long river passes through the land.
As time went by, the river continued to extend, because Wang Jing and Zhai Yue excavated together from different places, and with the supply of large amounts of money and grain, the entire canal progressed rapidly.
Spring turned to autumn, four years passed, and the canal was finally completed.
Outside Daliang City, there was a sea of people. Wang Jing led people to the lock of the canal.
After a while, a disciple next to him looked at the shadow of the pillar next to him and said to Wang Jing: "Master, the auspicious time has arrived."
Wang Jing looked up at the sky, and then shouted: "The auspicious time has come, open the gate!"
"The auspicious time has arrived, let's open the gate!"
"The auspicious time has arrived, let's open the gate!"
Accompanied by high-pitched chants, several strong men with round waists at the lock raised their sledgehammers and smashed them down with all their strength. There was only a muffled sound of "bang", the locks were smashed open, and the chain next to them was immediately released. .
There was only a roar, and the turbulent Yellow River water poured into the ditch. But in the blink of an eye, the waves rushed away like galloping wild horses.
[Canal·Luohuai Canal: The Luohuai Canal has a total length of 650 kilometers and flows through three provinces and six cities. The connection of the canal has made the connection between Jiangnan and the Central Plains closer. In the following thousand years, the Luohuai Canal has You will play a vital role in the land of China. Your descendants presided over the construction of the Luohuai Canal. You gain a lot of luck points, and you obtain the human-level prop Qingwen Powder. 】
[Qingwen Powder: A human-level prop. After use, it can treat and prevent plague. It can be hydrated to eliminate the plague and bring peace to the world. 】
Qingwen Powder seems to be far less powerful than other props, but it can cure plague. Plague appeared in ancient times, and every time it was a disaster. The number of deaths far exceeds that of war.
This is the first time in history that a plague with specific records and a wide spread occurred in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, more than 100 members of the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing's family died, and most of them died. The long duration and wide scope of this plague were shocking.
According to historical records, the plague lasted for fifty-one years and killed more than 10 million people. Except for several of the seven sons of Jian'an who died young at that time, they all died of the plague.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population was about 55 million. Even though a large number of people died due to successive wars, when Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty collapsed, the population was only 15 million. In more than 30 years, more than 40,000 people died. Tens of millions, at least tens of millions of them died from the plague.
You must know that this also includes natural population growth. In just thirty years, the population has dropped by 70%.
Now that Qingwensan is available, the plague in Daqian has become controllable.
The water of the Yellow River poured into the canal. At the same time, the rivers in other parts of the canal were also opened, and water from Yingshui, Bianshui, Jishui, Sishui and other rivers also entered the rivers.
This canal is built to be very wide. The river channel is 40 meters long, and the embankment is 15 meters wide. Willows are planted on both sides, and all kinds of ships can pass.
After the canal was opened, materials that were originally transported by land and by road were transferred to the canal. Ships went north from Yangzhou, passed Huai'an, and then turned northwest to Daliang City.
The ship then enters the Yellow River from Daliang, goes upstream into the Yiluo River, and finally enters Luoyang.
At the port outside Luoyang City, a large number of ships docked, and various supplies were transported one by one.
With the prosperity of commerce, as the beginning of the Grand Canal, Yangzhou City has become more and more prosperous. There are many rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, and all kinds of materials can be easily transported through the rivers, and then enter the canal through Kuaiji or Jinling.
At the same time, Daliang City, like Yangzhou City, became more and more prosperous. If there are no accidents, Daliang City and Yangzhou City will soon become prosperous places second only to Luoyang City.
After the opening of the canal, the important ferry crossings of the canal also became popular, and a large number of ships came in, making Daliang and Yangzhou very prosperous. Many people have noticed this situation and have gone to Yangzhou and Daliang to buy land in excellent locations.
As a result, when these people arrived here, they discovered that these lands had already been occupied by others.
These ideally located lands were naturally acquired by the royal family. After deciding to dig the canal, Wang Jing knew that the importance of Daliang and Yangzhou would increase dramatically.
In real history, the prosperity of Yangzhou and Daliang is well known to the world. The Sui Dynasty opened the Grand Canal, and the Tang Dynasty has always attached great importance to the canal. After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, Daliang, later Bianliang, became the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. One of the important reasons was the canal.
Since he knew that this place would prosper, Wang Jing would not let it go. Although the money and food provided by the royal family to support the clan were less, it was still a huge amount every year.
Coupled with the secret guards, the royal family needs to spend a lot of money every year. At the same time, these important canal areas have prosperous commerce, large flow of people, and various news spreads quickly. The secret guards also deploy a large number of manpower here.
The opening of the Luohuai Canal has brought more supplies to Luoyang. Even the annual transportation of tax grains has become much more convenient. The consumption of tax grains has been reduced by more than half, and the commercial tax has been increased by one section.
Seeing such obvious benefits, Wang Jing even wanted to dig a canal to the north, which would make it easier to transport grain and grass supplies in the north. However, as soon as he discussed this idea with Wang Ce and Wang Jing, he was dissuaded.
To dig the Northern Canal, the manpower and material resources required are several times that of the Luohuai Canal. Now that the Luohuai Canal has just been completed, it will not be easy to work hard again.
At the same time, another reason is that the Yellow River was flowing northward at this time, and its mouth was near what is now Tianjin, not what is now Shandong.
During this period, it was entirely possible to transport goods to the north through the Yellow River water transport without the need to dig canals on a large scale.
After the construction of Luohuai Canal was completed, Wang Ce and Wang Jing both advised them to live in harmony with the people. Wang Jing finally agreed and no longer required large-scale labor levies.
Thanks to the improvement of the continuous planting system and medical level, as well as the absence of war for a long time, the population of Daqian is also increasing rapidly.
According to the statistics of the Daqian court, the world's population has reached 6.8 million households and 36.71 million Dingkou. This data was compiled by the Taifu last year.
Although there are still errors, it should not be big. Those noble families and local powerful people do not dare to hide the population wantonly.
The world's population is increasing, and even after several large-scale deportations, the population growth rate has not slowed down.
Daqian's strength has grown, and at the same time, after decades of development, the proposed horse farm in Hetao has also become more prosperous. There are already hundreds of thousands of horses in the world's racecourses, and Wang Jing feels that the day to defeat the Huns is getting closer.
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