Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1782, the beautiful mountains and waters of Poyang Lake

On the Jiujiang section of the Yangtze River, Zhong Fan took a ship down the river, preparing to inspect the construction of the Poyang Lake port.

As the largest freshwater lake in the Ming Dynasty, Poyang Lake has a wide area and a large water storage capacity. It is the largest reservoir in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Once there is a flood in the Yangtze River, a large amount of river water will flow into Poyang Lake to prevent floods and dangers. Once the dry season comes, the water in Poyang Lake will flow into the Yangtze River again to maintain the water volume of the Yangtze River.

If you want to govern the Yangtze River and dredge the Yangtze River, and give full play to the shipping value of the Yangtze River, then Poyang Lake must be vigorously dredged.

On the one hand, Poyang Lake is a huge reservoir on the Yangtze River, which has the important value of mediating and stabilizing the water volume of the Yangtze River. On the other hand, Poyang Lake is not only connected to the Yangtze River, but also the Gan River, Xin River, Fu River, Xiushui, The confluence point of rivers in Jiangxi, such as the Rao River.

If Poyang Lake can be managed well and its shipping value can be brought into play, then it can almost open up the development of the entire territory of Jiangxi. The Gan River runs through the north and south of Jiangxi, and the shipping value can go all the way to the southernmost city of Ganzhou.

In later generations, due to the destruction of the ecological and natural environment, the erosion of water and soil was serious. After the turbulent rivers of the Yangtze River, Ganjiang River, Xinjiang River, and Fuhe River flowed into Poyang Lake, they gradually silted up and filled Poyang Lake with a large amount of sediment.

In addition, after the construction of the Three Gorges, the South-to-North Water Diversion Project also greatly reduced the water volume of Poyang Lake, causing its water level to drop year after year, and the shipping value was also greatly affected. Basically, only small boats can pass, and large ships cannot enter at all.

Things are completely different in Daming. The ecological environment in the Yangtze River Basin is still very good, the vegetation coverage rate is extremely high, and the water and soil conservation is very good.

Coupled with more than ten years of vigorous immigration, a large number of people have been relocated overseas and outside the customs, which has also greatly reduced the ecological pressure.

The water volume of the Yangtze River has been very stable, and the sediment content is relatively small, and the river water is relatively clear and clean.

The shipping value of Poyang Lake is still huge. You must know that Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang fought a big battle here in Poyang Lake. The number of warships on both sides reached as many as a thousand, and the battle in the entire Poyang Lake was in full swing. The war laid the foundation for Zhu Yuanzhang to rule the world.

The key dredging and construction of Poyang Lake will give full play to its shipping value, not only to better play the function of flood control and water storage, but also to drive the development of Jiangxi, Huguang and other areas along the river.

Now, the main problems on Poyang Lake are two points. One is that there is a large amount of sediment where Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River meet, which have been accumulated over the years.

After the turbulent river water flows into Poyang Lake, all the sediment and the like are deposited into Poyang Lake, which makes the bottom of the lake in the area where Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River meet continue to rise, which is extremely unfavorable for the flood control and water storage of Poyang Lake. The function of the ship will also affect the navigation of the ship.

The other is that there are no good and excellent ports on Poyang Lake, because the water level of the entire Poyang Lake varies greatly. During the wet season, the water level is very high, the lake is very wide, and the area is large.

During the dry season, the water level becomes lower, the lake surface becomes smaller, and the area shrinks. This huge change is not conducive to the construction of ports and wharves.

In later generations, this is especially obvious. During the wet season, the lake area of ​​Poyang Lake even surpassed that of Qinghai Lake at one time, becoming the largest lake. Low see cattle and sheep.

Although the ecological environment in the Yangtze River Basin is very good, this seasonal change is still very large, which is extremely unfavorable to the construction and operation of port terminals. Port terminals need stable water to operate better.

For large ships, good ports and wharves are also required for loading and unloading cargo. Small boats and small boats are not suitable for large cargo ships, especially [-]-ton cargo ships.

Zhong Fan's steam ship came to the entrance and exit of Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River. Here, ships from the Ministry of Industry are already operating continuously.

On the large steam ships, with the roar of steam engines or internal combustion engines, billowing black smoke kept coming out.

There are sand suction pumps on each ship connected to the lake surface to pump out a large amount of sediment from the bottom of the lake, and there are boats full of sand and sand next to them.

On the lake, with the operation of the boats, in addition to seeing the river water become extremely turbid, you can also see a large number of sawdust, rotten boards, etc. constantly floating up, and then being taken away by the river water.

The entire area connecting Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River is the most important checkpoint. If the river channel is silted up, it will be difficult for the water from the Yangtze River to flow in, and it will be difficult for the water in the lake to go out, and the navigation of ships will also become extremely unfavorable.

"Mr. Zhong!"

Gao Jiang, an official from the Ministry of Industry who was in charge of cleaning up the sediment and dredging the river, saw Zhong Fan's arrival, and hurriedly took a boat to the ship that Zhong Fan was on.

"How's it going?"

Zhong Fan looked at Gao Jiang, then at the busy scene in front of him and asked.

"Mr. Zhong. Everything is going according to plan, but the situation here is a bit special. In the area where Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River enter and exit, there are a lot of boats under the lake, which greatly affects our operations."

"The lower officials apply to use explosives to blow up all these sunken ships, so that the silted river can be better cleaned up here."

Gao Jiang said while pointing to the lake and said: "Mr. Zhong, you see, as we use the sand suction pump to pump out the sediment in the lake, a lot of ship debris floated out, but this is only a small part of it. a part of."

"Poyang Lake has always been a battleground in the south of the Yangtze River. Back then, the Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty fought against Chen Youliang in Poyang dialect. Chen Youliang was defeated and led an army to hide in Poyang Lake. There were a large number of scuttled ships in this water area. Trying to prevent our Daming Navy from entering Poyang Lake."

"After the defeat, Chen Youliang was not reconciled to failure, and sank a large number of ships into the lake, which greatly affected the navigation of Poyang Lake."

"Well, if you use explosives, use explosives. All sunken ships must be cleaned up!"

While listening, Zhong Fan also looked at the large amount of sawdust floating on the lake, and agreed to Gao Jiang's application.

"Yes!"

Gao Jiang quickly replied.

Soon, with Zhong Fan's approval, a large number of explosive packages were transported over. The explosive packages were tied with stones, and the explosion time was set. Each explosive package was carried by a small speedboat and continuously thrown into the lake.

"Boom~"

"Boom~"

More than ten minutes later, huge water columns rose from the originally calm lake, and the terrifying explosion energy continued to surge. A large number of sawdust, planks, etc. appeared on the lake, and even large pieces of water could be seen. The wreckage of the boats floated up from the bottom of the lake, which shows how many boats sank in the bottom of the lake.

These shipwrecks are extremely unfavorable to shipping, but they are beneficial to the accumulation and sedimentation of sediment.

Now with explosives, the sunken ship at the bottom of the lake is blown to pieces, and then the impact of the river water can be continuously cleaned up.

A large number of explosives kept ringing in the bottom of the lake, a large amount of silt and sawdust rose from the rolling lake water, and a large number of fish were blown up, and the lake surface was completely white.

After some blasting, the boats continued to extract the silt from the bottom of the lake, and continued to clean up the silt here, layer by layer. After cleaning up one layer, they continued to blast with explosives, and then continued To pump out the sediment, it is necessary to clean up the silted area here.

Zhong Fan stayed here for a few hours, and then took a ship to continue to Poyang Lake. In the area where the Ganjiang River flows into Poyang Lake, the Ministry of Industry and Jiangxi Province are building a reasonable large port. Zhong Fan is going to have a look .

The ship sails on the wide Poyang Lake, surrounded by beautiful mountains and clear waters, dense forests, and at the same time, you can see a large number of birds living in it. It can be seen that in the swamps in some shallow water areas, a large number of white storks, cranes, geese, etc. are freely foraging in them.

"What Liu Gong said is reasonable. Although the development of Poyang Lake is very important, it is more important to protect the forests, birds and animals here. This is not only the home of our humans, but also the home of thousands of birds and animals."

Looking at the large number of birds flying over the lake, Zhong Fan also remembered what Liu Jin said when he left Beijing, that the ecological protection of Poyang Lake is very important.

After arriving in Jiangxi, you must discuss this matter with the local officials in Jiangxi. It is strictly forbidden to cut down forests indiscriminately, ask for land from the mountains indiscriminately, and hunt birds and animals.

The local forests, birds and animals must be well protected, so that the value of Poyang Lake can be truly brought into play. Once the forests are destroyed and a large amount of sediment washes into Poyang Lake, the water storage and flood control capacity of Poyang Lake will be greatly weakened. The victims are still ordinary people in Jiangxi.

Originally, Zhong Fan didn't quite understand it, but now, looking at the mountains and rivers around Poyang Lake, he understood a little bit. Such good mountains and rivers should be passed on forever and passed on to future generations.

(End of this chapter)