Ming Zuo

The Yellow River runs from the bottom of Taohuayu to the mouth of the sea. The river is wide and the water flow is gentle. It has always been well-developed in shipping.

Only the section of Sanmenxia, ​​where the Tongguan turn begins, has a huge difference in height, coupled with complex terrain and dense reefs, which have a great impact on sailing.

If the river channel in this section can be dredged, then Guanzhong can be connected with external water channels.

As long as there is a shipping channel, the transportation of food can greatly reduce consumption.

We must know that the Guanzhong area has been operated for thousands of years in the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the water conservancy facilities are very complete.

Through the Weihe River, it can even be connected with the Taohe River, and finally merged into the upper reaches of the Yellow River.In this way, grain can even be transported to Lanzhou in one go.

On the Lanzhou side, there is also the Zhuanglang River extending to the Hexi Corridor, the farthest can reach Gulangsuo, and the distance in the middle is only more than 100 miles.

As long as the population on both sides of the Zhuanglang River is relocated to ensure the flow of the river, it is no problem to drive a small boat.

Zuo Menggeng has long discovered that the runoff of various rivers in this era is much larger than that in later generations.

It must be due to overpopulation and excessive water use that caused the river to shrink.

Now as long as we pay attention to protection, it is not too difficult to restore the original water network in the northwest.

The biggest problem facing the center is how to dredge the Sanmenxia section of the Yellow River.

Zuo Menggeng looked at Xue Fengzuo.

"Can the Ministry of Water Resources come up with regulations?"

Xue Fengzuo smiled wryly.

"Now all our energy has been devoted to the Yellow River reconstruction project. It is really exhausting, and we don't have more resources to take care of other places."

Hearing these words, everyone couldn't help sighing, feeling that the opening of the Northwest Grain Road would be delayed.

Zuo Menggeng looked at the other person as usual.

"Minister Feng, how about teaching you this project?"

In an instant, everyone's eyes were on Feng Benyu.

Many of them suddenly realized why Feng Benyu appeared in this meeting.

Under the focus of everyone, Feng Benyu was very calm.

"With the strength of our engineering department, it is completely possible to do it, but I am afraid that it will delay the military operations on the front line."

Feng Benyu is the head of the engineering department of the military, and the soldiers and horses under him are doing the work of opening roads in the mountains and building bridges in the water.

It's just because the Ministry of Engineering belongs to the military, so when discussing livelihood projects, everyone unconsciously ignored it.

It wasn't until then that everyone realized that there was such a powerful force that could be used.

Liu Yiyuan explained his worries.

"The high command has decided to delay the operation of the Northwest Strategic Cluster, and will not enter the Western Regions in the next three to five years. During this period, if you can open the Sanmenxia River, it will be a great contribution."

Hearing that the military operation had stopped, Feng Benyu let out a sigh of relief.

"That's no problem, leave it to us."

Hou Xun is not at ease.

"What are you going to do?"

Feng Benyu took it for granted: "Since there are many reefs in the Sanmenxia section, just like the Three Gorges, directly use explosives to blast. This is the fastest way."

In fact, cleaning up the Yellow River and connecting Guanzhong and the Central Plains had already been carried out as early as the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, the population in Guanzhong was overpopulated, and it was already unbearable. Tang Gaozong, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian once thought of a way.

At the beginning, they mobilized a large number of manpower to dredge the Yellow River and improve the ability of the outside world to transport food to Guanzhong.

It's a pity that with the technology at that time, countless wastes were spent, and in the end there was no success.

In desperation, Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian had to move their capital to Luoyang.

It's different now, the empire's military-industrial technology has advanced by leaps and bounds.Especially in the research and development of explosives, the limitation of black powder has already been broken through.

And the application of explosives in the field of engineering has long been popular.

In fact, the Ministry of Water Resources could do this kind of thing, but now it is hindered by the larger Yellow River reconstruction project.

The same goes for the engineering department.

Zuo Menggeng was very cautious.

"Even if all the reefs in the river are blown up, it will not be easy for the entire project to flow smoothly. Subsequent maintenance and cleaning must continue to be invested. How about setting up a river engineering group dedicated to maintaining the Yellow River dredging project? What do you think? "

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China in later generations, the support of the Engineering Corps, Railway Corps, and Construction Corps for national construction was known to everyone.

It can even be said that in the field of major engineering, the strength displayed by these military units is even better.

Zuo Menggeng has no reason not to learn from it.

In this regard, Feng Benyu and Guangji Wu naturally had nothing to say.

This is a good opportunity to expand the strength of the engineering department, and they are certainly happy to see it.

Not only that, Guangji Wu also took out more things.

"There will be [-] soldiers retiring this year. How to resettle them after returning to the local area is also a big problem. It is better to transfer them to the Engineering and Construction Corps and still implement militarized management, which can effectively share the pressure on the government."

Although the national defense force is expanding day by day and has more and more troops, people will grow old.Therefore, soldiers who have reached a certain age will inevitably face the problem of retirement.

Although their salaries in the army are very impressive, they can be considered rich when they return home.However, there is always a layer of separation between the army and the local government, and many veterans report that it is difficult to adapt after returning home.

Furthermore, if so many veterans go back, they will inevitably seize local resources, thus causing conflicts.

Guangji Wu's proposal can be regarded as giving veterans a new way out.

Veterans are just not suitable for the battlefield, but their own quality far exceeds that of ordinary people.In particular, there is no need to doubt the efficiency of orders and prohibitions, and unity and cooperation.

Gathering these people together to form the Construction Corps is obviously promising.

Zuo Menggeng's thinking also developed.

"Not only can we form an engineering construction group, but we can also entrust them with environmental engineering in the Northwest. For example, in Zhenfanwei, after the local people are relocated, a construction corps can be dispatched to be responsible for greening construction and environmental maintenance."

The population near Wuwei is quite large.

The biggest difference between civilians and soldiers is that the impact on the environment is completely different.

People living in the local area not only want to eat and dress, but also want to eat well, live well, and live a better life.So they work hard and put a lot of pressure on the environment.

Unlike soldiers.

They are stationed there under the order of the state, and their living costs come entirely from the allocation of the state, which will not cause any loss to local resources.

Only in this way can the environmental restoration of the Shiyang River Basin be accelerated.

Chen Zhi also realized the benefits of doing so.

"These are veterans. There is no need to doubt their combat effectiveness. After they are deployed in various parts of the Northwest, they can completely suppress bandits while building. I believe that it will not be long before peace can be restored in all parts of the Northwest."