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Chapter 241 Li Yan Tours Southern Henan

After Gao Yihuan returned to Henan, he invited Li Yan, hoping that he would visit Henan.

Li Yan is not optimistic about Li Zicheng's Eastern Expedition, thinking that even if he can occupy Beijing, he will not be able to gain a firm foothold.

This is not because he is afraid of Donglu, but because he understands the finances of the Dashun Dynasty.

Compared with Guanzhong, Henan has more arable land and was settled earlier, but after Li Yan came to power, taxes, money and food were still not self-sufficient.

Needless to say, Guanzhong's finances are beyond their means, and they rely on the income from robbing Qin Fan and the gentry to maintain consumption.

Under such circumstances, Li Zicheng had to accept the corrupt north and the Great Wall defense line that cost millions of silver and countless grains every year. Dashun's finances could not support it at all.

Silver is not equal to food. No matter how much money Li Zicheng robbed, local production would not resume, and without food from the southeast, it would be impossible to maintain.

From this point of view, after Li Yan returned to Henan, he devoted more energy to paying attention to spring plowing.

Gao Yihuan sent an invitation to him during the first month of the lunar year, but he was busy with his affairs, and he dragged his people to Luyi until the beginning of March.

Before coming here, Li Yan already had some knowledge of the area controlled by Gao Yihuan, and was very shocked by his expansion from one county in Luyi to the land of three prefectures.

However, Gao Yihuan expanded so fast, Li Yan thought that his rule would be a mess, but after entering Luyi, he realized that this was not the case.

Other places are close to the river, and only some land has been restored to cultivation, but Luyi is a scene of lush greenery.

After Li Yan and his party entered Gao Yihuan's rule, they were shocked.

At this time, a group of cavalry came running in the distance. The horsemen were all wearing black armor, with knives hanging from their waists, long spears pinned to their saddles, and bows and arrows hanging from them.

Their armors are of their own kind, but it was Gao Yihuan who led a group of people to meet them.

Li Yan looked at them all in high spirits and with a strong aura, especially the war horses under them. They were all fat and strong, and they looked like they had eaten food. He couldn't help being very surprised at how rich Gao Yihuan was.

"Jieshuai!" Gao Yihuan reined in his horse in front of Li Yan, with the whip down, smiled and cupped his hands and said, "I respectfully welcome Jieshuai."

"Yihuan! I've heard about the matter in the court. I know that your opinion is actually the same as mine, but you use a different method." Li Yan sighed first when he saw him.

Gao Yihuan knew that Li Yan meant that he suggested copying the Fan family, and then reminded Li Zicheng to be careful about Wu Sangui and Man Qing.

"Jie Shuai, I'm just trying my best, after all, I lack the courage to stick to my own opinions like Jie Shuai." Gao Yihuan said seriously: "In this respect, I am not as good as Jie Shuai."

Hearing the words, Li Yan waved his whip, shook his head and said, "My persistence didn't have any effect, but Yi Huan's reminder seemed to have an effect!"

"The Fan family was copied?" Gao Yihuan was slightly surprised.

"Copied! Along with other merchants, they were also copied. Judging from the copied books, almost every family has smuggling transactions with Donglu. However, these merchants are well-informed, and they are basically copied in their hometowns. Most of Zhangjiakou fled out of the mouth." Li Yan waved his hand, "Okay! Don't talk about these, I have something to ask you."

Gao Yihuan was shocked, and hurriedly cupped his hands when he heard the words: "Jieshuai, please tell me."

Li Yan pointed at a large green wheat field in the wilderness with his horsewhip, "Yihuan, how do you irrigate so many fertile fields?"

When Li Yan and his party entered Luyi, it was as if they had entered a paradise. Not only Li Yan, but also the accompanying officials were all surprised.

Gao Yihuan and the subordinates behind him showed complacency on their faces. He smiled, "Jie Shuai, let's walk along the Guohe River. The humble officer will talk while walking, and Jie Shuai will understand."

A group of people rode their horses to the bank of the Wo River, and in the fields beside the road, many people were busy.

They are not scattered in twos and threes, but work together together.

These people all belong to the same Dunbao, rent and plant Gao Yihuan's land, and pay two buckets of grain per mu as tax.

The common people working in the fields saw a group of people in the distance, saw a man riding a black horse, and knew that it was their general and also their boss. They all straightened up and saluted, with grateful eyes in their eyes.

At this time, Gao Yihuan pointed at the dam in the distance with a horsewhip, and said with a smile: "Look handsome. I have built a total of six such dams on the Guohe River. In the past, the water in the Guohe River was not used after the autumn harvest. It flows into the Huaihe River and is wasted, and now it is stored in dams for spring irrigation."

"I also ordered people to dredge the canals, built water trucks, and dug irrigation wells in some places, so [-]% of the fields have no problem diverting water."

Along the way, Li Yan has seen the dams, canals, waterwheels, and irrigation wells one by one, and has formed a complete water conservancy system.

Li Yan nodded from time to time, admiringly said: "Water from the Guo River flows into the canal, and then the water trucks are used to irrigate the fields. In the farther land, cattle, mules and horses are used to fetch water from irrigation wells. Yihuan, you flower A lot of money and food!"

Seeing his approval, Gao Yihuan was naturally complacent, "It is true that we invested a lot in the early stage, but water conservancy is beneficial to future generations. Compared with the future benefits, the investment is actually nothing."

"That's right! Yihuan, it's really nice that you have such eyes!" Li Guo couldn't help admiring again.

At this time, Li Yan suddenly pointed to a red building that appeared every ten miles on the field, and asked, "What is that?"

"Jieshuai, that's a village, and it's also a pier!" Gao Yi laughed and said, "I'm building this kind of pier in Luyi, Chenzhou, Xiangcheng and other places. Every ten miles, a hundred households of refugees are assigned to garrison the fields." .”

Now Gao Yihuan can be said to be the biggest landlord in southern Yuzhou, and his forts are everywhere in southern Henan.

These forts, which can provide him with food and soldiers, are not much different from Cao Cao's military settlements.

In addition, these forts, in conjunction with the bastions in the county, will become a huge barrier.

Li Yan was heartbroken when he heard this. There are so many mounds, probably only along the Great Wall and in the border areas.

"Yihuan, do you think Donglu will come to Henan?" Li Yan frowned.

Although he was not optimistic about Li Zicheng's Eastern Expedition, he never thought that Donglu would be able to conquer the Yellow River.He believes that the Eastern Captives occupy Beizhi, Shanxi, and Shandong at most, and it is still relatively difficult to occupy Henan.

After all, the population of Donglu is there. Who would believe that a barbarian with a population of several 10 can win the world in the end?
Gao Yihuan said in a deep voice: "The Donglu iron cavalry is powerful. Once they break through the pass and gain a firm foothold in Beizhi, the cavalry is everywhere. There is no barrier in Henan. The situation may not be optimistic. I am also prepared for any danger."

Li Yan nodded his head. Once the Yellow River freezes in winter, and the east of Henan is covered with plains, it is really impossible to stop the Eastern captives from coming.

"Let's go, take me to have a look." Li Yan pulled out his horse immediately and said, "How much money did you spend on food!"

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