Chapter 704 Changes in Northern Hubei
It still takes three days to walk from the Lanjiang River to the city of Hubei North. On the way, Li Hezhou introduced the current basic situation of Hubei North to Li Junxin and others.
"The imperial court refuses to pay the Hubei northern army, and now King Zhao has blocked the trade routes in Hubei northern and refuses to sell salt to Hubei northern." Li Hezhou was interrupted by Li Junxin when he said this.
"You said that King Zhao doesn't allow Chenzhou to sell salt to northern Hubei. What will happen to northern Hubei?"
Li Hezhou laughed heartily. "Dad, you don't know, but right after they said they would no longer sell salt to northern Hubei, we soon discovered a salt mine! Experienced people have visited and say it could be mined there for hundreds of years without any problems."
This made Li Junxin feel relieved. He looked at the fields beside the road. The green wheat seedlings looked very healthy and strong, completely different from the barren land they had seen in Chenzhou. Li Junxin asked, "Has it rained in northern Hubei?"
From the beginning until now, Li Hezhou has not mentioned whether there is a drought in northern Hubei. Along the way, they saw that the crops in the fields were growing well, but the big sun in the sky was scorching the earth madly, and Li Junxin didn't know what was going on for a while.
"It hasn't rained for over a month," Li Hezhou shook his head. "But for some reason, there's always water in the rivers. In places close to the rivers, there's always water in the wells. Some say northern Hubei is an auspicious place, blessed by the gods."
He didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but he couldn't understand why northern Hubei, which had suffered a drought last year, suddenly disappeared this year.
Li Junxin had good eyesight and saw the canals connecting the fields. "Are these canals newly built?"
"Yes," Li Hezhou also looked over and nodded, "It started more than a month ago. Speaking of this, Dad, you don't know how the canals were built in northern Hubei. Guess what?"
Li Junxin glared at him, "If you have something to say, just say it. Who wants to guess with you?"
Li Hezhou chuckled, "I heard that the Military Equipment Department of the Hubei Northern Army has developed something called gunpowder. As long as it's controlled well, it can easily open up mountains and dig roads. That's how these canals were built so quickly that the crops weren't affected."
"There is such a magical thing?" Li Junxin asked curiously.
Li Hezhou: "That's right. Once you settle down, go around and take a look. There are still many changes."
He didn't tell Li Junxin yet that a new caravan was going to be formed in northern Hubei, so he would tell him after they were settled.
Li Laosan and his companions were also surprised to see small rivers and streams flowing on the road. They looked at the big sun in the sky and then at the slowly flowing rivers on the ground, and suddenly they were very glad that they had made up their minds to come to northern Hubei.
They came from Qishan. It was okay in the mountains, as they could find some springs and streams, but they became increasingly difficult to find as they went further in. After descending the mountain and arriving in Chenzhou, they only found some water near the Lanjiang River. The fields along the way were barren, let alone crops.
But after crossing Lanjiang, everything seemed a little wrong, but they couldn't tell what was wrong.
It was not until he compared it with the sun in the sky that Li Laosan realized that the same sun, separated by a river, the water on the ground in northern Hubei did not stop flowing. Isn't this the blessing of the gods?
The further the Li family and Li Laosan's brothers traveled towards Hubei North City, the more they felt that they had come to the right place.
Shen Qingqian has produced a small batch of local high-yield seeds in the past few days, and he first distributed them to farmers and military settlements around Hubei North City.
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