The local production is poor, and the trade routes are also lively. There is not much profit, so land reclamation has become inevitable.

The third point is to encourage rural and commercial enterprises and help local people live a good life as soon as possible.

The seeds transported from Xingqing Prefecture were allocated to farmers with conditions to help farmers become rich as soon as possible.

The temporary Guazhou prefect was a juren. He was considered a scholar who joined Chao Gai for the early years. He was named Xiao Yi, a native of Langya, and a typical scholar who studied and became an official.

The prefect's palace was still very shabby, which was the large courtyard of an ordinary landlord's house.

Today's prefect is a bit lively, Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Lu Fang, Lu Da, and Shi Jin are all here.

Prefect Xiao was a little nervous.

"Magistrate Xiao, Guazhou has hundreds of miles of land and a population of less than 300,000. I just experienced a war. What are your plans?"

Prefect Xiao nodded: "I thought about it for several days, and it is not difficult to develop here. Although it is dry all day long, most of the villages with population are next to streams, and there are snow and rivers every year. This is a big problem for locals to fall behind in farming tools. For example, there is no common crooked plows in the Central Plains here, and there is no common pedaling wheels here. Not to mention the details of farming, not to mention the fertilization, and the grain output is relatively low."

"Yes, Master Xiao is still very careful, which means he has put in the effort. But what solution is there?"

"The government will promote it first, so that the people can see the excellent characteristics of new agricultural tools, and then train local craftsmen, so that they will develop in no time. However, General Lu has to call on some craftsmen for this matter. The government office is poor and there are no skilled craftsmen."

Lu Da scratched his head: "There are only hundreds of craftsmen in the army, and only dozens of them are really skilled. Then, we will allocate fifty people to assist the government office in developing new agricultural tools."

"Thank you, General Lu."

The local conditions in Guazhou are pretty good, and agricultural planting is the focus.

For sweet potatoes with very wide adaptability, potatoes are preferred to be promoted in Guazhou.

Why are there priority here? For example, around Kaifeng, where the land is fertile and there is a lot of precipitation.

There are a lot of rice, wheat, sorghum, and various fruits and vegetables.

The difference here in Guazhou is mainly sorghum, millet, buckwheat, barley, etc. with extremely low yields.

Sweet potatoes, potatoes and pumpkins can greatly increase the yield per mu of grain, and are particularly drought-resistant, and are very suitable for cultivation in the northwest. With these grains, you can feed tens of thousands more people in a few years.

At the same time, the garrison also made great moves. The garrison set up several horse farms and pig farms. For the purpose of military use, pig farming is simply for food.

Donkey farms are different, they are designed to solve the arable land problem in the northwest.

There are fewer scalpers here, and the cattle are not very adaptable to the climate here, they are big and have a high demand for grass.

But donkeys are different. Donkeys are small, eat less, and are drought-resistant.

It has great strength, can cultivate land, can pull carts, is the favorite animal of local people.

However, the donkey price here is not low. In order to reduce the donkey price, Chao Gai spent a lot of effort to mobilize thousands of donkeys from Weizhou to build a donkey farm.

I feel that it is a little less. After all, a population of hundreds of thousands will be filled in more than ten years. I ordered tens of thousands of donkeys from the caravan and built a total of three donkey farms.

All three donkey farms are handed over to the business bank to operate, and they are breeding in the form of a farm plus a farm.

It has the same model as Jeju Prefecture and Dongping Prefecture.

Carry out activities in a trustworthy village, give you a donkey for you to raise for free, and use the method of returning the donkey to the little donkey.

Or promote donkeys through money and grain purchases.

Of course, the most important thing is to deal with the mother-in-law. Local people who look for son-in-law first check whether there are donkeys at home, so that their daughter will ride with donkeys when she returns to her parents' home, so that she will not be too tired.

Guazhou is currently the westernmost part of the Great Song Dynasty. Western Xia has become history, but the pace of the Jeju army will not end there.

It was early spring when we set out, but it was still late autumn. We needed to wear thick sheepskin clothes when we woke up in the morning.

Early that morning, Chao Gai, Lu Fang, Chao Zhuang, Jiao Ting were riding a horse and dressed as a swordsman. More than a dozen guards pulled fifty camels of goods and slowly set out from Guazhou City to Liangzhou City.

Camel feet have strong ability to transport large loads, and most of the time they are used to walk, and of course they can run, but the speed is not as fast as a horse.

The caravans moved forward slowly, walking early and resting early. There were many stations on the Silk Road, including official, commercial, and private ones.

But no matter who does it, there are cavalry patrols, and the patrols are very intensive, once a day, and there are irregular patrols.

The public security environment is much better than before, but there is still a certain gap between what Chao Gai asked for to build a safer Silk Road.

Chao Gai sat on the horse, swaying, while Lu Fang was wearing a sheepskin coat and carrying a Fang Tianji in his hand.

The caravans traveled for three days and were safe all the way. That afternoon, they arrived at Heihekou Town.

Dazhuang couldn't help but feel a little calm: "It won't be a waste of time. These people dare not come out when we see our strong soldiers and horses."

Chao Gai smiled and said, "How can you do things so smoothly? On the way back to Liangzhou, you have nothing to do. You can succeed the best, but it's okay if you can't."

Heihekou Town is a relatively large town with more than 2,000 people and five or six inns.

As soon as the caravan arrived at the entrance of the town, the guy shouted at the gate: "Boss Li, I haven't seen you one day, where have you gone to make a fortune?"

Boss Li of the caravan greeted him and smiled: "What money do you make? I went to Dunhuang to make some jade and arranged a separate enclosure for me. These dozens of camels are a bit old."

"Okay, don't worry."

In addition to people, the environment for camels and horses is also very important. The caravan has special grooms to feed camels and horses.

Chao Gai and others took weapons and followed Boss Li into the lobby, with a fragrant smell of mutton.

Someone familiar with him asked: "Old Li, where are you looking for these swordsmen, one is stronger than the other, and you can see that you are good at it."

Lao Li’s wine guru was wrong again, so he picked up the wine pot and drank it.

"I don't have this ability. This is the guard that the owner of Tokyo City wants to protect the jade safety."

"Tsk tsk, Lao Li, how many good treasures have you transported this trip? You have to have at least two thousand stakes."

"Nothing, is two thousand guan enough to work? There are twenty thousand guans of seed material."

Chao Gai coughed: "Drink, drink."

In the corner, an inconspicuous little character heard Boss Li's words, and after dinner, he paid the bill and left.

After two more days of travel, I was still safe.
Chapter completed!