Before the Han Dynasty Prime Minister's southern expedition, the most Nanzhong area that the Han Dynasty could control was Zhuti County and the area east of Pingyi County in Zoke County.

After the Southern Expedition, the Han Dynasty directly controlled the area as far as Wei County in Jianning County (that is, Qujing in later generations).

Xinghanhui's development in recent years has basically been in the north of Wei County.

It was only in the past two years that it began to gradually penetrate into the three southernmost counties of Xinggu, Yunnan, and Yongchang.

The most obvious feature is the plantations of the Xinghan Hui, which are not only sugar cane plantations, but also tea gardens, and even a small number of tung tree gardens, which have appeared in Dianchi Lake and Longdong County, the county seat of Yunnan County (later known as

Yao An).

Moreover, along the route from Wei County to Dianchi Lake and then to Nongdong County, the number of horse teams from the Xinghan Hui gradually increased.

In particular, the tea garden in Dianchi Lake is a key support project of the Xinghan Hui.

There is no other reason. The tea from Dianchi Lake has long been famous in Shu.

Some people even say that Dianchi Lake is the best tea in Nanzhong and was once used as a tribute.

I don’t know if it is true, but as far as Feng Yong knows, the tea from Dianchi Lake in Yunnan is indeed quite famous in later generations.

Therefore, the Xinghan Hui specially provided money and food, asked the governor's office of Nijiang to come forward, and summoned the local Yi people to renovate the road from Wei County to Dianchi Lake.

For the Yi people in Nanzhong, such things as corvee were not unheard of in the past.

In addition to the government, there are also local wealthy families who force local barbarians to work for them. This was a common thing in the past.

Even if there is a heavy corvee, you have to turn in a lot of specialties every year. If you can't pay, you have to sell your children and sell yourself.

The government and wealthy families have been oppressing the barbarians in southern China for a long time.

After the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty erected a stone monument in Wei County, it is not that there were no corvees in the government, but compared with before, they were extremely light.

Then, after serving the government service, everyone was preparing to go home, and then the government suddenly said that if they continued to work, not only would they be provided with food and shelter, but they would also receive grain and cloth!

Such a great thing...

Of course it’s impossible for everyone to believe it!

But soon someone brought out a large amount of woolen cloth, millet and other things and placed them in front of everyone.

Now some people began to be dubious.

You can only receive food and cloth after working for a month, which is definitely risky.

What are the risks?

Of course, there is the risk of working for a month in vain.

But if you work for one day, you can eat for free. This can be verified immediately.

Anyway, one more day and one less day will basically not cause much loss to the individual.

So some people tried to work one more day and actually got a job from the government.

Not a loss!

Then on the third day, there was actually meat and vegetables, and there was an extra soft steamed salted fish in each person's bowl!

Now everyone's enthusiasm increased greatly.

Salted fish is naturally a specialty of Yuexi.

The good foundation laid by King Feng Gui in Yuexun back then has finally paid off handsomely.

Rice flower fish is made into fish sauce and has become famous in Jincheng.

The silk produced in Yuexun has become the top product of Shu.

The reason lies in the mulberry trees and silkworm seeds.

Carefully selected high-quality mulberry tree varieties are planted around the fish pond.

As for the cultivation of silkworm seeds, Yuexun has been at the forefront of the Han Dynasty.

In comparison, salted fish is the most inconspicuous product.

To do hard work, in addition to having enough food, you also need a lot of oil and salt, and preferably meat and vegetables.

It's just that there is definitely no meat and vegetables now, but if you can eat enough every day, you can also eat a fragrant salted fish every three days, which is enough for the Yi people to be ecstatic.

After another month of waiting, the government actually distributed food, and the entire construction site immediately burst into cheers.

In fact, there was not much food, only a little bit, which could not even be converted into cloth.

But the people in the government said that as long as they are willing to continue working, they can save it until next month and collect it together.

With the previous Lixin, although most of the Yi people couldn't wait to get their hands on the grain, there were also a small number of people who were willing to continue saving until next month.

The next thing will be much easier to handle.

The Yi people all said that as long as I had enough food and cloth, I could work till I died suddenly without any complaints.

Nine-nine-six?

How can people be so lazy?!

After the official road from Wei County to Dianchi Lake was repaired, some Yi people even got food stamps or cloth stamps, and then went to Wei County to exchange for grain and cloth.

Just this one thing, the prestige of the Han government has begun to be re-established in the southernmost part of Nanzhong.

Although the Xinghan Society spent a lot of money and food on this matter, it seemed like it was a fool's errand.

But no one complained, and they even complained that the road construction was too slow.

Because compared with the terrifying profits of tea in Longyou and Liangzhou, these money and grains are nothing!

Everyone in the meeting was anxious to enclose land around Dian Lake and open tea gardens.

Because my brother said that there are two places in Nanzhong that are most suitable for growing tea.

One is Dianchi Lake and the other is Erhai Lake.

They are all places with mountains, lakes and mist.

Currently, the Han family that owns the tea plantation is the elder brother, Zhao Erlang, Li Yi and other core members of the association.

The only exception is the sixth room of the Li family.

Fortunately, Sister-in-law Mu is here, and the sixth room of the Li family is not considered an outsider, so the tea seedlings are still completely under the control of the Xinghan Hui.

But it will take at least three years after tea seedlings are planted before tea leaves can be harvested.

It's been three years. Who knows how long my brother can stay in the position of Colonel Protecting Qiang?

Therefore, it is understandable that Xinghan would be anxious to repair the official road from Wei County to Dianchi Lake and focus on the tea garden project of Dianchi Lake.

When the news of Feng Yong's appointment as the governor of Liangzhou first came out, why did the Xinghan Association not even sell wine to the north, but use it to celebrate?

Because this means that the Xinghan Society will have a great advantage in the transactions in Liangzhou and even the Western Regions in the near future.

And the tea trees planted two years ago are just in time to catch up with this wave of dividends, which is really exciting.

Just sell a few jars of wine, just to be happy!

However, in this world, if there is joy, there will naturally be sorrow.

While the Xinghan Hui was preparing to reap another wave of big dividends, Liu Zhou's rebellion in Yunnan County seemed so inappropriate.

Capital is afraid of instability.

But not far to the west of Dianchi Lake is Yunnan County. What do you mean, if Liu Zhou isn't causing trouble for others?

More importantly, Erhai Lake is located in Yunnan County.

After the Xinghan Hui encircled the mountains in Dianchi Lake, they used the old method of providing money and food. The government came forward, invited people from the Nanxiang engineering team, and then called in barbarians to rebuild the official road from Dianchi Lake to Juyuze.

Although this time, the Yi people responded more actively than last time, but the amount of work was also much larger.

Because although the official road from Wei County to Dianchi Lake is damaged, intermittent main roads can still be found.

From Dianchi Lake to Longdong, the situation is similar.

But from Nongdong to Liyuze, it is like paving a new road.

A large project volume means that the construction time will be long and money and food will be spent a lot.

The only thing that makes people happy is that the horse team under the name of Huawan has already set foot on a trail. There is no need to conduct additional exploration and construction can be carried out directly along this horse trail.

Therefore, the official road from Dianchi Lake to Nongdong is barely passable this year, but if you want to go to Yuyu Ze again, you really have no energy left.

We can only wait until we reap the dividends from Dianchi Lake tea before we start work again.

After all, supporting Long You's brother at all times is the most important thing for the Xinghan Society.

The Xinghan Society can wait, but some people can't wait.

People who can't wait are called Huawan.

Because her horse team transports goods from Shu to Shan, Panyue and other places, only two or three times a year.

And Yunnan County is a place that must be passed through.

If Liu Zhou goes into trouble, Yunnan County will be blocked. How can you keep her from being anxious?
To be continued...