Pei Min has been considering this issue recently!

Moliyi, the repair of Shibao City needs to be done slowly, but the repair of the streets and the repair of the city walls can be completed soon as there is enough manpower.

What Longyou lacks the most now is labor. After more than three months of renovation, the key main roads are expanded and the rest should be recuperated. The blocked river canals in the place should be silted and dredged, and dredged.

Not to mention that all the construction is completed, at least the key and important areas have been repaired and sorted out.

As for some small places that are not taken into consideration, Pei Min does not plan to arrange for people to take care of them for the time being.

After all, that is the business of the local county magistrate and village officials, so there is no need to use this labor indiscriminately.

Pei Min had several plans in mind how to arrange this and how to use these labors to bring the greatest convenience to Longyou.

However, he wanted to hear the meaning of the grassroots people, but his subjective plan was not false. However, whether it could solve the urgent needs of the people was the more unknown.

There is a saying that goes, "It is better to go home to sell sweet potatoes than to be an official but not to make decisions for the people."

Now that Pei Min is the first in charge of Longyou’s military and political affairs, it is natural to consider the people, and solving the urgent needs of the people is what he should do.

Now when Pei Min heard the people's voice "open Longshan and build Wushaoling" it was immediately shocked.

The seven words "open Longshan and repair Wushaoling" are simple to say, but they are extremely difficult to do!

Longshan is the boundary mountain between the Guanzhong Loess Plateau and the Longxi Loess Plateau, and it is also the watershed between the Wei River and the Jing River, which is tortuous and steep. The main peak mountain is thousands of feet high and the average altitude is higher than that of Helan Mountain. There is a poem that describes Longshan's "the mountain is three thousand feet high and three thousand feet high, and it is almost 200 levels high in Qinguan."

It’s not easy to open Longshan.

As for Wushaoling, it is even more difficult.

Wushaoling is the natural boundary between the Longzhong Plateau and the Hexi Corridor. The climate there is severe cold and there is a saying that "snow flies in midsummer and the cold air is bone-chesting". It is famous for its steep mountains and dangerous terrain.

Pei Min just looked out from afar. He couldn't say what exactly he was.

But he climbed Wushaoling himself, and it was not long ago.

From Liangzhou to Shanzhou, Wushaoling is the only way to go.

At that time, Pei Min felt that Wushaoling was like a giant dragon, with its head, west and tail, east and west, high and low in the east, covered with clouds and fog, winding and twisting, and particularly spectacular, and even expressed the feeling of using one army to resist 100,000 soldiers.

How easy is it to repair Wushaoling?

Seeing that Pei Min didn't speak, Yuan Luqian was speechless for a moment.

Pei Min took out the topographic map of Longyou from the table, looked at the Longshan and Wushaoling on the map, and recited the seven words "Kai Longshan and Build Wushaoling" in his heart. The more he recited it, the more he felt it was imperative.

If Longyou wants to develop and become an important economic lifeline as important as Liangzhou, Longshan must be opened and Wushaoling must be built!

All this comes from the four words "Silk Road"!

The Silk Road began during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, when Zhang Qian dug up the Western Regions, opening up the passage between the Western Han Dynasty and the Western Regions.

After nearly a thousand years of development, especially in the early Tang Dynasty Emperor Taizong Li Shimin defeated the Eastern Turks, Tuyuhun, destroyed Gaochang, and surrendered to the southern and northern deserts. His son Gaozong Li Zhi destroyed the Western Turks, set up the two Protectorates of Anxi and Beiting, which allowed the Tang Dynasty to control the sovereignty of the Western Regions and became the world's first developed and powerful country at that time. The level of economic and cultural development was at the peak of the world. The East and the West passed the Silk Road and used the Dashi Empire as a bridge. The official and the people had comprehensive and friendly exchanges.

This business road also has another name that makes Chinese people proud of it called "Shantian Khan Road".

Due to the rapid development of the Silk Road, the Silk Road brought unpredictable economic effects to the Tang Dynasty, and it is no exaggeration to call it the lifeline of the country's economic lifeline.

Liangzhou was originally a remote and deserted place because of the Silk Road, and it developed into the third largest economic center of the Tang Dynasty. Liangzhou Guzang became an existence comparable to Chang'an and Luoyang.

Longyou also has the necessary path to the Silk Road, but the impact is far less than that of Liangzhou.

To put it in detail, the reason behind this lies in the two places of Longshan and Wushaoling.

Pei Min looked at Longshan and Wushaoling and said, "I think what the people ask for is reasonable!"

Yuan Luqian made full preparations and said solemnly: "The Western Regions Commercial Road starts with Chang'an. The route to Dunhuang is called the eastern section. There are three roads to go, commonly known as the North Line, South Line, and Central Line. The northern line starts from Chang'an, along the Wei River to Guoxian, crosses Wuxian, crosses Liupanshan Guyuan and Haiyuan, along the Zuli River, crosses the Yellow River to Guzang in Jingyuan. The southern line starts from Chang'an, crosses the Wei River through Longguan, Shangji, Didao, and Kuhan, crosses the Yellow River from Yongjing, crosses Xining, and crosses Dadoubagu to Zhangye. The middle line and the southern line are divided into Shangji, cross Longshan, reach Jincheng County, cross the Yellow River, go up to Zhuanglang River, and cross Wushaoling to Guzang."

"This northern line was a route from the Han Dynasty. There was almost no supply along the way, and few people took it. Although the supply conditions of the southern line were good, the detour was long, so most caravans took the center line as the main business road, followed by the southern line. However, the Wushaoling, the Wushaoling, on the middle line, brought great disadvantages to the caravans, and deeply affected the development of Longyou. If Longshan is opened and Wushaoling is repaired, the wealth of Liangzhou will pour into Longyou, and the wealth of Guanzhong will also pour into Longyou. Longyou will be greatly benefited and become an existence that is not inferior to Liangzhou."

"It's not just that!" Pei Min looked at the map with a bright look and said, "The smooth route in this middle section can stimulate the prosperity of the trade route to the greatest extent. By then, it will not only benefit Longyou, but also have great benefits for Liangzhou and the Tang Dynasty. Various commercial taxes and tariffs will have to be increased by at least several%.

Yuan Luqian sighed: "That's the case, but it is too difficult to act in real life. With the solidity of Longshan and the dangerous Wushaoling, it would be difficult to achieve success without mobilizing tens of thousands of people. Moreover, during the period of repair and opening up, the mid-line business road will inevitably be affected, which is not conducive to the country. The project is too large, there are too many unknown obstacles, and failure may be too high. It is easy to say if it succeeds, if it fails, it will cost the people and cause money, and it may destroy the business road. Faced with such an unknown possibility, why should the court agree to the policy of opening Longshan and building Wushaoling? It is an amazing choice to stabilize the mid-line business road and maintain current interests. As for the long-term impact, it is better to seek stability than to seek change."

Pei Min made Yuan Luqian speech speech speech a little speechless. He pondered for a while again, looked at the map, wanting to give up, but thinking about the people's request, he felt a move in his heart and said, "In fact, if we can complete the construction within one year, and in this year, the caravan will be wronged and walk the southern line, it will bring about a long-term future. Whether it is the Tang Dynasty, Liangzhou or Longyou, this kind of effort is worth it."

Yuan Luqian's face changed drastically: "It's impossible to do it in one year. Brother Jingyuan must not imitate Yang Guang and force the people to rush to work, causing terrible consequences."
Chapter completed!