Zhong Shan City, General Manor!
"General Li, I received a message saying that the scouts under the general have found the location of the Pearl River Delta.”
After Ying Mu arrived at the General Manor, he waved his hand and asked directly.
"Your Highness, there is indeed such a thing!"
"The night before yesterday, the first group of scouts returned from Zhong Shan He.”
"According to their description, three months ago, they followed the map provided by His Highness and went down the Zhong Shan River. After continuous exploration and search, they finally found a large plain more than a thousand miles away.”
"Although the land is barren, it can be reclaimed into millions of acres of fertile farmland. The terrain of the plain is similar to the map provided by Your Highness. There are several rivers that converge and the river flows south into the sea.”
"Therefore, after my judgment, the plain area that the scouts have found is the Pearl River Delta that Your Highness is looking for.”
Li Xin replied.
Even now, he was still in disbelief.
Before this, he had already heard about the existence of the Pearl River Delta from Ying Mu. He had also heard from Ying Mu that there was a vast plain there that could be cultivated into a large area of fertile farmland.
However, he never expected that the Pearl River Delta could actually reclaim millions of acres of fertile farmland.
Was this still the barren land of South Yue?
So many fertile fields.
If they were all cultivated.
Just the Pearl River Delta alone could probably catch up to half of Guanzhong.
What kind of concept was this?
One had to know that apart from Shang Yang's reform and Great Qin's six wise rulers, there was another important reason why Great Qin could rise to power.
Great Qin had always controlled the granary in Guanzhong.
In other words, it was because of the granary that Great Qin was able to quickly recover after many defeats and had enough food to continue the war.
Now, according to the scout's description, the Pearl River Delta region could actually reclaim millions of acres of fertile land.
This number was almost one-third of the fertile land in the Central Plains.
Taking into account the southern lands, paddy fields could produce rice three times a year.
In this way.
Once Ying Mu took control of the Pearl River Delta, he would have the foundation to establish a country, and he would be able to provide enough rations for an army of more than one hundred thousand soldiers.
'No wonder Young Master Mu requested to be sealed in South Yue, so that's why!'
At this moment, Li Xin seemed to understand why Ying Mu gave up his identity as the Young Master of Great Qin and took the initiative to request to be sealed in the remote South Yue.
Thinking about Ying Mu's preparations, Li Xin felt that he had completely understood.
Ying Mu didn't know what Li Xin was thinking.
After he heard Li Xin's words, his face couldn't help but reveal a happy expression.
More than a thousand miles away, millions of mu of fertile farmland could be reclaimed, and there were several rivers flowing south into the sea?
It couldn't be wrong!
The place that the scout team had gone to was definitely the Pearl River Delta.
However, the scout's speculation was still a little conservative.
After all, according to the data of later generations, the Pearl River Delta Plain was one of the important granaries of the Dragon Country. Although its area was not as large as the three granaries of the Dragon Country, it still had more than 10,000 square kilometers and could reclaim more than 15 million mu of fertile land.
Most importantly, although the Pearl River Delta Plain was not as large as the other large granaries in the Dragon Country, it occupied the word "high-yield". The grain harvested every year was not much less than that of other granaries.
He said something impolite.
Just the fertile land reclaimed in the Pearl River Delta could feed a million people.
Not to mention the fact that the Pearl River Delta plains were coastal paddy fields. Not only could they grow food, but they could also raise fish and shrimp and go out to sea to fish.
In this way, not to mention feeding a million people.
Even if the population doubled, it would not be a problem.
It was definitely a large granary.
This was also the real reason why Ying Mu wanted to build his territory in the Pearl River Delta.
Of course, the Qin scouts were not to blame.
After all, there were no accurate measuring tools in this era.
After the scouts discovered the Pearl River Delta, they could only make guesses based on their personal feelings. There would inevitably be errors when comparing the data obtained with the actual data.
Ying Mu could completely understand this!
"Then there's no mistake!"
Ying Mu thought in his heart, but he didn't correct the scout's mistake. Instead, he asked Li Xin,"General Li, did you ask how many days it would take to reach the Pearl River Delta from Mount Zhong?”
This was also the question that Ying Mu was most concerned about.
Whether it was Li Xin's army or the people of Yan County.
There were quite a number of them.
If the path taken by the scouts was difficult, it would not be conducive to the advancement of the army or the migration of the people.
Ying Mu could only rely on this foundation to find another path.
If he went back and forth like this, he would probably waste a lot of time.
After hearing Ying Mu's question, how could Li Xin not know Ying Mu's worry?
He smiled and said," Your Highness, you can rest assured about this. According to the scouts, when they first went south from the Zhong Shan River, they followed the river course along the way. Other than encountering a few rapids, everything else went smoothly.”
"The only problem is that South Yue is densely covered with rivers and streams. Without an accurate map, it is easy to get lost in the river.”
"If not for that, these scouts wouldn't have waited until today to return.”
The Pearl River Delta region was only a thousand miles away from Zhongshan County.
To be honest, this distance was not considered very far, especially for the scouts in the army.
With their speed, even if they walked, it would only take them 20 to 30 days to make a round trip.
This time, they spent two to three months to find the Pearl River Delta area because they got lost in the dense network of rivers several times.
After all, the river was winding and not a straight line from north to south.
When you really realized that you were off course, it would not be so easy to turn around.
If not for that, the scouts would have returned long ago.
"According to the scouts, if we take the water route and follow the Zhong Shan River, we will reach the Pearl River Delta in seven days.”
"However, if you want to return to Mount Zhong from the Pearl River Delta region, it will take about ten days.”
Li Xin said lightly, telling him the time from Zhongshan City to the Pearl River Delta region.
Ying Mu nodded, expressing his understanding.
After all, one took a boat downstream while the other took a boat upstream. The time required for the two was definitely different.
Ying Mu silently calculated the time.
He felt that it was undoubtedly much faster to go to the Pearl River Delta region by sea than by land.
After all, it took him one and a half months to travel from Xianyang City to Yan County.
However, Ying Mu was currently facing a huge problem.
That was the lack of ships!
If they wanted to transport Li Xin's army and a portion of Yan County's people to the Pearl River Delta, it would definitely not work if there were fewer ships.
Not only was it not enough.
Even if it was too small.
This was also the other reason why Ying Mu had come to Mount Zhong today.
They came to see how Li Xin's army was doing.
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