We all know that there is a north barn in the northeast, so where is the north barn in the Song Dynasty?

In order to do a good job of this important matter of "eating", we have attached great importance to this livelihood project from the very beginning of the establishment of the new China. We all know that the "South-to-North Water Transfer" project, and the "South-to-North Water Transfer" project is the same status of another project, is the "Northern Great Barrens" project. At the beginning of the founding of new China, supplies are tight, in order to be able to solve the problem of the people's food, our country in the three river plains of Heilongjiang, Heilongjiang basin and the Nengjiang basin of the vast wasteland on the reclamation of planting, after many years of development, and finally became our most famous food production base, become a real "North Dakuang".

And when we look through the thick history books, not more so that we are surprised to find that as early as a thousand years ago, China's Northern Song Dynasty, our ancestors also have such a reclamation planting of traditional history, which may be a legacy of our Chinese civilization. It is with such a spirit of inheritance that we Chinese always find ways to overcome difficulties in the face of difficulties.

To be, Cheng moment loaded rice ears several cars, sent officials to send under the Que, the negotiators are rest. And Guan Pu, mirage clams, the people rely on its benefits. But it is such a developed country, its heyday, the most northern boundary is to the present Hebei and now Beijing, Tianjin as the border, the north and northeast of Shanxi also belong to the Khitan.

In late October of 976, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin died of illness, Song Taizong succeeded to the throne. After the succession of Song Taizong respectively in 979 years in the extermination of the cut in Shanxi Taiyuan after the Northern Han, and then north to attack the Khitan; 986 years and divided into large roads, the main army by three armies respectively, the two Northern Expedition to a disastrous end. And as the main battlefield of the two wars is the Song and Liao's Hebei and Hedong region, which is also the most familiar Yan Yun sixteen states area.

This area was a war zone from the time Song Taizong started it until Song Zhenzong signed the peace treaty in 1004. But it was actually right in the north-north plains zone, perfect for growing crops.

Since the Xiongzhou east of the sea, more water, the Khitan suffer from, not want to want to invade the raid; Shun'an army west to Beiping two hundred miles, its land is open, the year often from here and into. The discussants said that it is appropriate to measure the topography of the high and low, due to the convenience of land and water, the construction of roads, ditches and moats, beneficial trees and five crops, can be solid side of the granary and limited to the Rongma. A few hundred kilometers of flat land, the need to spend a huge amount of manpower and material resources, coupled with the sensitive areas along the border of Liao and Song at that time, can not be eventually reclaimed into good land.

He Chengru, the Northern Song Dynasty, a guardian of the side of the border ministers, the Song central even sent officers to the border development, can not get the results, and in the border Shunan Horseshoe Ho Chengru is the use of the local favorable topography, the introduction of the Yi River water, leading the people to build embankments, building aqueducts, digging ponds to store water, reclamation of the cantonment, planting crops, after many years of hard work, and finally ushered in the Shunan Horseshoe After many years of hard work, finally ushered in a bumper grain harvest in Shunan Halt. He was soon recognized by Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, who transferred him to the border town of Xiongzhou, where he was in charge of the development of agricultural reclamation.

After serving as the governor of Xiongzhou, He Chengru examined the area, and at this time, as a Min Huang Mao timely petition to the Taizong said, like Xiongzhou along the border, such as the superior conditions, is very suitable for planting rice. Than the Min land planting rice, but also lead to the spring water to irrigate, here ponds more water, flat soil, very suitable for planting rice. So Song Taizong mentioned He Chengru for Hebei along the edge of the Tuantian, Min Huang Mao for the magistrate rate along the edge of the state and county people vigorously develop.

He Chengru and Huang Mao took more than 18,000 people to build water conservancy in Xiongzhou, Mozhou, Bazhou, Pingrong Army and Shun'an Army on the border of Song Dynasty and Liao Kingdom, building dikes, flood control weirs, and sluice gates to draw water from Baiyangdian to irrigate the farmland. Selected rice seeds, constantly improve the sowing period, after years of hard work, the Northern Song dynasty along the northern border stretches six hundred miles, finally became the largest grain base of the Northern Song dynasty, became the real grain of the Northern Song dynasty at that time, "northern warehouse". So every autumn and August, the northern border of the Song Dynasty will have a large area of golden rice in full bloom, the first year when He Chengmu to report this good news to the Song court, actually no one believes that this is true. It is no wonder that the Beijing officials of the Northern Song Dynasty, because before this, Song Taizong continuously sent a number of capable ministers can not get the results, and now just a border governor but get out?

In the face of such great news, the court actually no one believe, which makes He Zhizhu quite bitter, had no choice but to ask his subordinates to harvest a few large carriages of ripe rice carried into the capital to report. The Beijing officials saw such a kind of object and had to believe in this matter. He Chengguo not only let the border rice harvest, but also let the people living in the local benefit, because there are a large number of local ponds, and he taught the people vigorously planted cattail, breeding clams, cattail can be woven into cattail and other products, clams can also be used as aquatic sales, and greatly led the local people out of poverty to become rich, and the introduction of many stragglers to the residence and work in peace and contentment.

This is an insignificant detail in the legacy of our Chinese civilization, but it is such a small detail that it is always affecting the people's livelihood. As the saying goes, "people's livelihood is no small matter", it is from ancient to modern times, our countrymen have attached great importance to people's livelihood, so there is like the Northern Song Dynasty He Chengru such a capable minister, dared to turn the 600 miles of land along the border into a large grain silo.

Perhaps it is such a large granary, which created the Northern Song Dynasty dietary diversity and prosperity contributed to the economy.