“Everything remains the same in Chengdu!”

This city made Li Qing feel particularly friendly, with its bustling streets and shops, the late-autumn green weeping willows along the two rivers, and the smell: the smell of honey in the air, and the slow, humane and life-like atmosphere.

Li Ling's family has long been deeply rooted in Shu: his eldest father is Li Bing, and his father is Li Zhong. Later generations will call him Li Erlang, which is the prototype of Erlang God...

The father and son successively served as county governors and built the Dujiangyan Irrigation System to divert water for irrigation, eliminate floods, and benefit thousands of miles of rivers, making Shu County rich and prosperous.

Li Ling also grew up in Shu County since he was a child. He spoke the Shu accent and was respected by the Shu people. He inherited the legacy of his ancestors and father and continued to engage in water conservancy work. He led people up mountains and rivers, crossed the Shixi River to the south of the Minjiang River, and connected to Zuowen.

The Jingjiang River divides the Baimujiang River from Linqiong and Mengxi River, and the Yangmojiang River from the Jiandi.

Because of his merits, eight years ago, Li Ling was selected by Emperor Qin Shihuang who inspected Shu County and appointed him as the "Captain of Shanghe Farmers" with a rank of 600 stones. He reported to Helan Mountain and helped Beidi County Commander Heifu build canals for irrigation.

Newly opened fields...

Needless to say, his achievements in the north were undeniable. However, after Hu Hai succeeded to the throne, Li Ling was also imprisoned for the crime of "collaborating with criminals". It was not until Zhang Han raised an army that he was released. Later, he returned to Xianyang and was appointed by the regent.

"Shaofu Shaojian", as Zhang Cang's deputy, went to Ba County to transfer Ba's huge assets - the inheritance of Widow Qing.

Only then can the black man let go and bribe the people in Guanzhong.

But a few days ago, he was urgently dispatched to march westward with Zhou Chang, the governor of Ba County.

"Guanxi has been settled, but the center of Shu is not at peace. Shu County cannot be in chaos. I hope Li Jun can take over Shu County!" This is the letter written by Heifu to Li Ling.

At present, Li Ling followed Zhou Chang's soldiers into Chengdu and met up with Xiao Tao, without any obstruction along the way.

The Shu county was empty, and most of the county soldiers were in Longxi. Even though some of Chang Yi's staff claimed: "I dare not open the city without the order of Lord Chang." However, after Li Ling came forward to persuade him, he showed a new official seal and ribbon, indicating that Chang Yi had already

After entering Xianyang as prime minister, he finally gave in.

The Li family made great contributions to Shu County. His status as the grandson of Bing made him respected by the Shu people. His experience as an old official of Chang Yun allowed Li Ling to persuade some recalcitrant old officials and he was the most suitable candidate to take over Shu County.

Now, after pacifying the elders in the capital, Li Ling returned to the county government and entered the hall. He saw Lieutenant Xiao Tao, Governor Zhou Chang of Ba County, and the general and deputy generals of this operation. They all said nothing and were engrossed in writing on paper.

The atmosphere was unusually silent, and the chief minister and staff beside him did not dare to speak out.

"This is……"

Li Ling's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that these two people were having a conflict?

Along the way, he got along with Zhou Chang, the governor of Ba County. This man was brought from Fengfei by Xiao He, the governor of Su Nei. He had made great achievements in coordinating grain and fodder in Nan County. He was a stubborn man.

As for Xiao Tao, I have always heard that he is the most trusted old subordinate of Wu Zhonghou, with a gentle temperament and a tough man.

If there is a rift between these two people and they are reluctant to talk, it will be very detrimental to the stability of Shu County.

Fortunately, Xiaotao's long history, an Anlu man said in Li Ling's ear:

"Both the lieutenant and Governor Ba were eating, and it was difficult for them to communicate with each other, so they started writing and talking..."

Li Ling suddenly realized that both of them had stuttering problems and it was difficult to control their speech. Xiao Tao was known for being concise and concise when giving orders in the army. He could not speak more than four words in a sentence and did not like long speeches.

The same goes for Zhou Chang. In the original history, he and Deng Ai would work together to contribute the idiom "Qiqi Ai Ai".

This is what happens when one person stutters. If two people stutter together, what kind of scene will it be? I'm afraid they will both blush and have thick necks, and they can't finish a sentence after holding it in for a long time, right?

This led to a scene of writing exchanges. Xiao Tao was eager to learn, and after listening to Heifu's advice to them, "Yu often reads, I think it will be of great benefit." In ten years, he became an illiterate who could write quickly.

Just out of habit, even when Xiao Tao writes on paper, he mostly uses sentences like 3, 4, 3...

Zhou Chang was a little slower, but after all, he made a history of the people of Sishui County in his early years, and his writing was not bad.

After writing an article, the two exchanged words, nodded, and continued to "talk" on the paper.

Li Ling didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he saw that the two people were communicating about the defense issues in Chengdu. For the sake of efficiency, he asked someone to bring the map and let him explain it.

"Two generals."

"The shape of Chengdu is the same as that of King Wu of Qin. It is divided into Shaocheng and Dacheng. Shaocheng is in the west, where the official offices are, and Dacheng is in the east, where merchants from Guizhou Province live."

"There are eight gates in the city, of which there are two gates, both of which are in the big city. They are called Xianyang Gate in the north and Jiangqiao Gate in the south..."

It is called Jiangqiaomen because after exiting the South Gate, to the west and south are the two most important rivers in Chengdu, the Pijiang River and the Jianjiang River (Fuhe and Nanhe). There are seven bridges across the river.

The wooden bridge facilitates merchants and pedestrians to enter and leave the city and shops.

"When my eldest father was the governor of the county, he built seven bridges across the two rivers in Chengdu. It was convenient to build seven bridges. Because the city in the city was too small and occupied many miles, he moved the market to the open space between the two rivers, which was called a new market.

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This new city was located on the outskirts of Chengdu at that time, with the "Er River" as the boundary, and the bridge as the gate and throat, which facilitated control and management, and also facilitated the movement of goods through the waterway. The market opened and closed on time according to the sound of drums every day.

"Therefore, it is said that the two rivers Er and its city."

This is the layout of Chengdu in this era. The "city" is like a person's head, and the "city" is like an earring, placed between the "two rivers" adjacent to the south outside the city.

When Li Ling became an official, he was ordered by Chang Yan to dig the Shixi River across the two rivers to connect the two government-run workshops of Jinguan City and Cheguancheng south of the Jianjiang River, making the new city a Liang Dynasty.

The largest trade center in the region.

Local farmers sold a large amount of surplus grain through the market in exchange for the iron tools, salt, etc. they needed. Merchants exchanged sugar, salt and other materials for a large number of livestock, leather, and horses from the Di and Qiang tribes in western Shu.

Yang Niu was sold to Chengdu. The Southwest Yi commanders in the south provided Chengdu with another kind of goods during wars and attacks: slaves!

Merchants from all over the world also gathered here to transport Shu specialties to the outside world. The five major products were Shu brocade, lacquerware, sugar, well salt, wolfberry sauce wine and slaves. In addition, there were ginger, Dansha, bamboo and wooden utensils.

Trade can generate tens of thousands of city taxes for Shu County every day!

Heifu made it very clear when he appointed Li Ling as the governor of Shu County.

What he needs is not a dilapidated Shu county, but a rear area that can continuously produce large amounts of food and create wealth.

Therefore, Xiao Tao and Zhou Chang need to send troops to maintain order here, not only to guard the city and its people, but also to maintain the market, so that the people of Shu can feel at ease, recover from the turmoil of the power transfer as soon as possible, and continuously transfuse blood for Guanzhong...

It’s the same thing Shu County has done over the past hundred years.

In addition to the city markets, important resource points in Shu counties are also controlled by separate troops.

Zhou Chang still writes and communicates:

"The soldiers from Bajun came across the river from Jiangyang (Luzhou County) to Zizhong (Ziyang County). The sugarcane fields and workshops on both sides of the bank were all safe and sound."

This can ensure that the sugar industry continues to operate. With almost all the people in Nan County being in the army, it can at best ensure that food production continues. The handicraft industry will definitely be affected, and Shu County may take its place and become the sugar production center of the country.

"I'm going south."

Xiao Tao pointed to the two counties on the map, which were the next targets that must be controlled.

"Linqiong." (Qionglai County)

"Strict way!" (Yingjing County)

These are the places where Li Ling fought in the past. He went to the local area to survey, connected the Wenjing River, and divided the Baimu River through Linqiong and Mengxi, all in order to facilitate the development of these two large mines.

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"There is Iron Mountain in Linqiong."

Li Lingyou remembers that in the year when Qin Shihuang destroyed Zhao, a large iron mine was discovered in Linqiong, Shu County.

The First Emperor also asked the Zhuo family, a blacksmith family from Handan, Zhao State, to move to Shu. Most of the relocated captives hoped not to go too far and tried to bribe Shu officials to settle them in Jiameng Pass. However, the Zhuo family thought Jiameng was narrow and narrow.

There are a large number of residents, so life may not be easy in the future. Although there are many people in Chengdu, they will be bullied by others in the areas where they migrate, and will remain at the bottom for a long time. Instead, they will ask to move far away.

So Zhuo Shi was placed in Linqiong, and using his skills, he has now become an iron official.

Also relocated to Linqiong was the Cheng family of the Guandong smelting iron family. With the technical support of these people, Linqiong Tieguan has become the largest iron smelting center in the southwest. It not only satisfies Bashu and Hanzhong, but also relies on Guanzhong.

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Now Heifu is about to fight for the world with the tigers of the Six Kingdoms, and there is no big iron mountain in Guanzhong to smelt weapons. I am afraid that he will have to rely on Shu County, Nanyang, and Hengshan.

As for Yandao, there is a large copper mountain, and no one knows how much mineral deposits it contains. We only know that starting from the Cancong clan in the ancient Shu Kingdom, the Shu people fought countless wars with surrounding tribes for its mining.

The slag left over from smelting can be found all over the mountains and plains. Most of the copper materials used in the splendid cultural relics in Sanxingdui and Jinsha come from here...

This was the main source of raw materials for the entire Qin Dynasty to cast weapons and half-liang coins before it destroyed Chu. During the Han Dynasty, Deng Tong, a favorite of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, came here to cast coins. There is still a proverb: "Deng's money is everywhere in the world."

”, which shows its importance...

Heifu has controlled the Tonglu Mountain in Hengshan County, and Jiangdong has continued to mine lead mines. Together with the Yandao Tongshan, it is enough to fully activate the arsenal before the war, produce tens of thousands of weapons, and cast tens of thousands of weapons.

Thousands of coins...

"But Yan Dao is now under the control of the Yan family. He has Qiong soldiers and thousands of child servants under his command. I'm afraid it will not be easy to deal with."

The Yan family is the younger brother of King Huiwen of Qin. He is a descendant of Chuiliji, who is known as a wise man. Chuiliji was granted the title of Yan. His descendants are the most influential clan in the government and the public. The distant ones include Yan Qing, the former governor of Kuaiji County, and the nearby ones include Yan Qing, the former governor of Kuaiji County.

There is Yan Jin who wants to persuade Chang Yan to fight against the gang.

As the Yan family repeatedly opposed the new government, the family was also sentenced to death by the regent.

But Li Ling felt a little pity: "Yan Junji has made great contributions to the Qin Dynasty. Just because one or two people in the clan oppose the regent does not mean that the entire Yan family wants to cause chaos. Instead of fighting with each other, it is better for me to send my son to persuade him to submit. That will make everything smooth."

Take over Copper Mountain."

"Can."

Xiao Tao said, but this die-hard Heifu, who had always been gentle, said harshly: "I don't obey."

"The Bi tribe!"

Ye Ye is shaking, and there is no peace. Hundreds of rivers are boiling, and mountains and hills are collapsing. The high banks are valleys, and the deep valleys are mausoleums.
To be continued...