Chapter 2562 People come to the mountain to open up a small area
Hanzhong.
Zhang Liao and Xu Huang were patrolling with a team of troops.
Hanzhong is an important node from Chang'an to Sichuan and Shu, and is also a buffer point in the east-west direction. From Hanzhong to Chang'an, the Tangluo Road and Baoxie Road are now relatively smooth, except for the Ziwu Road.
After all, it is quite difficult to expand Ziwu Road into a road for carriages and horses. It is not an ordinary difficulty, but a very difficult one.
In order to increase the smoothness of the road and expand the flow of cargo throughput, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, after repeated discussions, in addition to further expanding the width of Tangluo Road and Baoxie Road, another longer Chencang Road was entered.
within the agenda of restoration and development.
If Chencang Road can be re-opened, it will also relieve some pressure on the transshipment center in the south of Chang'an City. Because Chencang Road first goes to Xianyang and then turns to Chang'an. In this way, it will not only reduce the traffic pressure at Luoyukou, but also promote
Leading the economic development of Youfufeng.
Yes, economical.
This term was first coined by General Hussar, and it quickly became the consensus of everyone.
To manage the country and benefit the people is called economy, which is easy to understand.
The longer you follow the General Hussars, the more or less you will become like Fei Qian. Phew, I have learned some new knowledge...
Xu Huang will leave Hanzhong in two days and go to Sichuan. He plans to take Micang Road and first go to Badong in central Sichuan.
Micang Road takes the central line of Sichuan. If the Micang line is stabilized, it means that the middle of Sichuan is stabilized. Jinniu Road is in the west of Sichuan, and Micang Road is in the middle of Sichuan. These two are added together, plus Yufu County is stationed in the east of Sichuan.
, Yong'an County and other places can make the entire Sichuan and Shu stable.
There is a saying in later generations that if you want to be rich, build roads first, but in the Han Dynasty, if you want stability, build roads first.
Roads can be said to be the extension of human civilization. Just like animals defecate and urinate on a territory to determine the area, human roads are to delineate their own sphere of influence.
Near Baoxie Road, there are now many camps and some factories are being built.
On one side of the factory building, military camps and civilian residential areas were built.
The location of Baoxie Road is mainly for commercial cargo transportation, because it is more to the west and closer to Jinniu Road. The distance for transshipment and other things will be shorter. Unless you are not worried about the shelf life of the goods, you will continue to go east for a while.
, transfer to Tangluo Road, otherwise most of the goods will go to Chang'an from Baoxie Road.
When the Zhang family rebelled, a military stronghold was built here. Now, after Zhang Liao took over the military affairs of Hanzhong, he not only expanded the military stronghold, but also expanded the private camp.
Hanzhong actually doesn't have many things to offer, and the quality of tea is actually average. However, as a transshipment center, it has already made a lot of money just by transshipping goods from east to west, north to south.
"My lord told me before that there is a "container" method," Zhang Liao said to Xu Huang, "I couldn't understand what it meant at first, until I got here..."
This camp is all about making boxes and cages, and many people in the camp are busy. The camp manager on the side nodded and bowed, Zhang Liao said a few words to him, and then sent him back to work.
There is no technical threshold for making cages. Anyone can make them, so the size and length of the cages vary depending on who makes them.
Such size inconsistencies cause trouble during transportation.
Because both the Baoxie Road and the Tangluo Road have both water and land transportation, that is to say, in some places where it is easy to walk by water, you can go by water; in some places where the water flow is too fast or there is a lack of water in winter, you can go by land. So it needs to be done frequently.
When transporting, changing cars or boats, etc., the boxes and cages of different sizes make the placement very cumbersome. Sometimes in order to stuff a certain item into the car or boat, you have to adjust it several times.
Just like moving chess pieces on Huarong Road, big, small, long and flat, piled in one place.
Xu Huang's own intelligence value is also quite high. After watching it for a while, he suddenly understood.
"This is a wonderful move!" Xu Huang nodded and said, "After a certain person arrives in Sichuan and Sichuan, he will also have boxes and cages of the same size made in Sichuan and Sichuan!"
Unified standard cages will save a lot of time and speed up the operation. Of course, compared with the original "adjustment and plugging" mode, unified standard cages may lead to insufficient utilization of some spaces. After all, not all goods can be
It just fills up a standard cage, but the increase in transfer speed can greatly offset this waste of space.
After all, now that we have crane equipment, it only takes a while to drop it all together.
The positions of Xu Huang and Zhang Liao were on a small hill, and far below the hill, there were working civilians and laborers everywhere, as well as a large number of Hu slaves, including the Ba people after the last defeat.
Di people and so on.
"The factories and housing here will be fully repaired in about a month. At that time, these people can go into the mountains and build new plank roads," Zhang Liao said, "At the north end of Chencang Road, almost all of them need plank roads... But really
If it is repaired, this road will be faster than Baoxie Road!"
Most of the people working here are middle-aged men. Fifty people are organized into a team, and five teams are organized into a song. Soldiers from one team will supervise and supervise the work. When the work of building houses here is completed, the rest are basically
It is a relatively light job such as producing boxes and cages, so heavy labor is not required and needs to be arranged separately.
Xu Huang nodded, then looked around and said, "Can you still keep up with the food and grass reserves?"
As a general, the first thing he cares about is naturally his soldiers and equipment. To a certain extent, food and grass are also a type of equipment rationing.
Zhang Liao smiled and said, "Thanks to Mrs. Zhang..."
Xu Huang was startled for a moment, and then he laughed, "Indeed. Haha, it's indeed true..."
Labor is not free, it also requires money and food. In the past, concentrating a large number of these labor forces for a long time would really give local officials a headache. But now, because of the suppression of the Zhang family and the "atonement" of the related gentry heroes who followed suit
silver"……
To a certain extent, it is indeed the "Atonement Silver".
Contradictory opposition and unity, light and shadow are always together.
Just like arsenic, it was originally a medicine.
When it comes to arsenic, cinnabar, etc., many people may shudder. In fact, as long as these "poisons" that can be fatal are scientifically and strictly prepared, mixed, controlled in dosage, and adapted to the disease, they can cure diseases and save lives, and even achieve positive results.
Unexpected effects. Simply put, if used well, it is medicine; if used excessively, it is poison.
"Let them build the road then, from Baoxie Road to Chencang Road." Zhang Liao pointed to the north, "It's just that the soil is hard in winter, it rains again in spring, and there are many insects in summer..."
Xu Huang nodded and said: "Yes, there are difficulties at any time, but you can't just never do it when you have difficulties?"
"Haha, that's the truth." Zhang Liao said with a smile, "Are you going forward? Today I remember there is a place where I want to draw thunder to open the mountain and remove the huge rocks."
Xu Huang agreed, and the two of them continued forward, entered Baoxie Road, and walked along the road. After walking for more than an hour, they turned into a fork in the road, and then walked for a while.
It became more and more rugged and I couldn't ride a horse, so I dismounted under the rock and climbed up the rock.
The mountains in each place have their own characteristics. The mountains in the southwest have many caves, and in the Qinling Mountains, huge rocks and stacked structures have become roadblocks blocking the road.
In the Qinling Mountains, there are granite shale, volcanic rock, marble, etc., all of which are different, but basically they are all large and hard, completely different from sandstone or limestone.
If there is no gunpowder, the only way to create a passage in the mountains is to build a plank road.
Historically, there was actually a plank road here.
Lianyun Plank Road.
Construction began in the Han Dynasty, and it was only completed in the Northern Wei Dynasty, which took nearly two hundred years. This was an age without gunpowder, and it was a time when roads were cut out of rocks!
Chinese people have never been afraid of difficulties as long as they have a direction!
What I fear most is losing my direction.
Do not seek God, because God does not save others, but only seeks yourself.
If there is a mountain in the way, you can move the mountain!
When there is flooding, it is water control!
This was the case for the ancient people. Is it possible that subsequent generations have become weaker and weaker?
Most of the people who built the mountains here were slaves. These guys who originally tried to plunder China now had to face a bitter pill that was hard to swallow. These slaves greatly made up for the lack of labor force, especially heavy labor, making
The process of digging mountains and building roads here has been accelerated.
Plus gunpowder.
Of course, external claims are called "Five Elements Thunder".
"My subordinates pay homage to the general!" The military academy in charge of gunpowder came to pay homage.
"No gift," Zhang Liao nodded, "How are you preparing?"
"General Qi, everything is ready, and we are now evacuating people down there." the military academy responded.
Gunpowder is a special item, and it is under the dual jurisdiction of the military and craftsmen. The Huang craftsmen are responsible for approving the quantity, location, and usage conditions, while the military grenadiers are responsible for the specific use. Such double insurance will last for a long time.
The confidentiality of the gunpowder is guaranteed within time, but sooner or later someone will find a loophole. These measures are just delaying it as much as possible.
After all, some technologies will become obsolete.
The gunpowder used to open mountains today has been revised, improved, and improved again and again. In this process, the chemical industry, physical chemistry theory and research are also making continuous progress.
If in the original Han Dynasty, even if there was gunpowder manufacturing, they would at most make a note, such as where the raw materials are the best charcoal, where the best saltpeter is, etc., but it will definitely not be like today.
Likewise, Huang's craftsmen were always following him, recording every detail of the situation, and then summarizing it to Chang'an...
The charcoal in a certain place is good, why is it good?
The saltpeter in one place is good, but why is the saltpeter in the other two places bad?
To put it simply, the big Han people, at least the big Han people in Guanzhong, began to move from knowing what happened to knowing why it happened.
This is a small step, but it is also a huge step.
Just like the current construction of Lianyun Plank Road, it seems to be a small step to change from Baoxie Road to Chencang Road, but it means a bigger, wider and smoother direction.
"Be careful and be safe." Although saying this is generally a cliché, Zhang Liao still said, "Okay, let's go."
This time, it was not the first time for Zhang Liao to watch the release of medicine to open the mountains, but for Xu Huang, it was still quite new.
Hanzhong is mountainous and the roads are difficult to walk.
There are more mountains in Sichuan and Sichuan, and the roads are more difficult to walk.
In other words, since the birth of China in ancient times, this road has never been easy.
Isn’t it just like this, step by step?
"It is said that there are two ways to make this mountain-opening thunder," Zhang Liao said to Xu Huang while looking into the distance. "One is called the lost wax method. As the name suggests, it is to first make a mold with wax and apply a mud shell on the outside.
Then when the mud shell dries, it can be baked with fire, and then the wax will flow out..."
"Do you understand this?" Xu Huang was a little surprised.
Zhang Liao laughed and said, "Curious, I'm just curious. I just checked some internal documents..."
Xu Huang nodded, and his evaluation of Zhang Liao was higher.
In the military, matters are very complicated. Especially for the commander-in-chief of an army, sometimes there are so many things that are unimaginable. From major battle planning, to the eating and drinking of soldiers, and even the behavior of some non-commissioned officers in the army.
I have mood swings, I have to take care of them sometimes, and there are a lot of documents to be approved every day. Is there any time to read internal documents that are not of much importance?
Just for personal curiosity?
Of course, if it is just for the sake of ease, you can leave all these matters to the adjutant or the clerk, but whether others do it for you, and the effect, it is up to others to have the final say...
Xu Huang gained a lot from this visit to Hanzhong.
This kind of gain does not mean how much money has been gained, but the personal growth. After staying in Chang'an for a long time, it is easy to solidify your thinking. Now when I went out for a trip, Xu Huang found that he had gained a lot of new knowledge.
Xu Huang has a calm personality. On the one hand, this calmness is innate, and on the other hand, it is acquired. Compared with Xu Huang, Zhang Liao is a lot more lively, especially since Zhang Liao is not like in history.
A person who surrendered to Cao Cao as a loser would naturally not be as cautious as in history. Even if he was suspected of being monitored by Cao Cao, he would pretend not to see it...
Therefore, Zhang Liao's current thinking is more open-minded and goes further than Xu Huang.
Just like the peasant and soldier training promoted by Zhang Liao in Hanzhong.
Peasants and soldiers are not a new term, but "peasants and soldiers training" is.
Xu Huang watched "Peasant and Soldier Training" two days ago.
The "peasant-soldier training" is somewhat similar to the "peasant-soldier integration" during the Spring and Autumn Period of the Zhou Dynasty, but there are essential differences.
The "military-peasant integration" system means that service members are scattered in villages and communities to work as farmers in peacetime, and are temporarily recruited as soldiers in times of war. When they are farmers on weekdays, their weapons are returned to the state for unified custody. When conscription is needed, they are also
Weapons are also issued.
This type of peasant soldiers is obviously different from the standing soldiers who are always in their hands and never leave their hands, forming a system of soldiers who are assembled before battle and temporarily assigned troops.
The reason why the "soldier-peasant integration" system will be eliminated is because the combat effectiveness of this thing is too low and it is purely cannon fodder. As the intensity of the war on the Chinese battlefield becomes more and more intense, such low-quality soldiers will naturally
It becomes less and less suitable for the needs of war.
However, Zhang Liao's "peasant and soldier training" is not required in case of war, it seems that it is just for training farmers...
It was like Xu Huang saw a peasant-soldier training.
That was near Tunpu No. 5 in Hanzhong.
The No. 5 camp is surrounded by fields. There are about 200 households in the camp. There is a school ground, which is not big, and the peasants and soldiers train in the school ground.
There is no farm work in winter, and those who participate in training are rich, so many people are very enthusiastic. Anyway, they are idle, and they don’t have to go into battle to kill the enemy. Wouldn’t it be nice to use some money to supplement the family income?
In fact, the training effect is not very good.
But this is not important. What is important is that these farmers have taken the first step from inside their homes to the outdoors.
Then there is the competition between the forts, just like the competition between soldiers. Someone wins, and naturally someone loses. If you win, you will be rewarded. If you lose, you will go back with a bruised nose and a swollen face, and you will inevitably hold your breath.
, we will compare again next year.
This is because the farmers in the camp want to win, rather than others forcing them to win.
Zhang Liao said that he planned to improve this model and then report it to General Hussar to see if it could be extended to all military forts...
Soldiers in the field, serving as soldiers when the farming is slack, and farming when the farming is busy, looks beautiful, but it is not a good idea, because no one can guarantee that the enemy will also cooperate with the seasonal farming season, and only fight when the farming is slack, or that
Halfway through the war, when they saw that there was not enough time and the busy farming season was approaching, the two sides closed the war and went back to their respective homes to wait for the next year to continue.
Therefore, the year-round standing conscription system adopted by the Hussars General is more in line with current needs. However, such a conscription system also brings some problems, that is, farmers only focus on farming. Once the military line is lost, they do not have any combat experience.
The farmer may collapse instantly.
This is the conclusion that Zhang Liao came to based on the battle of Hanzhong. No matter how many peasants and soldiers Zhang recruited at that time, or how many troops they seemed to have, as long as the frontline of the soldiers collapsed, there would be a complete collapse, and there would be no way to save them.
return.
If there are farmers and soldiers who can rely on the Wubao to stand up for a while, or not to run away with the chaos, or even just need to be able to understand the orders of the soldiers when fleeing, and distinguish the left and right, so as not to directly run into the army formation that has finally been gathered together,
What about the cascading effects that don’t form a snowball?
Is this another situation?
This is the importance of "peasant and soldier training".
These farmers are not necessarily required to go into battle to kill the enemy, but if they can play a role in extreme situations, then the training expenses, money and food expenses spent before will be worth it!
Xu Huang exhaled slightly.
It seems that I have been stable for a while, but someone is chasing me...
Xu Huang thought to himself, and then glanced at Zhang Liao. And the Zhang Wenyuan at the moment was probably thinking about writing a military book and doing some military preparations. Otherwise, how could he be willing to take the time to understand the more obscure knowledge?
?
For example, how to make Five Elements Thunder...
"Let's start a fire!" Zhang Liao pointed to the waving red flag on the mountain.
After a while, there was a loud bang that echoed among the rock walls of the valley. Even though it was so far away, it still felt like the eardrums were buzzing and could not subside for a long time.
"It's open, the mountain is open!" Some soldiers came forward to check, and then shouted to the bottom of the mountain, "A new road has been opened!"
