There is a river outside Jincheng City called Qingyi Shuijiang.
From this river, you can quickly reach Bodao by boat.
There are two roads here on Bodao, one is Nanyi Road, that is, continue to the southeast from Bodao, and you can reach Pingyi County, Hansuo, the Governor's Mansion of Nijiang, and then enter Zoke County from Pingyi.
Ma Zhong took this path.
There is Zoke River in Zoke County, which is several miles wide. You can go directly to Jiaozhou by boat.
The second road is Qin Wuchi Road, which starts from Bo Road, passes through Shimen to Zhuti, then passes through Wei County, and finally reaches Guandao in the Dianchi area.
During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Tang Meng also "cut stones to open a pavilion to connect to Nanzhong", renovated and expanded the Wuchi Road, and strengthened his control over the Nanzhong area.
Because this road is connected with Zhu Ti, it is also called Zhu Ti Road.
The place where Feng Yong wants to plant sugar cane in Nanzhong is basically a county connected by these two roads.
And these two roads are used as transportation arteries to transport things from Nanzhong.
Without these two paths, everything is nonsense.
In this era without planes, trains or even cars, all transportation relies on ships and human and animal power.
Even carriages cannot travel on the five-foot road.
Therefore, if you want to increase the transportation capacity of Wuchi Road, you must at least have enough animal power.
If you want enough animal power, you must have enough animals, not the two-legged ones, but the four-legged ones.
The Yunnan horse is the best means of transportation in South China, bar none.
Raising horses is also very particular. You can't just raise them casually. In addition to eating well and drinking well, you also need to have excellent stallions. Inferior stallions must be castrated to prevent the horse population from degenerating.
In the jurisdiction of Zhuti County, which is the hub of Wuchi Road, there is a county called Tanglang County. It is located to the west of Zhuti County and is named after Tanglang Mountain in its territory.
There is a lake at the foot of Tanglang Mountain, called Horse Lake, and there are many fine horses around it.
A few horses are also called dragon colts because they are so handsome.
For example, Meng Huo's horse.
Some people say that there are dragons in the Ma Lake in Tanglang County. As long as the horses are tied up by the lake overnight, if you are lucky enough, the dragons in the lake will come out at night and see the horses by the lake. They will mate with the horses and give birth to horses.
It's the Dragon Horse.
With enough manpower, the first thing Feng Yong did was to go to Ma Hu and try his best to find excellent horse breeds.
Later generations often say that before Zhuge Liang pacified Nanzhong, there were four counties in Nanzhong, but in fact, there should be five counties.
That is, Zangke, Yuexi, Yizhou, Yongchang, plus Zhuti.
Zhuti County is sandwiched between Zangke and Yuexi. To the south is Yizhou County. Its administrative seat is Zhuti County, which governs the five counties of Zhuti, Hanyang, Nanguang, Tanglang and Nanchang.
But Zhuti County is a rather special place. In addition to being the hub of Wuchi Road, it is also a place where Confucianism flourishes. Many upper-class barbarians take the initiative to study Chinese books and practice Chinese, and the ethnic relations are relatively harmonious.
Therefore, when the Nanzhong barbarians rebelled, most of the barbarian chiefs in Zhuti County did not respond to Meng Huo and Gaoding - with the exception of one county, which was Tanglang County located to the west of Zhuti County.
At that time, Yong Kai was entrenched in Tanglang County, constantly threatening Zhuti County, and even tried to capture Zhuti County, the seat of Zhuti County.
When Meng Huo led troops north from Yizhou County, he joined forces with Yong Kai, which simply shocked Zhuti County three times in one day.
Nowadays, although Tanglang County has returned to the Han Dynasty in name, it is actually a mess.
Various scattered rebels, officials, etc. are hiding in the mountains and forests. In addition, the priority is to quell the Menghuo Rebellion, so Tanglang County has not even appointed a county magistrate.
Of course, even if the county magistrate and the like were really sent, I'm afraid no one would dare to take office - if there aren't enough people, wouldn't going there mean you are going to die?
Even if there are enough people to protect him and take office, it will be uncomfortable.
Being an official under the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty does not mean that you can get through as long as you can. If you can't achieve anything, will the Prime Minister think highly of you?
Not only do I look down upon you, but if there is any riot among the barbarians and you cannot quell it, then you will be held accountable.
The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty is too capable, so it will be difficult for the people under his command to get along.
The governor of Zhuti County was Li Hui, but Li Hui's main position was the governor of Gajiang, and his seat was far away in Pingyi, so the person in charge of the county was actually the county magistrate.
The counties in Nanzhong are now in a state of distress. Rebuilding order after the war and wiping out the remnants of the rebels will not happen overnight.
Although most of the barbarian chiefs in Zhuti County did not respond to the rebellion, it is impossible to say that Zhuti County was not affected by the rebellion.
Just because of the rebellion, the trade between Nanzhong and Shuzhong was almost cut off. As the main trade route, Wuchi Road suddenly lost the caravans. The function of Wuchi Road was useless. What use was there as a hub of Wuchi Road?
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Therefore, the taxes in Zhuti County have been greatly reduced in recent years.
So Zhang Biao, the magistrate of Zhuti County, was overjoyed when he heard that Feng Langjun, who had the Midas touch to turn stone into gold, came to Zhuti to inspect with his troops.
Not only did he personally take his officials from the county out of the city to greet him, but he also held a banquet in the city of Zhuti County.
"Li Langjun, Governor Li is the prefect of Zhuti. As the county magistrate, I am looking after this place for Governor Li. This time you come, please take care of the people of Zhuti County on behalf of Governor Li."
During the dinner, Zhang Biao first had a relationship with Li Jila.
"Zhang Juncheng, I just followed my brother here this time. I only listen to my brother in everything."
Li Yi was very familiar with officialdom and answered tactfully.
Zhang Biao nodded repeatedly, then turned to Feng Yong, "Who knows the name of Feng Langjun in today's Han Dynasty? He proposed plans to fix Nanzhong, prosper Hanzhong, and made a tune, shaft, and eight ox plows. Not only among his peers, he also looked at the entire Han Dynasty.
, not many people can do such a big thing."
"The prime minister said that he is a young hero, and the queen praised him as the best young man in the Han Dynasty. It is really no exaggeration!"
"Haha, Zhang Juncheng is over-reputed, and his reputation is just empty."
Feng Yong quickly said modestly.
At the same time, I was thinking, what does this guy named Zhang want to do when he flatters me so loudly?
On the other hand, the subordinates of Zhuti County hid their faces after hearing the words of their own chief. After all, Commander, you are also a young and famous person. I used to think you were quite aloof. Why do you suddenly seem to be a different person today?
Zhang Biao saw that the people under his command were confused and cursed in his heart, these idiots!
Who doesn't know that Feng Yongnai is famous for turning stones into gold, and bringing so many people here to inspect Zhu Ti's farming is an opportunity that no one else could ask for.
Look at Li Qiu, the magistrate of Nanxiang County in Hanzhong, it is as if he is an official lying on gold.
If Feng Yongye can be allowed to reach out and give Zhu Ti a hand, not to mention how much money he can make, but his political achievements will be enough to fill his belly. Then, even in front of the Prime Minister, he will be more confident than others.
Not to mention King Feng Gui's reputation in Nanzhong for being able to stop children from crying at night. If he could use his reputation to frighten the barbaric officials in Tanglang County, that would be the best thing.
Seeing the boss above him constantly signaling with his eyes, someone below him finally reacted.
Someone was heard saying loudly, "Why should Feng Langjun be so humble? If nothing else, even in Nanzhong, Feng Langjun was famous among the barbarians. I heard that even Meng Huo was frightened by Feng Langjun."
We retreated hundreds of miles in a row. Who in the south knows the name of the Ghost King?"
Feng Yong's face stiffened after hearing this. Would he be flattering?
If you don’t know how to take pictures, don’t take random pictures! You’re on my horse’s leg, you know?
He looked at the person who spoke, with a smile on his face and asked, "May I ask who this is?"
When the man saw that Feng Langjun had noticed him, he stood up and saluted a little flattered, "I am the commander-in-chief of Zhuti County."