Six hundred and seventieth chapter people will be able to conquer the sky
In the winter of December of the third year of Han Yuande's reign, Liu Che's emperor's chariot appeared in Wugong County, Weinan. Le
Liu Che came here to inspect the progress of the project on the Guanzhong side of the Baoxie Road.
Since construction started three years ago.
With the capital injection from Cheng Zheng and Zhuo, the Baoxie Road project was started simultaneously from Wugong in Weinan and Nanzheng in Hanzhong.
This project has so far cost more than 10 million yuan.
In Wugong County alone, more than 5,000 migrant workers have been employed, and construction has been carried out day and night for the past three years.
The difficulty of this project is undoubtedly quite high considering the technical level at this time.
Because the entire Baoxie Road project will pass through numerous mountains and ridges, following the direction of the rivers and mountains, and connecting the Baoxie River and the Xie River. In fact, what is being connected is the two major water systems of the Wei River and the Han River.
Basically, this project, at this time, was no less extraordinary than the Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Once all the projects are completed, the transportation between Shujun and Guanzhong will become very convenient. Guanzhong and Shujun will no longer be divided by the Qinling Mountains. The feeling that the road to Shu is difficult and difficult to reach the sky will disappear.
More importantly, this super project will also change the long-standing problem of water shortage in the Weinan area. It is only the preliminary estimate of Da Nong and Neishi Yamen that on the Guanzhong side, the Baoxie Road project can irrigate nearly 100,000 acres. land, benefiting tens of thousands of people.
Not to mention, once the Baoxie Road is completed, the grain from Guandong can then go up the river via Nanyang, pass through the Han River, enter Nanzheng, and then be transferred from Nanzheng to Guanzhong.
This alone can transport at least millions of more dans of grain to Guanzhong every year, saving more than a million dans of wasted transportation and reducing the number of civilian labor by hundreds of thousands.
It can really be said to benefit the country and the people.
No matter how much attention the Han court attached to it, it could not be overemphasized.
Accompanied by the Shaofu Ling Liu She, Liu Che climbed up to a mountain in Taiyi Mountain and looked at the overall view of the project on the side of Xianshui that had initially taken shape.
The geography and landforms of Wugong County are quite special in the entire Guanzhong.
The highest point is the main peak of Taiyi Mountain, with an altitude of nearly 4,000 meters, but the lowest point, at the intersection of Xieshui River and Weishui River, is only a few hundred meters above sea level.
Therefore, the gap is huge.
That's why the Baoxie Road project is so difficult.
Construction workers will not only have to face the challenges of steep mountains and rapid rivers along the way, but also the terrain of varying heights and lows.
The water transportation channel is not like the plank road, as long as it can pass people, it will be fine.
If you want the channel to pass through the mountains smoothly, you have to dig through the mountains and open the channel.
In this era when there is no gunpowder, you can only rely on a hammer and use your hands to chisel bit by bit. The difficulty can be imagined. Even if gunpowder was invented, it would not be of much help. Gunpowder is not a gun. Its role in engineering is not as expected. So big.
However, the wisdom of working people is infinite.
Especially after the number of construction workers reaches an order of magnitude.
The first thing that was invented was a construction method called "fire burning and water stimulation".
This is a method of cutting mountains and stones using the simplest principle of thermal expansion and contraction.
Using this method, within three years, the construction team dug through four mountains on only one side of the sloping water, and built the largest artificial tunnel group in human history to date.
The largest tunnel is nearly twenty feet long and three feet wide. It can accommodate a large ship with thousands of materials to pass through.
In addition, there are roads in the tunnel for carriages and pedestrians to pass.
Then, in some dangerous areas, people invented the hammer stone method to clear the reefs and boulders in certain sections of the river where the water flow is fast and there are boulders blocking the road.
This is also a stupid method, relying on brute force and sweat to pull out the nails on the road little by little.
In addition, there are some places on the project road that are simply impossible to construct. For example, in some places, the mountains go directly into the river. It is difficult for even people to walk on the banks, let alone digging tunnels.
With no other option, the engineering team had no choice but to dig a concave channel on its shore to divert the river water into the channel and avoid the area.
Even though I came up with so many stupid solutions and spent countless efforts and resources.
However, in some areas, with current engineering technology, the river is too narrow and cannot be widened, or the water flow is too fast, or even a waterfall, and there is no way to construct it.
Therefore, we have no choice but to abandon the excavation of these sections and allow the canal boats to dock at these places. Then, we can use the plank road instead, and then switch to water transportation after passing these sections.
Today, the entire Baoxie Road water transport and irrigation project is basically nearing completion.
Liu Che looked at this great project that was winding and winding all the way through the mountains. He said with emotion to Liu She, the Shaofu Ling next to him: "I heard that Wu Zixu in the past said: The people can conquer the sky, and it is like this today!"
Nowadays, there is no such thing as the saying that man can conquer heaven.
Only humans can defeat heaven, and destiny can also defeat humans.
The awe of God is still deeply rooted in people's hearts. Even the emperor cannot talk nonsense about man conquering heaven.
That will make people complain!
However, as an emperor who had been proven to have the power of kingship and was appointed by Heaven, it was Liu Che's right to say with emotion, "The people will surely defeat Heaven."
"This is all due to His Majesty's divine power, which allows the ghosts and gods to use their strength, and the ministers to use their lives. This is why the ancient natural chasm has now become a clear path!" Liu She immediately said to his horse.
It is not something that ministers can say that the masses of people can conquer heaven.
It's like when Qin Shihuang asked his ministers, "Oh, I think I'm so awesome. The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors are no longer as good as me. What title should I use?"
Of course, the ministers did not dare to answer this question, so they could only flatter him and give him the title of 'Emperor'.
The same is true today. As the emperor and the emperor who is ordered by heaven, Liu Che can naturally say what heaven does, but the ministers cannot.
The only one who can talk to the sky is the emperor!
Liu Che was naturally very happy after hearing this.
Baoxiedao is indeed an eternal problem!
Since the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the ancestors of the Xia Dynasty have discovered that they can enter Hanzhong and arrive at Shu County via Baoxie Road.
The first excavation of the Baoxie plank road recorded in Ming history was during Fan Sui's reign in the Qin Dynasty, in order to transport supplies and supplies to Sima Cuo's army who was conquering Shu.
In the next hundred years, successive Qin kings and famous ministers all wanted to turn the plank road into a channel.
However, the steep mountains and rapid water flow of Baoxie Road made all plans and ideas aborted.
Three hundred years after Fan Sui, this idea finally saw the light of realization in the hands of Liu Che.
Once the Baoxie Road is fully completed, the Han Dynasty will open a highway to the southwest.
The connection between the Han River and the Wei River plays an important role not only in the economy and people's livelihood.
What's more important is that from now on, as long as Baoxie Road exists, Shu County and Daxinxi will no longer be able to separate themselves from each other.
Various Shu regimes have since lost the foundation of their existence.
Of course, now, the Baoxie Road cannot be considered to have been successfully dug.
It has only initially completed the construction on the side of the inclined water.
On the other side of Nanzheng, there are nearly a hundred miles of steep rivers that need to be conquered.
"Young Master, after you return, please pass on my order. As relatives of the Cheng Zheng family and the Zhuo family in Linqiong, they are rich and noble but not coquettish. Their sincerity is commendable. Cheng Zheng Ying will be granted the title of Lord Chengxin, and Prince Zhuo and his grandson will be granted the title of Lord Jiaxin!
"Liu Che ordered calmly.
In fact, the two father-in-laws should have been given the status of kings according to tradition long ago.
In the Han Dynasty and among the group of feudal lords, the biggest source was relatives.
There are even many relatives who directly wait for him.
However, for now, the Liu family is still very hypocritical when it comes to their relatives.
Generally speaking, when it comes to the issue of rewards for relatives, there is a lot of entanglement between them, as if they want to build a memorial arch even though they have become a prostitute.
I think back then, Emperor Taizong was procrastinating again and again on the issue of the title of marquis for his two brothers-in-law.
Empress Dowager Dou's brother Dou Changjun died before he could even wait until he was granted the title of Marquis.
Young Master Dou Guangguo also struggled for many years until Liu Che's father came to power before he was named Zhang Wuhou.
It was Liu Che's turn to be the emperor. As the emperor who claimed to be Taizong's successor, he was naturally on the same level as Emperor Taizong when it came to the issue of relatives.
So far, he has only made Yi Zong the Marquis of Dongcheng. In addition, because he wanted to win over Empress Dowager Dou, he made Chen Xi the Marquis of Longlu.
In addition, the relatives of other concubines mainly rewarded them with money and silk.
This is the first time since Liu Che came to the throne to confer royal titles to Zhuo Wangsun and Cheng Zhengying.
However, others have no way to talk about this matter.
If you have the ability, donate to a super channel like a praise channel.
Not to mention being a king, you can also be a marquis! (To be continued.)
ps: I just got home today, take a rest, and will resume normal updates tomorrow
