Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2561 People go to the front of the mountain for small development

  Hanzhong.

  Zhang Liao and Xu Huang are patrolling with a team of people.

  Hanzhong is an important node from Chang'an to Sichuan and Shu, and also a buffer point in the east-west direction. From Hanzhong to Chang'an, Tangluo Road and Baoxie Road are relatively smooth now, except Ziwu Road.

  After all, it is really difficult for Meridian Road to expand into a road for vehicles and horses. It's not ordinary difficulty, but very difficult.

In order to increase the smoothness of the road and expand the flow of goods, after repeated discussions between Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, in addition to further expanding the width of the Tangluo Road and the Baoxie Road, another Chencang Road with a longer distance was entered. On the agenda of restoration and pioneering.

  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 went to Xianyang, and then turned to Chang'an. In this way, not only can the traffic pressure of Luoyukou be eased, but also the economic development of Youfufeng can be promoted.

   Yes, economy.

   This word was first coined by the Hussar General, and soon became the consensus of everyone.

  Economic economy, it is easy to understand.

  The longer I follow the Hussar General, the more or less I will become Feiqian, bah, I learned some new knowledge...

  Xu Huang will leave Hanzhong in two days and go to Sichuan and Sichuan. He is going to take the Micang Road and go to Badong, Central Sichuan to have a look.

  Micang Road follows the Sichuan Central Line, if the Micang Line is stabilized, it means that the Sichuan Central Line is stabilized. West Sichuan of Jinniu Road, Central Sichuan of Micang Road, the combination of these two, together with Yufu County and Yong'an County stationed in East Sichuan, will make the whole Sichuan and Sichuan 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 to be stable, build roads first.

  Roads can be said to be the extension of human civilization, just like animals defecate and pee on a site to determine the scope, the road of human beings is to delimit their own sphere of influence.

  Near the Baoxie Road, there are many camps now, and some factories are under construction.

  On the side of the factory building, military barracks and civilian residential areas were built.

The positioning of Baoxie Road is mainly for the transportation of commercial goods, because this side is more westward, and it is also closer to Jinniu Road, and the distance for transshipment will be shorter. Unless it is goods that do not worry about the shelf life, it will continue to go east for a while , turn to Tangluo Road, otherwise most of the goods will go to Chang'an from Baoxie Road.

  During Zhang’s rebellion, a military camp was built here, but now, after Zhang Liao took over Hanzhong’s military affairs, he not only expanded the military camp, but also expanded the private camp.

  In fact, there are not many things that Hanzhong can sell, and the quality of the tea is actually average, but as a transshipment center, it has already earned a lot of money just by transshipping goods from east to west.

  『My lord told me before that there is a "container" method," Zhang Liao said to Xu Huang, "I couldn't figure out what it meant at first, until I got here..."

  This camp is all making cages, and many people in the camp are busy. The camp steward at 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 cages, anyone can make them, so whoever makes the cages, the size and length are all different.

   And such inconsistencies in size lead to troubles in the transportation process.

  Because whether it is Baoxie Road or Tangluo Road, both water and land transport, that is to say, in some places it is easy to travel by water, you can use water, and in some places where the water flow is too fast or there is a lack of water in winter, you can use land. Therefore, frequent transshipment is required, such as changing cars and boats, and the boxes and cages of different sizes make it very cumbersome to place. Sometimes in order to stuff a certain item in the car or boat, you have to do it several times. Adjustment is like moving Huarong Dao's chess pieces, big and small, long and flat, piled up in one place.

  Xu Huang's own intelligence value is also quite high. After watching it for a while, it suddenly dawned on him.

  『This move is wonderful! "Xu Huang nodded and said, "When a certain arrives in Sichuan, he will also ask Sichuan to make cages of the same size! 』

  Unified standard cages will save a lot of time and speed up the operation. Of course, compared with the original "adjustment and plugging" mode, the uniform standard cage may make some space utilization insufficient. After all, not all goods can be filled exactly in a standard cage, but the speed of transshipment can be greatly improved. Large offsets this waste of space.

  After all, now that there is a boom device, it only takes a while to rise and fall.

The location of Xu Huang and Zhang Liao is on a small hill, and far below the hill, there are laborers and laborers everywhere, and there are also a large number of Hu slaves, including the Ba people after the last defeat. Di people and so on.

"The factories and houses 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, "Almost all the plank roads are needed at the northern end of Chencang Road... But if it is really After repairing it, this road can't be said to be faster than the Bao ramp! 』

Most of the people who work here are middle-aged men. Fifty people form a team, five teams form a song, and a team of soldiers supervises the work. When the work of building houses here is finished, the rest is basically It is relatively light work such as the production of boxes and cages, so the heavy labor is not needed, and additional arrangements are required.

  Xu Huang nodded, then looked left and right, and said, "Can the grain and grass reserves keep up?" 』

  As a general, the first thing he cares about is soldiers and equipment. To a certain extent, food and grass are also a kind of equipment rationing.

  Zhang Liao smiled and said, "This is all thanks to Mrs. Zhang..."

  Xu Huang was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed, "Indeed. Haha, that’s true…”

Labor is not free, but also requires money and food. If it was before, concentrating a large number of these labors for a long time would really cause headaches for local officials. silver"…

   To some extent, it is indeed "Atonement Silver".

   Contradictory opposites and unity, light and shadow are always together.

   Like arsenic, it was originally a blind medicine.

  When it comes to arsenic, cinnabar, etc., many people may shudder. These "poisons" that can be fatal, in fact, as long as they are scientifically and strictly processed, compatible, controlled dosage, and identified the appropriate disease syndrome, they can cure diseases and save lives, and even receive unexpected effects. To put it simply, if used well, it is medicine, and if used indiscriminately, it is poison.

  『At that time, let them build the road from Baoxie Road to Chencang Road. Zhang Liao pointed to the north, "It's just that the soil is hard in winter, it's rainy in spring, and there are many insects in summer..."

  Xu Huang nodded and said, "That's right, there are always difficulties, but there should be no difficulties at all, so why don't you do it forever?" 』

  『Haha, that’s exactly the reason. ’ Zhang Liao said with a smile, ‘Are you walking forward? Today I remember that there is a place to lead thunder to open mountains and remove boulders. 』

Xu Huang agreed, and the two continued to move forward, entered the praise ramp, and walked along the road. After walking for more than an hour, they turned into a fork, 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 the characteristics of each place. There are many caves in the mountains in the southwest, and in the Qinling Mountains, huge rocks and stacked structures have become obstacles blocking the road.

  In the Qinling Mountains, there are hemp shale, volcanic rock, and marble, etc., which vary, but basically they are all big and hard, completely different from that kind of sandstone or limestone.

  If there is no gunpowder, if you want to open a passage in the mountains, you have to build a plank road.

  In history, there really was a plank road here.

  Lianyun Plank Road.

  The construction began in the Han Dynasty, and it was not completely completed until the Northern Wei Dynasty. It took nearly two hundred years to complete the construction. That was the era without gunpowder, the era when roads were cut out of rocks!

  Chinese people, as long as they have a direction, they never say "fear of difficulties"!

   What I fear most is losing my direction.

  Do not seek God, because God does not save others, but only seeks oneself.

  If there are mountains to block, it is to move mountains!

  When there is water flooding, it is water control!

  The people of the ancient times were like this. Could it be that the future generations have become weaker and weaker?

   Most of the people who started the mountain here were slaves. These guys who originally planned to plunder China now have to face a hard-to-swallow bitter fruit. These slaves greatly made up for the shortage of labor, especially heavy labor, which accelerated the process of building mountains and roads here.

   Plus gunpowder.

  Of course, it is declared to the outside world that they are all called "Five Elements Thunder".

  『Subordinates greet the general! 』The military academy in charge of gunpowder came to pay a visit.

  『Excuse me,』 Zhang Liao nodded, 『How are you getting ready? 』

  『General Qi, everything has been prepared, and the personnel are being evacuated. ’ the military academy replied.

  Gunpowder is a special item, and it is under the dual jurisdiction of the military and craftsmen. The craftsmen of the Huang family are responsible for approving the quantity, location, and conditions of use, while the grenadiers in the army are responsible for the specific use. This kind of double insurance will guarantee the confidentiality of the gunpowder for a long time, but sooner or later someone will find a loophole. These measures are just delaying as much as possible.

   After all, some technologies will become obsolete.

  The gunpowder used to open mountains today has undergone revisions, improvements, and improvements time and time again. During this process, the chemical industry, theories and research on physical chemistry are also constantly improving.

If it is in the original big man, even if there is gunpowder manufacturing, at most it will be recorded, for example, the raw material should be the best charcoal over there, the best saltpeter over there, etc., but it will definitely not be like the current situation. Similarly, there are craftsmen of the Huang family who have been following by, constantly recording a little bit of the situation, and then summarizing it to Chang'an...

  The charcoal in a certain place is good, because of what?

  The saltpetre in one place is good, but the saltpeter in the other two places is not good?

   To put it simply, the big man, at least the big man in Guanzhong, began to move from knowing what is to knowing why.

  This is a small step, but it is also a huge step.

  Like the current construction of the Lianyun Plank Road, it seems to be a small step from Baoxie Road to Chencang Road, but it means a bigger, wider and smoother direction.

  『Be careful and safe. ’ Although saying such things is probably a cliché, Zhang Liao still said, ‘Okay, let’s go. 』

   It is not the first time for Zhang Liao to watch the opening of the mountains this time, but for Xu Huang, it is quite new.

  Hanzhong is mountainous, and the roads are very difficult to walk.

  Sichuan and Shu have more mountains, and the roads are even more difficult to walk.

   In other words, China has been born since ancient times, and this road has not been easy to walk.

   Isn’t that how you walked step by step?

"It is said that there are two ways to do this thunderbolt," 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 make a mold with wax and cover it with a mud shell. Then the mud shell can be baked with fire when it dries, and the wax will flow out...』

  『You understand all this? 』Xu Huang was a little surprised.

  Zhang Liao laughed and said, "Curiosity, I'm just curious, I just checked some internal documents..."

  Xu Huang nodded, and he had a higher opinion of Zhang Liao in his heart.

  In the military, things are very complicated. Especially the leader of an army, sometimes there are so many things that are unimaginable. From major campaign planning, down to eating, drinking, and messing with soldiers, and even the mood swings of some military academy officers in the army, sometimes they have to take care of them, and there are a lot of papers that need to be approved every day. What irrelevant internal literature do you read?

   Just a personal curiosity?

  Of course, if it’s just for ease, you can leave all these matters to the adjutants or civil servants to do it, but if others do it for you, the effect is that others have the final say...

   This time in Hanzhong, Xu Huang gained a lot.

  This kind of harvest does not mean how much money you get, but your personal growth. After staying in Chang'an for a long time, his thinking tends to solidify. Now that he came out for a walk, 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 born, on the other hand, it is acquired. Compared with Xu Huang, Zhang Liao is much more lively, especially Zhang Liao did not vote for Cao Cao as a loser as in history, so naturally he will not be as cautious as in history , Even if Cao Cao suspects and monitors him, he pretends not to see it...

   Therefore, Zhang Liao's current thinking is more open than Xu Huang's, and he goes further.

   It's like Zhang Liao's peasant and soldier training in Hanzhong.

  Nongbing is not a new term, but "Nongbing training" is.

  Xu Huang watched "Peasant Soldiers Training" two days ago.

   "Nongbing Training" is somewhat similar to "Nongbing Unity" in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Zhou Dynasty, but there are essential differences.

  The system of "combination of soldiers and farmers" is that service personnel are usually scattered in villages as farmers, and are temporarily recruited as soldiers in times of war. On weekdays, when you are a farmer, your weapons are collected by the state for unified storage, and when you are drafted, you are also issued weapons at the same time.

   This type of peasant soldiers is obviously different from the standing soldiers who never leave their hands and never leave their hands all day long. They form a soldier system system of gathering for battle and temporarily awarding soldiers.

The reason why the system of "combination of soldiers and farmers" will be eliminated is because the combat effectiveness of this thing is too low, it is purely cannon fodder, and as the war intensity on the Chinese battlefield is getting higher and higher, of course this low-quality soldiers It is becoming less and less suitable for the needs of war.

   Zhang Liao's "Peasant and Soldier Training" is not for the needs of war, it seems that it is only for training farmers...

   It was like Xu Huang saw a farmer and soldier training.

  It was near Tunpu No. 5 in Hanzhong.

  Tun Fort No. 5 is surrounded by farm fields. There are about 200 households in the Tun Fort. There is a school yard, which is not big, and farmers and soldiers train in the school yard.

  There is no farm work in winter, and those who participate in training have money to pay, so many people are very enthusiastic. Anyway, they are idle, and they don’t have to fight the enemy. Wouldn’t it be nice to use some money to subsidize the family?

   In fact, the effect of training is not very good.

   But this is not important, what is important is that these farmers have taken the first step from the inside to the outside.

Then there is the martial arts competition between the forts, just like the martial arts competition between soldiers and 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. It is inevitable that you will hold your breath , and then compare next year.

   This is because the farmers in Tunpu want to win, rather than others forcing them to win.

  Zhang Liao said that he plans to improve this model, and then report it to General Hussars to see if it can be extended to all Tuntian Forts...

Farming soldiers, serving as soldiers during the slack season, farming during the busy farming season, looks beautiful, but it is not a good way, because no one can guarantee that the enemy will also cooperate with the seasonal farming season, and only fight during the slack season, or Halfway through the battle, seeing that there was not enough time, both sides closed the game when the busy farming season was approaching, went back to their respective homes and waited for the next year to continue.

  So the perennial conscription system adopted by the Hussar General is more in line with the current needs. However, this kind of conscription system also brings some problems, that is, farmers only focus on farming. Once the soldiers line falls, farmers without any combat experience may collapse instantly.

  This is Zhang Liao's conclusion based on the battle of Hanzhong. Regardless of how many peasants and soldiers the Zhang family had recruited at that time, or how many troops there seemed to be, as long as the frontline of the main soldiers collapsed, the next thing would be a complete collapse, and it would be impossible to save them.

If there are peasants and soldiers who can rely on Wubao for a while, or don't follow the chaos, or even just need to be able to understand the orders of soldiers when fleeing, and distinguish between left and right, so as not to directly bump into the soldiers that have finally gathered together, Doesn't it form a **** cascading effect?

   Is it another situation?

   This is the importance of "farmer and soldier training".

   It is not necessary for these farmers 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 expenditures spent before will be worth it!

  Xu Huang exhaled slightly.

   It seems that I have been stable for a while, but I was chased by someone...

  Xu Huang thought to himself, then glanced at Zhang Liao. And the current Zhang Wenyuan might still be thinking about writing a military book and making some military preparations, otherwise, why would he take the time to understand those relatively unorthodox knowledge?

  For example, the production method of the Five Elements Thunder...

  『It’s time to ignite! 』Zhang Liao pointed to the red flag waving on the mountain.

   After a while, there was a loud bang, echoing between the rock walls of the valley. Even though they were so far away, they still felt the eardrums buzzing and could not calm down for a long time.

  『It opened, the mountain opened! ”A soldier stepped forward to check, and then shouted down the mountain, “A new road has been opened! 』

  (end of this chapter)