Chapter 2561 People come to the mountains to start a small development


    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, both Tangluo Road and Baoxie Road are now relatively smooth, except for Ziwu Road.


    After all, it is quite difficult to expand the Ziwu Road into a road for carriages and horses. It''s not just normal difficulty, it''s very difficult.


    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 entered the within 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 Chen Cangdao first went to Xianyang and then turned to Chang''an. In this way, it will not only alleviate the traffic pressure at Luoyukou, but also promote the economic development of the Belt and Road You Fufeng.


    Yes, economy.


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


    Economy helps the country and its people, it is called economy, it is easy to understand.


    ??The longer you follow the Hussars General, 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 to take a look.


    ?Micang Road takes the central line of Sichuan. If the Micang line is stabilized, it means that the central line of Sichuan is stabilized. The Jinniu Road in western Sichuan and the Micang Road in central Sichuan, combined with the Yufu County, Yongan County and other places stationed in eastern Sichuan, 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, 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 positioning 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 go to Chang''an from Baoxie Road.


    During Zhang''s rebellion, 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 never understood 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 inconsistency causes trouble during transportation.


    Because whether it is Baoxie Road or Tangluo Road, it is both land and water transportation. That is to say, in some places it is easy to walk by water, and in some places the water is too turbulent or there is a lack of water in winter, so we go by land. Therefore, frequent transportation is required, such as changing cars and boats. 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 go through several times. Adjustment is like moving the chess pieces of Huarong Road, big, small, long and flat, piled in one place.


    ?Xu Huang''s own intelligence is also quite high. After looking at 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 ask Sichuan and Sichuan to make boxes and 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 "adjusting and stuffing" model, unified standard cages may lead to insufficient utilization of some spaces. After all, not all goods can be filled exactly into a standard cage, but the increase in transshipment speed can greatly improve the efficiency of transportation. Large ones offset this waste of space.


    After all, now that we have crane equipment, it only takes a while for it to fall 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 northern end of Chencang Road, almost all of them need plank roads... But if it really Once repaired, this road will be even 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 it does not require heavy labor and needs to be arranged separately.


    Xu Huang nodded, then looked around and said, "Can you 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 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 noble nobles who followed suit silver"…


    To a certain extent, it is indeed the “atonement silver”.


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


    It is like arsenic, which was originally a medicine.


    When it comes to arsenic, cinnabar, etc., many people may shudder. These "poisons" that can be fatal can actually cure diseases and save lives, and even achieve unexpected results, as long as they are scientifically and strictly prepared, mixed, controlled in dosage, and accurately adapted to the disease. To put it simply, if used well, it is medicine; if used excessively, it is poison.


    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 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 there are difficulties?" 』


    Haha, that’s exactly the reason. Zhang Liao said with a smile, "Are you moving forward?" Today I remember one place where we were trying to induce thunder to open up the mountain and remove the boulders. 』


    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 mountain rock.


    The mountains in each place have their own characteristics. There are many caves in the mountains in the southwest, and in the Qinling Mountains, huge rocks and stacked structures have become roadblocks.


    In the Qinling Mountains, there are granite shale, volcanic rock, marble, etc., all of which are different, but they are basically large and hard, completely different from sandstone or limestone.


    ??If there is no gunpowder, the only way to open 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. That was an age without gunpowder, a time when roads were carved out of rocks!


    Chinese people have never been afraid of difficulties as long as they have a direction!


    The most fearful thing is losing direction.


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


    If there is a mountain in the way, it means moving the mountain!


    When there is flooding, it’s time to control the water!


    ?This was the case with 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 planned to plunder China now have to face a bitter pill that is difficult to swallow. These slaves greatly made up for the shortage of labor force, especially heavy labor force, which accelerated the process of opening mountains and building roads here.


    Add gunpowder.


    Of course, when declared to the outside world, it is called "Five Elements Thunder".


    『My subordinates pay homage to the general! 』The military academy in charge of gunpowder came to see him. "No courtesy," Zhang Liao nodded, "How are you preparing?" 』


    “General Qi, everything is ready, and we are now evacuating people down. ” the military academy responded.


    Gunpowder is a special item and is under the dual jurisdiction of the military and craftsmen. Huang''s craftsmen are responsible for approving the quantity, location and conditions of use, while the grenadiers in the army are responsible for the specific use. Such double insurance will ensure the confidentiality of gunpowder for a long 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 beside 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?


    Simply put, the big Han people, at least the big Han people in Guanzhong, began to move from knowing what it was to understanding why it was so.


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


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


    Be careful and safe. ” Although saying such things 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 scene of releasing medicine to open up mountains, but for Xu Huang, it was still quite new.


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


    There are more mountains in Sichuan and Shu, 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 all this? ” Xu Huang was a little surprised.


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


    Xu Huang nodded, and his evaluation of Zhang Liao was higher.


    In the military, things are very complicated. Especially for the leader of an army, sometimes things are really too many to imagine. From major battle planning to the eating and drinking of soldiers, and even the mood swings of some non-commissioned officers in the army, they sometimes have to take care of it. There are a lot of documents to be approved every day, and there is still time to do it. What insignificant internal documents are you looking at?


    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 clerk, but whether others do it for you, and the effect, it is up to others to decide...


    ?? Xu Huang gained a lot from this visit to Hanzhong.


    ?This kind of gain does not mean how much money is gained, but the personal growth. After staying in Chang''an for a long time, it''s 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 kind of calmness is innate; on the other hand, it is acquired. Compared with Xu Huang, Zhang Liao was a lot more lively, especially since Zhang Liao did not surrender to Cao Cao as a loser like in history, so naturally he would not be as cautious as in history. , even if he was suspected of being monitored by Cao Cao, he still pretended not to see...


    Hence, Zhang Liao''s current thinking is more open-minded and goes further than Xu Huang''s.


    It is like the peasant and soldier training promoted by Zhang Liao in Hanzhong.


    The term "peasant-soldier" is not new, but "peasant-soldier training" is.


    ?Xu Huang watched "Peasant and Soldier Training" two days ago.


    “Peasant and soldier training” is somewhat similar to the “unification of farmers and soldiers” during the Spring and Autumn Period of the Zhou Dynasty, but there are essential differences.


    The system of "integration of soldiers and peasants" means that service personnel are scattered in villages and communes to work as farmers in peacetime, and are temporarily recruited as soldiers in times of war. On weekdays, when they were farmers, weapons were returned to the state for unified custody. When conscription was needed, weapons were also issued at the same time.


    ?This type of peasant soldiers is obviously different from the standing soldiers who are always with the soldiers and never leave the soldiers. They form a system of soldiers who are assembled before battle and temporarily assigned soldiers.


    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.


    ?Zhang Liao''s "peasant and soldier training" was not needed in case of war, it seems that it was purely for training farmers...


    It was like Xu Huang saw a peasant-soldier training.


    That was near Tunbu No. 5 in Hanzhong.


    Tunbao No. 5 is surrounded by farmland. There are about two hundred households in the fort. There is a school ground, which is not big. Peasants and soldiers train in the school ground.


    There is not much farm work in the winter, and those who participate in training can get paid, so many people are very enthusiastic. They are idle anyway, and they don’t have to actually 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. Winners will be rewarded, and those who lose will go back with a bruised nose and a swollen face, inevitably holding their breath. , and we’ll compare 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 the Hussar General to see if it could be extended to all military forts...


    Soldiers in the field serve as soldiers during the slack time and farm when the farming is busy. It looks beautiful, but it is not a good idea anyway, 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 in other words In the middle of 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 recruitment system adopted by the Hussars General is more in line with current needs. However, this conscription system also brings some problems, that is, farmers only focus on farming. Once the military line is lost, farmers without any combat experience may collapse instantly.


    This is the conclusion Zhang Liao made based on the battle in Hanzhong. Regardless of how many peasants and soldiers Zhang had recruited at that time, and how many troops they seemed to have, as soon as the frontline of the soldiers collapsed, the situation would be a complete collapse, and even the rescuers could not save it.


    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 soldiers'' orders when fleeing, and distinguish the left and right, so as not to directly run into the soldiers'' 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 catching up with me...


    ?Xu Huang thought to himself, and then glanced at Zhang Liao. And the Zhang Wenyuan at the moment is probably still thinking about writing military books 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...


    It’s time to fire up! ” Zhang Liao pointed to the waving red flag on the mountain.


    ?After a while, there was a loud bang, echoing 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.


    『The mountain has opened, the mountain has opened! "Some soldiers came forward to check, and then shouted down the mountain, "A new road is coming! 』


    (End of this chapter)