Han Dao world

Chapter 1230
Adjusting state borders is a big matter, involving many issues and many interests.

Fortunately, Taiwei's Mansion has already made full preparations. Jia Xu presided over it, and Chang Shi Yang Fu personally wrote the draft in great detail, and explained the reasons for all the adjustments at a glance.

Although the participants had different opinions, they spoke highly of the draft.

The Taiwei's Mansion took a lot of trouble, and Yang Fu's ability is also outstanding. Liangzhou people are indeed talented in military affairs, and there are many generations.

After repeated discussions, the world was finally divided into 24 states, several large states were divided, and small states were merged.

For example, Liangzhou was finally divided into four prefectures, Jincheng, Longxi, Wudu, Hanyang and the eastern part of Wuwei were divided into one prefecture, Anding, Beidi plus Xihe in Bingzhou were one prefecture, Wuwei, Zhangye, plus Junji Mountain The deserts and pastures in the south are one state, and Jiuquan and Dunhuang are one state.

The division of state borders mainly focuses on defense rather than economy, so the number of troops stationed does not exactly match the local economy, and the deployment of materials between different states is inevitable. This also needs to be coordinated at the court level. The specific person in charge is the Taiwei government.

Correspondingly, the number of troops stationed in each state is mainly based on the military, and is not limited to the local population and economy.

In contrast, there are not many troops stationed in the hinterland of the Central Plains with a large number of household registrations and a good economy. It has become a problem that must be considered to transport the saved materials to the frontier.

Under this premise, how to solve the transportation problem has become one of the focuses of discussion.

Transporting food for thousands of miles consumes a lot.How to reduce the pressure of transportation as much as possible while ensuring sufficient supplies of garrison materials is related to whether this plan can be implemented and maintained.

Someone proposed digging a canal.

At present, the cost of water transportation is undoubtedly the lowest.

But soon people objected.The cost of water transportation is low, but the cost of digging canals is high.Besides, many frontier areas are seriously short of water, so what canals should be dug?
As soon as the words fell, there were immediately objections. Is it necessary to station troops in places without water?The garrison doesn't want water?

Watching everyone's discussion, Liu Xie fell silent.

He thought of a problem: the cost of water transportation is indeed low, so he asked Zhou Yu to go to northern Xinjiang to find big rivers, but water transportation relies heavily on natural rivers, which has too many limitations.Although the canal can solve part of the problem, the cost is too high, and it is too long to be practical.

Moreover, the canal can only solve the river course, not the water source problem.

Without sufficient water, the canal would be impossible.

The best way to achieve convenient transportation inland is the railway, which is the long-distance transportation method that can overcome different terrains.

The rise of a big country is usually based on the construction of railways, and the mileage of railways has even become one of the signs of a country's strength.

The same is true of the United States, and so is Tsarist Russia.

In order to realize the railway, there must be a steam engine.

Strictly speaking, the principle of the steam engine is not complicated, and the processing requirements are not too high.This thing was a purely industrial product from the beginning, and it had little to do with science, and it didn't require sophisticated processing technology. The current technology and technology can completely realize it.

As for how it will develop in the future, he is not worried.

Even the roughest steam engine has incomparable advantages over natural power such as manpower and animal power, enough to arouse more interest.As long as the cycle of input and output can be maintained, technological iteration will enter its proper track and eventually bring about progress that can change the times.

It's like planting a seed in the right soil and watering it, the seed will germinate and grow into a towering tree.

Everything is natural.

After a meeting, Liu Xie put forward this conjecture.

He credits the inspiration for an accidental discovery with a simple demonstration.

When the boiling steam pushed up the closed lid, even the strongest Langguan couldn't hold it down, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and then showed ecstasy and uncontrollable worship.

The son of heaven is the son of heaven, and he can always find the true way in the most ordinary things.

At the beginning, the secret of clairvoyance was discovered from water droplets, which greatly expanded people's horizons.Today, the powerful power contained in the steam is discovered from the kettle for boiling water, which provides infinite possibilities for the future.

If it is possible to discover a kind of vehicle that can run non-stop without sleep as long as it boils water without using a horse, what kind of a sight it will be, and even the most conservative people will be amazed by it.

Seeing everyone's astonishment and discussion, and hearing the familiar "boiling water", Liu Xie couldn't help feeling emotional.

Sure enough, boiling water is the driving force of human technological progress.

The prospects for water transport are brighter than those that land transport may gain from it.The reason is also very simple. The ship can carry a large amount of coal. The bigger the ship, the greater the profit from using the steam engine. This also solves one of the most troublesome problems at present-the power dilemma of the building ship.

Buildings and ships are getting bigger and bigger, and they can no longer be controlled by manpower alone, so more powerful power is urgently needed.

Huan Jie, who has been paying the most attention to shipbuilding recently, immediately realized the opportunity, and took the initiative to suggest the establishment of a team, invest enough funds, carry out special development, and strive to achieve a breakthrough as soon as possible.

Liu Xie knew that Huan Jie's thinking was simple. Steam engines were not clairvoyant. As long as manpower and material resources were invested, actual benefits could be seen in a short period of time.But he is not opposed to this suggestion, on the contrary, he needs to deploy this matter from a higher level.

The real technological explosion can never be achieved alone, but the strength of the country.

The poor and white New China can produce two bombs and one satellite. How difficult is it for me to build a steam engine?
Liu Xie adjusted the direction of the discussion at any time, and first discussed how to form a team to complete this potentially revolutionary technological innovation.

Most of the people here are young and strong, and they are in favor of innovation.Even a veteran minister like Jia Xu, after hearing Liu Xie's idea, praised "The best kindness is like water", expressing his support and should be given priority.

If the problem of persuasion can be solved, and the machine that can run long distances by boiling water is really built, it will be of great significance to Liangzhou.After solving the traffic problem, the communication between Liangzhou and the hinterland became smoother, and the barriers caused by the region were naturally greatly weakened.

After some discussion, three categories of talent were prioritized.

One is the blacksmith, whose skills are needed to build machines.

The second is mechanical masters, and it is up to them to design exquisite machines.

The third is alchemists. How to convert the energy of boiling water into the power to drive machines requires a lot of experiments and calculations, which is what alchemists are best at.

This point is most touched by the people in the martial arts hall. The appearance of gunpowder is the credit of the alchemists.

Fire has been played very well, now you can try to combine fire and water.

Some people have even imagined using gunpowder instead of coal to play with explosive drive.

Of course they don't know that although such an idea is crazy, it is not impossible to realize.And once it is realized, it is not only a problem of driving on the ground and water, but also can go to the sky.

Looking at the courtiers who were discussing in full swing, Liu Xie smiled gratifiedly.

This is Hao Erlang from the Han family.

(End of this chapter)