I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 357 Good and Bad News

No matter how much Zhi Shi pays attention to Dai Guo and Zhao Shi, no matter what happens, the news will still take some time to reach Zhi Yao.

Depending on the level of information, the more urgent the information, the faster it will be delivered to Zhiyao. How fast depends on the distance between the two places and the road conditions on the way.

Zhiyao has long explained the details of the dispatches, and divided the intelligence levels, which is equivalent to mentally preparing for what is about to happen in Daiguo or Zhao's Zhi's agents.

This time, Zhi's detailed work was misled by Zhiyao to some extent.

how to say?Zhi’s meticulous work is mentally prepared for what will happen to Zhao or Dai. They already have preconceived judgments. When faced with the situation where Zhao really does something against Dai, their thinking will be biased towards Zhiyao’s prior judgment. .

As a result, Zhi's careful work discovered that Zhao's actions against the Dai State were real, and they would pay more attention to Zhao's efforts to clean up the upper echelons of the Dai State. Even if they spied on Zhao's arrangements for relocation, they would ignore it.

Because of the illusion of "everything is under control", Zhishi's meticulous work will adopt a conventional level of emphasis on intelligence, and because of the "preconceived" relationship, even if they find some weird things, they will focus on the core. The emphasis on those weirdness will not be too high.

In that case, unless someone's brain turned the corner first, or some signs of what Mr. Zhao did were too obvious, otherwise Mr. Zhi's meticulous work will continue to inertial thinking, waiting for the day when something is wrong, relying on careful work There is no way to stop it, and naturally it is too late to call the army to stop it when the information is sent out.

Therefore, Zhiyao, who was far away in "Ye", received information about Zhao's move against Daiguo No. 12 days after Zhao Wuji's action. Zhiyao just read the newspaper and did not have a reminder that Zhao's preparations for migration.

"Sure enough, we did it, and the timing was well chosen." Zhiyao thought.

Speaking of timing, isn't Zhishi starting to carry out the second five-year plan?Once the Zhi Clan makes a big move to engage in internal affairs, it is obvious that there will be losses if it stops. The external incidents are not too big, and it will definitely not stop the construction of internal affairs.

Even if something needs to be done, Zhishi's big project has already started, and the resources devoted to military use will definitely decrease.

Without the support of intelligence, Zhiyao would never have thought that Zhao Wuxie would choose to flee far away, and the direction of thinking must be when is the most appropriate time for the Zhi family to send troops to replace the country.

For example, Zhiyao now knows that Dai Junyong was invited by Zhao Wuxie to go to the north of Xiawu Mountain, and also knows that Dai Junyong has been killed. It is inferred that it will take at least three months for the Zhao family to sweep the entire Dai Kingdom.

The premise that Zhao Wuji was able to annex the Dai State within three months was that he used despicable means to eliminate Dai Junyong and some important ministers of the Dai State at once. , How can there be extra time for the surviving nobles of the Dai Kingdom to come back to their senses in time.

"Once Daijun dies, it is unreasonable for Zhao Wuji to let Daiguo Chujun and other important officials go. It seems that assassination methods will become popular in the north."

The facts are also as Zhiyao guessed, even the assassination of the prince and important ministers in the "Dai" was carried out a few days earlier than Zhao Wuji's attack on Dai Junyong.

After reading the news, Zhiyao quickly put the matter aside and turned her attention to the construction of the canal.

Zhi's project to start this year is to excavate a canal connecting Jize and Dahe. The middle section is of course a water conservancy project for irrigation, including those canals that branch out.

Thanks to Zhishi's first five-year plan, there were similar projects, and the relevant details may change, but the general principle remains the same.

Because of the similar relationship, Zhishi has already cultivated relevant talents, and naturally there will be more preparations for the mobilization of labor and the reserve of materials.

"I heard that Wu Guo spent more than 50 people digging canals and building cities?"

"That's more than 50 people from more than a dozen countries including Wu, Yue, Lu, Ju, Pi, Tan, etc. It shows how hard Fu Chai squeezed my little brother."

It is necessary to understand the current era before we can understand how exaggerated it is to use more than 50 people to serve a project.

There is no nonsense at all, just the men of Pi and Tan were almost completely searched out, the labor force contributed by Lu State reached 4, and Yue State contributed more than [-].

Pi State and Tan State have existed for a long time, and they are now Wu State's "state within a state", which means they are surrounded by Wu State.

The more than 50 people collected in Wu State were not only men, but women accounted for about a hundred thousand of them.

Fu Chai gave a deadline. The canal must be dug within eight years, and the four cities along the way must be repaired.

Zhishi will use about 22 laborers to build the water conservancy project this time. It is expected that the canals for the main road will be dug within five years, and the construction of 23 secondary waterways will be completed at the same time.

If Zhishi's water conservancy project is completed, according to preliminary estimates, about 11 hectares of cultivated land will be added, and this is only the initial increase in cultivated land, and there will be related increases in the future.

Zhiyao attaches great importance to this water conservancy project, but it is not necessarily exaggerated to say how exaggerated it is.

In history, the Qin State built the Zhengguo Canal, and the length of the main canal was about 36 miles. After the completion of the water conservancy project, [-] hectares of fertile land were added to the Qin State. (There are many sayings, not necessarily correct here)
The total length of the water conservancy projects currently built by Zhishi is about 120 miles, which is about [-] miles longer than the total length of several water conservancy projects such as Qianshi and Shishui built during the Qi Huangong period. The water conservancy project with the longest total mileage in Xia, Shang, Ji and Zhou dynasties.

Zhiyao is not at the construction site of the water conservancy project. The main reason is that Gongshu spent about four years researching the hydraulic forging hammer Zhiyao needs.

Hydraulic forging hammer?Yes, it is a hydraulic forging hammer.

Before Gongshu's family came to Zhi's, Zhiyao started research on hydraulic forging hammers. It was just a concept. Since Zhiyao had other things to do, naturally he didn't have the time to devote himself to the research.

To research the hydraulic forging hammer, the key lies in the experimentation of various gears. The most suitable gear combination is tested repeatedly. The better the gear combination, the less turbulent the water flow required.

Of course, the runner carrying the fan blades is also one of the parts that requires painstaking research, but the forging hammer requires the shortest research time.

In the whole research process, from searching for suitable wood, to simply using metal later, and going through the contest between US dollar and evil money, it seems to be quite simple, but it is not complicated until the real research is carried out.

By the way, the dollar refers to bronze, not knife music.

Do you know why Zhiyao has been procrastinating and not starting the water conservancy project?In addition to the continuous war, the remaining reason is waiting for the research of the hydraulic forging hammer to be completed.

When the Zhi family builds water canals next, there will be main road water canals dedicated to hydraulic forging hammers, which means that water canals will also be built on the edge of "Ye" city, but only for hydraulic forging hammers, and there will be no surrounding areas. Cultivate farmland.

Once the hydraulic forging hammer is put into use, it is conceivable that Zhishi will open a new era.

This opening of a new era does not mean that the military industry has taken another big step forward. To what extent the output will increase, it actually represents that Zhishi has created a milestone in human history, creating tools to utilize the mighty power of nature.

The hydraulic forging hammer has opened up a new way of thinking. Will someone want to use wind power in the future?
The application of gears will have a clear enough understanding with the use of hydraulic forging hammers. Since gears can be applied to hydraulic forging hammers, people find that the use of "force" can be reduced or increased by combining gears. Will there be more thinking about the use of gears?

It is equivalent to saying that Zhiyao has opened a door for those who are interested in it. To what extent those people will use the knowledge in the door, everything is possible.

Apart from other things, Zhiyao invested in tools such as pulleys and hanging wheels when building the city of "Ye". .

It must be said that Gongshu's research on siege equipment is going further and further. I wonder if there will be a contest between Mozi and Gongshuban in this historical version?
If there is still a contest between Gongshuban and Mozi in this historical version, it is certain that Mozi will lose quite badly.The reason is that the Gongshu Pan is not only striding and galloping, but also Zhishi's army will use Gongshu's creations.

The equipment is excellent and advanced, and the army's combat effectiveness is high. How can Mozi compete with Gongshuban?

Of course, what is more likely to happen is that Mozi is also recruited by Zhiyao to the Zhi family. As a junior, Mozi is very likely to combine swords with Gongshuban and create greater glory.

The bigger the project, the more urgent it is to not come. When the project was halfway through, Zhiyao received new information from Daiguo.

"The Zhao family escorted a large number of generations to the north, and then conquered the Loufan tribe?" Zhiyao felt a little lost.

To be reasonable, the north of Daiguo is the territory of Loufan. During the period when the Zhao family annexed Daiguo, they migrated from Dairen to the north, and at the same time conquered Loufan. No matter how you look at it, it will make Zhiyao feel that something is wrong.

What is certain is that Daiguo lost its ruling class, and only relied on Daiguo nobles from all over the country to resist the Zhao family. They were defeated by Zhao's mopping up with about [-] troops, and a large number of them surrendered later.

Zhiyao thought about it, and thought of a possibility: "Zhao Wuxie wants to run away?!"

Zhiyao's face completely darkened when she came to that conclusion.

If Zhao Wuxie really wanted to bring the entire Zhao family to migrate, especially with hundreds of thousands of generations, or even more people, the development of things would be really fucked up!

"No! Even if you can't intercept them all, you can intercept as many as you can. You must not let Zhao Wuxie take hundreds of thousands of people to migrate north, or I will have a very sad life in the future!"

Zhiyao is very thankful that she has trained a group of cavalry, but it is difficult to determine whether the mistake can be recovered, and how much will be recovered.

(End of this chapter)