I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 541 It's a nightmare
In terms of the truly effective scope of rule, from ancient times to the present, the original country is indeed the country with the largest territory.

In the Xia Dynasty with limited historical data, it is actually very difficult to know the extent of the rule. We can only spy on some official information from very limited data, who was there, and so on. The knowledge is really limited.

There will be more historical materials of the Shang Dynasty. During Wuding’s revival period, the war against neighboring countries and tribes expanded the territory and sphere of influence of the Shang Dynasty, and promoted economic and cultural exchanges between the Central Plains and surrounding tribes. The seashore, the north reaches the desert, and the south spans the river and Han River basins. It is a vast country that includes many tribes. However, the largest territory of the Shang Dynasty was during the reign of Emperor Xin, but the country soon perished.

What about Ji Zhou?Speaking of the territory that is really effectively controlled, from the beginning of the country's founding to its demise, after excluding those enfeoffed countries, the area that the center can rule has always been that palm-sized place.

The current Yuanguo expanded to the modern Inner Mongolia region in the north, reached the sea in the east, penetrated into modern Liaoning in the northeast, reached the Huainan generation in the south, and touched modern Qinghai in the west.

In terms of the scope of effective rule, the original country has far surpassed any previous dynasty, and it will not stand still.

The root cause of Zhikai’s doubts about whether Yuan State needs to occupy Ba State is that there are still so many uninhabited areas in Yuan State’s existing ruling area, and many places can survive with a little development. Do you want to play in the mountains and forests?
This is the truth!

No matter which dynasty it is, unless it is a separatist local power that has no choice, otherwise they really dislike Badi, thinking that it has no value of ruling at all, and if it is not lost, the cost of ruling is not high, otherwise it is called "the land of the ancestors" "The place is difficult to rule, such as Jiaozhi said to give up and was given up.

The so-called cost of rule is not high, because the local people have no split thoughts at all. As for the tax revenue, military resources, etc., they are almost none, right?
Before the water conservancy facilities in the Shudi Plain were built, Shudi was actually one of the worthless areas. It was only after the completion of the water conservancy projects that it became known as the Land of Abundance.

Of course, Zhikai knew the importance of occupying the upper reaches of the great river to the state of Chu. Due to the lack of more knowledge, he couldn't see the need to control Bashu.

For any person, he only needs to look at the forest without the mountains at a glance, and he doesn't see much farmland at all. Given the limitations of the feudal dynasty, it is strange that such a view does not appear.

"Even if there are minerals, in terms of traffic closure, there is no value for mining at all..." Zhikai decided that his opinion was correct.

That is also a very practical point of view, how to transport out after mining?
In addition, in-situ smelting may reduce transportation costs, but the closure of transportation determines that the hub will not build an industrial base locally.

That's a very correct point of view. Otherwise, if a facility is built, ambitious people will destroy the road, and setting up a checkpoint will become serving the ambitious people with separatist ambitions.

The same is to carry out construction. If the center is faulty, it will be selected in a place with inconvenient transportation. The construction is for better and effective use, not to make yourself uncomfortable or increase the risk of ruling.

Zhikai had heard that he would stay in the "Valley" until next summer, and after knowing this, he was a bit hopeless.

Why can the rest of the people go to the hinterland of Pakistan first?To put it bluntly, it is the gap in status and status. If you walk on the plank road that has not been completely perfected, even if there is an accident, you can only blame your fate.

As a prince, Zhikai is different. Once he falls down the plank road, not only Yuanguo will lose a prince, but will the rest of the princes fight for the position? In addition, Baguo will definitely suffer immediately.

The Yuan country immediately conquered the Ba country. If the war broke out, no one dared to predetermine how many people would be killed or injured.

Until autumn, Zhikai can be regarded as knowing why it has to wait.

Autumn has just arrived, and the rainy season is coming soon. There is no violent storm, but only continuous drizzle, which will never end at once.

When people are in the valley, it seems that every breath attracts a lot of water molecules in the air. People who are not fit will soon get sick.

Because of the rain, the road surface on the flat ground will be very slippery. You can imagine what the sloped mountain road will look like, not to mention how dangerous the plank road that may fall into the abyss will be if you take a wrong step.

After entering the rainy season, ginger soup is being boiled in the city all the time for people from the original country to drink.

"It's like this until autumn? No wonder there are greenery everywhere." Zhikai added another reason not to like Badi.

What can Zhicheng say?He didn't like to stay in this kind of place either, but he had military orders on him.

"It's fine now, when I first came..." Zhicheng shook his head, and decided not to say anything.

When they first arrived, the local land was still full of plants, and the city looked dilapidated.

The most important thing is that there are trees both inside and outside the city, especially when you leave the city, it is rare to be able to get sunlight.

There are also many forests in the Central Plains, but it is nothing compared to Badi. What's more terrible is that the mosquitoes in Badi are fiercer and bigger than those in the Central Plains.

Some people from the original country who entered Badi were bitten by mosquitoes in their sleep, and a large lump was swollen the next day. After a while, they developed a fever. Thanks to the development of medical technology in the original country, there was a prescription for reducing fever, otherwise Most likely that's it.

After they came, they cut down the surrounding trees and filled some potholes.The most important thing is to fill in puddles full of tiny, line-shaped bugs.

If there were not strict military restrictions in advance, such as absolutely not drinking raw water, it is unknown how many soldiers would suffer, and then plague would appear in the army.

In addition to not drinking raw water, the military order also prohibits eating aquatic products with shells, eating kueh, and using unknown fruits at will.

At first, the soldiers didn’t understand the military orders, especially those who were born in Qidi complained that they couldn’t eat rice dumplings. Until the military doctor showed the big-bellied Ba people full of parasites after being cut open, some animals were fed some fruits and died. , While frightening everyone, they felt the fullness of nature's malice.

People in Qidi ate kueh, but dignitaries ate sea fish, not freshwater fish.

The people in Chudi eat freshwater fish, and some people who like to eat chicken also look like they are potbellied, and they usually look sick. In fact, it is a kind of malnutrition caused by too many parasites in the body. reflect.

Today's people don't understand why, they only know that people of that type usually don't live long, and those who should eat will continue to eat.

The rainy season in Badi was so long that Zhikai thought it never stopped.

One night, Zhikai, who was sleeping, suddenly heard a loud bang, and thought it was thunder in a daze, but suddenly felt the vibration of the ground.

Dilong turned over?People in the Central Plains have related concepts, big earthquakes can't escape, small earthquakes don't matter, what should be done should be done.

Zhikai heard someone shouting, opened his eyes just in time to see Zhicheng rushing in, and couldn't help asking: "The house here is so bad?"

It's not about housing.

Zhicheng said: "Ba people say that the mountain god is angry, and we need to go to a higher place to hide."

What the hell?
Zhikai felt that the vibration was getting stronger and stronger, so he followed the advice of people with relevant experience and followed to the city wall.

The sky was covered with dark clouds, and there was no light to shine on the earth, and the torches on the city wall could not shine too far.

Knowing what's going on outside, it's too dark but nothing can be seen. The unknown makes people feel a great sense of fear.

"Flood?" Zhi Kai had never seen a flood with his own eyes, but had heard it described.

However, although the surrounding rainy season has been falling for nearly a month, the rain has always been drizzle, so it will not cause floods, right?
Suddenly, a louder boom sounded again.

This time, the shaking was so strong that it made people unable to stand still.

None of the people from the original country understood what was going on in this world. When they asked the Ba people, they saw that the Ba people kept praying and could not give a serious answer.

If you can see with your eyes, you can see that the mountain in the northwest of the "Valley" city is constantly falling off. First, the soil on the surface is mixed with a lot of sundries and tilts down, and then the mountain is simply cracked and rolled in pieces. And down.

It is difficult to tell whether it is a flash flood or a mudslide, which is called a landslide in academic language.

This phenomenon also occurs from time to time in the Central Plains, but the Central Plains is very large, and not everyone in every place has seen it, or whether the people who have seen it can survive.

It seemed that the violent landslide was the end, and no more noise was heard from behind. For safety reasons, Zhi Kai and others still did not go back to the house, and stayed on the city wall blowing the cold wind all night.

It wasn't until after dawn that they were shocked by the scene in the distance.

"Fortunately, it's far away..." Zhi Kai sighed with fear.

Look at that place, most of the mountain is broken, revealing a scene that looks like a quarry blown out by modern explosives.

There are a lot of boulders mixed in a lot of soil and trees, and the sound of a heavy object hitting last night must have come from the rolling of boulders.

What is Zhicheng lucky about?It was not an earthquake last night!
Based on the earthquake felt last night, if it is really a large-scale earthquake, the plank road opened by Baguo will definitely be greatly affected, and it is unknown when it will be opened again.

Zhikai asked: "Didn't this scene happen last year?"

Zhicheng shook his head.

It's just continuous drizzle, landslides will happen, what if the rain is heavier?

Zhikai really wanted to know how many people there are in Pakistan, which is generally the same as the reason why people in later generations see the various adventures of foreigners and understand why there are few foreigners.

How many people are there in Pakistan?They are a tribal alliance in the cloak of a country. Until a long time later, no matter which dynasty it is, no one has ever known how many people there are in Badi.

From the perspective of God, there are nearly 18 people in the huge Badiyo today. Most of them live in mountain villages to collect and hunt for a living, and only a small number of them live in valleys to make a living by farming.

This is why Zhikai and others hardly saw farmland along the way. This phenomenon has not changed much until the Ariake Dynasty.

Maybe it was the prince of the original country who came over, and some hidden existence in Badi wanted him to see what it means to be poor.

After the middle of autumn, the rain in the sky became heavier and heavier. Not only did a relatively large-scale landslide occur again, but the water surface of the Han River even overflowed the embankment.

Seeing all kinds of natural disasters makes me feel happy and frightened, and more than once I have the idea that it is useless to occupy such a place.

Zhi Kai is the prince of the Yuan country, and any thoughts that come up are likely to be the future national policy of the Yuan country.

Now there is the idea that Badi is not important at all, in the future Yuanguo is very likely to give up as soon as he says it.

Fortunately, the vast majority of people in Badi don't care who has the right to rule. They are usually busy dividing the hunting grounds, and the tribes are busy killing each other. Killing a head is considered an adult.

The reason why the rulers of the Central Plains were able to rule Badi smoothly was because of the above-mentioned factors, and also because they never expected to get much tax or military resources from Badi. Badi under the free-range model was lucky not to escape the embrace of Zhu Xia.

Of course, Zhikai and others only saw a corner of Ba, but the eastern part of Ba is not like this.

However, the plains in the east of the Ba Kingdom were occupied by the Chu Kingdom decades ago. In order to be able to occupy it for a long time, the Chu Kingdom built a city and named it "Fangcheng" according to the customs of the Chu Kingdom, which is what the countries of the Central Plains often say The "Wucheng".

Because the original country has already won the relationship between the land of Shang and Yu, the Chu country actually does not pay so much attention to the territory it snatched from the Ba country. The more than [-] troops stationed in "Fangcheng" were withdrawn to less than [-]. As long as the Ba country is willing It can be taken back at any time.

After the arrival of late autumn, Zhikai can be regarded as seeing a long period of sunny weather, but there is one phenomenon that is more puzzling.

"Why is there a heavy fog in the mountains every morning?" Zhi Kai asked Yu Meng to ask this question.

Yu Meng answered every question, and said, "It's not an ordinary fog. If a stranger enters, no one will survive."

What the hell?
Zhikai couldn't understand at all.

There's nothing wrong with that being fog, it's just that it's really not an ordinary fog, and the fog is poisonous.

how to say?It should be that too many animals died, and the corpses were too dense. A large amount of rotting smell filled the normal dense fog, causing people to experience symptoms such as chills, fever, and sweating. The mild ones made the body weak, and the severe ones caused death .

In modern parlance, that poisoning phenomenon is called malaria.

How could that happen to Badi?In fact, it is not difficult to understand that it is mainly due to the current climate factors, and even Shu has that phenomenon.

Waiting for the climate and environment to change again, miasma no longer appears in Bashu, but it becomes very frequent in Lingnan.

And after the Ming Dynasty, the phenomenon of miasma in Lingnan also disappeared, and it was transferred to South Asian regions such as Jiaozhi. This problem was not resolved until the outbreak of World War II.

"When will this errand be over?" Zhi Kaiguang felt so speechless that he would be living in 'Gu' City for a year.

(End of this chapter)