A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 247

Yan Wangshen is a British lord and a qualified politician.The establishment of the Golden Terrace quickly spread around the world, and talented people from all over the world went to Yan to show off their talents, hoping to gain the attention of the King of Yan.

The King of Yan did not kill all the old nobles who were willing to surrender, but also gave a way for these old nobles to participate in the assessment, and as long as they passed the assessment, they could succeed to the official position.

Compared with those ordinary people, the old nobles have mastered a lot of knowledge, as long as they are not stupid, they can basically pass.Now it is impossible to want to be like before.

Regardless of one's background, Yan State recruited talented people with gold, beautiful jade, and official titles. The arrival of a large number of talents made Yan State's reforms advance rapidly.

Qi State, Linzi.

After the death of King Qi Wei, his son ascended the throne.During the period of King Qi Wei, after the reform of the Qi State, its national strength was at its peak.As the king of Qi who was the same king back then, he passed away not long after becoming king.

After his death, the group of famous officials who created the prosperity of Qi State with him also began to wither.The current king of Qi is a king who is very happy but not firm in his will.Coupled with his greed for enjoyment, Qi's prosperity also began to gradually decline.

However, the king of Qi didn't know that when Qi was weakening, Yan was rising rapidly.

After Wang Xu came to the throne, he was not in a hurry to control the court and show his authority.Instead, he first asked veteran officials such as Sun Bin to study, and it took a year to learn how to govern and govern the country.

Because Huai State has a vast territory, the transportation is relatively fast near the Yangtze River or its tributaries, but the roads in places not close to it become rough and difficult.

The inconvenience of roads has an impact on the transfer of materials, the collection of taxes, and Wang's rule over the Huai Kingdom.

Therefore, after discussing with the incumbent ministers, Wang Xu began to conscript labor and build a road to Jinling throughout the Huai country.

Wang Xu ordered the craftsman to discuss and ask him to come up with a convenient and feasible plan to connect all parts of the country.

The disciples of the Mohist family who were the craftsmen, the disciples of the Gongshu family, and the disciples of other craftsmen began to discuss.He also borrowed the map of mountains and rivers in Huai State, and even sent a large number of craftsmen to visit in person.

After spending two years, the craftsman supervisor finally came up with a practical plan.

In order to speed up the passage of the road, the master craftsmen of these craftsmen laid two wooden tracks on the ground, and laid sleepers under the tracks. At the same time, the road foundation also needed to be repaired and leveled first.Once repaired, the horse-drawn carriage can be fast-tracked.

Wang Xu ordered people to build a track outside Jinling City, and then let the carriage run on it.Sure enough, with the track, the carriage not only carried more goods, but also went faster and saved horsepower.

Seeing the great success of this rail carriage, Wang Xu immediately issued an order to conscript labor from all over the country and start building the track.

Because Huaiguo sits on the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the entire Huaihe River Basin, it has abundant water sources, so many places can rely on water transportation, and there is no need to build roads, which greatly reduces the difficulty of the project.

Wang Xu conscripted 30 laborers, then allocated money and food, and began to build roads across the country. The roads were 50 meters wide, and there were two wooden tracks running parallel on them.All wooden tracks are made of hardwood and treated with anti-corrosion treatment.

On the Chidao, a post station is built every fifty miles. In addition to allowing pedestrians and officials to rest, the post station is also responsible for protecting the Chidao from damage. Once the Chidao is damaged, it is necessary to take the time to repair it.

At the same time, the appearance of Chidao also made Huaiguo's carriages have to be customized according to the standard of the track.Therefore, Wang Xu issued an edict that the carriages should be on the same track, stipulating that all carriages in Huai State must have the same carriage tracks.

The construction of Chidao is not a simple matter.The construction of a Chidao requires a lot of time, money, manpower and material resources. After Huaiguo started to build the first Chidao, the money spent in just one month was staggering. Compared with the benefits brought later, Wang Xu still decided to pass.

To build Chidao, the foundation needs to be compacted. In order to prevent the ground from collapsing due to rain, floods and other reasons, a lot of stones are used in the foundation of Chidao.

At the same time, all the foundations need to be piled with three feet of soil, which needs to be compacted.The soil used needs to be steamed in a steamer first, and all the insect eggs and plant seeds in the soil are steamed.Then mix it with glutinous rice juice and lime and tamp it down.

This requires a lot of glutinous rice, but it must be done. In this era without concrete, glutinous rice juice and lime are the best adhesives.

After repeated tamping, the ground of Chidao became extremely hard. At the same time, there are perfect drainage ditches on both sides of Chidao.Prevent excessive rainwater from soaking the road.

After repeated compaction, the inside of the road will become very hard, as long as it is not soaked in water for a long time, the road will not become muddy.

Two or four tracks were laid on the fifty-step-wide track, and the rest of the road was for the passage of the army.

The laying of the track has greatly increased the speed of the carriage, and the transportation of grain and grass has also been greatly accelerated.Huai country's horses are much inferior to those of the northern countries in terms of quantity and quality, so Wang Xu bought a large number of various horses.Even spent a lot of money to buy Maxima.

The news of Zhao Wuling Wang Hufu's cavalry and archery reform has been passed back by the hidden guards, and Zhao Guo's cavalry and archery strength has been greatly improved because of Hufu.At the same time, the appearance of cavalry made Huaiguo notice the advantages of this new arm.

Compared with cumbersome chariots, cavalry is more flexible, and it is very useful whether it is scouting or outflanking the enemy.

When other countries were still hesitating, Huai State learned from Zhao State immediately, reorganized the army, increased cavalry, and began to promote Hufu cavalry and shooting.

Huai State spent a lot of money from Qin, Zhao, and Yan to buy high-quality war horses.Some of these horses will be handed over to the army, and the other part will be used to build horse farms to breed excellent war horses.

Although the Huai country has a vast territory, it has no land for producing horses, and the horse trade is easily cut off by other countries.Therefore, Wang Xu ordered people to try to open horse farms in Nanyang, Huai'an, and Jinling, hoping to breed a large number of horses to provide war horses for the army.

Although Huai'an, Jinling, and Nanyang are mostly flat, they are not the best places to raise horses. Therefore, the quality of the horses raised here is not as good as that of the Qin, Zhao, Yan, and Three Kingdoms. However, as long as the horses are continuously improved , There is still a chance of breeding a good war horse.

Although the emergence of cavalry is flexible, it does not have the impact of chariots moving forward.Therefore, chariots are still kept in the army, but the role of chariots is getting smaller and smaller, and now they are considered auxiliary arms.

(End of this chapter)