I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 82 The new city on the north bank of the Wei River

In mid-February, both sides of the Weihe River have been dyed with a new layer of green.

The people in Chencang New Town took out their farm tools, packed them away, and started a busy year.

They walked out of Xincang Xincheng and arrived at the fields in the outer city.

Although they all knew that there was a war on the other side, they knew that the Wei army could not get in.

Busy figures began to appear in the fields, and children and dogs began to play in the fields.

The papermaking and textile laboratories in Chencang New City also began to be busy.

The same is true in Dongcheng east of Xieshui. Not only the refugees admitted last year began to cultivate fields, but many soldiers of the Han army also joined in.

In the past few days, the number of paper documents in each village has increased dramatically.

Zhuge Liang would personally inspect the fields every day to learn about the current situation in the fields.

In addition, Hanzhong County and Chengdu have already established paper mills, especially in Chengdu. The scale of the paper mills established is more than ten times larger than that of Hanzhong and Guanzhong.

Of course, it wasn't just the Han army that was in action.

Wei Jun also began to take action.

From Chang'an to Mei County, a large number of civilians appeared. Driven by the army, they picked up tools and began to cut trees, dig soil, and forge iron.

According to Sima Yi's strategy, at least three cities must be built in between.

Sima Yi not only mobilized civilians to build cities and towns, but also began to vigorously promote the Quyuan plow in the area from Chang'an to Mei County, including counties and villages near Chengguo Canal on the north bank of the Wei River.

This year, the speed of opening fields in various places is obviously faster and easier than before.

It could be said that everything seems to be sped up.

Of course, this also includes Li Heng's city-building speed.

Even Jiang Wei was shocked.

At the beginning of February, we were still digging the foundation, and on the tenth day of February, we started laying bricks.

On February [-], all the foundations were laid.

At this time, Jiang Wei felt incredible.

Unexpectedly, on February [-], when Jiang Wei came again, the city wall had reached the height of an adult.

"Jian, this..." Jiang Wei looked around, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

"What's Bo Yue's advice?" Li Heng asked.

Jiang Wei laughed loudly: "How can I have any insights? This is the first time I have built a city so fast!"

“Using pre-fired bricks directly is faster than ramming earth on site!”

In fact, this is not fast anymore.

In the famous Battle of Yongle City in the Song Dynasty, the Song army only took half a month to build Yongle City.

Of course, two 10,000+ civilians were mobilized that time.

This is enough to illustrate the importance of refined management of large armies after the popularization of paper.

"Sima Yi would never have thought that we could bake bricks in advance." Jiang Wei patted Li Heng on the shoulder and said, "Let's go in and have a drink!"

The two entered the camp.

Jiang Wei asked seriously: "According to the current progress, how can we finish building the city?"

"If Beth Jo said to build a wall on all sides, it will be done in five days."

"What I'm asking about is the city wall. The houses in the city can be built slowly." Jiang Wei said, "I am most worried that the Wei army will build the city in the west and block our way to the west."

"Bojo needn't worry about that."

"Why?"

"Sima Yi is already very struggling to supply Chencang. If he wants to build a city dozens of miles away in the west, the food problem cannot be solved. General, the Wei army has attacked no less than ten times in more than half a month. I'm worried..."

Jiang Wei said: "You don't have to worry about this, Wei Jun won't be able to do anything to us for a while!"

But Li Heng said: "I know it is urgent now. If we are slow, the Wei army will continue to take turns and attack our army, which will also deal a huge blow to our army. The prime minister may send reinforcements."

"But Boyue doesn't want the Prime Minister to send reinforcements, because spring plowing is about to begin on the south bank, and hoarding more food is a must for this year's overall situation." "Ji'an is really good at predicting things." Jiang Wei sighed and said, "I have always had Regarding this concern, the Prime Minister told me many times that when necessary, we must ask for help, and the most important thing is to protect this stronghold."

"The city will be built soon. Even if we add reinforcements now, we won't need too many reinforcements."

Jiang Wei laughed again, raised his wine and said, "Come! I'll give you a toast! And I'd also like to toast us for winning Longyou this year!"

"Okay!" Li Heng also raised his glass and drank it in one gulp.

He felt a surge of pride.

What stands in sharp contrast to Li Heng's new city is not the city built by Wei Jun, but Chencang County.

The most depressed person now is Liu Zhi, the magistrate of Chencang County.

Since last year, Sima Yi ordered the walls to be fortified and the country to be cleared, many people in Chencang County fled to Li Heng, and a small number of people entered Chencang City.

In the past few months, the gates of Chencang City have been closed tightly, and no one can enter or leave Chencang City.

Not only were the people in Chencang going crazy, Liu Zhi himself also began to doubt life.

What's even more frightening is that the food supply in Chencang City is slowly decreasing.

Liu Zhi sent people out of the city many times to ask for help from Xiahou Ba, saying that there was not much food in the city.

Xiahou Ba said, "You don't have much food. How can I take care of enough food?"

Hold on for a while first!
The lack of food is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that the people in Chencang City have heard the loud sounds of killing outside the city every now and then since the beginning of this month, and they have suffered from serious mental problems.

So a few days ago, a small number of people gathered together and started frantically attacking the city gate, trying to get out.

In the end, they were all killed by the guards.

It wasn't until February [-]th that Xiahou Ba sent someone to deliver a batch of grain, which relieved the pressure inside Chencang.

Although the food crisis was temporarily lifted, the Han army built a city ten miles west of Chencang City, and the Wei army built a city ten miles north of Chencang City.

Chen Cang: This feeling is really overwhelming...

Early in the morning on February [-]th, Wei Jun's scouts had just finished eating the cakes and began to work as usual.

Suddenly, a scout screamed.

A scout next to him was startled: You are going to die!

"Look over there!" the scout shouted louder.

Everyone else looked in the direction he pointed.

I don't know if I don't see it, but I was shocked when I saw it!

"That is……"

"That's the city!" one of them shouted in an incredible tone.

Another person rubbed his eyes and said: "Are you dazzled? It wasn't there yesterday morning, why is it there today!"

The scout captain began to confirm one by one.

The final answer was: everyone saw the city.

Because the city wall is already higher than the Han army camp.

The Wei army scouts could already see it with their naked eyes.

At this time, Xiahou Ba was having breakfast in the camp.

Xiahou Ba was in a very good mood. He had launched no less than ten attacks on the Han army in the past half month.

Although he suffered a lot of injuries, he felt that his military purpose was slowly being achieved.

The Han army was consumed step by step, making it impossible for the Han army to build a city and delaying time.

As long as your city is well built, you can completely solve the problem of temporary food adjustments every time.

and……

Just when Xiahou Ba couldn't help but smile, a voice came from outside: "General! Urgent report!"

(End of this chapter)