Qin Dynasty Novelist

Because of the Zheng Guoqu, millions of acres of dry land in Guanzhong became fertile soil. Coupled with the waterwheels and other things left by Wu Zhenjun here, hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land can be expanded again.

This scale is not inferior to the area covered by Dujiangyan in Shu County. On the north bank of the Weishui River, Qin Wangzheng was dressed in a thick uniform, followed by a few people and horses. Looking around, the greenery made his heart full of joy.

In order to build the Zhengguo Canal, the Qin State spent almost all of its reserve granaries, but by this time next year, thinking about it, it would not be a problem to fill them one by one, and if it continued, it would be the foundation of surplus.

And those backgrounds are the confidence of the Qin State in the future. All of this is brought about by the Datian Ling around him. At first, I wanted to directly seal the Datian Ling as a marquis to express my inner excitement, but unfortunately, Datian Ling refused.

"Why does Zheng Guo have great achievements? It's just a hydraulic engineer from the Yishui family. What they did was nothing more than the normal way of hydraulic engineering. Moreover, the king ignored Zheng Guo's suspicion of exhausting the Qin Dynasty, and still reused it. If it is rewarded, Zheng Guo will feel uneasy."

"Compared to Zheng Guo, the king should reward these old Qin people. It is because of them that the great Qin has the power it has today!"

After the completion of Zheng Guoqu, in Zhangtai Palace, Zheng Guo was granted the order of Datian because of his meritorious service, and he was ranked as a high-ranking minister with a high status. During this trip, former general Meng Tian, ​​Chang Shi Li Si, Yu Shi Zhang Cang, Shaofu Ling Zhao Gao and others accompanied the king to visit Zheng Guoqu has become a practice in recent years.

Every autumn and winter, the king will always bring his ministers here to see the endless fertile land and greenery. In midsummer, he will personally see the feeling of the treasury being full. Seeing such a scene, Zheng Guo also feels I am deeply moved.

"Datian Ling is too humble. The strategy of exhausting the Qin Dynasty is a Korean political strategy. If it is not on the stage, it should not be said. Speaking of it, a few days ago, the widow had a document with Wu Zhenjun. Wu Zhenjun once said that if the widow really wants to Da Tian Ling, please ask Da Tian Ling to find and open a canal for Qin."

"Wu Zhenjun's words are very suitable for the hearts of the few. The Qin State is located in the remote west, where the water flows together. The Weishui, Jingshui, Luoshui, and rivers should be used as the top. Water conservancy development should have great potential. What does Datian order?"

The achievement of opening up the Zhengguo Canal is no less than that of generals attacking the city and destroying the country. Hearing the words of Zhengguo, Qin Wangzheng smiled brightly and walked slowly on the path beside the field. pleasant.

When mentioning the award, Qin Wangzheng seemed to think of something again, with a smile flickering on his face, his body turned slightly, and a pair of piercing eyes looked at Zheng Guo, full of hope.

"The development of water conservancy is the responsibility of the Datian Order. Your Majesty should not offer any more rewards."

"Speaking of which, there is indeed a canal plan in Zheng Guo's heart. If it succeeds, even if it is not as good as the current Zheng Guo Canal, it can have more than half of its power and irrigate more than two million mu of fertile land."

"It's just that now is not the time to dig."

When mentioning the development of water conservancy, Zheng Guo immediately regained his energy. He looked to the north alone, which was the irrigation area where the Zheng Guo Canal flowed through. Looking around, his eyes stayed on the south side. Sleep.

After a few breaths, he bowed his hands and saluted, spoke slowly, and shook his head gently.

"Oh, Datian Ling is worthy of being the top water engineer in the world, but he has a water conservancy in mind. Let me tell you quickly, if it is feasible, I will send someone to dig it immediately. It doesn't need to have more than half of the work of the Zhengguo Canal, but half of it."

"The widow must not be stingy with the prince, what does Chang Shi think?"

The Qin State pursues the rule of law, and farming is the foundation. However, the land of the Qin State has suffered from incomplete water conservancy for many years, and the terrain of the Central Plains is no longer flat.

Hundreds of years ago, the state of Qin had a Baili Xi, which still plays a major role today. Dujiangyan was built decades ago, which made the former king of Zhaoxiang feel at ease and bravely marched out of Hangu.

Now, Zheng Guoguo is well established, and the general situation is in hand. If he goes east, he will have the general situation. If he wants to have the general situation, he will compete with the entire six Shandong countries with his own strength.

If so, naturally, the more water canals, the more fertile land, the stronger the foundation, the better. Hearing this, King Qin couldn't help but feel joyful on his face. He clasped his hands tightly, and the crisp sound spread, and the eyes of Danfeng turned, It landed on Li Si who was beside him.

With Daqin's current national power, it shouldn't be difficult to dig another canal. As a long history, Li Si should be very clear about this.

"Drilling a canal that has more than half the merits of Zhengguo Canal is enough to confer titles on princes, but what Datian Ling said is not bad. Now, it is not the time to dig a new canal."

"I want to come to Datian Ling to think the same as Li Si, otherwise, Datian Ling's plan would have been written before the king's case!"

Chapter Four Hundred and Fifty IX

Feeling Qin Wangzheng's gaze sweeping over, Xianyang Chief Shi Lisi bowed and saluted, then met Zheng Guo who was also looking over, and said slowly while shaking his head, slightly disapproving of the development of water conservancy.

Of course, digging a brand-new canal, which can irrigate more than half of the Zhengguo Canal, is so beneficial to the country and the people. If it is an ordinary time, it is naturally strongly recommended, but it is definitely not at this time.

"Oh, the timing is wrong. What Changshi and Datian Ling said, are they worried that digging a brand new canal will affect the direction of Daqin's national policy?"

Guanli has been in charge of the government for several years, and Qin Wangzheng got rid of all constraints. For several years, he has been rectifying the state affairs day and night. The moment Zheng Guo and Li Si said, it was what Ming Wu said.

However, after thinking about it for a while, I still asked aloud, although it will have an impact on the general situation of the next day when I go east to Hangu, but the benefits will be greater than the impact.

According to Wei Liao's plan, even if everything went smoothly, it would take at least seven years, and at most ten years, to defeat the six Shandong kingdoms one by one. For such a long time, it shouldn't be a problem to devote some energy to a new canal.

On the contrary, when the new canal is completed, the foundation of Qin State will be more solid, and it will provide more solid power for Qin State to go east, so that Qin State will have more overwhelming power.

As he said that, the rest of the people standing quietly at the side also looked at Zheng Guo and Li Si. With the current national strength of Qin State, it is absolutely not a problem to dig a brand new canal. After all, compared with the six kingdoms of Shandong, Qin State can mobilize more power Very huge.

"I am Wang Mingjian."

"In the past, the Minister and Datian Ling were Hequcheng and Hequ Ling respectively. They knew very well about the digging of the canal. It was just that Datian Ling made five or six years of preparations for the opening of the Zhengguo Canal."

"If the King hadn't come to the canal in person and fought hard at the entrance, the canal would have been dragged on for a year or two. At that time, nearly two million people had conscripted their resources, and with the support of the treasury of the Qin State, the Zhengguo Canal would have existed today."

The Zhengguo Canal is the capital of Li Si and Zheng Guo's promotion. From this, they entered the center of the Qin court, and it is precisely because of this that Li Si and Zheng Guo have the most real understanding of the construction of canals.

In the eyes of others, perhaps, building the canal is very simple, and it only needs to mobilize manpower and material resources to complete it, but who knows the preparations before the canal construction and the many complicated things in the process of building the canal.

As long as there is one problem, it will involve a lot of problems. Therefore, without Jing Li who stayed on the canal in those years, now Chang Shi would not be so easy to get started. He sighed and continued.

"If it is as the Datian Order said, digging a canal that has contributed more than half of the Zhengguo Canal, then how will my king plan to distribute the people's power? If it is completed quickly, it will take three to five years, more than [-] people's power."

"And within three to five years, according to Guowei's plan, they will definitely go east. During this period, the two camps outside the customs and the Lantian camp will add up to more than [-] to [-] people, and the people's power will exceed [-] million. , At the same time, the Hulus in the north have committed many crimes recently, which also requires people's strength, and the defense against Chu in the south also requires a lot of strength."

"Based on this calculation, just going east out of Hangu requires all the strength of the entire Qin State. At this time, if a considerable part of the force is allocated to dig rivers and canals to weaken Qin's eastward power, what does my king think?"

Regarding Qin State's current national strength, Li Si, who has served as the chief historian for more than two years, definitely has the right to speak, and Zheng Guo, who is in the Datian Order and in charge of agricultural and economic affairs, definitely knows a lot.

Coupled with the two people's experience in building canals, it is absolutely inopportune to dig a brand new canal at this time. Originally, it would be very difficult for Qin to fight against the six kingdoms of Shandong with one country, and we must devote all our strength, otherwise it may happen at some point. Only those strengths are missing.

After the calm voice fell, former general Meng Tian and Xianyang's new imperial envoy Zhang Cang nodded instinctively. To monopolize the six kingdoms, one must do their best and not be distracted. If they are digging canals, it is absolutely impossible.

I thought it was a very simple matter, but I never wanted to hear Chang Shidao, but it actually required such preparation and savings. No wonder, a few years ago, when the Zhengguo Canal was being built, the whole country fought.No wonder, for hundreds of years, in the entire Xia Dynasty, big rivers and canals are extremely rare.

"Unfortunately, the strategy of going east has already been decided."

"The heart of the widow is to conquer the six kingdoms of Shandong with absolute power. Since both Changshi and Datian Ling have said this, and Yingzheng has a feeling, then wait until Daqin has cleaned up the six kingdoms of Shandong before digging a new canal. "