Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

After all, Zhang Yan had to be more cautious about this matter when he thought of the various resistances he might encounter in popularizing education.

All in all, so far, Lujiang has started the first round of conscription in the six years of Zhongping, and it is also the third round of large-scale conscription in Lujiang since Zhang Yan moved in.

Since Lujiang's food production and other basic materials are much more abundant than before, and Zhang Yan has a large number of textile factories filled with a large number of female workers, so whether it is in terms of food treatment or other aspects, this time the conscription The basic treatment of soldiers is much higher than before.

Things like two dishes and one soup for each meal, and enough food tubes have become the standard equipment for conscription in Lujiang. Perhaps in other places, these things are still somewhat attractive to those peasants and pawns, but in Lujiang, these things are all The most basic things can't make any waves at all.

In order to lure... ah no, it is to attract people to actively sign up for the army. Now the banner of Lujiang is that all soldiers will be exempted from all taxes for the next year after enlisting in the army. Evening school-type enlightenment education.

In other words, as long as you work hard enough and serve as a soldier under Zhang Yan for a few years, you can even change from an illiterate to a scholar who can read and write.

This pattern immediately opened up a big gap with the conscription plans of other counties in Jiangdong.

But for Zhang Yan's excessively introverted behavior, although the guards in Yuzhang, Jiujiang and other counties were jealous, they didn't have any good solutions.

Who made more than half of the literati and scholars in the six counties of Jiangdong gather in Lujiang with the blessing of a large library?

They can also keep up with such things as tax exemption, free clothing, shoes and hats, but food and beverages for enlisted soldiers and free enlightenment education are not something these "country people" in remote areas can learn.

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Perhaps it was because of this, or it might be because of Zhang Yan's little thought.

In terms of the source of arms, the soldiers of the Lujiang Third Army Masi did not only come from Lujiang, and there were many farmers from Danyang and Yuzhang in the hands of the [-] swords and shields.

Because they couldn't bear the oppression of Shanyue, they often came to Lujiang, the only place in Jiangdong that was not oppressed by Shanyue, with a pilgrimage, and under the propaganda of the recruiter, they enthusiastically joined Zhang Yan's army.

Although the total population of Lujiang has approached one million, no one dislikes that their population is larger.

If possible, Zhang Yan has never felt repulsed by "sucking blood" from his neighbors.

Everyone is Chinese, and now there is no ban on migration in the Han Dynasty.You can't give your people a stable living environment, so shouldn't it be a matter of course for him to "migrate" to my side on his own initiative?

As for the commander of this army and horse department, after searching for a long time under his own hands, Zhang Yan handed it over to his two new generals, Li Le and Hu Cai who joined him in the fall and winter last year. hands.

Some people may have forgotten that around the turn of autumn and winter last year, the remnants of the Yellow Turbans located in the Baibo Valley began to be unable to withstand the huge food pressure. The leader, Mrs. Guo, was nowhere to be found.

As Guo Tai's generals, Li Le and Hu Cai were also limited by the famine and had no choice but to go to Lujiang to seek refuge with their only acquaintance here, Yang Feng, who was also the leader of the four great generals of the Baibo Yellow Turban.

At that time, as the superstructure of the Lujiang forces and also Yang Feng's immediate boss, Zhang Yan naturally received them both very cordially.Afterwards, Li Le and Hu Cai took advantage of the situation and took a group of their subordinates to live in Lujiang.

Chapter 36 Yitong World and the Rare Decision

It can be said that if Zhang Yan hadn't been reminded by Yang Feng when he recruited the new army this time, he would have simply forgotten that he still had these two generals under his command and had no reasonable use.

But it's okay, since he remembered these two people, and Li Le and Hu Cai's own strengths are worthy of recognition, then Zhang Yan simply activated these two people.

This time, Li Le served as the commander of the capital of the Lujiang Third Army Masi, and Hu Cai served as the deputy commander of the new army, so they were not buried.

At the same time, in the hands of more than [-] swords and shields of the Lujiang Third Army Masi, the older generation of yellow scarves under Li Le and Hu Cai were used as the backbone and commander structure, and the newly recruited soldiers were used as the commander's structure. Flesh and flesh enriched this legion.

The only pity is that Zhang Yan still has not enough talents under his command, so the Marching Governor of the Lujiang Third Army Command Division—that is, the staff officer is still vacant. I am afraid that he will have to wait until Zhang Yan meets a suitable person Talented people can make up for this deficiency.

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Time is still advancing steadily.

In addition to various transfers in the military, Zhang Yan also dealt with some other affairs during these ten days.

For example, for the construction of the internal roads in Lujiang, a construction team managed by Wei Xian has already set off. Their goal is to start from Wancheng in Lujiang to Huainan Industrial Zone in the northernmost part of Lujiang.

This road will run through the entire northern area of ​​Lujiang River, and it is estimated that the construction time will be as long as several months, maybe even half a year.

And this is only the first phase of Zhang Yan's plan to pave the road inside Lujiang.

After the road from Lujiang Wancheng to Huainan is completed, Zhang Yan will have the second and even the third phase of the project waiting for the slaves who are "serving their sentences".

These roads will start from Wancheng and lead to several other counties in Lujiang, and even to those relatively poor and backward Hou countries, spreading the advanced products and knowledge of Wancheng to the residents of those Hou countries.

At the same time, these roads will also serve as the "nerves" of the entire Zhang Yan ruling network, allowing his orders to be transmitted to various places in Lujiang.

Perhaps these roads will be built for a very, very long time. It is very normal for this time to last for several years without any significant improvement in Lujiang's productivity.

But once the three phases of the project are completed, at that time, if an ordinary person imagines starting from Wancheng to Shu County like this, or going from Shu County to other princes in Lujiang via Wancheng, he will no longer need to travel Those rough dirt roads are gone.

As a road that can be used continuously for thousands of years, "Yi Road", the highest-standard "national road" in the Qin and Han Dynasties, will be used as a substitute for the existing dirt roads, making all the difficult roads in Lujiang River like Kangzhuang Avenue. Smooth and smooth.

For example, sitting alone in a carriage from Wancheng to Huainan, the [-]-kilometer journey would take at least a full day even with a four-horse carriage like Zhang Yan's and top-notch horses.

This time is not only affected by the strength of the horses and the strength of the car, but also by the smoothness of the road, the weather and even the seasons.

As we all know, traveling in summer when the grass grows and the warblers fly consumes much more energy than in spring when the weeds have not grown.

The magical thing of the post road is different from other ordinary roads. When Qin Shihuang ordered the post to connect the world, in order to be able to use these roads for a long time, all the post roads have undergone special treatment. There is no grass growing on it, and no matter the wind and rain, there will be no slight change in the soil quality.

Compared with the dirt roads of the same period, this is almost the difference between the high-speed rail Harmony and the green leather car.

According to historical records, in order to meet the highest standard of construction requirements for the so-called post road, all the soil used in paving the road is mellow soil baked and roasted in coal kilns.

This kind of soil is looser and easier to shape than raw soil. After being baked at high temperature, all the original plant seeds and grass roots in the soil are killed, which makes the cycle and difficulty of growing weeds on roads paved with mellow soil are far larger than ordinary land.

Finally, in order to keep the land under construction from deforming, Qin Shihuang also ordered all post roads to use building materials such as broken tiles and bricks to lay the roadbed if there is not enough stone.

On the one hand, this behavior strengthens the drainage capacity of the post road, and on the other hand, it also prevents the post road from softening, collapsing, and collapsing due to excessive rain when faced with extreme weather outbreaks.

It can be said that in this era where all officials can be bought and sold, and if you become an official today, you may be replaced by someone else with money tomorrow, very few people would make the same decision as Zhang Yan.

Although this kind of large-scale road construction is beneficial to the people's livelihood, it is thankless for the political career, and the effect is extremely slow. It is very likely that when the prefect of a place resigns, the bridges and roads he built in the territory are all worthless. It may not be possible to complete the repair.

Not to mention that during the road construction period, a series of internal conflicts and disasters would erupt due to excessive mobilization of people's resources.

Want to know why the Qin Dynasty was called "Baoqin"?

It is true that a large part of this is naturally caused by the "refinement" of the laws of the Qin State itself, but at the same time, Ying Zheng forcibly recruited civilians and soldiers to cooperate with the soldiers to build the Great Wall, which is also a very important one. the elements of.

Don't you see, Meng Jiangnu's story made many children cry. They only know that the Great Qin has no way to force people's power, but they don't remember how many years the existence of the Great Wall has protected the entire Chinese nation.

As for Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, who made the decision of "the crime lies in the present, and the merits lie in the future", he was even criticized as worthless by literati and scholars of all dynasties.

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"What bullshit is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal? I don't care how much you have contributed to the development of the Chinese nation. I only know that you made our people work and exhausted many people to death."

"Trash Emperor, bah!"

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It can be seen from this that in China... at least in the ancient feudal period of China, sometimes being an official and doing nothing is the most mainstream policy-making strategy.

There is no doubt that it is very wrong to do so, but under the circumstances that doing something may not necessarily be meritorious, but may even cause crimes, many local rulers only know how to earn political achievements in a short-term, and are unwilling to take risks and embark on long-term projects It is also understandable.

It is precisely because of this that under such a general environment, it is possible to demonstrate how valuable Zhang Yan is, a ruler who is willing to sink his heart and do things for the people.

Chapter 37 Rails

Does Zhang Yan know about these things?

No doubt he must have known.

He has been immersed in history for many years, so he naturally has his own scale in his heart.

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Is Zhang Yan worried about these things?

He's worried ass...

Zhang Yan had almost the strongest backing and support in the entire Eastern Han Dynasty, and his godfather Zhang Rang was the most trusted person in the heart of the Emperor Han. Therefore, things that ordinary prefects need to worry about, such as being replaced by others, were on Zhang Yan's body. There is almost no possibility of anything happening.

As long as the Eastern Han Dynasty does not collapse, as long as Liu Hong is not dead, absolutely no one has the ability to drag him down from the position of Lujiang prefect!

To put it bluntly, as long as Liu Hong and Zhang Rang don't take a step first, then he can stay in the position of Lujiang prefect until he dies of old age.

And what if the Eastern Han Dynasty is gone?

Or... what if we wait until the future, when the two backers Zhang Rang and Liu Hong fall?

When that time really comes, this Eastern Han Dynasty will no longer be the former Eastern Han Dynasty.

If you want to take him down again, you may have to ask the [-] troops under him and the generals if they agree.

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It can be said that it is precisely because Zhang Yan is not worried that his official career will be interrupted due to some things, so when he gives some orders, he has enough patience and potential to do some long-term work.

This is true for building bridges, roads and even investing in factories.

And because the location of the Lujiang River is right at the throat of Jiangdong leading to the Central Plains, Zhang Yan on the road to the Lujiang River not only needs to be repaired, but also needs to be repaired more and better.

Who made him regard this place as his base from the very beginning, and the cornerstone on which he will rely on when he enters the Central Plains in the future.

When dispatching workers to build the road this time, Zhang Yan considered the above factors, so in the end, he chose the "post road", the top national road in the Qin and Han Dynasties, as his road construction standard. Radiate the power of Wancheng to every place in Lujiang through these roads.

What is even more exaggerated is that in order to speed up the circulation and transportation of materials within Lujiang, Zhang Yan also ordered that four rows of rails be built side by side on all the post roads, which are now the "provincial roads" of Lujiang.

This is terrible.

You know, what is a track?

The rails are made of relatively slender trees and laid on the road, and a special place is reserved between the two boards for the tires of the carriage to ensure that the carriage is more stable and smooth when driving on the road.

This kind of road ancillary facilities first originated in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and developed into a state of contention during the Warring States Period.

In that somewhat chaotic era, "Li collapsed and music broke" was already the most elegant way of expression.All the monarchs, regardless of size or status, are using equipment that does not conform to their own regulations, and even the roads within their respective countries are also strange, with roads of the width of their own axles.

And after King Qin Yingzheng Fen VI's Remnant Lie swept Liuhe, he developed the road technology called "Middle Age Magnetic Levitation" to its peak.

This is the same track in "books with text", "vehicles on the same track", and "walking on the same track".

Different from the most famous and easy-to-understand Shu Tongwen, the track in the carriage refers to the distance between the two wheels of the carriage. This distance does not matter how luxurious the decoration of the carriage is or how noble the owner of the carriage is. It is a fixed value and cannot be changed at all.

The reason why he made such a decision was that Qin Shihuang prepared for his hundreds and thousands of post roads.

Starting from Xianyang Palace, you can reach every inch of Daqin along the post road.

In order to make the rails of all the post roads work, this kind of rule, which is like the "Chinese carriage manufacturing standard" of later generations, was established in this way, and it has been used by the Han Empire to this day.

Of course, the track is good, but there are no miracles and magic in this world, so all good things have a price.

There is no free lunch in the world. If you want to enjoy the convenience of rails, you will naturally have to bear the higher construction and maintenance costs of rails than ordinary roads.

Fortunately, Zhang Yan had a large number of Shanyue surrenders as prisoners under his command.

In the eyes of Lin Dengwan, a qualified P company, prisoners undoubtedly represent free labor and low cost of use-this also saved Zhang Yan from over-serving the people in his own territory, and avoided many crimes. The troublesome things that are derived from this.