The last time the Zhi family built a city was six years ago, and it was not uncommon for them to build another city after six years.
The State of Wu in the south is really powerful. While digging the Grand Canal, it will also build four or more cities in a row. The project is still expected to be completed within ten years.
"If the city is built again, it may be used as the capital in the future!" Zhiyao knew this very well.
It is precisely because of this that the location for building a city requires careful consideration, and various factors are considered far more than building "Ye" city.
In fact, as a capital city, building it by the river would do more harm than good.
The big river is not a gentle river. There have been many changes in its course in history. Once the capital is on the side, any change in its course would be a natural or man-made disaster.
Another point is that wherever the capital is, a lot of farmland will be reclaimed, and the surrounding environment will definitely be greatly changed.
Historically, farmland has been reclaimed along rivers, destroying the environment, and at the same time, dams have been built to carry out shoddy projects. Aren't there enough man-made disasters caused when floods occur?
The advantage is of course being close to a big river and being able to use water transportation, but a big river is different from a big river. The prerequisite for using a big river for water transportation is to carry out modifications, such as removing some of the rocks in the river, or building dams in certain areas to control the flow of water.
and increase and decrease the river bed height.
"I can't do it..." Zhiyao thought to herself.
With the technology and population of the current era, improving the waterways of large rivers is simply a fantasy.
In fact, let alone the feudal era, even in the information age, we can’t do it!
"Although it is the mother river, it has troubled so many dynasties!" Zhiyao felt that if she had a choice, it would be better not to build the capital beside the river.
If Zhiyao remembers correctly, there is a clear record in the history books of the Jin Dynasty that a river changed its course. This change of course occurred in the fifth year of King Ding of Zhou (602 BC). A big breach occurred in the river, and a "split" appeared directly.
Split in two!
The disaster caused by the "split" incident of the river lasted for decades, affecting several countries. It can even be said that it directly interrupted the rise of Qi State. Later, it even caused Qi State to give up the Jishui River.
All the cities in the north.
Even today, the impact of the "splitting" of the river still exists. Zhiyao personally saw the Zeguo there during the last Eastern Expedition, and there were an abnormal number of tributaries of the river.
Zhiyao invited Sima Rangju, Gongshu Quan and Ran You over.
"The soil north of Jishui will be washed by the river, and the soil will be fertile..." Of course Zhiyao also mentioned those Zeguo, and then asked a lot of questions, most of which were related to agriculture.
They listened and understood that Zhiyao wanted to use that area in the future, especially to build a large grain-producing area.
Sima Ranju said with a strange look on his face: "The prince has already been dealt with, so why..."
That side is also part of Hebei, just further east.
The Zhi family indeed has arrangements for the Changdi area in Hebei, and those arrangements are closely related to the diversion of the river.
Zhiyao was not confused and said: "That being the case, one thing has its purpose, and both of them do the same thing, which is in line with the way."
Ran You answered and said, "If Qi is unable to recover, it is possible."
That's why Zhiyao even invited Sima Ranju here, because it was related to military matters.
After Gongshuquan stopped, he realized what his mission was. He needed to go through the family records and reuse some information. At the same time, he contacted some friends who were good at managing water conservancy projects and devoted himself to Zhi's investigation of that area.
Research and come up with a transformation plan.
It’s hard to say that Gongshu still needs to research some new tools so that they can be put into use during future development.
They left with various ideas.
Not long after, Sima Ranju came back again.
"Does Your Majesty know that this matter is of great importance?" Sima Ranju asked.
Zhiyao knew very well how big the matter was and said: "Yao has never wanted to accomplish this for countless years. Even if it takes a hundred years of work, my family will never waver. If this is accomplished, the work will be mine and the benefits will be in the future."
There are risks when starting any project. Don't think that the ancients didn't know this.
Sima Ranju was greatly shocked by Zhiyao's words "Benefit lies in the future", and a thousand words came together in one sentence: "I will never let Qi regain the north of Jishui!"
The Zhi family is willing to spend more than a hundred years to manage that land. Of course, the Zhi family will benefit. Isn't it a great contribution to the civilization of Zhuxia?
So at this point, the Qi State rebuilt north of Jishui after the natural disaster. Even if the country's fall did not last long and the Qin Empire benefited for a while, it still made a contribution. However, the Han Empire, which took advantage, did not thank the Tian family of Chen very much.
There is no need to say that. The previous dynasty belongs to the previous dynasty. If not for too long, singing hymns would be the same as "calling on the souls".
Sima Ranju's promise was very important. He did not want Qi to retake the north of Jishui. There was only one way.
Zhiyao gave a big smile and said happily: "Rangju knows me."
After all, he is a person who can stay in the martial arts temple. Sima Ranju participated in the Zhi family's strategic deployment to the East. If he didn't say it out, it doesn't mean that he couldn't find out that Zhi Yao had the intention of subjugating the country.
Of course, it is one thing whether you are aware of the fact that the Zhi family wants to destroy the Qi State. Anyway, it is better not to talk about it.
Sima Ranju, who had left and returned, left again. With great determination, no matter how many brain cells he lost, he decided to come up with some strategies to destroy Qi.
Some are the so-called best strategies, middle strategies, and worst strategies, which include quick decisions or more prudent step-by-step management.
Zhiyao was in a daze for a while. When it was time to have lunch, Taihu came to report that a visitor was coming, which finally broke Zhiyao out of his daze.
"Bolu?" Zhiyao was quite surprised that Zhao Bolu came to 'Ye' specifically to find out what business he had.
It happened to be time for lunch, and Zhiyao invited Zhao Bolu to have a meal with her, not even bothering with Gu Bu Ziqing's share.
At the beginning, Zhao Bolu rambled on about a lot of things, and gradually Zhiyao began to taste some of the connotations.
"Dai Guo violated the Zhao family, and Bolu wants to send troops to attack?" Zhiyao's face was full of surprise.
Didn’t it say that the Zhao family was going to become in-laws with Dai Guo?
The relationship between the Zhao family and Dai Guo was very harmonious before, especially since Dai Guo was involved in the revenge against Zhongshan State to some extent, so the relationship should not be broken down so easily.
Then, although the State of Dai borders the State of Jin, they are separated by Xiawu Mountain. Not to mention that there is almost no interaction between the State of Dai and the State of Jin. Even if there is, there will be a conflict of interest with the Zhi family who borders the country. What does the Zhao family have to do with it?
"Could it be that Mr. Dai didn't want to marry a woman from Zhao after seeing Zhao's weakness?" Zhiyao thought about it and came up with this possibility.
Sure enough, Zhao Bolu said with an angry face: "Dai Jun has repeatedly broken his words and insulted my Zhao family!"
Are you really regretting your marriage???
Zhiyao could tell from Zhao Bolu's expression that he was really angry, but he could not help but wonder whether Dai Country could be realistic anymore, or that Dai Country would not be as realistic as it was because all its rulers were foreigners and their customs were different from those of other Xia countries.
Bar!
Let's put it this way, no matter how weak the Zhao family is, they are still one of the high-ranking families in the Jin State. Although the Jin State's high-ranking families fight fiercely among themselves, they fight against each other, but to the outside world they are a family.
Zhao Yang died in the battle against the Zhongshan Kingdom. It was clearly the Zhao family who started a private family war against the Zhongshan Kingdom. Didn't several high-ranking families work together to seek revenge?
Moreover, in the battle to avenge Zhao Yang, several high-ranking families deployed much more troops than in an ordinary national war!
So, have the minds of the monarchs and ministers of Dai been damaged by the door? After proposing a marriage, they regretted it.
In fact, not to mention that Dai Guo faced the high-ranking families of Jin State, no matter how small a noble proposed a marriage contract to someone, and the family of the marriage partner was destroyed, as long as the woman with the marriage contract survived, she would still be married into the family, or marry her.
past.
Ordinary nobles are like that, and it is even less possible for a king of a country to take a marriage contract seriously.
In this matter, Zhi Yao only felt that it was full of strangeness. If she hadn't known Zhao Bolu's personality and seen that the emotions Zhao Bolu released didn't seem to be fake, the others would have reacted immediately.
"Bolu is here to invite me to attack Dai Kingdom together?" Zhiyao asked.
At this time, Gubu Ziqing wanted to answer the question, but when the words came to his mouth, he shut his mouth tightly.
Zhao Bolu nodded vigorously and said: "I have invited the Han family, come to invite the Zhi family, and then go to the Wei family, the Hu family, and the Zhong family."
Something seems wrong?
Although it is true that Zhi Yao is the one who makes the decision, the head of the family is Zhishen.
If it was a major matter like sending troops, shouldn't we discuss it with Zhishen?
Gubu Ziqing could speak for himself and said: "The prince will decide what you want."
Well!!!
Everyone knows what's going on, why don't Jishen just lie down?
There is a problem here, and it is a big problem.
The last time Zhiyao and Zhishen revealed their future strategies, it really put Zhishen into a huge conflict, and Zhishen also began to worry about where the Zhi family would go in a hundred years under Zhiyao's leadership.
It's not that Zhi Yao wanted to launch a war to destroy the country, so what happened to Zhishen.
After all, the Jin State destroyed Zhongshan State not long ago. In recent years, the number of princes who have lost their kingdoms has also increased, and everyone has actually gotten used to it again.
It was purely because Zhiyao wanted to destroy too many countries at once, and she still had to use the family private war model, which made Zhishen start to worry about the future of her family.
It may not be difficult for the Zhi family to destroy a country, but what is difficult is to face various counterattacks after destroying it. Regarding this point, if Zhi Yao knew Zhishen's worries, she would show Zhishen the data from Zhongshan Kingdom.
The Zhi clan absorbed some nobles (leaders) from the original Zhongshan Kingdom. Since the Jin Kingdom and the Zhi clan were both powerful, the former Zhongshan Kingdom aristocrats who had attached themselves understood the gap. Those who did not want to integrate were buried, and the living people could only integrate in. This also allowed
Zhi's digestion of Zhongshan Kingdom is very smooth, and any troubles are minor troubles.
The same operation can be replicated in annexing Weiguo, Lu... and other countries. That is, the "people" of the Zhuxia countries will definitely have stronger feelings for the mother country than Chidi, and the difficulty will be greater, but the method is always better than
Much more difficult.
Zhiyao chatted with Zhao Bolu for a long time, although she still had a lot of doubts in her heart, and the Zhi family didn't want to participate at all. The other high-ranking families would participate, so naturally the Zhi family couldn't be left out, right?
"How many troops does Zhao need from me?" Zhiyao asked.
Zhao Bolu wanted to answer, but was interrupted by Gubu Ziqing coughing...
