No matter how much the Zhi family pays attention to Dai Guo and the Zhao family, no matter what happens, the news will still need to be delayed for a while before it reaches Zhi Yao.
Depending on the level of the information, the more urgent the information, the faster it will be delivered to Zhiyao. How quickly it will take depends on how far apart the two places are and what the road conditions are like on the way.
Zhiyao has already explained the details of the agents he sent and classified the intelligence levels. This means that Zhishi agents in Daiguo or Zhao are mentally prepared for what is about to happen.
This time, Zhishi's detailed work was misled by Zhiyao to some extent.
How to put it? The Zhi family's meticulous preparations were psychologically prepared in advance for what would happen to the Zhao family or Dai Guo. They had already made preconceived judgments. Faced with the situation where the Zhao family really took action against Dai Guo, their thinking would be biased toward Zhi Yao's advance.
the conclusion made.
As a result, Zhi's careful investigation found that Zhao was really taking action against Dai State. They would pay more attention to Zhao's efforts to clean up the upper echelons of Dai State. Even if they spied on Zhao's arrangements for relocation, they would ignore it.
Because of the illusion of "everything is under control", Zhi's craftsmen will pay a regular level of attention to intelligence, and because of the "preconception" relationship, even if they find some weirdness, because of their tendency to focus on the core,
You won't pay too much attention to those weird things.
Then, unless someone's brain turns around first, or the signs of some things Zhao did are too obvious, otherwise Zhi's detailed work will continue to think inertly, waiting for the day when something is wrong, and rely on careful work
His own power was unable to stop it, and naturally he had no time to send out the information and summon an army to stop it.
Therefore, Zhiyao, who was far away in "Ye", received the intelligence that Zhao was taking action against Dai Guo on the twelfth day after Zhao Wuxie's action. Zhiyao only read the intelligence report and there was no reminder that Zhao was preparing to move.
"Sure enough, I took action, and the timing was quite good." Zhiyao thought to herself.
Talking about timing, isn't Zhishi just starting to carry out the second five-year plan? Once Zhishi makes a big move to engage in internal affairs, it will obviously cause losses if it stops. If external events are not too big, the construction of internal affairs will certainly not be stopped.
Even if something needs to be done, Zhishi's big project has already started, and the resources devoted to military use will definitely be reduced.
Without the support of intelligence, Zhiyao would never have thought that Zhao Wuxie would choose to flee far away. The direction of his thinking must be when is the most appropriate time for the Zhi family to send troops to represent the country.
For example, now, Zhiyao already knows that Dai Junyong was invited by Zhao Wushe to go to the north of Xiawu Mountain, and also knows that Dai Junyong has been killed. He infers that it will take at least three months for the Zhao family to sweep through the entire Dai country.
The premise that Zhao Wuji was able to annex the Dai Kingdom in three months was that he used despicable means to eliminate Dai Junyong and some important ministers of the Dai Kingdom at once, even though there were other high-level officials in the Dai Kingdom, and the Zhao family suddenly took action later.
, there is no extra time for the surviving nobles of Dai Kingdom to come back to their senses in time.
"Once Daijun dies, there is no reason why Zhao Wuji would let the prince of Dai and other important officials go. It seems that assassination methods will become popular in the north."
The facts were just as Zhiyao had guessed, even the assassination of the crown prince of Dai and his important ministers in "Dai" were carried out several days before Zhao Wushe attacked Dai Junyong.
After reading the news, Zhiyao quickly put the matter aside and turned her attention to the construction of the canal.
The project that Zhishi will start this year is to dig a canal connecting Jize and Dahe. The middle section is of course a water conservancy project for irrigation, including the canals that branch out.
Thanks to Chi's first five-year plan, there was a similar project. The relevant details may change, but the basics remain the same.
Because of the similar relationship, Zhishi has already cultivated relevant talents, and will naturally be more prepared for the mobilization of labor force and reserve of materials.
"I heard that Wu State used more than 500,000 people to dig canals and build cities?"
"That's more than 500,000 people from Wu, Yue, Lu, Ju, Pi, Tan... a dozen other countries. This shows how hard Fu Chai exploited his younger brother."
You need to first understand what era we are in before you can realize how exaggerated it is to use more than 500,000 people to serve a project.
There is no nonsense at all. Almost all the men in the Pi and Tan states were collected. The labor force contributed by the Lu state reached 60,000, and the Yue state contributed more than 40,000 people.
Pi State and Tan State have existed for a long time. They are now "states within a state" of Wu State, which is equivalent to being surrounded by Wu State.
The more than 500,000 people Wu State collected were not only men, but about 100,000 of them were women.
Fu Chai gave a deadline: the canal must be dug within eight years, and the four cities along the way must be repaired.
Zhishi is using about 220,000 laborers to build the water conservancy project this time. It is expected that the main water channel will be dug within five years and the construction of 23 secondary waterways will be completed at the same time.
If the Zhishi water conservancy project is completed, according to preliminary estimates, about 110,000 hectares of cultivated land will be added, and this is only the initial increase in cultivated land, and there will be related increases later.
Zhiyao attaches great importance to this water conservancy project, and it is not necessarily an exaggeration to say that he thinks it is.
Historically, the Qin State built the Zhengguo Canal. The length of the main canal was about 300 miles. After the completion of the water conservancy project, it added 360,000 hectares of fertile land to the Qin State. (There are many opinions, so this may not be correct)
The total length of the main water conservancy projects currently built by Zhishi is about 120 miles, which is about 20 miles longer than the total length of Qianshi, Shishui and other water conservancy projects built during the reign of Duke Huan of Qi.
It is regarded as the water conservancy project with the longest total mileage in the Xia, Shang and Jizhou dynasties.
Zhiyao was not at the construction site of the water conservancy project, mainly because Gongshu spent about four years researching the hydraulic forging hammer Zhiyao needed.
Hydraulic forging hammer? Yes, it is a hydraulic forging hammer.
Before Gongshu came to Zhishi, Zhiyao had started research on hydraulic forging hammers. He just had a concept. Since Zhiyao had other things to do, he naturally did not have the time to devote himself to the research.
If you want to develop a hydraulic forging hammer, the key is to experiment with various gears and repeatedly test out the most suitable gear combination. The better the gear combination, the less turbulent the required water flow speed.
Of course, the runner that carries the fan blades is also one of the components that requires painstaking research, but the forging hammer requires the shortest amount of time.
During the entire research process, from looking for suitable wood to simply using metal, we also experienced a battle between US dollars and evil dollars. It seems quite simple to say it, but it is not until we actually carry out the research that we realize how complex it is.
By the way, U.S. dollars refers to bronze, not Dao Le.
Do you know why Zhiyao has been putting off starting the water conservancy project? In addition to the constant war, the remaining reason is that she is waiting for the research on the hydraulic forging hammer to be completed.
When Zhishi builds water canals next, there will be a main water canal dedicated to hydraulic forging hammers. This means that water canals will also be built near the city of "Ye", but they will only be used specifically to provide hydraulic forging hammers. There will be no nearby water canals.
Reclaim farmland.
Once the hydraulic forging hammer is put into use, it is conceivable that Zhishi will usher in a new era.
This opening of a new era does not mean that the military industry has taken another big step forward and how much production will increase. In fact, it means that Zhishi has created a milestone in human history and created tools to utilize the power of nature.
The emergence of the hydraulic forging hammer has opened up a new idea. Will anyone want to use wind power in the future?
The application of gears will have a clear enough understanding with the putting into use of hydraulic forging hammers. So since gears can be applied to hydraulic forging hammers, people have discovered that as long as the gears are combined, the utilization of "force" can be reduced or increased.
Will you think more about the use of gears?
In other words, Zhiyao has opened a door for people with relevant interests. To what extent those people will use the knowledge in the door is all possible.
Not to mention other things, Zhiyao invested in tools such as pulleys and cranes when building "Ye" city. After a few years, the roulette wheel was researched and began to be used on crossbows, bed crossbows and catapults.
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It must be said that Gongshu's research on siege equipment is getting further and further. I wonder if this historical version will also have a contest between Mozi and Gongshu Ban?
If there is still a contest between Gongshu Ban and Mozi in this version of history, it is certain that Mozi will lose miserably. The reason is that not only has Gongshu Ban been running fast, but the ones who use Gongshu's creations will also be Zhi's.
army.
The equipment is excellent and advanced, and the army's combat effectiveness is high. How can Mozi compete with Gongshu Ban?
Of course, what is more likely to happen is that Mozi was also recruited into the Zhi family by Zhiyao. As a junior, Mozi is very likely to join forces with Gongshu Ban to create greater glory.
The bigger the project, the more urgent it is to do it. When she was halfway busy with the task, Zhiyao received new information from Dai Kingdom.
"Zhao escorted a large number of people to the north and conquered the Loufan tribe again?" Zhiyao felt a little confused.
To be honest, the north of Dai Kingdom was Lou Fan's territory. During the annexation of Dai Kingdom, the Zhao family moved Dai people northward, while also conquering Lou Fan. No matter how you looked at it, Zhiyao would feel something was wrong.
What is certain is that Dai lost its ruling class and relied solely on the Dai nobles from various places to resist the Zhao family. They were defeated one by one under the Zhao family's mopping up with about 30,000 troops, and then a large number of them surrendered.
Zhiyao thought about it and thought of a possibility: "Zhao Wuxie is running away?!"
Zhiyao's face turned completely gloomy after coming to that conclusion.
If Zhao Wuxie really wants to take the Zhao family to migrate, especially if he takes hundreds of thousands of descendants, or even more people, the development of things will be really screwed up!
"No! Even if we can't intercept them all, we can intercept as many as we can. Zhao Guanshi must not be allowed to take hundreds of thousands of people to migrate north, otherwise I will have a very sad life in the future!"
Zhiyao was very glad that she had trained a group of cavalry, but it was difficult to confirm whether the mistakes could be undone and how much they would be undone.