As long as you are familiar enough with each other, almost everything will become a brand name, and the space for manipulation will be squeezed to the minimum.
Because the original country is powerful, there will definitely be more countries or forces studying the original country. The problem is that the research is repeated, and the function is more to reduce losses and cannot achieve the level of turning things around.
It's quite simple. For example, the Chu State knew that the decisive battle would definitely begin. It clearly knew that the original army going south would not be less than 500,000, and even guessed that Zhiyao would personally conquer it. But what could it do? At most, they could only make up for it.
Yuan Guo's troops were small and they tried their best to resist.
Zhao Wuxie also knew what Zhiyao's intentions were. After struggling for so long, he thought and weighed carefully. In the end, he just wanted to prove himself once, and then follow the future path according to Zhiyao's vision.
It's not that they don't want to change, it's just that they have too few cards in their hands and they can't beat Zhiyao with a king bomb.
Zhiyao did not have a full advantage from the beginning. He had a clearer goal than anyone else. He pursued the goal step by step, planned and worked hard, and it took him nearly thirty years to get the king bomb.
How many thirty years can a life have? Living thirty years was a luxury for most people during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and even fewer people could live a satisfactory life.
After a tour in Qin, Zhiyao did not feel indifference, but the local people were not as enthusiastic as the people in Jin. Generally speaking, there was not much resentment.
In fact, what they were like under the rule of Qin Ting, when they were under the rule of Yuan Kingdom, their lives were not worse, but even better.
The people who were originally under the rule of Qin Ting, due to some emotions, would not show much enthusiasm. To be honest, they didn't have any hatred.
In the past, national war was a game for nobles. Ordinary people were not qualified to become soldiers. The war generally did not affect them. There was really no deep hatred on the personal side.
No relatives died in the war to destroy the country, and life is getting better day by day. Why do the older generation resist the rule of the Zhi family?
For the new generation, even if they hear about what happened in Qin Ting in the past, most of them are in comparison with the quality of life now. They often hear their elders say that under the rule of Qin Ting, they did not dare to drink thick porridge. Then look at themselves.
It is inevitable to compare the life when I was growing up between the rule of Qin Ting and my current life.
On the one hand, the quality of life is getting better, but more importantly, joining the army is no longer a game for nobles, they also receive the same treatment.
In many dynasties, becoming a soldier was not a good thing, and was even an extremely humiliating thing.
In the Pre-Qin, Western Han, Eastern Han, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, and Tang Dynasties, becoming a member of the army was not only an honor, but also provided opportunities for advancement. Not just anyone could become a soldier.
There is contrast in everything, and there are real practical benefits. The senses are completely different.
Therefore, even if the old people in Qin were foolish enough to resist the rule of the Zhi family for the sake of the future of their heirs, the new generation would not feel too much. They more often take it for granted and try their best to fight for it under the urging of their elders.
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"The land of Qin is still too vast and sparsely populated, and the farther west it becomes, the more desolate it becomes."
“The king’s intention is to move the population to the west?”
"This matter is not urgent. You can leave it with the prince."
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In terms of area, Zhiyao and others have not yet entered Longxi County, and are located in Yong County.
This "Yong" refers to the former capital of the Qin State, and their former capital also became the governor's mansion.
The original country also had Longxi County, but the current large county only had two cities, and was mostly made up of nomadic herding tribes. The total population did not exceed 50,000, making it the county with the smallest population among the counties in the original country.
Because mobile herding was the main means of livelihood, the original state's rule over Longxi County was mainly centered on two cities. It did not rely on administrative orders to rule. In fact, it controlled daily necessities and used trade to maintain some rule.
It's quite simple. Grazing requires food, salt, cloth, ironware, copperware, etc. They are indispensable. They do not have the conditions for self-production and rely on livestock or fur in exchange. Once they leave the support of the original country, their lives may not be the same.
Life is much better than those of other races.
Human nature is to pursue a better life. If the things you are used to are suddenly missing, even if it does not make you unable to survive, you will still feel extremely unaccustomed and even develop mental illness.
This method is still being used more than two thousand years later, but the way it is used seems wrong?
The place Zhiyao visited is called "Chencang", which is still a very small city at present.
Historically, "Chencang" has always been one of the important grain reserves of the Qin State. It is not that "Chencang" itself is very rich in agricultural production. It mainly transports grain from Bashu to "Chencang" for storage, and then takes it out for use by the army when needed.
Grain.
Before the "Eight Hundred Miles of Qinchuan", the Qin State relied heavily on the grain from Bashu, which not only played an emergency role, but also maintained the stability of grain prices for the largest base.
Previously, Yuan Guo had been looking for a passage into Hanzhong near Chencang based on Zhiyao's reminder. As expected, he found one in the southwest of "Chencang" and another near Xieshui.
The buildable passage in the front was historically called the "Old Road", and the one in the back was called the "Baoxie Road".
In fact, if you look for it from Longxi County, you can still find the passage into Shu, but it seems too far away. Even if the road into Shu is easier, when it comes to military operations, it is generally better to go closer than farther.
Once it is a military operation, there will be a very large number of people participating, and the daily consumption will be a very exaggerated figure. The longer the supply line, the more consumption will be during transportation. How can it be possible to choose the distance just because it is difficult to move?
Naturally, there is no trace of the "Old Road" or the "Baoxie Road" at present, and the exploration of the two possible passages is still in progress.
The plan submitted below is more inclined to the "Old Road" passage, because there are not only rivers on the Xieshui side, but also the local Baogu Ridge, which makes it more difficult to build a passage.
Zhiyao came here to see for himself what the "old road" looked like that had not been built. Seeing the barren mountains everywhere with his own eyes, he began to doubt whether it was worth building a plank road here.
Historically, the reason why the Qin State built the "Old Road" and "Baoxie Road" was that they were trapped in the pass and had no other way to enter Bashu.
The Yuan Kingdom is different. In addition to entering Bashu from Qin, you can also choose other directions.
"To build such a plank road, there will inevitably be many casualties, and the difficulty of the project is unimaginable." Zhiyao expressed this feeling while looking at the stacked mountains.
Zhikuan blinked, showing his confusion.
They, the nobles whose fiefdoms are in Qin, definitely hope to build a passage into Bashu in Qin so that the products of Bashu can pass through Qin. On the one hand, they have priority in obtaining the products of Bashu. On the one hand, it has more benefits as a business road passes through.
The Yuan Kingdom has already controlled the land of Shangyu, and even entering Badi has to go through many difficulties and dangers. The problem is that once you enter Hanzhong, it is much easier to go deeper.
Zhiyao kept thinking and thought: "I remember that the battle between Wei and Shu at the end of the Three Kingdoms was mostly focused on the fight for Hanzhong County? At that time, Wei and Shu often dispatched more than 100,000 troops to fight in that area. How could they accommodate so many troops? More troops means that the road has been developed."
Since this was the case during the Three Kingdoms period, doesn't it mean that as long as the original country looks in the right direction, the original country can also open a convenient passage into Hanzhong according to local conditions?
What Zhiyao ignored or didn't know at all was that Wei and Shu had repeatedly confronted each other in Hanzhong County, and "Chencang" in Qin was also a very important point of contention.
However, without the development and maintenance of those plank roads in the Pre-Qin and Han Dynasties, it seems that the "Chen Cang" at the entrance and exit of the plank roads no longer seems so important?
Zhiyao knew better that in an area that was already difficult to enter and exit, it would be difficult to maintain local rule if there was only a single entrance and exit.
The reason? By blocking that single entrance, the place can become a kingdom of its own.
For the current Yuan Kingdom, it is not important whether the access routes in and out of Bashu are diverse. What is most important is finding the best route to save time.
"Where is Ziwu Valley?" Zhiyao began to regret not taking the geography class seriously.
Among the many passages from Qin to Hanzhong, Ziwu Road is actually the most suitable route for large armies to pass through. However, not only does it require repeated climbs over mountains and ridges, but the density of plants is also beyond imagination.
The problem is that it is safer to just cut down the trees than to build a plank road.
"During the Li and Tang Dynasties when the Sichuan plank road was built, the biggest accident seemed to have killed more than 50,000 people?" Zhiyao found this historical fragment in his mind.
The Bati side did not provide casualty data for the construction of the plank road, but Zhikai saw the resentment of the people of Badi towards the capital city of Badi when he was living in Badi.
Building a passage can make the whole country excited. Can you guess the cost of building the plank road in Pakistan?
Four months have passed since the Yuan army invaded Shu, but the information Zhiyao obtained was separated by two to three months.
In other words, what Zhiyao knows has basically happened for two or three months, which is equivalent to useless information.
In the latest intelligence obtained by Zhiyao, the original army was trapped by a river.
That river is called Mianshui, and it is not a very long water system. What is terrible is that there are steep mountains on both sides, and the river is very fast.
The original army tried several times to send a small number of people to cross the river, but no matter how good the water was, it was still difficult to swim across with a noose. If a raft was used, it would float far downstream. The length of the noose was not enough, and it would also get caught in the trees along the way. live.
When the original army was trapped on the east bank of Mianshui, it was fortunate that the "Chengdu" side did not know that there was an incoming army. Otherwise, it would have directly deployed its troops on the west bank of Mianshui. By then, it would have been even more difficult for the original army to cross Mianshui. It's extremely difficult.
It was too far away and there was no means of instant communication. Zhiyao could only choose to trust the commander of the army and not interfere in any way that would increase the pressure.
Speaking of communication methods, Zhiyao had already ordered the training of pigeons a long time ago, and the results were effective, but most of the pigeons released could not reach their destination safely.
It is now the late Spring and Autumn period, and the wild is dominated by all kinds of animals. The number of flying raptors is terrifying, and many of them even hunt pigeons for food.
A method of communication like flying pigeons to send messages? If it could be used effectively at any time, all dynasties would have been promoting special articles. Why bother to devise an expedited means of traveling hundreds of miles on horseback?
Therefore, many seemingly miraculous methods cannot be used anytime and anywhere. The actual situation at the time must be taken into consideration.
The method of flying pigeons to pass on messages mostly appears in martial arts. Let alone serious "serious dramas", have you ever seen any screenwriters or directors using it even with more reliable crews?
The idea of "I'm smarter than the ancients" is really bad!
Zhiyao's idea to try flying pigeons to deliver messages came from martial arts. After personally proving that it was difficult to implement, he changed to placing post stations on some major transportation routes. Although the speed of information transmission could not be compared with flying, the problem was that it must be more reliable.
They inspected the Qin Dynasty, and on their return journey they would pass through the Shangyu region, somewhat deliberately avoiding the former Wangji area, and enter the Zheng region for a new round of inspection.
When passing through the Shang Dynasty, Zhiyao obviously found that the development here was faster than that in the Qin Dynasty. The reason was that the original Yiluo Rong, Lu Hunrong, and Man clans were progressing smoothly in the transformation of the Xia Dynasty, and they learned to farm.
A large number of land reclamations began. Thanks to the convenience brought by Luoshui, there was no shortage of irrigation water.
In another twenty or thirty years, perhaps there will be no need to deliberately build large water conservancy projects, and only the local people will need to dig canals spontaneously, and the "land of three rongs" that once seemed extremely wild will become a land of plenty.
In the original history, the Qin State did not do much business in this area. During the Qin II period, when all the heroes came together, three-tenths of the grain consumed by Zhang Han's army came from the local area.
If we want to say that there is a place that can produce abundant output without intensifying development efforts, the "land production" area of Zhengdi cannot be left behind.
As mid-summer approached, Zhiyao entered Zhengdi and came to the "Zhi Tian" side. At first glance, he found it pleasing to the eye.
On the vast plains, crops everywhere are almost ready for harvest, and fish can even be caught in some rice fields.
What the hell? There are fish in the rice fields???
The people in Zhengdi cultivated rice from the Chu State. The presence of fish in the rice fields is not necessarily due to artificial interference. It may be that they entered the fields with the flowing water during irrigation.
One thing is that because the local government of Li and Tang banned the killing of carp, carp were overrun during the Li and Tang period. There was no shortage of carp in the fields in some rice farming areas.
In fact, the royal family of Li and Tang Dynasties did not strictly prohibit the killing of carp. The local officials did their own thing and deprived the general public of a delicacy on the table.
Previously, Zhiyao went to Qin, which caused a panic in Yiqu and the Zhao family.
Now, Zhiyao's inspection team entered Zheng Di, which immediately caused a big reaction from the Chu State.
At the intersection of Wu and Yue, the battle between the Yuan army and the Chu army never stopped.
When Zhiyao's inspection team entered Zheng Di, Chu State's response was to hold a general meeting!