Regarding the news from the northeast of Da Qin, the imperial court did not send any news.
However, the cabinet and the six ministries began to study the feasibility plan of relocating 600,000 people to the three counties of Heilongjiang, Liaoning, and Korea within three years in accordance with Hu Hai's order.
Once the plan is perfected, the two consecutive relocations of 600,000 Guanzhong and the Central Plains people into the bitter cold hell of the Northeast will be the largest migration in the Qin Dynasty since the First Emperor sent 500,000 old Qin people south to guard South Vietnam.
This is the largest number of people, and it is also the largest in terms of number of people. Although these 600,000 people will be moved to Heilongjiang, Liaoning, and Korea in two times within three years, they still exceed the number of the First Emperor's Southern Expedition.
The scale of South Vietnam.
During the southern expedition to South Vietnam, 200,000 Chu troops surrendered, 100,000 elite Qin soldiers, and 200,000 old Qin people.
The most important thing is that the emperor only gave the cabinet and the six ministries one month to sort out the plan, and then the news would be handed over to the governors who needed to be relocated. The governors of each county would cooperate with the officials of the six ministries to be responsible for the specific personnel and food and supplies.
deployment.
The cabinet here is still studying, and Shangfang over there is already working overtime to make box cars. This migration is expected to require at least 10,000 box cars. At that time, it is estimated that the number of trains traveling from Daqin to Liaodong will be
There will be a spectacular scene of thousands of cars on the road.
The cabinet here is secretly studying the plan to relocate the people. On the other side, two major events that have left a mark on the history of the entire Qin Dynasty, the entire China, and the entire world have happened in the Qin Dynasty one after another.
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On the eighteenth day of the fourth month of the Qin Dynasty, there was an unprecedented grand event on both sides of the Huaihe River outside Guangling City in Donghai County (near Yangzhou in later generations). People from Guangling City and dozens of nearby miles came out in full force to gather on the banks of the Huaihe River. On the other side, Qu'a, Kuaiji County
The same was true for the city (near Qu'a, Jiangsu in later generations) and the people dozens of miles nearby.
Because today, the Ministry of Industry of the Qin Dynasty will build the first bridge on the Huaihe River near Guangling to connect the two sides of the Huaihe River.
At the beginning, Xiang Yu committed suicide on the bank of the Huaihe River outside Guangling City.
Of course, the location of this section of the Huaihe River in Guangling City was naturally not because Xiang Yu committed suicide here. It is because this section of the river is the narrowest, and spring has just begun, and the rainy season has not yet entered in Jiangnan. Although the water in the Huaihe River has risen compared with winter,
But it didn't increase much.
Winter is naturally the best time to build bridges. Unfortunately, at that time, the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry and Shangfang were renovating rivers and building dams. They were also accumulating experience and were looking for locations to build bridges. There was really not enough manpower.
After walking along the Huaihe River until Guangling, we finally found the most suitable place for building a bridge and the difficulty level was just right. Of course, the most important thing is that near Guangling City, there is not only the Huaihe River, but also the Yangtze River to the south.
If the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River want to communicate in the future, the best option is to dig a canal from Guangling.
I don’t know what the craftsmen at the Ministry of Industry thought, but they determined that the imperial court would definitely connect the two major water systems of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River in the future. However, when they submitted the report, they selected the Guangling section as the place to build the bridge.
Naturally, the Ministry of Industry needs to report to the cabinet, but the cabinet does not dare to make the decision on this matter. After all, the matter of building the bridge is decided by the emperor. The emperor's opinion must be listened to.
Naturally, Hu Hai would not have any objections. Communication between the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River is something that must be done to vigorously develop water transportation in the future. After all, Hu Hai has seen it from the construction of a bridge over the Huaihe River. With Da Qin's current technology, even if Mohist craftsmen are the main force,
It is impossible to build a bridge across the Yangtze River.
Since we cannot build bridges, it seems that the only option is to vigorously develop water transportation!
In this way, the first bridge across the river in Daqin was decided upon by Hu Hai.
Today will be the ceremony to start the construction of this Guangling Bridge.
The bridge spans both sides of the Huaihe River to connect the East China Sea and Kuaiji, which is naturally great for the people of the two counties. Therefore, the current grand situation is only normal.
Zhou Qingchen, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, personally rushed from Xianyang to Guangling to hold the foundation laying ceremony of the bridge on behalf of the imperial court.
Amidst overwhelming cheers, the construction of Guangling Bridge began.
The Guangling Bridge will be built by 100,000 soldiers from the Chu army under the coordination of craftsmen from the Ministry of Works. One hundred thousand people is naturally too many to build a bridge. The canal connecting the Huaihe River in Guangling and the Yangtze River will also start construction at the same time. The main force will also be these 10 people.
Wan Chu's army surrendered.
Weng Zhong of the Xuanwu Army moved from Chen County to Guangling, and 50,000 Xuanwu Army suppressed various places.
What many people don't know is that as early as a month before the construction of Guangling Bridge started, the 200,000 Chu soldiers had already begun their journey north, escorted by the 20,000 Suzaku Army cavalry who had suppressed the counties in Jiangdong.
The 300,000 soldiers of the Chu army who surrendered have become Qin's professional engineering or construction corps. They eat well and sleep well, and their families also receive subsidies from the court. Naturally, it is impossible for anyone to still think about resisting Qin.
What's more, the Xiang clan in Jiangdong lives in seclusion and is extremely obedient. Without a backbone, Da Qin did not abuse them, so its military morale was naturally available.
One hundred thousand Chu troops surrendered to the construction corps to build the Guangling Bridge and dig a canal connecting the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River. The destination of these two hundred thousand Chu troops to surrender was the city of Handan, thousands of miles away.
Under the guidance of Hu Hai, after nearly a year and a half of exploration, Shangfang craftsmen finally succeeded in discovering large iron ore and coal mountains to the west of Jiuyuan Fortress and north of Handan City.
There is not much iron ore in Guanzhong at all. Although iron ore can also be found, it is obvious that the meager amount is far from enough for the entire world of Da Qin today.
After the First Emperor unified the world, except for Shangfang, all copper and iron items in the world were confiscated, including the spatulas, not to mention those workshops that could occasionally smelt iron and copper.
In today's world, there are only the iron smelting workshops in Shangfang and the iron furnaces on the banks of the Huaihe River near Chen County in the entire Qin Dynasty. However, the iron furnaces in Chen County were demolished long after the people of Chen County began to live and work in peace and contentment.
In other words, all the iron used in the entire Qin Dynasty can only be produced from Shangfang, and Shangfang also casts various coins and weapons. It is far from meeting the needs of the development of the Qin Dynasty.
Then, building more iron smelting plants becomes a matter that must be solved.
There are iron ore and coal mines in Handan and Jiuyuan (Baotou), and it is estimated that no one in later generations will not know about it. Under the guidance of Hu Hai, Shangfang's ore prospecting craftsmen indeed discovered iron ore and coal mountains in Handan and Jiuyuan Fortress.
Now what Hu Hai needs to choose is whether to build iron smelting plants in both places or only choose one of them.
In the end, Hu Hai weighed the pros and cons and decided to locate the second ironmaking field in Handan, which will also be the largest ironmaking field in Daqin for a long time. Jiuyuan is really too far away from Guanzhong, and Handan is much safer.
Two hundred thousand Chu troops surrendered and marched north to Handan, where they built this new iron smelting yard under the command of Shangfang craftsmen.
On April 29th of the Great Qin calendar, the Handan iron yard (not a factory) started construction! (To be continued. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.)