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When the first rays of sunlight in the morning shone into the cloud hall, on the wide bed, Yingziyi stretched her waist and sat up slowly.

Xiaomeng was lying on her side beside Ying Ziyi, and under the futon, her white body loomed.

Because of some indescribable vigorous exercise, Xiaomeng slept soundly, the wings of her nose trembled slightly, her long silver-white hair was scattered, a strand of long hair was stained on the side of her face, and after the sweat dried, her hair looked a little dry.

"His Royal Highness the Prince."

The figure of the little crane appeared in the dormitory, kneeling on one knee under the bed.

"What's the matter?"

According to the report, Meng Tian's army went out of the Great Wall, Yang Wengzi led the army out of Xiaoguan, and under the attack from the east and west, the Xiongnu had been completely defeated. South of the Great River, it is the land of my Great Qin. ”

Ying Ziyi hit Hatche, and said with sleepy eyes: "It's only been one night, and the Huns are about to be destroyed, and the changes in this world are really fast!" ”

"Your Highness, Peng Yue has already started to act there."

Xiaohe glanced at Ying Ziyi and reminded.

"The king knows." Ying Ziyi nodded and said. "Let the fat golden man come over."

"Yes, Your Highness."

At this time, Xiaomeng woke up from his sleep, his hands wrapped around Yingziyi's waist, and the whole person was attached to him.

Xiaohe glanced at Xiaomeng, then lowered his head and retreated.

"You have lived in the clouds all these years. Now, is there finally going to be action? Xiaomeng said in an intimate voice.

"I planted the field for four years. Now, it's time to get started. ”

The empire raised 300,000 troops and attacked the Xiongnu in the north. Overnight, the mountains and rivers changed color, and the south of the Yellow River was all Qin.

But that's just the beginning.

How should such a vast land be governed? In fact, Emperor Qin already had the answer in his heart.

Daqin's current military system can be roughly divided into five parts.

The Guanzhong Legion guarding the 800-mile Qinchuan is the elite of the Qin army, with roughly 200,000 troops.

The Kwantung Army guarding the Six Nations has roughly 500,000 troops, but in this part, there are a large number of soldiers from the Six Kingdoms, and the composition is complicated. In order to maintain the stability of the counties and counties in the eastern part of the country, the Qin Emperor recruited a large number of old clans of the Six Kingdoms, many of whom served in the Kwantung Army. For example, Chen Rong, who rebelled in Zhao a few years ago, was loyal to Daqin on the surface, but no one knew what they thought secretly.

The Baiyue Legion guarding Xiang County, Guilin County, and Nanhai County. Because of Yingziyi, the war in Baiyue ended quickly, and the size of the Baiyue Army has been maintained at about 200,000. Among them, the Longchuan County Order Zhao Tuo's department, Panyu Renhuo Department is the most elite.

The Western Regions Legion directly under the jurisdiction of Ying Ziyi is about 100,000 people. This person takes Zhaowu City, the capital of the Western Regions, as its heart, and controls the scope of Dawan Kingdom in the west and Wuche City in the east. Most of the troops were cavalry, and they came and went freely in this vast area.

The remaining one is the Great Wall Army, which now encompasses all the land of Henan, with roughly 300,000 people.

Today's military is not a fully professional killing machine. Just like the Wei Wushu under Wu Qi in the Hexi Land in the past, it was completely detached from production and was like a mercenary-like army. Although it was elite, with the financial resources of Wei, the overlord of the Central Plains, Wei Wushu only maintained the number of 50,000 when he was in his heyday, let alone other countries.

Even in today's Great Qin, there are only a small number of professional troops that are completely detached from production. Most of the others are semi-professional armies based on farming and warfare, half farming and half soldiers.

This is probably also the reason why in another time and space, the 500,000 Baiyue army never went north.

The Qin Emperor has died, and the 500,000 Qin army has lost its allegiance to its leader. The newly enthroned Second Hu Hai, in addition to being arrogant and lascivious, killed his brothers and sisters, the ministers and generals left by the Qin Emperor, and even forgot all the soldiers in the land of Baiyue.

How can such an emperor be convincing? I don't know what kind of feelings Zhao Tuo, the first lieutenant of the southeast, had in his heart when he saw the rebellion of the Six Kingdoms and gave an order to abandon the Chidao that the empire had worked so hard to build?

Is it the eagerness to achieve one's ambitions, or the helpless sigh of seeing a great empire come to an end?

He is a farmer in his spare time and a soldier in wartime. The Great Wall Legion is such an army.

Before the Northern Expedition to the Xiongnu, the empire had already discussed how to govern this vast land.

Libeidi, Jiuyuan two counties, the land of Henan is all under its rule. In addition, along the banks of the Yellow River, 44 county towns were built, and millions of people were relocated to fill the soil.

The empire had a million people and 300,000 troops, stationed on the northern border of the empire to digest the land. Moreover, the final plan was to capture the fertile land north of the Yellow River and south of Yangshan, and build a Great Wall to defend Beihu along the edge of Yangshan and Yinshan.

If this plan succeeds, there will be a line of defense that spans thousands of miles along the long border north of the empire to prevent Beihu from moving south.

And Ying Ziyi has been preparing for this plan for four years.

The direct jurisdiction of Yingziyi is centered on the Hexi Corridor where Zhaowu City and Wuche City are located, and the scale of Wuche City is the largest.

With a population of 200,000, the area around Wuchecheng is an important town connecting the east and west on the Silk Road.

In a few years, the road connecting Fuping County to the north from Wuchecheng has been completed. Starting from Fuping County, you can go to the north in the west and Jiuyuan in the north.

Once these places are connected, it means that the cow wool skins, scimitar horses, and even slaves on the steppe can rely on this road and quickly digest it on the Silk Road.

In charge of Linglong Pavilion, the largest chamber of commerce under Ying Ziyi, the original patriotic businessman Jin Fat is becoming more and more wealthy at the moment. He was dressed in a large brocade robe, with two moustaches, holding his iconic golden abacus in his hand, licking his stomach, pooping with a big belly, and looking like a profiteer, he walked into the side hall where Yingziyi handled government affairs.

"My subordinates meet His Royal Highness the Prince."

The golden fat man came to Yingziyi's side and bowed his hands.

"Don't be so polite." Ying Ziyi looked at the golden fat man like this, and his waist was almost bent down. "How's it going?"

"According to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's plan, it has been prepared all these years. Linglong Pavilion's fleet collected a large amount of timber from the land of Baiyue, transported it to Guanzhong, and then traveled north along the Chi Road. In the warehouses of the counties of Jiuyuan Upper County, a large amount of building materials such as wood and stone have been hoarded at this moment. In addition, a lot of materials are also being transferred to the north in large quantities. ”

"Yes!" Ying Ziyi nodded, the land of Baiyue is rich in timber resources, and most of the straight wood for building the temple is also transported from there. Of course, such a large-scale transportation, in which the consumption is naturally very large. However, Ying Ziyi intends to maintain a large fleet that can travel north and south along the waters of the empire, and such a consumption is also acceptable.

Moreover, in addition to timber, the abundant other resources of the Baiyue Land are also in the transaction of Linglong Pavilion.

At least, now in Xianyang City, dignitaries and nobles are vying to see the strange beasts elephants, giraffes, peacocks, etc., which can bring a lot of income to Linglong Pavilion every day, which is still insufficient to describe as a daily income.

"At this moment, the land of Henan has been pacified, and Meng Tian will soon cross the river with his troops. Taking advantage of the fact that no other chamber of commerce is ready, the timber and stone stored in each county will be sold to the border immediately. The establishment of the county seat of the empire will require a large amount of building materials. This time, Linglong Pavilion can make a lot of money. ”

"My subordinates understood." The golden fat man's eyes flashed with golden light, and he was already eager to try. "Returning to His Royal Highness the Prince, Linglong Pavilion was ordered by His Royal Highness to establish several horse gardens in the north. We have hired a lot of horse masters who are proficient in horse breeding, and we have bred more excellent horse breeds with the sweaty horses of the Western Regions and the grassland horses of the Hu people. Today, it has achieved some results. ”

"Oh?" Ying Ziyi was a little surprised, you must know that in this era, good war horses are hard to find.

"Your Highness must also know that the horses in the Western Regions are extremely fast, but their endurance is not good. If the cavalry corps is formed with horses from the Western Regions, under the long-distance march, I am afraid that the war horses will have to be scrapped, and they will either die of exhaustion or lose weight seriously. Although the grassland horses of the Hu people have excellent endurance, they are not as fast as the horses of the Western Regions in terms of marching speed. The new breed of horses bred in the Northland Horse Garden can compare with the Prairie Horse in terms of endurance, and the speed is much faster than the Prairie Horse. In addition, it is more suitable for fighting in cold places such as the border. ”

"You're doing a great job." Ying Ziyi nodded and said, "Henan belongs to my Great Qin, and the horse garden of Linglong Pavilion can be expanded to the north to more than a dozen. In addition, you can send a horse training team to the north to find good horse breeds. ”

The Hetao area, along the Yellow River, has a large number of grasslands, and there is no shortage of fine breeds of wild horses on it. In the past, because of the Xiongnu, Linglong Pavilion was unable to send a large number of horse training teams. But at the moment, there is not so much consideration.

The fine grasslands can breed a large number of horses, and horses, as the most important means of transportation in this era, are filled with all corners of the gallop road.

Whether it is a war horse for riding, or a pack horse for transportation, whether it is in the army or in the locality. With the rise of the Silk Road and the Great War of the Northern Expedition to the Xiongnu, horses were rapidly demanded and consumed.

Build a new road, build water conservancy, and communicate commerce. In this way, Guanzhong, Bashu, Hexi Corridor, Hetao, and even all parts of the Kanto region, Baiyue, can gradually be integrated.

"Your Highness, there is one thing that has to be cared about by your subordinates."

The golden fat man's two eyebrows were twisted into a Sichuan character, and he said worriedly.

"What's the matter?"

"A few months ago, the minister of the court suggested that for the sake of the empire's war, a straight road from Yunguang Palace to Jiuyuan City should be built, but Chang Wenjun and others strongly denied it. Why is that? ”

"I know that."

Ying Ziyi smiled, how could he not know. This thing was made by him, and even the drawings for the specific construction were also taken out by him. This straight road starts from the military town north of the imperial capital Xianyang, the Linguang Palace on Ganquan Mountain, passes through 14 counties, and leads directly to Jiuyuan City.

Once this straight road is established, once there is something at the border. The most elite Guanzhong legion in the empire, a large number of cavalry troops near Xianyang can quickly assemble north through this straight road, and in three days and three nights, they can rush from Xianyang to the border.

However, such a strategically important military artery was denied by Chang Wenjun and others on the grounds that it was expensive and laborious. This is certainly not that they are short-sighted. It is because, once this straight road is built, although it is much faster to go from Xianyang to Jiuyuan, it is the same from Jiuyuan to Xianyang.

Jiuyuan City is at the westernmost point of Yunzhong County. That is, once something happened in Xianyang. Ying Ziyi, the crown prince of Great Qin, can quickly rush to Xianyang through this straight road and grasp the situation.

This is something that Chang Wenjun and others do not want to see.

And for the fat man, the significance of this straight road is also extraordinary. If the Empire is not at war, this straight path can be used by the Linglong Chamber of Commerce.

Imagine that Jiuyuan City is thousands of miles away from Guanzhong, and there are many inconveniences on the way. However, after the opening of this road, it will be much easier for caravans to travel and the transportation of goods will be much safer.

"Don't worry!" Ying Ziyi smiled and said, "This straight road will start to be built soon." ”

"Why is Your Highness so sure?" The fat golden man asked.

Ying Ziyi shook his head, thinking that this golden fat man had extraordinary abilities in making money through currency, but he was as immature as a child in the struggle for power within the empire.

Nonsense, what kind of person is Emperor Qin? Would he give up the straight path of such great strategic significance because of the careful thinking in the hearts of Chang Wenjun and the others?

How much hard work? Don't look at how many laborers are there inside and outside the Great Wall now? Spending a lot of money, can this be considered a reason in Emperor Qin's heart?

Emperor Qin longed for a great cause. If he had been willing to compromise, the empire would not be in the perilous situation it is now. If Emperor Qin is willing to sit on the throne of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme in peace, he can divide the world after the descendants of the surname, the children of the clan, and the meritorious heroes, and maintain the stability of the empire, instead of adopting a centralized county system.

The car is the same text, the book is the same track, the currency is unified, the Chi Road is built, and even the Great Wall of China is now chasing the Xiongnu in the north and the future is ten thousand miles. What Emperor Qin wants to do, what he wants to achieve, looking at the thousands of years, how many people can compare?

Chang Wenjun and the others wanted to oppose it, but they didn't understand what kind of king they were serving from the beginning.

"The construction of the straight road will require a lot of equipment, manpower and livestock, so you can start preparing for this!" Ying Ziyi said to the golden fat man.

"Yes, Your Highness!" The fat golden man bowed his head and retreated.

No sooner had Fat Gold stepped back than Fluttershy hurried in.

"Your Highness, the Yue clan suddenly led its troops eastward a month ago, and there are also signs of instability on the Wusun side."

"Order Zhang Han in Zhaowu City to immediately summon the kings of the Western Regions. If anyone does not come, the handsome army will be destroyed. Ying Ziyi said with a serious face.

If Great Qin can't maintain its prestige among the countries of the Western Regions, then the Western Regions will collapse like an avalanche in an instant. (To be continued.) )