The Xiongnu headed northwest, taking away millions of stone grain and 30,000 people, the journey was not fast, and in the past few days it was snowing heavily, and the snow on the ground was already seven or eight inches deep, and the enemy walked even more slowly. If there is no snow, if you lead the army to pursue, you can catch it in ten days and five days. Now that the snow is piling up, it is difficult to move, and it may take about 20 days to pursue the enemy.

However, at Zhuge Liang's suggestion, Sima Cuo still decided to pursue the Huns, and millions of stone grain could not be brought back by these Huns under any circumstances, otherwise, it would be a blessing in disguise.

After resting for two days, 100,000 cavalry pursued in the northwest direction non-stop, and because of the heavy snowfall, a day passed, and they could not walk much distance at all.

In this cold wind and heavy snow, the faces of the soldiers were already red from the cold, and their whole bodies were stiff, and they rode on horseback like humanoid logs.

When Sima Cuo saw this scene, he secretly said: "It's not good", if it goes on like this, 100,000 soldiers will definitely freeze to death on their backs, and said to the heralds: "Order the three armies, all dismount and move the war horses for half an hour, and then they are allowed to ride forward." ”

It took a few seconds for the herald to react, and his body was already stiff.

"No—" replied slightly, and moved his horse a few times, and with great difficulty waved his disobedient right hand, which was a whip in his right hand that struck weakly on the horse's rump, and because of the thick snow on the horse's rump, he could not hear a sound at all.

The herald waved his whip several times before a crisp sound came out, and in the silence of the only cooing of horses in the snow, it seemed a little different.

The war horse that was moving forward like a machine also rushed out in a conditional reaction.

"The general has an order, and the three armies dismount and walk for half an hour. ”

At first, it was the voice of the herald, and the officers and soldiers of the three armies seemed to have been suppressed for too long, and found a way to vent, and they also called.

"The general has an order, and the three armies dismount and walk for half an hour. ”

"The general has an order, and the three armies dismount and walk for half an hour. ”

"The general has an order, and the three armies dismount and walk for half an hour. ”

This sentence resounded throughout the army, resounded through this boundless area, and at a glance it was all white grassland.

Xianyang City!Xianyang Palace!Study!

"Your Majesty: After more than 20 days, the 30,000 plows built by the Manufacturing Division have all been handed over to the Ministry of War for transportation. Ministry of Industry Shangshu Luban said excitedly.

Since the various parts of the plough were manufactured separately, the speed at which the plow could be produced can be said to be thousands, which he dare not imagine. It also made him worry that his heart could be put back in his stomach, and Yingzheng asked him to build 100,000 to 150,000 plows in three months, but he couldn't sleep well in the past month.

It took more than 20 days to build 30,000 machine plows, and that was because many craftsmen had just taken over and were not yet skilled, and after they became proficient, they would naturally get faster and faster, and there was no problem with 100,000 machine plows in three months.

Ying Zheng is also very satisfied, the organ plow can be said to be related to the grain output of Daqin next year, as long as Qin can have 100,000 organ plows delivered to the hands of the people before farming, Ying Zheng is not an exaggeration to say that as long as there are no natural and man-made disasters in Qin next year, the grain output will definitely be more than ten times that of this year.

Ten times ah, it's exciting to think about, the food cultivated by the people has always been able to ensure that the family does not starve to death in addition to paying taxes, and they can't eat more at every meal, otherwise the food will not be enough to receive next year's grain maturity. A fivefold increase would allow the people to feed every meal, and a tenfold increase in yields would allow the people to sell their surplus grain for money.

For the country: Qin and other countries have a system of ten taxes and one system, that is, the people planted ten stones of grain and handed over one stone to the imperial court. In the past, the grain handed over by the people every year could only support the war expenses of the 300,000 army for half a year. If it is increased tenfold, it will be five years of military rations, since ancient times, in addition to personnel, it is food, and the food is sufficient, and the consumption also consumes the other party.

Ying Zheng praised Lu Ban for a while, and then asked Sima Terrier on Lu Ban's side: "Can the plough army department of the organ be transported to the distant counties of the Qin State first?"

Sima Terrier replied: "Wang Shang rest assured, the Ministry of Industry Manufacturing Department built the organ plow, our military department is responsible for receiving, every 3,000 batches, Meng Shilang is responsible for requisitioning and transporting the people to Longxi County, Ba County, Shu County, and Taiyuan County, Sichuan County and other distant counties outside the Guan. ”

"Good, good...... You have done a good job in this matter, and you are very satisfied, and I will take credit for the two of you. Ying Zheng said happily.

"Thank you, Wangshang!" Lu Ban and the two thanked respectfully.

The road leading from Xianyang to Bashu is extremely rugged, the mountain is high and the road is steep, people must be careful when walking, and one will fall into the wrong place if you are not careful, and tragedies occur frequently.

At this time, on a steep half-slope, there was a transport team of 3,000 people, driving 1,000 vehicles, each of which was equipped with parts of a plow, which needed to be transported to the destination and then assembled.

The procession, led by a commander of a thousand soldiers, with 1,000 county guards and 2,000 people, was to transport the parts of the plough to Ba County.

The slope was steep, and it was snowing heavily, and the roads were icy, so they couldn't reach the top of the slope at all, and they had tried here a dozen times, but they still didn't succeed, and the horses and oxen pulling the cart were also panting. As for those county guards and people's supporters, there are already many who lie in the snow despite the cold to relieve their tiredness.

"Hurry up, get up, if this batch of things can't be delivered to Ba County on time, you know the consequences. The commander said to the man lying in the snow.

"General, you can do it, let me rest for a while, I really don't have the strength. Even if I waited, I wouldn't have the strength to push the cart. A citizen of the people complained to the thousands of generals.

"Alas!" Hearing Minfu's words, Li Ming, a thousand generals, also sighed slightly, and sat on the snow next to the car like a deflated balloon.

The laws of the Qin State are strict, and if the parts of this batch of plows cannot be transported to Ba County on time, he himself will not be able to eat and walk around, and it will also cause trouble to his family. He also understood that the county guards and Minfu were also exhausted, and even if they urged them to get up and push the cart, it was pointless, they could only let them rest and regain their strength. Now he only hopes that everyone can push these thousand cars to the top of the hill in one go, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable.

The people who were still pushing the cart saw that their commanders had all sat down, and they were also sitting on the snow in twos and threes, and the tiredness was greater for them than the coldness of the snow.

"Do you think this plough is really that magical? It can plough four or five hundred acres a day?"

When there are too many people, there will naturally be chatter. No, one of them asked.

"This is natural, otherwise how would the Ministry of Industry put so much effort into building these plows. One of them spoke.

"I don't believe it, have you ever seen the dog yourself?" the man retorted.

"This... Naturally no, anyway, I think it's true, I don't believe you ask the general. "The man who called the dog did not admit defeat.

After the dog finished speaking, the person next to the two who heard this also looked at the partial general Li Ming. Li Ming was really a little panicked when he saw twenty or thirty pairs of eyes staring at him, and then said: "This matter, the general is not very clear, and I was also ordered to escort these plows to Ba County. The disciple next to me, who is a public loser, went to Ba County this time to be in charge of assembling the plow of the teaching mechanism, and he may know. ”

After speaking, he pointed to a young man to his left.

The young man smiled but said with a hint of pride: "This plough is researched and created by my grandfather Lu Ban. Four or five hundred acres a day is definitely not a problem,"

"I didn't expect it to be true. ”

"I heard that every 20 households have a plow, and when I go back, I will open up more wasteland, and next year I will need more food to save money. In this way, my blind mother can eat a full stomach for every meal, usually in order to give me strength, my mother only eats less than half a bowl, and says that she is full, watching her increasingly thin appearance, but I can't do anything, now the king has given me this opportunity, as long as I work hard, there will be a lot of food...... "One of the eight-foot men burst into tears after speaking.

"Me too, my father was killed by the enemy in battle, and although he saved his life, he couldn't go to the ground, and he blamed himself. It's all my fault for being an unfilial son, every time I can let him live a good life. ”

"Me ...... too"

"That's right, I couldn't cultivate much land even if I was tired and tired, but now it's different......"

When it comes to my past, everyone who says what you say, and what I say, is that I feel guilty for making my parents live a good life.

"Be careful"

A carriage slid due to the horse's hooves, the horse lost its front hooves, and the carriage slid downhill, just in time to be seen by the thousands of people who had heard the conversation and missed their families, and the two carriages were right in front of him. As he shouted, he stood up and reached for the carriage, but was struck, and his foot fell under the wheels of the carriage.

A "card rub" sound sounded in the panicked crowd, and the feet of the thousand generals were crushed and broken. Qianren grabbed the thigh of the crushed foot with both hands, his teeth were clenched, and the green tendons on his face and forehead bulged, but he did not make a sound. He was in order not to disturb the people who got up with him to push and pull the carriage, if he shouted, it would inevitably distract the people, and the retreat of the carriage would frighten the horses below, causing a chain reaction, and hundreds of carriages would rush downhill out of control, and the final result would be that the car would be destroyed and the plow would be destroyed, and they would not escape the blame.

When his foot was crushed by the wheels, it acted as a downward obstacle, slowing the carriage downhill a bit, and the few people who followed him were just able to hold on.

Seeing that the runaway carriage was stable, a thousand people would not be able to bear the pain, and fainted with a thud.

Seeing this situation, Yuan Gao, the deputy of the Thousand Generals, took over the command, first ordered a few people to take care of the Thousand Generals, and then sent people to find the doctors who accompanied the army. Then he said to a county guard who had given the order: "You give the order to go down and let the people of each carriage find stones to cover the wheels to prevent them from rolling back." Untie the oxen and horses that pull the cart behind and lead them to the front, and if one horse does not move, one carriage will use three, five, and ten horses. ”

The herald's eyes lit up, and his face was full of joy: "No"

When the herald said it, everyone who was still sad was also happy. He said, "This method is good, good." ”

"How could I not have thought of such a simple method. ”

"Haha......" Many people laughed when they heard the man's words.

"Alright, let's get to work. ”

"Rectify Lao Qin. ”

"Hey...... Hey......"

"For loved ones. ”

"Hey...... Hey......"

This method was really good, and in less than a few hours, all a thousand wagons were pulled up to the top of the slope.

Looking at the white expanse below, only the road carved out by the carriage was so conspicuous. Yuan Gao said to the disciple of the public loser: "Sir, we are all rough people who don't know big characters, and I ask Mr. to take a few people to the conspicuous big stone on the road at the bottom of the slope to engrave the method we use to go uphill." “

As soon as the young man heard it, he understood what Yuan Gao meant, not only they were in the group, but there were many teams behind, so that the people behind would not repeat their mistakes.

The young man was also touched by Yuan Gao's character of thinking about others, and said respectfully: "Deputy General Yuan is benevolent, and the villain will arrange it." ”

After saying that, I remembered that the county went downhill.

Yuan Gao said as a matter of course: "How can there be any benevolence, everything is for my Daqin's consideration." Sir, please don't forget that the letterwriting cannot be covered in heavy snow. ”

"Understood" the voice of the young man came from below.

Yuan Gao turned around and looked in the direction of Ba Jun, his eyes were firm, and he said in a loud voice: "For Daqin, for the mission, for the sake of the family." ”

"Departure".

Three thousand people roared in unison.

The 3,000-strong contingent slowly headed towards Xiba, and the difficulties along the way would not be limited to this, but many, many more...... , as they said, for the sake of the Qin State, for the sake of their families, this is their mission, and they are not afraid of many difficulties.