The military order is like a mountain, three days later, Montenegro and Bai Tao, the girl, and the veterinarian went south together, because the eight hundred female soldiers brought by the girl were in a car, and it was not an urgent matter, so they went all the way south.

After defeating the Xiongnu, the Black Mountain Department had all been replaced with Qin army equipment, it was early summer, all wearing black cloth clothes, hair and crowns, riding grassland horses, south. A few days later, they arrived at the Zhengguo Canal north of Xianyang.

Zheng Guoqu was built in the first year of the reign of King Qin (246 BC), when Korea was afraid of Qin, so he sent Zheng Guo, a hydraulic engineer, into Qin to offer advice to repair the canal, so as to consume Qin's manpower and resources and weaken the Qin army. This move backfired and made the Qin state stronger. "Historical Records of the River Canal Book" recorded: "The canal is completed, filled with silt water, irrigated more than 40,000 hectares of brine land (1.1 million mu today), and harvested all mu for a minute (100 kilograms today), so Guanzhong is fertile, no fierce year, Qin is rich and strong, and the princes are born, because of the fate of the 'Zheng Guoqu'."

Seeing the green mountains and green waters here, and the pleasant scenery, Montenegro took a few cronies to this artificial river, which is famous for 2,000 years.

The seriousness and pragmatism of the officials of the Qin State moved Montenegro again. As soon as I walked on Zheng Guoqu, I saw a carved stone, which read: Zheng Guoqu Law, which stipulates in detail that you can't litter by the canal, urinate or urinate, and can't bathe and wash clothes in the canal, etc., and the punishment is small for half a year, and the big one is beheaded. On both sides of the canal are neat stone strips, and two rows of willow trees are planted on the bank. The water in the canal is very clean.

Not far away, the laughter and singing of the farmers were heard! Montenegro and others strolled over, it turned out that dozens of male and female farmers were taking water with wooden barrels on the north side of the canal, people stood in a line, one bucket after another, although they were tired, it still did not affect them to sing mountain songs, and they were happy.

Originally, the west side of the Zhengguo Canal was discharged from the Luo River to the east to Jishui, and the south side of the canal was low, and the Mao Canal was used for automatic irrigation! The terrain in the north of the canal is slightly higher, can only build a high south and low north ditch, the ditch is three or four zhang higher than the water surface of the Zhengguo canal, can only take water artificially, pour into the ditch, every irrigation season, each water intake is very lively, young men and women take water and sing mountain songs, folk songs, children play together as a festival.

Montenegro carefully looked at the topography on both sides of the canal and the flow of the canal, and thought about it.

A middle-aged man in an official uniform greeted him and greeted him warmly: "Where are the guests from?" There's tea here! ”

Montenegro saluted him and replied: We are border soldiers, passing by in the south, coveting the scenery here, come and enjoy it! Uncle, how many days a year do you take water like this? ”

"I am a local farmer, and I have to take water like this three times a year, for ten days at a time, and a village can water hundreds of acres of thin fields, but it is really tiring to take water like this! But this terrain is high in the north and low in the south, and there is no way! Tian Dian replied, poured a bowl and handed it to Black Mountain: "Tea is here, guests drink!" ”

Black Mountain took a sip of the tea handed by Tian Dian, the entrance was slightly bitter, but after entering the throat, there was a faint sweetness in the mouth, so he drank a bowl. He asked, "How many more villages near the canal need water like you?" ”

"That's more, the terrain of the entire Guanzhong Plain is slightly higher than the north and south, and there are no less than 100 places to get water in this way."

"My name is Montenegro, remember, in order to thank this bowl of tea, I will let the water in this canal flow to it automatically, and after a while, you won't have to do such tiring work!" Montenegro said.

The guest laughed, where is the reason for the water to flow from the bottom to the top! Unless you're the god of water! Tian Dian said with a smile.

"I'm not the god of water, but I can make the god of water listen to me! Just wait and see me command the water god to fetch you water! Montenegro said seriously!

"If this is the case, we will make offerings to you in the Water God Temple, and make offerings to you every year!" Tian Dian said.

"I'm older than the god of water, and when the time comes, I have to sit on the throne and let the god of water be my little brother!" Montenegro jokingly said.

Leaving Zheng Guoqu, Bai Tao, veterinarian and Da Niu each took their subordinates directly to Sanchuan County, and the Black Mountain group entered Xianyang and took everyone directly to the mansion rewarded by King Qin in Xianyang to live.

The next day, Montenegro went to the Governor's Mansion to report to the Captain!

As soon as he entered the Governor's Mansion, Montenegro heard a lot of discussions, Fan Yu fled north to the Xiongnu, and the King of Qin offered a reward of 10,000 gold to order General Meng Tian to lead the army into the grassland to arrest him. I thought to myself: Did I save Fan Yuzhi's family in the end. This Li Mu is really ruthless, and he plays King Qin around.

The people of the State Governor's Mansion came and went, and Montenegro actually walked straight to the gatehouse by the main hall, where many officials were already sitting drinking tea, waiting for the Wei Yu to receive them! They were all talking about General Fan.

An old man sighed and said, "Fan Yu is a hero, and he is confused for a while!" It's a pity! ”

"It's a pity what, greedy for life and afraid of death, shame on our old Qin people! The whole family deserves to be beheaded! A middle-aged official said angrily!

"When I was a child, I also heard about sacrificing my life to save King Qin, and I have always regarded him as my idol! I really didn't expect to be afraid of death when I became a general! A young official said tirelessly.

After a while, a black-clothed doorman came to ask: "The national captain asks General Montenegro to go in first!" ”

Montenegro stood up, went straight inside, and greeted Wei Yu.

Wei Yi was dressed in a silk embroidered red official robe, looking fresh and capable, with a tired face, obviously staying up late lately!

Wei Yu pointed to Montenegro and introduced to several subordinate officials in the hall: "This is the Montenegrin general who went deep behind the enemy, planned to capture the Huns and his wife and children, and designed the Huns to kill each other, and finally rushed thousands of miles to Mobei and cut off the head of the head of the Black Mountain general!" ”

Meng Tian defeated the Xiongnu in the north, and his reputation and stories have long spread all over the world! These officials, after listening to Wei Yu's introduction of such a brilliant record of this young officer in Montenegro, cast their eyes with approval.

Montenegro greeted them one by one and was polite. Wei Yu said: "You have to take all your family members to live in Xianyang as soon as possible, and the King of Qin will let you serve as the lieutenant of Xianyang City!" You wait to enter the palace to thank you, and tomorrow morning you will go to the Yamen of Lieutenant Jin to take office!" ”

"Dare to ask the national lieutenant, what is this lieutenant in charge of? I don't know anything! Montenegro said suspiciously.

"Lieutenant Zhijin is responsible for the security of the outer city of Xianyang, and all the security, treachery, theft, and illegal crimes inside the outer city gate and outside the palace gate are in your charge!" The lieutenant said.

"And how many subordinates do I have as Lieutenant Jin? Xianyang City is so big, I can't finish it in a day, there are fewer people, and I can't manage it. Montenegro asked.

"Then how many people do you think can handle it?" Wei Yu asked deliberately.

Montenegro thought for a while and said, "Three thousand, at least two thousand." ”

Two thousand? Are you the lieutenant of the National Governor's Mansion a thief of the Xianyang Order? There are 30,000 people under your command, all of whom are the elite Zhongwei soldiers among the children of Guanzhong. Wei Yu said with a smile.

Montenegro only realized this time that this lieutenant is equivalent to the commander of the capital's armed police force!

"I understand that the duty of the Central Guard is to be responsible for the security of the inner part of the city outside Xianyang and the middle part outside the palace walls, standing guard, patrolling, fighting fires, and catching thieves, thieves, enemies, and people who make trouble in the streets." Montenegro said.

"Then I'm relieved!" Wei Yu said: "There is one more thing, you have trained the fairies in white, their battlefield rescue methods, can you tell me about them?" King Qin, Prime Minister's Mansion, and Guowei's Mansion all attached great importance to this matter, and even if a clever doctor went to treat it before, he didn't have such a high rate of curing it! ”

Montenegro didn't know medical skills, he only knew that this was the basic common sense that must be learned in the army in later generations, and after thinking about it and saying, "Have you ever used a magnifying glass?" It's made of fine crystal, thick in the middle and thin on both sides! ”

"I seem to have seen it, looking through it, things can get bigger, let's call him a magnifying glass!" Wei Yu said.

"When I was fighting in the north, I once saw a merchant in the Western Regions selling this thing, and I was curious, so I played with it! When I put two magnifying glasses in a closed, opaque barrel with two empty ends, and adjusted the distance between the two pieces, I was able to make things bigger, and I named it Microscope. I used it to look at the little red and swollen wounds on my hands, and found that there were countless small bugs on the wounds, which I called bacteria. I can kill this bug by dripping it on the wound with strong liquor! I called killing insects sterilization, and then I learned that the redness of the wound was caused by this little bug. I used it again to see that there were many kinds of small insects, and if I had boiled them in boiling water, there would be none. So, I thought, in the future, if I get injured, I will use the strongest wine to kill the small insects in the wound, and then use sterilized and clean gauze to bandage it, so that the wound will not be red and inflamed. And stitching up wounds was done by doctors hundreds of years ago. As it turned out, I did it right! Black Mountain Hu said.

"I see, you mean invisible bugs? Is that microscope still there? Show me too! Wei Yu asked.

"It was too expensive, a few hundred gold a piece, and I couldn't afford it at that time. Later, when I got rich, I wanted to buy it, but I couldn't find the merchant again! "Montenegro is making it up.

"It's a pity, I'll go back and find a way to let Shang Gongfang make a few pieces, and you can give me some guidance when the time comes!" The chef said: "Your battlefield rescue method is very good, we must train more fairies in white to serve the battlefield." King Qin has already ordered the conscription of 10,000 female soldiers, and when the time comes, you will still be responsible for training them! If you need something, you can mention it to the Governor's Office. We will try to be satisfied! ”

"I have a request, equality between men and women! These female soldiers are also counted in the quota for military service, enjoy the treatment of military officials, and can also be knighted for meritorious service! Montenegro said.

"This is very difficult, men are inferior to women, and it has been reasonable since ancient times!" Wei Yu said!

"If the fairy in white is treated well, she will be in a good mood and always have a smile on her face! Their mood can affect the mood of the wounded soldiers, and even the morale of the whole army. Think about it, one with a smile and one with a sad face, who can do things better? Montenegro said.

"Good! I'll try my best to convince King Qin! Wei Yu said.

"As long as these female soldiers are sent to General Wang Jianna, and the girls are responsible for teaching, they have rich experience in ambulance and will do better than me! I haven't bandaged a wounded person myself! Montenegro said.

Wei Yi thought about it for a while, and still agreed to Montenegro's suggestion.

In the afternoon, Montenegro wore a new black silk and red embroidered official uniform, with a golden crown on his head, and a sword given by the king of Qin on his waist, and was dressed brightly, and came to Xianyang Palace under the escort of twenty short soldiers, waiting for the summons of the king of Qin. According to Qin law, anyone above the title of Zuo Shu can go to the palace gate to hand over his name and wait for the summons of King Qin. Those below the left chief must be brought in by the subordinate government chiefs. There were already dozens of officials waiting in line at the gate of the palace. King Qin did not name him, so in the order of first come, first served, Jiuqing can cut the queue first, and the three princes like the prime minister and the national lieutenant are given special treatment by the king of Qin, and they can enter directly at any time, and they can report to the king of Qin directly from the inner servant. Montenegro thought to himself, this is probably going to be lined up until dark! Unexpectedly, after only a short while, Lang Wei came and called: "King Qin summoned Black Mountain to see!" ”

Montenegro followed a Lang Wei who led the way to the side hall where he came last time! Take off your shoes at the door, hand over your sword, and then search your body by Lang Wei at the door, and then enter. King Qin was still sitting in that position, with so many scrolls on his desk, still wearing a black Shu brocade golden robe! On both sides sat two old ministers, on the right was Prime Minister Wang Xuan, and on the left was an old minister wearing a black silk and red embroidered official robe, wearing a sixteenth-level lord jade crown, and gray hair and beard.

Montenegro first met the King of Qin, then the Prime Minister Wang Xuan, and then the old minister on the left.

"This is Lord Daejeon Lingzhengguo!" Wang Juan saw that Montenegro didn't know Zheng Guo, so he introduced by the way: "He wanted to meet you, so he let you come in first." ”

"Sure enough, it's a heroic boy, this time to attack the Huns in the north, except for the fake general Meng Tian, you are the most brilliant!" Ota Ling said.

Montenegro didn't know how to answer, but King Qin spoke first: "You sit down first!" Don't boast about the old order, but now the young people don't boast lightly. You're going to have to beat the young guys a little more, right! ”

"I'm almost sixty years old, how can I beat the seventeen-year-old right watch? Now young people are incredible! Meng Tian, Wang Ben, and Li Xin are all heroes. If it weren't for the king's reluctance to give up my old bones, we would have given way to become fishermen! Zheng Guo said.

"Old Ling! In this year's war against the Huns, almost two-thirds of the grain depots were emptied! If I hadn't paid more than 10,000 truckloads of grain from the Xiongnu Shan Yu, I wouldn't have dared to start a war against the Zhao State. Now Wang Ben led the army of the North Road from Yanmen Pass to the south, Wang Jian on the middle road, and Li Xin on the south road. The three-way army is more than 600,000. The old general Wang Jian said that Zhao Guo can only fight for a long time and wait for the fighters! I'm afraid the food won't keep up! King Qin said.

"Meng Tian's 200,000 border troops and Wang Ben's 250,000 northern route troops have more than 10,000 carts of grain and hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep captured from the Xiongnu. The official warehouses of Guanzhong, Neishi, and Hedong counties are empty. The official food of Nanyang County and Sanchuan County was barely enough for Wang Qian's 200,000 troops to harvest in the autumn. But this year, Zhao is in drought again, and every time we build a city, we have to transport a large amount of grain and grass to feed the people there, which is not enough! The official food of Nanjun was only enough for Li Xin's 150,000 Southern Route Army to eat the autumn harvest. I can only transfer grain from Bashu to the north, Bashu Mountain is high and the road is dangerous, and when the people pick up a load of grain and go to Guanzhong, there are only less than 20% left, and then load it and transport it to Sanchuan, only 10% and a half are left," Zheng Guo said.

"No matter how hard it is, you can't make the soldiers in front hungry, even if you have one percent left, you have to be lucky." King Qin said that in every war, at least seventy percent of the credit is in the rear! ”

"The country of Qi has not fought for fifty years, and there are so many grains that there are worms. You can transport more money to Nanyang County and raise the price of grain there, and merchants will definitely transport it to Nanyang from Qi State. Montenegro said, "Although there is a lot of grain in Bashu, half of it is left when it is transported to Sanchuan. We found some merchants from the Chu State, loaded them on a ship and sold them to the merchants of the Chu State at half the price, telling them that they did not need money, and that the rice of the Chu State would be transported to Nanjun for exchange, and the 100 quintals of rice from Bashu would be converted into 50 quintals to the Chu State. Let them give us thirty loads in the southern county. In this way, the grain of Bashu was sent to Li Xin in Nanjun, and there were still thirty percent. Don't have to Fei Minfu yet. I think I should be able to find Chu businessmen to cooperate. When several people heard this, their eyes widened! I think this plan can be tried.

"Prime Minister, you can call the deacon of Ba Widow Qing to discuss whether this policy is feasible, if it is feasible, ask him if there is a suitable Chu State merchant to recommend it." After King Qin finished speaking, he sighed again: "If only the middle father (Lü Buwei) was still here!" He did this and everything easily. ”

"The country of Chu is rich in rice, and it is sold out every year, and I have never heard of buying rice?" The prime minister said, "It costs a lot of money to raise the price of rice in Nanyang?" ”

"Chu is rich in rice and is also a big consumer of rice. There are thousands of breweries in Yingdu! When these breweries buy rice, they ask how much it costs per load, not where it is produced! Montenegro said: "As for the price of rice, it is expensive. For example, now that I'm hungry, I exchange a piece of priceless jade for a meal with you, and when I'm full, I will knock you down and rob Meiyu and your family's money, do you say I still need to feel sorry for Meiyu now? ”

"Hahaha!" The crowd laughed.

"This kind of bandit logic is attached to my tiger wolf Qin country. Therefore, the strength of a country never asks how much jade there is in the treasury, but how many people and food there are! Tell Yao Jia and Don that Guo Kai (Prime Minister Zhao) will promise him as many treasures as he wants, and those things will soon return to my treasury. King Qin said.

"Montenegro, you have so many things that impress us! Recently, there seem to be many children of officials and eunuchs in Xianyang City, who claim to learn the law, know the law and do not abide by the law, the previous two lieutenants have not done a good job, one is in prison, and the other is only a good man, I asked him to go to serve in Wang Qian's army! I transferred you back to be this lieutenant because I didn't have so many seven aunts and six uncles in Xianyang City. The waist pole can be straightened! As long as you dare to commit adultery and break the law, no matter the prince or the people, as long as you act according to the law, I will support you. Of course, you yourself should also be careful not to be like your ex, who went to jail without a hot ass. King Qin's words are not tight, not afraid of being tepid, and they are meaningful.

"The minister has written it down, the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and he will not live up to the king's grace!" Montenegro said.

"Little Gaozi, give seals and talismans." Qin shouted, and Zhao Gao immediately held a golden seal, a tiger talisman, and stood beside King Qin. Montenegro hurriedly stood up and took the seal and talisman handed over by King Qin with both hands!

"This is the seal and talisman of the Central Guard! I gave it to you, remember, don't let me down! King Qin said.

"Your Majesty, I have something I want to ask Lao Ling, oh, it's Datian Ling." Montenegro made a slip of the tongue for a while, and hurriedly changed it!

"Datian Ling, I want to ask, how many acres of fertile land is irrigated by artificial water in the north of Zhengguo Canal?" Montenegro asked.

"There are a total of 86 branch canals in the north that are high in the south and low in the north, and the manual water intake is limited, which can barely meet the water needs of more than 7,000 hectares." Zheng Guo replied.

"If it is automatic day and night continuous water intake, how much can 86 branch canals irrigate farmland?" Montenegro asked again.

"Take water automatically, you can let the water flow up, do you still need Zheng Guo to repair the canal? Just let Weishui flow upstream! Zheng Guo was a little angry.

"Datian Ling, I passed by Zheng Guoqu yesterday and was deeply moved to see your masterpiece, I can indeed design a waterwheel, with the power of Zhengguo Canal's water flow, so that the water can be automatically sent to the branch canal. But I need some craftsmen to work with me to make it! Montenegro said.

"If what you say is true, you can get another 40,000 hectares of fertile land." Zheng Guo's tone eased and said seriously.

When King Qin heard that he could irrigate an additional 40,000 hectares of fertile land, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he said, "If you can really make this kind of equipment, the craftsmen of the whole country are at your disposal." ”

"Thank you, my king, my ministers will live up to the king's grace! The minister went to do it immediately, and the minister took his leave. Montenegro said goodbye to the crowd and returned home.

The plaque of the left watch house has been hung at the door! The crowd is clamoring for a drink! Montenegro thinks about it, and it should be. asked Huang Si to find a big hotel, order a table of wine and food, and take care of himself as a pick-up.

Back in the study, Montenegro called a group of cronies and Li Shiqi. I would like to introduce my new official position and responsibilities to everyone. And he said, "I have never heard of this and official office, who of you knows?" Don't know where to start! ”

"This lieutenant is in charge of the security of the outer city of Xianyang, and also trains the troops! Changshi was in charge of day-to-day government affairs, and the guard was in charge of the sentry posts in various places. The city patrol is mainly responsible for patrolling the streets for petty theft, hooligans, ruffians, fights, forced buying and selling, and daily fire prevention matters. The traitor is responsible for monitoring all kinds of suspicious people to prevent people from sabotage, assassination, poisoning, arson, etc. The lieutenant of the Qin State has 30,000 infantry troops, and it is far from necessary to use so many people to do these things every day, and the 30,000 people are more responsible for preparing for war, once there is danger around Xianyang, 30,000 will immediately become the elite soldiers or the force to defend the city in various places! Li Shiqi gushed introducing.

"How do you know so well!" Montenegro asked.

"I once stayed in Xianyang for two years, and I wanted to sell what I had learned in my life to the King of Qin, and join Lü Buwei's disciples, so that I had an in-depth understanding of the various functions of the various official offices of the Qin State. After Lü Buwei's accident, because I had just arrived and did not hold any position, I was only driven out of Xianyang as a scholar of the Six Kingdoms! Li Shiqi said.

"Good! You will go with me tomorrow, and you will be the only one in the long history! With you, I have peace of mind! Montenegro said happily.