"It's really hot, this land of Yuzhang in the south of the Yangtze River is much hotter than Shouchun."

When the boat sailed through the mouth of the lake, Zhang Han immediately regretted that he had worn a wide robe and big sleeves. It was June, the sun was extremely hot, even if he hid in the cabin, he was covered with sweat, and he wanted to go up to the deck to blow the wind, but he felt that the whole Peng Lize was going to boil......

"Jun Sikong is from Guanzhong?"

Zhao Tuo, an official doctor who had already adapted to the climate here, said with a smile: "The subordinate is also from Hengshan County, and when he first came to Yuzhang, he was not used to the hot and humid climate here, should Sikong change into short clothes?" ”

Although Zhang Han wanted to take care of his identity as a doctor, he couldn't stand it, so he asked Zhao Tuo to find a light short dress for himself, which made him feel better.

Standing on the bow of the boat to blow the wind, he pointed to the humble wooden camp at the mouth of the lake and asked, "Is this a new checkpoint?" ”

Zhao Tuo said: "However, half a year ago, I passed through Peng Lize with Sima of other departments, and saw that this place was the throat of Peng Lize, and where the commission was lost, he sent a tun commander to set up a camp post here to control the entry and exit of ships. ”

"Good vision."

Zhang Han nodded, and asked again, "Where are we going to land tomorrow?" ”

"Shakihara." Zhao Tuo reported an interesting place name.

Zhang Han said: ""Yu Gong" has a saying, the sun of Minshan, as for Hengshan. Crossing the Jiujiang River, as for the shallow plain, is it here? ”

"Sikong is really erudite."

Zhao Tuo did not hesitate to compliment and explained: "The shallow plain is the dock on the shore, and next to it is Luyi, there is Lushan Mountain in the local area, and the scenery is wonderful. ”

Zhang Han didn't take it to heart, until they landed in the shallow plain and looked at it from afar, only to find that Zhao Tuo's praise for "beautiful scenery" was too light.

Looking from afar, this mountain and big ridge have seven layers, the wind and clouds are swept away, the rivers and lakes are brought, the high cliffs are anti-universe, and the cliffs are ten thousand searches. At this time, it will rain, there is white gas concentrated on the ridge, suddenly gathered, touching the stone and spitting out the clouds, with the pine and cypress greenery on the mountain range, people can't help but give birth to the idea of climbing the mountain to see.

Seeing that Zhang Han was looking at the vista of Lushan intently, Zhao Tuo said an interesting story.

"Last month, after Sima Nan's expedition to Shangjiang returned, he inspected the towns under the jurisdiction of Fanyang County, and invited me to visit the shallow plain, climb its peak and look at it, look at the three lakes in the south, and look at the Jiujiang River in the north."

Although Heifu insisted on making Zhao Tuo commensurate with his brother, except for the two getting along in private, Zhao Tuo still respectfully called Heifu's official name.

Zhang Han and Heifu are also acquaintances, and they immediately said happily: "This Heifu is so pleasant." ”

"Sima also made a special trip to let the locals take it to the incense burner peak in the southeast, where the lone peak is showing, and the air is wrapped on it, the air is like purple smoke, and there is a thousand-foot waterfall flowing down below, which is extremely spectacular."

Zhao Tuo recalled: "I saw Sima looking at the Lushan Waterfall at that time, thoughtfully, as if he was going to chant something, but he opened his mouth several times and stopped, and finally just sighed, saying that the kid has no talent in his belly, and he can't afford this poem, so he will go down the mountain." ”

Zhang Han has the impression that Heifu came from a humble background and has never been known for his literary talents, he just thought that he wanted to express something when he saw the beautiful scenery, but he couldn't make up the ink in his belly, and he didn't care.

……

A group of people rested in Luyi for a night, the next day Zhao Tuo and Zhang Han said goodbye, to greet Zhang Han, is a local named "Xu Shu", he is now Heifu's staff, because of the merit by Jiujiang County as a doctor, after seeing Zhang Han, said that Heifu went south to inspect, let himself come to welcome.

"I know."

Zhang Han didn't think it was angry, and said with a smile: "The county under his rule is the largest county in the world, its name is county, and the population is not large, but the area is as wide as a county in the Central Plains. ”

Xu Shu said: "Sikong is right, Sima is also suffering from the fact that the scope of Fanyang's governance is too large, and he has already made a statement to Jiujiang County and divided it into several counties. ”

At present, Jiujiang County has only set up a county in Panyang, Jiangxi, and Jiujiang County can't make a move, so it simply throws it all to Heifuguan.

Heifu suggested that it be subdivided: with Peng Lize as the boundary, Jiujiang County was set up in Xunyi, and the west bank of the lake such as Lushan, Luyi, and Shiqianyuan was governed. Then with Daxi as the boundary, a new trunk road was established in the south area, so that the Ganyue Wu clan could maintain autonomy. The vast area in the upper reaches of the Ganshui River is located in Luling County (now Ji'an). The upper reaches of Shangjiang and Limensai are under the jurisdiction of Gan County.

With the addition of the reserved Fanyang County, there are five counties in Jiangxi.

But Heifu was still not satisfied, and after returning from the distant Shangjiang, he suggested to Jiujiang County that a new city composed of Qin immigrants should be built in the lower reaches of Ganshui, so as to occupy the advantages of rivers, lakes, mountains and rivers, and be able to dominate the five counties and threaten Yuzhang.

His suggestion was recognized by the Jiujiang County Guard, so he sent Zhang Han, who had stayed in Shouchun as the county secretary after conquering Chu, to assist Fanling Heifu, choose the city site, and plan the new city, which led to Zhang Han's southward journey......

Under the guidance of Xu Shu, Zhang Han followed him through Aiyi, crossed the Xiushui, walked on the muddy lakeside road for several days, and finally saw the turquoise flowing Gan water, and after tracing the river for ten miles, he saw a camp on the east bank.

Heifu asked Zhao Tuo to be responsible for the inspection between Xunyi and Pengze, and sent 3,000 people under his command to guard Fanyang, Shangjiang, Luling and each small yi, so there were only more than 1,000 soldiers around him, the scale was not large, but it was orderly, you know, they had just gone deep into the south thousands of miles under the hot climate, and they had only rested for a month, and they no longer had the appearance of embarrassment and decadence, which was really not easy.

"Hefu is really good at leading soldiers."

Zhang Han couldn't help but sigh, although he was in charge of civil engineering, he was also very interested in using troops to lead troops.

He felt that Heifu also had his own shining points that he could learn. For example, the use of small details such as light salt water and leggings, and for example, he loves the soldiers in his hometown like a brother, and the soldiers also regard him as a father and brother, and are willing to die for him.

When Heifu heard that Zhang Han had arrived, he ran to the water's edge to greet him, and Zhang Han's boat approached the east bank, and the black man, who had grown two sagittal beards on his lips, greeted him with a big laugh and cordially gave Zhang Han a bear hug......

"Shaorong, it's been a long time!"

Zhang Han also smiled: "I was detained in Shouchun to draw pictures and count business merits, but you have laid a thousand miles in the south. I led people to fall into the Guanliang in all parts of Huainan, but you want to build a new city here, I am really envious. ”

"What a thousand miles of land, it is all a wild jungle, and at present, in the entire jurisdiction, there are only a few thousand Qi people who can make up households, and the rest are Yangyue and Ganyue tribes, as well as Chu people who have absconded in the mountains and forests."

Thinking of the eight characters "Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu" seen in Limensai a few months ago, Heifu couldn't help but sigh: "Some Chu people are really stubborn, the state of Chu has been dead for a year, and finally Xiong Qi, who pretended to be the king of Jing, also died for half a year, but he still didn't want to be attached, so he could only arrest them as subordinates, but it's okay, there are people to build a city for you and me." ”

In this southern expedition, Heifu captured a large number of recalcitrant Chu people, adding up to more than 1,000, most of whom were henchmen of Fanyang Jun, E Jun, and Peng Zejun.

Zhang Han is not worried about manpower, even if there are not enough people on Heifu's side, he can also send it from Jiujiang County, after the destruction of Chu, the Chu people who have become subordinate ministers do not know how many, Wang Jian and Jiangdong and Huiji that Mengwu have just conquered.

He was even more interested in why Heff had chosen this as the site of the new city.

"Don't hide it from Shaorong, as early as February, when the southern expedition passed through here, I took a fancy to it!"

Heifu asked Ji Ying to present the map, and the two talked about business: "First of all, this place occupies the advantage of Ganshui and is connected by land and water. ”

"Build a wharf here, go down the water, and enter Peng Lize in one day. And Luling, Shangjiang, can also come here from the upstream, water traffic than land, several times more convenient! If you take the land route, whether it is to Xunyang or Fanyang or Yugan, the distance is suitable. ”

"Secondly, the land here is flat, and it is possible to build great cities, open up fertile land, and fill it up by the people who have moved sinners. In less than ten years, it will be a fertile land of hundreds of miles. At that time, there will be no need for Jiujiang County to travel thousands of miles to govern, and this city can be used as the county capital of the new county! ”

"Newgun?"

Zhang Han's heart moved, indeed, he had walked here from Shouchun for nearly a month, not to mention Shangjiang in the south. If the population is too small to become a county, otherwise the land of Yuzhang in the south of the Yangtze River is indeed enough to be the size of a county. Heif's idea is indeed feasible, so that any changes in the South can be dealt with freely.

Heifu pointed to the site of the city that had not yet been laid, and imagined: "Shaorong, what you and I have built today may only be a small city, but in two or three generations, maybe this wild land will become a prosperous city like Nanjun and Huainan." At that time, there will no longer be the Qin people and the Chu people, Yang Yue, Gan Yue, and barbarians will also flock to this city to learn Xia Yan and bathe in the Chinese breeze. ”

"Well said, this is the real pioneering business!"

Zhang Han was a little excited, but felt that his time in Shouchun for a year was a waste of time.

He rubbed his hands a little excitedly and said: "What we want to do seems to be the princes of the Zhou Dynasty who received the order to go to the frontier to receive the feudal city!" ”

Zhang Han remembered a poem he had read, which was about the story of hundreds of years ago, when Han Hou was ordered by the King of Zhou to go to the north to build Hancheng and open up the territory.

Pubi Hancheng, Yan Shi finished. Ordered by the ancestors, because of the time.

Wang Xi Han Hou, which chases its 貊 (mò). Dying in the north, because of his uncle.

In the barbarian frontier land, building new cities and cultivating and developing land are what China has been doing for thousands of years. Eight hundred years ago, the children and grandchildren of the Zhou family, under the spur of the great Zhou Gongdan, set out from Zongzhou one after another, and brought their own industrial and commercial people to the vast east, south and north where the language was not understood, and coexisted with the Yi people, barbarians, and Rong Di.

They began to build new towns on the banks of rivers and hills, and industrious farmers drained the muddy swamps and burned the dense woods into fertile farmland. Through the efforts of dozens of generations, the rule was expanded little by little from the dotted city to the linear circumference, and finally became a vast field that was connected.

The entire Central Plains, until the late Spring and Autumn Period, was really connected, there was no longer a Rongdi barbarian between the countries, they were either assimilated or eliminated, and there was no longer a distinction between the people and the savages.

Nowadays, Qin is about to complete the unification of China, but the development of Yin, Zhou, and even Chu will not stop......

All of a sudden, Heifu suddenly understood why Qin Shi Huang would be paranoid about launching a war against Baiyue in a few years.

Maybe it's not just an endless desire to conquer, but also a millennia of tradition?

In this year's Huaxia, it is not an old dynasty that has no interest in foreign lands and is resting on its own. It is a young and high-spirited, rising sun, which regards expansion and development as a manifest destiny!

And Heifu and Zhang Han, although they are not princes, what they are doing is no different from Han Hou and Yan Shi hundreds of years ago.

"It's real, it's real. Offering its pixie, the red leopard yellow ...... I wish that the foundation we laid today would be so! ”

After Zhang Han sighed, he asked Heifu again: "How does Heifu plan to name this city?" ”

"When I came up with the idea of building a city in February, I had already drafted a name and asked Li Duwei to present it to Xianyang on my behalf, and I just got a reply from the king the day before yesterday."

As he spoke, he picked up a silk book that was respectfully offered on the case, and when he opened it, he saw that there was Heifu's proposal for building a city, as well as the words of King Qin's instructions.

"Wang said: This name is very good, the setting of the new city, as Qing said, Changda Southern Xinjiang!"

Moving his gaze up, Zhang Han also saw the name of this new city that made King Qin good.

"Nanchang!"