In the seventeenth year of Jian'an (212), there were great changes in the north, Cao Cao entered the king of Wei, and Yang Xi was leisurely and indifferent in the south.

Cao Cao's changes, to a certain extent, have made some progress, but the essence has not changed, it is still a feudal economy.

Yang Xi's south cannot be said to be a real capital economy, because after all, science and technology are low, and the natural economy still occupies too important a position.

However, by the end of last year, the population of Chenhe District had exceeded 43 million, and Cao Cao's population in the north was only 10 million.

After the New Year, Shuzhong was in a hurry, and Lu Meng had already built more than 100 kilometers of the highway from Zigui to the west, almost breaking through the mountains of Badong, and then Zhou Tai defeated Wuxi Man in Hanshou, and almost uprooted the power of the Xiangyang Ma family in Nanjun.

After the first month, Liu Bei held an emergency meeting to discuss how to deal with it, but before the results came out, an urgent report from Chenhe District arrived.

Liu Bei took the information given by the detailed work, and he was confused.

When Fa Zheng, Kong Ming and others asked, Liu Bei said with a puzzled expression: "Everyone, this matter is strange. Yang Xinian ordered Lü Meng to stop building roads to Shuzhong, transfer back 200,000 people, and rush to Jingnan and Yuzhang. Seeing that Lu Meng was about to enter Shuzhong by land, why did Yang Xi stop his action? In return, Yan Yangxi ordered that the 200,000 people be divided into two parts, one under the coordination of Jiang Wan, the governor of Guiyang County in Jingnan, and the other under the coordination of the new governor of Yuzhang County, and began to repair the Xijing Ancient Road and Meiling Ancient Road. ”

Everyone else has the same expression as Liu Bei, but Fa Zheng and Zhuge Liang seem to have expected it.

Zhuge Liang said: "This party is the real rule of Yang Xi's actions. It seems that the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce is not as powerful as it seems. ”

Liu Bei was still puzzled, so he asked Kong Ming.

Zhuge Liang continued: "Yang Xi coerced 40 million people, if he went all out to recruit troops, he was afraid that he could get two or three million, who in the world can be the enemy?" But why is it not so, because it does not levy taxes on agriculture, so that it can benefit its people, but in the short term, it will not reap the full benefits of population growth. Today, transfer back 200,000 people, go to Xijing Ancient Road and Meiling Ancient Road, first, it shows that the money and grain of the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce is not endless, if there is no end, then it can directly recruit and transfer the people's power from Jingnan and Yuzhang, why stop doing this? Second, Yang Xi did not take Shuzhong as the first strategic goal. Although my Yizhou is weak, if I can't support it, Cao Cao will inevitably raise a large army from the north to the south, and then it will be a fierce battle, and Yang Xi does not want it. It was Yang Xi who simply gave up entering Shu for the time being, and concentrated on opening up the two ancient roads from Jiaozhou to Jingzhou and from Jiaozhou to Yangzhou to develop himself. ”

Listening to Zhuge Liang's words, Liu Bei suddenly opened, frowned tightly for a year, and finally stretched out a little.

But Fa Zheng still didn't speak, and Liu Bei asked Fa Zheng for his opinion.

Fa Zhengdao: "Kong Ming's words are reasonable, but I think that Yang Xi's move is extremely wonderful. If there are no variables, within ten years, there will be no more Shuzhong! ”

When Liu Bei and the others heard this, they were stunned, Zhang Fei and other generals were angry at Fa Zheng, blaming their words for being too reckless and rushing.

Liu Bei said: "Please also be filial and speak clearly." ”

Fa Zhengdao: "If Yang Xiruo moves troops to attack Shu, if nothing happens, Cao Cao will take the opportunity to go south, and maybe there is a possibility of defeating him." Today, Yang Xi transferred back the people's power, leaving only Lümeng's soldiers and horses to garrison Zigui, not wanting to attack Shu, but to build his territory with all his might. If you wait for it to build two ancient roads, then two wide highways run through Nanling, Jiaozhou and Jingnan, Yuzhang communicate with each other, up and down, connected as a whole, a few years later, with its development speed, what power in the world can compete with it? ”

"Through the South Ridge! Communicate with Jiaozhou! Liu Bei and the others gasped, if this is the case, in a few years, Yang Xi is only afraid that he can really raise two or three million troops, and at that time, one person can drown Yizhou with a mouthful of spit.

"So, but what can I do?" Liu Bei and the others finally felt more pressure.

Fa Zheng said: "It's better to work with Sun Quan to call Cao Cao a vassal and recognize his position as the king of Wei, anyway, whether the lord recognizes it or not, it can't affect Cao Cao's process, it's better to send him a favor, and then send an envoy to Yecheng, contact him, and form an alliance." ”

Liu Bei's face was ugly, he looked at Zhuge Liang, and he didn't want Zhuge Liang to nod silently, Liu Bei knew that he had no choice until now.

So Liu Bei surprisingly did not make a big accusation after Cao Cao and Queen Wei, and comforted the emperor and praised Cao Cao's merits.

Cao Cao was quite surprised and received Liu Bei's envoy well. A few days later, Sun Quan's envoy arrived, and Cao Cao treated him in the same way.

Yang Xi did not have any attitude towards the affairs of the three parties, he had gone to Yuzhang County at this moment, officially renamed Peng Lize as Poyang Lake, and appointed a new governor of Yuzhang, Wang Mastiff also automatically retired due to old age.

On Poyang Lake, fishing boats come and go, Yang Xi and Wang Mastiff are boating on it, and the person next to him is Gongsun Yang, the new governor of Yuzhang County.

In the eighteenth year of Jian'an (213), Cao Cao marched to the mouth of the river and broke through the camp of Quanjiangxi, and Gongsun Yang was captured by Cao Cao.

Different from history, today's Gongsun Yang, not the choice of military major, after graduating from university, he has been the magistrate of Chaisang County for several years, and the economy of Chaisang has been raised to a higher level, and Yuzhang County Nanchang is on a par, Yang Xi with his political achievements, plus him as the new governor of Yuzhang.

As for the original Yuzhang Taishou Wang Mastiff, he automatically retreated and officially handed over the entire Yuzhang County to the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce.

The three of them sat opposite each other on the boat, and Wang Mastiff said: "Actually, my position as Yuzhang is too guarded, just in name, for many years, I have not asked about political affairs, you can directly send someone to take over, why bother to come in person?" ”

Yang Xi said: "Lao Wang, you will see the outside when you say this." Don't you want me to come and see my old friend? Also, I want to tell you one thing, Yuzhang County is going to make a big move this year, I have transferred 100,000 people from Nanjun to rebuild the Meiling Ancient Road, but these are not enough. Your Yuzhang County is now a super county, with 3.5 million people, and I will transfer another 300,000 people to build a passage connecting the south of Yuzhang and the four counties of Jingnan, and the railroad tracks and highways run in parallel. When this road is completed, Yuzhang and Jingnan, Yuzhang and Jiaozhou, Jiaozhou and Jingnan, the three places form a transportation network, what kind of grand occasion will it be? ”

Wang Mastiff gasped and said, "Chenhe! This is a magnificent project, and if such a project is completed, it will not be inferior to the Great Wall and the Qin Straight Road of the First Emperor. You mobilized 500,000 people to build these three roads, but it was not a day's work. ”

"Haha! Qin Zhidao! He Qin Shi Huang cultivated the Qin Straight Road, and he needed to use the power of the whole country, but in fact, the power of his Great Qin Whole Country was not as good as one-fifth of the current strength of my Chenhe, which was calculated according to the population alone. Now I control the area of Chenhe, the population is several times as much, and the most important thing is that I have the most convenient transportation, the most advanced equipment, and the most intelligent talents in the past thousand years. At most two years, you can see that I will build Yuzhang, Jingnan, and Jiaozhou to communicate left and right! ”

Yang Xi said while drinking a bottle of spirits and pointing out the country, Wang Mastiff clearly saw the domineering spirit of sitting in the world and disappearing between talking and laughing, and couldn't help but wet his eyes with tears.

"It's really a blessing that you Chenhe has done such a great thing, and the old man is glad to be able to witness this wonder in his lifetime."

Gongsun Yang next to him, when he heard Yang Xi say this, he also secretly gritted his teeth, at this time, the Yuzhang part was led by himself, if he did this conscientiously, he would not be able to write down his name in the history.

is comparable to Qin Zhidao, which is definitely a major event in the history books. Northern Shaanxi is commonly known as the Qin Straight Road as "the emperor's road" and "the sage strip", which is an important military artery that Qin Shi Huang ordered Meng Tian to supervise from 212 BC to 210 BC. Qinzhi Road starts from Yunyang Linguang Palace, a military important place in Xianyang, Kyoto in the south (Liangwudi Village, Chunhua County, the meaning of Emperor Wu's coolness), and reaches Jiuyuan County (Mengjiawan Village in the southwest of Baotou City, Inner Mongolia) in the north, passing through 14 counties and more than 700 kilometers. The road surface is about 60 meters wide at its widest point and generally 20 meters, and it occupies an important place in history.

But no matter how straight and big the Qin Straight Road is, it is also a dirt road, and Yang Xi wants to repair it, but it is a cement road and railroad tracks.

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