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"The monarch's edict promulgates a new law, and from now on, the car will be on the same track......"

In the late autumn, the government promulgated a new political and legal decree, and the new decree on the same track of the car particularly attracted the attention of businessmen in the defense of the country. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Move your mouth at the top, and break your leg from the bottom, that's it.

When an edict is promulgated, the whole country must strictly implement it.

This time, Wei Zheng personally named Zheng Kui to lead the construction of the "sleeper track", which was another huge construction project, and tens of thousands of people were required to work on the road, post station, city expansion, and sleeper track.

Winter goes to spring, and on the occasion of the new year, Wei Zheng left the palace, and under the escort of Meng Ben's rash cavalry team, Wei Zheng came to the outskirts of Chaoge, accompanied by Zheng Kui.

At this moment, the straight road in the south of Chaoge City was busy, and Zheng Kui, who accompanied him, immediately said: "Your Majesty, if you want to build a track, you need thousands of people. ”

"The construction of the track is categorically unable to requisition the people of the country who cultivate on the occasion of the spring root, but Doctor Zheng does not need to worry, the widow will give you tens of thousands of people's power." Wei Zheng, who was on horseback, looked around from afar and muttered: "The State of Chu is escorting more than 20,000 Southern Barbarian slaves to the north to exchange military baggage with me, and this batch of laborers will be driven by you to build the track." ”

"20,000 Southern Barbarian Coolies are enough!" Zheng Kui pondered for a moment and said thoughtfully.

Wei Zheng looked at Zheng Kui with a smile, and said calmly: "The construction of galloping roads, post stations, and tracks should be built in a big way, although it costs the people and money, it is a move to benefit the country and the people. ”

"Wechen must obey the king's orders." Zheng Kui immediately gave up his hand and said.

"Meritorious, it's time to be promoted, and Zheng Kui will be the supreme doctor immediately." Wei Zheng said with a smile.

"Xie Junshang-!" Zheng Kui excitedly gave up his hand again, and was promoted to the seventh level of the doctor, which means that he can finally ascend to the throne and enter the palace of the Patriotic Temple, which is regarded as the official of the court. ”

"Hehe, that's great!" Wei Zheng smiled, and immediately rode forward to continue the investigation, followed by Meng Ben's rash escort.

With the passage of time, these slaves from the territory of Chu were escorted to the territory of Weiguo, and the Chu State swept hundreds of miles to expand the territory of the country, capturing tens of thousands of Yue people.

Now the Wei Guo dignitaries, this big deal Chu Wang is happy to do, the first batch of slaves sent to the population is more than 20,000, in the end is the hand of the big country, as soon as the Wei Guo received this batch of slaves, the monarch ordered the construction of "sleeper tracks" by this group of Yue slaves.

Whether it is a gallop or a track, the primary use lies in the use of military dispatches, followed by civilian use.

The purpose of Wei Zheng's order to build a large number of construction roads is to gallop the cavalry, and the corresponding "sleeper track" is used for logistics transportation, once it is through, the cost of war will drop sharply.

The "sleeper track" also has immeasurable benefits for trade logistics.

At the beginning of the spring of the new year, the Qin State and the Chu State are on a large scale of conquest, and the Wei State is building roads on a large scale.

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Outside the suburbs, an arrow suddenly roared in the air, and finally hit a man with unmistakable accuracy, the arrow pierced his chest, and the man fell to the ground.

"Whoever escapes without permission, he will be the end!" A soldier in armor and armor glanced coldly at a group of trembling slaves in front of him, this group of slaves was the labor sold by the Chu people, all of them were ragged, shackled and shackled, all of them looked at the soldiers of the country in horror, and there was a team of men and horses holding sharp blades in the rear, and a group of archers were ready to attack.

"Serve, cut wood, and you will have food!" The whip-bearing soldier shouted.

The slaves finally bowed their heads in resignation, and began to obey the labor with tools in their hands, and these soldiers were all dressed in armor, and there were archers to intimidate, and from time to time you could see a breathtaking cavalry battle formation roaring through, so that they did not have the slightest desire to resist.

Under the deterrence of the soldiers, the slaves walked out of the camp one after another, entered the suburbs with axes, and began to work day after day, the sound of logging resounded in the forest, and the towering trees slowly fell, and the slaves sweated like rain in an instant, and did not dare to slack off.

Slaves who served in labor also worked very hard, although they were demoted as slaves, but the suffering of forced labor was not forever peaceful, at least the official documents announced that as long as they served ten years of labor they could regain their freedom, this is their only hope and spiritual sustenance in life, and it is also the only source of motivation.

It's just that nine out of ten people don't survive the tenth year before they die of exhaustion.

"Doctor-!" The overseer hurriedly saluted when he saw Zheng Kui's arrival.

Zheng Kui nodded, came to the suburbs to review, the slaves looked at Zheng Kui and the accompanying several armor soldiers and lowered their heads and worked in a muffled voice, one by one coolies were shirtless, or several people were holding axes to cut down the same big tree, or two people were holding a sawsaw on the big tree that had been cut down and repeatedly sawing hard.

"One-two...... Up! The three slaves roared in unison, gritted their teeth, and carried a sawn off tree.

The people are suffering, and the people are suffering, even defending the country is no exception!

Of course, Wei Zheng knows that the railway is better, but this is too unrealistic, more difficult to maintain, the railway track can only be imagined in this era, the wooden rail is a pragmatic move, the world is big, at present, for forest resources, it is no exaggeration to describe it as "inexhaustible, inexhaustible".

During the Warring States period, the land was densely vegetated, full of forests, and there were countless good timbers, which provided the most basic and rich material basis for the construction of "sleeper rails", even if there was damage, wood could be repaired on the spot anytime and anywhere.

The construction of the rail road is not a difficult technology, Wei Guo has built the Chi Road, the rail road and the Chi Road in parallel on the side, because of the great Xing Chi Road, the straight road, the roadbed ramming has been built very strong.

Carpenters process the felled trees into sleepers, which are then laid on the roadbed by another group of slaves. And the sleeper material of the rail road is relatively soft, which is something that Wei Zheng consciously asked Zheng Kui to pay attention to, not only to reduce the amount and difficulty of the project, and to improve efficiency, but also not only to open up the source of wood to make the material of the rail road universal.

Another reason is that the softer sleepers can be combined with the rammed subgrade, so that the track becomes smoother and the rail car can travel quickly and smoothly on the track.

"Doctor, why is this track designed like this?" Under the scaffolding, it was drizzling outside, and a craftsman took the brocade silk in his hand and asked Zheng Kui incomprehensibly: "The interval between the two sleepers is simply incredible, it is really not suitable for people to walk, one step at a time is too small, and the step is too big to step over two, too inappropriate." ”

"You know a bird!" Zheng Kui immediately said: "The track is not taken by people, why don't you take the track on the side of the road?" ”

"Uh...... The doctor is angry, and the small one is puzzled. ”

"It's for the horses!" Zheng Kui explained, and when the craftsman heard this, he gestured with his own hands, and it was true, and the interval between the two sleepers was in tune with the horse's steps.

"I see!" The craftsman suddenly realized.

At present, the track route under construction is from Chaoge to the south to Hedong County, to Chengyang, which stretches to the east of Puyang City.

Once the track is completed, the connection between the two points in the country is bound to be closer, the biggest advantage of using the track is that the friction is greatly reduced, and the horses can pull several times the usual goods at one time, which is undoubtedly the most economical way to use horsepower, and it is also a highly efficient logistics mode of transportation, and it may not be able to see its benefits now, once the future expansion of the territory stretches for thousands of miles, the war end will not be stretched for the logistics supply of hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops. It also has immeasurable benefits for ruling a vast empire.

China has never been comparable to the small countries and widows of the West.

(PS: Hanshu Jiashan said: "Qin is galloping in the world, the East is poor Yanqi, the South Pole Wu Chu, above the rivers and lakes, and the view of the coast is complete.") Fifty steps wide, three zhang and tree, thick outside it, hidden with golden vertebrae, tree with green pine. ”）