The military rank incident caused a huge repercussion in the world, and many scholars put pressure on Cao Cao and suggested that the imperial court send troops, but Cao Cao withstood the pressure, and more than a month later, the matter was slowly acquiesced by the world.

However, in the two counties of Lingling and Guiyang in Jingnan, there were some families who crossed the Yangtze River and immigrated to Jiangbei Nanjun. Yang Xi ordered the two to let them go, and they were not embarrassed. So he moved away with a population of 30,000 or 40,000, and made Liu Biao happy for a while, and deliberately allocated land for these scholars to let them take root in Nanjun.

Liu Biao also studied in Jingzhou, but his education was aimed at the scholars, and his teaching was a subset of classics and history.

In May, the two counties of Guiyang and Lingling implemented the system of electing the chief and the pavilion chief, and officially announced the abolition of the slavery system, and all the slavery was unified according to the administration, but there was no resistance at this time.

Meanwhile, far west, in the Andaman Sea, one hundred and fifty giant ships headed north at a constant speed.

The fleet went to a bay, and Pang Tong looked at the map, and it should not be far from the supply place marked. So Pang Tong ordered the fleet to slow down, and suddenly, someone came to report that he had made a discovery.

Pang commanded Lei Zi, the commander of the garrison of the Wuchang Strait, and went out of the deck to watch together, but saw that somewhere on the coast, there was wolf smoke rushing into the sky, which was the signal of the joint.

Pang Tong ordered the fleet to dock, and Ji Ling, who had already been here, was waiting here.

"The last general, Ji Ling, I've seen Marshal Pang!" Ji Ling, see.

Pang Tong said: "General Ji is exempt. "This is according to the rules of the military rank, and the military salute is also stipulated by Yang Xi, Ji Ling must salute, and Pang Tong must also accept it.

"General Ji, Gongzi asked me to bring you a badge, this gold medal is to commend your meritorious service in the surprise attack, and this military rank is your lieutenant general rank badge."

Pang Tong handed over two glass boxes, one of which was a glittering gold round medallion, and the other was made of shield-shaped thick cloth, on which were embroidered with two gold stars.

Ji Ling took the box, his heart was very happy, and when he looked at Pang Tong and Lei Zi again, he saw that each of them had three gold stars on their left chests, and then they were in awe.

Today's soldiers of the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce, if nothing else, are secretly fighting for the small shield-shaped cloth on their left chest. If nothing else, this cloth card symbolizes glory, rank, and income.

Although it can't be passed on to the next generation, it is very weighty, and it is said that Childe is setting the retirement age of the military, even if he retires, he is above the rank of lieutenant, and this card is still valid.

It is said that as long as you become a second lieutenant, a deputy battalion commander or a battalion-level staff officer, after retirement, you will have no worries about food and clothing.

Ji Ling's tiger teeth and wolf teeth have six bases along this coast, but they don't have to fight in this battle, all of them are responsible for providing fresh water and other supplies for Pang Tong's Western Expeditionary Group Army.

As for the grain, it was prepared in Wu County as early as when Pang Tong went south, and there was also Tian Cong, the governor of the Wuchang Strait, who collected some for him.

This supply is the last supply of the Western Group Army, and so far, Ji Ling has also led a hundred tiger teeth with the army, and they now need to be responsible for being guides.

In addition to the task of delivering messages, Huya also has the responsibility of surveying the terrain.

On the giant ship commanded by the Chinese army, Ji Ling reported the situation in this area one by one, and after it was over, Lei Zi, Ji Ling and Pang Tong chatted casually.

Ji Ling first said: "Congratulations to Marshal Pang, after the success of this operation, Marshal Pang may be the first general in my Chenhe District." ”

Pang Tong was slightly proud, but he knew the real situation.

"General Ji miscalculated, this expedition, Pang Mou is actually the acting marshal, Gongzi originally wanted to go out in person, but Xuzhou is not stable, Gongzi wants to sit in person in charge, so he was temporarily transferred to Pang. Besides, Gongzi had expected that there was no suspense in this battle, but this credit was taken for nothing, where was it so easy to be promoted to the level of general. However, one thing is certain, General Ji is leading a special forces, and now that he has won the gold medal, the next step is only a matter of time before he leaves the rank of general, or just after this battle. ”

Ji Ling said in his heart, sure enough, it is said that when he gets the gold medal, the next step is the rank of general.

Lei Zi raised his glass and said: "I have to wish General Ji in advance, if there is no General Ji in this battle, there will be some trouble." ”

The two drank, Pang Tong smiled slightly, revealing a missing front tooth, and also drank a glass.

In the city of Calcutta, Amir was pondering something.

He doesn't know how Yang Xi is developing now, and he doesn't even know Yang Xi's name, but he only knows that before he came here, the representative of the Chinese region was called Chenhe, and that Kazuo Yamamoto should have caused some trouble for Chenhe.

He was confident that he should develop the fastest on a continent alone, and for more than twenty years, he had unified India and even threatened Central and West Asia.

"It's just that the basic development has just begun, but I have such a large population now, as long as I stabilize and survive the ****** after the war, I will be fully stable in less than five years, and maybe I can activate the intermediate technology tree by then."

If Yang Xi knew Amir's thoughts, he would definitely sneer and say that he was thinking too much, the intermediate technology tree, it is not so simple, it is estimated that it has something to do with the political system, his feudal empire, if he does not change, he will never want to activate the intermediate technology tree.

Yang Xi is confident that he is one level ahead of Amir in all aspects except for weapons.

Amir just made more gunpowder guns and guns, this thing is extremely powerful in land combat, but Yang Xi didn't want to fight with Amir for turf now.

Drag you down.

Now in Chenhe District, infrastructure construction is in full swing, and Xuzhou is now down, so it is natural to open the rails.

Yang Xi wanted to build a railway track in Xuzhou that connected Qingzhou and sent to Guangling County to communicate Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Guangling, and then connect Jiujiang and Lujiang to the east to Xiling.

Other places have been completed and branch lines are being developed, only Xuzhou is still in the planning.

Now planning is difficult.

Between Xuzhou and Jiujiang and Guangling County, there is a Huai River, the Huai River is very large, but it is difficult to build a bridge.

What rivers such as Surabaya and Yishui, Yang Xi chose the place where the river is wide and shallow, and the bridge pier can be cast with concrete molding, and the method of pouring and welding steel frame interface is used to build bridges and lay cement bridges.

But the Huai River is so big, it's difficult.

The Huaihe River Basin is located in the climate transition zone between the north and south of China, and the annual distribution of precipitation is extremely uneven, and the flood season is generally from June to September, and the precipitation accounts for more than 50% of the annual precipitation.

Yang Xi calculates that if the foundation piers of the Huai River are built from May to October, then there is no need to think about it, and at that time, incense will already be burned without floods.

The river is dry in winter and spring, and when spring is over, it is the rainy season, but you can't use it at this time.

After the transfer of Liu Ba, the Minister of Construction, Hu Zhuo, the former dean of the School of Construction Engineering of Chenhe University, became the Minister of Construction.

Yang Xi personally led more than 30 key members of the Ministry of Construction, including Hu Zhuo, to inspect and count along the Huai River, and finally determined that a bridge would be built in a wide area between Xu County and Huailin in Xiapi State.

Once completed, the bridge will connect Xuzhou and Jiujiang County, and whether it is the railroad tracks or other vehicles, they will be able to cross the river without having to cross the river by boat.

There is a very wide river in this area, and after winter, the deepest part of the water is almost only one or two meters deep, but this is not a problem.

So the entire track was planned, construction began in other places, and once the spring of next year began, the construction of the bridge began, and Yang Xi named the project, the Xiapi Huaihe Bridge Project.