In early August, after more than half a month of discussions, the Liaodong military-political joint conference was finally successfully concluded, and the newly appointed officials rushed to various places to take up their posts, and the Liaodong Army began to reorganize and reorganize in an orderly manner.

After handing over the specific government affairs and military affairs to the pastoral government and the general's mansion to deal with, Wei Shuo was not idle, he took Feng Yi, Du Qun, Wang Yan and other part-time workers and two Cao officials to Pubancheng to inspect.

Pusaka, the Pujin Pass, was an important political, economic, cultural and military center in Hedong County. Because it is located in the center of the "Yellow River Golden Triangle" region of Shanxi, Qin and Henan, more than half of the salt produced in Hedong County has to enter Guanzhong and Hexi through the west of Pujin Ferry.

In the case that Tongguan in Hongnong County was controlled by the imperial court, the importance of the Pujin Ancient Bridge was highlighted.

In order to strengthen the connection between Qin and Jin, Wei Shuo planned to rebuild the Pujin Ancient Bridge.

When Feng Yi, Du Qun, Wang Yan and others learned that Wei Shuo was going to build a bridge over the Yellow River, they accused Wei Shuo of being whimsical. It can't be said that other people are wrong, let alone ancient times, and it is not a simple matter to build a bridge over the Yellow River in modern times.

Moreover, the Yellow River is dangerous and unruly, with a strange temper, two breaks in three years, a diversion in a hundred years, and frequent floods, which makes the Yellow River have the saying of "no bridge" in ancient times. Meaning, on this river, it is simply impossible to build bridges.

However, Wei Shuo learned that during the Tang Dynasty in history, the clever Chinese people erected a giant pontoon bridge on the Pujin Ferry. It makes the spirits bow their heads and the flood is silent. In the hundreds of years after the completion of this bridge, no matter how high or low the water level of the Yellow River is, it can not overflow the bridge deck, it can always ensure the smooth passage of cars and horses, and it has been used for nearly a thousand years.

Wei Shuo first came to Pusaka to inspect after recovering and annexing the state, considering the importance of the ancient bridge over the Yellow River at the Pujin Ferry.

In the case that Liaodong is temporarily unable to go south to seize Tongguan. Pujin Ferry has become the most important link between Guanzhong and Bingzhou. With the Pujin Ancient Bridge, important materials such as salt, coal, grain, and iron tools can continue to support Guanzhong in the future.

In fact, the ancient people realized the importance of Puban City early on, here since ancient times there is a thoroughfare road to the west to Chang'an, north to Youyan, in Shandong and Hebei into the key position of the Guanzhong, is the key to Wei Chang'an, Bao Sanjin. It has always been a battleground for soldiers.

When the prince of Qin went out of Benjin, he built a boat to connect them into a bridge and cross the river here.

During the Warring States Period, King Zhaoxiang of Qin built a bridge here twice for the great cause of unification.

Subsequently, the emperors of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty, the Han Gaozu Liu Bang, the Wei Wu Emperor Cao Cao, the Sui Wen King Yang Jian, and the Tang Taizong Li Shimin and other emperors did not hesitate to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to build pontoon bridges here to rejuvenate the army.

During the Wei and Jin dynasties, the Pujin Bridge has gradually developed from a temporary boat-type pontoon bridge to a fixed bamboo cable mooring pontoon. It's just that this kind of pontoon bridge is not strong enough and is easy to be washed away by the river, and what Wei Shuo wants to do is to upgrade on this basis, and change the bamboo cable mooring pontoon bridge to an iron cast and concrete pontoon.

Feng Yi stood beside Wei Shuo, looking at the rolling Yellow River, and asked softly, "Lord." Are you really going to upgrade the bridge over the Pujin Ferry? Building a pontoon bridge over the Yellow River is not a simple task, not only is it costly, but it may also fall short and lose materials. ”

"That's nature! Please rest assured, a certain has its own success. I plan to have Gongcao and Transshipment Cao join forces, use cement masonry berms at both ends of the bridge, and cast calm and solid ground anchors on the shore that are interrelated with iron oxen, iron men, iron plates, iron mountains, iron pillars, etc., to replace the old ground anchors. Then the bamboo cable was changed to an iron cable, and hundreds of wooden boats were tied to the horizontal axis of the tail of the iron ox. ”

"Soon, a new solid and reliable pontoon bridge will be able to span the Yellow River."

Du Qun and Wang Yan were thoughtful when they heard this. After listening to Wei Shuo's introduction, they found that building a bridge on the Yellow River did not seem to be a whimsical thing. If they were really built according to Wei Shuo's plan, they might go down in history because of this. Thinking of this, a hot look suddenly shot out of the eyes of the two, staring at Wei Shuo scorchingly.

"If it is as the lord said, once the bridge is built. It will definitely greatly strengthen the exchange between Qin and Jin! But in this way, wouldn't it consume a lot of steel? Does my Liaodong have enough steel to support the construction of bridges? ”

Wang Yan was originally a puppet Han Zhao minister, because of the name of uprightness was promoted by Wei Shuojian to the pastoral mansion as the director of the transfer Cao, he had just joined Liaodong not long ago, and he did not know much about the strength of Liaodong. I didn't know that there was a huge iron mine in Liaodong County.

"Hahaha, about the steel, Li Gong doesn't have to worry. Since the development of the steel base in Liaodong County, its steel output has far exceeded the total steel output of the whole country during the Taikang period. Not to mention building one Yellow River bridge, even building three more is not a concern. ”

Du Qun is an official of the Liaodong lineage, and he has climbed step by step from a lower-level low-level official to the position of director of Gongcao, but he knows much more than Wang Yan, and he is busy explaining a thing or two to him.

"Well, Director Du is right, cement and steel, the two most advantageous materials for building bridges, are not lacking in Liaodong. As long as you find someone to design the bridge, plus the Hun prisoners, the Pujin pontoon bridge reconstruction project can be officially started. I plan to hand over this project to the workers and transporters, don't let Wei down! ”

Du Qun and Wang Yan hurriedly bowed down and promised: "Please rest assured, the ministers will do their best and never dare to live up to the expectations of the lord." ”

"Although the upgrading of the Pujin Ancient Bridge is under the banner of revitalizing the economy, in fact, you should know in your hearts that its biggest use is mainly military. After the completion of the new bridge, once there is a change in Chang'an, our tens of thousands of troops can cross the Yellow River to the west and enter Guanzhong in one day. ”

The Pujin Yellow River pontoon bridge was very important to Liaodong, and it was too inefficient to rely on ships to travel between the banks of the Yellow River, which was very unfavorable to the exchange between Qin and Jin. On the contrary, once the pontoon bridge is completed, it will greatly strengthen the connection between Qin and Jin, and will play a huge role in promoting the economic integration of Yonghe.

"My lord, after the completion of the new bridge, the government can also build a special place near the east bank for the town guard Iron Ox, and relocate part of the situation to garrison here. On weekdays, they don't have to pay taxes to farm, they only need to eat official food, and their full-time work is to protect the bridge and guard the iron cattle. Trees and flowers are planted on both sides to create a pleasant scenery, which will surely become a place of yearning for literati! ”

Wei Shuo glanced at Feng Yi, who was expressing romanticism, he just focused on introducing the Tang Dynasty pontoon bridge, and forgot that the Zhenhe Iron Ox had always been known as a god in ancient times. Near almost every bridge in ancient times, the figure of the iron ox of Zhenhe was indispensable.

"Alright, don't talk nonsense! It's okay to plant trees and flowers, but you don't have to find someone to guard the iron cattle, which is just a waste of human resources, and it is better to let them farm and open up the wasteland if you have that time! ”

When Wei Shuo and his entourage left Pusaka City, a large number of government soldiers soon entered Pusaka, which happened to be one of the Ochichong Mansions, and then when the pontoon bridge was built, Pusaka became one of the first Ochichong Mansions to be built.

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"What? Yan'er, you ...... You were almost sold into slavery? ”

When Yang Xianrong learned that her daughter almost became a slave, she couldn't help but be frightened. Although she unfortunately fell into the hands of the Huns, after all, she was favored by Liu Yao, and she didn't suffer much. On the contrary, Sima Yan's experience was more difficult than hers.

Sima Yan saw that Yang Xianrong was about to cry, so she hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded: "Oh, mother, isn't it all over?" Don't cry, it's not good if you cry! Besides, it was the rescue of General Zhenbei that led to today's Sima Yan. If you don't experience wind and rain, how can you see a rainbow, I think it is with those hardships that my daughter knows that a happy life needs to be created by people's efforts. ”

Yang Xianrong looked at her daughter's radiant appearance, and couldn't help but show a gratifying smile on her face, "It turns out that Yan'er met General Zhenbei like this, no wonder when you mention him, you are full of red faces." ”

"Where?!" Sima Yan's face turned red, and she threw herself into the arms of Yang Xianrong and was reluctant to get up.

Yang Xianrong gently stroked her daughter's back with her hand and sighed softly. Her daughter's thoughts, how to hide the sheep's appearance, she just doesn't know how to help her daughter achieve her wishes. (To be continued.) )