Princes compete for hegemony.

Ups and downs are like boats moving against the current, if you are not careful, you may be swept into the bottom of the waves, and it is difficult to turn over.

The new Qin in Guanzhong rose again, and the pride of the Chu people began to become uncertain, and then looked back at their two princes, Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, and Liu Bang, the king of Han.

One is busy sweeping up the opposition shili in the territory, and the other is busy expanding his newly occupied territory in Nanjun, and who will really care about the suffering of the people.

On the contrary, the Qin people in Guanzhong got a prince who was sympathetic to the people, and with the advent of another harvest season, Li Yuan, the Marquis of Shenwu, had been regarded as a great hero and a great savior by the Qin people in Guanzhong.

The Xiongnu were too busy to take care of themselves, and the northwestern border of Qin was stable. To the east of Hangu Pass, Guanzhong continued to be turbulent, and the fight for a whole year was dripping, but it made all parties frown when the harsh winter came.

The harvest is always proportional to the effort.

The princes, who were busy grabbing the territory, suddenly looked back after being proud or frustrated, only to find that their backyard was a mess, hungry people were everywhere, and the life of the people was even worse than when Qin II was in the past.

The Western Chu State was invaded into the hinterland by the anti-water Yingbu, although Zuihou drove Yingbu out, but it also hurt his vitality, plus Xiang Yu's strong personality, and he insisted on continuing to exterminate the opposition Liliang in various places, so that when it came to the season of millet harvest and grain return, Xiang Yu found that his treasury was not even half full.

Overlord Xiang Yu is like this, the situation of Liu Bang, the king of the Han Dynasty, is even more miserable, the defeat in February and March, and the subsequent large ransom expenditure, like a mountain, oppressed on Liu Bang's shoulders, the grain in Ba and Shu under the overall planning of Xiao He, although the lack of funds has been alleviated, but it is impossible to exert another force.

As for the other minor princes, the situation is similar to Xiang and Liu. The worst is still the heroes of Zhao Di, who are the most energetic in internal killing, and they have to bear the bitter consequences of a large number of people fleeing in the territory.

This is the situation in the four borders of the Qin State. Compared with the difficulties of the various princes, the situation of Qin was relatively better, in fact, if it were not for this war against the invasion of the Xiongnu, the bumper harvest of this season in Guanzhong would have filled the empty granaries of the counties of Qin.

This is a true portrayal of the chaos in the world in the second year of the Qin New Calendar.

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The west wind is blowing.

At the end of the second year of the Qin New Calendar, the cold snap from the prairie arrived as scheduled, and the scope of the impact was larger, and the frost disaster caused was even more severe.

The Huns who returned to the steppe froze to death. Those weak tribes have no resistance in the face of this natural disaster, and the only choice they can have is to support the command of Dadan Yu Maodun.

This is the fateful choice of the steppe peoples.

Not only the northern grasslands, but also the cold currents from the depths of the prairies went south, and even the always warm areas of Guanzhong and Guandong Chudi suddenly dropped by more than ten degrees, making the Chu people who lacked winter cloth robes wail for a long time, shouting that this is the retribution given to them by God.

December 20th.

The first snow of winter.

Coming as scheduled. Up and down in Guanzhong, wrapped in silver, a little snowflake will decorate both sides of the Weishui River extraordinarily enchanting.

After a rare harvest of the first season, the hard-working farmers sowed the hope of the next harvest. After two trial planting experiences, the people of Guanzhong have gradually become familiar with the habits of wheat, a drought-tolerant and cold-tolerant crop, and the uneven fields on the banks of the Zhengguo Canal are full of yellow-brown soil after ploughing.

Now. When the snow-white snowflakes fall on the fields, the white and yellow, and the cottages scattered in the countryside. But it constitutes the most beautiful natural scenery picture in heaven and earth.

In the month of returning to Xianyang, Li Yuan finally got the first vacation since crossing into this troubled world, for Li Yuan, a later generation who is accustomed to air conditioning and heating the house, as little as possible outside the house is the greatest happiness.

However, on this day, Li Yuan went out in a light car, and took the opportunity to inspect agricultural affairs, he decided to take Gu Yunniang to the fields by the Zhengguo Canal to relax. Compared with Ying Yushu and Xin Chai, the relationship with Gu Yunniang is the most urgent need for only and consolidation. has been in Xianyang City, as the most powerful person in the Qin State, there are many people who pay attention to Li Yuan, and he does not want to bring unnecessary turmoil to the government because of his personal affairs.

This trip, for Gu Yunniang, who was concerned about Li Yuan, was really a big surprise in an accident, although she had been looking forward to it in her heart, but she didn't dare to think that this day would really come.

"Yun Niang, do you regret it?" Sitting in the carriage, Li Yuan held Gu Yunniang's hand and asked with concern. The woman in front of her got the least and gave the most. Even if Li Yuan is hard-hearted, he will be moved.

Gu Yunniang's eyes were misty, she shook her head with a smile, and said, "I only regret that when the white horse was desperate and was about to despair, I met a bastard, a wood, and a nerd." If I can get revenge, I hope to beat him hard and let out a bad breath. ”

When Gu Yunniang's fist fell lightly on his shoulder, Li Yuan felt heartache, hugged Gu Yunniang in his arms, and said in a low voice: "If you want to fight, hit it hard, until you also have heartache." ”

Emotional matters are right or wrong.

Where to distinguish clearly, to speak clearly.

Li Yuan is happy, because being loved by someone is a kind of happiness. Gu Yunniang is happy, because being able to love someone and be accepted is also a kind of happiness.

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Chen Cangdao.

This road through the Qinling Mountains is the protagonist of "Ming Xiu Plank Road, Secret Crossing Chen Cang", however, with the unexpected rise of the new Qin and the eastward movement of the Han King Liu Bangshili, this famous allusion in history is also nowhere to be examined.

The protagonists are all gone, and the allusions disappear. In this harsh winter, on the icy and difficult Chencang Road, a team of Qin troops was escorting several ox carts and trying to move forward.

From the relatively warm Hanzhong, to the increasingly cold Guanzhong, this team moved little by little with tenacity and perseverance, only more than ten days of effort, the sturdy cart scalper at the time of departure was very thin, a listless look, it is no wonder that it is no wonder that anyone who pulls a cart of iron and stone on the mountain road will not feel relaxed.

In the middle of the ranks, the soldiers of the Qin State made Sima Yin to ride a horse in the wind and snow, with a thin figure and a tall body, if it weren't for his tanned face. That's a figure that fascinates women.

After more than a month of preparation, Sima Yin decided to take a cart of iron and stone to Guanzhong to see Li Yuan personally see the fineness of the iron and stone mine.

Since he was appointed as the person in charge of the Qin State's military construction, Sima Yin has devoted himself to this early industrial innovation. From a military official to a jishu official, it is not without pain, not without unwillingness, but Sima Yin has survived.

Great Qin's military system was in turmoil at the end of Qin. Suffering great damage, the loss of craftsmen and craftsmen is the most critical. A considerable number of them were coerced to Handan, Xiping and Hanzhong in the eastern part of the Kanto, even if Xiang Yu and Liu Bang did not pay attention to military construction, there was no shortage of insightful people under their hands, Li Yuan was able to gather those craftsmen who were committed to Daqin, as for the craftsmen who could not see the direction of the situation clearly, or whose hometown was in the Kanto, that could only leave them to fend for themselves.

National strength is everything.

As the Qin State Shili recovered and became stronger little by little, the support for the military construction also increased. The mining of the bronze mine was perfect, which made the craftsmen feel honored.

However, at this time, from the Handan and Xiping areas of Guanzhong, there was news that the craftsman Guo Zong and others had smelted iron tools. This made the craftsmen of the Qin State anxious.

With the scale of the Qin army, in terms of iron-smelting technology, it lags behind Handan and Xiping in the Kanto region, which is really a bit unreasonable. In fact. If it weren't for the frequent wars in the Kwantung region and the lack of investment in a large number of iron weapons, it would be very likely that the Qin army would have to fight against the princely army with iron swords with backward bronze weapons.

Is it that the craftsman is not strong?

Or is it due to other reasons?

Sometimes or both.

Sima Dazao, who felt the pressure, cleaned up the interior of the military construction. The measures to reward attendance and punish laziness were revised, and the previous practice of inscribed the names of craftsmen on the weapons made by the Qin State was restored, and it was extended to other objects.

At the same time, Sima Yin and Mo Ping master craftsmen spent more than half a year, wholeheartedly walking through the mountains and rivers of Guanzhong, trying to find a suitable iron ore mine, but unfortunately, Guanzhong originally belonged to the poor iron ore area, plus the backward mining jishu in this era, Sima Yin They have not gained anything, until the peace agreement between Qin and Han was signed, and the Qin army successfully entered the western part of Hanzhong.

"There are black stones rolling down from the mountains, and their shape is like stones, and they will not be broken." After Sima Yin learned of this rumor, he held a little hope of Zuihou, and crossed the Chencang Road into Hanzhong, at this time in the western part of Hanzhong, where the Qiang people and the Qin people lived together, and the people were fierce, and if there was a slight conflict, the Qiang people might retaliate and kill.

Sima Yin ventured in, it really took a lot of courage, and he was accompanied by Mo Ping, the master craftsman of the military construction, and a group of selected craftsmen, as well as clansmen from the Sima family in Hanoi.

The Sima family lasted for hundreds of years, and in Sima Yin's generation, there were mainly two influential figures, one was Sima Mao, the king of Yin, who was once a general under Zhang Er, and after turning to the overlord Xiang Yu, he was reused and was named King Yin, and his fief was in Hanoi County. The other is the master craftsman of the Qin State who made Sima Yin. Compared with Sima Mao, who left a reputation in history, the existence of Sima Yin is more like a huge surprise for the Sima family.

As a prestigious and idealistic family, the investment of talents is very important, there are people on the anti-Qin side, if there is no one on the strong Qin side, it is not very dangerous, in line with this line of thought, Sima Yin was quickly valued by the family, and a considerable part of the family has moved from Hanoi County to Guanzhong to live.

With the support of the family, Sima Yin is full of energy, and this time he found excellent open-pit iron ore in Fushui, which means that the largest raw material bottle item made by Qin Guobing in iron smelting Jishu has been removed, so this trip to Xianyang is very important for Sima Yin.

As long as he can continue to invest, Sima Yin is confident that he will be able to produce a batch of iron swords and halberds that can equip the army in large quantities before Handan and Xiping.

Science and technology are the primary productive forces.

The revival of the Qin State began to show signs of surpassing its opponents in many levels such as agriculture, commerce and weapons manufacturing, and compared with Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, who were still in the stage of fighting and killing, Li Yuan was already one step ahead. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )

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