Chapter 494: Recruiting the People (Happy Lantern Festival)

"Who is this?"

Wang Shichong had a smile on his face, but his heart was numb by the shock, and he almost couldn't help but scold.

Yangzhou and the Duke of Wu are separated by a Yangtze River, and Wang Shichong is a caring person, so he naturally knows a major civil servant under the jurisdiction of the Duke of Wu.

The first batch of principals to cross the river was one of the three deputy officials of the Engineering Department of the Wu Guogong Mansion, and he was a senior member of the Wenchen sequence of the Guogong Mansion.

The other party's strength is not new to the level of rivers and lakes, the martial arts practice of the whole people in the territory of Wu Guogong is not a joke, the strength of civil officials can only be regarded as weak chickens, and the strength of military generals is called terrifying, just like the giant man in front of him, who is too tall, which has brought great pressure to Wang Shichong.

The aura of the giant man is exposed, which is the standard first-class master strength of the rivers and lakes.

Because of his height and strength, as well as the fierce aura of his body, Wang Shichong felt a little pressure in his heart.

He also knew the generals in the army under Wu Guogong, but this was an unfamiliar face in front of him, obviously a new army under Wu Guogong.

Why do you say that, the giant man is wearing the unarmored military uniform of the army under the command of Wu Guogong, and he can't hide the aura of the army.

The reason why I was shocked in my heart was because the guy in front of me may be the first first-class master in the army under the command of Wu Guogong!

As long as you're not stupid, you know what that means.

It means that after years of accumulation, the army under the command of Wu Guogong has begun to appear first-class masters.

Since the strange giant in front of him can become a first-class master, it is certain that there will naturally be other first-class masters in the army under the command of Wu Guogong.

Wang Shichong's heart was suddenly heavy and unspeakable, the strength in the hands of Wu Guogong Lei Hu will reach a higher level!

It is completely different from having a first-class master in the army and not having a first-class master in charge, at least there is no comparison in terms of high-level combat power.

The fierce generals of this era are extremely ferocious, they can easily kill and capture the flag at every turn, and even break through the military formation with the strength of one person, if there is no master of the same level to stop them, it is easy to be killed and lost.

In particular, the first-class master can go all out, and he can already trigger the lively heaven and earth vitality to vibrate, and explode with incomparably powerful and huge lethality, which is also the preciousness of the fierce generals in the army.

As a neighbor across the river, Wang Shichong knew that the army under the command of Wu Guogong was extraordinary.

Even the people are at the peak of martial arts, not to mention the army, almost every soldier has been successful in martial arts, and the army provides exercises and materials.

Wu Guogong has been a prince of the south for almost twenty years, during which there are many second-rate players in the army, and now first-class masters have begun to appear, according to the normal promotion situation, it is obvious that it has reached the time when first-class masters begin to blow out.

Such a situation made the ambitious Wang Shichong quite depressed, and instantly thought of leaving Jiangdu.

With such a powerful neighbor as Wu Guogong, it is simply a fool's dream for him to rise in Yangzhou, and he may die unexplained as soon as he emerges.

He didn't believe that Wu Guogong had no ambitions, at least he had the ambition to unify the south and even occupy the land of Jianghuai, anyway, Wang Shichong didn't think that there was any hero who could fight with Wu Guogong in the land of Jianghuai, and the existence of the south to fight with Wu Guogong, even the Lingnan Song Valve, one of the four major valves.

In an instant, countless thoughts turned in Wang Shichong's heart, but there was no expression on his face, and his heroic nature was undoubtedly revealed.

"The last general is majestic and broad, and he is the chief general of the production and construction corps that crossed the river this time, and he has seen the palace supervisor!"

The giant man who followed the deputy director of the Engineering Department of the Duke of Wu Guofu was neither humble nor arrogant and said: "When there is more trouble with the palace supervisor in the future, I hope that the palace supervisor will not feel bored!" ”

"You're polite, since the court has an order, Wang will definitely not hold back!"

Wang Shichong bowed his hands again and again, looked at the sky and said with a smile: "It's noon, or the two of you and your entourage will have a light meal with Wang first, and it's not too late to continue to work in the afternoon!" ”

"That's fine!"

The deputy director of the engineering department in charge nodded and smiled, and he would need the help of Wang Shichong, a joint official, in the future, so he would naturally not lose face.

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Soon, Jiangdu officials, including Wang Shichong, saw the speed and terrifying efficiency of the production and construction corps under Wu Guogong.

The 10,000 horses brought by the majestic sea, after the scientific and reasonable distribution, and with the assistance of sufficient excavation tools, the canal section of dozens of miles long was created in just half a month.

In addition, the width and depth of this section of the canal are much wider and deeper than planned by the government.

In this way, after the canal is connected to the Yangtze River and the Huai River, it will be able to pass larger ships, and at the same time, the navigation capacity will be several times stronger than that of the canal planned by the government.

With the follow-up people and horses continue to cross the river, each team of 10,000 people is responsible for the construction of the canal section ranging from tens of miles to hundreds of miles, and according to scientific and reasonable management and construction methods, the daily progress of canal construction is quite amazing.

What's even more amazing is that Wang Shichong was surprised to find that there were no abnormally large number of casualties among the construction personnel under the command of Wu Guogong, and even the injured people rarely appeared.

What made him feel most incredible was that each construction corps with a scale of 10,000 people was accompanied by dozens of Lang Zhong, who dealt with the wounded and sick in the construction corps as soon as possible, and easily stopped the number of abnormal casualties.

This is much better than the canal construction project normally organized by the government, which repairs a section of the dead and wounded.

Wu Guogong only sent three 10,000-strong construction corps, and in just one month, he easily completed the construction of a section of the canal from the Huai River to the Yangtze River, and the navigation capacity after irrigation was quite strong.

The speed of construction of such a canal was not very fast, but it was also completed within the time stipulated by Yang Guang and the court.

What is of most interest to the officials and people in Huainan and Jiangbei is that in just one month, a canal with a length of more than 400 miles was urgently built, and there were not many casualties, which is very incredible.

It is no wonder that Wu Guoguild took over the construction of this section of the canal, at least by the production and construction corps under him, not only can the task be completed within the specified time, but also there has not been a large-scale casualty phenomenon of Ding Zhuang's labor in the construction of the canal in the north.

On this point, the local governments in Huainan and Jiangbei did not feel distressed at all when they allocated money and grain, and they even had a certain idea in their hearts, wishing that any major projects in the future would be solved by the production and construction corps under Wu Guogong.

They were all moved by Wu Guogong's high wind and bright festival, and only a person with a heart like Wang Shichong would be surprised to find that the three 10,000-person production and construction corps sent by Wu Guogong built the canal very quickly, but they were not unscrupulous in secret.

For example, the reason for encouraging the local people to move to the territory of the Duke of Wu is also quite powerful, and if you want to escape the endless frenzied labor of the government in the future, it is best to move to the territory of the Duke of Wu as soon as possible.

During this period, there were many merchants who walked the streets and alleys between various villages, as well as storytellers in wine shops and teahouses, who made up stories about the construction of the Great Wall, canals, palaces and straight roads in the north to tell the people of Huainan and Jiangbei in detail.

The people were frightened enough when they heard this, they did not have Yang Guang's arrogance, nor did they know the importance of those projects to the Great Sui, they knew that in just four or five years, the entire northern land was extremely badly damaged, and more than three million Ding Zhuang people died.

Three million!

Such an astonishing number immediately set off stormy waves among the people in Huainan and Jiangbei.

The people of Huainan and Jiangbei were very happy, fortunately Wu Guogong helped them to take on the labor of building the canal, otherwise with the proportion of terrible casualties in Ding Zhuang in the north, if they were requisitioned to build the canal, at least half of them would have to die.

It was a life-and-death event involving hundreds of thousands of families, and it scared the people of Huainan and Jiangbei who escaped.

At this time, whether it was a hawker walking the streets and alleys, or a storyteller telling in a tavern and tea shop, they all proposed to the frightened people to move to the territory of the Duke of Wu south of the Yangtze River.

Not to mention that the economy there is developed and the people live a prosperous life, just being able to avoid the conscription and labor of the imperial court is a great benefit.

No, with the end of the canal construction project, the three production and construction corps with a scale of 10,000 people left one after another, but Wang Shichong was surprised to find that the number of people who followed the evacuation team was not at all worse than the three production technology warm corps with a scale of 10,000 people, and even exceeded.

The territory of Wu Guogong was also prepared for a long time, and sent a sufficient number of ferries at the first time, and for a time the water surface of the Yangtze River was very lively, and almost everywhere there were boats full of people crossing the river.

For such a situation, the local officials in Huainan and Jiangbei did not take it seriously whether they were aware of it or not, but it was just the migration of tens of thousands of people, what is it worth?

Only Wang Shichong vaguely noticed that something was wrong, Wu Guogong was deliberately recruiting the people?

However, with only tens of thousands of people, it is nothing at all for the territory of Wu State, which has a population of more than six million, right?

However, what happened after that quickly solved the doubts in Wang Shichong's heart, made him admire Wu Guogong's methods, and at the same time strengthened his idea of leaving Jiangdu, a stable place, as soon as possible.

The power of the propaganda team under the command of Wu Guogong was quite amazing, and they only fooled tens of thousands of people in the Huainan and Jiangbei areas, dragging their families and families to follow the production and construction corps that had completed the work back to the territory.

But when the news spread to the Huaibei area, just now because of the construction of the Tongji Canal was severely harmed, hundreds of thousands of Huaibei families hung white sails

The people, who were disappointed and fearful of the imperial court in their hearts, immediately caused a sensation when they heard the news.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of people made up their minds to drag their families and families to the territory of Wu Guogong south of the Yangtze River......

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