Chapter 3 Openings and Construction

As soon as the discussion stopped, Zuo Ci proposed to Liu Bei that the name "will be camped" was not enough to pull the wind, and the name was changed to "Ministry of Industry". As soon as I heard the name, I knew that it was Liu Hou who made it up.

When Liu Bei asked what "pulling the wind" was, Zuo Ci explained that it was their country dialect, which meant "majestic".

"The camps will be full of workshops and craftsmen, and the name "Ministry of Industry" is apt. It's just that the name doesn't seem to be very imposing. Zhuge Liang said.

The Han Dynasty implemented the "Three Princes and Nine Secretaries System", which was not the "Three Provinces and Six Ministries System" in later generations, so there is no conflict between the names zài and "Ministry of Industry". Of course, the functions of this "Ministry of Industry" and the later "Ministry of Industry" are also very different.

Liu Bei also felt that it didn't matter, anyway, it was an extra department out of thin air, and he didn't have to pay for it, and his son liked to toss and toss, so he agreed.

As a result, the little Liu Hou was appointed as the minister of the "Ministry of Industry", and Fei Yi and Dong Yun were the deputy ministers. Originally, according to Liu Hou's words to Zuo Ci, the deputy minister was the deputy minister, but the ancients liked to add a left or right to distinguish the size. Liu Hou can't tell the difference between the left and the right, what's up with him, anyway, he just treats them as deputies.

As for Pang Tong, Liu Bei didn't think about it at all, and he also believed that Pang Tong would not be willing to be a nanny for a little child, although this little child was his son, and he was still a very special prodigy child who was famous far and wide.

Then Zuo Ci proposed to give Liu Hou the title of general, so that he could lead the troops, and the army should also be given the name of "pulling the wind".

After Liu Bei occupied Yizhou, he named Guan Yunchang as General Dangkou and Marquis of Hanshou Ting, Zhang Fei as General of Zhengzhu and Marquis of Xinting, Zhao Yun as General Zhenyuan, Huang Zhong as General of Zhengxi, Wei Yan as General Yangwu, and Ma Chao as General of Pingxi. All of them are very "popular", Liu Hou looked red, and he also wanted to have a "popular" name to play.

"Then let's call General Zhennan." Liu Bei said casually.

If Liu Hou is present, he will definitely oppose it, and call General Zhennan, if Liu Bei is called emperor and he has the throne, will he become the king of Zhennan? I don't want to have the same name as Duan Zhengchun's unlucky cuckold. But fortunately, he didn't call General Pingxi, otherwise he would be the king of Pingxi in the future, and it would be even worse to have the same name as Wu Sangui's turtle egg. I have to thank Ma Chao for taking up the name of General Pingxi in advance.

It's a pity that Liu Hou was not present and couldn't protest, and the name of General Zhennan fell on his head so unfortunately.

As for the number of the troops at the "Lafeng" point, Liu Bei didn't expect it for a while, so he kicked the ball back to Zuo Ci and asked him what he had to build.

Zuo Ci had already been instructed by Liu Hou, so he said without hesitation: "Why don't you call the 101st Airborne Division?" Choosing such a name also implies Liu Hou's desire to develop air forces.

"Is the name too weird? Why is it one zero one, and what does airborne mean? Liu Bei asked suspiciously.

"This ...... The airborne division is the king division that fell from the sky, this zero one, that is, there are one hundred and one people falling from the sky, yes, it is one hundred and one people, a general, with a hundred soldiers, exactly one hundred and one people. ”

In fact, Zuo Ci didn't know why Liu Hou came up with this name, he also thought it was quite weird, he had been thinking about it for a long time before he came, and he only thought of this explanation.

They knew that Liu Hou used the name of the ace airborne division of the United States just because of his bad taste.

"Oh, that's right." Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang looked at each other, this is too, and they fell from the sky, and you only called you a fairy when you gave face, if you don't give face, you are just a bull-nosed veteran, do you really think you are a fairy?

Zuo Ci saw that they didn't agree, and said, "Then why don't you call it the 'Red Army'?" Liu Hou also gave him several alternatives, such as the "People's Liberation Army", "Red Army", "Eighth Route Army", "Nineteenth Route Army", and "Revolutionary Army".

And the only thing he can give a reasonable explanation for is the "Red Army":

"The Han Dynasty is the fire virtue, the fire is red, and the army of the little prince is the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, so it is appropriate to call it the "Red Army". ”

Zuo Ci's words can barely explain the past, but it may not be "appropriate". At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Qin Shuide continued, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty responded to Tude, and Liu Xiu opened the country to respond to Huode. Liu Bei prides himself on being the orthodoxy of the Han family, and of course he prides himself on his fire virtue, so his army wears red clothes.

Later, Cao Pi wanted to replace the Han Dynasty, so he reformed the system according to Tude, and the successive years were named yellow - "Huang Chu". Sun Quan also fought for the yellow Tude at the beginning, and later played the banner of avenging the Han, according to the theory of the five virtues and restraint, he adopted the Mude of Muketu, so the world of Eastern Wu is cyan.

"This, that's what I said, but the word "Red Army" is too ordinary, I can't see where to "pull the wind"? Liu Bei said. He thought to himself: "Cao Cao has a tiger and leopard ride, how majestic it is, why don't you get a name for dragons, tigers, leopards, phoenix eagles and other beasts and birds of prey, or how to 'pull the wind' to surpass others." ”

"It's okay to call this the 'Red Army', red corresponds to fire virtue and conforms to the mandate of heaven. Although the name is simple, the key to fighting a war is to look at the strength of the army, and the name is not important. There is Lao Zuoxian Weng who bothers a lot and assists the little boy to train a strong army. After that, Zhuge Liang arched his hand to Zuo Ci.

Maybe he thinks that the army that a little kid has made up is probably for fun, why waste time entangled in this name, brother, I go up and down hundreds of thousands of minutes by minute, what name do you like, don't waste my brother's time.

Super advisor Zhuge Liang spoke, but Liu Bei didn't comply, so the number of the "Red Army" was decided.

However, it turned out later that the Red Army was very unworthy of its name, because in addition to the red flag, the whole army was green from the top to the feet. Green clothes, green pants, green socks (socks invented by Liu Hou), green shoes, and a green turban.

Of course, the green hat and green turban in this era have not yet been given the special meaning of later generations. Otherwise, the second brother Guan would not often wear parrot green to come out. Liu Hou saw that the whole army was wearing a green turban and was secretly happy, but not to mention the reason why he was secretly happy. Of course, he himself doesn't wear it, as the main general, he wears a golden crown of Lu Bu's style, and no one will say anything.

Originally, Liu Hou wanted to get a camouflage uniform, he knew too well how useful this protective color was, but when the people who looked for the dyeing workshop asked, they were discouraged, with the current printing and dyeing technology, it was difficult to get, and the cost was very high.

Just think about it, after all, it's still the beginning of the career, and money is used everywhere, but there is really not so much money to spend on the clothing of 5,000 people.

"Military division, you see, where is the Yamen of this Ministry of Industry and the Red Army placed." Liu Bei asked.

Originally, this was not a problem at all, Liu Bei was the new owner of Yizhou, and Tian Zhai could use it however he wanted. In fact, when he first occupied Yizhou, he wanted to give the famous farm house in Chengdu to the officials. But Zhao Yun advised him: "The people of Yizhou have been repeatedly attacked by war, and their fields and houses are empty. Now it should be returned to the people, so that the people can live and resume their business in peace, and the people will be satisfied. It is not advisable to take it away as a private reward. ”

Uncle Liu Huang, who takes "benevolence" as the corporate culture, will of course listen to such a construction, which also leads to the office land of Liu Bei Group becoming not so abundant.

"Uncle Huang doesn't have to worry, the poor road has its own measure." Before Zhuge Liang had a headache, Zuo Ci stroked his beard and said on the ground.

He had already discussed the site selection with Liu Hou before he came, so now he seems confident.

"We plan to set up an industrial department and a barracks on the banks of the Jianjiang River, 10 miles south of the city."

The Jianjiang River is a tributary that diverted from the main stream of the Minjiang River when Li Bing repaired Dujiangyan, and flowed around the west and south of Chengdu to the east. The inspection river divides the water from the mouth of the treasure bottle, and is called the Zouma River in later generations, and it is called the South River when it passes through Chengdu, and it is also called the Jinjiang River.

The reason why I chose this place was because Liu Hou inquired about the perennial wind direction in Chengdu. The most perennial wind direction in Chengdu is quiet wind; Sub-most winds: northerly winds in June, July and August, north-northeasterly winds in the rest of the months.

Liu Hou knows more or less that the principle of setting up the industrial zone in the later generations is to connect with the perennial wind direction, and set it in the downwind direction of the perennial wind direction rather than the upwind direction. Since Chengdu blows more northerly winds, northeast and northwest winds, it is best to locate the industrial zone in the south of Chengdu, so that the urban area will be less polluted by the exhaust gas emitted by the industrial zone.

At the same time, the development of industry also requires a large amount of water, especially the paper industry, printing and dyeing industry, etc., which is a major water polluter, and there must be large rivers so that pollutants can be diluted in time; In addition, Liu Hou plans to build some water-powered machinery, which is also inseparable from rivers. Therefore, Liu Hou plans to establish the production base on the riverside.

The reason why the industrial zone was built outside the city was because Liu Hou's "ambition" was too ambitious. In addition to the establishment of his "Ministry of Industry" yamen and barracks here, he planned to establish a base integrating production, learning, and research. The base not only includes all kinds of factories that he can open now, but also some training institutions such as technical schools and vocational schools, as well as various practical rooms and research institutes for research and development.

In this case, he needs to recruit tens of thousands of young people to work in various workshops, plus their families, and the scale will be more than 100,000 people, which is already equivalent to the population of a medium-sized city at that time.

How can such a large population be resettled in Chengdu? Factories, living quarters, barracks, training grounds, how big is that? In addition, Liu Hou's training troops often like to go to the field for training and conducting actual combat exercises, so it is better to go to the suburbs to circle as much territory as he wants.

"It's good to set up the Ministry of Industry and barracks outside the city, after all, the housing and land in the city are very tight now, but in the wilderness outside the city, there are so many infrastructure constructions, I'm afraid it won't be completed in a few years, right?" Liu Bei asked.

"Uncle Huang doesn't need to worry about this, he may not have the ability to scatter beans into soldiers and turn stones into gold, but he still has the ability to build a few houses quickly." Zuo Ci stroked his beard and posed as a stinky fart and said.

Zuo Ci dared to breathe so loudly because some time ago, a breakthrough had been made in the research of cement. Zuo Ci mixed limestone and clay and calcined it, and the resulting thing was ground into powder, and finally a gray powder was obtained. After Liu Hou's verification, its properties are very close to modern cement. Liu Hou was very happy to announce the successful development of cement.

Liu Hou didn't expect to use clay, and he remembered that there should be more than two components on the left side of the cement generation chemical reaction formula he learned in middle school. He didn't know that clay was a complex composition, and that in addition to limestone, other raw materials for making cement were basically included.

However, after Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang listened to Zuo Ci's words, they obviously didn't believe what he said. They looked at each other and chose to ignore it. Anyway, Adou is still young, it doesn't matter how many years you like to toss, it's still early for Adou to come out and take over.

"It's just that Uncle Huang still needs permission to recruit displaced people for the construction of workshops and barracks." Zuo Ci said.

"This is no problem, military advisor, please cooperate more with Zuo Xianweng's recruitment of homeless people." Zhuge Liang is actually good at internal affairs rather than fighting, so Liu Bei has to ask him these internal affairs questions.

Because the Yizhou War has just passed, a large number of displaced people have poured into Chengdu, Zhuge Liang is having a headache about how to settle the displaced people, it is rare for someone to help digest a little, how can Zhuge Liang not welcome it.

"It's no problem with the homeless, as many as you want, but when I asked Zuo Xianweng to recruit the homeless, in addition to the young and strong, even his family was also settled." Zhuge Liang said. Of course, if he knew how large the number of homeless people Liu Hou was going to recruit, he wouldn't have been so angry.

What he means is that you should want the young and middle-aged, and the old and weak, women and children should not be left behind. There is no way, Uncle Liu Huang's name of "benevolence" has spread all over the world, which has brought him countless benefits, but many times it is also a constraint. With rights comes obligations, an immutable law.

This undoubtedly greatly increased the difficulty of Zhuge Liang's resettlement of displaced people. It was also beyond the scope of Liu Hou and Zuo Ci's previous discussions. Since he had not discussed this topic with Liu Hou beforehand, Zuo Ci couldn't answer for a while.

"Well, I'll talk about it when I go back (to the master)." Zuo Ci didn't know what to do for a while, so he blurted out this sentence, but fortunately, the three words "looking for a master" were said very lightly, and Liu Bei and the others didn't hear it clearly.

"Oh? Who to talk to? Liu Bei asked suspiciously.

"No, it's nothing, let's talk about this issue next time, I still have a lot of things to do when I go back now, and I'm leaving!" Zuo Ci arched his hand and found an excuse to flee.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang looked at each other, the fairy-like figure who was still there just now walked away in the blink of an eye. However, Zuo Ci is not Liu Bei's subordinate, and he knows that he calls Liu Bei Uncle Liu Huang instead of the lord, so Liu Bei doesn't care about anything.