Strictly speaking, the Blasan Mountain Road is not unbuilt.

After repelling Guo Huai's attack, Chen Zhi's side was under less pressure, and he did arrange for someone to contact Hanzhong and launch a conscription to repair the Baoxian Mountain Road.

But this is only a routine repair, using a small number of people to repair some damaged places, reinforcing the wooden plank road in some areas, and tamping the loose soil layer.

That's all.

What Zhang Xi hopes to see is to use cement to build roads to widen the mountain roads, and change the wooden plank roads to stone, which is not only durable, but also widens the width of the mountain roads and reduces the difficulty of transporting troops and grain.

In the era when there was no cement, this kind of project could not be completed in ten or twenty years, or in other words, the people in power would not invest so much manpower and material resources for such a mountain road.

But now that there is cement, all that needs to be mobilized is manpower, and this kind of thing, repair a little this year, get a little next year, and without increasing the burden on the people, it will be possible to build a rough appearance in about three or five years.

Even if it is a war now, the Baoxian Road crossing must always be on guard against the attack of the Cao army, but the Baoxian Mountain Road behind him, it is not impossible to take time to build it.

I don't ask you to replace all the mountain roads with cement roads, but you can always replace all the fixed support structures from wooden to stone on this plank road, right?!

Two years have passed, and there is no trace of cement buildings at all, which is somewhat unspeakable.

And for this, Chen Zhi still did not answer Zhang Xi, but motioned to Liu Yin to answer obviously, Chen Zhi wanted to promote Liu Yin, and he was also recommending Liu Yin to Zhang Xi in disguise.

And Liu Yin didn't shirk it, got up directly, and told Zhang Xi the reason why he didn't repair the Baoxian Mountain Road now.

One is the perennial issue – the issue of manpower.

The more than 12,000 soldiers at the Baochuan crossing need to be used to guard against the Cao army in Guanzhong, and among the 12,000 soldiers, in addition to the 7,000 Bai Yu soldiers, the remaining more than 5,000 people are soldiers or county soldiers.

According to the regulations of the Han military system, these soldiers, the county soldiers rotate once a year, and the soldiers rotate every three years in the first two years, and they happened to meet Liu Bei when he ascended the throne and became the emperor, and the amnesty was given to the world, and the soldiers and county soldiers were rotated in a batch, so these more than 5,000 soldiers have actually been rotating in public, and they have always been in a state of insufficient combat strength and dissatisfaction with the soldiers.

Chen Zhi really didn't dare to act rashly.

Although he trusts the combat effectiveness of the Bai Yu soldiers he has trained single-handedly, the number of 7,000 people has to face the Cao army of more than 50,000 in Guanzhong, this strength is poor, and Chen Zhi does not dare to take it lightly.

So for two years, one of them, Chen Zhi didn't dare to mobilize troops to build the Baoxian Mountain Road behind him.

And the conscription of the people in Guanzhong, although it can also be launched normally, can help build it, but in the past two years, Huang Quan has rushed out of his white hair, which barely makes Hanzhong a little angry.

Hanzhong Dingkou can only ensure the smooth cultivation of the most basic things, and this kind of place is the place where it is most in need of recuperation.

In these years, it is not easy to recruit displaced people to settle down, one is the factor of war, the other is the factor of taxation, Huang Quan finally restored some prosperity in Hanzhong, if the displaced people heard that they must also build dangerous and difficult roads in Hanzhong, then how many displaced people are willing to come to Hanzhong to settle down.

Although it may be hard to join the family as a hermit, and sometimes you will be hungry, but save some money and save some money, but it will not be impossible to live. But if you go to build a mountain road, you may really die at any time.

In this case, it is better to be a hermit.

In this way, Chen Zhi did not dare to use soldiers to repair the road on a large scale, and Huang Quan on the side of the Taishou Mansion in Hanzhong was also half-soft and half-hard to delay, this Baoxian mountain road can be repaired, or Chen Zhi and Huang Quan have been grinding their mouths for a long time, plus Liu Yin is properly arranged, this can be built into the current state.

The second reason for not building the Baoxian Mountain Road is that Liu Yin feels that it is not a good time to use cement to build the Baoxian Mountain Road.

At present, the Baochuan crossing is still the front line, and there may be war at any time, so it is necessary to keep the supply line open. Once the construction of the Baoxie Mountain Road begins, it will definitely affect the supply of grain and grass at the Baoxie Pass.

After all, this ramp is so wide, and the widest place is only two large carts in parallel, and even a cart in the narrow place has to be careful to ensure the safety of grain and grass

Once the construction of such a narrow mountain road begins, it will be impossible to ensure a sufficient supply of grain and grass for at least a period of time.

To deal with this situation, it is necessary to ensure that enough grain and grass can be hoarded at the Baochuan crossing, and at least 12,000 soldiers can be supplied for half a year, just in case.

But Huang Quan said that if you want half a year's grain and grass, it is better to change someone to be the Hanzhong guard.

Huang Quan really can't help it.

When Wei Yan was the Taishou of Hanzhong before, he was only in charge of the army, and the logistics of grain and grass were directly transported from Chengdu, and the Taishou of Hanzhong did not have to worry about the problem of grain and grass at all.

But Huang Quan is now in charge of the military and government, not only to manage the army, but also to manage the people, Chengdu after Liu Bei's Northern Expedition and the emperor, the supply of grain and grass is also very tight.

Huang Quan couldn't make up the 10,000 army's hoarding of grain and grass for half a year, but the problem was that after making up these grains and grass, Huang Quan's plan to relocate the people in Hanzhong would be greatly affected, and the recovery of the entire Hanzhong would be delayed for three to five years.

This is actually the reason why Huang Quan became a "slow progressive".

Only when you arrive at the local area can you know the actual difficulties of the local area, and in the center, all you see is a pile of documents and figures.

It's not impossible if you have to go on the Northern Expedition, I can help you get the grain and grass you need for the Northern Expedition. But if you go on such a northern expedition, whether it is a family or a common person in the locality, you will have to suffer for three years.

It doesn't matter if the family suffers, anyway, the so-called "suffering" of the family and the suffering of the people are not the same concept at all.

But the problem is that as soon as the family suffers, they will pass on this "suffering" to the people, and by the way, it has to be said that there is a problem with your court. Huang Quan himself is a member of the Shuzhong family, can he still not understand these circles?!

Huang Quan still has a little conscience, he really doesn't want to see the family "suffering", but he doesn't want to see the people suffering!

Therefore, Huang Quan gave Chen a soft nail again and pushed it back.

Chen Zhi was originally very unhappy, which made Chen Zhi very angry. If you have a problem, will I not have a problem?!

Soldiers, the great affairs of the country, the land of life and death!!

Without me in front to help you block, you can still develop in the rear with peace of mind?!

But fortunately, Liu Yin had already arrived in Chen Zhi's army at this time, and was initially trusted and reused by Chen Zhi, helped persuade a few words, and thought of a compromise plan to coordinate Chen Zhi and Huang Quan to accept it, so that the matter was revealed.

This compromise plan is to mobilize a small number of people to build roads according to the old method, and the tinkering can be used for three years, as long as they can be used.

Cement road repair is fast, but the terrain of the mountain road is complex, to build all cement roads, the amount of earthwork required is large, I don't know how many people have to use to complete this kind of project.

This kind of thing, let's wait until Chang'an is defeated and the entire Hanzhong becomes the rear, and then think about it.

The last reason for opposing the construction of concrete mountain roads is the military aspect.

In these years, in addition to mobilizing people and soldiers, the most important means of transportation for grain and grass transportation was donkeys and horses.

Donkeys and horses transport grain on mountain roads, it is already very consuming of animal power, if you let donkeys and horses transport grain on hard cement roads, it is estimated that it will not be able to transport several times, and the donkey hooves and horse hooves will be greatly worn, resulting in a serious shortage of transportation capacity.

You can't let the people carry the grain on their backs and carry the grain through the mountain roads, right?!

As soon as Liu Yin said this question, Zhang Xi suddenly fell into deep thought.

Indeed, the horses of these years were basically fighting in the plains, fighting in the mountains and forests, and even if there were cavalry, they would strictly abide by the rules of "not entering the mountains" and "not entering the forests".

Not only was there a fear that there would be an ambush and the cavalry speed would not be able to get up and affect the combat effectiveness, but more importantly, the mountains and forests were full of rubble, and the damage to the horse's hooves from these things was considerable.

And a horse, once the hooves are cracked, it is basically equivalent to being wasted, and there is no second use except for waiting for death.

The reason for this is that in this era, there are no horseshoes.

Horseshoes are not difficult, to put it bluntly, it is a kind of change of thinking - everyone knows that you have to wear thick-soled shoes when walking on mountain roads, why can't you think of wearing double iron shoes for horses?!

This thing is really not a high-tech thing, and once it is said to be bluntly, it will definitely be worthless.

It's not like Zhang Xi didn't want to do this, but. Liu Bei's group has no cavalry.

Since Zhang Xi officially defected to Liu Bei, Liu Bei's group has been mixing in the area of Jingzhou and Yizhou, and has not formed a decent cavalry at all.

Even if Ma Chao wants to use cavalry to fight, he must use his own appeal to Qianghu to summon Qianghu Yicong, if you want to form cavalry, there is really no such condition.

Ma Chao's status and reputation are there, he is treated like this, and Zhao Yun, the "first master and main rider", is even more unconditional.

Although Liangzhou has been occupied now, it will take at least three or five years for Zhao Yun to settle the affairs of Liangzhou, deter the Liangzhou family and other races, and form a cavalry unit.

Zhang Xi did think of the horseshoe before, but as soon as this thing came out, the person who got the most benefit must be the Cao Wei family in the north with strong cavalry, and the horseshoe has no technical content, and this thing is completely an enemy.

As for whether this thing will fall into the territory of another race, in fact, this Zhang Xi is not worried.

During the Han Dynasty, in the face of the surrounding aliens, it was also cavalry against cavalry, and the Han Dynasty had never been afraid since Emperor Xiaowu, even at the end of the Three Kingdoms, the world was divided into three parts, and beating the alien race was the same as adults beating children. Add a horseshoe to change the offensive and defensive momentum?!

The Jin Dynasty of the Sima family got into that situation, it was completely due to its own ability, but it was not how strong the Hu people were.

(End of chapter)