Zhang Lu offered a plan for Huayang Jun to dig the Tongyi Canal, and Huayang Jun asked him to explain his intentions. Zhang Lu was on Huayangjun's desk, and explained while drawing with a calculation plan: "Go high and low, get three steps wide, and ram it to be real." Carriages and horses can pass, and people can walk. If something happens, reinforcements are coming. It's a one-and-done deal. ”

Qi Rong barely interrupted Zhang Lu's narration, listened quietly and attentively to him explain everything, meditated in his heart for a moment, and said: "Mr. is highly talented, I am tired on the way, and I will return to the museum for a while." I would like to listen to the prayer indoors. ”

Zhang Lu had never poured out the words in his heart so happily, and the blocks that had accumulated in his chest melted like ice, making him extremely happy, his face was flushed with red tides, and his head was also dizzy. After listening to Qi Rong's words, he stood up and saluted and retreated.

Qi Rong watched Zhang Lu leave, turned around and came to the back of the screen, and there were four cases lined up opposite the back, and there was another one in the middle, with a total of five people sitting there, young and old. Qi Rong asked, "What do you think?" ”

Shuzuo, who was sitting in the first place, said: "The minister thinks that Mr. Zhang is familiar with the fortifications and can be assigned to the construction of Cao." ”

One person said: "The Zhang family, the Wei people, and the prince of Chu, are close to each other, and they must be guarded against it." ”

One person: "If you send 30,000 troops to build a road, if it fails, it will be difficult for the righteous canal to continue to support, and the matter may be ruined." ”

One person said: "The prince has gathered 100,000 troops, and all the money and food are done." If there is no service, the money and food will be wasted. If you don't allocate 120,000 to build a road, if it is successful, its merit will be great; If it doesn't work, it won't cause trouble. ”

One person said: "Go high and low on the mountain road, although there are only three steps, and there is no shortage of labor." The minister should plan the situation in detail. ”

Qi Rong said to the last person who spoke: "What is the plan of the Zhang family? ”

Shi Cao said: "The minister knows the strategy, but he doesn't know the details." ”

Qi Rong said to the person who said that Zhang Lu stayed with the prince of Chu for one night: "Fa Cao Cheng knows what Zhang Lu and Chu Heng are talking about? ”

Fa Cao said: "The post official couldn't get close, but he didn't return at night, and the official food was not used." ”

Qi Rong immediately said to the city Cao: "I wish the city Cao to go to the house, please be good at ramming the rafters of the three or five members, and go to the palace to discuss matters." When you plan with Zhang's family, you will report it! ”

Shi Cao agreed and said goodbye.

Qi Rong said to the Cao member who basically seconded Zhang Lu's opinion: "Hu Cao can be surveyed, the geometry of the soil vessel, and the geometry of the ramming vessel." Count and understand, and report it in the future. ”

Hu Cao also agreed and said goodbye.

Qi Rong finally said to the man who was afraid of Yiqu's support: "May Bing Cao invite Zuo Geng to discuss." ”

Bing Cao also got up and left.

After sending away three people, Mi Rong asked Fa Cao again: "When the Zhang family entered Xianyang, who did you see?" ”

Fa Cao said: "Zhang's entry into Xianyang was recommended by Wang Ji. The emperor envoy Wei and Han had to leave the wild sages, introduced Xianyang, and recommended them to the king. It will be the New Year, and it will be a mess, and Wang Wei will see it. In the hall where the Zhang family lived alone, he died of hunger and cold, and no one helped him, nor did he leave the museum. Later, he was commanded by the king to serve the prince and prince, but he found out his feelings as before. ”

Qi Rong said: "Mr. Ji Yan has the ability to never forget, and he is honest!" However, Xianyang has no relatives, and the prince of Chu who died is close to him...... The prince of Chu is also a nobleman, although he is in Qin, he will be in Chu, Zhang's family wants to be rich and noble, and he has great talents, and Chu Hengqi does not worship things! ”

Shuzuo said: "The prince is very suspicious. Those who want to be rich and noble, the prince of Chu is more expensive than the prince; Those who want to seek fame, the prince of Chu is more powerful than the prince; If you talk about intimacy, the Zhang family and the prince have been traveling all night, and they have not seen the prince and the marquis, and the relatives are different. Now abandon those who are rich and noble and powerful and friendly, and those who are sparse and have little strength, what do you want? ”

Qi Rong groaned.

It didn't take long for people to report that the left was more wrong. Qi Rong hurriedly turned to the front and saluted Zuo Geng.

Zuo Geng was born in Keqing, and he entered Qin more than 20 years ago, and led the troops to win the first battle, and directly turned to Zuo Geng. Since then, he has been mainly responsible for logistics support, troop training, etc., and rarely goes out to fight again. In contrast, Bai Qihe's qualifications are almost the same as Zuo's, and now he is Da Liangzao and Wu Anjun. The fledgling Hu Yang, with a big victory in Huayang, with the credit of assisting in the defeat of the storm kite, was directly promoted to the middle watch, and the position was still above the left watch. Zuo Gengcuo, on the other hand, seems to be very open to this, and does not seem to have any suspicions, and is still conscientiously completing his own training and logistics work. Therefore, Qi Rong brought Zuo Geng to learn from him about the feasibility of Zhang Lu's strategy.

After listening to Qi Rong's introduction, Zuo Geng fell into contemplation, holding the calculation chip and calculating repeatedly. Then he said: "The minister's initial plan is not wrong." I am willing to die with five hundred to try his work! ”

After receiving Zuo Geng's affirmation, Qi Rong made a decision in his heart: if the craftsmen of the Zaozuo Mansion calculated correctly, he would give Zhang Lu 500 people and let him work for a few days to see the results. Seeing that it was getting late, all Cao Cao went home on duty, and Mi Rong also ate and rested in the ear room next to him.

After the troops bound for Yiqu entered the deep mountains, Bai Qi was mainly responsible for the contact with the rear, and it stands to reason that Qi Rong did not need to sit in Wangyi Palace. But Qi Rong knew that he was not as quick as Bai Qi, and he had to immerse himself in it in order to come up with a way. So he didn't dare to relax, but threw himself into his work.

In fact, he doesn't have much specific work at present, and the main task is to prepare everything that should be prepared, and once needed, he can get it at any time and be able to do it. And what the front line needs, he actually has no bottom in his heart, and discusses with Bai Qi, Bai Qi doesn't take this matter seriously at all, he just keeps sending spies in the direction of Yiqu to listen to the news after the front team enters; Then he urged Zuo Geng to prepare his troops and prepare them to enter at any time. It can be seen that Bai Qi is actually very impatient with this work, and what he is good at is to use thunderbolt means to strike at the enemy's weakness; Guarding against his weaknesses like this made Bai Qi mentally and physically exhausted: in his eyes, the Qin army's defense was a weakness everywhere, and there was no way to repair it!

So the most headache for Qi Rong is whether to report Bai Qi. If you directly mention the matter of road construction to him with Bai Qi's character, nine times out of ten you will hit a wall. Let's not talk about it first, give Zhang Lu 500 people and let him do it first, and then talk to Wu Anjun about the results, which may be more effective. With a decision, Mi Rong fell asleep.

The next day, Zhu Cao was on duty. After the Mirong Dynasty entered the Wangyi Palace, Shi Cao reported: "The ministers came to plan with the craftsmen at night, but they did not get the fallacies. “

Hu Cao reported: "There are still more than 5,000 pairs of more than 1,000 pairs of rammers and plates in the house. “

When Mi Rong heard this, he immediately asked someone to call Zhang Lu and said, "The servant heard Mr. Wen's words, which is quite a good plan. It is difficult to gather 30,000 people suddenly, and the tools of the pestle version are also uneven. I am willing to accompany the five hundred, the necessary tools, and I wish the gentleman to have the book, and the servants should serve with respect! May the gentleman succumb to the position of Gongcao, and if he has merit, he will be the king. “

Zhang Lu never thought that Qi Rong would have an answer so soon, and he was deeply surprised. He replied: "The prince has allocated 500 pawns, and the incident happened suddenly, and the minister is willing to use the plan as a plan. “

Qi Rong called Shi Cao from behind the screen and asked him to lead Zhang Lu to Shi Cao to calculate. The craftsmen of the Shoshofu still sleep there. Zhang Lu didn't bother to bother, so he lined up on the case. Soon went deep into it, and inadvertently discussed it with Shi Cao. Shi Cao wanted to deal with two sentences, but the content of Zhang Lu's discussion was very interesting, and Shi Cao couldn't help but join in. The voices of the two grew louder and louder, waking up the resting craftsmen; Attracted by the question, they joined the discussion and calculations.

With the efforts of everyone, it only took half a day to complete the estimated budget of the project with a scale of 500 people. Zhang Lu took the list of items and a summary of the progress of the project, and went to the court with Shi Cao to find Qi Rong. After looking at it roughly, he sent a note to the King of Qin to apply for the transfer of 500 people and related items.

Since Qin Prime Minister Wei Ran was still deploying governance and defense work in Nanyang, Jingyang Jun and Gao Lingjun were both sent to Yiqu, and the supreme administrator of Qin was actually Qi Rong. The next day, when the King of Qin was in the last court, he forwarded the recital of Qi Rong. Qi Rong convened the courtiers to discuss and decided not to ask for anything else, so he mobilized 500 prisoners from Yunyang to build a road. Because of the presence of Qi Rong to ensure that the plan was correct, all the ministers just walked around, and they all agreed, and even Bai Qi didn't say anything.

The tools of 500 people were solved locally in Yunyang. The only thing that needs to be addressed is the food problem. Qi Rong sent out ten days' worth of grain, plus 100 county guards guarding it, a total of 20 carts of grain.

In the process of mobilizing the prisoners, Zhang Lu and the others began to explore the road. Mi Rong transferred three craftsmen to the court to be responsible for project planning and quality management. Naturally, the Zaozuofu did not dare to slack off, and sent the best tamping craftsmen. Road exploration is not complicated, just follow the route of the Qin army's march.

The construction of the road began on a wasteland between Wangyi Palace and Xianyang Palace. In a desolate field, the prisoners dug up the dirt in the field according to the requirements of the soil. Zhang Lu took a belt and measured a distance of three steps wide and thirty steps long, which required a prisoner to turn over the soil for a day, requiring him to turn one foot deep to remove stones and weeds.

First, use a fire to burn as much of the weeds as possible. Trees go around as much as possible.

On the first day, a hundred men labored, while the others set up camp and rested.

The next day a hundred men raked the soil, and a hundred sifted the soil with a basket. The loess is as delicate as sand and is easily sieved into shape.

On the third day, 100 people raked the soil, 100 people sifted the soil, and 100 people rammed the earth.

On the fourth day, 100 people raked the soil, 100 people sifted the soil, 100 people rammed the earth, and 100 people rammed the earth.

On the fifth day, 100 people raked the earth, 100 people sifted the soil, 100 people rammed the earth at the beginning, 100 people rammed the earth again, and 100 people rammed the earth for the third time.

It only took five days, and a ten-mile-long road was preliminarily completed.

The road then steadily stretched forward at a rate of ten miles a day.

Ten days later, looking at the sturdy road that stretched for fifty miles, Qi Rong expressed his satisfaction. Twenty more cartloads of grain were allocated. The road stretched for another hundred miles.

In addition to continuing to allocate food, Qi Rong also asked Bai Qi to inspect the road conditions. Asked, if such a road is built from Xianyang to Yiqu...... Bai Qi didn't wait for Qi Rong to finish speaking, and immediately said: "I have it!" “