In just a month, the road has been built to the foot of the mountain, and although it has not yet reached the mountain, its strategic value has been revealed. Bai Qi personally ran on the road, and immediately ordered Sima Jin to lead 5,000 soldiers, lay down his weapons, pick up farm tools, and build roads! Sima Jin could only lead a thousand people, but Bai Qi asked Sima Jin to serve as his adjutant and lead 5,000 troops, which is equivalent to a public ride.

Although Sima Jin is young, he is very good at doing things. He first reported to Mi Rong, who told him that it was Gong Cao Zhang Lu who was specifically responsible for the matter. When Zhang Lu first met Sima Jin and saw that he was young, he couldn't help but feel worried, thinking that he was a noble son and it was difficult to get along. But under the conversation, it suddenly became a forgetful year. Zhang Lu and the craftsmen of the Zaozuofu calculated the estimated budget of the project according to 5,000 people, but Sima Jin did not understand anything, only understood what he needed to do, and directly sealed it with his own seal and forwarded it to Baiqi; Bai Qi directly approved. The King of Qin gave the soldiers talismans and allocated 5,000 people from the camp of Wu'an Jun to build roads. So under Sima Jin's personal coordination, 5,000 people began to mobilize. Before this, a hundred sappers transferred from the engineering battalion had already followed Zhang Lu to the construction site.

After crossing the Gukou County where Jingshui exits the mountain pass, you will arrive at the altar where the Qin State used to worship the heavens. From here up the mountain, it is the earliest residence of the Zhou Kingdom. At the beginning, Gu Gong's father led the Zhou people to descend from here, entered the Zhou Yuan, and created the 800-year reign of the Zhou Dynasty. Now the Qin army also went up the mountain from here to enter the pig and reach the Yiqu. The rammed earth road that Zhang Lu and his family plan to build will also go up the mountain from here.

According to Zhang Lu's calculations, it is actually difficult for 500 people to deal with the high mountains and deep ravines, and building roads outside Xianyang City is equivalent to advertising. The first batch of 5,000 talents is the first batch of venture capital to arrive, which is the official launch of the project. Although it is a mountainous area, fortunately it is not precipitous, and there is water to transport, so there will be no shortage of grain and tools.

Zhang Lu introduced the essentials of construction to the sappers of the industrial battalion. These people all have experience in building roads and bridges on the march, but this time the amount of work is larger, the construction period is longer, and the standard is higher. Knowing the situation of the project, the sappers worked out the needs of the project, and unlike the prisoners in Yunyang, who used the sage, they directly applied to the treasury for an iron sage. When Sima Jin brought 5,000 men to the foot of Longshan, the 1,000 iron Cho Gang mobilized by Qi Rong also arrived with the ship.

Unlike the 500 people in the plains who were transported by car, the supplies of the 5,000 people at the foot of the mountain were mainly transported by boat and water. Sima Jin set up the camp on the side of the Jingshui River, and first allocated the most elite 1,000 people to dig on the ridge. Because the mountains are different from the plains, the amount of work is larger, and more earthwork needs to be excavated to clear out the three-step road. But they still underestimated the difficulty of mountain construction and the complexity of the large corps operations: if nothing else, each person excavated 20 steps, which means that from beginning to end, the excavation team has to discharge 20,000 steps, more than 60 miles, and when the personnel at the starting point have already finished work, the last worker may not have reached the end point.

Zhang Lu had to urgently adjust the construction plan. The 1,000 men were divided into two camps, and each person dug out a range of three paces wide and six paces long every day, and the construction was completed. then cross the front battalion and set up another camp; The former camp was entered by the guards in charge of sifting the earth; After the sifting soldiers had completed their task and moved forward, the rammed earth battalions entered the camp in turn until the road was completed. Except for the first five days, it still extends forward at a rate of ten miles per day.

The road-building army had just reached the mountain, and the preparations for the project were about to end, when the second group of rotating soldiers entered the mountain; When the first soldiers were brought back twenty days later. The road has crossed the mountains and mountains, extending a hundred miles away. By the time the third group entered, most of the roads had already been built. At this time, the people inside Yiqu were panicked, and it was rumored that once the road was built, the Qin army would kill all the people in Yiqu and transport all the property, along with women and children. Prince Yiqu, Jingyang Jun, and Gao Lingjun tried their best to explain, but it was useless.

The third group of soldiers and the front and rear feet of the road entered the territory of Yiqu, and the expected catastrophe did not come.

The engineering team left the Yiqu from the newly repaired road together with the expired soldiers.

Wu Anjun led his twenty retinue and drove quickly from Xianyang to Yiqu, bringing the decree of the King of Qin: set up Yiqu County in Yiqu.

The 5,500 members of the engineering team returned to Xianyang, and all the prisoners were exempted from their crimes, and each soldier was given a knighthood. They also enjoy a privilege: on both sides of the roads they build, they can take their families, including parents, wives and children, and brothers, to give priority to choosing places with abundant land, and settle down and reclaim land for three years.

For three or four months, Zhang Lu was in the wild, eating and living with the soldiers. When the soldiers finished the day's construction, he, together with the craftsmen and sappers of the Zuozuo Mansion, pulled out the flags of each Shiwu, correctly planted them in the next construction position, and guided the soldiers into the construction site. They have to supervise the quality of the work, and those that are not up to standard have to be reworked.

Sima Jin was a qualified chief of staff, and he was always able to guide the various units precisely to find the right camp and deliver supplies to the camp in time. Only 5,000 people were left on the construction site, and the other 500 were responsible for logistics. Damaged ironware is promptly recovered and replaced; The recovered ironware was sent back to the Fuzhong, where Qin craftsmen returned to the furnace to recreate new agricultural tools. After the completion of the project, Sima Jin's title will not be able to run.

From the start of construction in November to the end of spring in March, in the coldest season, the soldiers overcame many difficulties, overcame wind, frost, rain and snow, and completed the construction. More than 100 people died of illness in the construction process, because of various faults, from fights and brawls, to substandard construction quality, a total of dozens of people were executed, usually by smashing their heads with large stones, or directly pushing down the cliffs.

The craftsmen of the Zazofu proved to be very competent, and they did not have any instruments, and they used only their hands and eyes to complete the measurement and design of the construction route. They are well protected on the construction site. After returning to Xianyang, they were removed from Youxugong, and it seemed that there would be a cross-level promotion.

The manual work in construction management is basically carried out by sappers. In addition to the general promotion to the first-class knighthood, Wu Anjun will also have special rewards.

As a worker, Zhang Lu could not escape any mental and physical load. During the four-month construction period, Zhang Lu was very excited, running forward and backward, jumping up and down, almost everywhere on the construction site. When the project was completed and he entered the Yiqu, Zhang Lu fell to the ground and passed out.

He was left in Yiqu to recuperate and did not return to Xianyang with the team. Wu Anjun conveyed the edict of the King of Qin and left after staying for three days. Sima Jin and Wu Anjun both introduced that Zhang Lu was Huayangjun's engineer Cao and the main person in charge of the entire construction. Jingyangjun, Gao Lingjun and Hu Yang did not see each other in person and did not know about Zhang Lu's efforts; But for the sake of Huayangjun's face, he promised to provide Zhang Lu with treatment and recuperation. However, the situation in Yiqu was still tense, and although the antagonism between Qin and Yiqu did not break out, it was not eliminated. Their minds were entirely focused on how to stabilize the situation in Yiqu and ensure that after Yiqu was established as a county again, there would be no rebellion like 50 years ago. This time, they were determined to thoroughly implement the Qin law in Yiqu and transform the social structure of Yiqu according to the system of the Qin state. It's very tiring!

However, due to the smooth roads, officials at all levels in Xianyang came in a steady stream. Jingyangjun and Gao Lingjun soon left, leaving only Hu Yang, who was both in charge of the garrison and in charge of civil affairs.

After strict household registration, there are about 40,000 households in Yiqu. According to the order of the King of Qin, the heads of the households were all given the first rank of knighthood and became a public servant. The Qin people measured the land for them, allocated one hundred and fifty acres of land to each person, and taught them to turn the soil and sow seeds according to strict procedures and standards: planting hemp, using two and two-thirds of seeds per mu; Plant millet or wheat, with one bucket of seeds per mu; planting adzuki beans, two-thirds of a bucket per mu; Soybeans, half a bucket per acre.

In spring, it is forbidden to cut down mountains and forests, block waterways, burn grass as fertilizer, pick plants that have just sprouted, or catch young animals or birds' eggs, and do not set traps and gangs to catch birds and beasts. By July, the ban will be lifted. But if it is for the purpose of making coffins, it is not limited by the season. During the hunting ban, if the people's dogs enter the forbidden garden, but they do not chase and kill wild beasts, they are not allowed to be killed; and he that pursues and slew wild beasts shall be slain. If the dog is killed in the reserve, it must be handed over to the government; Dogs killed in other areas can eat dog meat and only turn in dog skins.

Each household pays a tax on the number of fields granted, whether cultivated or not. In addition to paying 15 stones of grain per 100 mu, 2 stones of straw and 3 stones of forage must be paid.

Yiqu selected people who were proficient in Qin Wen and went to Xianyang to study law. They were taken to Xianyang by bus sent by the King of Qin, studied for three months, and copied a complete copy of the Qin law, and then returned to Yiqu to become the legal commissioner of Yiqu County, that is, officials at all levels of "Ling Cao", who were responsible for the popularization and enforcement of the law. In addition, Yiqu County also set up a series of officials such as Cao, Hucao, Jinbucao, Sikong Cao, and Cangcao, and established county-level administrative organs according to the Qin system.

According to the Qin system, Yiqu County set up townships and pavilions in the countryside, appointed township sifu and pavilion chiefs, and also built grass pavilions and post posts. Various systems have been initially established.

When the establishment of the institution was largely completed, it was time for King Yiqu to be buried. Jingyang Jun and Gao Lingjun, who had been away for two or three months, came back, and with them came Wei Ran, the Marquis. He had already completed the work of establishing Nanyang County and returned to Xianyang.

Under the organization of the chiefs of the townships and pavilions, the people of Yiqu quickly gathered together and held a grand cremation ceremony with unprecedented momentum and according to the ceremony of Yiqu. All the sacrifices needed were mobilized from Xianyang. The only difference is that King Yiqu was cremated in a coffin, not directly on a pile of firewood. - No one thinks there's anything wrong with that!

It's a time of scarcity. The grain is being sown, but there are still months to go. On the one hand, Wei Ran reduced the number of soldiers left behind to 1,000, and on the other hand, he requisitioned as much as possible the establishment of officials and county officials at all levels, so that rations could be given according to the law. Others opened up the channels for military service: the state provided food for as long as they wanted to send troops.