King Qin listened carefully to Wei Ran's introduction, and then asked, "Why do you want to do it?" ”

Wei Ran said: "Those who have come to Handan and Dao Taixing from the party to the road, the road is far and near, and it is quite easy. If you don't win with a surprise army, you can't go out of the road to attack it. ”

King Qin said: "This matter will be postponed." The queen mother gave marriage, and the prince Xie agreed. When the newspaper is close to Chu. The lonely young girl does not want to marry far away, but is willing to be close. May you succeed! "All should be heard.

King Qin asked Zhang Lu again: "Qing has passed through Shu, where should he go now?" ”

Zhang Lu thought for a while and said: "Anyi's new service, its momentum is staggered, and the ministers are willing to pass it." ”

King Qin looked at the rest of the people and asked, "After the autumn, what do you think?" ”

Wei Ran said: "The minister thinks that the use of troops after the autumn should open up the territory and expand the land, and it is not appropriate to build roads." ”

Zhang Lu said: "Anyi is a few years old for Qin, and he can't pay taxes, so he can't protect himself; Not only is it unprofitable, but it also hurts national strength. Who? The land is far away and inconvenient. If the army arrives day and night, the Qin law will be established, and the grass will be cultivated. And Anyi, the salt pond also, the world depends on it. If it is passed, there is Ba Zhidan in the south, and there is the salt of Anyi in the north, and the world will circulate, and the wealth will be collected. ”

Qi Rong said: "Zhang Qingtong praises and obliquely, and his intention is in Danye; Tong'anyi, which means salt also. Red and white, there will be good news. Everyone laughed, and the matter was settled.

King Qin said: "The use of soldiers after the autumn is far away. Seek relatives in Chu, not late. "Let all them go away.

The work of liaising with the state of Chu is fully responsible. In fact, it is just trouble, but there is no difficulty. After half a year of correspondence, the king of Chu seemed to reluctantly agree that the prince of Chu would stay in Qin to marry. What both sides deliberately avoid talking about is when they will return to China after they get married.

Xianyang began to build a palace for the prince of Chu. The state of Chu also sent people to send dowry gifts, and the relationship between Chu and Qin quickly warmed up and became a hot topic among the capitals of various countries.

Since the crown prince was given marriage, Huang Xie has not stopped. The king of Chu only needs to send envoys over, and he must always face the queen mother, the king of Qin, and the ministers, and maneuver in a complicated relationship. He has a dual identity, he is both the important minister of the king of Chu and the father of the crown prince, and many times the king of Chu will let him make up his mind. This kind of idea involving the relationship between the two great powers, where is it so easy to take! Fortunately, the prince and the princess seemed to be very eye-to-eye, and there were no accidents.

Qin Chu's marriage became the central event of diplomacy for a while. Envoys from various countries came to Qin and Chu one after another to inquire about various news, speculate on the relationship between the two countries, and decide their own policies. Even Zhao Guo, who had always been dissatisfied with Qin, sent a doctor, Zheng Zhu, to Qin, expressing his willingness to restore friendly relations between the two countries. The Marquis and the King of Qin held important diplomatic talks almost every ten years.

Diplomacy and preparations for the wedding had nothing to do with Zhang Lu. As soon as the ploughing began, Zhang Lu began to take people to Anyi to inspect and prepare for the construction of roads after the autumn harvest. Since he became a guest secretary, he can already find engineering design and supervision personnel from master craftsmen, and Huang Xie's support is no longer necessary. But he still went to Huang Xie, found Mr. Che You and others, and carefully summed it up.

As early as three hundred years ago, Anyi was a fief of Wei. After Wei became a prince, Anyi built a tall city and became the national capital. At the same time, there was also a walled castle.

An-eup is famous as a salt producing area. As early as the Shang Dynasty, there were people who got rich selling salt here. After entering the Jin Dynasty, the Jin State has always attached great importance to commerce, and the salt industry in Anyi was an important financial pillar of the Jin State, and a large number of wealthy merchants appeared, such as the famous Yidun. After the Qin State occupied Hexi, Anyi faced the Qin State directly; On the other hand, with the decline of Zheng, Wei and other states, the attraction of Shandong to the emerging princes was very strong relative to Shanxi. The Three Jin Dynasty unanimously moved the capital from Shanxi to Shandong; And the price is that the defense of Shanxi's hometown is getting weaker and weaker. And the first to collapse was Anyi.

After Wei moved its capital to Daliang, the Qin State continued to harass the communication lines between Anyi and Daliang. In the twenty-first year of the reign of Qin, Wei finally couldn't bear the disturbance and dedicated Anyi and the surrounding Wei lands to Qin. After the Qin State obtained Anyi, although nine counties were set up there in the second year, the Wei people were never convinced. Qin had no choice but to let the Wei people return to China, and then immigrate from Qin, setting up various preferential policies for them. But the situation there is complicated, and the three Jin Dynasty have built cities there, and the forces are intertwined with each other, and disputes are continuous. In the past, the Qin people immigrated to the past, the number of people was small, and they did not understand the local situation, and it was very difficult to even defend themselves, let alone cultivate with peace of mind, let alone the so-called salt industry. It's really tasteless, and it's a pity to throw it away.

After Anyi returned to Qin, it was widely known as Hedong. In addition to Anyi, it also includes Weicheng and Wucheng in Shannan and Hebei, the famous Yellow River ferry Puban, and Yishi and Xie around Yanchi; To the north of Anyi is the historic city of Quwo of the Jin Kingdom, which also belongs to the Qin State, at least nominally; In addition, Fenyin, the mouth of the Fenshui River, which has long been occupied by the Qin State, and the Pi family at the Longmen Ferry Port. This land has been rich in antiquities since the people, and it is a treasure land of feng shui. The legendary summer capital was built here; And before the Zhou people entered here, this was the paradise of the Rongdi people.

Zhang Lu's investigation first began in Kasaka. From Weishui, you can directly cross the Yellow River by boat and enter Pusaka. There are obvious signs for building roads here: the water flows through a low-lying area.

However, the situation in the county town along the way made Zhang Lu very worried: the surrounding countryside was barren and overgrown with weeds. The Qin people apparently did not establish an effective management system here.

When the hundred-man team led by Zhang Lu entered Pusaka, Pu Ling came to meet him. Seeing that Zhang Lu had brought so many people, he was very embarrassed, because there was no surplus food in the public funds. Zhang Lu asked him why large areas of wilderness here were barren and uncultivated. Pu Ling pointed to the waterway: "Zhang Qing sees that the river is clear, and he will be able to irrigate." Not really. This water dries up in the spring, and it almost bottoms out; And when the summer rain comes, the torrents are unstoppable. The acres of land were destroyed. In the past 20 years, it has been repeatedly destroyed and wasted manpower, so it has become barren. Its young and strong people are mostly burdened by salt ponds, and they are easy to eat in Fenbin. ”

Zhang Lu led people to carefully survey the river, and sure enough, obvious traces of flood overflow could be seen. Zhang Lu looked up into the distance, thoughtfully, and asked, "What kind of livelihood should the people of the former Wei Dynasty make here?" ”

Pu Ling said: "The ministers are also here, the Wei people have gone, the countryside has been lost, and I don't know how to make a living!" ”

Zhang Lu was as heavy as he could. At this time, all parts of Guanzhong are busy preparing for spring ploughing, but this is what it looks like here. He was even a little glad that Wei Jun hadn't passed through here at the beginning, otherwise he wouldn't have known what was going on.

He asked Pu Ling to gather all the county officials in the mansion tomorrow, and he wanted to speak to them.

Taking out some stored grain from the county treasury, Zhang Lu and his entourage had dinner, and Zhang Lu went to the city to look at it. To the south is the towering Zhongtiao Mountain, and to the west is the rushing Yellow River, which flows through the south of the city and flows into the Yellow River. Zhang Lu couldn't believe that the place where the capital of the first generation of male lords Wei Guoguo was located was so dilapidated!

The next day, Pu Ling gathered all the officials in the county in front of the county government, about a dozen people. Zhang Lu said: "The ministers have inspected so far, and they have seen that the fields are not cultivated, and the city defense is deserted, and they have not understood their meaning. May you teach it! ”

Pu Ling trembled a little and replied: "Eighteen years since the return of Anyi. In the meantime, everything that is easy is inferior. The ministers lived here for many years, knowing the disaster of water and drought, and the people were hard to work, and they were willing to sell salt and iron, and they were wasted in the fields. It is the sin of the subordinates. ”

Zhang Lu said: "Persuading farmers to work on the field is the first thing in the township." The county should be the governor. What is there in the township today? ”

Pu Ling said: "Although there are husbands in the township, there is no one in the township?" ”

Zhang Lu said: "It's reasonable! Traveling far away without a place, he regards the Qin law as nothing? Got a name, but how can there be no one? ”

Zhang Lu took out the Qin Law to say something, and the officials didn't dare to say anything more, so they had to say: "The ministers are in the township to urge!" ”

Zhang Lu said: "The days are getting warmer, and it will be time to cultivate soon, and there will be no time to wait." The ministers were ordered by the king to patrol Anyi, and now they should go up the river and return soon. When I wish to return, I will have a farmer's acre. Don't get it wrong! ”

The crowd had no choice but to answer, "Sincerely! ”

Along the water, along the way, through Jie, Yishi, Yanchi, Anyi, directly to Quwo. Quwo is just the Jiangshan Pass, the mountain pass is the old capital of the Jin Kingdom such as Xintian, Jiangcheng, Tangcheng and Yicheng occupied by South Korea, surrounding both sides of the Fenshui River, which is the most prosperous area of the Jin Kingdom, the countryside is widely spread, a busy scene. There are no insurmountable obstacles along the 600 miles from Pusaka to Quwo, and it can be completed almost as long as the soil is compacted. But along the way, like Kasaka, the city was in disrepair, the garrison was insufficient, and each city could not even recruit a thousand people. Zhang Lu also had a strict order for local officials to persuade farmers to farm, as Pusaka did. But none of them worked very well. The officials agreed in person and also went to the countryside to supervise, but it was difficult to promote.

The accompanying craftsman advised: "Qing is seeking all the way, not the farmer." But when you return to Xianyang, you will be told to the marquis, and you will be treated with the law! What's the difference? ”

Zhang Lu shook his head and sighed: "Anyi is to Wei, and he is alone in Qin. And Qin Zhizhi was not as good as Guanzhong County. Is the law biased? “

After crossing the river from Pusaka, Zhang Lu did not immediately return to Xianyang, but traced the river up to Xiayang. At the beginning, Wu Qi built the Great Wall here, specifically to defend against the Qin army, and was called Hexi. Over the past hundred years, Qin and Wei fought repeatedly in Hexi and the surrounding areas, and Qin finally took possession of Hexi steadily, and captured Fenyin and Pishi opposite Xiayang, occupying the lower reaches of Fenshui. This was about fifty years ago.

The terrain here is significantly more complex than that of Kabasaka. It's okay to build a road from Fenyin to Pishi, as long as you build along Fenshui. But it doesn't make much sense. If you continue to trace along the Fenshui, you will reach the ancient Jin land north of Jiangshan, which is now the territory of Korea, and Korea has a strong defense there. It is almost impossible to conquer without mobilizing heavy troops.

Fenyin and Pishi are both two ferries on the Dragon Gate. In addition to Kasaka, Longmen is another important ferry port for sailing on both sides of the West River. At the beginning, Wu Qi relied on Longmendu to obtain war resources from the rear of Wei and won one war after another against Qin. But today, although the Qin State occupied Longmendu, it was far from its own rear, and it was difficult to get timely support from Xianyang. Fenyin and Pi can only be two defensive strongholds.