Doctor Gong conveyed to Zhang Lu the opinion of the Shangjun Shou, agreeing to migrate the population from Shangjun to Hedong, "but voluntarily, not forced." Zhang Lu said yes again and again.

It is not a task that can be accomplished in a day or two to recruit manpower in the vast number of upper counties and deliver the list of meritorious servicemen. Therefore, the focus of everyone's attention is still to build roads.

The traffic from Anyi to Pishi and Fenyin has never been isolated, and the long-term traffic has carved the outline of the road in the wilderness, but it has not been reinforced or maintained. Zhang Lu's task was simply to rebuild the existing route with rammed earth, making it flat and strong, and slightly raising or filling in the ditches.

Zhang Lu appeared on the construction site every day, looking at the roads extending in the field, as well as the many roads that had been stepped on by countless people, and his heart was full of pride: if these roads could be completely reinforced, the Qin army would be quickly deployed to various places through such roads, and the decrees at all levels would be quickly transmitted to all counties, and how the power of the Qin State would be strengthened!

Dr. Gong inspected various construction sites with Zhang Lu every day, and Zhang Lu's instructions were passed on to the migrant workers in the battalions through him. Pi Wan and Fen Yin Ling were mainly responsible for logistics support, and also sent a small force of 500 people to maintain law and order, so that the migrant workers in Shangjun only needed to work in peace and did not need to worry about bandits and wild beasts.

Zhang Lu and the doctor got along very well, and Zhang Lu felt that the doctor was a very good talent, with a strong comprehension and execution: he quickly became familiar with all the techniques of building roads, and could seriously implement them, and sometimes his requirements were even stricter than Zhang Lu's. Zhang Lu joked with him: "If the doctor returns to the county, he can cultivate the Tao!" ”

Doctor Gong said: "Shangjun is also to the Tao, Ningshui!" Today there is a drought and the water flow is cut off; It rained heavily and the river overflowed. If you can use more water to be less water, you will benefit more! ”

Zhang Lu said: "This Yu is so dredged up to hundreds of rivers, and water conservancy is also beyond my power." ”

Doctor Gong said: "At both ends of fire and water, thrift is beneficial, and indiscriminate is harmful, and the reason is the same." However, the benefits of water are obtained, and the harm of water is eliminated! ”

Zhang Lu said: "The doctor will plan it!" ”

Doctor Gong said: "Although the minister is not confused, he wants to learn it!" “

After the two divisions met, the speed of road construction was greatly accelerated. It only took seven or eight days to repair to Anyi.

Before the road was built, Zhang Lu and his entourage arrived at Anyi in advance to check the construction of Anyi. Anyi Ling reported that in the past month, many craftsmen have returned, and now there are more than 100 craftsmen in Anyi City. Zhang Lu asked these craftsmen how they could resume their work as soon as possible. The craftsmen all said that the old workshop should be restored first. Zhang Lu inspected the dilapidated kilns and asked the craftsmen, which can be repaired as soon as possible? The craftsmen have different opinions. Pi Wan said: "The subordinate should be the master of the master of the Pi family." “

Zhang Lu said: "When will it arrive?" “

Pi Wan said: "The road has been opened today, and it will come in ten days." "A fatwa was issued, and the postman was asked to convey it to Pishi County, and organize a group of craftsmen who could repair the kiln to come, and the wages were paid with salt.

The road from Anyi to Yanchi in Xie County is only fifty miles, and there are a large number of salt merchants here, and the road is not difficult to repair, and it only takes six or seven days to repair. When the road led to the salt pond, the craftsmen of Pi's also arrived. The salt merchants were ordered to take out 1,000 catties of salt, first give one tael to each of the migrant workers who built the road, and send the rest to Anyi as an advance salary for the craftsmen.

The edict told everyone that now Qin Keqing will open Yanchi and Maojin, and the road to the south will be smooth in the future, and the rich businessmen are required to donate money and grain to fund their work.

The wealthy merchants used money to open the way, and soon purchased more than 10,000 stone of grain from the surrounding counties, which surprised Zhang Ludu: he couldn't imagine that Anyi, which he had always thought was poor, also had such huge power! Since the salt merchants were buying salt at a satisfactory price, many people in the county preferred to exchange the relatively tasty corn and leave the unpalatable millet for their own consumption.

Xie County was far away from the Yellow River crossing, and Dr. Gong could not transport half of the grain, so he agreed with Zhang Lu and Pi Wan to transport 2,500 stone each from Pishi and Fenyin, which they provided to the migrant workers who built the road. Of this 10,000 stones, the public doctor still supplies half of the amount to the migrant workers every day. As a result of the salt available to migrant workers, dehydration, fainting, and muscle cramps have been reduced a lot.

The road leading from Xie County to Maojin is a mountain road that is completely different from the dirt roads that were previously rammed on the plains. Mt. Nakajo is not a dirt mountain, it is full of hard bluestones, and this road is on top of these bluestones.

Speaking of this road, it is also a great name, when the Jin Kingdom was destroyed on a false road, it was this road that was taken, and the Wucheng on the other side of the road was actually the former capital of the Yu Kingdom, and the unlucky ghost who believed in the ghost words of the Jin Kingdom was left. This road existed before the Yu Kingdom and is said to have been built by the Shang kings. Fortunately, otherwise, with Zhang Lu's strength, to dig such a road, I don't know how much work it will take, how much grain will be consumed, and one of the sections will simply be dug out of the stone; There was even a pass built on the mountain. Now, the road is formed, and people often walk it, as long as the broken parts are repaired.

The mountain was full of stones, and the middle of the road had been pressed into a deep rut, which was the work of the uniwheel; Mules and horses carrying salt pass over potholed roads and fall if they are not careful. Salt traders carefully lead their cattle and hold their carts, and walk the road with difficulty.

The part of the mountain could not be repaired, Zhang Lu only rammed the part under the mountain, and led the people to cross the high mountain from the stone road to Wucheng on the other side of the mountain. Wu Ling didn't care about building roads, but Zhang Lu's orders were clear: to build a road from the bottom of the mountain to Maojin, and build another road to connect Wucheng with Weicheng. Wu Ling didn't have to worry about the road construction work, he only needed to be responsible for the supply of grain. There is still a lot of grain left over from the salt merchants, which has not been transported and is temporarily stored in Xie County.

Wucheng is at the end of this ancient road, down the mountain. Merchants from outside the city gathered, and it was very prosperous. From the south gate to Maojin, about fifty miles, it is also a ditch and a ditch. But it only took five or six days for the migrant workers, who were already very skilled in building the road, to repair it.

The next step is to repair the road from Wucheng to Wei County. This road is more than 100 miles, along the foot of Zhongtiao Mountain, the bank of the Yellow River zigzag. Due to the complex terrain, it took almost a month to repair. After this road was repaired, the defenses of Wei and Wu became one, and constituted a strong protection for Hangu Pass.

The construction of the road for more than a month has put great pressure on the grain and straw in Wucheng. Wu Ling asked more than once whether Wei County could be allowed to bear part of the supply. But Zhang Lu told him that after arriving in Wei County, there were still many roads to be repaired: the road from Wei to Dayudu was still close; The road from Wei to Fenglingdu is no less than this one; In addition, it is necessary to repair from Fengling to the mouth of the Lianshui River, and then build along the Lianshui River from there! Wei County is a small town, and the grain accumulation is not as much as Wu County; Wu County was once the capital of a prince, no matter what!

It was not easy to repair to Wei County, and Wei County really felt embarrassed to provide a large amount of grain. After several twists and turns, Wei Ling only agreed to build a road from Wei County to Fenglingdu, while Zhang Lu repeatedly insisted that the road from Fenglingdu to the mouth of the Shushui River must be built, and said that the road was not long and could be repaired in just a few days. Wei Ling finally agreed, but announced that the grain in the county could only be supplied for one month, and if there was any more time, the grain would not be available.

Zhang Lu kept urging the migrant workers to start building the road. At this time, the public doctor came to report that the population recruited by Shangjun and the families of the meritorious personnel had been dispatched, and they would soon be able to arrive at Longmen Ferry. From there, I hope to enter the Pit's Diet first.

Zhang Lu said: "No! There is no merit, and the system of Qin is also. Those who move are willing to go to Yishi and Anyi as soon as possible; And the restored family should stay in Pu Ye. "Let Pi Wan go back to Pi's first and arrange immigration; By the way, inform Pu Ling to prepare the camp and accept the families of the meritorious personnel.

Ten days later, the Pi family reported that more than 4,700 families had moved to Anyi, and many old and weak women and children were unable to defeat the soldiers. His family members also crossed the river from Longmen and were sent to Pusaka.

Zhang Lu asked the prince to send 500 people to Pusaka to greet his family. Then he notified Xie County to transport the surplus grain stored in the county to Pusaka to help the visitors from the upper county.

Every time he repaired a section of the road, Zhang Lu counted his merits once, and so far he has counted three merits, and almost all of them have made meritorious contributions, and they can come with one person, and some people can even return to two people. Zhang Lu and Doctor Gong didn't know that what was sent this time was based on those meritorious performances.

The families who immigrated to Pi's were dying of hunger. Pi Wan didn't dare to let them go down to Anyi directly, for fear that most people would die on the road. He first arranged labor in Pi's family, and on this pretext, he gave the nearly 5,000 families a bowl of porridge. Zhang Lu asked Pi Wan to deal with related matters in Pi's family, and there was no need to come to Fenglingdu.

The worst thing is the families of the thousands of meritorious servicemen. They are not placed by the Pi family, and must report to Kasaka; The counties along the way could not provide food and lodging, so they had to rely on their own pitiful dry food, and dig wild vegetables along the way to replenish them, and walked more than 200 miles from Pishi to Pusaka. Fortunately, they were all strong laborers, unlike those immigrants, who were mostly old and weak, and although it was difficult, they finally arrived in Kasaka five days later. The greeting personnel, who had been waiting there for many days, couldn't help but cry bitterly when they received this group of family members.

In fact, there was no food for this group of greetings. Since they are not at the construction site, they do not get their share of the food that is delivered to the construction site every day. After the grain from Xie County arrived, due to the consumption of the grain on the way, there was not much left, and they did not dare to eat it, so they resisted and waited for their families to arrive before raising a fire together.

The camp prepared by Kabasaka is just outside the city. It's hot now, and there's nothing wrong with camping in the wilderness, except for mosquito bites. During the conversation, everyone knew that only the families of those on the first two lists were included in the dispatch this time, and the list of those who made meritorious contributions for the third time was late and had not yet been arranged. The greeting person introduced the content of the work to the newcomer, saying that there was no difficulty, but it was necessary to make great efforts and be careful in ramming, and if you were not careful, you might miss a rammed earth point.