There are about 300 craftsmen sent from Daliang, in addition to smelting and casting craftsmen, all who build furnaces for beneficiation, sharpening and grinding...... Everything. Due to the remoteness of Yuan County, poor mountains and bad waters, the people who come generally have families, and they are forced to leave Daliang to earn food for their families.

It wasn't the envoy who led the team, but an engineer from Hyogo. In order to quickly understand the situation of this group of craftsmen, Zhang Lu asked Chen Si to immediately lead his troops to meet them. Since there were more than 300 craftsmen, Chen Si ordered 500 people to go, and also brought the original 100 soldiers of Yuancheng. Zhang Lu, as Chen Si's maternal uncle, followed Chen Si forward, and only said that he was Chen Si's retainer and was responsible for Chen Si's diet and daily life. Yuan Wei and Mangwei are at home to preside over everything.

The craftsmen carried a lot of equipment, and they walked very slowly, and they could only walk more than ten or twenty miles a day. The 600 soldiers led by Chen Si were all lightly armed, and they quickly advanced for more than 100 miles, and they arrived at Pi Shao, which was only 50 miles away from the entrance seal on the other side of the road, and joined the craftsmen who came over the mountains and mountains. The craftsmen walked fifty or sixty miles of mountain roads in three days, up and down the mountain, and they were already tired and had back pain, and the equipment they were carrying was heavier than at the beginning. Suddenly, when I saw someone coming to greet me, I was overjoyed. After checking the festival charm, it was confirmed that it was the craftsman from Daliang and the response sent by Yuancheng, and the two had dinner in Pi Shao, rested for one night, and went back together the next day.

With the help of the soldiers, the burden of the craftsmen was much lighter, their faces were smiling, and their steps were brisk. Those who were active among the craftsmen also made friends with many of the soldiers. Asked why Qin Yin? Those people replied, because we are Qin people! The surrounding craftsmen laughed.

The craftsman was a silent man who didn't usually talk much, but it was clear that everyone was convinced of him from the bottom of their hearts - the craftsmen said that he was very good at his craft and knew how to work a lot.

Zhang Lu is a retainer, and he usually follows the team inconspicuously. The Qin people knew that he was the maternal uncle of the county order, and the Wei people saw that he was lying on his back, his beard was gray, and his face was full of wind and dust, as if a gust of wind could blow him down, and some of them came to take care of him. Zhang Lu will be in front and behind, say a few words to this one, talk to that one, and more often when others are chatting, he will follow beside him.

Chen Si is naturally with the engineer. The engineer doesn't like to talk, and Chen Si doesn't bother him much, only helping him at a critical time. But the key things still have to be said, such as when to set off, how many days on the road, who is in the family, how long they are going to live in the walled city, what is the prescribed quota, how to calculate the reward for meritorious deeds, when they will be punished, and so on. The engineer should not be annoyed, and explain these problems clearly in a few sentences.

After walking for another six days, I finally entered the walled city. The craftsmen were scattered in the residences of the officials and soldiers of the walled castle. The county government was arranged with ten people, the county lieutenant's family was arranged with five people, and the rest of the families were only one or two people.

After settling the craftsmen, Chen Si led the craftsmen to find the location of the site. There was very little flat land in the walled city, and all the flat places were full of people, which made the craftsmen very dissatisfied: work, especially smelting, had to be kept away from the inhabitants, and had inhabitants nearby to provide logistics, preferably not far from the mines, and preferably next to the river. In order to meet these conditions, it is almost impossible to achieve it with the small territory of the walled castle.

The engineer took out a picture album showing the mining areas around the castle that had been mined. These positions seem to be very secret, and the engineer did not bring any other craftsmen, only Chen Si followed, and Chen Si was not allowed to bring other soldiers. Chen Si insisted on taking Zhang Lu, but the engineer saw that it was an old man, and Chen Si insisted on bringing it, so he did not object. Several people searched everywhere, hoping to find a suitable location. Everywhere he went, the engineer sighed. Chen Si followed him and asked him why. He replied: "It is a mineral deposit, and most of them are from Anyi, and it is inconvenient to talk about the walled city." ”

Zhang Lu said suddenly: "You have to build a city outside the mountain, and you can look at it." ”

The engineer seemed to be a little surprised, and glanced at Zhang Lu suspiciously. Chen Si took it over and said: "There are few people in the walled land, so it is slightly divided outside the mountain and another city is set up, thinking that it is a horn!" Seeing that Chen Si also said the same, the engineer agreed to go out of the mountain tomorrow to have a look.

Zhang Lu sent people to Zuoyi overnight to explain that the Wei engineers were going to prospect for mines, and instructed Zuoyi to claim to the engineers that it was a city separated from Yuancheng - in fact, it was not a lie, most of the residents of Zuoyi did come out of Yuancheng. The next day, Chen Si took a hundred people and led a dozen craftsmen out of the city and went straight to Zuoyi. Rest for the day at Taniguchi and arrive at Sa-eup the next day.

Li Bing, the lieutenant of Hedong, made arrangements in Zuoyi according to Zhang Lu's arrangement. He first sent troops directly to the valley to receive the people. On the way to Zuoyi, you can really hear the local sound of Yuancheng everywhere along the way, of course, there are some Korean sounds and Qin sounds from time to time. Upon arriving at Zuoyi, the craftsmen and craftsmen were amazed by the city: the water flowed from below the city, the banks of the river were continuous farmland, and the mountains in the distance were filled with livestock. The city is very empty, and obviously not too many people have moved in, which is what a new city should be. And here, it happens to be not too far from several known mining sites.

The craftsmen and other craftsmen were very satisfied, and after only one day's stay, they returned to Yuancheng and brought all the craftsmen here—this is a new city built by Yuancheng, which is naturally part of Yuancheng, and it is not far from Yuancheng, and it was Yuanling Chen Si who asked them to come.

When Chen Silian coaxed and deceived to move the craftsmen to Zuoyi, the work of granting land in Yuan County also began. There is no Qin Jue in Yuan County, and all of them are white. One hundred acres per person, strictly average! The old captain wanted to gather a crowd to resist, but was immediately reported by the township, and the matter was quickly revealed, and more than 100 members of the family were collectively beheaded! All others who resisted were condemned and imprisoned. At once, there were thousands more prisoners in the walled city. According to Qin law, the prisoner is not only punished by one person, but according to the severity of the crime, the prisoner's family will also be implicated to varying degrees, at least, his wife and children will be confiscated as slaves; If the sin is great enough, parents, brothers, and even cousins will be implicated. Therefore, the number of households implicated reached more than 1,000. There are concubines and servants in the county government, in the pavilions, and even in the mansions of officials, and there are people who pound the grain and sew clothes in the county. Naturally, strong laborers have to build city walls, roads, and canals! For more than ten days, the city was in serious turmoil.

However, under strong repression, all unorganized resistance was ultimately ineffective. Moreover, the majority of the people found that in fact, only a few large households were damaged, and they could profit from it - after all, there are not many people who can have 100 acres of land in the walled city, and 30 or 50 acres is enough to support their families! Those revolts lost their popular base and were eventually quelled.

The craftsmen who settled in the castle witnessed all this, and they were amazed and terrified. But the peaceful life under the iron fist suppressed made them feel comforted again. Since the Qin law actually came from the Wei law, but it was strictly enforced, so although the craftsmen were surprised by such strict law enforcement in Yuancheng, it was not incomprehensible, and some people even expressed their appreciation for such strict law enforcement! The addition of new servant women undoubtedly made their lives easier.

After the Wei New Year in Yuancheng, the craftsmen got up and went to Zuoyi. Yuancheng specially arranged more than 100 concubines and servants to accompany them to wait for the lives of the craftsmen. Naturally, the craftsman was extremely satisfied with this! Not long after, 500 prisoners were also recruited to build houses for the craftsmen and build various work buildings. Each process has special requirements for construction, with extremely detailed technical parameters, which are almost impossible for laymen to get their hands on.

At this time, the people of Yuancheng-eup, who had been newly allocated to cultivated land, began spring ploughing, and the people of Zuo-eup, An-eup, and other counties began to ,...... The entire Qin country is immersed in the hope of the new year, looking forward to a good harvest in a few months!

Zhang Lu completed the two major events of subduing Yuancheng and receiving Wei craftsmen in a row, and returned to Anyi. When I arrived in Anyi, I learned that it had been several days since Shangjun had collected the paperwork for the soldiers. Zhang Lu carefully studied the documents and said to the envoys from Shangjun: "Although Shangjun is in spring ploughing, I want it to return, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get food." May the soldiers be temporarily sent to the east of the river, and return after the autumn, then your county will have food, and the soldiers will be free from hunger. ”

The envoy said: "The county guards the honesty and fear that the east of the river is just established, the food is not good, and the pawn of the county is willing to return, and he does not dare to eat the food of the east of the river." ”

Zhang Lu said: "The ministers worship Wu Anjun." Hedong was first established, and the autumn harvest was scarce. However, there is an antidote, and there is still something sustainable. Never let the soldiers go hungry. With Zhang Lu's assurance, the envoy seemed to be very satisfied, received the paperwork, and went back to the county to resume his life.

The reason why Zhang Lu was reluctant to let the county soldiers go back was mainly because Anyi could not organize a garrison force at present. Although tens of thousands of households have moved into Anyi in more than a year, compared to the vast land of Anyi, it is still vast and sparsely populated, and it is still not strong enough to organize an army of 3,000 people. Moreover, after taking the walled city without blood, Zhang Lu also set his sights on the vast Jin land such as Xintian and Jiang, which is the grain production area of the Jin land and is currently controlled by South Korea. If we can replicate the experience of Yuancheng and take Fenshui without a fight, Hedong can be truly stable. Otherwise, the threat in the direction of Fenshui has always existed.

Interestingly, soon Zhang Lu received a document from Xianyang, asking Zhang Lu to open up to the Wei Daliang, not allowing them to exchange grain for salt, and allowing them to continue to use the old practice of exchanging local products for salt. Zheng Anping saw it and said: "The public can go to the book, and prepare for the righteousness of exchanging grain for salt, which is really a last resort." ”

Zhang Lu said: "In the past, you used grain for salt in the prime minister's mansion, and everyone had no objections. ”

After Zhang Lu's reminder, Zheng Anping said: "The prince is in Liang, so he has to speak!" ”

Zhang Lu said: "You are right. So he wrote a book, saying that when Hedong was first established, there was a serious shortage of food, "women and children, hunger and hunger are in the road, and they can't bear to see and hear." It is the ministers who are willing to release the salt and profit, and ask for food to reassure the people! "The current crisis can only be overcome by the salt-for-food policy.