May 27 in the summer of the third year of Yuande.

The pilgrimage procession of Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, finally crossed the Hangu Pass and entered the territory of Guanzhong.

"After a long time, things are not people......" Zhao Tuo sat in the wide carriage, looking at the mountains and crowds outside, and sighed in his heart.

This is the first time he has returned to this familiar homeland after a 70-year absence.

Although he was a Zhending person, after the age of sixteen, he went to Xianyang and rode as an attendant to the first emperor.

For him, Guanzhong can be regarded as his second hometown.

He has a very deep affection for this place.

Pity......

The scene outside the curtain is completely different from the Guanzhong in my memory.

"Also, Xiang Yu entered the customs and made a big killing ring, the customs were broken, and the people were scattered...... Zhao Tuo sighed softly in his heart.

Xiang Yu caused the killing in Guanzhong back then, even if he was far away in South Vietnam, he had heard of it.

The palatial Afang Palace was burned down by a fire, and Xianyang, the capital of Qin in the old days, was burned to the ground, and I don't know how many old Qin people died under the knives of the rebels.

As a result, Emperor Liu Bang later moved the capital to Guanzhong, and could only be forced to govern in Shuoyang first, and only moved into Chang'an Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace at this time a few years later.

As for the establishment of Chang'an City, it was even more necessary to push it back, and it was not until about the sixth year of Emperor Hui that Chang'an City was completed.

Before that, Chang'an was just a township, not a metropolis.

Therefore, after such a major historical change, the entire city and countryside in Guanzhong have undergone earth-shaking changes.

The economic and political center of the Qin period, now. It may just be a countryside and a farmstead, but a former pastoral and mountainous. At this moment, it has become the capital of Fengyi.

I'm afraid, it's closed at the moment. The only thing that hasn't changed is probably the eternal flow of Weishui and Bashui.

was sighing about the changes in his homeland, Zhao Tuo's eyes suddenly saw a familiar thing.

A wooden track, on the side of the straight, stretches forward.

This kind of track is very familiar to Zhao Tuo.

In order to destroy Chu, Daqin laid hundreds of miles of such tracks to deliver supplies to the army.

Later conquered Baiyue. The supplies and armament replenishment of hundreds of thousands of troops were continuously transported to the edge of the Ling Canal through such tracks, and then transferred to Lingnan through the canal.

After the independence of South Vietnam, he also thought of building a similar track to strengthen his control over Bai Viet.

However, after trying, Zhao Tuo found it very sadly.

To build and lay such a track, a large unified central empire was needed to provide it with basic material support. It needs a Shaofu that has countless capable craftsmen and can mobilize a lot of resources at any time, and it also needs a Shaofu that is rooted in the thoughts of Shang Jun, like a spider. A civil service system that can control and monitor the situation of local township pavilions at any time.

To put it simply, I want to build a track like this.

It needs to resurrect the Qin Empire.

Let the idea of farming and warfare and the system of famous fields and houses of military merit be the cornerstone of the country's policy.

Then, on this premise. It is also necessary to ensure that this government has enough manpower, material resources and resources at its disposal.

Moreover. The rulers themselves had to have a very strong will and conviction to push forward the construction of the track project.

Without these conditions, such a track would not have been possible.

Even if it is barely completed. It's just a good face.

If there is a leak in any link, this track will be abandoned.

Needless to say, if the state does not have enough control and the law is not enough to deter, these wooden tracks are likely to become the target of destruction by the common people - the wooden tracks on the tracks are obviously easier to obtain than to go to the mountains and forests to cut wood.

"It's just that what is the purpose of Han building such a track in Guanzhong?" Zhao Tuo couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Great Qin built the track just to conquer the world.

Therefore, the Great Qin Empire has never laid tracks in Guanzhong.

Because, there is no need for this.

There are also no supplies in Guanzhong that need such a track to transport.

But Zhao Tuo was very surprised to find that this track built in the Han Dynasty was not idle, but very busy.

In just half an hour, Zhao Tuo saw more than a dozen carriages full of supplies, along the tracks, straight to Hangu.

"What's going on?" Zhao Tuo called his henchman eunuch and asked.

The eunuch immediately went to inquire about the Han officials who were escorting the mission to Chang'an, and not long after, he came back and reported: "Your Majesty...... The king ......, the slave asked the officials of the Han Dynasty, it is said that this thing was replaced with a carriage track, which was ordered by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty to build, and there are currently two in the Han Dynasty, one leads from Chang'an to Xiaoguan, and the other is this, connecting Hangu and Chang'an......"

"Well, Xiao Guan really needs a track over there......" Zhao Tuo nodded when he heard this.

Now that it is not as good as Qin, Great Qin is brutal and brutal, and he has invincible opponents all over the southeast, northwest and northwest.

Since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, it has been threatened by the Xiongnu in the north.

In the past few decades, the two countries have fought as many as three large-scale battles at the level of Heijo alone.

Every time the army is mobilized, it is hundreds of thousands.

Therefore, by building such a track, the garrison in Guanzhong can be immediately deployed from Chang'an to Xiaoguan, and the materials can immediately support the front-line army.

Such a track is better than an army of 100,000!

But what is there to repair on the Hangu-Chang'an track?

Zhao Tuo remembers very well that Guanzhong has always been self-sufficient, and even has the spare strength to help the country of abundance in Kanto.

With the help of Zheng Guoqu, Guanzhong has had a bumper harvest every year, and there has never been a precedent for wanting to transfer grain to Kanto.

And now there is no big threat in Kanto, and the country does not need such a track to transport troops and supplies.

But the track looks like it's busy.

So the question is, what did the Liu family do when they built such a track and transported so many materials to Hangu?

"Let's ask, where are the materials for this track going to?" Zhao Tuo asked.

Not long after, the eunuch came back and reported: "Your Majesty." The slave maid has already asked, it is said that this track was built at the expense of the Kanto Dajia clan. In order to praise the master, the Chinese Son of Heaven issued a special edict. The carriages that the king saw were all transport convoys under the name of the Shi, and they were used to transport goods and commodities to the Kanto region or to transport goods from the Kanto region into the customs......"

"Master's family......" Zhao Tuo nodded, he had already heard of the wealth of the Luoyang family, and he had already heard of it. The caravans and fleets under the name of the division family did not only come to South Vietnam.

With the net worth of tens of millions of the teacher's family, it is indeed the financial resources to build such a track.

But then he looked at the eunuch in amazement, with an incredulous look: "You mean, the Son of Heaven, allows a merchant to use the track to transport supplies?" ”

Since the Qin Dynasty, the status of merchants has been infinitely low!

In that year, the first emperor even declared: the upper peasants are eliminated.

These are merchants, rangers, and ruffians.

The Great Wall of Qin and the Afang Palace also have the imperial tomb of the First Emperor. It's all made of the bones of these people.

As far as Zhao Tuo knows, although the Liu family is not like the Qin Dynasty, he does not have a good face for Shangjia.

When. The Jia people, who are regarded as the end of the industry, can also use a militaristic heavy weapon like the track?

Not to mention using it for profit?

Although he has been in southern Xinjiang for a long time, Zhao Tuo's view of Shangjia has long changed.

In South Vietnam, caravans from China. It was even the necessities for the development and survival of the Kingdom of South Vietnam.

Without these merchants who came with advanced Chinese tools and utensils, the Kingdom of Nanyue. It is likely that there is not enough ability to grasp the overall situation. The king's order can't even get out of Panyu City.

But with these merchants, it's different.

Relying on iron tools and various advanced tools from China, the South Vietnamese army defeated the disobedient forces of all ethnic groups in Baiyue, and extended the county rule to Cochin and other places.

Zhao Tuo is therefore also extremely important for trade and exchanges with China.

During the Later Lu period, because the Changsha Kingdom closed its border trade and banned all iron tools and materials from flowing into South Vietnam, Zhao Tuo mobilized the whole country and made a fight with the Wu family in Changsha.

In the end, Empress Lu ordered the dispatch of the general Zhou Zao to lead the Chinese elite to support Changsha.

It is not that the natural danger of Wuling and the scorching summer climate in the south have made the Chinese soldiers fall ill one after another, and I am afraid that the Kingdom of Nanyue will be destroyed by the elite of the Han army commanded by Zhou Zao.

It was after this trade war that Zhao Tuo finally completely changed his understanding of businessmen.

In the decades that followed, he vigorously traded with China while building his own trading fleet.

In Panyu City, every year, all kinds of Yidi merchants from distant and exotic lands gather.

Even, Zhao Tuo has never even heard of the country that many people have come to.

These merchants brought with them all kinds of rare goods and a lot of wealth.

In the Kingdom of Nanyue, only the commercial tax is no less than the field tax.

And now, in this pass, the Liu family's lair should be the most discriminatory place for businessmen, but there are businessmen who can use such a military weapon as a track.

This made Zhao Tuo a little unimaginable.

But taking into account the people who made this decision.

Zhao Tuo couldn't help but sigh, and thought in his heart: "Is there really a saint in this world who is born to know and be ordered by the sky?" ”

Back then, Zhao Tuo once worked as a horseman for the First Emperor, and he was once a personal attendant.

As far as he knew, the First Emperor was not born to know and omnipotent British lords.

The first emperor can have such a powerful great cause, relying on just one word: diligence, that's all.

The First Emperor slept less than three hours a day, and usually when it was dawning, he was already reviewing the recitals from all over the world.

The average number of pieces he watched every day added up to ten stones, piled up like a hill.

And that's just the usual workload.

If there is a large army going out or a war to destroy the country, it is common to work and not sleep for three days and three nights.

And the current Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, as far as Zhao Tuo knows, is far less diligent than the First Emperor.

It can even be said that the horse can't catch up.

His grandson Zhao Hu once told him that he is a master who likes to chat with people, and he usually does not necessarily deal with political affairs, but likes to wander around.

When you meet an interesting person or thing, you will talk for a long time, and if there is no major or urgent matter, the government affairs are handed over to the Prime Minister and the Monk.

He'll just listen to the results.

There is no doubt that such a son of heaven cannot be like the first emperor. Relying on non-stop processing, countless information and intelligence have been obtained. Then, through a keen sense of smell and judgment, he knows the major events in the world.

So how did he make such a decision. Or how do you see the economic potential of a businessman?

Looking at that track, Zhao Tuo also had to sigh: "Good means, the country doesn't have to pay a penny, but a track, although businessmen are allowed to use it, but presumably, the maintenance and repair of this track should also be borne by the master......

"It's not just ......" Zhao Tuo immediately thought again: "If the cost of this track is all paid by Shi's family, wouldn't it mean." The wages of the workers and craftsmen were also paid by the master? ”

"Don't pluck a hair and benefit the world......"

Zhao Tuo shook his head, feeling that he was almost unable to keep up with the current Chinese emperor's thinking.

He has lived for more than ninety years, and has met countless strange people and countless interesting guys.

But it was the first time Zhao Tuo had met someone who could use the financial resources and power of a businessman like this.

Think about what he saw and heard along the way.

In Jiangdu, he met with officials and workers of the Han Dynasty, and opened up many farm-like workshops by the sea. Seawater is then introduced and brine is obtained by sun exposure.

On both sides of the Yangtze River, he saw. A large number of rangers and 'heroes' traveled in droves to Liaodong in the north, supposedly to pan for gold.

These heroes. The stream is endless, so much so that in some places. Clogged up local traffic.

This made Zhao Tuo stunned, and he couldn't let go of it for a long time - when the first emperor was. In order to make up the number of civilians who emigrated to South Vietnam, the army was even used to forcibly arrest the civilians.

Later, because the garrison was all singles, in order to stabilize people's hearts, they even arrested older women everywhere who were not married, which made the people of the world resentful and planted the fire of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising.

But now, a golden rumor has made the world's rangers and 'heroes' automatically and consciously bring their own dry food and go to the bitter cold land of the north to pioneer far more terrible than the original Baiyue region.

In Luoyang, Zhao Tuo got more news and intelligence.

For example, this young emperor of the Han Dynasty implemented a strict grain protection policy in Guanzhong, and fixed the price of grain in Guanzhong at 50 yuan per stone all year round.

And all sorts of amazing tools have been introduced.

Waterwheels, quyuan ploughs and even mills are said to have blossomed everywhere in the land of Sanqin.

At the time of the Qin Dynasty, the Mo family, which was at its peak, was also invited back to Chang'an to recover.

In his mind, gathering these intelligence and information together, Zhao Tuo suddenly had a kind of understanding: "This son of heaven, I'm afraid that his ambition is even greater than that of the first emperor!" ”

If there is no one more ambitious than the First Emperor, does this Son of Heaven need to do so much?

Continuing in the path of his fathers and ancestors is enough to ensure eternal peace.

Only when he has a greater ambition than the First Emperor in his chest will he work so hard to develop and boost the national strength.

The resurrection of the Mo family, the resurrection of the track, and the things he witnessed with his own eyes.

All of them proved to him one thing - the heart of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, like the first emperor, was by no means limited to Kyushu.

I'm afraid what he wants is the Eight Desolations and Six Combinations......

"It seems that the widow has really come to the right place to go on the Hajj to Chang'an this time!" Zhao Tuo sighed in his heart.

He knew very well that if he had chosen not to come.

Hehe......

How could a Chinese lord with greater ambitions than the First Emperor watch him reign supreme in South Vietnam?

Hundreds of thousands of troops crossed the Five Mountains, I'm afraid it will be an overnight thing!

Don't talk about the natural danger of Wuling, and don't talk about the scorching heat in the south.

In that year, the First Emperor launched hundreds of thousands of troops in order to conquer Baiyue.

At that time, there was not even a road between the five mountains, and the Ocean River (Xiangjiang River) and the Darong River (Li River) were two completely unrelated rivers.

The First Emperor had made up his mind, and these difficulties were suddenly no longer difficulties.

No road?

The Qin army dug through the mountains and filled the swamps, and naturally there would be roads!

No river channels?

Then chisel one yourself!

From the 28th year of the first emperor's digging to the 33rd year, the Ling Canal was completed, and a large number of Qin troops easily penetrated into the South China Sea and the land of Baiyue.

Later, the Qin Empire collapsed, and Zhao Tuo felt that now, maybe the Lingqu had connected all the rivers in the land of Baiyue, and even penetrated deep into Jiaozhi.

In the face of such will and execution, even if the whole country of South Vietnam resists, it is just a mantis arm, at best, it can cause a little trouble to the Chinese soldiers, and then, it will be crushed!

At this moment, Zhao Tuo was a little impatient to see the emperor of the Han Dynasty who had never met.

He had a gut feeling --

"I'm afraid, the widow can see the shadow of the First Emperor again......"

Thinking of this, Zhao Tuo couldn't help but feel excited.

No matter how people in the world judge the First Emperor, in Zhao Tuo's heart, it is always a mountain that can only be looked up to forever. (To be continued.) )

PS: Wait a minute~ at least 8000 will be completed today