Zhen Luo is not an arrogant woman, after marrying Cao Pi in history, Cao Pi favored Queen Guo and even excluded her. She just endured it silently, just taking care of her child Cao Rui.

The main reason why this is the case is that Fang Yun hasn't seen her for too long. The little girl also needs to be cared for often, even if the two parties have a marriage contract, she also wants to experience the taste of love. Fortunately, she didn't ask for too much, Fang Yun turned into a laugh after saying good words and promising a lot of company.

The time is in April, and spring plowing has just begun, and at this time, Fang Yun has made a big move here.

Originally, last year, Fang Yun and Liu Zhang negotiated to jointly open up a large-scale trade route into Shu. At the beginning of this year, Liu Zhang had completed the survey of Bashu, and the survey force in the Yongzhou area had also completed the design plan.

This large-scale trade route will run through the Qinling Mountains, reach Hanzhong County, and enter Jiameng County (now Guangyuan) of Guanghan County through Baishui Pass; then pass through Zitong to reach Fuxian (now Jinyang); Then pass through Jinzhuguan to Luoxian, and finally arrive in Chengdu through Xindu.

This large-scale trade route, because it has to pass through Jiameng Pass and Jinzhu Pass to reach Chengdu, this gives Liu Zhang a quick response, at least time to respond quickly. It is precisely because of this that this trade route can exist. Otherwise, if it was really a flat river, as long as Fang Yun wanted to immediately send a large army to Chengdu in a few days, wouldn't this trade route become Liu Zhang's dead end?

No troops will be sent this year, this is the view expressed by Fang Yun at the court meeting. As long as the three coalition regimes of Liu, Cao and Sun did not expand externally, they would not treat the war this year, but at the same time, they also ordered Huang Zhong, who was guarding in Xuzhou. Be prepared to be ready for a possible war. Or or. A call for help from Liu Xuan.

In the past few years, it has been fighting year after year. The soldiers are also exhausted, and it is very rare to be able to recuperate for a year or two. In fact, even in history, it is impossible to fight for many years, and the princes also need to recuperate, especially the consolidation of new territories after the war, and the land that has been abandoned due to the war, also needs to be well developed.

However, in this year, there is a group of people who cannot be idle, not just a group of people. There were millions of them. Fang Yun pumped out most of the construction corps, and the labor force of 300,000 people across the country. At the same time, 700,000 laborers were temporarily recruited, with the purpose of opening up the trade route from Yongzhou to Hanzhong, which was the most difficult part of the entire trade route.

After all, the Hanzhong-Sichuan basin has been developed for hundreds of years, and the road needs to be widened, not rebuilt. On the contrary, the road from Yongzhou to Hanzhong, although not impossible, is rugged and narrow, suitable for tea and horse caravans. But it is not suitable for large-scale convoys.

Don't look at the large territory of Yizhou, it seems to be the same as Yangzhou. In fact, Yizhou is full of mountains, and the places that can be lived are only a few plains or basins in the mountains. Just like the original Xinhuang County, it was built in the mountains.

The Sichuan Basin is surrounded by a large number of mountain ranges, which makes it very difficult to enter and exit. Fang Yun did have the Dangfei Army, a force that could fight in the mountains, but in the end, he still had to rely on other infantry to conquer the city.

Most importantly, in order to reduce the extent of casualties, the large-scale use of weapons of war is an inevitable result. However, the terrain of Yizhou is not suitable for transporting large-scale weapons at all, and at most they can only be made locally improvised. This can be a lot of wasted time, as far as a large-scale march is concerned, wasting a day means a large-scale consumption of food and supplies, and it also means that the other side has more time to call for reinforcements!

Bajun Taishou Fang Yun is no stranger, it is Yan Yan who came with Zhang Ren at the beginning. As a local veteran family, he is now an official to Ba County Taishou, in charge of local government affairs and defense.

At the same time, after Liu Zhang became the assassin of Yizhou, he put the part above the Dianjiang River alone. Stand up to form the County of Brazil. Pasir County Taishou is his in-law Pang Xi, just because Pang Xi's daughter married his son Liu Xun. Of course, Pang Xi's talent is beyond doubt, and Liu Zhang has at least not reached the point of cronyism.

If Fang Yun attacked Yizhou, Ba County and Basi County would immediately send troops to help, not to mention that he still had a large number of first- and second-line generals such as Wu Lan, Lei Tong, Li Yan, Zhuo Ying, Zhang Yi, Wu Yi, Yang Huai, Gao Pei, Zou Jing and so on under his command to call on them, how could they let Fang Yun's siege camp and regular army comfortably manufacture siege equipment?

Therefore, whether it is attacking Hanzhong or Yizhou, the first thing to consider is how to attack!

If you don't consider the siege equipment, then you can only rely on strong innate generals, and it is better to be mid-congenital generals. But whether it is relying on siege equipment or relying on innate generals, a road that is wide enough to facilitate logistics and supply is the key to attacking Yizhou. Building such a road is also Fang Yun's main goal this year!

This road, if it is a straight line, from Taibai Mountain to the Belt and Road construction in the past is naturally the best result. However, after investigation, it was found that the terrain there was changeable and the terrain was too different to be suitable for the construction of large roads. In fact, not only at that time, but even in modern times, with a large number of advanced construction tools, there was no way to build highways and railways.

If it's just to build some ordinary roads, then there is no point in mobilizing so many people.

In the end, the surveyors chose the Meridian Ancient Road for expansion, with the goal of going directly to the Hanzhong County area. And this road is surprisingly consistent with the future West Han Expressway. Of course, Fang Yun didn't know this.

This road is a bit detoured, but the terrain is quite easy to walk along the way, and the drop is not too large, which is very suitable for widening. The design plan was reviewed more than three times by the Ministry of Construction and determined to be the best design plan.

But to build this road, it will cost at least sixty percent of the savings in the current treasury, and the Ministry of Finance wants Fang Yun to think twice. It's not that it won't be built, after all, a road that can quickly enter and reach Hanzhong, and even reach the degree from Hanzhong, is a very important thing for the country.

Its main manifestation is that the Han Dynasty's control over Yizhou will be greatly improved. Why was Liu Bang able to develop in the land of Bashu before? The main thing is that it is too difficult to enter Bashu. It's easy to defend and hard to attack. It's hard to get out though. But others develop behind closed doors, and others can't stop them, at most, they can't get in from outside.

It is precisely because of this characteristic that Bashu has also had the saying that "the world has not been chaotic, and the world has been peaceful". In the late Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty once retreated to the land of Bashu to defend it; At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king, also regarded Bashu as his base and established the so-called Daxi regime.

It's just that the cost of construction is too high, and people in the Ministry of Finance are worried that this will cause financial problems. So can the construction of this trade route be completed in five or six years? After all, there is no need to fight Hanzhong so fast now, at least you can destroy the three alliances of Liu Sun and Cao first!

Fang Yun also asked the system: "Isn't it possible to change the main quest according to the situation?" ”

Unfortunately, there was no reply, and it was clear that this idea could not be implemented. But when I think of fighting with others, if this Hanzhong is unwilling to be lonely and harass in the back, it is indeed disgusting, and it will be laid down!

A large number of weapons began to gather towards Chang'an City, and the arrangement of millions of people was not easy, so Fang Yun was divided into three classes for construction. Eight hours of work. Constant rotation, but never let the project stop.

Although the Meridian Road is also an old road to Hanzhong. But after all, it's not wide, and there is no way for millions of people to work in it at the same time. Besides, it is too inefficient to work at the same time and rest at the same time.

Fortunately, the people in the Ministry of Construction already have more advanced architectural concepts, and even civil engineering is now set up in universities. There are also some students who take this kind of subject, just because the civil service examination is now mainly recruited by employers, and knowing more can improve the chance of being admitted.

Besides, students in these years are more studious than modern students, at least for these two generations. As for what will happen in the future after three generations, with abundant materials and no shortage of learning resources, it is not something that Fang Yun needs to care about.

If you need to worry about what will happen in decades or even hundreds of years, then you are too tired to live.

With the input of 300,000 people, the progress of the project was not generally rapid, and in just one month, the entire road in the Meridian Valley was widened, and the ramps on both sides began to be tamped and some mountains were reinforced. The ground and the construction of the roadbed began, and new cement and firing were successful, and now they are being transported here in batches.

The highway is 26 meters wide and is divided into left and right sides for cement, and a lot of cement is used for mountain reinforcement. It's just that the state-owned cement plant didn't make much money, after all, this is a national project, and Fang Yun only gave the cement plant 10% of the profit, which is considered labor costs.

In May, the construction of the pavement on the left side was completed, and the cement paving on the right pavement began. In fact, the asphalt may be better, but Fang Yun's petrochemical industry here has not yet reached that level, and the asphalt is not to be counted on.

However, compared with the mountain road that was five or six meters wide in the past, the highway of 26 meters was enough to make the merchants and soldiers walking on it feel happy.

But there are a few people who feel very unhappy and even very jealous.

That is Zhang Lu, the road built by Fang Yun, but it passed through his Hanzhong County. Once this road was opened, wouldn't they be directly exposed to Fang Yunjun's troops? Not to mention, I heard that these million people are still the people of the so-called construction corps.

Zhang Lu didn't know what kind of corps the construction corps was, but it was not a good thing that involved soldiers. Who knows if they pick up knives and guns, will they directly become an army of millions?!

Yan Pu immediately suggested that Fang Yun and his troops should be ordered to withdraw from Hanzhong County, and at the same time prepare for defense. But he didn't want Yang Song to stir up the situation, saying that if this road was repaired, wouldn't it be convenient for the lord to get out of Hanzhong and attack the Yongzhou area?

In the previous situation, others couldn't get in, but Zhang Lu couldn't get out, now not only can go out but also be able to export religion, if the people of Yongzhou believe in the Wudou rice religion, then the wish of Zhang Lu's ancestors can also be realized.

Zhang Lu was confused by Yang Song, so he extinguished his heart to hold Fang Yun responsible, and just asked the people below to do a good job of defense.

Yan Pu's suggestion was not accepted, and he reluctantly returned home. And Yu Xing has been waiting here for a long time, and the two have been in contact for a while, I have to say that after this period of contact, Yan Pu has somewhat shaken his loyalty to Zhang Lu.

Now that I'm back, I had a simple dinner with Yu Xing, and I simply complained a few words at the banquet, but I didn't want Yu Xing to take advantage of it. Yan Pu was finally moved, and the next day he hung up the seal and left, and went to Jinyang with Yu Xing. (To be continued......)

PS: This chapter refers to a lot of maps, Eastern Han Dynasty and modern satellite maps, and I don't want some logical problems to arise. Originally, I planned to build a highway in a straight line from Yongzhou, only to find that there was a Taibai Mountain area in the middle...... Finally, it was constructed in accordance with the design of the West Han Expressway.

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