Da Qin: Destroyed the Xiongnu at the beginning

"This time, my father finally realized what you said before, Fusu, that there are thousands of ways, but building roads is the first one!"

After drinking and eating, the tipsy Ying Zheng looked at the world map on the wall and couldn't help but have a lot of thoughts.

Just a big snow disaster put the entire Daqin's transportation capacity to a serious test. If It was not the sled invented by Fusu, let alone the transportation of large amounts of materials to the disaster-stricken counties. Even communications were completely interrupted.

Once communications were interrupted, it meant that Xianyang had lost control of the counties. This was for an emperor. It is absolutely unacceptable.

The biggest purpose of building Chidao in the past was to increase the speed of Xianyang's transportation to various places, to facilitate Yingzheng's inspections, and to support the county system.

But now it seems that the Great Qin Dynasty The Chidao is far from long enough and not numerous enough.

Moreover, the Chidao itself also has certain flaws.

Not to mention the need for annual maintenance, the climate adaptability alone is extremely poor. Heavy rains in summer and heavy snowfall in winter, Chidao Basically, it will be paralyzed.

The same is true for water transportation.

The navy of Daqin is very weak. Although it is said to be a navy, it is actually mainly responsible for transportation. The ship is small and has a low load capacity.

And this time, due to the cold weather and freezing temperatures, The reason for the sudden drop is that the Weishui River has also frozen in many places, and water transportation is also intermittent.

Even in areas where it is barely passable, manual ice-breaking treatment is required, which consumes a huge amount of manpower and material resources.

If it were not for Fusu's skillful means , forcing the rich and powerful families from all over the country to borrow food. This time, Great Qin really couldn't bear the heavy snow disaster.

Afterwards, Ying Zheng's first experience was that this road must be repaired.

"Fusu, how do you think this road should be repaired?"

Ying Zheng sighed and said

"First of all, these current roads need to be lengthened, and all sections need to be reinforced with cement."

"Compared with the red sandstone soil used before, the cost of cement is not much higher, and the sturdiness and reliability are much improved. As long as the drainage is good, it will not be afraid of heavy rain at all."

"When there is heavy snow, it is easier to clean up"

"And it can be built wider. It will not be a problem to increase from the current eight parallel horses to sixteen horses."

"As the road surface becomes wider, the carriages can be built larger, transporting more volume, and improving efficiency."

"However, if we want to truly increase the carrying capacity, we still need to build waterways. Fusu explained with a smile.

"waterway?"

Ying Zheng pondered for a moment.

In fact, Great Qin has long understood the importance of water transportation, otherwise it would not have built a Ling Canal specifically for the Chu State and Baiyue.

And the Ling Canal does play an important role in the logistics and transportation of the army. It has played a great role.

It has also greatly facilitated irrigation in the surrounding areas and added a lot of fertile farmland to the Qin Dynasty.

However, at the beginning, it was only a few hundred miles long Ling Canal, which recruited hundreds of thousands of corvees and a large number of craftsmen. It took several years to complete.

Even Ying Zheng had to consider this cost.

"Erchen can find a way to solve the problem of manpower."

Fusu said with confidence.

Don't forget that now Daqin has Donghu, a gold-medal thug.

The Donghu people are not good at construction, but they are still first-rate in burning, killing and looting.

After the spring begins, the Donghu people who also suffered heavy losses in the snow disaster will definitely be against When the Maurya Dynasty launches an attack, Tuobasu will just have to capture hundreds of thousands of Maurya people to build the construction.

Anyway, the Maurya Dynasty has a population of 30 million, which is more than the Qin Dynasty. It consumes 1.8 million people and supports it. Su Du won't feel bad.

As for whether he will be known as cruel and unkind?

They were all captured by the Donghu people. We asked them to repair the channels and rescued them from the cruel Donghu people. How dare you chirp? Just like those rotten scholars who were sent away by Ying Zheng before, they can just be thrown into the prairie to reflect.

If the Peacock people are not used, how can the Da Qin people do the repairs themselves?

Fusu has just abolished the corvee.

He hired Da Qin people to build roads. The canal requires a lot of wages. How can it be convenient for the Peacock people who only need food and no wages.

And there are many dangerous places, so it is most suitable for the Peacock people to go up.

Anyway, it is not enough, let the Donghu people continue Just go and catch it.

Presumably, Tuoba Su will be happy to do this kind of thing as long as he is given a little sweetness.

After listening to Fusu's talk about how to use peacock people as coolies, Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction.

Then he lowered his gaze again Arrived on the map

"According to your opinion, Fusu, how should this canal be built?"

Ying Zheng asked.

Based on his understanding of Fusu, since Fusu can put forward suggestions for building canals, for example, he has considered all aspects

"In fact, it is very simple, just build it directly from here to here."

Fusu's finger landed on Luoyang, the capital of Sanchuan County, and then slid all the way down to Kuaiji County on the seaside.

Ying Zheng suddenly took a breath of air.

The biggest difference between the south and the north of the Qin Dynasty is that the water network is dense. Counties and counties basically live on the water.

And as early as hundreds of years ago, King Wu Fu Chai mobilized a lot of manpower and material resources to build a Hangou that was more than 400 miles long and connected the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers. Together, Tiaoxu River and Huanggou are known as the three major canals of the Wu Kingdom, which helped the Wu Kingdom move north to dominate the Central Plains.

The Qin Dynasty itself also opened three canals, Lingguo Canal, Lidui Canal, and Zhengguo Canal, which can be used for boating and irrigation, and profited from them. Very large.

But these are all minor repairs based on the existing water network.

As for Fusu, it directly wants to open up thousands of miles of waterways from Hanchuan County near Xianyang to Kuaiji County. The amount of engineering required is huge. Even Ying Zheng couldn't help but be amazed. He secretly admired Fusu's courage and domineering power.

But after taking a closer look, Ying Zheng had to admire Fusu's foresight.

Not to mention more, once you can go straight down the river from Hanchuan Kuaiji and the entire north and south of Daqin will be connected to each other. The place where the canal passes will definitely become the most economically developed place in Daqin.

Moreover, countless fertile fields will be added on both sides of the canal, plus new high-yielding crops brought by Fusu , even if the population of Daqin increased several times, there was no need to worry at all.

Ying Zheng could not take his eyes away soon.

The more he looked at the map, the more excited Ying Zheng became. After a long time, Ying Zheng bit Gritting his teeth, he slapped the table hard

"Da Qin built this Grand Canal!"