Qin Official

“Everything remains the same in Chengdu!”

This city made Li Ling feel particularly friendly, with its bustling streets and alleys, the late-autumn green weeping willows along the two rivers, and the smell: the smell of honey in the air, the slow yet human touch and the breath of life.

Li Ling's family has long been deeply rooted in Shu: his eldest father is Li Bing, and his father is Li Zhong. Later generations will call him Li Erlang, which is the prototype of Erlang God...

The father and son became county governors one after another and built Jianyi, also known as Dujiangyan, to divert water for irrigation, eliminate floods, and benefit thousands of miles, making Shu County rich.

Li Ling also grew up in Shu County since he was a child. He spoke the Shu accent and was respected by the Shu people. He inherited the legacy of his ancestors and father and continued to engage in water conservancy. He led people up mountains and rivers, crossed the Shixi River to the south of the Minjiang River, and connected to Zuowen. Jingjiang divides Baimujiang River from Linqiong River and Mengxi River, and divides Yangmojiang River from Jiandi River.

Because of his merits, eight years ago, Li Ling was selected by Emperor Qin Shihuang who inspected Shu County. He was appointed as the "Captain of Shanghe Farmers" with a rank of 600 stones. He reported to Helan Mountain and helped Beidi County Captain Heifu build canals for irrigation. Newly opened fields...

Needless to say, his achievements in the north were undeniable. However, after Hu Hai succeeded to the throne, Li Ling was also imprisoned for the crime of "treason". It was not until Zhang Han raised troops that he was released. Later, he returned to Xianyang and was appointed by the regent. "Shaofu Shaojian", as Zhang Cang's deputy, went to Ba County to transfer Ba family's huge assets - Widow Qing's inheritance, which had been monopolized by Ba family's mother-in-law, Ye family. Only then can the black man let go and bribe the people in Guanzhong.

But a few days ago, he was urgently dispatched to march westward with Zhou Chang, the governor of Ba County.

"Guanxi has been settled, but the center of Shu is not at peace. Shu County cannot be in chaos. I hope Li Jun can take over Shu County!" This is the letter written by Hei Fu to Li Ling.

At present, Li Ling followed Zhou Chang's soldiers into Chengdu and met Xiao Tao without any obstruction.

The Shu county was empty, and most of the county soldiers were in Longxi. Even though some of Chang Yi's staff claimed: "I dare not open the city without the orders of Lord Chang." However, after Li Ling came forward to persuade him, he showed the new governor's seal and ribbon, indicating that Chang Yi had already After entering Xianyang as prime minister, he finally gave in.

The Li family has made great contributions to Shu County. His status as the grandson of Bing made him revered by the Shu people. His experience as an old official of Chang Yun allowed Li Ling to persuade some recalcitrant old officials and he was the most suitable candidate to take over Shu County.

Now, after comforting the elders, Li Ling returned to the county government and entered the hall, only to see Lieutenant Xiao Tao, Governor Zhou Chang of Ba County, and the general and deputy generals of this operation. They all said nothing and were engrossed in writing on paper.

The atmosphere was extremely silent, and the chief minister and staff beside him did not dare to express their anger.

"This is……"

Li Ling's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that there was a conflict between the two of them?

Along the way, he got along with Zhou Chang, the governor of Ba County. This man was brought from Fengfei by Xiao He, the governor of Su Nei. He had made great achievements in coordinating grain and fodder in Nan County. He was a stubborn man.

As for Xiao Tao, I had only heard that he was the most trusted old subordinate of Marquis Wu Zhong, with a gentle temperament and a tough man.

If there is a rift between these two people and they are reluctant to talk, it will be very detrimental to the stability of Shu County.

Fortunately, in Xiaotao's long history, an Anlu man said in Li Ling's ear:

"Both the lieutenant and the governor of Ba were eating, and it was difficult for them to communicate with each other, so they wrote and talked..."

Li Ling suddenly realized that both of them had stuttering problems and it was difficult to control their speech. Xiao Tao was known for being concise and concise when giving orders in the army. He could not speak more than four words in a sentence and did not like long speeches.

The same goes for Zhou Chang. In the original history, he and Deng Ai would work together to contribute the idiom "Qiqi Ai Ai".

This is what happens when one person stutters. If two people stutter together, what kind of scene will it be? I'm afraid they will both blush and have thick necks, and they can't finish a sentence after holding it in for a long time, right?

This led to a scene of writing exchanges. Xiao Tao was eager to learn, and after listening to Heifu's advice to them, "Yu often reads, I think it will be of great benefit." In ten years, he became an illiterate who could write quickly.

Just out of habit, even when Xiao Tao writes on paper, he mostly uses sentences like 3, 4, 3...

Zhou Chang is a little slower, but after all, he made a history of Sishui County in his early years, and his writing is not bad.

After writing an article, the two exchanged words, nodded, and continued to "talk" on the paper.

Li Ling didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he saw that the two people were communicating about the defense issues in Chengdu. For the sake of efficiency, he asked someone to bring the map and let him explain it.

"Two generals."

"The shape of Chengdu is the same as that of King Wu of Qin. It is divided into Shaocheng and Dacheng. The Shaocheng is in the west, where the official offices are, and the Dacheng is in the east, where merchants from Guizhou Province live."

"There are eight city gates, of which there are two gates, both in the big city. The north is called Xianyang Gate, and the south is called Jiangqiao Gate..."

It is called Jiangqiaomen because after exiting the South Gate, to the west and south are the two most important rivers in Chengdu, the Pijiang River and the Jianjiang River (Fuhe and Nanhe). There are seven bridges across the river. The wooden bridge facilitates merchants and pedestrians to enter and exit the city's shops.

"When my eldest father was the governor of the county, he built seven bridges across the two rivers in Chengdu. It was convenient to build seven bridges. Since the market in the city was too small and occupied the area, the market was moved to the open space between the two rivers, which was called a new market. "

This new city was located in the suburbs of Chengdu at that time, with the "Er River" as its boundary, and the bridge as the gate and throat, which facilitated control and management and facilitated the movement of goods by water. Press the drum sound every day to open and close the market on time

"Therefore, it is said that the two rivers Er and its city."

This is the layout of Chengdu in this era. The "city" is like a person's head, and the "city" is like an earring, placed between the "two rivers" adjacent to the south outside the city.

When Li Ling became an official, he was ordered by Chang Yan to dig the Shixi River through the two rivers to connect the two official workshops of Jinguan City and Cheguancheng south of the Jianjiang River, making the new city a Liang River. The largest trade center in the region.

Local farmers sell a large amount of surplus grain through the market to exchange for the iron tools, salt, etc. they need. Merchants exchanged sugar, salt and other materials for a large number of livestock and leather, horses and cattle from the Diqiang tribe in western Shu, and sold them to Chengdu. The Southwest Yi commanders in the south provided Chengdu with another kind of goods during wars and attacks: slaves!

Merchants from all over the world also gathered here to transport Shu specialties to the outside world. The five major products were Shu brocade, lacquerware, sugar, well salt, wolfberry sauce wine and slaves. In addition, there were ginger, Dansha, bamboo and wooden utensils. Trade can generate tens of thousands of city taxes for Shu County every day!

Heifu made it very clear when he appointed Li Ling as the governor of Shu County.

What he needs is not a dilapidated Shujun, but a rear area that can continuously produce large amounts of food and create wealth.

Therefore, Xiao Tao and Zhou Chang need to send troops to maintain order here, not only to guard the city and its people, but also to maintain the market, so that the people of Shu can feel at ease, recover from the turmoil of the power transfer as soon as possible, and continuously transfuse blood for Guanzhong...

It’s the same thing Shu County has done in the past hundred years.

In addition to the city markets, important resource points in Shu counties are also controlled by separate troops.

Zhou Chang still writes and communicates:

"Bajun soldiers came from Jiangyang (Luzhou County) to Zizhong (Ziyang County). The sugarcane fields and workshops on both sides of the river were safe and sound."

This can ensure that the sugar industry continues to operate. With almost all the people in Nanjun being soldiers, it can at best ensure that food production continues. The handicraft industry will definitely be affected, and Shu County may replace it and become the country's sugar production center.

"I'm going south."

Xiao Tao pointed to the two counties on the map, which were the next targets that must be controlled.

"Linqiong." (Qionglai County)

"Strict way!" (Yingjing County)

These are all places where Li Ling fought in the past. He went to the local area to survey, connect the Wenjing River, and divide the Baimu River through Linqiong and Mengxi, all to facilitate the development of these two large mines.

…

"There is Iron Mountain in Linqiong."

Li Lingyou remembers that in the year when Qin Shihuang destroyed Zhao, a large iron mine was discovered in Linqiong, Shu County.

The First Emperor also asked the Zhuo family, a blacksmith family from Handan, Zhao State, to move to Shu. Most of the relocated captives hoped not to go too far and tried to bribe Shu officials to settle them in Jiameng Pass. However, the Zhuo family thought Jiameng was narrow and narrow. There are a large number of residents, and life in the future may not be easy. Although there are many people in Chengdu, they will be bullied by others in the places where they migrated, and will remain at the bottom for a long time. Instead, they ask to move far away.

So Zhuo Shi was placed in Linqiong, and using his skills, he has now become an iron official.

Also relocated to Linqiong was the Cheng family of the Guandong Iron and Steel Company. With the technical support of these people, Linqiong Iron and Steel Company became the largest iron smelting center in the southwest. It not only satisfies Bashu and Hanzhong, but also relies on it in Guanzhong.

Now Heifu will compete with the tigers of the Six Kingdoms for the world, and there is no big iron mountain in Guanzhong, so the smelting of weapons will probably have to rely on Shu County, Nanyang, and Hengshan.

As for Yandao, there is a large copper mountain, and no one knows how much mineral deposits it contains. I only know that starting from the Cancong clan in the ancient Shu Kingdom, the Shu people have fought countless wars with surrounding tribes just for it, and the slag left over from mining and smelting can be found all over the mountains and plains. Most of the copper materials for the splendid cultural relics in Sanxingdui and Jinsha come from here...

This was the main source of raw materials for the entire Qin Dynasty to cast weapons and half-liang coins before the Qin Dynasty destroyed Chu. During the Han Dynasty, Deng Tong, a favorite of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, came here to cast coins. There is still a proverb: "Deng's money is everywhere in the world." ”, which shows its importance...

Heifu has controlled the Tonglu Mountain in Hengshan County, and Jiangdong continues to mine lead mines. Together with the Yandao Tongshan, it is enough to fully activate the arsenal before the war, produce tens of thousands of weapons, and cast tens of thousands of weapons. Thousands of coins...

"But Yan Dao is now under the control of the Yan family. There are thousands of Qiong soldiers and child servants under his command. I'm afraid it will not be easy to deal with."

The Yan family is the younger brother of King Huiwen of Qin. He is a descendant of Chuiliji, who is known as a wise man. Chuiliji was granted the title of Yan. His descendants are the most influential clan in the government and the public. The distant ones include Yan Qing, the former governor of Kuaiji County, and the nearby ones include Yan Qing, the former governor of Kuaiji County. There is Yan Jin who wants to persuade Chang Yan to fight against the gang.

As the Yan family repeatedly opposed the new government, the family was also sentenced to death by the regent.

But Li Ling felt a little pity: "Yan Junji has made great contributions to the Qin Dynasty. Just because one or two people in the family oppose the regent does not mean that the entire Yan family wants to cause chaos. Instead of fighting with each other, it is better for me to send my son to persuade him to submit. That way things can go smoothly Take over Copper Mountain.”

"Can."

Xiao Tao said, but this die-hard Heifu, who had always been gentle, said harshly: "I won't obey."

"The Bi clan!"

Ye Ye was shocked and restless. Hundreds of rivers are boiling, and mountains and hills are crumbling. The high bank is the valley, the deep valley is the mausoleum

In this era, the old feudal clans were destroyed, and some people rose from common people to the pinnacle of power.

This does not mean that the former must be extravagant and incompetent, while the latter must be frugal and capable.

It's just that when the tide of the times hits, regardless of good or evil, right or wrong, only success or failure is seen!

…

The pain of the handover of Shu County has just begun.

But the banquet in Xianyang City was coming to an end.

"Li Ling has arrived in Shuzhong."

"There are also ten thousand troops as backing."

"Chang Jun, do you think he is qualified?"

Chang Yan was silent, knowing that he had lost all the capital to negotiate conditions.

Accepting the facts and staying in Xianyang honestly, even if he is just a powerless prime minister who just dresses up, is his only choice.

Therefore, in the eyes of others, Hei Fu was shown to be very attentive and attentive when he personally held the candle for Chang Yan at this dinner party. During the dinner, the two of them talked about everything from food to managing the county and even the southwestern barbarians. The more Chang Yan talked, the happier he became. He sighed on the spot that the regent's views on the current situation were very similar to his own.

He asked someone to bring a pen and paper on the spot, and wrote a letter to Shu County, telling his old ministers: "I had a very happy talk with the regent, but I just wish it was too late to meet." He urged his old ministers to respect the orders of the new governor and come to Shu County as soon as possible. Promote the unification of government orders in Shu County, Guanzhong and Nan County.

"Today's Qin Dynasty can only be stable if it is handed over to the regent for governance!"

He also thought freely: "The Duke of Wei will be the regent, in charge of state affairs, and command millions of troops; and I will be the emperor's minister and assistant, taking care of everything. Da Qin will surely rule the world again and eventually achieve ZTE!"

By the time the banquet was over, Chang Yan, who was already a little drunk, started to praise Hei Fu as: "The best person in the world."

Heifu also eagerly sent Chang Yan out of the mansion. Although Chang Yan was held hostage, some of his close associates still had to follow him. They were sitting on pins and needles outside the mansion. When they saw Chang Yan coming out, they all came over to greet him.

"Changjun!"

They were eager to protect their master, but were blocked by Heifu's personal soldiers, so they shouted loudly, and a conflict was about to occur.

"Let those brave men from Shu come over."

Heifu asked the soldiers to put Chang Yan's cronies in front. The leader was a big man, tall and with a beautiful beard on his face...

Hei Fu couldn't help but be startled, as if he saw an old friend he hadn't seen for a long time, and thought he had drunk too much. When he took a closer look, don't tell me, the body shape and appearance were really similar, and they could be confused with the real ones.

He specifically pointed at the big man and made him take five steps closer, only to realize that it was not him.

Hei Fu then looked surprised, pointed at the man and asked Chang Yan: "May I ask what you call this strong man?"

Chang Yan said: "Ji Xinye, a brave man from Shu, serves as my personal guard. He has always been brave and brave. I hope the regent will forgive him for his offense."

Heifu shook his head: "This strong man looks like an old friend of mine."

He sighed sadly, as if thinking about her, and just put a dogwood root on his head: "It's just that I haven't seen her for many years."

Heifu sometimes wonders, is he too cruel to Lao Liu?

"Oh? Who can make Marquis Wu Zhong care so much?"

Hei Fu sighed: "His name is Liu Ji. He used to be an unknown person from Peixian County. He became my retainer when he was in Jiaodong, and later he was stationed in Haidong."

"But now, this person has done something audacious!"

Heifu's voice changed: "I think Chang Jun has also heard that there are rumors in Guandong that Master Fusu rose from Haidong, led the garrison to conquer Liaodong and West Liaoning, drove away Donghu from outside, attacked Yan from inside, and called King Zhao... …”

"I heard it, but I don't know whether it's true or not." This was a sensitive matter, and Chang Chang didn't even dare to ask.

"Fake!"

But Heifu raised his hand and directly settled the matter.

"In the past year or so, there have been countless people in the world who have taken action under the banner of Fusu. For example, Wu Guang, the captain under my command, once and others falsely called themselves Prince Fusu when they resisted Hu Hai in Chendi, just to borrow his name. Ear……"

"As for the 'Fusu' in Liaodong, the same is true. I have asked Chen Ping, a Dianke in Jiaodong, to check it out. Guess, Chang Jun, what are the facts?"

It has nothing to do with the facts, this is just one of the many short stories Heifu wants to tell.

"how?"

Heifu laughed and said: "It turns out that it was just my old official Liu Ji who, in order to win the support of the Haidong garrison, found someone who looked similar and pretended to be a fake person!"

Chang Yan didn't believe Hei Fu at all, but he still gasped in surprise and said, "This Liu Ji is really bold."

"No."

Heifu said: "The fake Fusu in Liaodong is just Liu Ji's puppet. As for the real eldest son..."

He raised his hands toward the gloomy sky, without any trace of emotion in his eyes:

"Two years ago, on the way to join me in the south, he died of illness!"

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PS: Four thousand chapters, there will be another chapter later.