Spring and Autumn I Am King

"canal?"

Zhao Wuxi was slightly surprised, this was the first time Zigong had explained this to him.

But after a little thought, he understood the cause and effect of this.

Two years ago, Ji Ran presented Zhao Wuxi with a "hundred-year plan" to integrate Jin and Lu. If he wants to merge the two countries politically, he must first integrate the two countries in terms of culture and economy. In addition to the same text, the same class, and the same wheel.

But in this era, compared with the squeak and squeak, the land transportation of the axle may be broken at any time, the water transportation is undoubtedly a more convenient way to connect the two countries, and a canal can perfectly achieve this. Because this canal is planned to be excavated from Chanyuan, pass through the outskirts of Diqiu, and join Pushui in Qingqiu, the whole process is in the territory of Wei, so it is called "Wei Canal".

The Wei Canal is nearly a hundred miles long, and the manpower and material resources required to excavate it are astonishing. However, Zhao Wuxi only took a small part of the finances of the Zhao family and the state of Lu. The punishment for Weiguo standing on the same side and knowing one side in the rebellion of the six ministers. The state of Wei also organized labor services to cooperate with some of the prisoners of Qi during the First Battle of Wenshui. Therefore, Kong Yu, the ruler of the state of Wei, complained of misery.

The construction period of Weiqu is expected to be three years, but at present, it seems that it will not be completed in four or five years. Zhao Wuxi is not in a hurry. Anyway, his strategic focus will not be placed in the East for the time being.

But he was not in a hurry, but someone was in a hurry.

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As a business tycoon who has traveled among the princes for a long time, Zigong has an extraordinary vision. Seeing that the construction of the Wei Canal is nearly halfway through, others think that this is a hub that can connect Jinlu and Lu, but in his opinion, this canal is also a terrible opponent that will make the trade center of Taoqiu Central Plains shift and decline!

The reason why Taoqiu can prosper is precisely because it is located in the world. Since ancient times, Jiang, Huai, He, and Ji have been called "Sidu". Here it is connected to Song and Wu in the south, Yan and Jin in the north, Qi, Lu and Sishang in the east, and Zheng and Zhou in the west. Therefore, the feudal lords can communicate with each other, and the merchants are willing to come here to trade. In addition, the city is closed and the few are not recruited. Only then can they stand out from competitors such as Xinzheng, Shangqiu, and Chaoge.

However, if the Wei Canal is built, most of the merchants and official caravans of Jin, Zheng, Lu will be more willing to go to Chaoge trade where the canal flows through and water transportation is convenient. As a result, Taoqiu's trade volume is likely to increase sharply. Cut in half! At that time, Taoqiu's business will weaken, and the prosperity of this city will come to an end.

Therefore, Zi Gong was worried and saw that he could not stop the Wei Canal from being dug, so after discussing with Tao Gu and the others, he came up with a plan.

You can dig a canal in Weiguo, and I can dig a pottery hill too!

"The planning of this canal was designed by a craftsman named 'Peng' in Taoqiu. He has been digging ditches in and around Taoqiu all his life. , dig a waterway to the southeast where the terrain is lower, pass through the town of Song State, and then divert the water to Tang town of Lu State, which has many lakes and lakes on the banks of Sishui, so as to communicate with Jishui and Sishui..."

The sky was getting dark, Zhao Wuxi looked at the map on Zicontribution, and was overjoyed.

If he remembered correctly, isn't this the canal that Wu Wangfuchai dug in order to fight for hegemony in the north ten years later? The canal was named Heshui because the water source came from Heze. Heshui merged into Sishui and then connected with Hangou in the south. This was the prototype of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in later generations.

However, on this historical line, Fuchai may not have the opportunity to dig Heshui, because Zhao Wuxi has already taken the lead, saving Cao, Lu and the small country of Sishang in his hands, and forming an alliance with Song Guo, which was formed ten years ahead of schedule. A line of defense to prevent the northward expansion of the Wu Kingdom, if the husband is here, I guarantee that he will bite a hard bone!

But what he did not expect was that the history was strikingly similar. For various reasons, Zigong in Taoqiu also came up with the idea of ​​digging a canal, although the purpose was different.

Now, Zigong is using his eloquence to try to persuade Zhao Wuxi to support the plan.

"This canal is a deep ditch, connecting to Song and Lu, and connecting Jidu and Sishui. The whole site is 150 miles away, starting from Taoqiu by boat, and descending along the southeast of the terrain. If you are quick, you can reach Tangyi in one day. You can enclose Zhu, Xue, and Teng of the small Sishang countries who were originally secluded in the Zhao family’s cargo circle. If you go further south in Tangyi, you can follow Sishui to Pengcheng in the Song Kingdom!”

Although Zigong's every sentence was for the sake of Zhao's management of Sishang and the control of Song, but Zhao Wuxi could also hear that Zigong had selfishness, and he was thinking of Taoqiu's business.

If this canal is opened, the military convenience will be one of them, and Taoqiu will become a more important point of "repression of the river, according to the ridges of Huai, Xu, Song, Wei, Yan, and Zhao". To maintain its status as an economic metropolis, a strategic military location and a water transportation center in the Central Plains, the reputation of "in the world" will be unbreakable for at least five hundred years.

"Understandable, if a person is selfless, then he is a saint..." Zhao Wuqing couldn't do it himself, although he wanted to ask himself to get rid of too many selfish desires, such as the desire for gold, jade and other external things, such as the desire for more What a beautiful and insatiable greed, but it is for him to "open up land, go to Qin and Chu, come to China and care for the four barbarians"!

At least Zigong didn't consider it for his own wealth and personal gain, and Wu Xian didn't want his favorite Wang Bazhi to be corrupted so quickly.

Duanmuci didn't know what Zhao Wuxi was thinking, and he continued to talk about it.

"In addition to enveloping the Sishang lords and strengthening their control over the Song Kingdom, this canal will allow the military soldiers of the Zhao clan to continue to advance to the south, reaching the country of Pi where Song and Wu are at the border, and the troops will come to Xu!"

In a split second, Zhao Wuxi's complexion sank, and then he subtly concealed the past, and said with a smile: "This plan of yours is very good, the only problem is... Where will the money, grain, human and animal power for digging the canal come from? Come?"

"Taoqiu can build the part of Cao State by himself..." Zi Gong swallowed: "But there are still some shortcomings. If I can share some money, silk and labor from Song State Le Ziming and Lu State Zhang Zi..."

"This is not right."

Zhao Wuxi was not the idiot of Fuchai, but due to the weak national strength of Wu State, he just dug Heshui and Han ditch in the desolate southern country, which led to the decline of people's livelihood, and even the army could not supply food. The so-called bully **** was immediately pierced, and the canal, which took great effort to open, became Goujian's continued northward struggle for hegemony, and the northward expansion of King Hui of Chu to the Huaibei coast to revive the state of Chu. It is true that predecessors planted trees and later generations enjoyed the shade. The selfless spirit of Fuchai is enough to pass on for thousands of years. Unfortunately, later generations only remember Zheng Dan and Xi Shi~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Zhao organized the excavation of the Wei Canal. In order to integrate Jin and Lu into one, it is a necessary project to have merit in the contemporary era and benefit in the future. But the plan proposed by Zigong seems to be a bit tasteless at present...

"From the map, the distance between the Heshui River is longer than that of the Wei Canal, and the construction was started within the territory of the Song State, which involved a lot of problems. Besides, it would be good if the Zhao family concentrated on ensuring the completion of the Wei Canal, and it was impossible to supply the two canals at the same time. ."

"Therefore, this policy should not be implemented immediately. After five or ten years, I will consider it. I will go back first to improve the plan and submit a copy to me."

Zigong was a little disappointed, but at least Zhao Wuxi did not categorically deny his entire plan. Five or ten years later, it should be too late!

After he promised to leave, this time it was Zhao Wuxi who took the initiative to stop him.

However, Wu Xie asked seemingly casually: "Zigong, you just said that Heshui can let the soldiers of the Zhao clan go directly to Pengcheng, Pi country, and the army is approaching Xu land. Even you think, I mean Xu country? Or? Yes, what did Xu Cheng tell you?"

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