Weird Three Kingdoms

When the people from Jiangdong Youwen Division began to carry out a series of activities, construction sites in southern Sichuan were also busy.

Various materials are stacked high in the workshop, and a large number of simple sheds are crowded with laborers who are used to build roads and erect bridges.

Without the assistance of large-scale equipment, many places can only rely on manpower.

If it weren't for the relatively mature conditions for gunpowder production and use, Fei Qian would not dare to say that he would open up infrastructure in the mountains of the southwest.

Fei Qian, who is used to seeing the construction speed of the later infrastructure maniacs, feels that the current construction of Dahan is somewhat too low-level, but with sufficient gunpowder and a construction queue of skilled craftsmen, the people of this era of Dahan are scared off their jaws. .

Many village leaders and squires from all over the country who have been to the construction site are surprised and even frightened by the well-organized construction site.

Scheduling and overall planning is not a simple problem.

Just like cooking, some people are in a hurry when they do it, and some people do it well but it takes a long time. Only a small number of people can do it quickly and well.

How many of these local indigenous people in Sichuan and Shu have the concept of overall planning?

They don't even understand why a sanitary shed, as well as a simple sickbed and a medical room should be added on the construction site.At the same time, in order to avoid the unique parasite problem in southern Xinjiang, all domestic water is led to the lime pond after passing through the sedimentation tank, and then boiled for drinking after secondary sedimentation.

To open the way, it is inevitable to invade the original natural, wild, uninhabited areas, and in such areas, it is not the tigers, leopards and bears that are feared, but insects and bacteria.

For tiger, leopard and bear, if there are more people, they are a dish, but for insects and bacteria, if there are too many people, people are a dish.

In the whole plan for the infrastructure construction of the aorta in Jiaozhi in the south of Sichuan and Shu, Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, Xu Huang and others did not want to eat directly into a fat man in one go, but prepared to develop step by step, centering on villages in various places. Select the node before developing the next section.

A large number of labors passed through Chang'an and gradually moved to Sichuan and Shu.These laborers include slaves, prisoners, and people who have to sell themselves to become laborers because of certain things.

This type of labor was a consumable item in the original history. As long as it can be completed, it doesn’t matter how many people die. However, for these relatively wise counselors under Fei Qian’s rule, labor is not only Only consumables, but also producers and consumers.

In addition to the fixed amount of labor per day, these labors are also allowed to be paid in exchange for the excess amount of labor.For example, a laborer stipulates that [-] carts of earthwork must be transported back and forth, then the earthwork of more than [-] carts will become the reward for the person that day.

This kind of action in later generations is almost too simple to be simple, but it has made the current laborers of Dahan have an unprecedented willingness to take initiative, and the speed of development and construction has also been accelerated.

At the same time, because the labor can get paid, it is natural to want to spend it, and the money spent allows the surrounding villages to spontaneously organize various kinds of goods to come and trade, and these goods are not at all. It takes more effort to organize transportation and transfer, because these things are all covered by the people in the surrounding villages.

Roasted worms, smoked mountain mice, hare pheasants, rice wine and fruit wine, etc., appear in specific markets every day, tempting the paid laborers to purchase.Originally, if it was an official order, it would take time and effort to recruit people, and it would also lead to public grievances.

Then the natives in these villages will take the money to buy things in the Han towns farther away.Buy the things you need in the village, and also buy some raw materials for the markets in these labor camps to process all kinds of food, clothes and other items...

Of course, there are good sides to things, and there are also bad sides.

The amount of gunpowder required to open up the road is very large.

Although Xu Huang is the commander-in-chief, it is impossible for him to say that he is staring at the front line every day, and the blasters on the front line are basically the top soldiers.Among these major soldiers, after the expansion of the project, the original experienced grenadiers are obviously not enough, and they are indeed in different directions, one is military, the other is engineering.

So when we got to the back, we began to recruit some special blasters, who were taught by the original experienced grenadiers. One person, with a dozen people, rushed to conduct gunpowder training.

Of course, the quality of these assault training personnel cannot be compared with the original grenadiers. For the sake of safety, Xu Huang deliberately mixed the personnel responsible for gunpowder blasting. A few grenadiers and military police formed the backbone, and then added The blasters who have been trained in these are specially responsible for the blasting of key points, especially rocks.

Then these blasted rocks can be used as paving materials...

But after going up the mountain a lot, you will eventually encounter a tiger.

Just a while ago, there was an explosion inexplicably in the convoy transporting gunpowder. Almost all the 50 people in the convoy were wiped out, and the few who survived almost became fools. Can't ask anything.

No one knows what exactly happened during the transportation.

It may have been accidentally ignited, or the black powder may have spontaneously ignited...

There are many possibilities, but the specific reason, I am afraid that only those transport convoys that have become bone fragments will know.

This is very helpless, and there are not too many good solutions. The only way is to reduce the amount of each transport and transport it in small quantities and multiple times. Even if something goes wrong, it may just destroy the car instead of destroying it. the entire fleet.

In addition to the problems in the transportation process, there is the Squib.

Squibs are the most common problem encountered when blasting, but if one is not handled properly, people will die.

Sometimes it was because the gunpowder got wet and didn't explode.

If it really can't explode, it's hard to say how much. I'm most afraid that the fuse will get wet, and then it will burn slower than usual. The blaster didn't explode for a long time, and then passed...

Problems like this appear almost every few days.Of course, it's not just about blasting, because the quality of the personnel themselves is very poor, plus their own neglect of safety, even if there are relevant safety regulations, but safety accidents occur from time to time.

Or all kinds of accidents, anyway, basically every day there are some injuries.

Small wounds are basically left unattended, and big wounds are up to God to give them another chance, but as the temperature gradually rises, the number of bacteria and fungi in the jungle is significantly higher, and the humidity is high. A warm environment is a paradise for these bacteria and fungi, and a hell for those who hurt.

Even small wounds may have subsequent infection and inflammation, and once they enter the stage of sepsis, they are basically finished, and even gods are hard to save.

Especially when opening up places that were previously unpopulated, casualties suddenly increase.

The topography and topography of the Sichuan-Shunan Middle Jiaozhi line are relatively complex, and the natural environment is even worse.Sometimes it is done well, and then suddenly there are falling rocks, fallen logs, landslides, etc., which also cause many casualties.

At the same time, the leeches in the woods are crazy as the temperature rises.The labor itself has no way to be equipped like a mountain soldier, plus heavy physical labor, even if it is repeatedly declared that it is necessary to pay attention to leeches, but when labor is full of blood, a group of people attracts a large area of ​​leeches around. come over.

In front of flesh and blood, even if simple herbs are smeared, it will not last long. Many laborers are bitten by leeches. Those who know a little can use smoke and salt, but once the laborers who don’t understand, they can directly pull it...

Later, when work started every day, a pile of bonfires used to smoke insects would be lit to disperse mosquitoes and leeches, which had some effects. The trick is not only blood loss, but also easy to get sick with germs.

There are no specific anti-inflammatory drugs, only herbal remedies.

And general herbal medicine, to deal with inflammation, especially acute inflammation, is often no way.

Inevitable casualties occurred.

Such a death is even more demoralizing than a blasting accident.

Because of the wailing of the wounded all day, the uninjured laborers also felt timid. For these laborers who did not know a few words, they did not understand that the injuries were caused by bacterial and fungal infections. When these patients have hallucinations and hallucinations due to fever, most workers easily think that they have been infected with some strange event, or that they have been lowered their heads by something, or have been covered by some worms. ...

As for the military marquis Sima in the construction site, even if they know the real situation, it is very troublesome to decipher these inexplicable remarks. These laborers are not from the same place, and they murmur in local dialect. Do you give a mouth title when you are working, or do you send a banner to trap the mouth of the laborer?

So these cases were reported to Xu Huang.

Xu Huang also had a headache.

Later, when Xu Shu found out, he sent a letter with a few words on it, "The gods of the five directions can reassure the soul."

Afterwards, the Taoist priests from the five directions came.

First of all, I searched for the cemetery, looked at Feng Shui, checked the tomb, determined the location, and did a big dharma ceremony when I was buried.Don't say, when the ceremony is over, everything will stop, there is no news spread around, and the wounded who are still wounded and may not survive will not be talking nonsense all day, and they can explain when they are sober. What about the aftermath...

The cemetery faces the road and is not closed or mound. It is only covered with stone tablets on the ground, and the name of the deceased is written. If there is no name, just write the title in the weekdays. The incense burner made of stone has some trees planted on all sides, and together with the green hills and greenery in the distance, let alone the living people watching, the dead are very satisfied when they lie down.

The Taoist priests of the Wufang God Sect said that this is their "professional". Although this land is not the best, it may not be able to extend the blessings of future generations, rich and noble, but at least let the dead Rest in peace, there is nothing wrong with requiem.

In fact, this is not a completely unreasonable superstition. If the cemetery is a cold and damp place, it may not really be able to raise any zombies, but it is possible to raise a bunch of fungi, bacteria, poisonous snakes, insects, and insects, and then wait for future generations to clean the graves every year. Lightly bitten by insects, heavily infected with unknown germs...

Therefore, the Taoist priest of the Five Fang Gods is not considered to be completely unprofessional, but because he does not know much about the officialdom, he was excluded to a remote place.

Although it gave consolation to the labor service after his death, it could not completely prevent the casualties when the labor service was building roads and bridges. Later, Xu Huang even started to send soldiers to the labor service queue. Every morning and at night, when I finished work, I gave special lectures on what happened, which more or less prevented the casualty rate from continuing to rise.

The road is extended and expanded a little bit.

However, this does not mean that these forests that may have been uninhabited for hundreds or thousands of years will easily succumb to human beings. Shortly after the arrival of summer, the number of mosquitoes will rise sharply, and then the epidemic will appear.

In the future, there is a whole set of solutions to deal with malaria caused by mosquitoes, but the problem is that in Dahan, except that Fei Qian himself may have a little impression of malaria, most ordinary people do not know what causes malaria. , and what kind of treatment is needed.

According to the practice of feudal dynasties, the construction period is the first, human life is a consumable, and the dead are even better than the sick, because the sick need more or less care, and the dead directly ask for the replenishment amount. .

But here in Xu Huang, he understands the value of these labors, not just the cornerstones used to pave the way, some of these laborers are also skilled brickworkers and carpenters.From ignorant and dazed, to being skilled, half a craftsman, how big is the gap?

At the beginning, Xu Huang thought it was a common disease, so he ordered the construction to be suspended, cleaned up thoroughly, dug ditches, sprinkled lime, burned wormwood, took medicinal baths, and drank decoction according to the previous epidemic prevention methods. General bacteria and fungi do have some effect, but for malaria whose main source of transmission is mosquitoes, the effect is not very large.

After a few days, malaria in a certain camp began to enter a large-scale outbreak.

It started with a few people a day, and later it became a dozen or so people a day. The small sanitary shed on the construction site was immediately filled, and the transmission characteristics of mosquitoes in summer made other healthy people even if they did not have the same disease as the sick. Direct contact is also infected.

The number of people with the disease is increasing day by day. Many people have poor resistance due to poor physical fitness and fatigue from building roads. The mortality rate is rising again. From the beginning, one or two people died, and it developed to three or four people every day. There are seven or eight people, a dozen people.

People who died because of the epidemic could not be buried directly according to the requirements. They had to be burned. At most, even the wood used for burning did not have time to dry, so they poured kerosene and burned them hard.

Every day there are new patients, and there are patients who continue to die, causing a great panic in the labor construction site again, saying that the rumor that entering the mountain is a violation of the mountain god inevitably arises.In fact, to a certain extent, this is not a "rumor". After all, it is true that those who were initially infected were the laborers who went into the mountains to open forests and build roads.

Morale on the construction site continued to drop, as if there was fear everywhere.

The military marquis Sima, who is in charge of the construction site, knows a little bit and follows Xu Huang's instructions to appease the labor, adjust the work to continue, and promote the epidemic control, while some of them are irritable, even after getting Xu Huang's instructions, they feel their own ideas. That's right, after all, it's the labor who die in labor, and it is his own work that the progress of the project can be completed.

The contradictions that had been eased a little bit began to intensify. After Xu Huang received the information, he realized that some places were already serious.

There was a dispute between the laborers and the soldiers on the construction site. They believed that the soldiers wanted to send them to death, which led to even greater riots. Under the dual fear of the epidemic and despair, many laborers eventually lost their minds and used hammers and wooden shovels. In hand-to-hand combat with soldiers, many died...

When Xu Huang and his soldiers rushed to the construction site where the riot occurred, everything was over.

The dead soldiers may not understand at all that yesterday was still a submissive servitude, why it was so crazy all of a sudden, and those crazy servitors also don't know why things have developed to the current situation.

Some laborers escaped into the mountains, but it is clear that the vast majority of these laborers who escaped into the mountains would die in the primitive forests, even with no bones left.Even the elite mountain soldiers around Xu Huang did not dare to enter the mountain alone without any equipment and preparation, not to mention these laborers who had little control over the mountains and forests?
Some other laborers were stupid when they faced the bad situation after the incident. When Xu Huang and others came, they didn't even have the desire to resist. It was like the courage and anger of the laborers. After venting, There is only an empty shell left, and even the consciousness is lost.

Xu Huang frowned, looked at these laborers, then waved his hand and ordered all of them to be beheaded and buried on the spot.

Whether innocent or intentional, the facts of these labor riots are before us.

The rule of the feudal class is not for reason.

However, in such a construction site, the disappearance of all the soldiers, from the soldiers to the labor, whether it is on paper or in physical form, has had a minor impact on other construction sites, and even the indigenous people in the surrounding villages have begun to have a negative impact on the construction. Sandow generated some discussion.

Said it was a mountain god, said it was a worm, said it was a miasma, and said anything.

Under such circumstances, Xu Shu and Xu Huang agreed that they could only temporarily stop their steps to the south, at least avoid the summer period first, and then resume it in autumn and winter. During the epidemic, specialized doctors were dispatched to conduct research.

At the same time, Xu Shu and Xu Huang also have to make sure that they must find out if there is any interference from others...