Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 585 The Strongest Wizard

Dongjun, Puyang County
Xing Ziang led a group of local officials to patrol around the county on foot. Of course, he was checking whether this place could be used as a transit point for Ningzhou Chidao. Puyang is one of the best-developed counties in the Central Plains, with obvious geographical advantages. With a large amount of manpower, Xing Ziang was unsmiling and carefully inspected. Behind him, a group of people including the governor of Yanzhou, the prefect of Dongjun, and the magistrate of Puyang County followed. It still works.

He stayed in Shangshutai for many years, and went to various places to implement administrative orders many times. Some local officials did not know the Jiuqing of the imperial court, but none of them did not know the Shangshu Order. If the governor is replaced by Guoyuan, he has been the governor of Qingzhou, Yangzhou, Yuzhou and other places successively. He has good talents. He studied under Zheng Xuan. During his tenure, he also devoted himself to farming and farming, and his temperament is similar to that of Xing Ziang. , are reticent, but good civil.

The prefect is called Jiang Gan, and his appearance is not surprising. He is an examiner in the early years of Xiping. He has served as county magistrates in three places. A little more, so he was following Xing Ziang along the way, telling him all kinds of important things here, such as the number of household registrations, changes in taxation in the past few years, and even the surrounding road conditions. He is very familiar with it. This made Xing Ziang give him a high look. This guy just took office this year, but he knows everything about Dongjun's situation in the past few years. It's really not easy.

Xing Ziang inspected Puyang, Baima, Dunqiu and other places for six or seven days before he decided on the construction here. Taoism and Chidao are completely different things. Building roads is easy, as long as there is a flat ground that can allow carriages to pass It is enough to prevent the people on the carriage from being thrown off, but the Chidao is different. The Chidao can only be passed by the emperor's frame. , the most famous of which is Jiutiao.

From Xianyang as the center, there is the Dongfang Avenue, from Xianyang to Hangu Pass, along the Dahe through Dingtao, Linzi to Chengshanjiao, there is the Northwest Avenue, from Xianyang to Lintao, and the Sanqin-Chu Avenue, from Xianyang to Wuguan, to In Jiangling, there is the Sichuan-Shanxi Road, from Xianyang to Bashu, there is Jiangnan New Road, Nantong Shu to Guilin, there is the North Road, from Jiuyuan along the Great Wall eastward to Jizhou, and straight roads, etc. These fast roads connect the whole world. Enabling temples to directly manage all parts of the world is also one of the preparations for the implementation of the county system.

According to the law of the Qin Dynasty, the road is in a flat place, the road is fifty steps wide, and a tree is planted every three feet. Although the emperor of the Han Dynasty liked to go out of the palace, he never made a big splash. It was not easy to see the emperor traveling around the world in the Han Dynasty, because it was too depleting of national power. Due to the situation, many changes have been made to the original rules.

In the period of Emperor Xiaokang, the emperor wanted to build Chidao in the world, but in order to avoid excessive corvee and national power consumption, he changed the width of the road to fifteen steps, planted trees unchanged, and did not set the imperial limit for the emperor to travel. The road, the height of the road, is also slightly lowered. This measure is naturally to reduce wear and tear while building more Chi Roads. During the Emperor Xiaokang’s period, six new Chi Roads appeared. After expansion, Zhangye was connected to the northwest, Jingnan was connected to the south, and Youji and Qingxu were connected to the north. These roads were collectively called Jianning Chi Road.

Xing Ziang is still very happy. There are people like Jiang Taishou here. It is not difficult to formulate routes. Jiang Gan knows the terrain here very well, and things are going smoothly. However, Xing Ziang also has his own worries. , standing on the top of the city, looking out of the city of Puyang, Jiang Gan standing behind him, I don't know what he was thinking, the governor had already left, and the governor couldn't help with the transfer of corvees, Xing Ziang suddenly sighed He let out a sound, shook his head, and said nothing.

"Mr. Xing? The great event is about to be accomplished, why are you sighing?" Jiang Gan asked with some doubts.

Xing Ziang shook his head and said: "I want to build these three new roads, but I don't want to continue to build these three roads on the basis of the original ones. I am very satisfied with you here. The terrain and the understanding of human feelings really shocked me, but after leaving this place, I don’t know if I can meet a capable person like you, alas, I don’t know how many years it will take to complete the construction of this road.” Listen Seeing what Xing Ziang said, Jiang Gan froze for a moment and frowned.

For some reason, he thought about it and hesitated.

Looking at the tall and straight old man in front of him, Jiang Gan still didn't say much.

Xing Ziang turned around, patted Jiang Gan on the shoulder affectionately, and said with a smile: "You are very good, the old man is very happy to have a young man like you. Jiuqing!" Hearing Xing Ziang's praise, Jiang Gan's face turned red and he was a little ashamed. He thought for a while, and then suddenly said: "Xing Gong, I want to take you to meet someone." Hearing Jiang Gan's words Xing Ziang was taken aback by the words, and he asked, "Who is it?"

"People who can help Mr. Xing build more roads."

Xing Ziang followed Jiang Gan with some doubts, and walked in the city of Puyang. The two walked for a long time, and gradually came to the somewhat poor south of the city. The houses here are obviously much smaller. The people around saw the arrival of these two high officials. , they all paid respects in a panic, left in a hurry, and turned a few streets. Jiang Gan brought Xing Ziang to a mansion. This mansion is not really a mansion, it's just some fences Just a fenced hut.

Standing at the door, Jiang Gan shouted: "Student Jiang Gan, come to see Grandpa Dachang!!"

Xing Ziang didn't hear clearly, what's the matter? ?
Jiang Gan yelled again. At this moment, a person came out of the house. This person was not tall, and he was only middle-aged, but he was leaning on crutches. His complexion was a little pale. It seemed that he had just suffered a serious illness. Jiang Gan outside the door, he smiled and said: "It's you, come in!!" Jiang Gan took Xing Ziang and walked in. See you again, Xing Ziang hasn't figured out what's going on, Just looking at the person in front of him with some doubts, the person saw Xing Ziang, but bowed to see him, and Xing Ziang quickly returned the salute.

The three sat down and looked at Jiang Gan in front of him. The man asked, "What's wrong? Is there anything unclear?"

Jiang Gan smiled in embarrassment, pointed to Xing Ziang, and said: "This person is the Zhongshu ordered Mr. Xing to come here to build the Chidao." Jiang Gan also introduced: "Mr. Xing, this is a strange man in my Puyang, called Da Yandu. This man is very familiar with the terrain and human relationships in the Han territory. I am very familiar with many situations in Yanzhou. I know it from him." Jiang Gan said, but Xing Ziang was a little dazed.

This sounds like a pseudonym, how could there be a surname like Da?Who is this person?
Xing Ziang looked at the big city in front of him, and asked, "Who is the gentleman?"

"I am the capital of Dachang, your Excellency may not know." He sighed, and said, "I am not from Yanzhou, but a Japanese, called the capital of Dachang." Hearing his words, Xing Ziang suddenly realized, nodded, and said in his heart How could a Japanese know the situation in Dahan so familiarly, and why did he appear here?Xing Ziang pretended not to know and asked: "I came here because I have something to ask. I want to build a road in Yanzhou, leading to Ningzhou. I don't know what you think?"

"Build it from Puyang?? Mr. Xing doesn't plan to expand on the original Chidao, why?"

"I want to make Chidao more. It is best to connect the whole world tightly without any omissions." Xing Ziang replied seriously.

Da Zhan nodded without even hesitating, and said directly: "Your Excellency, starting from Puyang is not very good. It is best to start from Pingqiu. As for Baima, Baima crosses the river and reaches Puyang. To Renqiu, through Beiping to Pinggang, to Pingliang." He seemed to have a large map in his mind, and he planned a long road as he said it plainly. He thought for a moment, shook his head Shaking his head, he said, "Of course, this is still preliminary, and the details depend on Mr. Xing."

After hearing what he said, Xing Ziang stood up in surprise, looked at the Japanese man in front of him, and then at Jiang Gan who was beside him. Jiang Gan smiled and said, "Mr. Help Xinggong to complete the matter of Chidao"

Xing Ziang bowed to Dazhandu in front of him, and said, "Your Excellency, please help me!!"

Dazhang got up quickly, helped Xing Ziang up, shook his head and said: "Please forgive me, Mr. Xing, I have no intention of official career, and I don't like these things. What I want is to travel all over the world and see more places. Don’t hide the truth, I originally wanted to go to Liangzhou by water, and then go to Xizhou, but I feel unwell recently, so I stayed here helplessly, Mr. Xing forgives my sins.”

Xing Ziang was a little helpless, and he said: "The matter of leading the way is of great importance and will benefit the people. If you can help me, after the matter is completed, your name will surely spread throughout the world and be admired by everyone. Wouldn’t it be much easier to travel all over the world??” Da Zhan said, “Someone told me this 13 years ago, but I refused at that time. In the past 13 years, I have traveled all over the world. Dahan, he has experienced countless things in all the places he can set foot in. My heart is between mountains, rivers and lakes. I hope you will forgive me."

"Sigh..." Xing Ziang sighed, and gave up the idea of ​​continuing to recruit this person. Everyone has their own ambitions and cannot be forced, so Xing Ziang sat down and didn't want to persuade him anymore, but Jiang Gan who was on the side spoke. He looked at the capital and said "Did you ever feel the inconvenience of the roads when you traveled around the world? How many people in this world, like you, want to travel the world, but they can't go because of the roads. You know, this time Mr. Xing not only wants to build the Ningzhou Road, but also builds the Xizhou Road."

"If you can help me, wouldn't it be more convenient to travel around the world in the future?"

"Of course, if you don't want to be an official, then you won't be an official. You will follow Duke Xing, help him correct his route, point out the terrain and roads, and leave when the Chi Road is completed. You've been wasting too much time."

With Jiang Gan's persuasion, Da Chandu's face was a little shaken.

ps: I don’t know if you still remember this person, the guide who led Liu Mo when he went to Wa country, the one who had a dream of traveling all over the world, before you know it, it has been 13 years. Sigh.
In order to make up for today's update, Lao Lang came to the Internet cafe specially. This chapter was written in the Internet cafe. Because the power was cut off in the dormitory, Lao Lang stayed up late to finish the three chapters.

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