Goose Three Kingdoms

Chapter 624 The So-called Invincible

In Chencang, a thin layer of snow in the morning melted away by noon.

Only a little white remains in the shadows and leeward areas.

The new warship has gradually taken shape. It is a flat-bottomed warship with a bottom width of 48 feet, a height of 36 feet from the bottom of the cabin to the deck, and a deck width of 64 feet.

There are three floors of space inside, with a length of thirty-six feet from front to back and a deck of forty feet.

There were no sails, no oars, not even a keel.

The interior has not yet been divided into compartments and is currently just a frame.

When the weather turns cold, the waterproofing work on the bottom of the ship is also stopped. Wood oil is applied from time to time, and the main painting work is transferred to the cabin.

The bottom of the cabin is painted every three to five days. After the painting is completed, a one-foot-high sealed compartment is added. This also needs to be reinforced with paint to ensure sealing.

The cabin can also be heated by a stove. After the cabin is fully constructed, when the weather gets warmer next year, the bottom of the cabin will be given the final paint and coating.

This battleship was designed entirely according to the cabin of a future converted airship.

In order to reduce the weight of the hull as much as possible, lightweight wood is used as the material for dividing the internal space.

These woods are cut and trimmed into strips to form wooden lattice boards. Goose down is filled between the wooden lattices, and silk is pasted on both sides.

For the purpose of sound insulation, similar filling and pasting techniques were also used on the inner walls of the cabin.

Meetings will also be held in cabins in the future, so the wooden lattice partitions will either be sliding door structures or detachable structures.

The power currently comes from two steam engines in the middle and rear, which transmit power to the propellers and assist in steering with the tail rudder.

As the overall framework of the battleship was completed, Black Bear came to the battleship during the noon painting period every day to command the soldiers to work.

He spent more time on official business. One day, as soon as he walked out of the side door of the ship, he saw Fa Zheng walking quickly towards him with an official document in his hand.

He walked down the wooden ladder, and Fa Zheng stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, four days ago, the Right Wise King defeated the Sheng Qiang in Mucheng Valley, chased the remaining enemies and besieged them in Longqi City."

Black Bear looked calm as he picked up Ma Chao's victory report and read: "There were less than 50,000 Qiang natives in Huangzhong who were capable of fighting, 30,000 young and strong, and less than 10,000 elite. It is not surprising that he defeated them with a force of more than 10,000 strong."

Looking at the gains and losses reported by Ma Chao, the only thing that made Black Bear satisfied was that the losses were not high.

The issues in Hehuang must be taken seriously, and we cannot take it lightly just because we have won this time.

The troops led by Ma Chao and Zhang Xiu were all veterans who had survived the civil war, and they had completely delegated power.

Only then was the unstable Sheng Qiang defeated.

It will be difficult to replicate the current military and political atmosphere in future border wars.

However, in the short term, there are no conditions to station troops in Hehuang or reclaim land in Hehuang. Compared with the Hehuang Valley, the pastures in Longxi, Shangjun, Anding, Beidi and Hetao are better.

If the surrendered Qiang people were allowed to farm and graze in Hehuang, it would be fine in the short term, but over time it would become the Qiang people's ancestral home.

Black Bear thought for a while while holding the document, and then said, "Order Ma Chao, Zhang Xiu, and Meng Da to destroy all cities and camps when they return victoriously, but do not destroy existing houses. After the inspection, build a Jingguan in the suburbs of Xining City and carve a monument to commemorate the victory. Also order Gan Ning to stop the transportation of grain and fodder, and use the grain stored in Yuzhong to supplement the needs of the various armies. Order the Qinghua guards to escort the prisoners back to Guanzhong in batches."

If all defensive buildings were abandoned, any future Qiang people migrating to Hehuang would face great difficulties.

The Qiang people have low production efficiency. If they do not settle down to engage in farming, they will have no food storage. The savings from nomadic life alone are not enough to build a decent defensive fortress group.

But if they settle down and have no fortifications to rely on, it will naturally be easier to expel them.

In the future, the Qiang people in Hehuang will be allowed to migrate here, but if they dare to settle down, we will send troops to expel them and capture them.

Black Bear made a decision and said, "Pack your bags and return to Ganquan the day after tomorrow."

"Here."

Fa Zheng agreed and left first to prepare to draft the relevant official documents.

Black Bear looked back at the battleship and could only leave the subsequent cabin painting work to local craftsmen.

Since the front line had achieved a crucial victory, there was no need for him to keep an eye on this place.

Now we are going back to Ganquan, where there is more detailed personnel file information.

Basically, the personnel change plan for more than 120 counties in the core counties next year has been finalized. Even if there are deviations, there will only be personnel changes for a few people.

How is it possible to lay off or promote people based solely on the performance appraisal results?
This way my wife is passive. What if something goes wrong?
The blacklist and the red list have been known for a long time, and the entire performance evaluation is done based on the blacklist!
Get rid of these people first, and the rest will either be promoted or stay where they are.

If you can't clean it up according to the blacklist, then clean up the people who are responsible for the performance evaluation!

Fairness? Military merit is the greatest fairness now!

An official who repeatedly speculates may be able to complete various tasks while in office, but such officials who perform well must also be restricted.

The more critical the position, the less likely these people are to be outstanding, but they must be reliable and stable.

The world was still unsettled, and when he looked down at his territory, he was shocked to find that there was no trace of the enemy.

This is really scary. These people are all bent over and their heads are lowered, so you can't see their faces or expressions at all.

They all appear to be submissive, but only they themselves know what they are thinking.

Now they are eager to train a capable Hu Weiyong, do things that offend people, and then wait for this person to form a group and then kill him with a slap.

Only a fast-moving group of officials can give the vast majority of people the opportunity to demonstrate their talents, which is conducive to the shogunate's screening.

Those who had the original sin were old ministers of the Han Dynasty. After being screened and promoted later, many of them were promoted.

Performance appraisal is a means to serve cleansing, and cleansing is the goal.

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If personnel transfers are really made based on performance evaluation results, how naive would that be?

The only bad thing now is that it is very difficult to get rid of Fa Zheng, which makes Hei Xiong miss Lu Cui and his gang a little.

However, Lu Cui's death was worthy and worthwhile.

The death of one person gained the trust of the surrendered soldiers and prisoners.

During military operations, mutual trust between superiors and subordinates is the most important and fundamental thing.

An army with mutual trust among its superiors and subordinates will not suffer a great loss even if it fails in a battle.

Perhaps if Lu Cui had lived and done his best to serve the public, his lifetime achievements and contributions would not be as good as such a death.

The black bear, with murderous intent, took a spacious military vehicle back to the temporary base.

Fa Zheng returned first and announced the decision to move back to Ganquan.

Therefore, all the officials, both high and low, were delighted and were packing up various utensils.

In the warm house, Black Bear took the draft handed to him by Wei Kang and picked up the brush in the plate to sign.

He asked Wei Kang: "This time, the four counties in Hexi, as well as Longxi, Tianshui, and Hanzhong, all have county magistrates and county heads who have followed the army and made meritorious contributions. Their meritorious services will be assessed within the year and they will be promoted to the government. You have made great contributions following me. Where do you want to work?"

Wei Kang was stunned. He was not mentally prepared for this.

He felt a little disappointed, but he also knew that his father had resigned from his post as governor of Liangzhou, and he could now serve as an official in the counties of Liangzhou.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Your Majesty, the four counties in Hexi are in need of reconstruction. I want to go to Hexi."

"Okay, once the promotions for the four county chiefs are completed, I will select a place to appoint you."

After Black Bear finished speaking, he saw Wei Kang was about to bow and retreat, so he stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "You will go ahead tomorrow and stay with your family at home. Come back to Ganquan in half a month. Hexi is remote, so bring your wife and children with you when you go."

"Thank you, sir."

Wei Kang then took a few steps back and turned to leave.

Black Bear turned his head to look out the window, and the two puppet Taoist soldiers on duty outside the window turned around and lowered the window.

Black Bear flipped through the documents on the desk and let out a long sigh.

In terms of investment and results in the Hehuang battle, it can be said that we made no loss, but just made less profit.

But it is of great significance, as it means that in the future, he will no longer need to personally lead wars of the same level, and they can be resolved by important generals at the region level.

This also means that there is the possibility of fighting on multiple fronts and suppressing rebellions, and this possibility is the possibility of winning calmly, not the possibility of a forced stalemate.

In other words, there is no need to detain the relatives of county-level officials, and they can be reunited with their spouses.

For example, Zhuge Liang felt embarrassed because his wife and he had been separated for so long.

Zhuge Liang and his wife had no choice. If they had a slightly older child coming to Guanzhong to study, they would not have had to take Huang Yueying as a hostage.

It’s not that there is a lack of a hostage like Huang Yueying, but that the system is like this.

(End of this chapter)