Goose Three Kingdoms

Chapter 641 Zhou Zhang Book
Hukou Waterfall, a wooden tower built on the rocky shore.

Black Bear took the blueprint and compared it with the coordinates of the surrounding flags. He had no intention of breaking through the mouth of the pot, at least not now.

About 400 miles upstream from Hukou, there is a ferry called Chikou.

Qi, pronounced as qi, refers to the river bank where sand and gravel are piled up.

The river channel becomes narrower below the mouth of the Qi River, the water is turbulent, and navigation is difficult.

Above the Chikou, the waterway connects Yunzhong, Wuyuan, Shuofang, and Beidi, and can reach Jincheng County in one breath.

The river route from Chikou to Hukou is too long. If you want to widen it, you have to dig the Qin-Jin Grand Canyon.

Even if we have high-performance explosives in the future, how do we deal with the huge amount of sand and gravel?

Once we have high-performance explosives... with that level of productivity, blasting mountains, building roads, and laying railroad tracks will be much more convenient than shipping on the Yellow River.

Therefore, at this moment, Black Bear was simply observing the changes in the height difference at Hukou and exercising the secretary's ability to calculate engineering projects.

Of course, this is more or less a means of misleading officials.

It is always better to mess with big projects than to mess with the family businesses passed down from generation to generation by officials.

For Black Bear, the 30-ton iron hammer has not been put into practical use since it was cast.

Using this to dig out the Sanmenxia site requires precise placement to control the size of the gravel, and to clean up while digging.

However, the Hukou area does not require such delicate operations.

By repeatedly dropping from the sky and breaking the rocks within the range, if you spend more time, you will eventually be able to chisel open the mouth of the pot.

The river channel below Hukou is gentle and can absorb a lot of gravel, which is different from the lower reaches of Sanmenxia.

The river there is too narrow and the drop in height is too great, so rocks that cannot be washed away will take root and cause undercurrent whirlpools.

I carefully estimated the feasibility of digging the mouth of the pot. Now that I have the tool in my hand, I would feel itchy if I don’t give it a try.

After watching for a while, he said to Xuan Liang who was traveling with him: "The boats in Shuofang counties are old and small. I hope you can cut down the timber from the Luliang Mountains in the next few years and transport it to Qikou nearby, so that you can build boats here to facilitate the upstream transportation. When the Dizhu is dug through, I will mobilize soldiers and corvée labor to dig a mountain road to connect Qikou. One road will lead to Yan'an in Guanzhong, and the other will lead to Lishi in Xihe."

In the future, material resources from the core areas of Qin and Jin can be transported to Chikou, which is Lin County, and can be directly transported to Jincheng County.

There is no need to even transport it to Jincheng County, it can just stay in Beidi County.

When you go on an expedition to the Western Regions, you don't have to go through Yumen Pass. You can also take the grassland trade route.

Black Bear has no geographical knowledge in this regard. He only remembers that many people said Tannu Uriankhai was very important, as if it were a major transportation route.

As long as they can pass through and have stable supplies along the way, it is acceptable to take a big detour to attack the Western Regions.

This year, Kebi Neng has started to migrate westward along this route. It is estimated that the Xianbei people have swept through the area along the way. If he were to follow suit, there would definitely be abundant water and grass along the way.

Xuan Liang held the booklet in one hand and the ink-absorbing copper pen in the other hand to quickly write down his notes. He then turned the page and looked at his itinerary plan, and said, "Your Majesty, there are many dangerous shoals in Queshu Valley, which is not conducive to the navigation of large ships. I beg you to send 5,000 soldiers and civilians to clear the dangerous shoals."

Seeing no objection from Black Bear, he continued, "I plan to start the construction after the autumn when the Fen River dries up. We will gather manpower in mid-September every year and stop in early February of the following year. We will mainly station troops in Taiyuan and Hedong counties, and then hire craftsmen and scholars who are good at breaking stones and controlling water."

It is just to manage dangerous shoals. The workload is controllable and the transportation volume is not large.

The project of digging through the Dizhu was planned to involve 60,000 people, but less than 5,000 people were actually capable of digging stones on the front line. The rest of the manpower was mainly used to transport gravel, fuel, and repair roads.

During the dry season in winter, people have to be assigned to clean up the reefs and dangerous shoals on both sides of the downstream.

"Yes, you will calculate the detailed money, food, materials, and labor service and submit it to the shogunate for review."

Seeing Xuan Liang's puzzled expression, Black Bear said, "Human energy is limited. Now that the country is peaceful both internally and externally, there is no need to spend extra on the military. The government treasury and the people have savings, so we should do something meaningful. If they can't do a good job, I will replace them."

"Yes, I understand."

Xuanliang didn't need to think much to know the current status of the various departments in the shogunate.

They only have the right to review, but they have no right to propose or initiate new projects.

Just like the Shangshu Xingtai, he had no right to propose a bill, and could only agree or reject it. In other words, he had no right to mobilize manpower and material resources, and could not interfere with county-level units.

Only when the projects proposed by themselves are approved can the various Caos issue orders to mobilize manpower and material resources to the counties involved through the project plan, and then the counties will implement it.

In terms of actual power to manage people, the various Caos are not as powerful as a county magistrate.

However, the county magistrate only has the power to enforce the law when he is responsible for execution.

The ones who actually hold power at all times are the centurions in charge of production, the military governors' offices, the shipyards, and the mines.

There is always a flow of materials, and people are also being managed at all times.

After viewing the Hukou Waterfall, Xuan Liang accompanied Black Bear back to the Yuanshi battleship.

There were navigation campfires every three or five miles on both sides of the river, and there were knights accompanying them.

The first and second floors of the Yuanshi battleship are brightly lit.

For fire prevention reasons, the first and second floors of the cabin have limited lighting and can only be used for rest after dark.

Thanks to the polishing of the crystal, Black Bear now has two crystal lanterns.

Read the error-free version at 69shuba! 6=9+shu_ba is the first to publish this novel.

Therefore, a crystal lantern was hung on the ceiling of the command tower so that Black Bear could deal with various letters calmly.

With the appointment of the new Secretary-General Yang Jun, Yang Jun reformed the medium of letters.

It is no longer the loose pages of the past, but has been replaced by a regular book.

Zhou Zhang, a memorial goes back and forth for a cycle, which is called a week; although the previous ones were also in the form of Zhou Zhang, there was only one cycle.

For some complicated matters, Black Bear still has to look through the archives.

After Yang Jun's reform, each person has his own book, and the book is used repeatedly. Basically, Black Bear can see the "history record" of previous chats when he flips through it.

It saves the time of flipping through the archives separately, allowing Black Bear to quickly grasp the situation and make the content coherent.

There are some disadvantages as well, for example, the loose pages that originally could be packed into one tray now require three or four trays.

From an intuitive point of view, it seems that Black Bear has to deal with more official documents.

In fact, the efficiency has increased greatly. Another bad thing is that when Secretary Lang copies the information into the files, he also needs to copy it into the corresponding supplementary volume, which allows him to read the chat records between Black Bear and his subordinates more intuitively.

Previously, when Secretary Lang copied, he also copied the corresponding files, but due to the rotation of personnel, everyone could only read the content copied on that day.

There is a lack of coherent understanding of the content and many things are only partially understood.

Now, no matter how frequently the secretary changes, as long as he handles it, he can read the entire book, understand the contents, and Black Bear's complete attitude.

Although it reduces personal privacy, it also allows Secretary Lang to directly grasp, learn and understand Black Bear's attitude towards work.

It feels a bit like "case law". When they are sent out in the future and encounter similar things, they can cite what they saw and heard when they were working at the secretariat.

Even if you make a mistake, it won't be too outrageous.

If the mistake is too outrageous, then it must be a deliberate misinterpretation with malicious intent.

Yang Jun's reform was not only to compile the loose leaves into books, but he also ordered each department to compile the previous loose leaves into books, copy them and make them available for the officials in the department to read.

As for this book, it is allowed to be kept privately for family heirloom use.

Although a lot of the content was rather ridiculous at first, such as a sheep giving birth to triplets, and Black Bear responding by feeding more milk; there were also arrangements for widows to remarry, and even taking people to plant trees. Some counties requested to arrange for stallions and cattle, and Black Bear would also approve the permission.

With permission, these county officials could easily borrow breeding cattle from nearby hundred-household offices.

If a centurion from a mountainous area reports in a letter that the nearby bandits have not been eliminated, Black Bear will arrange for several centurions nearby to organize an army to clean up the area.

There were also some contents that were too outrageous and absurd, and many centurions were dismissed from their posts or flogged.

(End of this chapter)