Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 253

In fact, what Xiang Kang is most concerned about is not his own claim to be king, but the mountainous internal problems in the land controlled by the Young Marshal Army.

Thanks to the blessing of Liu Laosan, after Qin Ting was forced to surrender by force, only eight days later, the Young Marshal’s Army faced the danger of a full-scale annexation with the coalition forces of the princes outside the pass, and had to prioritize all manpower and material resources for military preparations , Xiang Kang himself was forced to leave Xianyang City, the command center, and rushed to Hangu Pass with the main force of the young commander to deal with the threat of the coalition forces of the princes. It was too late to win the hearts of the Qin people and establish a new Guanzhong regime, let alone restore the economy. People's livelihood, clean up the accumulated abuses of the previous dynasty, develop science and technology education, and apply Xiang Kang's knowledge of later generations to the production and construction of this era.

The consequence of this is of course that various internal affairs were seriously delayed. In the one month after leaving Xianyang, Xiang Kanglen was unable to deal with a specific internal affairs, such as economy, personnel, criminal law, water conservancy, farming, grain and grass allocation. All rear affairs such as material supply and material supply can only be entrusted to Zhou Zeng, who was forcibly tied to the anti-Qin chariot by Xiang Kang at the beginning, to recruit new soldiers, form a new army, manage the local area, and prevent rebellion. It can only be handed over to the former Qin Jun County Wei Chaozhi. If there is a little carelessness, there is a danger of fire in the rear at any time.

Fortunately, neither Zhou Zeng nor Chao Zhi disappointed Xiang Kang. While staying in Xianyang, although Zhou Zeng, who was good at civil affairs, did not have any dazzling achievements, at least he handled the internal affairs in an orderly manner without any major mistakes.Chao Zhi also worked hard to do his job well, and in a short period of time, he urgently recruited [-] recruits for Xiang Kang, and went to the front line of the Yellow River to help Uncle Zhou block the menacing Zhao army from Shenyang's division. Yang took advantage of the opportunity to enter the hinterland of Guanzhong. During this period, some Xianyang officials who were still loyal to the Qin court tried to take advantage of the chaos to revolt, but Chao Zhi immediately suppressed it by force, killing the danger in the bud. Kang Li made a great contribution to stabilizing the rear.

But Xiang Kang didn't feel satisfied because of this. He just confirmed that the coalition forces of the princes disbanded on their own. The prosperous Guanzhong Plain is used as its own rear construction, laying the economic, material and human foundation for the next step of unifying the world.

Time is running short, and the division of the world organized by cousin Xiang Yu is also clearly intended to encircle and consume the Young Marshal Army. The princes outside the customs whose fiefs are controlled by the Young Marshal Army are already gearing up to kill the Young Marshal Army. Of course, it is impossible for Xiang Kang to reform politics on a large scale The system can only temporarily continue the system of the three officials and nine ministers left by the Qin court, and then reform it into a more advanced system of three provinces and six ministries when the time is right. Therefore, Xiang Kang did not bother too much about the political system, and devoted his energy to the most It is important to develop farming technology and military technology.

How to develop farming and military technology, as early as in Huaisi, Xiang Kang actually had a lot of plans, and he went deep into the front line of production and construction more than once, to understand the farming situation of this era, and to study how to use the fastest Time and minimal manpower and material resources were used to improve the farming technology which is still very backward. However, at that time, Xiang Kang was busy with the military almost every day, and Xiang Liang might reach out to seize power at any time. In the rear, Xiang Kangcai never put it into practice. He just kept some of his ideas in his heart and prepared to use them in the future.

Now Xiang Kang can finally show his talents. He has just returned to Ningqin with the main force of the young commander. Xiang Kang has already decided how to develop farming and expand food production. One is to get out the iron hoe, and the other is Implement the field replacement method to reduce the time for land to be left uncultivated. The third is to improve the plow to replace the primitive plow that is still very backward in this era, and there is also a more primitive Leisi farming technology.

It is easiest to make iron hoes. There were stone hoes in this era, but because of the brittleness of bronze, they could not be cast into hoes, and the iron smelting technology was very backward, so until now there have been no iron hoes. Xiang Kang had already figured out the smelting technology of ground strip steel, as long as the ground strip steel was used to make hoes, there was no need for Xiang Kang to do it at all, just find some skilled blacksmiths to do it.However, after replacing the stone hoes from the Stone Age with iron hoes, the efficiency of agricultural production and civil engineering can definitely rise to a new level.

Daitian method is a farming technique that Xiang Kang learned in TV popular science programs, and it is also a simple but huge progress in farming technology. In this era, because farming technology is too backward, farmers just turn up the land and sow, and the grain output In order to restore the fertility of the land, it usually takes one year of fallow to resume cultivation after one cultivation, and some relatively barren land even has to fall fallow for two years.

The Daitian method is different. The land is plowed into two shapes of ridges and ditches. The ridges are juxtaposed. In the first year, the seeds are sown into the ditch to get enough water to grow robustly. In summer, the ridges are flattened and reinforced with ridges. The roots of crops can resist drought and wind, reducing crop lodging.In the second year after the harvest, the plowed ridges become furrows, and the furrows become ridges. The seeds are sown in the furrows again and again, so that the same piece of land can be rested in turn, which will not delay farming production, but also restore the fertility of the land. If done well, the two-year grain output of one mu of land can be equivalent to the two-year grain output of two mu of land in this era.

The plow must also be reformed. There are too few cattle in this era. Only nobles and rich families have cattle. The farming tools are still very heavy and primitive, and the efficiency of farming land is extremely low. The plowing of the original Leisi farming is even more inefficient. Only by inventing the plow that appeared in later generations in advance can the fertile soil in the eight hundred miles of Guanzhong provide Xiang Kang with more military rations for murder and arson.

Originally speaking, Xiang Kang, who was a city resident before crossing, had no way to do it even if he knew that plow tools should be improved. But it happened that before crossing, Xiang Kang often went to a farmhouse where he and his friends hung out, and they put all kinds of plows. There are not only the Quyuan plow invented in the Tang Dynasty, but also human plows and pedal plows that do not require oxen. Kang was deeply impressed, and it happened to solve the problem that Xiang Kang was currently facing.

Xiang Kang's memory is not bad. After trying hard to remember, on the night of resting outside Ningqin City, Xiang Kang just relied on his own memory to draw Quyuanli and human plow on three pieces of silk. And the specific shape of the pedal plow, and marked the approximate size I estimated. The rest only needs to make the real thing according to the picture, and then improve and change through continuous experiments. It is definitely not a big problem to make these three advanced plows.

After the completion of the three plow tool sketches, Xiang Kang dropped the brush and rubbed his sore wrist when he saw the scraps of silk and silk scattered all over the floor. Get out the paper too? It will save me a lot of money, and I won’t have to wipe my ass with leaves in the future, right?”

This idea made Xiang Kang quite hesitant, because no matter how poor Xiang Kang's history was, he knew who invented the practical paper. If he took the credit for Eunuch Cai, what if he ended up like Eunuch Cai?As a result, when Xiang Kang was a little uncertain, Xu Ji, the captain of the personal army, suddenly brought a plate of food into the tent, and said to Xiang Kang: "You General, breakfast is ready."

"Eat breakfast?" Xiang Kang couldn't believe his ears, and asked in surprise, "It's already dawn?"

"It's dawn." Xu Ji said with a wry smile: "General You, you should also pay attention to rest, why didn't you sleep all night?"

It was Xu Ji's reminder that Xiang Kang realized that the sky outside the tent was already bright, and he hadn't slept all night without knowing it, so he smiled wryly and said, "You have to pay attention. If I do this again in the future, please remember to remind me. Don't tire me out."

Xu Ji was shaken by Xiang Kang's words, and he didn't say a word. He just put his breakfast in front of Xiang Kang. It just happened that what he ate this morning was steamed barley, and Xiang Kang hadn't picked it up yet. Chopsticks remembered another important event, and couldn't help but blurt out: "It is necessary to invent a stone mill, and grind the flour to carry with the army. It can save cooking time and facilitate digestion and absorption. You can also make some buns, steamed buns and pancakes." Dumplings improve food, and you don’t have to just eat yellow rice balls as a dry food.”

In fact, this era already has the prototype of a stone mill, but it is as primitive and backward as the agricultural tools of this era, heavy and huge, and cannot be transported at all. It is only used for refining water and drinking, and has never been used for grinding. At Sishi, Xiang Kang mainly ate rice, so he didn't notice this problem. It was only when he entered Guanzhong and ate wheat rice like Qin Jun did Xiang Kang realize that it was necessary for him to invent stone mills and flour. Think again, plus flour products are easy to carry, store, digest and absorb.

Because of this, Xiang Kang couldn't wait to draw the appearance of a stone mill in the carriage after eating a simple breakfast in a hurry, and took the army back to Xianyang. The road is wide and flat, and although sitting in a carriage can't draw precise pictures, it's not a big problem to draw rough sketches.

Of course, the stone mill is simpler than the plow. Xiang Kang also saw it many times in farmhouses before he traveled. I drew a similar sketch of a stone mill, and I was still holding the sketch from ear to ear. I couldn't wait to reminisce about the long-lost buns, steamed buns, fried dough sticks, dumpling wontons, ramen noodles, sliced ​​noodles, pie pancakes and sesame cakes.

Seeing Xiang Kang's silly and cheap smile, Zhang Liang, who was riding beside him, couldn't help being very curious, and couldn't help asking Xiang Kang the reason for his silly smile. Xiang Kang didn't hide it, and immediately made the stone mill sketch to Zhang Liang. Introduced in detail, but also the main purpose by the way.Zhang Liang was very surprised when he heard this, and said, "General You, it's so strange, why would you suddenly want to use this kind of stone mill to grind wheat into flour? It's enough to just eat wheat rice and porridge, why bother?"

"Mr. Zifang, once you have eaten good things made of wheat noodles, you will never go back to eat wheat rice and porridge." Xiang Kang said with a smile: "When the first batch of wheat noodles are ground, I will grind them with my own hands." Make you a meal of meat buns, and keep you eating until you want to swallow your tongue."

"It's really so delicious?" Zhang Liang obviously didn't believe it. After hesitating for a while, Zhang Liang said again: "General You, don't blame the foreign ministers for not listening. You have read it too. Now that the world is uncertain, and the princes outside the Guanzhong are still watching the tigers in the Guanzhong, if you only want to enjoy delicious food, I’m afraid..."

"Mr. Zifang, don't worry, I understand what you want to say." Xiang Kang quickly interrupted Zhang Liang's lecture, and said, "I want to make flour, but in fact, it is more for the sake of our army soldiers, and we use wheat flour to make meals Not only is it faster, it saves the cooking time of our soldiers, but it is also more satisfying and durable than staple foods such as rice, bean soup, and millet rice. As long as you have a full meal made of wheat noodles in the morning, it is not easy to feel hungry in the afternoon. Hungry, easy to carry and store, and reduce our logistical burden, that’s why I attach so much importance to this stone mill.”

Seeing that Xiang Kang was serious, Zhang Liang stopped nagging Xiang Kang, and just nodded with a smile, expressing that he believed in Xiang Kang, twisted his body a few times in extreme discomfort, and smiled wryly. Said: "It still doesn't work. After riding for a long time, it will be very uncomfortable. It seems that the foreign minister can't learn how to ride well in his life. The right general forgives the sin. The foreign minister has to go back to the car and sit."

Xiang Kang knew that Zhang Liang's health was not good, and he also knew that riding directly on horseback was uncomfortable. Of course, Xiang Kang nodded immediately, but when Zhang Liang left, Xiang Kang also had a problem in his heart. "Should we invent the Takahashi saddle and stirrup?"

Leaning on the carriage and thinking for a long time, Xiang Kang still gave up the idea of ​​inventing the Takahashi saddle and stirrup immediately, because Xiang Kang knew very well that if the Takahashi saddle and stirrup were invented, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry of our own army would definitely be improved immediately. With a big improvement, it is certainly no problem to sweep the princes outside the customs in cavalry warfare, but once these two kinds of harnesses are spread to the nomadic peoples in the north, they are likely to bring disaster to the Han people in the Central Plains!
Only ten years after the unification of Qin Shihuang, the anti-Qin uprising broke out all over the world. After several years of war, the population of the people in the Central Plains has already decreased sharply, and the overall national strength has declined seriously. Even if Xiang Kang believes that he can eventually unify the world, he dare not Guaranteed how long it will take me to do this, and I don’t know how many people in the Central Plains will be killed or injured in the great war to unify the world. I know that if I want to gain a short-term advantage, I will invent the Takahashi saddle and stirrup that will change the mode of cavalry warfare in advance. It came out and spread to the nomads in the north represented by the Huns, and the nomads took advantage of the weakening of China's national strength to go south in a large scale.
So considering this, Xiang Kang could only say silently in his heart: "Let's talk about it later, when I unify the world and restore national power, let the Central Plains cavalry be at least one-third of the Huns' cavalry, and then put the saddle Only with the invention of the stirrup and stirrup can we be sure to kill the wolves on the prairie once and for all. Or, I can leave this matter to my children and grandchildren. In short, we can’t throw watermelon for sesame seeds now. Prairie barbarians."

After dispelling this idea, Xiang Kang suddenly remembered what Xiang Yu had said in front of him. He regretted that the saber he gave him was not suitable for cavalry warfare, and his cavalry did not have suitable weapons.Then Xiang Kang only made some calculations, and quickly drew a saber with a curvature and a gauntlet on the carriage, marked the approximate size he estimated, and put it together with the farm tool drawing he drew last night, just waiting Go back and try to forge or forge.

In order to fundamentally improve the combat effectiveness of the Young Commander's Army, it is of course not enough to have sabers, hooks, and sabers. Driving westward, Xiang Kang is still racking his brains to remember what advances he has. Weapons can be developed in advance, and then, naturally, gunpowder besides the four great inventions naturally jumped out of Xiang Kang's mind.

"Is it necessary to get the gunpowder out in advance? This thing is easier to control, and the recipe is easy to keep secret, and even if it is leaked, the northern nomadic cavalry has no raw materials, so it is difficult to imitate it, but what's the use of getting out the gunpowder?" ? With the productivity and production technology of this era, can I make guns and cannons?"

"Wait, it should still be useful. Even if I can't make guns and cannons, I put gunpowder in bottles to make primitive grenades, which can still be useful on the battlefield. At least it can scare the enemy half to death and disrupt the enemy's battle formation. It must be effective, and it can also be used as an incendiary bomb. Also, it should not be difficult to spray rockets. It is also a surprise to the enemy during the battle, and the technology has accumulated enough in advance, and it will appear in advance after hundreds of years. Guns and cannons are not out of the question."

At this point in his calculations, Xiang Kang wrote down the words mononitrate, disulfide and three charcoal on the silk, and marked that this is only an approximate formula, and the specific ingredient ratio can be adjusted and changed through repeated experiments. Quality leads must be rubbed into nitrate powder.

Then, after drawing a rough sketch of the fish scale armor on the silk and an iron helmet with a face shield, Xiang Kang, who hadn't slept all night last night, fell asleep on the carriage, She kept showing a smirk in her sleep, and she didn't know whether she was dreaming of the 72 concubines of Sangong Sixth Courtyard, or ten or eight peerless beauties without clothes, but she slept very soundly.

The speed of returning to the division with light clothes was very fast. Only in the afternoon of the next day, the main force of the Young Marshal, led by Xiang Kang, returned to the Hongmen camp near Xianyang. Zhou Zeng and Chao Zhi, who had already received the news, also brought Hundreds of Xianyang officials lined up to greet Xiang Kang's triumphant return, and countless people in Guanzhong came to greet him spontaneously. When Xiang Kang got off the carriage, all the officials in Xianyang and the people in Guanzhong bowed to the ground and saluted in unison. Called: "Congratulations to the king on his triumphant return! Congratulations to the king on his triumphant return!"

"Uncle Ya, what do you mean?" Zhou Zeng, who came up to greet Xiang Kang with a smile, asked: "The enthronement ceremony has not been officially held yet, why do you start calling it that?"

"General You, the conscience of heaven and earth, it really wasn't arranged by the lower officials." Zhou Zeng complained, saying: "They wanted to call it that, the lower officials didn't make special arrangements."

After saying that, Zhou Zeng said with a smile: "However, please forgive me, General You. In order to save time, I have already asked people to start to build a loess high altar by the Weishui River for you, and sent people to rush to repair Xiang's ancestral hall. It is convenient for you, General Right, to ascend the throne and become king at any time."

Xiang Kang smiled helplessly, and said: "Let's follow the rules. Starting tomorrow, I will fast for five days in the barracks. After five days, I will worship my ancestors first, and then ascend to the altar to become king. Is the banner ready? Live, it's the word 'Chinese'!"

"Follow the order of the King of Han!" Zhou Zeng bowed his hands to accept the order, and took the lead to bow to Xiang Kang on his knees, and said loudly, "Long live the King of Han!"

"Long live the King of Han!" The young marshal Jun Wenwu next to him knelt down together and shouted in unison.

"Long live the King of Han!" The people on the side of the road fell to their knees again, and their voices were like a landslide and tsunami. "Long live the King of Han! Long live the King of Han!"

Surrounded by loud noises, Xiang Kang was not impressed, and sighed quietly, secretly said: "Liu Laosan, don't blame me for grabbing your national title, I was also forced to this step. But don't worry, I established The Han Dynasty will only be stronger than yours!"

(End of this chapter)