Chapter 359 Meaning

From ancient times to the present, the biggest factor of change in the geography of China has been following the Yellow River. In the early days, the Yellow River's entrance to the sea was to the north of the Shandong Peninsula. In the current period, because the Yellow River captured the Huaihe River during the Song Dynasty, the downstream changed its course and merged with the Huaihe River. The outlet was directly changed to the south of the Shandong Peninsula.

Zongjia Avenue goes south from Liaoyang, and after passing through Shandong is this area. It goes along the canal. It exists as another major artery connecting the north and south of eastern China besides the canal.

Zongyi Avenue also passes through the capital, but its northern end starts from Guangwu Prefecture, the seat of Mudong Prefecture in the Monan Grassland. Guangwu Prefecture was originally Guangwu Town, an important town in the northern part of the original Horqinduoyan tribe of Tatar. It is now the seat of Mudong Prefecture.

Starting from Guangwu, go straight south through the eastern grassland, pass through the Great Wall Pass, enter Miyun, intersect with Zongjia Avenue here in the capital, then go southwest, pass Baoding and go south along Taihang 1st Road to enter Henan Yizhou, at Yangwu and Hengyi Avenue intersection. Then, like the Hengyi Avenue, it continues to extend from Kaifeng on the other side of the Yellow River. The Hengyi Avenue goes west to Luoyang and Guanzhong, and the Longitudinal Yi Avenue continues southward, passing through Nanyang and entering Hanyang in Huguang on the Yangtze River as the middle third of the journey. Later, it intersects with Hengbing Avenue in Jiangxia on the other side of Hanyang, looking southward through eastern Huguang, into western Jiangxi, and finally to Panyu in Guangdong.

The last main longitudinal road starts at the northern end of Juyanfu, the seat of Muzhong Prefecture. Juyan Prefecture was named after Juyanhai. During the Tatar period, it was named Yijinai. After the establishment of Muzhong Prefecture, it was used as the state capital and was renamed Juyan Prefecture. Hengjia Avenue from the east also passes here and intersects with it.

Zongbing Avenue starts from Juyan Prefecture, goes south out of the grassland, runs through mountains and Shaanxi, crosses the Yellow River to Chang'an where it intersects with Hengyi Avenue, then crosses Hanzhong into Sichuan, passes through Yunnan and Guizhou, and finally ends at Jianshui, Lin'an Prefecture, Yunnan.

Six avenues, three vertical and three horizontal, run through the east and west, connect the north and the south, and intersect with each other to form the backbone of the road transportation system of the Daxia Empire. The shortest of the six avenues is more than six thousand miles, and the longest is more than ten thousand miles. The total mileage adds up to sixty thousand miles.

This kind of huge national project has probably never been thought of by anyone in the previous dynasties. Maybe some people have thought about it, but the productivity level is not up to the requirements. They can only turn it around in their minds and put it down, which is simply impossible to achieve.

But Ying Yi dared.

Sixty thousand miles of main trunk, three horizontal and three vertical, to build its framework within a year, even if it is hundreds of years later, is probably a wishful thinking. But Ying Yi has a certain degree of confidence - firstly, there are tens of millions of slaves available, secondly, there is no shortage of food, and thirdly, the Yuanqi plan provides convenience.

It is precisely because of these conditions that Ying Yi has a bolder follow-up plan-the construction of secondary roads and final roads.

The so-called secondary roads are the roads connecting the county offices. In the past, they could be called official roads. The nodes are the administrative offices at the county, prefecture, and state levels. Within the large framework of the main roads, a road transportation network is formed that connects the counties, prefectures, and prefectures in the south, north, and south of the country.

The mileage of secondary roads is even scarier than that of main roads. But the secondary road has its foundation - the official road established by previous dynasties is the foundation. Improve and rest on the basis of official doctrine.

The last is the final road, which actually connects every village. The ultimate goal of road transportation is to achieve barrier-free communication between villages and towns. Just like the country before Ying Yi traveled back hundreds of years later.

Tens of millions of slave laborers, which will continue to grow, are one of the foundations for establishing this magnificent transportation system. High-yield grains in two seasons a year are another foundation. The third foundation is the unity of everyone. Xia government agencies.

The Ministry of Industry, which is in charge of transportation and construction, has already come up with a rough strategy and has been approved by Ying Yi. This strategy was formally perfected in the spring of the second year of the Huaxia era and promulgated in the form of an imperial edict.

The specific strategy is to divide the road system at the prefectural and county levels. Then contract it to a businessman who is willing to undertake the construction. The imperial officials only need to supervise and then come up with a sum of money and a batch of food.

Contractors do not need to recruit many workers, and slave labor camps are the main force. The contractors were actually just a factor in sharing the chores of the imperial officials, saving the officials a certain amount of energy. And they can get huge profits from it - the road contractors do not have the right to use part of the road, they will only get the money provided by the empire - anyway, when the empire first formed, it required a large amount of preparation and issuance of new coins. This is also A means of distribution.

Divided according to the prefectural and county levels, due to the complexity of the project volume, a large number of businessmen can afford it. If we divide it according to the amount of projects at the state level or even larger, I am afraid that not many can be built.

In fact, this was also a macro-strategy for the empire to mobilize the people's human, material and financial resources, and through this strategy, it accelerated the popularity of new coins and promoted the circulation of commerce. Therefore, this strategy, Ying Yi's outline, and the Ministry of Commerce participated in improving it.

Once the road transportation system is completed - it does not need to be completely completed, as long as the main roads are completed, the significance to this new empire can be foreseen. Whether it is for civil exchanges, commercial circulation, or military purposes, it is immeasurable.

The cattle and sheep on the northern grasslands can reach the southernmost tip of the empire within one day through the three main roads and carried by the element transport vehicles that will gradually be used for civilian use in the future. The medicinal materials produced in Liaodong can reach the westernmost tip of the empire within one day through the Hengsan main road.

When a war breaks out on the border, whether it is the dispatch of supplies or the mobilization of troops, it is possible to reach a predetermined position before the situation worsens and changes.

The strategic significance is unparalleled.

Therefore, even if half or all of the tens of millions of slaves died, Ying Yi would still have to establish this system.

Of course, this is impossible. If the productivity of the previous dynasty were to build such a system, 10 million people would really die. Grasslands, deserts, plateaus, and mountains are all huge obstacles to road construction.

However, the Yuanqi plan can provide protection for this.

With the newly released deduction function, on the day of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Ying Yi spent tens of millions of people and energy to conduct three scenario deductions. One of them is about road construction.

He needs a kind of weapon, one that can cut mountains and build roads efficiently.

And this plan was perfectly formed in the spring of the second year of the Huaxia era after nearly half a year of deduction. Currently, Yuanqi Temple is in the process of planning and implementation.

This new element, in the deduced plan, fully meets Ying Yi's purpose. It has two efficient functions, one is to cut mountains and the other is to build roads.

Needless to say, there is no need to talk about carving mountains. For example, entering Sichuan and Sichuan, heading west to the Tibetan plateau, the Mobei grassland and desert, and the barren mountains and endless rivers. According to the old thinking, use gunpowder, hammer, and chisel, and take human lives to fill it. And with this kind of element, it would be easy to open the mountain.

Secondly, build roads - Ying Yi, adhering to the genes of an infrastructure fanatic, was building roads when he was in Henan. Roads were also being built to the capital, and they are still being built to this day. But the roads built before were all old-style. Not only is it time-consuming and labor-intensive, but the gravel road cannot withstand wind and rain. Unless there are strict requirements like Zulong building Chidao and the Great Wall, it will not be able to meet the standards in Ying Yi's mind. Therefore, a type of engineering components with corresponding functions is deduced to solve this problem.