In the thirty years of Emperor Qin Shihuang, the world was peaceful this year, and there was no major event throughout the year.

If we have to search carefully, there are two things worth talking about.

First, Qin Shihuang once again made a different move from history. He did not go to Guandong impatiently under the persuasion of Confucian scholars, but instead chose to visit the Bashu area during spring and summer.

The original purpose of the hunting tour was to lead a large army of guards to inspect defense within the territory, join the princes, supervise political affairs, and worship gods. Every hunting tour had a clear purpose: Qin Shihuang's first hunting tour was 27 years after the throne. He went to Longxi and the two counties in the north, with the purpose of returning to the Qin people's hometown and reporting the unification to his ancestors. Secondly, he could also go to the frontier to take a look and refer to the "Western Expansion" matters proposed by Heifu.

The second tour was in the 28th year. He went to Daibei and Shangjun to supervise the attack on the Xiongnu in the northern border.

In the twenty-nine years, because the war against the Huns was in full swing, the emperor did not patrol and lived in Xianyang for a whole year.

Not long after the spring of the thirty years, the active emperor could no longer rest. So he brought some civil and military officials, one thousand Langwei, and thousands of followers, crossed the Qinling Mountains, entered Hanzhong, crossed the plank road, passed Shushan, and arrived in Chengdu.

Bashu was once an ancient country, but it was destroyed by Sima Cuo during the reign of King Hui of Qin a hundred years ago. After that, Ba County was directly transformed into counties, but local tyrants such as Ba Shi had a great influence on the local area. In Shu, two Shu marquis were first established, and they were expelled by the King of Qin twice in the name of "rebellion".

Qin Shihuang inspected Bashu naturally had a clear purpose. Bashu was incorporated into Qin for a hundred years and belonged to the "Qin land" in a broad sense, and was also the most popular area of ​​the old Qin Dynasty's gods.

One of the purposes of Qin Shihuang coming here was because he heard that the "Shan Hai Jing" that described the most bizarre Queen Mother of the West was written by the Bashu Wu Zhu. The Queen Mother of the West was in the snow-capped mountains west of Bashu, and then became very interested in it.

But it was just an interest. What really prompted him to set off was that after attacking the Huns last year, most of the food in Guanzhong was consumed, and this year it would have to supply more than 100,000 garrison soldiers and civilians in the border areas continuously. Since Guanzhong's food is constantly being transported to the north, it needs to be transported from other places. Even if the officials are promoting the method of fertilizing fields, the grain in Guandong and Nanjun is only enough for local use, so the court could only set its sights on Bashu.

This is why the emperor's trip to Bashu. He was a person who liked to be honest with him. He always heard that Bashu was the second granary of Qin. He had to take a look at it himself to determine its potential.

When crossing Shu Mountain, Qin Shihuang was shocked by the dangerous path of the ladder and stone stacks. He also understood why Qin could not destroy Bashu for hundreds of years, because the road was too difficult to walk. However, when he entered the Chengdu Plain, he saw that the wealth and health here were no less than Guanzhong. More importantly, the ditches were everywhere, irrigating millet fields, and fertile fields for thousands of miles.

When the emperor looked back at Shu Mountain, he couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, I first learned why General Sima Cuo said when he attacked Shu that he had enough to broaden the country and gained his wealth to enrich the people! It is not surprising that General Sima entered the temple in Jingbian. Although he was not as beheaded as Wu'an, he had seized the land! He should also enter the temple of Xun!"

This is the first time that Bashu has been incorporating Qin into the first century, but the Qin people in Shu immigrated, but they are not very excited...

Bashu has always been the most concentrated place for Qin's exiles. When Lao Ai rebelled, there were many other parties. Qin Shihuang seized the title and moved more than 4,000 families to Shu. Lu Buwei's family and followers were the same. Shu was also the final place for their exile. This place is like the Thirteenth Colonials in the later generations of Britain. Australia, and most of the locals were descendants of exiled prisoners, so they naturally would not have a deep sense of belonging to Qin.

However, under the organization of the officials, Chengdu City, which is the same as Xianyang, was still hanged on the city wall in brocade to welcome the emperor, which made the emperor have a good first impression of Chengdu, which was that he liked the local peppercorns and the taste of dogwood food made him not very fond of it.

As he got older, not only did Qin Shihuang's left ear become more and more weak, but his stomach was not very good.

After living in Chengdu for a few days, Qin Shihuang, accompanied by the county magistrate, went to inspect the "博博" (英), which is Dujiangyan.

It was the time when the Minjiang River was the largest in a year, but I saw that the Minjiang River divided it into two parts. Not only did it not cause floods, but it allowed countless surrounding fields to be irrigated by ditches, killing two birds with one stone.

Qin Shihuang always attached great importance to water conservancy. He tried his best to let Zheng State build the Zheng State Canal. The large dam in front of him seemed simple, but it turned the rebellious Minjiang River from a great disaster into a great fortune in Shu County, irrigating thousands of miles of fertile land. Since then, the Chengdu plain has been flooded and drought, and the people have not known hunger. The continuous supply of food along the river water to Nanjun, and then sent to the Central Plains to serve as the Qin army ration.

The emperor issued a new order: Although Li Bing, the governor of Shu County, was not qualified to enter the Xun Temple, he could be included in official sacrifices in Dujiangyan in Chengdu, making it incense endlessly.

He also met with the ditch official from Shu County, Li Bing's grandson Li Ling.

The county magistrate reported to Qin Shihuang: "The Shixi River passes through Shixi River south of the Minjiang River, passes through the Wenjing River, passes through Linqiong and Mengxi to divide the water Baimu River, and divides the Yangmo River from the dyke, etc., which are all spiritual achievements..."

Qin Shihuang nodded, looked at Li Ling, who was wearing a hat and straw sandals on the ground, and went into the water to inspect it himself, saying: "Now that the country is unified, and ditches are needed in many places. What Qin lacks the most are officials like Li Bing's three generations of ancestors and grandchildren! There are places where you use your skills everywhere!"

He asked Li Ling a few words, if it weren't for Bashu, or other places, could the ditches be repaired according to local conditions?

Li Lingwei agreed to the promise. When he was happy, Qin Shihuang promoted Li Ling to the office and appointed him as the "Shanghe Agricultural Commander", with a rank of 600 stones. He asked him to report from Xianyang to Helan Mountain around the autumn, and helped Heifu, the Beidi County Magistrate, build canals and irrigate the newly opened fields...

Just before Qin Shihuang was about to leave Chengdu and returned to Guanzhong, Shu County Wei Chang (è), and the great merchant of Ba County, Jia Bazhong, visited the emperor together and told him something.

"Your Majesty, Ba Zhong sent people to explore the trade routes south. Over the years, he has gained a lot. In the southwest of Bashu, there are dozens of Yijun in the southwest. His name is Qiongdu, Yelang, Mimo, and Dian. They are all zhijie, farmland, and have villages, with populations ranging from tens of thousands to 100,000. Among them, Dian State is located a thousand five hundred miles south of Chengdu, and was built by Zhuang Zhuang (qiāo), the general of Chu State... "

"oh?"

This is something that Qin Shihuang never knew: "There are the remnants of Chu State in the southwest Yi land?"

Chang Ting reported on the matter about Dian Kingdom: "The Zhuang Zhuang was originally a descendant of King Zhuang of Chu. Some people said that when King Wei and King Huai of Chu, he was ordered by the King of Chu to attack the southwest Yi, and passed by Qilan to Dianchi Lake, which was three hundred miles away from Dianchi Lake, and there was flat land next to it, and it was fertile for thousands of miles!"

"After Zhuang captured the Dian area, he wanted to repay the King of Chu. At that time, General Sima Cuo captured Chuba and Qianzhong. The Zhuangzhuo road was blocked and could not return to Chu. So he stayed in Dianchi Lake with thousands of soldiers and changed his clothes. He followed his customs and called himself the King of Dian. It has been more than fifty years since then..."

Chang Tou expressed his concern: "Although Chu State is destroyed now, many of the remnants fled to the land of Man Yue. I heard that the Chu people in Chu Court in South Yue have been provoking Changsha and the Yue people in Yuzhang rebelled. Dian Kingdom was originally built by Chu people and was the most powerful among the southwest barbarians. If they intend to restore Chu and plague the south of Shu County, it may be a problem for them. According to my opinion, it is better to send merchants to connect with the southwest barbarians and build roads to the various states, recruit them to return to Qin, and attack Dian Kingdom together!"

Qin Shihuang didn't say anything, but just glanced at Ba Zhong next to him and suddenly said, "I heard that Ba Shi has been doing business with horses, kids, and fashionable cows. Together with sugarcane fields and brown sugar, has it become Ba Shi's new source of wealth?"

"My name..." Ba Zhong leaned on the ground and sweated coldly.

Qin Shihuang looked at Chang again: "Since the establishment of the Jingbian Temple, since the three generals of Meng Tian, ​​Li Xin and Heifu defeated the Xiongnu and were rewarded and praised for their merits and traveled to Xianyang, my border generals were very envious. They wrote a letter to tell the story of opening the border. The generals of Yuyang may say that they should attack the Donghu, the generals of Liaodong may say that they should attack the North Korea, and the generals of Kuaiji may say that they may say that they may attack the Ouyue, Minyue, and Changsha may say that they should seize the land of Lingnan... Changhua, if you want to open the southwest barbarians, do you also want to be rewarded and enter the Jingbian Temple?"

"I, I dare not..."

Chang Ting also knelt down on the ground, silently saying that it is true that Dian State was established as a general of Chu, but they were completely nonsense about trying to restore the country of Chu.

Ba Zhong clearly needed to seize the children as slaves for the rapidly expanding Bashu sugarcane plantation, and war was the most rapid way to gain population. Another thing he wanted to open up the territory and gain credit.

Although the two of them were seen through, Qin Shihuang still agreed to the matter after placing a light touch.

"I once asked the Leguan to write "Ode to Qin", which said: In the Liuhe River, the emperor's land is traversed from the west to the quicksand, and from the north to the north. There is the East Sea in the east and the Daxia in the north. There is all those who come from wherever people come."

He looked at the vast south: "Not long ago, Li Xin and Heifu sent people to establish the westernmost post station of the Great Qin in Juyanze, west of the Liusha Desert, and planted the Xuanqin flag of the Great Qin. There are some quicksands in the west, but what about the northern households in the south? You still have to rely on the generals and lieutenants in the south."

After defeating the Huns, the emperor's ambitions became even more inflated! Not to mention anything else, Haikou, which was praised by all the people of the world, must be fulfilled!

Qin Shihuang said generously: "You don't need to find excuses, go, just like dealing with the Huns, merchants explore the way, civilians open the way, and soldiers follow them! I want to place officials in the southwest barbarian states. As long as there are people in the places where there are people, those cities and towns gather, you must be in the Qin Dynasty! Everyone will obey when the sun and the moon shine, and when the wind and rain arrive!"

...

At the end of the summer, Qin Shihuang ended his inspection of Bashu. At the same time, the Shu County Wei Chang and Ba Zhong also began to contribute one person and the other to pay, and began to build a road called "Five-foot road" in the mountains and forests south of Shu County...

This is one of the two most worthy things to say in the entire thirty years of Emperor Qin Shi.

The second thing, and the first thing is the military farm in the north of Seitou.

Li Ling, the grandson of Li Bing, who had just been appointed as the "Shanghe Agricultural Commander", also started his long-distance trip after reporting in Xianyang. After more than a month of trekking, he arrived at the newly established "Fuping County" in Beidi County on the east bank of the Dahe River in early August of the 30th year of Qin Shihuang.

Fuping County, located north of Qingshan Gorge, is a rich land. Since Li Xin led his troops to burn a fire south of Qingshan Gorge the previous year, the Huns migrated, and no one or one animal was left.

Last year, Li Xin and Beidi County Wei Hefu met successfully here again. Now a small town has been built. Because he hopes that Helan Mountain will be prosperous and peaceful from now on, it is called "Fuping".

With the beginning of this year, a large number of immigrants from Guanzhong military farms moved in, and the surrounding areas of the city were slowly built. This land that was deserted due to the migration of the Huns became lively again...

When Li Ling first arrived in Fuping, he saw a busy scene of harvesting millet.

What impressed him the most was not only the Beidi County Magistrate who worked with soldiers and farmers in the field and had dark skin, but also a sign standing by the field with the slogans of all military and civilians in Fuping County and Helan Mountain:

"Do it yourself and have enough food and clothing!"

ps:

1. Thirty years, nothing happened. "The Annals of Qin Shihuang"

2. This chapter is half a year later in the previous chapter.

3. Fuping County was originally located in Ningxia today. Please search for "Fuping Three Movings" for details.
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