Chapter 240 Perfect Post Road
Liu Yi arrived at Yangping Pass and came out to greet him, besides Wei Yan, there was another one named Yang Song.
Or some people may think that people like Yang Song are shameless and sellers, but one thing is undeniable is that people like this often know how to make people feel comfortable. Yang Song is such a person.
Wei Yan obviously hated Yang Song at first, but when Liu Yi saw Wei Yan again, at least Wei Yan was not very disgusted with Yang Song. Next, after a few days of living in Yangpingguan, Liu Yi also discovered the ability of Yang Song. While he was able to take care of Liu Yi's daily life very carefully, he did not make Wei Yan feel that his status in Yangpingguanzhong was threatened.
There is an old Chinese saying that if you reach out and don’t hit people with a smile, it is difficult to hate people who can make you feel comfortable and smile all day long. However, such people are often the most dangerous because they will hold all negative emotions in their hearts. If they cannot vent this emotions for a long time, people’s hearts will become distorted.
Now Yangping Pass has already sacrificed his life. Yang Song is not a fool. From the moment he sacrificed his life, he has no way to go. At least in the matter of Hanzhong, his position is believed and he is considered his own. However, for such a person, Liu Yi chose to stay away from him, and it would be better that Liu Bei could not let him touch the core of power.
Liu Yi was not very worried about Liu Bei. Perhaps Liu Bei might not be as good as Cao Cao in military strategy, but when it comes to hiring people, Liu Bei was not the turn of Liu Yi to teach. Whether it was controlling his own emotions or his own skills in dealing with problems, Liu Bei was also the top in the world.
Liu Yi did not make major changes to the defense of Yangping Pass, but he made a re-planning, military camps, brackets, twelve broken military crossbows, and the design and angle issues of these things. After Liu Yi carefully calculated the five craftsmen he brought to conduct specific commands and productions. These five craftsmen were all old craftsmen around Liu Yi. Liu Yi had basically mastered the measurement method. They stayed to guide and improve it. Liu Yi rushed back to Jiameng Pass and continued to command the plank road project.
"Sir, are you so anxious?" Wei Yan sent Liu Yi to the outside of the city gate and looked at Liu Yi in surprise. Liu Yi came to Yangping Pass this time, and he was also planning to ask Liu Yi for some military issues. Who knew that Liu Yi had only been there for less than three days before leaving.
"Yes!" Liu Yi nodded and said, "The plank road project is huge, and many people in the places are worried about me, so I have to supervise the construction myself."
Thinking of something, Liu Yi turned to look at Wei Yan and said, "If Yang Song cannot help you persuade Yang Ang to surrender, he will send him back to his lord."
Yang Song is best at promoting people, but Wei Yan's personality is a bit unruly. What he needs is not confidence, but precipitation. Liu Yi doesn't want Wei Yan to be Guan Yu's second place. It's enough for the second master to have one. It's not a good thing to have too much.
"Don't worry, sir." Wei Yan nodded, Liu Yi's words still worked for him.
Liu Yi didn't say much, and got on the horse and rushed back to the construction site with his guards. Although Pang Tong was proficient in math, he had a specialty in his profession. After all, he was an amateur in such craftsmanship. At least Liu Yi was not very relieved. You should know that most of these smart people have a problem. They like to act on their own and think that they are the right one.
This plank road was personally traveled all over Jiameng Pass to Nanzheng, and through detailed calculations and designs, Pang Tong could have different opinions, but without his own approval, the design drawings could not be changed.
Fortunately, compared to the design of the plank road, Pang Tong is more interested in the simple numerical symbols made by Liu Yi. In the past few days, he has been studying this for most of the time. After Liu Yi came back, he discussed many issues with Liu Yi, as well as how to make people more accepting if it is promoted in the future, as well as the algorithms he tinkered with Liu Yi.
As a military advisor, Pang Tong's job was still to assist Liu Bei, so he was summoned by Liu Bei to the military camp without discussing it with Liu Yi for too long.
"How is Bo Yuan's road repaired?" Liu Bei looked at Pang Tong and asked with a smile.
"Nearly half." Pang Tong smiled and said, "For some reason, I feel that the team led by Shang Boyuan is faster than when he built Yueyang. It can be built ten miles a day. After all, it can be completed in just one month."
The ability to hire can allow everyone to have Liu Yi's skill level during the employment period, and the road construction is not from scratch, and the previous foundation is included. In addition, Liu Yi hired a total of 3,000 people this time, so the speed will naturally not be slow.
"If it's all so fast, you can repair a few more in the future." Liu Bei smiled.
The road from Shuzhong to Hanzhong is not bad, but from the road from Hanzhong King's Guanzhong Plain, you have to cross the 800-mile Qinling Mountains. Even the area with the best roads in Yangpingguan is still twists and turns, and the road is difficult to move. Zhuge Liang formulated a strategy for Liu Bei and also took Jingzhou to attack. Yizhou was the main attack of Liu Bei. If several unobstructed roads could be paved from Hanzhong, they could directly reach Guanzhong and Nanyang. In the future, whether they wanted to enter Guanzhong north or attack Xiangyang and Nanyang, they could send troops from Jingzhou and Yizhou at the same time. Then Liu Bei's advantage would be too great.
Of course, the investment in this is also astronomical. Liu Bei doesn’t even dare to think about it now. The road from Hanzhong to Jiameng Pass is easier to walk, and he has the foundation before. The road from Guanzhong to Hanzhong is not only more tortuous and difficult, but also more difficult than this one.
"The reinforcements from Liu Yizhou were sent the day before yesterday, and our army was enough. Now Yangping Pass is stable. Now news can be released. In this way, the counties in Hanzhong will definitely fight, and the lord will encircle Nanzheng on all sides." Pang Tong did not make much comments on this matter. It was Liu Yi's business. Even if he wanted to do it, he would discuss it with Liu Yi. After experiencing the previous things, he did not want to make any more suggestions on this.
"Good!" Liu Bei also had this idea. It has been almost two months since he entered Hanzhong. He had not gained much except for Mianyang and Chenggu. Now that Yangping Pass has obtained, the situation in Hanzhong will immediately reverse. It is time to make the next step of deployment. It is best to successfully capture Hanzhong before the end of the year. Then this trip to Yizhou will have a foundation.
What's more, Hanzhong has extraordinary significance for the Han Dynasty. Liu Bang was called the King of Han here, and the name of the Han Dynasty came from this. For Liu Bei, he occupied Hanzhong. In a sense, his orthodox name was even more sufficient.
In the next few days, the news that Liu Bei occupied Yangping Pass was not only shot into Nanzheng by Liu Bei's orders, but also reported to all counties in Hanzhong.
The county garrisons naturally did not believe so easily, and sent people to Yangping Pass to find out the news, but Yangping Pass had already planted Liu Bei's banner at this moment. Since then, the wind direction in Hanzhong has been completely changed after more than a month of precipitation. Shangyong, Fangling, and Xi County, under the lobbying of Jian Yong and Sun Quan, successively praised Liu Bei and offered military power.
The fortresses that were originally guarding the Shu army in various places also surrendered one after another. For a time, except for Nanzheng and Xicheng in Hanzhong, the other counties turned against each other, except for Nanzheng and Xicheng, which were still in the hands of Zhang Lu. During this month, Liu Bei was basically accepting reports from officials of each county, and at the same time re-arranged the troops and re-integrated the army, and replaced the generals he brought to guard in various places to guard against the possible attacks of Cao's army.
Liu Yi's plank road project was successfully completed after rushing to work this month.
Perfect Post Road: Safety +35, Speedy +34, Comfortable +32, Extremely Strong +35, Poetic +33
"Not bad!" Standing on an arch bridge connecting two cliffs and looking down at the rugged valley below, Liu Yi had the urge to sing to the sky. Although compared with the entire Sichuan and Sichuan area, this section of the road is only a small section and has the lowest difficulty coefficient, after one month, it has been built such a road that is definitely a top-notch in this era. This sense of accomplishment still makes him feel indescribable pleasure.
Especially when he looked at the plank road that was firmly protected by guardrails in the distance, he no longer had to worry about falling down when walking on it. His Fate Grain Team tried it. It originally took ten days to travel, but now it only takes less than five days to arrive at Nanzheng Camp from Jiameng Pass. The speed was twice as fast. This is not only the attribute reason, but his design also made up for it. Many detours were made up.
I don’t know if it’s because of the influence of the nature of the road, but Liu Yi really had the urge to write a poem, but he just scorched his heart. Apart from the difficult sentence of Shu Road and the difficulty of reaching the blue sky, he couldn’t think of a word to describe his mood.
As expected, I am not that material, so I'd better use this thing to show off in the future.
"Sir!" A small school rushed over and bowed to Liu Yi.
"What's the matter?" Liu Yi was about to have a celebration banquet with these craftsmen. When he saw the school, he felt a little disgusted. He was afraid that this celebration banquet would not be possible.
"My lord asks you to rush back as soon as possible after building the plank road." The school bowed.
"Do you know what's going on?" Liu Yi frowned. He shouldn't be able to use his own war? It would be a bit too early to attack Nan Zheng according to the original plan.
"This... I don't know about the humble position." The school smiled bitterly. He was just an errand runner, but he didn't know so many things.
"Okay, I'll explain it." Liu Yi nodded and recruited several craftsmen.
"I originally wanted to celebrate with you, but now the lord is summoned. I don't know what happened. I will share the remaining money with everyone, just as an additional reward." Liu Yi smiled at the craftsmen who were recruiting. These people have followed their craftsmen since Mocheng, and now they have become officials with him. They are not considered officials, but they can only be considered officials, but for these people, it is already a great thing.
"Sir, it's important to go!" Several craftsmen said with a smile.
Chapter completed!