Qin Shi: Sword Asks the Bright Moon

Chapter 483
The trouble Qin Wangzheng said was to find more troubles for Yang Ming, so as to keep Yang Ming busy and let Yang Ming experience what he had experienced. Regarding Yang Ming's laziness in the guard's captain's mansion, Qin Wangzheng It can be said that it has long been deeply disgusted.

However, in terms of government affairs and military affairs, Yang Ming's efficiency is too high. If you just use these two things to trouble Yang Ming, the effect may not be very good, so taking advantage of the scorching summer, we sent troops to attack the country of Yan Unable to take action for the time being, Qin Wangzheng handed over two huge projects, the surveying and mapping of the water conservancy system in Chidao Zhao, to Yang Ming.

As a person in charge of the army, reading maps and surveying books is one of the necessary skills. Qin Wangzheng is still satisfied with entrusting these two things to Yang Ming. He believes that Yang Ming will give him a satisfactory answer.

This is Qin Wangzheng's plan, and it will give Yang Ming a big surprise just waiting for Yang Ming to complete the selection of elite soldiers from the surrendered troops to form a new army.

Yang Ming, who had already rushed to Donghuan's surrender camp, didn't know that Qin Wangzheng was already thinking about how to plot against him. At this time, he was chatting with Li Mu and selecting elites by the way.

"How is Qin going to deal with this year's catastrophe?" As a general, Li Mu has already surrendered, so naturally he doesn't have much say in the military. Something must be done.

"Under this drought, the grain production will either be reduced or not harvested, but there will be no food shortage in a short period of time. The real food shortage season will be in winter and before next year's summer harvest." Standing in a watchtower with Li Mu and Sima Shang Said Yang Ming, who was looking at the silent and depressing barracks above.

The drought that occurred in the 16th year of Qin Wangzheng will not directly lead to a food shortage. After all, in each household, in Zhao, there are still reserves to some extent, but in terms of the national strength of the former Zhao State, this reserve is inevitable. It is limited. According to Yang Ming's estimate, even if the people of Zhao live frugally, there will be a small-scale food shortage after autumn. The food shortage will erupt completely until it reaches its real peak in spring.

Therefore, this summer is a time for Qin to actively prepare for the shortage. In the autumn, the implementation of work-for-relief allows the people of Zhao to earn enough food to meet the basic needs of the winter, and then start work in the spring to meet the needs of the summer.

Yang Ming briefed Li Mu and Sima Shang on work-for-relief, water conservancy and road management in short, which made them fall into contemplation for a while.

Judging from the experience of Li Mu and Sima Shang, the method is feasible, at least there are no flaws in the plan Yang Ming said, but what effect can be achieved in the specific implementation process still needs to be verified.

Moreover, work-for-relief is easy to say, but it is extremely troublesome to operate. Among other things, the resources to be consumed behind it are a huge number, and it is difficult to achieve just this one. , There is such a truth in family affairs, and it is the same in state affairs.

So after Yang Ming's statement, Li Mu asked after a short thought: "Can the Qin State provide food for this?"

"There are almost 80 households in Zhaodi, and the population is between 400 million and 500 million. It takes about 750 million shi to maintain so many people in one autumn. In order not to encounter a food shortage, the figure of 750 million must be discounted in half. In terms of the treasury storage of the Qin State and the current situation in the treasury of the Zhao State, it can still support this figure." Yang Mingdao.

"This is only autumn, what about winter? What about the coming year?" Li Mu asked, just one autumn is not a disaster relief, and even autumn is not the time when the disaster is the worst.

"Qin State can provide half of the grain for winter, and then the rich families of Zhao will contribute half. As for the grain for spring in the coming year, it should be supplemented by grain from the State of Yan. For the grain before the summer harvest, then use the property of the State of Yan to buy it from the State of Qi. Yes." Yang Ming said methodically, as if everything had been arranged clearly.

It's just that such an arrangement seems reasonable, but behind it, isn't there too many elements?It is Yan State and Qi State.

Could it be that Qin State wanted to take the opportunity to attack and destroy Yan State?For such a possibility, Li Mu and Sima Shang subconsciously looked at Yang Ming, and it seemed that it was not impossible.

Sending out troops in autumn to completely take down the country of Yan before the deep winter comes, such a thing is bound to be impossible for others, but it seems that it is not impossible with the strength of Yang Ming and the Qin army under his command.

As for the grain of Qi State, Li Mu and Sima Shang believed that if they used Yan State's property to buy Qi State's grain, Qi State would definitely agree, because a large part of Yan State's treasures now came from Qi State. State, when the Five Kingdoms conquered Qi State, Yan State occupied [-] cities in Qi State, and almost plundered Qi State from top to bottom, and took back the ancestral property. The State Council of Qi was very interested.

"Please keep the two of you secret. The attack on the Yan Kingdom cannot be leaked out. If the Yan Kingdom is prepared, it will be in big trouble." Yang Ming looked at the two silent 'old guys' and reminded him.

"What kind of trouble will Yan Guo have if he is prepared? The combat power of the Yan army is really vulnerable." Sima Shang said subconsciously. Zhao Jun and the Yan army often confront each other. Do not you know?

Yan Jun doesn't even have the ability to cause trouble to Zhao Jun, let alone Qin Jun who is stronger than Zhao Jun?
"Because the National Assembly of Yan escaped, if the news leaked out, most of the country's domestic resources would be transferred to Liaodong. In a short time, I have no interest in crossing Yanshan and conquering Liaodong across thousands of miles." Yang Ming said.

Destroying the State of Yan is really not difficult for the State of Qin. For South Korea, which has nowhere to go but can only face Qin, Yan has a greater strategic depth and can provide Yan with a place to escape.

To conquer Yan State, for Qin State, the Yan army can cause very little trouble, the only trouble is how to retain the essence of Yan State to the south of Yanshan Mountain.

"Now if we leak such news, we will really become eternal sinners of Zhao Di." Li Mu and Sima Shang looked at each other with wry smiles on their faces.

Yang Ming has made the arrangements for the Yan Kingdom very clear, so what else can they say?It's just that it's not just the country of Yan that has been arranged clearly, it's not just the country of Zhao and the more than 400 million people in Zhao.

"Therefore, please both of you worry about the selection of soldiers. Selecting the best among the best soldiers like the former Zhao State Bianqi will surely build a force that can't lose to the Dragonrider Forbidden Army." Yang Ming said.

Yang Ming never doubted Zhao Jun's strength, especially with the addition of Li Mu.

"Even if it's just for Yan's wealth, we don't dare to be negligent in the slightest." Li Mu said, the wry smile on his face gradually turned into firmness when he spoke.

For Li Mu, the Zhao country had no possibility of existence, but the people of Zhao still had to live on.

As for Yan Guo, I can only be sorry, because I am from Zhao.Li Mu said to himself in his heart, the last trace of strangeness in his expression also turned into firmness.

It is undoubtedly more troublesome to select the elite from the former side cavalry, because they are all elite, so Yang Ming stayed in Donghuan for three days before picking out enough soldiers and horses that he wanted. As for this soldier and horse The organizational system is naturally the same as when Yang Ming was at the Great Wall in the south, with the elite of the Habayashi guards as the force to lead this new army. The source of troops can be Zhao people, but the officers at all levels must be truly loyal to Yang Ming and Qin. people.

Who can say that they can completely grasp such things as human nature? People who think they can control human nature will often be stabbed in the back by human nature, to prevent problems before they happen, and put a few shackles on human nature, so that people can feel at ease.

Since then, the [-] Donghuan Army, the [-] Southern Great Wall Army, and a total of [-] Zhaodi New Army have been formally formed.

However, when Yang Ming returned to Zhao Du in a good mood, he was hit head-on by an edict from Qin Wangzheng.

"Your Majesty wants me to survey, map and design Zhao's road system and water conservancy projects?" Looking at the edict in his hand, Yang Ming was speechless for a moment.

This kind of thing is certainly not too difficult for Yang Ming, but it is not difficult at all, it is troublesome, and it is extremely troublesome, but Yang Ming is the person who is most afraid of trouble.

"This matter is the most important matter in Zhaodi in the next year. As long as it is handed over to the captain of the guard army, you and I can rest assured." Looking at Yang Ming with a bitter expression on his face, Qin Wangzheng was in a good mood. a lot.

Sure enough, the fastest and quickest way for a person to be happy is to base his own happiness on the pain of others.

"Captain of the Guardian Army, I think, you will not disappoint me, right?" Qin Wangzheng stood up as he spoke, Gai Nie and Zhao Gao followed closely beside him.

"The widow still has some private matters to deal with, the captain of the guard army should start to deal with them as soon as possible." Qin Wangzheng only left Yang Ming with such a sentence and walked out of the courtyard.

"Trouble." Yang Ming looked at the edict in his hand, and roughly thought about how he would spend the next two months, but he had to travel all over the country of Zhao in this scorching summer. But really, the exploitation potential of Qin Wangzheng is really amazing. No wonder that in the future, everyone in the world can be forced to turn against him. No wonder it can make people in Qin want to choose again.

However, there are a group of experts in the army for things like surveying and mapping, and Zheng Guo is still in Xianyang, and people from the Yinyang family may also be able to use them, such as those from the Ministry of Water.

There is also Meng Tian, ​​who will be able to preside over the construction of the Great Wall in the future, and his ability in engineering does not seem to be underestimated.

(End of this chapter)