GBP Chapter 135 The decisive battle is coming
Chapter 135 The decisive battle is coming
Now that you have become a prefect, you must do your job well.
Jiang Sining left all the affairs of Liuyun Village to her aunt, second aunt and Aunt Li, while she kept running back and forth between various counties.
Teach the people scientific planting techniques, provide a large number of seeds of various vegetables and fruits, and encourage everyone to learn literacy, etc.
Yizhou is such a big place, and she has so much to do.
On Si Chenan's side, he continued to train the rebel army, which should now be called the Yizhou Army.
Young men with high physical fitness were selected from all over Yizhou to form an army of up to 20 people. They gathered and trained every day to prepare for taking Yizhou out in the near future.
Summer came in a blink of an eye, and all the vegetables planted before were harvested.
Green vegetables, cucumbers, eggplants, beans...all are of high-quality varieties. Not only do they taste good, but they also have high yields. Every household in the countryside has more vegetables than they can eat.
Everyone is worried about not having enough food, and everyone is also worried about having too much food. So Jiang Sining encouraged every household to start raising chickens and pigs scientifically, and also encouraged digging a large number of fish ponds in the village.
Fish ponds can not only be used to raise fish, but also to store water. In the future, when there is a drought, there will no longer be a lack of water to irrigate the farmland.
In a blink of an eye, half of the summer has passed and the autumn harvest is about to arrive.
Thanks to the use of scientific planting methods, every strand of rice in Yizhou this year is long and full, and the yield is definitely double that of previous years.
But just as everyone was looking forward to this year's good harvest, the imperial army also arrived at the border of Yizhou.
Si Chenan had been waiting for this day for a long time and immediately led his army to meet the enemy.
Since all the roads in and out of Yizhou were mountainous, the armies of both sides did not engage in battle immediately. The intention of the imperial court was also very clear. Because the treasury was empty, they had no intention of taking back Yizhou in one fell swoop, but only planned to surround it without attacking.
As long as they can prevent the Yizhou Army from leaving, their mission will be accomplished.
After the autumn harvest this year, the imperial court will have a large amount of grain and then plan how to retake Yizhou.
Si Chenan knew that being besieged like this forever was definitely not a solution.
No matter how well Yizhou is run, it is still too small and its economic strength is not enough to compete with the entire Daxia.
Just when he was in a dilemma, Jiang Sining sent a message through space, asking him to move his army to an open plain and station there.
At the same time, Jiang Sining also issued a notice throughout Yizhou that on the first day of August, no one in Yizhou Prefecture was allowed to stay at home, but had to gather in an open place, and the village chiefs of each village would tell everyone about the knowledge of earthquake resistance and disaster reduction.
Everyone was still a little confused, but in the hearts of the people of Yizhou, Jiang Sining was like a god, and no one would disobey her orders.
Just as everyone was listening to the village chief's speech, there was a loud bang suddenly coming from underground. The whole earth began to shake violently. Some cracks in the ground were more than one meter wide, and mountains collapsed and rocks fell.
The people of Yizhou had never seen such a doomsday scene and they fell to the ground in fear.
The earthquake lasted for more than a minute. Almost all the old houses collapsed and countless mountains collapsed.
Fortunately, everyone listened to Jiang Sining and were all in an open area outdoors, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
Si Chen'an at the border once again realized Jiang Sining's good intentions, and he also knew how to seize the opportunity. When the imperial army was frightened by the earthquake, he led the Yizhou army to launch a surprise attack from three directions.
This unexpected battle ended with a great victory for the Yizhou Army. A total of more than 5 imperial troops were annihilated, more than were captured, and the remaining several thousand fled in panic.
After a great victory, Si Chen'an led his army to capture Hanzhong without stopping, and marched north at a rapid speed, attacking every city he encountered, all the way to the capital.
Seeing that he was leading an unstoppable army of more than 200,000, the imperial court quickly sent people to mobilize troops from all over the country to block the advance of the Yizhou army, and even transferred the army from the northern border back to guard the capital.
Si Chenan was not in a hurry. He took steady steps and slowly advanced towards the capital.
Every time he captured a city, he would carry out land reform in the surrounding counties according to Jiang Sining's request and unite the local people closely around him.
Therefore, wherever the Yizhou Army went, they received warm welcome and support from the local people. There were even many counties that did not need to be attacked at all. The local people had already captured the county government offices in advance and waited for the Yizhou Army to enter easily.
According to Jiang Sining's request, Si Chenan not only formed local armed forces locally, but also selected young laborers to go to the coal mine where Qiuhe was located to mine large amounts of coal, which was continuously sent to Yizhou Prefecture through space.
Others are mined locally, and then sent to a certain place, where Dong Ling will go to collect them.
These are important raw materials for the construction of Yizhou Prefecture and must be prepared in advance.
The wages of these workers were paid with the grain that Xia Shan earned from Nanyang. Mr. Liu and his companions had been there for three months and had already started full-scale trade.
They sold the goods purchased from the entire Yizhou Prefecture in Nanyang, earning a large amount of grain, metals, seafood and fruits. They also built their own sea salt base and sold the sea salt back to Yizhou, forming a balanced regional trade.
During the autumn harvest season, the entire Yizhou was harvesting grain in full swing. Jiang Sining still inspected the counties every day and opened brick kilns in various places to produce large quantities of bricks and tiles, as well as raw cement.
After the autumn harvest, Jiang Sining asked the people to exchange grain for bricks, tiles and cement, and began to build sturdy blue brick and tile houses.
Some families with more labor force, more land and more grain harvested built two-story buildings with her encouragement.
After the autumn harvest, the next spring would still have to wait for some time, so Jiang Sining started her next plan - large-scale infrastructure construction.
If you want to be rich, build roads first. This is an eternal truth.
A two-meter-wide gravel road must be built from Yizhou Prefecture to more than 30 counties in Yizhou, and the roadbed must be rolled dozens or hundreds of times with a huge stone roller weighing more than ten tons and pulled by several oxen.
Deep enough drainage ditches should be dug on both sides of the road, or waterways should be built across the highway with cement.
After the roadbed is repaired, a thick layer of crushed stones is laid on it, and then thick cement slurry is poured on it. When it is almost dry, it is flattened with a stone roller.
In this way, the world's first cement road appeared.
At first, the people of Yizhou didn't know why this magical female prefect built such a good and wide road. It was not until Yizhou Prefecture was connected with the first neighboring county that everyone realized the benefits of this road.
A road two meters wide is wide enough for eight carriages to run side by side. Moreover, the road surface is so solid and smooth that horse-drawn and ox-drawn carts can be made larger and carry more cargo.
Countless commodities circulate between the state capital and the county town, driving the rural areas on both sides of the highway to sell their chickens, ducks and other agricultural and sideline products.
Seeing the tangible benefits, the county magistrates of other counties were not willing to lag behind. They actively organized villagers to start building roadbeds, and then waited for the state government's construction team to inspect and lay gravel and cement.
Only half of the winter had passed, and dozens of major arteries in Yizhou Prefecture had been completed.
However, Jiang Sining was far from satisfied with this and continued to increase investment to build cement roads in every village.
In some villages with better terrain, it can even be built in the yard of every household.
Just when countless people were praising Jiang Sining, she returned to the mountains of Liuyun Village.
After a year-long experiment, a dozen veteran blacksmiths finally made the first steam engine, waiting for her acceptance.
Looking at this huge machine weighing more than ten tons, a primitive steam engine that has been running continuously for three days and three nights, Jiang Sining's thoughts have already flown to the vast ocean.
However, before installing the steam engine on the ship, she planned to try it on land first. So more than two months later, the first steam-powered tractor appeared on the wide road from Gaochuanji to Yizhou Prefecture.
As coal was continuously added, the high-temperature steam generated by the steam engine drove the mechanical device to run quickly, driving the huge tractor forward quickly.
Seeing such a huge steel behemoth that could run faster than a horse-drawn carriage and even be as good as an excellent war horse over long distances, the people of Yizhou were excited again.
With this thing, we will no longer need cattle and horses to transport food and supplies.
Moreover, the things transported at one time could even be equivalent to ten ox carts!
When the tractor arrived at Yizhou Prefecture, it attracted the attention of people from all over the city. Jiang Sining drove the tractor into the government office of Yizhou Prefecture and jumped off it with satisfaction.
Although this thing is a bit bulky, it still feels pretty good to drive.
Of course, she has no plans to mass-produce. After all, the technology is not yet mature and will take a long time to improve and streamline. This is a systematic and huge project, and she will let professionals do it.
Just when the first tractor of Yizhou Prefecture was successfully tested, the Yizhou Army led by Si Chenan also arrived in the suburbs of the capital, facing the northern border troops guarding the capital.
The final battle is about to begin.