To the south of Qinghe Town, there is a big mountain called Funiu Mountain.

There is a river called Baihe at the foot of Funiu Mountain.

Funiu Mountain is a branch of the Qinling Mountains, a watershed between the Huai River and the Han River, and the Baihe River is a tributary in the middle reaches of the Han River.

The county town of Chixian is located on the shore of the clear and rippling Baihe River.

Zhixian may not be very clear to later generations, because it was changed to Xiangcheng in the Tang Dynasty, and by the Ming Dynasty, it was changed to Nanzhao County, and then it was used in the New China.

Zhi County is the gateway to the north of Nanyang County. It is known as the north of Ruluo and the south of Jingxiang. It has always been a must-fight place for military strategists.

Nanyang is located in the heart of the Central Plains, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and only one flat river in the south leads directly to Xiangyang. The terrain is flat and the agriculture is developed. The grain produced can almost feed most of the Qin Kingdom. Even after two thousand years, it is still the most important grain-producing area in China.

The county town of Chixian is not large, with a radius of only ten miles. Like other cities of the same era, it is surrounded by a city wall about two meters high. The city wall is constructed of rammed earth and has arrow towers and city towers on it. However, both the city walls and towers look dilapidated, and many places have even collapsed.

The situation in the city is not very good. Except for the two main roads that cross the four gates, all the houses and buildings inside are mainly thatched huts, but there are also many houses built with wooden houses and stones. Of course, the roofs are still thatched. These houses are densely packed with many small streets, with no less than 3,000 households. The streets and alleys are crowded with people, including those who are heading, riding horses, pushing carts, carrying loads, and bustling loudly, which is more than a hundred times more prosperous than Qinghe Town.

There is a bluestone building in the center of the city. Although it looks rough, it is facing the southern city gate like a crane standing out from a flock of chickens. It looks very eye-catching. Above the gate is a large plaque three feet high and five feet wide. Four large seal script characters are written on it on the black paint, which looks full of a heavy and majestic atmosphere.

This house is the county government office of Zhixian County.

The county magistrate, county magistrate and county magistrate both worked in the county yamen. In the Qin Dynasty's official system, the county magistrate was the head of a county, in charge of the government affairs of the whole county, and was unified by the central government. The chief magistrate was all subordinates, and the county magistrate was recognized by the county magistrate. As for other personnel and the three elders of the town, they were all accepted by the county magistrate. Therefore, on this acre of three parts, the county magistrate had very great power and was definitely a person who was a person who was just a word in the county town.

At this time, in the lobby of the county government, a middle-aged scholar was kneeling in front of a low desk looking at a volume of bamboo slips that had just been sent. The county magistrate and the county magistrate were standing quietly beside him.

If Chen Xu were there, he would definitely be able to recognize that the middle-aged scholar was the one who bought his big snake in Qinghe Town a few days ago.

The middle-aged scholar is named Jiang Beiting, who is the new county magistrate mentioned by the blacksmith Gu Shan. It took only three or four days to become the county magistrate in Zhi County.

But before his butt was settled and the situation in the county was clear, he was frowning with an emergency document sent from the Nanyang County Government.

"Mr. Liu and Marshal Fang come and see what should we do about this matter!" After Jiang Beiting finished reading it, he handed the bamboo slips in his hand to the county magistrate next to him.

The county magistrate is in his forties, with long black beards and black bamboo crowns on his head. He looks quite mature and steadfast. He has received only a dozen official documents written by bamboo slips and handed them to the county magistrate. After reading them, he has also read them and returned them to the county magistrate. He stroked his beard and said, "Master Jiang, build Xianyang and lead directly to Nanjun. The subordinates of the Chidao from Changsha have long heard of it, but I heard that they have not yet left Shangluo, so why did they suddenly need to build the road from Nanyang to Jiangling in Nanjun? Now it is about to harvest summer wheat. Once a large-scale conscript is forced to recruit civilians and soldiers, it may delay the harvest of summer grain, and the consequences will be unimaginable..."

The county magistrate also nodded quickly and said, "Mr. Jiang, what Liu County Chief Liu said is right. Now it is time to harvest. Do not engage in large-scale operations to build roads. Once you miss harvest summer grain, tens of thousands of people in our county will endure hunger. The weak people of the elderly and young will definitely not survive this year's cold winter, so please think twice!"

Jiangbeiting held the bamboo slips and his eyebrows slowly condensed into the character "Sichuan".

He had heard about the construction of Qinchu Avenue directly to the southeast of Xianyang. He had already heard of this in Xianyang a few years ago.

Four years ago, he was a minor official in the Xianyang Inner Historian Mansion. When the Qin Dynasty had just destroyed the Chu State, news came from the court. Prime Minister Li Si proposed to build the Qin-Chu Road, which not only allowed the Qin King to tour the southeast, but also strengthened the connection between Xianyang and the old Chu areas, and kept the government orders open so that no one could rebel and remain in the dark.

Li Si's proposal naturally hit Qin Shihuang's thoughts. After destroying the Great Chu, the strength of Qin and the confidence of Qin King had already burst out. The remaining Yan and Qi countries had almost become his belongings. So Qin Shihuang ordered the construction of Qin Chu Road from Xianyang to Shangluo, Nanyang, Xiangyang, Jiangling and Linxiang.

Although Qin Shihuang had a good plan, he was too fast. Although the Chu State was destroyed, the Chu people were not destroyed. A large number of Chu people were unwilling to serve Qin. In addition, Qin's laws were harsh, so a large number of hungry people and soldiers gathered into bandits, occupying mountains and robbing the king's house. The Qin army was transferred to attack Yan State and Qi State, one in the south and the other in the north. Although the Qin army was powerful, it could not relieve near-thirst, resulting in the planned Qin-Chu Avenue almost stopped after it was built from Xianyang to Shangluo.

A few months ago, Qi surrendered, and the nobles of the King of Qi were moved to Xianyang. The King of Qin ascended the throne and became the First Emperor. Only then did he free his hands to continue to build a road that connects the whole country. The Qin Chu road that had been stopped for several years naturally started again.

The small officials and ordinary people in Chi County may not know about this news, but Jiangbeiting, who had just come from Xianyang, knew very clearly.

The reason for building the road from Nanyang to Jiangling on a large scale was that Wang Ben's army captured nearly 30,000 official slaves and 100,000 surrendered soldiers from Qi State. These slaves were all nobles and wealthy families involved in the bureaucracy of Qi State. Among them, many civilians were forcibly driven to build the road from Shangluo to Nanyang, because this road was all in the mountains that were rarely visited, with rugged roads and terrain. No one would care about the life or death of the slaves. Anyway, they were all nobles of the King of Qi, and it would be better if they died, so as not to rebel in the future. More than 100,000 surrendered soldiers were sent to the northwest desert to build the Great Wall. Naturally, no one would care about the life or death.

Once Shangluo and Nanyang are connected, Xianyang's control will easily penetrate into the old Chu territory. It is not surprising that the Nanyang County Magistrate informed the subordinate counties to recruit civilians to build a road from Nanyang to Jiangling.

Moreover, Jiangbeiting believes that the officials of Nanjun and Changsha County should also receive the same order as themselves. His Majesty the First Emperor and Prime Minister Li Si have long been unable to hold back. This time, they will work hard to build this Qin Chu Chi Road in a very short time.

The orders of Xianyang City and the county magistrate must be ignored, but Jiangbeiting, who had been in the Neishi Mansion for several years, knew the importance of food in this era. The county magistrate and county magistrate said it well. Once the summer grain harvest is missed, maybe half of the people in Zhixian will starve to death this year, and other places will not be better than those in Zhixian.
Chapter completed!