Engineer Wei remained silent, but according to Li Bing's words, he cast the weapon arranged for him by the Wei arsenal: iron arrowheads. Casting iron arrowheads is much more difficult than casting iron farm tools. Arrowheads are small and irregular in shape. Casting with iron can only give a rough idea. To form a sharp weapon, careful polishing is required in the later stage. At the end of the day, there are not even one or two finished products.
After Li Bing asked Zhang Lu for instructions, he asked these Wei craftsmen to openly recruit their children in Zuoyi, and also allowed craftsmen with "gong" and above in each county to move to Anyi.
The work of the craftsmen was in full swing, and the recruitment of immigrants never stopped for a moment. After welcoming the craftsmen back to Yuancheng, Chen Si continued to lead his people along the Zhi Road, publicizing the trade recruitment notices in various townships from near and far, and using very encouraging words to encourage everyone to move to Hedong. After three months, Chen Si had walked back and forth on Zhidao several times, and he could hardly walk without closing his eyes. The business travelers who often passed by Yi Zhe Road were also familiar with their presence and the content of their propaganda, and some even promoted it on their behalf. Through the channels of merchants, the news of recruiting immigrants from Hedong spread to all directions. Where there are immigrants, Chen Si and others will bring people to help; if there is insufficient food, they will provide ten days of food per person; if they don't want food, they can convert it into money. Of course, there are also local forces who are secretly obstructing them. Whenever this happens, Chen Si and the others will clean them up without mercy, usually by beheading them!
After Chen Si's innovative activities, more and more people moved from Zhidao to the Sushui River Valley. In addition, there were not many households in Zhidao, so Zhidao became increasingly empty. There was almost no hindrance to the Qin people's movement in Zhi Road; on the contrary, those business travelers were closer to these Qin soldiers: with them shuttling back and forth in Zhi Road, it was like having a security team patrolling, and the safety of business travelers along the way was more guaranteed, and robberies were natural No more, even if there were disputes, they would often wait for the Qin people to come and deal with them, instead of resolving them by force as in the past.
When the golden wind suddenly started, Chen Si's preaching began to approach Zhiguan. Through Zhiguan, it is a consensus reached by Hedong County and Xianyang after many rounds of negotiations.
After some careful planning, Chen Si led a hundred people - now they were no longer soldiers from Shangjun. The people from Shangjun had all gone back. These one hundred people were Yuancheng soldiers trained by Mang Wei. Although Yuancheng moved a large number of immigrants to Zuoyi, there were still more than 10,000 households left in Yuancheng. After all, Yuancheng was also an important border fortress, guarding the gate to Jin. Yuanwei was in charge of household registration and Mangwei was in charge of training. After severely cutting off the heads of some naughty and mischievous people, the people of the city could actually quickly master the tactics of military formations. The method adopted by Yuanxian County was to first focus on training the township chiefs for ten days, and then the township chiefs would train the people in their own townships. At this time, the township chief did not disband, but served as a law enforcement team to assist in the training of this township. The training time in each township is not long, ranging from two to three days to five days at most. The elite people selected from each township became county soldiers, and there were about 200 people.
It turned out that the clothes of the people in Yuancheng did not follow the Qin system, and they still wore their own original clothes. But this time, these one hundred people were all dressed in black Qin uniforms, with only a side roll out. This is the result of the work of the female prisoners in Yuancheng. The weapons he held were also standard Qin-made halberds, and Chen Si wore a Changchuang. These weapons were mobilized from all over Hedong, and Zuoyi's products had not yet come out. They will go to Zhi City as envoys from the Qin people in Hedong.
The most dangerous place on the Zhi Road is not the wall city, but the Zhi Pass in the eastern section of the road. Here, a mountain road is flanked by peaks on both sides. One man can guard the pass, and no one can open it. There are only a hundred troops stationed in Zhiguan at ordinary times, and they are mainly responsible for collecting taxes. The main guard force is Zhi City, which is fifty miles away. The city of Zhi belongs to the ancient Zhi country. Zhi country was originally a Fan country with the surname of Ji. Yangfan was given by Emperor Zhou to the Jin country with the same surname of Ji. The Fan people were dissatisfied and the Duke Wen of Jin gave permission for the Fan people to leave their homeland and build another city twenty miles away. Live in Zhicheng. Over the past few hundred years, the city of Zhi has grown larger and larger, becoming a city in Nanyang, and its popularity has surpassed that of Yangfan. The so-called Zhiguan is named after Zhicheng.
Twenty miles outside Zhiguan there is a small town with dozens of families. After Chen Si brought his troops here, he stationed himself in the city and sent people to deliver documents to the defenders of Zhiguan, stating that the Qin envoys would pass through Zhiguan.
The defenders of Zhiguan were shocked! No Qin people have ever reached Wei State through Zhi Road. They have a more convenient way to get to Daliang: from Hangu Pass, go to Luoyang, go out of Fanshui and Chenggao, and then reach Xingyang. From there to Daliang is a highway. Even when they occupied the cities in Nanyang before, they did not take the Zhidao road, but crossed the Yellow River. Chen Si can be regarded as the first Qin person to come out of Zhe Road, although he and his army were actually originally from Wei.
It was almost dusk when the messenger arrived. Guan Bo sent the messenger into the pass and placed him in the post house. The envoy reported the situation and explained that the Qin State's envoys from Hedong would leave Zhi Road and go to Nanyang on official business. Hearing that the envoy from Hedong County of Qin State had arrived, Guan Wei did not dare to offend him at all. But he knew that he could not decide on this matter, so he had to entertain the envoy and explained that he would send the envoy to Zicheng to report tomorrow. The envoy told him that the Qin envoy was twenty miles outside the pass. If he could not return on time, the Qin army might suspect that he was detained inside the pass. It is suggested that Guan Wei send someone to invite the envoy to Guan. There are only a hundred envoys, so they can only fit in one post house, so as not to alarm the people of the city. The guards of the pass did not dare to invite the Qin army to enter the pass, but they promised to send people to reward him.
The next day, Guan Wei sent a car to transport the envoy to Zhi City. It dawned early in summer, so Guan Wei sent a car to take the envoy into the city as soon as it dawned. When they arrived at the foot of Zhi City, it was just breakfast time.
Zhi Shou was saddened by the festival talisman and confirmed that he was indeed an envoy from Qin Hedong. He invited the envoy to have breakfast and asked, "What should you do if your envoy is here?"
The envoy said: "I heard that the people in Zhi City are short of food and came here to share their worries with you."
Zhishou was stunned when he heard this. Anyi traded grain for salt, and Nanyang was the first to bear the brunt. A large amount of grain was purchased by merchants at high prices. Most of these big merchants had big bureaucratic backgrounds, and the prices offered were indeed hard to refuse. Nanyang, especially Zhi City, which is the mouth of Zhi Road, Food is rapidly decreasing and food prices are skyrocketing. Daliang in the Wei State is famous for its small land and large population. Nanyang needs to be added with the word "geng". Many refugees who have lost their land mainly rely on buying food in the market to survive. The price of food has soared, and their livelihood has become a problem. Several incidents have happened. Although the incident of hungry people causing trouble was suppressed with force, Zinshou was already a little worried! When I heard that they were coming to solve the problem of insufficient food and large numbers of people, I was naturally happy and asked, "How can we solve this problem?"
The envoy said: "My envoy is the magistrate of Hedong County, and I would like to discuss the way with Shou. Now that we are outside the pass, I am willing to accept it!"
Zhi Shou said: "Our county has no contact with Hedong. Hedong wants to help, but why?"
The envoy said: "Qin and Wei are in alliance. To the east of Hedong, Wei Anyi is also adjacent to Nanyang. If there is an emergency, they will help each other. This is the true meaning of alliance."
Zhi Shou said: "What measures will we take to help him?"
The envoy said: "Anyi is the land of Wei. The Wei people have all left and the land is desolate. Although Qin has moved all the people in the pass to live there, the land is still vast and the people are sparse. Therefore, Qin has a list of recruiting talents, and he must keep the news. Now I want to Recruit all the people from Anyi and the refugees to live there, plan to grant land to them orally, and gather people to form towns. This will not only bring the people of Wei back to their homeland, but also relieve Nanyang from being overturned. It will benefit two people at one stroke. Wouldn't it be great!"
Zhi Shou said: "I am guarding Zhi, and I cannot allow Qin to enter the pass without orders. If Qin is not allowed to enter the pass, is it okay for me to recruit people from the city and send them away?"
The envoy said: "This can only be discussed with my order."
Zhi Shou said: "I hope the soldiers of Qin will not enter, but I will only enter Zhi alone. Is that okay?"
The envoy thought for a while and said: "The soldiers of Qin cannot leave the general, for fear that the general will be disadvantaged. It will be a great blessing if the guardian goes to Zhiguan to discuss with my order."
Zhi Shou said: "Zhi is a big city and it may be difficult to leave."
The envoy said: "Zhi city and the pass are no more than fifty miles apart, and a light vehicle can travel between them in only half a day. Isn't it better than my order to enter the pass and enter the city?"
Zhi Shou said: "Good, please let me discuss it with you!" He sent the envoy to the post to rest, and asked him to entertain him well. He summoned the Wei and Cheng to discuss it.
The lack of food and unstable public sentiment in Nanyang are common problems currently, and all counties are very troubled by this. Qin allowed Wei people to immigrate to Anyi, which was naturally a way to solve the problem of small land and large population. Faced with this big pie falling from the sky, all officials said they could agree, but the premise was that the Qin army was not allowed to enter Zhiguan, otherwise it would be easy to treat guests but difficult to send them off. After the negotiation was settled, Zhi Shou sent Zhi Cheng as the negotiator and drove back to Zhi Pass with the Qin envoy. When we arrived at Zhiguan, the sun was almost setting. Zhi Cheng ordered Guan Wei to accompany the envoy to the Qin camp to invite Chen Sitong to Zhiguan for negotiations.
The two walked another twenty miles and entered a town. The soldiers on patrol took the two to Chen Si. The envoy introduced Guan Wei to Chen Si, and Chen Si asked Guan Wei to go and rest. The envoy reported to Chen Si how he entered Zhi City to meet with Zhi Shou for negotiations, as well as Zhi Shou's request: Wei people could leave the customs, but Qin troops were not allowed to enter.
Chen Sidao: "I am about to enter Zhi to observe its path, but why not?"
The envoy said: "It's not difficult for you to enter, but you only need one body and ears. If you don't want Qin to enter, I'm afraid something will change. If you come to Zhi personally and use your body as a hostage, I'm afraid I'll put my hands on my forehead." .”
Chen Sidao: "In this case, it will be difficult to occupy the nest!"
The messenger said: "Although it is difficult, there are still gaps. The victory will be without too many gaps!"
Chen Sidao said: "Good!" He also felt that his talent and knowledge were extraordinary, so he asked: "Who are you from Qiyuan? There must be some scholars."
The envoy said: "My ancestors lived in Anyi. Gaozu Bao served as Wenhou and governed Ye. Qin occupied Anyi and his family moved to Yuan. When the Qin Dynasty recruited talents, there were those who moved again. My mother was weak and could not travel far, so she stayed at home."
Chen Sidao: "Is the Qing family's Ximen surname?"
The messenger said: "Of course. I don't want you to know Ximen's family."
Chen Sidao: "Ximen Bao governs Ye, and he is one of the most talented people in the world. Zhang Shou always remembers it, so he can know it. I will see you later. After the affairs of Zhe City are completed, I would like to recommend him to Shou. He will definitely see his importance."
The messenger said: "Why do you expect this? My mother is here and I dare not leave. It is enough for me to be a small official in the wall!"
Chen Sidao: "It's no problem. If I recommend him, I'm afraid General Zhang will come to discuss it with you."
