Chapter 84 The Name of King Yan
The number of troops who followed King Yan into the Pass was only over 20,000, half of whom were soldiers who had left the Pass, and the other half were captured important Mongolian figures.
The rest of the people stayed on the Sonnen Plain.
There is no need to go into details about the welcoming ceremony in Zhaozhou.
After King Yan came to Zhaozhou, he still had time to meet Lian Zining.
Lian Zining was even more excited at this moment.
This has always been his dream, and this is also the reason why he switched to King Yan. King Yan Lixian Corporal, but what Lian Zining wants to do is not to make a family rich and powerful, but to change the production structure on the grassland, so as to achieve The role of turning barbaric grass into summer.
And if you want to do such a thing, it is most convenient to be under the command of King Yan.
Lian Zining didn't know how long he had been preparing for this day.
Although Changchun Dusi is further north than Daning and other places, and the climate is colder. But it cannot be compared with Mobei, but the land where King Yan is now, and some lands in Russia in later generations, are already owned by King Yan.
As long as farming can be promoted here, it means that there will be no problems in many places in Mobei.
This is the greatest success for Lian Zining.
He cared more about his own fame and wealth than himself. After accepting the order, he confidently led hundreds of officials northward.
After King Yan sent Lian Zining away, he thought to himself: "I am going to Beijing this time."
King Yan needs a lot of supplies to establish a foothold on the grassland. It was even more than what King Yan needed to build the Changchun capital, even if the waterway was opened, from the Liao River to the Songhua River, and the Songhua River was allowed to flow upstream into the Nen River. You can paddle all the way and it looks great.
But after all, the distance is very long, so it is difficult to say that there will be no problems along the way.
All these supplies must be shipped from Liaodong. But Liaodong is He Xi's territory. You must go to Beijing and have an interview with He Xi.
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The Battle of Onan River made King Yan famous. If King Yan was famous before, it was because King Yan was the son of Zhu Yuanzhang and the prince of the Ming Dynasty. Now many people regard King Yan as a general. Although many generals, Privately, I feel that it is okay for them to participate in such a war.
It's just a slap in the face.
But in military matters, the most important thing is military performance. Regardless of whether it is a beaten dog or not, victory is victory. Having a record is valued more than having no record.
King Yan also felt the excitement and troubles.
The biggest worry is the snare from the center.
After King Yan's military power was greatly shaken, he received a letter from King Jin. The letter from King Jin was extremely naked, and he wanted King Yan to be the leader of the kings and stand up for them. It even hinted that King Yan could compete for the position of crown prince of Ming Dynasty.
If it had been someone else, he might have lost his mind.
But King Yan was very sober.
Regardless of whether King Yan had an idea about that position or not, he felt that this was not the best time. As long as the prince does not die, King Yan will not dare to move. Even if he has thoughts, they are just thoughts in his heart. I dare not do anything else, I cannot do it.
King Yan knew better what King Jin and other princes were thinking.
Under the influence of King Qin's death, even if the vassal kings from various places were not tempted by the throne, they were still thinking about a problem, that is, how to ensure his interests, so that he could not end up like King Qin in the future. With one order, all land and property would be lost. It belongs to the imperial court.
The connection between the kings has actually existed for a long time.
It can be said that they are all aboveboard, and they are all brothers. According to the laws of some family, brothers cannot interact with each other. It's just that among the kings, there is actually no one whom everyone admires. And now there is. It was none other than King Yan.
The battle between King Yan shocked the world, and his reputation was so great that it seemed to be comparable to that of the older generation of generals. While King Yan was happy, he immediately felt something fishy.
King Yan knew very well that even Tang He, who seemed to be the weakest among the veterans, would be relaxed and content in such a battle. King Yan himself felt that he could only defeat Tang He with a young body and a stronger body. Just strong energy and a body that can withstand more injuries.
King Yan felt that he might not be able to surpass Tang He within ten years. As for a general like Xu Da Chang Yuchun, it would be a lifetime thing.
People with a discerning eye can actually see that the battle between King Yan and the Onan River cannot be compared with the battle between Xu Da and Wang Baobao in terms of scale, intensity, and command skills from both sides. The reputation of King Yan will go straight to the Duke of Wei.
This is flattery.
The more this happened, the more humble King Yan could do and find ways to reduce his influence, so he separated the people escorting the prisoners of Emperor Yuan, and the people escorting Emperor Yuan went directly to Nanjing. And King Yan is going to Beijing.
But when King Yan came outside Beijing, he was stunned.
What he saw was a large construction site.
It is not that King Yan has never seen a construction site before, but such a huge construction site with so many manpower is the only time that King Yan has seen it in his life.
But they saw that the ground was paved with railroad tracks, with two horses pulling a carriage on it, the wheels were placed on the railroad tracks, and carts of bricks and stones were transported along the railroad.
King Yan's eyes widened when he saw it.
He never expected that someone would use so much iron to build a railway, nor did he expect that the efficiency seemed to be improved a lot by using railways.
Since the steam engine can only be used as an auxiliary power for hydraulic power, every factory that wants stable power output has to build a three-story water tower and a connected steam engine boiler room, and wait for a large building to finally achieve the stable output of a motor in the future. .
But something is always better than nothing.
As for railways, there is no need to wait for steam locomotives. Many of the raw materials used to build the city of Beijing were produced in the Zunhua Industrial Zone. Bricks, cement, and even limestone, sand, iron, stone, and coal were all transported from the Zunhua area to the city walls of Beijing.
Although New Beijing City is not far from Zunhua, the efficiency of transporting heavy objects on this stretch of road is not high.
Originally, the people below were planning to use a cinder road.
As mentioned before, the cinder road is actually a very good road surface in this era. At least there won't be any mud. After it rains, you won’t let your wheels get stuck in the mud, delaying important events. But He Xi decided to use railroad tracks and designed horse-drawn carriages.
There's nothing wrong with that. The only problem is that it uses more iron.
Because there is no need to use steam locomotives, and there is no need to use very good iron, the iron produced by Zunhua Iron Works is enough.
In this way, trucks of raw materials from Zunhua Industrial Zone were transported to Beijing in a very convenient way, which greatly improved the efficiency of the Beijing project.
From then on, there was also the large-scale use of pulley blocks and scaffolding.
In fact, pulleys are not a rare thing, and scaffolding is not a rare thing. It is reflected in many ancient paintings. The ancients were not stupid at all. There are plenty of smart people out there. However, some of their knowledge is not summarized well, and they have no intention of promoting it.
He Xi directly worked out standard specifications of pulleys and standard specifications of iron pipes, so that when they are used below, they can just set up scaffolding. It is much better than the ancient scaffolding made of bamboo boards.
From this point alone, the quality of construction sites in Beijing is already close to that of self-built houses in rural areas in later generations.
However, this change is subtle, some things have changed, and some things have not changed. Such as tamping.
Now Hexi has decided to accelerate the construction of Beijing City. The foundation has reached final acceptance. Now many projects are coming to an end, so there are thousands of shirtless people with headscarves rolled up on their heads. Three people are pulling a wooden pier in three directions. When three people exert force at the same time, the wooden pier suddenly flies up and collapses. up in the air. Then the three people let go, and the wooden pier hit the ground heavily. Repeatedly, the ground was compacted inch by inch.
Then use stones to grind it over little by little to ensure that the foundation is strong.
On this point, nothing has changed. Thousands of years ago, during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, when the block building method was used to lay a solid foundation, it was generally the same. This was generally the case in later generations when they experimented with two bombs and one satellite to consolidate the ground. Although in the following decades, earth-shaking changes took place.
But at this time, He Xi had not changed much about this process.
This is still a familiar look to King Yan. After all, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing was a construction site for a long time, and King Yan was very familiar with this scene.
It’s just that such familiar scenes will become less and less common in the future.
