Princes fight for hegemony.

The ups and downs are like a small boat moving against the current. If you are not careful, you may be thrown into the bottom of the wave, making it difficult to turn over.

The New Qin in Guanzhong rose again, and the pride of the Chu people began to become uncertain. Let's look back at our two princes and kings, King Xiang Yu of Chu and King Liu Bang of Han.

One is busy mopping up the opposition forces in the territory, and the other is busy expanding his newly occupied territory in Nanjun. Who will really care about the suffering of the people.

On the contrary, the Qin people in Guanzhong got a prince who was considerate of the people. With the advent of another harvest season, Shenwuhou Li Yuan was regarded as a great hero and savior by the Qin people in Guanzhong.

The Xiongnu had no time to take care of themselves, and the northwest border of Qin State was stable. To the east of Hangu Pass, Guanzhong continued to be turbulent. The fighting for a whole year was enjoyable, but when the harsh winter came, all the forces frowned.

Harvest is always proportional to effort.

The princes who were busy grabbing territory suddenly looked back when they were proud or frustrated, only to find that their backyards were in a mess, hungry people were everywhere, and the people's life was even worse than that of the second Qin Dynasty.

The rebellious Yingbu invaded the hinterland of the Western Chu Kingdom. Although Yingbu was finally driven out, his vitality was greatly damaged. In addition, Xiang Yu had a tough personality and insisted on wiping out the opposition forces everywhere, so that he even reached Su.

When the grains were harvested and returned to the warehouse, Xiang Yu found that his treasury was not even half full.

Overlord Xiang Yu is like this, and the situation of Han King Liu Bang is even more miserable. The defeat in February and March, and the subsequent large amount of ransom payments, are like a big mountain, oppressing Liu Bang's shoulders. The grain crops in Ba and Shu are on Xiao He's shoulders.

Under the overall planning, although the shortage of funds has been alleviated, it is still impossible to make further efforts.

As for the other small princes, the situation is similar to that of Xiang and Liu. The worst situation is that of the heroes of Zhao. They are the most vigorous in killing internally and have to bear the bitter consequences of the large number of people fleeing in the territory.

This is the situation in the four borders of the Qin State. Compared with the difficulties of various princes, the situation of the Qin State is relatively better. In fact, if it were not for this war to resist the invasion of the Huns, Guanzhong's great harvest this season could make up for the Qin State's

There are many empty granaries in various counties.

This is a true portrayal of the chaos in the world in the second year of Qin and Xinli.

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The west wind is strong.

At the end of the second year of the Qin Dynasty and the New Year, the cold wave from the prairie arrived as expected, and affected a larger area, causing more severe freezing disasters.

Countless Huns returned to the grassland and died of the cold. Those weak tribes had no resistance in the face of this natural disaster. The only choice they had was to take care of them under the command of the Great Chanyu Maodun.

This is the fateful choice of the grassland peoples.

Not only the northern grasslands, but as the cold currents from the depths of the prairie moved southward, the temperature in the Chu region of Guanzhong and Guandong, which had always been warm, suddenly dropped by more than ten degrees, causing Chu people who lacked winter robes to wear

They were wailing to the sky, shouting that this was the retribution given to them by God.

December 20th.

The first snow of winter.

Arrive as scheduled. The whole area in Guanzhong is covered with snow, and little snowflakes decorate both sides of the Weishui River in an extremely enchanting way.

After the rare harvest of the first season, hard-working farmers sow hope for the next harvest. After two trial planting experiences, the people in Guanzhong have gradually become familiar with wheat, a drought- and cold-resistant crop.

The uneven fields beside Zhengguo Canal are covered with plowed yellow-brown soil.

Nowadays, when the white snowflakes are falling in the fields, the white and yellow, and the cottages scattered in the countryside, form the most beautiful natural picture in the world.

In the month after returning to Xianyang, Li Yuan finally got his first holiday since traveling to this troubled world. For Li Yuan, a descendant who is accustomed to air conditioning and heating in the house, he should try to do as little activity outside the house as possible.

It is the greatest kind of happiness.

However, on this day, Li Yuan went out in a light car. Taking the opportunity to inspect the farming, he decided to take Gu Yunniang to the fields beside Zhengguo Canal to relax. Compared with Ying Yushu and Xin Zhui, the relationship with Gu Yunniang was the most urgent need.

The relationship and consolidation have always been in Xianyang City. As the most powerful figure in the Qin State, many people pay attention to Li Yuan. He does not want to bring unnecessary turmoil to the government because of his personal affairs.

This trip was a big unexpected surprise for Gu Yunniang, who cared about Li Yuan wholeheartedly. Although she had been longing for it in her heart, she didn't dare to think that this day would actually come.

"Yunniang, do you regret it?" Sitting on the carriage, Li Yuan held Gu Yunniang's hand and asked with concern. The woman in front of him got the least and gave the most. Even if Li Yuan is iron and stone

Your heart will also be touched.

There was mist in Gu Yunniang's eyes. She shook her head with a smile and said, "I only regret that when Baima was desperate and almost desperate, I met a bastard, a blockhead, and an idiot. If I could take revenge, I would

I hope I can beat him hard and let out a bad breath."

When Gu Yunniang's fist fell lightly on his shoulder, Li Yuan felt heartache. He hugged Gu Yunniang in his arms and whispered: "If you want to hit me, hit me hard until you feel heartache too."

Emotional matters are right and wrong.

Where can we distinguish clearly and explain clearly?

Li Yuan is happy, because being loved by someone is a kind of happiness. Gu Yunniang is happy, because being able to love someone and be accepted is also a kind of happiness.

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Chen Cangdao.

This road running through the Qinling Mountains is the protagonist of "Building a plank road in the open and crossing Chencang secretly". However, with the unexpected rise of the New Qin Dynasty and the eastward movement of Liu Bang's power, there is no trace of this famous allusion in history.

The protagonists are all gone, and the allusions disappear. In this severe cold winter, on the icy and difficult Chencang Road, a group of Qin troops are escorting several ox carts and are working hard to move forward.

From the relatively warm Hanzhong to the increasingly cold Guanzhong, this small team moved little by little with tenacious perseverance. In just more than ten days, the strong cart-pulling cattle were extremely thin and looked listless when they set off.

No wonder it looks like this. No matter who pulls a cart of iron and rocks over the mountain road, he will not feel relaxed.

In the middle of the team, Sima Yin, a soldier of the Qin State, was riding a horse in the wind and snow. With his thin stature and tall body, if it weren't for his tanned face, he would be a completely charming figure for women.

After more than a month of preparations, the preliminary measurement and preliminary exploration of the new ordnance manufacturing branch in Jushui has been basically completed. After Sima Yin heard the news that Li Yuan had returned to Xianyang, he decided to go to Guanzhong with a load of iron and stone to see.

Li Yuan personally took a look at the quality of the iron ore.

Since being appointed as the person in charge of Qin's military manufacturing, Sima Yin has devoted himself wholeheartedly to this early industrial technological innovation. Transforming from a military official to a technical official is not without pain and unwillingness, but Sima Yin

They all survived.

The military system of Great Qin suffered great damage during the turmoil at the end of the Qin Dynasty. The loss of craftsmen and craftsmen was the most critical. A considerable number of them were sent to Handan, Xiping and Hanzhong in Guandong. Even if

Xiang Yu and Liu Bang didn't pay much attention to military building, and there was no lack of insightful counselors under them. The ones Li Yuan could recruit were those craftsmen who were committed to the Qin Dynasty. As for the craftsmen who couldn't see the direction of the current situation, or whose hometowns were in Guandong, that only

They can be left to fend for themselves.

National strength determines everything.

As the power of the Qin State gradually recovered and became stronger, the support for military manufacturing also increased. The mining technology of bronze ore was so perfect that many craftsmen felt honored.

However, at this time, news came from Handan and Xiping in Guanzhong that the craftsman Guo Zong and others had smelted iron tools. This made the craftsmen of the Qin State Army anxious again.

Considering the scale of Qin's military manufacturing, it lags behind Handan and Xiping in Guandong in terms of iron smelting technology. This is really unreasonable. In fact, if it were not for the frequent wars in Guandong and insufficient investment in a large number of iron weapons, the Qin army would

It is very likely that you will have to fight with outdated bronze weapons against the princes armed with iron swords.

Is it because the craftsmen are incompetent?

Or is it due to other reasons.

Sometimes both.

Feeling the pressure, Sima Dazao was purging the interior of the weapons industry. He revised the measures of rewarding diligence and punishing laziness, and restored the Qin State's previous practice of inscribing the names of craftsmen on the weapons they made, and extended it to other objects.

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At the same time, Sima Yin and Master Mo Ping spent more than half a year traveling through the mountains and rivers of Guanzhong, trying to find a suitable iron ore mine. Unfortunately, Guanzhong was originally an iron-poor area, and in this era

With their backward mining technology, Sima Yin and the others had not gained much. It was not until the peace agreement between Qin and Han was signed that the Qin army successfully entered the western area of ​​Hanzhong.

"There is a black stone rolling down from the mountains in Jushui. It looks like a stone and cannot be broken." After learning about this rumor, Sima Yin held on to his last hope and crossed Chencang Road into Hanzhong. At this time,

The central and western part of Han Dynasty is a place where Qiang people and Qin people live together. The folk customs are fierce. If there is a slight conflict, the fierce Qiang people may retaliate and kill.

It really took a lot of courage for Sima Yin to venture in. Along with him going south, in addition to Mo Ping, the great craftsman of the military craftsmanship, and a group of selected craftsmen, there were also members of the Sima family in Hanoi.

The Sima family lasted for hundreds of years. In Sima Yin's generation, there were two main influential figures. One was King Sima Mao of Yin. He was once a general under Zhang Er. After turning to the overlord Xiang Yu, he got

He reused Chaoge who was named King of Yin and whose fiefdom was in Hanoi County. The other was the great craftsman of the Qin State who made the Sima Seal. Compared with Sima Mao, who had left a reputation in history, the existence of Sima Seal was more symbolic to the Sima family.

It's a huge surprise.

As a famous and ideal big family, investment in talents is very important. If there are people on the anti-Qin side, it would be very dangerous if there are no people on the Qin side. Based on this idea, Sima Yin quickly

He is valued by the family, and a considerable part of the family has moved from Hanoi County to Guanzhong.

With the support of his family, Sima Yin was very motivated. The discovery of excellent open-pit iron ore in Jushui this time meant that the largest bottle of raw material made by Qin Guobing in iron smelting technology was removed. Therefore, this time in Xianyang

This trip is of vital importance to Sima Yin.

As long as he can continue to invest, Sima Yin is confident that he can produce a large batch of iron swords and halberds that can equip the army before Handan and Xiping.

Science and technology are primary productive forces.

The resurgent Qin State began to show signs of surpassing its opponents in many aspects such as agriculture, commerce, and weapons manufacturing. Compared with Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, and Li Yuan who were still in the fighting and killing stage, they were already one step ahead. (To be completed.)

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