Liu Cheng asked Wei Li about some information about the city of Muni, and learned that the area of the city was actually not that big.
It was not as big as a small county in the Central Plains.
There were about 1,100 households inside and outside the city, with a population of less than 10,000. .
The arable area along the river and lakeside outside the city is about 35,000 acres, which is much less than a hundred years ago.
Liu Cheng asked: "Why is the arable area thousands of acres less than it was more than a hundred years ago?
You have been here for so many years.
Do you know the reason?"
Wei Li cupped his fists and said, "I asked the locals about this matter, and I also observed and pondered it myself.
I found that the bed of the Yinma River has been rising, and the water flow rate and flow rate are gradually decreasing every year.
Although this decrease lasts for a short period of time, You can't see it inside, but if you measure it every year, you will find the difference.
In a hundred years, think about how much changes there will be.
When the Loulan Kingdom moved its capital to Yixun City, it was probably because of overpopulation and the reduction of cultivated land. " Liu Cheng thought for a while and asked: "Have the people of Shanshan never thought about cleaning up the river, clearing out some silt from the river bottom, and letting the river bed sink?
In autumn and winter, the weather is cold and the ice and snow do not melt.
It is a good time to clean up the silt in the river. " Wei Li shook his head: "I have also thought about this problem, but I found that there are many practical problems.
The first is that Shanshan State does not have the talents to manage the rivers; secondly, they do not have so much labor, and the rivers that need to be cleaned from east to west are too long. , the population of Shanshan Country is not large, and the output of the fields is not much.
Even if the whole country is mobilized to clean up the river, it will take several years to clean up the river, so during this time they will not have time to engage in production , without production, there will be no food to live on.”
These are indeed two very real problems.
This has almost become an endless cycle.
No wonder the Loulan Kingdom had to move its capital that year.
If there was technology and enough labor, it would not be difficult to clean up the river.
But there is neither technology nor With enough labor, it would be impossible for other countries to recruit labor to help the Loulan people manage the rivers.
Not even the Han Dynasty, the overlord of the country, would be able to do so.
No matter how noble they were, they would not be so noble.
Liu Cheng stopped talking about this topic.
He asked: "You may have encountered difficulties from the Duni City when you farmed here."
Wei Li clasped his fists and said: "The first few years when I came here were pretty good, but in recent years they have used various excuses to ask me to hand over some grain.
After Beizhi refused sternly, they also said that there was insufficient cultivated land in Duni City.
I On the grounds that there were too many soldiers in the army, they asked us to take out some fields and return them to the city lord's palace, but I was sternly rejected by the humble official."
"After being rejected by Bei Gong several times, they tried to find excuses for Bei Gong and others to threaten them.
Once, several soldiers under Bei Gong's command went to the city to purchase daily necessities, but they were falsely accused of molesting local women.
These soldiers were very He was soon imprisoned in the city, and according to the law, he was going to be questioned and executed.
He immediately went to Chihe to negotiate, but Chihe was known to all the people in the city.
They refused on the grounds of love, and soon someone came to Beizhong and said that as long as Beizhong handed over two hundred acres of farmland, they could pardon the crimes of those soldiers.
Only then did Beizhong know that this was their conspiracy, and the amount of farmland was registered in the register.
Yes, the Changshi Mansion has it on record.
How can I hand over my humble position without permission?
I had no choice but to swallow my anger and watch those soldiers being executed unjustly."
After hearing this, Liu Cheng's face turned cold, "Humph, it's really unreasonable.
They were afraid that they got the news about the civil strife in my court, so they dared to make such unreasonable demands.
If one plan fails, another will come up.
It seems that they should be given to them."
I read the long article with a little color.
You have a flexible mind.
Please give me an idea.
How can you beat them so that they are afraid but can't make the people of Shanshan feel resentful?"
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Chen Qun thought about it and raised his hands and said: "This matter is not difficult.
The general can order several thousand soldiers from the army to build a stone bridge across the Yinma River.
There are carpenters, masons, and masons in the army, and organize Three thousand soldiers, using local materials, can complete the project in just three to five days.
This seems to be for the purpose of digging out the mud city, but it is actually a matter of convenience.
It allows business travelers to cross the river, so that business travelers can directly cross the river from Muni City to Dunhuang City without taking a detour, saving one day's journey.
This is of great benefit to business exchanges and can be obtained through this The people of Muni City have good feelings, but we can also frame the lord of Muni City during the implementation of this matter."
Liu Cheng thought for a while, staying here for three to five days is not a problem.
As long as he does not spend money, it is okay to let the soldiers work as labor for a few days, but how can he beat the people of Shanshan?
He asked: "How to frame them?"
Chen Qun whispered a few words in Liu Cheng's ear.
After listening, Liu Cheng thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, let's do it."
Liu Cheng got up and left the city to return to the camp.
He also sent people to invite the city lord Chihe.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Chihe was just about to have dinner when he heard an attendant coming to report that Liu Cheng had invited him.
Although he was unhappy, he had to go to see Liu Cheng outside the city.
Did he know that this master The banners that cover the sky, the forest of swords and spears, and the more than 10,000 soldiers outside the city are not for nothing.
Even if the soldiers of the entire Shanshan Kingdom are added together, there are not so many.
Chihe followed a school captain to the Chinese army's tent to pay homage to Liu Cheng.
After saluting, Liu Cheng was cutting meat with a knife.
When he heard the sound, he raised his head and smiled at Chihe: "City Lord Chihe is here, please take a seat.
Thank you."
The fifty sheep and grains sent by someone in the afternoon, this meat is the roasted mutton from the sheep that was just slaughtered.
It is very tender and delicious.
The city lord didn’t have dinner, please come and serve it to the city lord Chihe.”
"Thank you, General."
Chihe saluted and sat down.
He also wanted to taste the food cooked by the Central Plains people.
When the wine and meat were served, Liu Cheng introduced: "Chief City Lord Chihe, this is the wine from my Central Plains Dynasty, and its name is Dukang."
The people of Shanshan like to drink, but they don’t know how to make wine, and their grain production is not enough to support them in making wine.
They can only buy it from other surrounding countries.
The wine drank by the princes, nobles and common people here is all shipped from the north and comes from the grassland.
The barbarian horse milk wine.
Chihe drank several cups at every meal, but now after drinking Dukang, he discovered that there is such a wonderful wine in the world, and he repeatedly praised: "Good wine, good wine."
Liu Cheng smiled and raised his glass and said: "Since the Lord of Chihe City likes it, then drink a few more glasses."
After drinking for three rounds, Liu Cheng brought up the matter of building a stone bridge on the Yinma River and said: "Chief City Lord, my western patrol army recently walked around from the other side of the lake and walked for a whole day.
This was too time-consuming.
Could it be that Lord Chihe has never thought of building a bridge on the river for business travelers to pass.
If this bridge can be built and completed, it will be of great benefit to the city of Kuni, and more business travelers will come here."
Chihe was a little drunk at this time.
He shook his head and said: "The General doesn't know something.
It's not that the officials don't want to do it, nor that the people of Wuni City don't want to do it.
It's because it's too difficult to build a bridge from the river.
The people in our city don't want it."
They neither know how to build nor have enough manpower.”
Liu Cheng thought for a while and said: "I have craftsmen and technicians in the general's army, and they can help the people of Wuni City to complete the construction of this bridge.
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I just need you to provide materials and meals."
"Ah this."
Chihe was stunned for a moment, and then asked with some suspicion: "Do you take what the general said seriously?"
"Hmph, what kind of status do I have as a general?
How can I just joke about it?"
Seeing that he didn't believe it, Liu Cheng slapped the table with an unkind expression and got angry.
Chi He said hurriedly: "General, calm down, calm down.
I just can't believe it.
If the general really has this intention, I don't know what the general's conditions are."
"No, after all, building this bridge is not only good for the people of Wuni City, but also good for the Han Dynasty.
After the bridge is built, business travelers will no longer have to take a long way to Dunhuang City, which can save a day's journey."
Chihe sighed: "The general is very courageous, but the lower officials are not as good as him.
Well, the general can order people to make a list of the materials needed to build the stone bridge.
It is customary to send people to prepare everything.
As for the main material stone, there are many in the nearby barren mountains.
The general can take whatever he wants, and the subordinate officer can also send about 300 slaves in the city to serve the general."
Liu Cheng shook his head and said: "Three hundred slaves are too few.
Although our army can dispatch thousands of soldiers to help build the bridge, the number is still too small.
Our army cannot stay here for too long.
The construction will be completed within ten days at most." , so I asked the city lord to send out more labor.
I heard that there are three thousand monks in the city, so why not order them to contribute."
Chihe's face changed, he thought about it and said, "The general doesn't know something.
The king of our country believes in Buddhism and there are many monks in the country, so they are not required to do hard labor.
If the subordinates order the monks in the city to do hard labor, I'm afraid someone will sue the king."
It’s all over, I’m afraid my brother Wang won’t look good on me when the time comes.”
Liu Cheng was dissatisfied and said: "Lord Chihe, you want to have good political achievements and benefit the people, but you are not willing to take risks.
You must know that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
If you want to build a bridge, you must build a dam upstream and move the bridge piers.
The water is cleared to expose the river bed.
If the dam is raised, it can block the river water from upstream.
This will increase the river level and increase tens of thousands of acres of fertile farmland on both sides of the river bank.
The extra fields can support more people."
Chihe was moved.
Tens of thousands of acres of fertile land was such a fortune for Muni City, which had a population of only about 10,000.
He swallowed, weighed in his mind for a while and gritted his teeth: "Okay, I will give the order."
All the monks in the city worked hard to build stone bridges and dams.”
Early the next morning, various preparations began.
The poles for carrying soil, sacks for holding soil, hoes and other measuring tools were prepared, and the decree of the city lord's government was also issued.
The people cheered and encouraged, but the monks complained one by one.
They were used to being comfortable, and now they were asked to do hard work.
How could they do it?
Under the heavy pressure of the city lord's palace sending soldiers and government officials, they had to give in
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