Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 646 A Treasure Land Flowing With Secrets...

Lu Qian is going to teach his women a lesson today, broaden their horizons, and let them know where his son's future lies.

Seeing one queen and four concubines nodding in unison, they opened another scroll. "Let's see this again..."

But it is yet another geographical map of the universe.It's just that China in this picture is very different from the previous one.

The entire east is enveloped in true red and crimson.

"This..." The five girls were shocked again.The entire eastern part of the map is covered in red. You can't see Liao, Xia, or Jin. Tubo, Dali, Koryo, and Japan are all painted red.

"This is the Lu family empire in my heart." Compared to Huaxia, Zhonghua and the like, the Lu family empire gives them a greater sense of belonging and is easier to understand.

For the time being, this map is an enlarged version of the "begonia map" of later generations.One more slip to the south, it was Annan.Going north all the way to the Arctic Ocean.

Don't think this is delusional, this grand plan is closely related to Lu Qian's entire arrangement.

Lu Qian made up his mind very early on, and placed most of his heroes and generals in Nanyang, and placed his son in the Western Regions and Saibei.

Of course, there is still an arrangement to go to Japan.

What's the reason for this?Naturally, it is easier to develop.

"Although in terms of strength from the north to the south, the Gaochang Uighurs, the East and West Kara Khanate, the Ghaznavid Kingdom, the Kpchak Khanate, and the nomadic peoples on the prairie are far more powerful than Angkor and Bagan in the South. , Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom. However, the South Sea is hot and humid, with miasma and poisonous insects everywhere, and the environment is far worse than that in the north. The latter is a severe cold winter, what are you afraid of? What is in the Central Plains is cotton, and after seizing the northern part of the Great Wall, there are countless skins. Felt blanket, how can a good man be afraid of the cold?" If you are afraid of miasma and poisonous insects, this is understandable, but what is the cold?Su Wu has been herding sheep on the shore of Lake Baikal for 19 years. "And the north is vast, and the future is even greater than that of the south." And Japan really wants to explore across the ocean.

How do women know about this?They just know that Nanyang is full of poisonous insects and miasma, but it is also rich in products, and lazy people who do not work in the sun all day will not starve to death.It is like summer all the year round, and there is no winter.

And what about the northern prairie?In their minds, that's a rotten place where turtles don't shit and birds don't lay eggs.

Hu Sanniang was the first to say: "The northern land is barren, what's the future?" There is indeed a future, so why do the barbarians from the northern land keep going south?
"Haha, you guys." Lu Qian picked up the pointer and tapped it on the prairie marked as Saibei. "Compared with the Central Plains, this place is cold and remote, and the people's livelihood is difficult. However, it is by no means poor."

The northern grasslands are shallow, with little rainfall, and are not suitable for large-scale cultivation of crops. The consequences of doing so are clearly visible in the 21st century.

But the vast prairie is a good place to develop animal husbandry.In today's era, there is no refrigeration technology. Although there is an example of Zhao Song spending a large amount of money to buy sheep from the Liao State every year, that amount of money is a drop in the bucket compared with the cattle and sheep in the entire Liao State.What Lu Qian wanted to develop was wool textiles.If you want to stimulate the economy of Saibei, the only way is wool spinning.Only this industry can make the herdsmen in the land of Saibei economically inseparable from the Central Plains.It can also allow Saibei herdsmen to gradually transfer from a nomadic state to settled or semi-settled.

It's like turning a raw fan into a mature fan.

But even so, it is very difficult to ask them to obediently obey the instructions of the Central Plains Dynasty like the Han people.

This is a kind of ideological difference, so the Saibei grassland still needs enlightenment.

At the same time, they also need a kind of deterrence, a kind of real force.If Lu Qian wants them to be obedient, he must first let them know what fear is.Just like the peoples of Central Asia and Siberia who were conquered by Tsarist Russia in the official history.

Who thinks his bones are harder than a knife?That will kill you until your bones are weak.

Lu Qian was given a hint on how the Khitans ruled the central and eastern part of the grassland.Cities were built on the vast prairie.Thinking about it, how similar is this to the military stronghold established by the Russians when they conquered Siberia in later generations?
If there is a difference, it is that both sides are in the era of cold weapons.The Central Plains army has not yet formed a crushing advantage in terms of force over the nomads.Even the latter is more advantageous.

That's why Lu Qian thought of soft means to control Mongolia, and hard means will only serve as a deterrent in the future.

Of course, the Chinese sheep breed is inherently limited. In official history, the first fine-wool sheep in China was not bred until after the founding of the Red Dynasty.None of that original.

Without fine-wool sheep, it would be wishful thinking to vigorously develop the wool textile industry.

Even though today's wool spinning technology is not comparable to that of later generations.But Lu Qian still asked the intelligence department to infiltrate Guangzhou early, either pretending to be merchants and traveling with Chinese maritime merchants, or making contracts with Tianfang merchants to obtain fine-wool sheep at high prices.

In fact, he didn't even know that the best fine-wool sheep in the world at this time were all in England.

The British have unique advantages in the development of the wool textile industry.The climate, sunshine, water and soil of the British Isles are very suitable for the growth of fine wool sheep.

The origin of fine-wool sheep on the earth is almost all in the UK.

Fine-wool sheep, which are rarely seen in China, are everywhere in the southern hilly areas of England.Southern Down sheep, Oxford sheep, Hampshire sheep, Suffolk sheep, Sherropshire sheep and Dorset sheep, etc., as well as Lincoln sheep, Leicester sheep, Border Leicester sheep and Romney sheep.

In Europe, Britain is a traditional sheep-raising country and the most important wool producer in Europe.Yes, at this time, Britain was only a raw material exporter at the lowest end of the wool textile industry.

Lu Qian didn't know this, he thought that the fine-wool sheep could be found in Tianzhu or further west.Otherwise, he will definitely be jealous of Britain while ridiculing Britain.

It is precisely because he does not know this that he is so confident that he can use wool to soften the attitude of the grassland people.This is completely different from his grasp of cotton seed improvement.Regarding the latter, Lu Qian's target was India and Egypt from the beginning.

Although he only knows a little about it, he knows how John Bull squeezed Indian cotton spinners in modern history, and the name of Egyptian long-staple cotton.

But when it comes to wool, Lu Qian is destined to be disappointed.It's just that at this moment, Emperor Lu is not worth his salt at all.

There are many things that Lu Qian can't tell Fang Jinzhi and the others, and there's no need to explain them too clearly. These things need to be kept secret.He just used the pointer in his hand at [-] for the river and mid-river.

"I will never ask my sons to go outside the Great Wall alone. They will each bring an army. The families of these armies, as well as the people recruited and moved from the Central Plains, will number hundreds of thousands in total. Yes. If these people have laid the groundwork and have the Central Plains as their backing, if they still can't recover the barbarians on the grassland..." Lu Qian almost said - What else do I want them to do!Before enfeoffing the princes, he must have raided the grassland several times.

"There are also kingdoms in these places. Many of them are descendants of the Turks who moved westward during the Li and Tang Dynasties. But after all, they are not where the wealth lies."

It can only be said that he is the tallest among the dwarfs.Compared with the surroundings, it is naturally much better, but compared with Jiangnan in the Central Plains, and the place that Lu Qian finally chose for his sons, it is far behind.

"Tianzhu!" This is the final destination that Lu Qian chose for his sons.Few Chinese people in later generations have a good impression of India. When mentioning India, they will inevitably think of a certain sacred oil and the holy water of the Ganges.But in today's time, this is a good place second only to the Central Plains.

The five daughters all know where Tianzhu is, and it is said that the ancestral home of Chinese Buddhism.The place where Buddhism could be born, subconsciously the five girls distinguished it from the barbaric wilderness.

"This is a secret treasure land. Hundreds of millions of indigenous people are docile and docile, and everyone is as humble as mud. You don't need to scold them. They themselves regard themselves as filthy." Lu Qian felt that Neo-Confucianism was really true. It is the most suitable land for Tianzhu.

The scholar-bureaucrats no longer need to worry about why the poor do not starve to death at home but come out to cause trouble for them. The untouchables in India do not need to worry about it. When it is time to starve to death, they can find a place to die on their own obediently. It stains the eyes of noble people.

"All they have to do is to lead the cavalry from Saibei to the south."

At this time, Lehe's voice came from outside. "Your Majesty Qizuo, the Chief Assistant is already waiting outside the hall." Zong Ze was ordered by Lu Qian.Several months have passed, and the capital has not yet been settled.Lu Qian felt that he could reveal some of his plans to Zongze.

Hearing the sound, he put down the pointer, and Lu Qian picked up a book from the desk beside him, which was foreign materials he had specially collected.It includes India and the northern countries of the Western Regions.

"Take all these back and read them. Be careful to keep them secret. Now is not the time to disclose them to the outside world. You have to learn about Tianzhu by yourself and see what it is like. Also think about what your sons will need when they are sealed off. .”

Lu Qian has not decided on the crown prince yet.Therefore, although each of his sons has the possibility of inheriting the throne, everyone must be prepared to be enfeoffed.After all, there is only one dragon chair.

"Chen Zongze pays homage to His Majesty."

Fang Jinzhi's five daughters walked out of the hall through the side door in a daze, as if they were drunk, and there seemed to be a crackling sound in their head.What they have seen and heard in recent days has dealt a heavy blow to the three views they have already formed.

But everyone hugged the books in their hands as tightly as if they were their own children.Emperor Lu did not choose his heir or elder, but chose a virtuous person to stand.They are not sure that their son will be extraordinary and independent when he grows up.

Therefore, the importance of this book cannot be overstated.Although in their lifetime, it is very likely that they will never see the day when their son enters Tianzhu.After all, their father was ruthless and planned to ask his son to gather up the grassland first... But the grassland and Tianzhu were one in the south and the other in the north, separated by thousands of miles.By the time the children and grandchildren lead the army south to Tianzhu, they may already be underground.

Even the childless Wu Qiongying is extremely precious now.Of course, there was also a longing in her heart, a longing for her son.

Although the fifth daughter is not the case?No woman in the harem dislikes many sons.

Moreover, there was a lot of talk about moving the capital during this period, and they had heard about it.Then there will be more sense of urgency.

If the capital was moved to a spacious place, even if Lu Qian didn't take the initiative to take in concubines and expand the harem, some of the ministers outside would take the initiative.

But he didn't know that Lu Qian really planned it, and it never changed.The so-called Jiangling was just a dead ghost he pulled out after seeing Jinling being rejected by all the officials to divert his attention.

There are only a few places in the huge China that are suitable for a capital, Luoyang is not good, Kaifeng is not, and Chang'an is not good, so there are only two capitals in the north and the south.However, Yanjing City is still in the hands of the Khitan people, and Nanjing is opposed by the monarch and ministers because of its geographical location.

Even Lu Qian lost his mind for a while.

He had no choice but to pull out Jiang Ling as a shield, let the ministers argue with each other, and he will slowly arrange it himself.There is no rush to move the capital anyway!
(End of this chapter)