In Qin Dynasty, the hero of the bright moon dominates the world

Chapter 702

The canals are irrigated, and the seedlings are strong.

Farmers carry water from the diversion channel of the canal and return to the farmland for irrigation.

Since the Zhengguo Canal was built, in the past 30 to [-] years, the food in Guanzhong has been abundant, which has supported Qin Guodong to go east and rule the world.Habayashi is on the side, guarding the left and right.

Zhao Shuang looked at the endless fertile fields, but he was worried.

At this time, the Zhengguo Canal is still playing a huge role in irrigating the large fields on the north bank of the Weishui River.These [-] hectares of land can harvest millions of stones of grain every year.

However, since the Qin State ruled the world, Guanzhong has become the capital of the emperor.The empire moved a large number of wealthy households from the Kanto region to settle in Guanzhong. In addition, it supported hundreds of thousands of troops to drive out the Xiongnu, open up frontier land, and migrate to Guishou and border areas. As a result, the food revenue and expenditure in Guanzhong was actually negative.

For this reason, the empire opened water transportation, and the grain and grass levied in the Kanto region were transported by water every year to Xianyang, so as to maintain the balance of grain revenue and expenditure.

The empire lost more than half of the counties in the Kanto region, and water transportation naturally lost its effectiveness in the past.

The empire's water transportation was paralyzed, and millions of water workers in the Kanto region, now in chaos in the world, joined the anti-Qin forces in Shandong.This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Chujun was able to grow rapidly.

Although there is no chaos in Guanzhong, the food in Guanzhong is very tight, and there is a shortage of millions of stones every year.

The cost of maintaining the imperial capital is different from the cost of the royal capital.

After the empire unified the world, the system was designed based on the potential risk of rebellion in Shandong. When the water transportation system was established across the country, it focused on Guanzhong, Bashu and other areas that belonged to the basic empire.

Granaries in the imperial capital like Xianyang Cang are all at the level of [-] shi per product, and Guanzhong granaries such as Bashang Cang and Liyang Cang also store huge amounts of grain all year round.

It hasn't been long since the world was in chaos. Although the water transport was broken, the disadvantages have not yet become too deep.

At this time, Guanzhong can still rely on the food and wealth accumulated in the past to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops to march eastward.

Xiao He stood beside Zhao Shuang. As the head of the Prime Minister's Mansion, he knew very well the tax revenue of the counties and counties controlled by the empire.

"Your Majesty, this year seems to be a bumper year. Report from Chengdu and Nanzheng. Bashu and Hanzhong can also provide 300 million shi of grain this year."

It's not yet autumn, so we can only have a rough estimate of the harvest of grain and grass.However, the land of Bashu has always been the granary of the empire. After the empire has been operating for a hundred years, and after it has unified the world, the transportation between Guanzhong and Bashu has been improved.

However, it is more convenient for the grain in Bashu and Hanzhong to be transported eastward to Nanyang and Nanjun.

"In addition, Chengdu and Jiangzhou have established two armies according to the king's wishes. The land and water army has a total of 3 people, and craftsmen have built [-] large and small ships. It is now half completed."

"It seems that Li Shang and Yu Ziqi are doing well."

Xiao He followed Zhao Shuang, listened to his words, and smiled slightly.

The situation in Guanzhong is good now. Not long ago, Zhang Chujun who invaded Sanchuan was defeated.Now Li Xin and Li You are joining forces and fighting fiercely with the main force of Zhang Chu's army. It seems that it will be a matter of time before they win.

However, Zhao Shuang suppressed the calls of the generals to go east to counter the rebellion, and now he still adopts a defensive strategy.

Many people were puzzled, but Xiao He saw the clues.

Even though this year is a good year, Guanzhong's grain and grass income and expenditure are still unbalanced, and there is a big gap.Although the balance can be maintained by relying on past reserves, this disadvantage will appear over time.

After Zhao Shuang took control of Guanzhong, he kept making adjustments.

"Zhang Chujun is nothing to worry about, but the old families of the Six Kingdoms behind him are troublesome."

Most of Zhang Chu's army is reckless, and the leaders of all walks of life only know how to attack cities and seize land, rob population and wealth, but don't know how to govern.However, among the old families of the Six Kingdoms, there are many capable people who know how to manage the place, appease the people, and maintain production.

"Your Majesty is worried that once the army of the empire falls into the quagmire of fighting with Zhang Chu's army, it will be taken advantage of by the old clans of the Six Kingdoms?"

"No, maybe the old clans of the Six Kingdoms are expecting us to be in a stalemate with Zhang Chujun. Even if Zhang Chujun is gone, they will go on their own."

Xiao He seemed to understand a little bit about this.

If the imperial army goes east, even if Zhang Chu's rebellion is finally put down, what will be obtained is a more dilapidated area than before, and it will not be able to make up for the cost of putting down the rebellion in a short time.

Even if Zhang Chujun is gone, there are Qi Jun and Chu Jun to the east, and Zhao Jun and Yan Jun to the north.Even if the armies of the Six Nations are not the opponents of the Imperial Army, as long as there is a problem in one of the links and cannot be resolved quickly, it will fall into a stalemate between the Imperial Army and the Six Nations Army.

With the current situation in Guanzhong, it is difficult to bear the hundreds of thousands of troops dragging out the front line, fighting everywhere, and conducting long-term, high-intensity wars.It would be fine if the battle can be resolved quickly, but if the stalemate persists, the military rations will be difficult to maintain, and finally the whole line will collapse.

"But if you don't care about it, I'm afraid that after the defeat of Zhang Chu's army, the princes will soon become bigger."

"The princes of the world are nothing more than mediocre. In the Kanto region, there is no one who can match our elite army. What really needs to be concerned about is the food and grass in the rear."

No matter how elite the army is, it is useless without food and grass to support it.

Zhao Shuang glanced at Xiao He and said.

"In the future, the collection and management of taxes in Bashu, Guanzhong and other places will be entrusted to you."

Xiao He was taken aback, and bowed his hands, feeling the weight of it.

"The minister will live up to the entrustment of the king."

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The flames of war are raging, and sparks are flying.

Tian Hu looked around, confused.No one obeyed his command any more, all they could think about was fleeing for their lives.

More than ten years is long enough to make people forget many things.

Since the day of the Dazeshan incident, they have won consecutive battles, watching the imperial officials and county soldiers who used to dominate them in the past were defeated, begged for mercy, bowed their heads, and died, so that they forgot the sweeping army back then. The army of the world once brought the deepest fear in their hearts.

But now, when that army came again, Tian Hu suddenly discovered that the experience they had accumulated in the past was so useless.

It turned out that that army would not be like those county soldiers, because there were too many people on the opposite side, they would surrender.

It turned out that that army would not be like them. If the battle goes well, the morale will be high, and they will advance in one go;

It turned out that there are really people in this world who are not afraid of death, and dare to charge back against the enemy's army that has an absolute superiority in numbers.

The roar of the tiger awakened the confused Tian Hu.

In the night, a giant beast appeared in Tian Hu's field of vision.The appearance of the white tiger, the Mohist institution, was like the last straw, completely destroying Zhang Chujun's determination to resist.

In the moonlit night, the colossal giant beast with shocking power seemed to be cruising in its own mountains, treating Zhang Chujun as nothing.

The giant palm hit the ground like a landslide.

Then, the second head, the third head...

Tian Hu pulled out the Tiger Soul Sword, and pointed at the white tiger that was looking at him.He wanted to resist, but when the words came to his lips, they became a sentence.

"Get out!"

(End of this chapter)