Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 6516 has never changed from beginning to end
Just when Yuan Shu and Liu Zhang were discussing how to reasonably defraud money from Liu Zhang's uncle, the people sent by Liu Bei finally arrived in Yinping County.

"What, Liu Xuande came to see us?" Yuan Shu had a strange expression on his face. No way, they haven't started to implement the plan yet, why is Liu Xuande coming here? Oh, that's not right, they never thought of defrauding Liu Bei's money.

If you say Liu Bei is rich, then he is rich. If you say he is poor, then he is indeed poor. Considering the amount of money given to him by the country every year, the money earned by his first and second wives, and the dividends given to him by Chen Xi, it would be no problem for him to kill Liu Yu.

The problem was that Liu Bei issued discharge certificates every year, and when he saw disabled soldiers and veterans in trouble, he would pay out of his own pocket to give them some subsidies, and sometimes he would even visit them to reassure them to stay strong and live on.

It may not sound like much money, but it happens so often. We do this year after year. It is only thanks to the wives that they can really make money, otherwise, this family would have collapsed long ago.

The middle-level bureaucrats and lower-level officials were not very clear about this matter, but guys like Yuan Shu and Liu Zhang knew it well. They agreed that Liu Bei was indeed benevolent because of these useless details.

"Why did my cousin come to find us? Have we done anything strange recently?" Liu Zhang also had a worried expression on his face. He couldn't remember what he had done!

"No, since the second half of last year, we have been working hard for national construction. Even the gambling industry has been stopped. Do you remember when was the last time we went to the imperial prison?" Yuan Shu also had a strange look on his face, then turned to look at Liu Zhang and asked.

"That's right. The last time I went to the imperial prison was a long time ago. There hasn't been any trouble recently. It seems that my cousin has some ideas. Forget it, let's go to Chengdu first and ask. Anyway, there has been no trouble this year, so there's no need to worry." Liu Zhang patted his chest and said confidently.

At this time, the two men's investigation in Yinping County had basically ended. They had originally planned to go to Zitong County to take a look, but now that Liu Bei had come, they decided to go see Liu Bei first. So they rode their beloved Gungun and headed straight for Chengdu. To be honest, Sichuan is indeed a place suitable for Gungun.

"Yes, the transportation network from north to south and east to west is really too convenient. While the speed of freight transportation has been greatly improved, it actually also means that the efficiency of legion transportation is improving. The significance of the road logistics transportation network is even more obvious in times of war." Liu Bei nodded and said.

After all, GunGun itself has the characteristics of climbing uphill and rolling downhill, fun!
In Chengdu, Liu Bei has already met Chen Deng, the newly appointed governor of Yizhou, and Sun Qian, who has also been in Chengdu recently. These three are old acquaintances, the kind that they only see a few times a year, so after meeting, they just found a place to eat and drink. In this part of China, eating and drinking can often be regarded as a ritual!

Just as those bureaucrats tried to welcome Sun Qian when the road was built, they will try to kill Sun Qian now in the same way. This is no joke. After all, what did the road bring, what will be lost if the road is lost? In addition, some determined bureaucrats directly moved the city to the main road, replanned and developed it, and now it is finally thriving. What will happen if Sun Qian touches the local main road?

"After walking a short distance along the path and feeling it myself, I can only say that the road you, Gongyou, built will benefit the present and future generations." Liu Bei praised with emotion.

"So you mean to rebuild it?" Liu Bei looked at Sun Qian tentatively, scaring Chen Deng, who was holding a wine jar beside him, so much that his hands began to tremble. Liu Xuande, listen to what you are talking about!
"No, I just feel that the technology was limited back then, and some historical problems were left behind. It is impossible to rebuild it. It is different from the situation when Zichuan cut off some industries at that time. If I touch the road construction in the east, I am afraid that countless bureaucrats will fight with me." Sun Qian shook his head and said.

"Yes, on the one hand, we didn't take over the entire Central Plains at that time, and on the other hand, many of our planning and design capabilities did not reach the current level. In the early years, we didn't have such a useful spiritual talent as Zhao Junqing." Sun Qian said with emotion. When Zhao Shuang was not around, Sun Qian was building roads, but after using Zhao Shuang's computer, he really couldn't do without this thing.

"It is very different from Xuzhou in many aspects, including local customs, climate, environment, and views on many things." Chen Deng said with some emotion, "Relatively speaking, the Shuzhong area, that is, the Chengdu Plain, is better than Xuzhou, both from a strategic perspective and from a living perspective. Xuzhou is peaceful, while the four warring areas are far away."

"I remember that when Marquis Chen and his men were on an eastern tour last time, he seemed to have said the same thing when he was cutting off those large industries in the east." Xu Chu, who had been sitting aside like a wooden man, spoke with some thought when he heard Liu Bei's words.

"I can't tell." Chen Deng shook his head. Every profession has its specialties. Sun Qian didn't live in vain for the past ten years. He just did one thing and did it to the best of his ability. Up to now, even Chen Xi would find it difficult to surpass Sun Qian in this matter.

"Yuanlong, how do you feel about coming to Yizhou?" After drinking a few glasses of wine, Liu Bei asked Chen Deng with a smile. If Chen Deng had not been too concerned about his family and attached too much importance to his own development, with Chen Deng's ability and relationship with Liu Bei, there would have been no problem for him to enter Chang'an. Unfortunately, he failed to keep up with the trend of the times. The last step was wrong, and all the steps were wrong.

It was because of Xu Chu's presence that Liu Bei was able to think quickly and on a whim travel from Chang'an to Hanzhong, and from Hanzhong to Chengdu. To be honest, he saw a lot of new things along the way.

"Sure enough, every walk of life is not easy." Liu Bei said with a sigh, then looked at Chen Deng and Sun Qian, "Actually, I walked far this time. I went west from Chang'an and followed the road to Hanzhong. Then I thought I had already arrived in Hanzhong, so I came here to take a look, and then I came here. Speaking of which, this is my first time in Chengdu."

That would be the death of these bureaucrats!
One or two people at Sun Qian's level don't matter, and ten or eight are no big deal, but Chen Xi will not mess around with hundreds or thousands, affecting the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people. However, if we discuss it purely from the perspective of the country, there are indeed some planning problems with those early roads.

"After these transportation networks were built, many places have become very different from the isolated islands they once were." Sun Qian dipped his finger in the wine and drew a road grid on the table. After all, most of the main roads in the Central Plains were built by him personally, so Sun Qian knew what kind of layout it was and what kind of places were involved.

"Alas, we were still poor back then. If we hadn't been poor, these places would not have been built like this." Sun Qian pointed to the Yanzhou area where the transportation network was very dense. From Sun Qian's current perspective, there are some problems with the layout of these roads. You know, these are main roads, and there are some layout problems at the national level. The impact is really huge.

"Yuanlong, your perspective is still the same as in the war years." Sun Qian said with some fatigue, "In fact, given the current situation, I'm afraid that even if a war breaks out in the future, some outstanding people will achieve overall victory in a very short time."

Chen Xi's cutting of those industries will not have any impact on the local people's livelihood. Even if someone else takes over, there will not be much change. But if Sun Qian demolishes and rebuilds the main roads in the eastern region, the current bureaucrats in the eastern states and counties will really fight with Sun Qian.

But now it has become a historical issue and we can only leave it like this.

After listening to Sun Qian's explanation, Liu Bei realized that he had asked a stupid question. As expected, different trades mean different worlds. He had never thought about this kind of question before. Although he had seen many such situations in the eastern provinces and counties, he had never really thought about why it was like this.

"It's probably because we didn't take over the entire Central Plains back then, and we considered road planning and layout from the perspective of one state and one county." Liu Bei looked at the horizontal and vertical stripes with some speculation. Although Liu Bei didn't understand this, he had seen a lot.

"It's about the same as I expected." Sun Qian stroked his beard and said with a smile, "So how do you feel about this journey?"

Although Liu Bei knew that the work that Sun Qian had been dealing with was very important to the country, walking on the roads in the eastern plains and walking on the roads in Sichuan and Shu were completely two different feelings. At least in the eastern plains, Liu Bei could still walk on those dirt roads. Without Sun Qian's roads, there would be roads to go, and it would not be too difficult. At most, transportation would be difficult, but individuals would not feel too deeply about this kind of thing.

But it was different in Sichuan. Liu Bei specially walked on the ancient Sichuan Road. How should I put it? It was not a place where humans could walk. It was too difficult to walk on. The plank road was really fatal.

According to Liu Bei's estimation, given the condition of the plank road, it would take one or two years just to get out of the mountainous area, let alone send anything. However, with the roads from Chang'an to Hanzhong and Hanzhong to Chengdu built by Sun Qian, if they really rode at full speed and didn't care about the loss of horses, they could reach the destination in a few days.

When the people of Lindai sent Ma Xinde to Chang'an, not to mention how much trouble it took for them to come down from Zangzhou, after entering Hanzhong and getting on the road, it actually took only one day to reach Chang'an. This is why the Fa Qiang and Qing Qiang in the Tibetan area strongly demanded that every successor governor build roads for them in the Tibetan area. It would be fine if they hadn't experienced it, but after experiencing it, they really couldn't get over this hurdle without building two roads. Whatever efficiency others have, they have the same efficiency.

For the Fa Qiang and Qing Qiang, the distance between where they live and Hanzhong is not much farther than Hanzhong is from Chang'an. This is also the reason why Fu Ward first came up with the plan to shake the world. To put it bluntly, the two sides are really close. If there is a Han-Cheng expressway, Fu Ward can lead his army directly to the city of Chang'an in two or three days.

Two or three days, what does this mean? It means there is no need to store food and fodder at all. Each soldier can just bring some dry food and rush forward.

Not to mention taking down Chang'an City, just an armed parade of tens of thousands of people under the city would be enough to make the Han Dynasty lose half of its reputation.

However, there was no road, and every time the Qing Qiang and Fa Qiang left the Tibetan area and came to Hanzhong, it would take them anywhere from more than ten days to dozens of days. Compared with the time spent traveling the same distance from Hanzhong to Chang'an, even if the Qing Qiang and Fa Qiang had no brains, they could not bear it.

It was because of this comparative understanding that Liu Bei clearly felt what kind of work Sun Qian had done over the years and how much influence he had on the country.

"Here's a drink to Gongyou." Liu Bei said with a smile, and Sun Qian was not polite either. Sometimes he felt overwhelmed by the work he did, and when he recalled it before going to bed at night, he felt it was outrageous. But when he really fell asleep, he would still be satisfied with his achievements.

"It's not easy." Sun Qian finished his drink and said with some emotion, "But the most difficult part has been done, and the rest will probably be completed in two to three years."

"From Chengdu to the Ganges?" Liu Bei asked with some surprise.

"Yes, I have basically repaired the mountainous part. What remains is to connect the various sections of road. This will take a year. After passing this section of mountains and forests, we will enter the central and southern regions. After that, we can just go west. There will be no more mountains." Sun Qian said with a smile.

Although the war on the front line has stopped, the support from the rear has not stopped. Sun Qian is still working hard to build his own roads. Detailed geological surveys of the Indochina Peninsula and road planning have also begun. It can be said that the Han Dynasty's truly fatal killing move against the Kushan has only just begun.

Compared with the fact that various logistical, management and other problems led to the less than 200,000-strong army fighting in Kushan, Chen Xi's plan from the beginning was to build a major southwest passage, and then mobilize the whole country, let Liu Bei personally issue a general mobilization for war, mobilize two million troops, and solve the Kushan in one fell swoop.

When the First Emperor conquered Chu, it took 600,000 troops to truly destroy the State of Chu. The Han Dynasty conquered Kushan, which took so long to bleed, it probably took two million troops to truly defeat Kushan. It's just that the Han Dynasty had never carried out a general mobilization before and maintained a normal troop size.

But just as Chen Xi estimated, after more than ten years of war and constant rotation, the Han army now has a stable structure of more than two million people. It can really form a complete legion from the top level to the squad leader and sergeant.

Chen Xi could not guarantee how long the war with the Kushans would end, just like when Severus destroyed the Parthian Empire. Rome had tried hard to drain the blood of the Kushan Empire for hundreds of years, and the Parthian Empire seemed to be dying. But if Severus had not used up Rome's capital and went straight to Ctesiphon, based on the situation of Vologases V, the Parthian Empire would have come back to life if Severus had used up all his strength.

Therefore, a war of attrition is not advisable. Relying on a sufficiently large foundation, the Kushans will inevitably give birth to so-called heroes and heroes, and batches of elites in the process of attrition. This is an inevitable reality, and this is the so-called ultimate sublimation.

Just as many heroes appeared when the Parthian Empire was destroyed, so too did the Kushan Empire. After all, when every dynasty ends, in addition to a large number of disgraceful treacherous ministers, there will also be countless people of noble character and lofty ideals who will fulfill their oaths with their lives.

What's more, according to official history, this period of the Kushan Empire was still the last period of its rise. It had not yet reached the point of domestic corruption, factional strife among civil officials, and infighting among military generals, and was basically still united.

Therefore, when Chen Xi made the plan from the very beginning, he did not intend to rely on the Ganges main force of 200,000 to destroy the Kushan. To be honest, the Ganges main force of 200,000 was nothing more than a target on the table for Chen Xi.

From the very beginning, from the first time Chen Xi mentioned the Ganges, from the moment Chen Xi made up his mind to destroy the Kushan Empire, all plans were not centered around the Battle of the Ganges, but around the Southwest Passage.

"If I remember correctly, Zichuan seemed to have proposed the Southwest Passage before the Yuanfeng year." Liu Bei asked with some reminiscence.

"Yes, Zichuan decided to build this a long time ago, but the emergence of Kushan accelerated his plan. During the subsequent attack on Kushan, Zichuan's focus has always been on how to build the southwest passage." Sun Qian nodded and said.

"I remember Zichuan said that if the southwest passage is repaired, it will only take about three months to transport the army directly to the Ganges?" Liu Bei asked with a thoughtful look.

"Yes, that is indeed the case when the food and fodder logistics are ready." Sun Qian nodded and said, "And Chang'an, the starting point, has a large amount of food and fodder gathered in the Central Plains. After all, it is the capital, so the issue of food and fodder has not been a problem from the beginning."

Liu Bei frowned. Although Chen Xi had told him before about how to quickly eliminate the Kushans, compared with the previous verbal description, it was only at this moment that Liu Bei clearly realized Chen Xi's plan.

"Gongyou, how many veterans do you have under your command?" Liu Bei asked Sun Qian.

"Are we only counting the Sichuan-Shu team, or are we counting all of them?" Sun Qian asked with a frown.

"All are taken into account." Liu Bei looked at Sun Qian, while Chen Deng, who was standing beside him, was holding a wine jar. He vaguely felt the difference in realm between the three men, while Xu Chu was busy gnawing on his pork elbow.

"420,000 to 440,000 veterans." Sun Qian thought about it and gave the answer. He will also continue to count the veterans, so the number is guaranteed.

The Han Dynasty basically resettled all the retired veterans of the Ganges River, and the best place to resettle them was actually Sun Qian's construction team.

Because there are such types everywhere, it is difficult for a veteran in Xuzhou to choose between working in other states or working in a construction team in his own state. After all, some simple skills training does not take much time for veterans, and as for hard work, people don't really care about that these days.

Therefore, as time goes by, the number of veterans on Sun Qian's side will become extremely outrageous. It was no joke when I said before that Sun Qian could also fight in the Empire War.

　You can look for the original text. From the beginning to now, Chen Xi has not counted on the Ganges front. He has always been preparing to rely on the southwest channel and launch a big wave. The Kushan Empire has a population of 3000 million, and the Han Dynasty has million. If he doesn't launch a big wave to let the other side see what he has done?
　　(End of this chapter)