sweeping the world

Chapter 310 Next Action

It cannot be said that there are no copper coins for transactions these days, it can only be said that the number is far beyond imagination, and barter is the mainstream.

In addition, compared to copper coins with chaotic styles and different qualities, the mainstream currency is actually silk or silk, and the currency of higher grades is silk or satin.

Cloth as a currency in circulation almost occupied the entire ancient history of Chinese civilization. After all, copper coins can only be melted down to make some tools or utensils, but people cannot live without clothes, so it is not difficult to understand.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, central Shu has been a place rich in cloth, especially brocade or satin.That may be related to the regional plant growth environment, and it may also be caused by the climate, but there is no doubt that the cloth in Sichuan has always been a relatively high-end product in Chinese civilization.

Zan Jian brought a large amount of cloth, mostly linen and brocade, with a small amount of silk, satin and silk.

What?Isn't satin silk?Of course not, there are several types of silk, and there are not too many types of satin. There are even many types of silk systems, how can they all be the same.

There is no silk production technology here in the Han Dynasty. If they try to find a way from the south of the Yangtze River, they will encounter resistance from those aristocrats and aristocratic families. Even the amount of silk that can be purchased is not much.

"If you convert it, the value of the goods is quite considerable." Lu Yi's face was full of excitement, and he couldn't help being excited. The silk and satin were nothing more than that. The most important thing was that Zan Jian brought slaves who knew how to make silk.He looked at Liu Yan helplessly, and said, "Your Majesty, you should take it no matter what!"

It's not just the batch of cargo that was transported to be classified, but there is still a large batch of cargo on the Yangtze River that has not landed.

If you count the cargo data reported by Zan Jian, the Han Ministry needs to pay nearly [-] units for weapons alone, and this is only the first batch.

The price quoted by Li's Chenghan side is not excessive, it can even be said to be slightly cheap. That is determined by the regional location. This is the case for the cloth industry in central Sichuan. Even the tea supply is not bad, but the lack is related to the war. H.

That's right, although Sichuan is a mountainous area, the amount of iron ore has always been a bit worrying, not to say that many mountains mean that there are many minerals.

It must be said that the development of the tea industry in central Sichuan did not take place in a year or two. It should have been developed since the Western Han Dynasty, but it could not compete with the tea industry around Yingchuan in the Central Plains. The tea industry in the Huaxia area has become the most famous in Sichuan.

Qingzhou is too far away from the middle of Shu, so I don't know how long it will take to use force. The two sides have the Yangtze River as a trade channel, and it is actually a pretty good thing to establish a trade relationship.

【Huan Wen is already under my command, so will the Eastern Jin attack on Cheng Han happen? 】Liu Yan's inner feelings are actually quite strange: 【Shuzhong has always been weak, but there are dangers in the mountains and rivers...】

Liu Yan has changed a lot of history, which may be harmful to people who are familiar with history, but it doesn't matter much to someone like him who is not familiar with Wuhuluanhua.

It is a good choice to obtain the source of cloth from Shuzhong. Correspondingly, Liu Yan is more willing to export inland ships, but he must control the export of weapons and armor.

Lu Yi left after receiving the instructions.He is extremely inclined to form a good relationship with Li Chenghan, trade is only one reason, and the second is that Shuzhong is too far away.

Entering the Central Plains in winter, the usual years may have to stop, but this year is different.

Even in the snowy season of Shijie, Zhao State is still making relevant war preparations, and Shihu is also constantly smoking, and the whole country can recruit young and strong people to continue to gather in Yecheng.

In the history that has not been changed, this year (AD 343) is indeed the current situation of Shihu's large-scale conscription.According to historical records, Shihu drew millions of people, and when the states and counties fell into extreme turmoil, about [-]% of the young and strong people who were drawn died during the march.It was eaten by wild animals, and it was also a disease that caused attrition. Unburied corpses can be seen everywhere on the roads.

A large number of smoking is only part of the turmoil. Shihu has a clear order that three people will dedicate a car, which is equivalent to at least one horse or cow as foot power, and then there is still cloth to be borne, which leads to the composting. Those who can't come out either sell everything they can sell to make up, and if they can't make up enough, they can only take a rope to the wild to find a tree and kill themselves.

It is not only the Jin people in the Central Plains who have been harmed by the stone tiger, but the Qiang, Di, Xiongnu... and other miscellaneous people. Except for the Jie people who are harming others, one of the other ethnic groups is actually being harmed status.

"Except for the direction of Yuzhou, our border with Shijie is nearly [-] miles of no-man's land." Ji Chang came here on purpose. Any country is training troops and horses this winter. How can the Han army feel at ease in winter?Pointing to the hanging map, he said, "The north has already confirmed that it has occupied the counties and counties south of the Yellow River. Do you consider taking advantage of the freezing of the Yellow River to occupy some dangerous places on the north bank?"

The north bank of the Yellow River near Qingzhou is actually not a dangerous place, and it can even be said to be a plain at all.Without dangerous terrain, the only way to build fortresses is by mountains and rivers. Ji Chang remembers very clearly that the people directly under his army (system farmers) are good at building fortresses.

The Han army did not want to survive in winter, and encroached on the surrounding no-man's land as much as possible, and built military forts and other garrison points on the necessary terrain. This is one of the Han army's winter strategies.

The footsteps in the north of Qingzhou will stop at the Yellow River, but it is really necessary to build some "nails" on the opposite bank. After all, the ships of the Han army are sharp, and the Yellow River is not enough to form any obstacle. Instead, the trouble is when the Yellow River freezes.

It was to prevent Zhao Jun from Shijie from crossing the Yellow River when it was frozen, so those garrison points had to be built. The question involved was how many to build and how many troops to deploy.

"Each fortress (castle) can temporarily station a hundred troops. Next, it is best to build a fortress ten miles apart." Ji Chang said with great pride: "In this way, at least the direction of Jizhou, even if it is not impenetrable, Shijie Zhao Jun has not conquered The fortresses on the north bank of the Yellow River must not dare to go south. Furthermore... the existence of those fortresses is not only to prevent Shijie Zhao's army from going south, but also can be used against Murong Yan in the future."

One castle for ten miles means that Liu Yan needs to build at least forty castles along the north bank of the Yellow River, which is a project not much less difficult than building a Great Wall.

"Is...is it necessary to have so many?" Liu Yan has no shortage of resources, but the castle construction cycle is a bit tricky, and there are not so many system farmers to do those things.He frowned and said, "Tai'an, we are far from being able to maintain our status!"

Ji Chang was stunned, and then looked at Liu Yan in a daze, his face was full of confusion and... how should I put it, it was full of relief.

It's what it is!The Han part owns most of Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and part of Yanzhou. If you calculate the territory, it is not big or small, but the population is a big flaw.

Ji Chang took into account the lack of population, and then Qingzhou was basically destroyed, but Xuzhou seemed slightly better.According to the usual situation, in this state, it should be on the defensive no matter what, at least let Qingzhou recover first, and then continue to expand.

"The land may not be occupied, but if we don't attack outside, it will take too long to rely on having children to increase the population." Liu Yan has the common problems of all modern people. seconds to use.Asking him to wait for three to five years is considered a long time, and spending 20 years to plan one thing is worse than death: "We need a large population."

In terms of military strength, with the upper limit of the system's population reaching 5000, Liu Yan actually no longer worries about military strength. After all, that is the upper limit of [-] population that can be replenished at any time. What should be worried is that resource consumption is getting worse. Huge, not enough labor to get the needed resources.

The development of Qingzhou is not difficult. In fact, because Liu Yan has a golden finger, the Han Dynasty does not need to worry about food. One system of farmers can cope with ten acres of land, and five thousand system farmers is 80 acres.That is a field that produces three times a year, and each time there should be about [-] catties per mu, so the annual output is more than [-] shi of plant grain.

The grain of more than 80 shi is close to [-] million catties based on Jin Jin. The plant grains consumed by adults every day are related to non-staple food. Or consume three meals a day.The elderly, the weak, women and children consume even less food, about seven taels a day.

Excluding the output of system farmers, the annual output of plant grains in the Han Dynasty should be about 230 million shi.Non-plant foods?The whole Bohai Sea is the sea of ​​Hanbu, and the amount of seafood produced can be said to be extremely terrifying.

In addition, don't forget that the Han Dynasty is not a pure farming system. The livestock is robbed in the front, and there is a lot of trade in the back. The overall number is actually very scary.

Liu Yan has thought about it. If the upper limit of the system's population increases in the future, it may give priority to increasing the number of system farmers. After all, the output of [-] system farmers accounts for one-third of the country's plant food output. too scary.

"Your Majesty has been cultivating the self-confidence and confidence of his followers, and it took three years to show initial results." Ji Chang said happily: "It is true that you should not be conservative, you should be aggressive."

The strong are all made by fighting. The process of conquest is to obtain population and resources, and the way to develop is to fight and become stronger.However, there is one point that Ji Chang needs to remind implicitly. He mentioned Shijie's rule over the Central Plains, and believes that even if there is no Han, Shijie's collapse will not be too far away.

Shijie ruled the majority with the absolute minority. Throughout history, the minority ruled the majority, which can only rely on cruelty and ideological castration.Fortunately, Shijie adopted bloody brutality instead of ideological castration. There may be one or two generations of victims, but it is better than being castrated by thoughts and harming countless generations.

When the Han tribe took the initiative to integrate, it carried out a kind of ideological castration. The difference was that those people became Han Chinese both in soul and body.It has to be said that the strength of Chinese civilization really lies here. Just look at the aliens who lived in the Central Plains. No matter what culture they have, they will be tolerated and swallowed by Chinese civilization in the end.

The self-confidence and resilience of a nation lies in integration. Liu Yan has sufficient confidence that he will do well in his generation. All he needs is to win one victory after another, to give the current tribe and the future citizens, Let them feel sincerely proud of being Han Chinese.

Of course, the meal has to be eaten bite by bite. For Liu Yan, with new military operations, there is no need for Pengcheng, which was specially reserved for military training, to exist.

The day after Liu Yan gave the order to capture Pengcheng, Lu Yi brought Yu Yi over.

"Yu Zhigong wants to visit our army's attack on Pengcheng." Lu Yi didn't bring Yu Yi to meet Liu Yan directly, but arranged to communicate with Liu Yan alone in the side hall first.He said with a smile: "In exchange, Yu Zhigong will assist us in launching a mutual market in the south of the Yangtze River."

"It doesn't matter." Liu Yan was talking about Yu Yi's visit to the Battle of Pengcheng. What he paid more attention to was: "The mercenaries from various countries, they didn't make any trouble, did they?"

The Han army was infiltrating into the no-man's land in the direction of Yanzhou, and the mercenaries from the Korean Peninsula followed, and most of them were placed at some nodes as garrison troops.It is relatively simple to arrange this way. The wages that should be paid have already been paid, but those mercenaries have been idle all the time, so they should find something to do.Furthermore, the competition for nodes in no man's land is actually quite fierce, and Liu Yan doesn't feel bad about how many mercenaries from the Korean peninsula die.

Yes, the preparations for the war in the coming year have been officially carried out. The first thing is to infiltrate and advance the no-man's land.

The number of Han troops passively used in the Winter War was actually not many. Except for the system troops, all the people from the Korean peninsula were dispatched.

"Those guys are resistant to freezing." Lu Yi mentioned an advantage, but later said with disgust: "It's just that the military law is too bad."

It should be said that, except for the Han army's emphasis on military law, it should be that only the Jin army will pay attention to military law, and all other countries will pay a little attention to the core troops.

Liu Yan didn't talk about other gossips, and asked: "Before the beginning of spring, can we get more mercenaries from the Korean Peninsula?"

Lu Yi is a person in charge of diplomacy, and he also knows the intention of his lord. He said with a smile: "In fact, there are not many young and strong people in Goguryeo. Those in Baekje don't treat their subjects as human beings, as long as the price is enough We can get more. Silla... something happened in this country recently..."

It's funny to say that Silla was unexpectedly attacked by Gaja, and even Kyushu and Izumo on the Wa Islands also crossed the sea to attack the coast of Silla.

"The Queen of Silla begged to let the troops who came to China go back." Lu Yi jokingly said, "They are willing to compensate, and even...are willing to send the crown prince here."

Silla is headed by the queen, and the crown prince is naturally a woman, so why send it to Liu Yan?

(End of this chapter)