Sweep the World

Liu Yan, who was in Guanzhong, received the report from Huanwen, it was already after the Winter Solstice.

"The total annihilation includes more than 60,000 people including the 500 fleet." Xu Zheng has long had no extra emotions about this kind of war. The Han army has won again and again on the East Asian side. At its most glorious time, it wiped out hundreds of thousands of people. Enemy: "Our army has not lost much, and the damage to the warship seems to be a bit too much."

The Han army actually did not have much experience in naval warfare, and the battle of Asanyang could be regarded as a naval battle in the true sense. In the first stage of the invasion, as of the time when the center received the battle report, the Han army had sunk 57 ships, and as many as 68 warships lost their combat effectiveness in a short period of time, which is equivalent to the combat effectiveness of the expeditionary fleet. It's half gone.

The Expeditionary Force does not count as auxiliary transport ships and supply ships. There are only three hundred warships. They have been engaged in raid warfare since they arrived in Asanyang. In fact, the number of warships lost during the raid warfare is very limited. In the sea battle behind the two armies.

"Captured 234 ships of all kinds from the enemy, the number of ships of the Expeditionary Army increased." Ji Chang was in a very good mood, but it was not because of the capture of all kinds of ships, "General Zhengnan." As mentioned, the Gupta nobles are willing to pay the ransom, and the value can be roughly 127 tons of gold."

Katluk Karp said that nobles will pay the same weight of gold as their own to redeem themselves, but not every noble is so rich, and only a small percentage of people are able to pay the same weight of gold.

No one knows whether Ah San is rich in gold, but it is true that Ah San is extremely obsessed with gold. Those who were defeated and captured by the Gupta high caste had been notified that they would not be able to produce the same amount of gold as their own fortune, and would be sent to the Han country as slaves. They did not want to face a tragic fate, but they had to smash the pot and sell the iron to redeem their wealth.

Gold is not a currency in circulation in the current Han country. Han has only resumed the circulation of five baht. Silver is not a currency in circulation, but cloth and grain account for a large proportion of barter.

"Huan Wen has sent an envoy to the Gupta side to replace the gold with food." Liu Yan was naturally happy to learn that the war against Ah San had won, and Huan Wen, who was the front-line commander, could act cheaply. He has to mention something: "We won the first battle against Asan. We really underestimated Asan's strength."

"Yes, the Asan country named Gupta is more powerful than we thought." Xu Zheng, as a captain, was surprised to learn that Gupta could organize several million troops: "It's coming again. We’re going thousands of miles across the sea to invade, I’m afraid it’s very difficult to destroy the country a few times."

Whether the Gupta dynasty can organize several million troops is not clear, but with Gupta's current army of no less than 400,000, the Han army will invade across the sea after traveling thousands of miles. It is not easy to destroy Gupta.

In the end, Han was too far away from the Gupta dynasty, and the sea strength of the Gupta dynasty was not weak. The Han army could defeat the Gupta's army. However, for the current status of Han, if the Gupta dynasty was determined to destroy the Gupta dynasty, I feel very uncomfortable.

"The extinction of Gupta is a long process." Ji Chang attaches great importance to: "As we know before, Gupta is a country rich in food. If they admit defeat, in addition to the nobles who are willing to pay the ransom, the national level will also Punishment should be given."

It has been confirmed that there will be a large-scale drought in the Central Plains. There was not too much time to prepare for disaster prevention, such as the construction of water conservancy facilities. The only way to do this is to make a disaster relief plan after the outbreak of the drought.

"We need food, a lot of food." As the prime minister, Ji Chang is under pressure after he is sure that a large-scale drought will break out: "Indochina Peninsula has already seized nearly 2.5 million tons, which is far not enough."

Taking the unit of weight in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, one stone is one hundred and sixty catties, and 2.5 million tons is 31.25 million stones. In fact, the quantity is already very scary, but it is really not enough to support a country. .

According to the data obtained by various investigations and calculations of Han, the large-scale drought will last for at least three years. In the north of the Yangtze River Basin, there are many areas with no grain harvest. Only the south of the Yangtze River can maintain production.

The current population of Han is 17.26 million. If the Yangtze River is used as the boundary, the population to the north of the Yangtze River is about 10 million, and the remaining population is all to the south of the Yangtze River.

The drought is about to break out, the affected area includes the entire northwest, Guanzhong is also included, and then the administrative unit of Bingzhou, Daizhou, Sizhou, Yanzhou, Youzhou, and Jizhou, Yuzhou, and Qingzhou before the state as an administrative unit are cancelled. One-third of the huge Han country was all affected by the disaster.

Throughout the seven years of Yuanshuo, the central hub of Han was busy with too many things. The most important thing was to estimate the local grain-producing areas. The south of the Yangtze River was vigorously developing the land of Jingchu (Hunan and Hubei), and the development of the land of Jingchu The effect is there, but there is really not much output that can be obtained.

In addition to driving to the south of the Yangtze River, which is not affected by the drought, it also attaches great importance to water conservancy construction for the original Xuzhou.

Xuzhou was a big granary in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Although it has been repeatedly damaged by wars, it has been recovering after being under Liu Yan's jurisdiction. In this special season of drought, it is also an expected grain-producing area.

Furthermore, it is also certain that under Bashu will not be affected by drought, but there is only one plain in Bashu that is a grain-producing area (the existing one is a plain), which is basically a guarantee of Bashu's self-sufficiency.

For Han, there is nothing more worthy of attention than the upcoming drought, and finding ways to obtain food has become the key.

No Central Plains dynasty has a strong ability to resist natural disasters. Many dynasties were destroyed because of natural disasters. When natural disasters broke out, few dynasties and dynasties were able to come up with any effective methods. Even if there were enough food reserves, in fact, because of roads and official corruption, there was basically nothing that could be delivered to the victims. How many.

Counting down, the strongest resistance to natural disasters in the Central Plains dynasties is the generation known as the Weak Song. In the face of natural disasters, the two Songs adopted the main means of recruiting victims and forming Xiang forces. Xiangjun is actually to gather the victims. Effective management to reduce the flood of refugees after the outbreak of natural disasters is also to prevent the ambitious generation from deceiving and gathering the victims to do some major changes in the dynasty.

Whether the two Songs were dragged down by the Xiang army is not the key. The key is that the two Songs have a very popular maritime trade. There are relevant data that proves that the two Songs continued to buy food from overseas. This is also after the population explosion and commercial development of the two Songs. But there is no obvious reason for the lack of food.

Liu Yan was not prepared to gather the victims to form a Xiang army. His plan was to form a construction corps. To put it bluntly, it was to centrally manage the people in the disaster-stricken area and hire them to carry out various constructions to achieve the goal of working for relief.

"Disasters are inevitable. Naturally, we must take this opportunity to improve domestic transportation." Ji Chang said that the domestic transportation planning is mainly led by the Prime Minister's Office, Taiwei Office, Yushi Office, Tingwei Office, Dali Temple... etc. All relevant departments are involved: "The preliminary plan is that the east, west, south, and north frontiers will all build a national highway directly to the capital. The southern capital and the two lines leading to the capital from the northwest will be the first to be constructed."

In the plan, the starting point for the south is Jiankang, crossing the Yangtze River through Lujiang County, Ruyin County, Chen County, Yingchuan County, Xiangcheng County, Xingyang County to Hongnong County, and meeting various hub roads at Tongguan. Going further in the Guanzhong direction is straight to Chang'an New City, with a total length of more than 3,800 miles.

The other starting point is in Dunhuang County (Yangguan), which will run through Jinchang County, Jiuquan County, Zhangye County, Wuxing County, Wuwei County, Guangwu County, Longxi County, Nan'an County, Lueyang County, Fufeng County and directly to Chang'an New City. , The total length exceeds four thousand five hundred miles.

If a national highway from south to New Chang'an and from north to New Chang'an is built, a national highway from northwest to southeast will appear, which indicates that the Han Kingdom's solid rule of the northwest and southeast will also create the first greatness in history. Achievement is the construction of a national highway with a total length of more than eight thousand miles.

"We have made relevant preparations." Ji Chang is thirty-nine years old this year. He looks old at first. Too much government affairs are burdened on him. If he has worked hard, he becomes more old, but he looks good in spirit. : "The plan is to focus on the construction of each county in sections, and finally connect the sections of roads. It is expected that the two roads will be built within fifteen years."

Of course, the drought will not bother Han for ten years. The initial guess is about three years. The number of people involved in road construction will start with 6 million people, and the number of construction personnel will inevitably be gradually reduced in the future.

The Prime Minister’s Mansion has made a 15-year plan. The peak period of manpower in the first three years will be the peak period of construction. The main input of the victims will be flat areas without danger. The army and slaves will complete the construction of mountains and forests. In 15 years of construction, considering that the victims of the disaster will be gradually demobilized, slaves will be used as the main force of construction, supplemented by corveeers.

It takes 15 years for the southeast and northwest national highways. The other northeast to New Chang'an and the southwest to New Chang'an. The latter two will take longer. They are basically treated in the national engineering scale.

Liu Yan will not have any doubts about the dispatch after the grain is available. Under the premise of the "golden finger", there is no need for time-consuming and laborious transportation. The more important thing is the consideration of water use.

"I'm already trying my best to store water." Ji Chang dare not make any guarantees in this regard, and can only say: "The minister will do his best."

Nowadays, the main goal of Han State is to obtain food. Not only does it send expeditionary forces to invade and build various local food production areas, but it also develops the greatest potential for the fishery of the sea.

The coastline of Han is very long, and offshore fisheries are temporarily unavailable, but the development of offshore fisheries is actually mature. There are a large number of fishing boats operating offshore, which can provide a large amount of seafood.

"Prince King." Lu Yi always wanted to interrupt, but couldn't get in. He waited for a chance, and immediately asked: "General Zhengnan mentioned Sasanian and other countries, how to arrange it?"

Huan Wen led his army to victory in Assanyo. Although the Gupta dynasty had not completely conceded, the victory was achieved under the witness of many countries.

After the end of the war, Egutai Bachram had landed with the Han warship, and only a few days later did he see Huan Wen. He mentioned that he was from Persian Sassan and at the same time mentioned the "renewed frontier" statement. begging.

In addition to Persian Sassan, the latter two Satrap (Serbian), Karabaras (Asan), Lambajiana (Sri Lanka), Palopo (Asan), Arakan (Bangladesh), All of the Pui (Burman) sent people to get in touch with the Pingman school lieutenant department, and they all made the request to send an envoy to Han.

Later, that is, the "Battle of the Han Dynasty Sanyo" spread to Rome, and the Roman side also blended in and made a request to send an envoy to Han.

At present, except for Rome, the requests of other countries have been sent to the center of Han, as long as Liu Yan nodded, the envoys of the countries in the spring next year will reach the mainland via Malacca by sea.

Lu Yi is happy to see success in sending envoys from so many countries. His duty as a pianist is to be responsible for diplomacy, but for a long time, apart from submitting the war, he really hasn’t done anything else constructive. There is an extreme need for a stage where you can perform.

By the way, with regard to the activities within the "all nations coming to the dynasty", there were a few small-scale activities during the pre-Qin period (Qin Yitong), the Western Han Dynasty conquered more outwards, and the Eastern Han Dynasty once during the Liu Xiu period. It did not appear again until the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

The small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty always talked about "all nations coming to the dynasty" to whitewash their faces, but the so-called "all nations" envoys were actually imposters, and their real identity was a merchant.

So far ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The Central Plains dynasty has basically no interest in "all nations coming to dynasty". It originated from the fact that as long as there is really such a country, it will be conquered by the Han people in the future (for example, the Western Han and Eastern Han dynasties came from the Western Regions" ), Lu Yi’s excitement is that he is finally doing something right to increase his understanding of the outside world. He also wants to clarify the countries so that he can make more contributions to the country on the road to conquest.

"The Sassanids are the rest?" Xu Zhengzhen didn't know that there was such a nation as Persia: "General Zhengnan mentioned that they and us were allies, but is it true?"

Lu Yi wanted to behave, the classics that should be consulted must be checked. Really, he found relevant records in some classics. It is the case of Zhang Qian's envoy in the Western Han Dynasty. There is no document that can prove that the two sides are allies. .

"It's a Persian." Lu Yi reminded Xu Zheng. He was still waiting for Liu Yan to reply, and when Liu Yan nodded, he said, "The minister sent someone from the Pingman School Lieutenant Department to contact him."

Liu Yan thought of one thing. Whether it's Parthian or Sassanian, the Persians also control the vast plains. It seems that they are also a civilization rich in grain. Maybe they should discuss grain trade after contact? He also did not forget Rome, which ruled Egypt. Now that the Persian Sassanes are all in contact, he may try to contact and open trade.