In fact, what Sun Qian wanted to say was, if I, Sun Qian, could build the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, would I still be stuck here in Xichuan for so long? What a joke.
However, as the leader in charge of road transportation, Sun Qian cannot say that he cannot repair it. He can only say that he is repairing it and is already planning it. As for when it will be repaired, it depends on the planning schedule. Anyway, at the moment The technology is not up to standard and the permafrost problem cannot be solved.
"Oh, let's get in line first. How many months will it take for the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to arrive?" Chen Xi arranged for Sun Qian very naturally. You said you were preparing, so I believed you. That's the kind of person I am. Without giving Sun Qian a chance to explain, he turned to Li You and asked.
"I estimate that in July at the latest, Zhiran and the others should return to Congling. They have been floating outside for a year, and it is time for them to come back." Li You thought for a while, and based on his understanding of Li Jue and the others, It's time for these three to return to their kennels.
The average altitude over Congling is also more than 4,000 meters. The main forces of Sansha and Xiliang Iron Cavalry are basically stationed in the area around 5,000 meters. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is just as important to the backbone of Sansha and Xiliang Iron Cavalry. Just like normal cavalry changing areas to fight, there is no big problem.
Besides, with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry's eight thousand headquarters, not to mention that the Xiangxiong Dynasty was the union of tribal chiefs, even if the soldiers came out, Li Jue could hammer them to death. The main backbone level of elites is of great significance. it's here!
"Give them some departure fees and let them go to the side of the Qinghai-Tibet armed parade. Let Shule, Khotan, and the fine remnants stop making trouble. Now that they have gone up, they only need to obey the orders of the Han Dynasty, form villages, and maintain the Han Dynasty. Border rule, we can keep them well fed and clothed." Chen Xi is interested in anyone who can go to Qinghai and Tibet. It is really not easy to go up to that place.
In addition, Chen Xi was thinking that the people in the Western Regions such as Shule and Khotan might not be the ones to boycott Sima Lang, and Chen Xi's reputation was so well-known that as long as ordinary people believed Chen Xi's promise once, they would not be convinced of Chen Xi's promise after that. There is little resistance.
Even if some individuals in Shule and Khotan have awakened to the so-called spirit of nationalism and patriotism, most ordinary people really have no motivation to resist Chen Xi.
Beigui's spies are so good that they can't resist Zhuge Liang's policies for too long.
Therefore, Chen Xi estimated that the survivors of Shule and Khotan would resist Sima Lang, which did not mean they would resist him. Chen Xi, after all, there is a saying that capitalism rejects socialism, but capitalism does not reject socialist money.
What's more, this is also an opportunity. Qinghai and Tibet are all Qiang people. It was the best choice made when there was no choice. Now that Chen Xi can make a breakthrough in the best choice, of course Chen Xi is willing to make some breakthroughs. Hui Er Why not do something that costs nothing.
As for what problems people like Shule and Khotan might have, Chen Xi didn't care much. Do they need to eat? Do they need money? Do they need to live better? need! If you need it, why worry? This is Chen Xi's potential supporter.
Didn't you see that Chen Xi pushed forward a lot of coercive policies earlier in order to achieve quick results? There were more than one manpower to fight at that time, but wouldn't it be really delicious later?
The people are all realistic, and their temporary anger will end up in their jobs no matter what. The people of Shule and Khotan are not accomplished cultivators and can survive without eating. But since they need to eat, Chen Xi has many ways to make it happen. These people square off.
The Han Dynasty has absorbed so many people who have surrendered, and there has not been any turmoil so far. To put it bluntly, isn't it because the people everywhere are very realistic?
After hundreds of thousands of Hu people realized that scientific breeding could completely end their living for water and grass, reduce their own burdens, and make their lives better, they naturally gave up their traditional nomadic methods and turned to desperately close to the Han people. Shi, I can't make peace with Shule and Khotan? Do you look down on me, Chen Xi?
No one present was a fool. Even Sima Lang was a figure in official history who became a feudal official at the age of thirty. Naturally, he understood Chen Xi's thoughts the moment Chen Xi opened his mouth - this is really a Han saying. The Qiang clan was prepared to take precautions when the opportunity arose.
But everyone present also realized that this was indeed a good idea.
"In this case, the plan needs to be changed." Guo Jia folded the official documents in his hands and said with a somewhat eager tone.
"Just arrange for the Xiliang cavalry to garrison in the Xiangxiong Dynasty." Li You's attitude was always simple and rude. As a world-level overlord, you are so close. I don't station an elite team in your capital. This doesn't mean that I Do you look down on you?
What, you said you need the protection of your own Praetorian Guard? Do you look down on our world-class overlord and think we cannot provide you with protection?
It’s not that we, the Han Dynasty, are bragging. Look, since we garrisoned troops in the Western Regions, there has been much less civil strife in the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions. We garrisoned troops here for your safety. If we don’t garrison troops, your family will be wiped out. Wouldn't that be a big problem?
What, you don’t believe that your country will be wiped out as soon as our troops stationed in the Western Regions leave? Let me go. Shule thought the same way more than a hundred years ago. In the end, Shule was helped by us men to restore the country.
What were the expressions of Shule and King Khotan when they learned that Ban Chao was going back to Chang'an? It's really the expression of a dead father - "The envoys of Yihan are like parents, we must not leave." It's not okay to try to get ahead of each other. I guess you will have the same expression if we want to leave after we garrison.
"Ah, this is too rough, we are civilized people." Lu Su sighed and said.
"Oh, how about Shuleyutian, or the Qiang people and the Zhangxiong Dynasty fight, and we go to make peace?" Liu Ye suggested with a serious look.
"Can I ask what type of leveling it is?" Chen Xi looked at Liu Ye and asked. There are many types of leveling in the Han Dynasty. The common ones are called fifty big boards each, and the extraordinary ones are also called fifty big boards each. Board, the former eliminates war, the latter eliminates countries.
"Of course it's Emperor Wu's version of leveling." Liu Ye said matter-of-factly.
The so-called Emperor Wu's version of leveling came from the Minyue Kingdom and the Nanyue Kingdom. The two countries were fighting each other. Both countries were vassals of the Han Dynasty, but neither of them was very obedient. The fight made Emperor Wu a little irritable, so he sent someone to adjust the situation. After a while, both countries were gone.
"Okay." Chen Xi pondered for a moment, basically determining the tone of the group, and said nothing more. He didn't have deep feelings about the Zhangzhong Dynasty, but Qinghai and Tibet must be returned to central rule. Since such an equalization is indeed necessary, As it should be.
"This brings us back to the original question, who is going up." Chen Xi looked at Li You and said.
The Xiliang Iron Cavalry can go up, but the problem is that Chen Xi cannot station the Xiliang Iron Cavalry on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Chen Xi might die if he stationed there!
In the absence of roads, the cost of transporting grain upwards is higher than the cost of transporting grain and grass, and it is several times higher.
This is why the Jutang's combat power was higher than that of more than a dozen Tubo at its peak, but there was still no good way to defeat the Tubo. First of all, it was difficult for people to get up there. After a lot of effort, people were able to train up and get up, but it was difficult to deliver food and grass. Go up, so there is no way to penetrate Tubo for a long time.
There is no doubt that Chen Xi's words are tantamount to quarreling with Sun Qian. Sun Qian really does not want to build this road, but if he must enter Tibet, and if necessary, he must be able to send an elite force to carry out the Qinghai-Tibet area. If it is suppressed, then this road must be repaired.
"Let's postpone the road first." Li You said something fair. Some things are really not about Sun Qian or not, but Sun Qian also needs to consider other aspects. "First use manpower and animal power to go to Qinghai-Tibet on the plateau mountain road. As for supplies, If it consumes 8,000 people, they should still be able to transport it up?"
"Actually, the biggest problem is that we can't accumulate much output there." Chen Xi sighed and said that the Tang Dynasty could not defeat Tubo. In fact, to put it bluntly, it was limited by logistics, food, and military deployment. The same was true for the Han Dynasty at present. in this way.
If on the plains, a dynasty with a population of only 400,000 people would dare to fight with the bolder and wilder families, how could the Han Dynasty need to work together to think about how to deal with this dynasty like now.
"What do the Fa Qiang and Qing Qiang eat up there? Aren't they all gathering their own villages? They can't continue to be nomadic." Lu Su packed up his things and began to pay attention to the issues in the snow area.
"With the Han Dynasty's cattle and sheep subsidies and the cultivation of highland barley, it is no problem to survive. Of course, the most important thing is to raise geese on the plateau." Chen Xi looked at Lu Su and said, "By the way, you don't know that we raise nearly A million geese?”
"No one has said this." Lu Su looked at Chen Xi and asked.
"Gese basically don't suffer from altitude sickness, especially gray geese." Chen Xi suddenly said something that Lu Su didn't understand.
This is not a joke, it is a fact. The gray geese in China are all variants of the wild geese. The two can interbreed, so the gray geese have no altitude sickness at all. It is only four or five kilometers away, and the geese will not have any symptoms at all. Change, wild geese can fly to an altitude of 10,000 meters.
So when he sent Qingqiang and Faqiang to Qinghai-Tibet, Chen Xi not only gave Qingqiang and Faqiang some seeds grown on the plateau, as well as some subsidies for cattle and sheep, but also gave them breeding geese, because these are really easy to raise. , and now it seems to be indeed successful.
It's just that the output of Qinghai-Tibet is too low. With limited farming area and limited pasture and feed, the scale of goose raising cannot grow, and naturally it will not make people rich.
Although life is pretty good for Qingqiang and Faqiang now. They don’t have to run around or work hard and can live a peaceful life for a year, so they take the initiative to stay close to the Han Dynasty. But for Chen Xi, this output is not at all Not enough troops.
