Han Sui indeed lived up to Wang Yan's expectations. Before receiving the armor, he had already begun to use troops in the Western Regions to seize resources and treasures and cultivate cotton on a large scale in the Hexi Corridor to finance the purchase of armaments.
There is no need for Wang Yan to say much about things like cotton. After all, when Chenggongying left, it was spring plowing. By the time Zhending came, spring plowing would be over. When the news came back, it would have been late for the farming season. They had already prepared that more cotton must be cultivated.
At the same time, Han Sui was actively connecting with the barbarian tribes and lobbying them to go to the Western Regions to attack Guishang. Han Sui also mastered the key to uniting the majority of people and creating common interests. In fact, this is the true meaning of unity.
To Han Sui, the barbarian tribes were the majority, and they did face the same situation. General Wang was unparalleled in his tyranny. He blocked all the roads going south and cut off the trade routes. Only his people could trade, and the barbarians did not dare to kill them. On the one hand, they were afraid of the horrific revenge that would make them die, and on the other hand, it was also because there was only one caravan, and without trade, they would not be able to survive.
But they did not kill the caravan, but the caravan spread news wildly, gathered information, and drew maps. When winter came, Liao Hua would lead the Xiaoqi battalion to kill them. Such constant consumption of their strength makes them weaker and weaker.
And now that Wang Yan has begun to march into Liangzhou, he will definitely not give up on the grassland. Moreover, now Han Sui is about to run away, not to mention that there was no resistance before, and he really couldn't resist. So now facing Han Sui's invitation to establish a country outside the territory, it is their only choice.
If they don't obey, they can only wait in despair for the iron hooves of Wang Yan's army to approach and harvest their lives...
Therefore, the grassland and Liangzhou area not occupied by Wang Yan are undergoing a huge change, and countless people are dying every day.
This is because all the barbarian tribes are aware of Wang Yan’s system. Some of the barbarians at the bottom do not want to leave, and they will not be killed by Wang Yan. He will even give them cattle, sheep and horses. Only those who enslave them The leaders and tribal warriors who bully them are the ones who will be killed.
Now these people are afraid of Wang Yan, so they want to escape, and they want to run away with them, and continue to work for those who oppress them elsewhere. They still live the same life now, and they have migrated such a long distance. There will always be various accidents. If you can live and live well, no one wants to die. In particular, the barbarians do not have the so-called "great righteousness". They naturally want a better life.
Because of this, serious civil strife broke out among the barbarian tribes. Many people drove their cattle and sheep and their families to migrate eastward. Some came to the grassland, and some entered the land controlled by Wang Yan in Liangzhou.
General Wang welcomes this very much. These are manpower. Although it may be difficult for a while, in the long run, it will undoubtedly be better. After all, manpower is the most important thing.
Finally, in the summer of 1988, Han Sui retreated to the Western Regions as promised, and the disputes on the grasslands were finally concluded. Wang Yan took over Liangzhou and the three thousand miles of grasslands. The territory was very large, but the population was very sparse, and There are also ethnic issues that are difficult to resolve in a short period of time.
But this is not a big problem. As long as the population migration is continued, education and intermarriage are used, and the empire is strong, it can be successful in a few decades.
In fact, the current eastern grassland region, as well as the original Wuhuan, Xianbei, Fuyu, and Goguryeo regions in the northeast, have been initially integrated, and there have been no internal ethnic conflicts so far. It has taken ten years to achieve this.
Apart from the factor of education and brainwashing, it is actually more about development. Because rapid development will indeed resolve many internal conflicts. When the empire becomes stronger, it will be easy to talk about anything. People will automatically yearn for more prosperous places, which will encourage them to abide by the rules and work towards prosperity. Ultimately, Really agree with this system.
Wang Yan's time is very long. If he waits for a few more people to die, educates a few more people, develops rapidly and then assimilates everyone, he will basically be successful.
At a time when General Wang is focusing on internal affairs, developing the grasslands and Liangzhou, reorganizing the internal affairs at a deeper level, solving problems, and developing again. The news that he completely occupied the grassland and Liangzhou spread to the world with the opening of trade routes and the publication of news details in newspapers.
As soon as the news came out, the whole world was really shocked.
To this day, if we talk about the knowledgeable people in the world, that is, the wealthy and wealthy people who belong to the exploiting and ruling class, they all know Wang Yan very well. It can even be said that when they have nothing to do, they just study it. With Wang Yan. This group of people all discuss world affairs, and when they get together with others, they always talk about Wang Yan, because Wang Yan cannot be circumvented no matter what, and they really have no way to pretend not to see it.
Therefore, they knew very well that Wang Yan did not have Ji Sui's land in his hands, and he actually controlled all of it. This is also very puzzling for them. No one of the past emperors, generals and ministers could completely control it, but Wang Yan did it. Their various researches ranged from systems to policies to development. You can naturally understand it by looking at the results.
But the main thing is this process, the main thing is the first creative idea, and Wang Yan’s identity is known to the world, he is a Guizhou head. How did such a person learn to read and read, and how did he come up with such an idea? This is what makes them What they didn't understand, everyone doubted whether there really was a god. Therefore, Wang Yan was lucky enough to have the opportunity to achieve such a hegemonic career.
These were all boring research for them, but no matter what, it could not change the fact that Wang Yan completely wiped out the north north of the Yellow River, as well as a large area of northwest land, and even unified all the grasslands of Monan, and the Mobei barbarians They also disappeared into the desert and never dared to invade again.
In other words, taking the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River as a line, Wang Yan no longer has an enemy in Luoyang, Chang'an or even further west, and no one can distract Wang Yan's energy.
You know, every year after the autumn harvest, Wang Yan will publish statistical data to let people know what their current situation is.
Since the unification of Hebei, Wang Yan has been able to increase grain output every year while other places have reduced production. The population has begun to grow explosively, with hundreds of thousands of new births being born every year, and the data continues to rise.
This is because Wang Yan has been in business for fourteen years. In the past fourteen years, there has never been any natural or man-made disaster under his rule. Even if some domesticated animals occasionally get sick and spread to humans, they are suppressed in a short period of time with strong medical intervention.
In the fourteen years of military service, less than 150,000 sergeants were killed or injured. Of course, the "injuries" counted in this number only affected people's lives. Otherwise, due to the high-intensity training of the army, there will be fractures and the like. During battles, there will be stray arrows and sword collisions will cause injuries. The number of injured sergeants is as many as there are sergeants.
To sum up, we have successfully blocked the war outside our own territory. After more than ten years of self-cultivation and continuous improvement of material conditions, the people under the rule have completely stabilized. Coupled with the promotion of health and medical care by medicine, , affecting people's life span, infant survival rate, etc., causing the new population to begin to violate the original ancient population growth law and break the upper limit.
The age of marriage set by General Wang is eighteen, which means that until now, there are still no children who have grown up under his rule to get married and have children. But in another four years, exactly within a generation, population growth under his rule will be higher every year. Because the newborns under his rule were born one year after another.
Similarly, although the students in schools and the talents exported by Wenchang Pavilion, medicine, etc. are limited by the shortage of educated people and the teaching force is seriously lacking, it is impossible to match the population growth, but they are also growing explosively.
Being strong is like a snowball. Once you become strong, you will continue to be strong. The only one who can destroy it is itself. That is collapse from the inside out. But now Wang Yan is at his peak, and will continue to be at his peak for eighty or ninety years. He has really created a more powerful empire once again...
Now that Wang Yan's power has reached this point, it is self-evident what he will do next.
Everyone in the world knows that Wang Yan has newly acquired a large area of grassland and Liangzhou, and there are millions of barbarians. If these barbarians need to be stabilized, the newly acquired areas must also start to be constructed and developed in accordance with other states. It will definitely be stable for a few years. . After digestion is completed, it is inevitable to go south. Moreover, the strategy is also clear. The next step must be to conquer the area north of the Yangtze River and unify the north.
Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and Yuzhou between the Yellow River and the Yangtze River were occupied by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. So after a year of relative peace, Yuan Shao, who had some food in his hands, started fighting with Cao Cao again.
In the past year of peace, Lao Cao did not stop fighting. He just stopped fighting Yuan Shao, but he continued to attack Yuan Shu and Liu Biao. Everyone can see the situation, and Lao Cao naturally understands it, so he naturally sets his sights on Jiangnan.
Although there was not a complete peace with Yuan Shao before, when Cao Cao attacked Liu Biao and Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao would still send troops to harass and distract his energy, but in the end he did not go to war with all his strength. Moreover, Liu Bei has completely established a foothold in Jiangnan, distracting a considerable part of Yuan Shu's attention. Therefore, Cao Cao's attack on Yuan Shu was relatively successful.
Lao Cao was indeed a very powerful military strategist, and he was engaged in various strategies. While doing Yuan Shu, he encouraged the wealthy families under Liu Biao, and at the same time he was also in contact with the wealthy families under Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. It can be said that Lao Cao grasped the weaknesses of each prince very accurately and exploited them to divide the princes internally and weaken their combat power.
This is really a very effective strategy, because for now, among the military capabilities displayed by various princes, Cao Cao is undoubtedly the most powerful. With only Liu Bei as an ally and being besieged by three parties, although the people's livelihood was not good internally, he had repeatedly achieved success externally and achieved strategic goals.
But no matter how you say it, overall, Cao Cao is still at a disadvantage.
On the contrary, Liu Bei, because he is the general of Shifa Wang, and he is not really a waste, he can withstand the pressure in a duel with Yuan Shu. With Cao Cao attacking from the other side to disperse the pressure, Liu Bei has been able to withstand the pressure in the past year. Expand rapidly over time. It has already controlled Wu County, as well as most of Kuaiji and Danyang counties, and is considered to have considerable power.
It was obvious that Yuan Shu could not hold on for long, but at this time, because Wang Yan had already captured the grassland and Liangzhou, Yuan Shao began to attack Cao Cao desperately, giving Yuan Shu another chance to breathe.
Now the situation in the south is very chaotic. Yuan Shao wants to kill Cao Cao and then go to Jiangnan. Cao Cao wants to kill Yuan Shu first and go to Jiangnan to manage the strategy. However, Yuan Shao sends troops and Cao Cao has to fight Yuan Shao first. Liu Biao's staunch alliance with Yuan Shao was also against Cao Cao. Because of Yuan Shao's actions, Yuan Shu got a chance to breathe, and turned around to fight with Liu Bei. He was determined to unify the Yangzhou Jiangnan area and separate Jiangnan to cope with the changes of the times.
Although Sun Ce, who was under Yuan Shu, failed to become independent due to Liu Bei's reasons, he had to submit to Yuan Shao again. But Sun Ce can indeed fight. Now in times of crisis, Yuan Shu has to use him again, so Sun Ce's power is also growing. It is Yuan Shu's internal hidden danger problem, and it is quite serious.
At the same time, because of Lao Cao's instigation of wealthy families, except for Liu Bei, who was not greatly affected, everyone else is now in great turmoil internally. Because Wang Yan put too much pressure on them, and they didn't want to throw away the hereditary family inheritance, they could only keep struggling.
The unification of the south of the Yangtze River and the fight against the king's thieves have increasingly become the common interests of the wealthy families north of the Yellow River, and they are trying to act against each other.
Even though it was clearly written in Wang Yanfa's newspaper that Han Sui was going to take his own troops and most of the barbarian coalition forces on an expedition to Guishuang. He also introduced the currently known situation in Guishuang and gave Han Sui a very high evaluation. And it was clearly stated that historians and Han Sui had been asked to compile the history. However, the wealthy families in Jiangnan did not have the idea of expanding further south.
General Wang's good intentions were all in vain. He actually encouraged these wealthy people to go out. After all, these people are good at playing with people, and they must be quite capable when they go out, but it's a pity.
But Wang Yan doesn't care. If he doesn't go out, he will die. It's not a big deal.
Time passed in development, and Wang Yan once again sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight, managing his territory steadily, developing and constructing Bingzhou, Liangzhou and grasslands, stabilizing the barbarians under his control and preventing them from causing repeated troubles.
It was not until more than a year later, when we entered a new era, that is, AD 200, that the peace and comfort under General Wang's rule was broken.
In fact, the popular calendar under his rule is the Yellow Emperor calendar, but it is not a pure Yellow Emperor calendar. It is made by some so-called strange people under him, that is, some monks, who study the Five Elements and Bagua, astronomical stars, divination and calculations, etc. The people were improved on the basis of the Yellow Emperor's calendar. However, they all start with the Yellow Emperor's era, and the specific name is the "Chinese Calendar".
Therefore, according to the Chinese calendar, this year should be Kaiyuan 2897. Under the rule of General Wang, it was called "Zhonghua 2897", which sounds very ancient and very powerful.
Zhending in summer is also quite hot because of the Taihang Mountains. But it was really good today. It rained heavily, which took away the heat.
Wang Yan doesn't really like rainy days, and of course he doesn't really like any weather, because he has experienced a lot of weather no matter what it is, and it's hard to say whether he likes it or hates it.
But refreshing is always good, so at noon, he asked someone to prepare mutton and a copper pot under the pavilion. It was raining outside, and he drank wine and ate meat in the pavilion, which was very leisurely.
Of course, it would be better if there weren't a bunch of crazy kids. Although if you break your legs, you will definitely break your legs, but he has never been a strict father. Nowadays, with more wives, there are also more children. One after another, they have grown up, and there is not much difference between them. There are more than 20 children, the older ones are crazy, and the younger ones are not easy to walk, but wow Yeah, they follow you desperately, they are all hated by people and dogs.
On rainy days, children are willing to play in the water. Each one is wrapped in a raincoat and runs and plays in front of him. Even though they had already eaten, they still had to go to his place to eat a few mouthfuls of meat after a while, and then ran out to make mischief again.
The silence was Wang Yan's fault. The little raincoats worn by the children represent his responsibility as a father.
At this moment, the bodyguard ran over in a hurry, very excited: "General, we are hurrying eight hundred miles away. The navy is looking for immortal seeds overseas. The second batch of troops will return. The sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes that the general said are... Potatoes, corn, peppers, peanuts, etc. have all been found. The specific casualties are unknown, but it must be due to urgency. There should be more details tomorrow."
Wang Yan nodded with a smile, without any excitement. After all, the thing is there, and now that nine years have passed, it's time to come back. Even if I don’t come back this year, there should be some news in the next two years.
"Very good."
General Wang nodded happily, took a sip of wine, ate meat, and told his guards, "Quickly pass the order, the returning soldiers will be quarantined for one month, and the medical personnel and generals will check their bodies. Three meals a day will be provided." You can have fish and meat, and you can drink as much wine as you want. Also, pack your bags tonight and set off early tomorrow morning. I will personally go to Tuhe to meet my warriors."
"Yes, General." The personal guard accepted the order, quickly turned around and ran out while avoiding the obedient children.
Wang Yan was in a good mood. He smiled and talked about food to the buzzing children, imparting knowledge along the way. With the good news, the buzzing of furry children is no longer disturbing, but becomes more childlike.
Improved seeds have been obtained. Even if the current seeds are not as high-yielding as they will be in the future, after so many years, he has a complete grain improvement experimental group under his command, and a large number of agricultural doctors are studying day and night. Only then can you gain more.
So once these seeds are obtained, after being cultivated and improved year after year, they will look completely different within a few years. The output does not have to reach the level of two thousand years later. As long as it is more than twice the current food output, then we can initially achieve the goal of not starving. At that point, people will naturally think more and it will be beautiful. As long as it is guided properly, then the empire Naturally, it becomes stronger and stronger...
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