Now that business was brought up, everyone including Xiong Wuliang, who looked tired, straightened up.
Zhao Hua talked eloquently: "The first thing is, of course, the development of Lingnan——"
Xiong Wuliang nodded.
The Lingnan Pioneer Mission was an important step in Xiong Wuliang's plan to revitalize Chu. Of course, Xiong Wuliang had carefully considered it with his cronies early on.
The so-called "Lingnan" refers to the vast hilly forests further south of Chu State.
At this time, the vast areas that would later belong to the Guangdong and Guangxi regions, including Jiangxi, were still in the wilderness - dense virgin forest vegetation, poisonous insects and beasts, as well as numerous southern barbarians and Baiyue, all made this area a The barren land in the hearts of the Central Plains people.
In real history, after Qin Shihuang unified China, he spent a lot of effort to conquer Baiyue in the south - in fact, the results were not good.
Not only did Baiyue bring no benefits to the unified Qin Empire, but it became a bleeding wound for the Qin Empire.
A few hundred years later, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty, also launched an army to conquer the south - with little success.
In Luo Guanzhong's writing, Zhuge Liang's southern expedition had the effect of "the southerners no longer rebel", but in real history, this was not the case.
To sum up, in one sentence - pioneering Lingnan is a thankless task!
After Xiong Wuliang put forward this suggestion, it was repeatedly opposed by Qu Yuan and others.
Using troops in Lingnan, there are poisonous barriers, poisonous insects, ferocious beasts, and vicious savages... The investment is too great.
In the eyes of the current world, this is an investment that is out of proportion to its investment and effort.
But in Xiong Wuliang's eyes, the fact is absolutely not the case!
As a time traveler, Xiong Wuliang is well aware of the potential of Lingnan - once the land reclamation is successful, it will be a huge granary with a vast area of thousands of miles and three or even four crops a year. Compared with this granary, the Huainan Plain will not be enough to see. .
Moreover, the Baiyue tribe in Lingnan has at least hundreds of thousands of people, most of whom are in the prime of life. If they can be used for their own use, it will undoubtedly be a huge wealth.
As long as 30,000 to 50,000 men are selected from them and equipped with high-quality equipment, one can easily form the world's best mountain combat force.
Looking further ahead - if a port can be developed in Lingnan, a shipping fleet can even be formed to plunder precious spices, minerals and other materials from Southeast Asia.
After decades of development in shipping capabilities, it might be possible to sail across the oceans to Europe and America... giving those uncivilized savages a small shock...
In short, exploring Lingnan has bright prospects and huge rewards!
As for the so-called miasma and poisonous fog, it is a piece of cake in front of Xiong Wuliang——
The so-called "diseases" encountered by Qin Shihuang's Southern Expedition and Zhuge Liang were nothing more than parasites and other poisons that were difficult to detect with the naked eye.
For ancient people, it may be difficult to solve... but for Xiong Wuliang, it is so simple!
As long as you insist on drinking boiled water and strictly implement hygiene measures and anti-mosquito measures, 90% of epidemic diseases will no longer be a problem - if this problem is dealt with, the difficulty of developing Lingnan will be reduced by at least half!
Those poisonous snakes and beasts are even more ridiculous——
In front of an organized army, no matter how ferocious beasts there are, they are nothing more than rare delicacies.
The only thing that needs to be considered is the resistance of the cross-country people.
These ferocious savages are extremely powerful in the mountains and forests, and most of them are wary of outsiders.
However, Xiong Wu had a good chance of winning in his conscience on how to deal with these savages.
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Zhao Hua continued: "The second thing after spring is Bashu!"
Xiong Wuliang continued to nod...
In the land of Bashu, Hong Shitou was still fighting alone there.
After Sima Cuo's army attacked Chu, Xiong Wuliang's support for Hong Shitou was basically cut off, and he even had to draw blood back from the land of Bashu in many cases.
For example, during the recent period, the victims were in urgent need of food and grass (no matter how much money Xiong Wuliang extorted from the old nobles, gold cakes and ancient swords could not be used as food)... Xiong Wuliang dispatched supplies from Bashu, Qi and other places. Came back with large quantities of food and fodder.
It can be regarded as a solution to an urgent need.
Xiong Wuliang originally thought that as a result, the previous plan to 'manage Bashu' would basically go bankrupt.
Unexpectedly, this kid Hong Shitou showed his 120,000 points of awesomeness and managed to thrive in Bashu!
Not only did it repeatedly defeat the enemy's attacks, it even continued to expand its territory without the support of Chu's foreign aid!
When the dust settles in the land of Bashu, Hong Shitou, the former little captain, will probably soar into the sky!
Xiong Wuliang nodded to Zhao Hua and affirmed in a deep voice: "That's right - after the beginning of spring, we must intervene in Bashu as soon as possible to end the chaos there!"
"Put this big granary completely under the control of my great Chu from now on!"
Controlling Bashu is of great significance to Chu State.
The Huainan granary is still being restored, and the Lingnan granary is not even a shadow. When the Lingnan construction begins to take off, it will probably not be enough for ten or eight years.
Under such circumstances - if the Bashu granary can be controlled in the hands of the Chu State, then the Chu State will quickly recover!
In less than a year or two, we will once again have the strength to use foreign troops!
Moreover, the strategic location of Bashu is also very favorable for Chu to attack Qin - you can use your toes to figure out that the current Chu and Qin countries have basically been fighting to the death with the death of the previous King of Chu.
The pass of Wuguan is now controlled by the Qin people again.
Another road to attack the Qin Guanzhong hinterland through the land of Bashu becomes crucial!
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Zhao Hua's eyes wandered for a moment, he looked at Qu Yuan, and then he said sarcastically: "As for the third thing - crossing the country."
Xiong Wuliang waved his hand and said categorically: "You don't have to worry too much. The Yue State has betrayed its trust and caused the collapse of our great Chu hegemony. It is also one of the enemies of the late king who was martyred... No matter what, I must destroy the Yue State Ancestral Temple. !”
"Otherwise, why should we thank our people?"
Hearing what Xiong Wuliang said, Qu Yuan, Zhao Hua and others couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and felt very happy.
Fortunately, my master is not a bad lover!
How can we not avenge the hatred of the country and the family?
Xiong Wuliang said solemnly: "After next spring, I will personally lead the troops to attack Yue! There is no need to make a big fanfare, it will be enough if Quyang's new army and Xiaoqi army go to war!"
Everyone took the order one after another: "I will obey your orders!"
For the current state of Chu, if it wanted to launch a large-scale foreign war, it would probably be beyond its capabilities - it was the former king's manipulations that reduced the family's fortune to nothing.
However, if only 20,000 Xiong Wuliang's private soldiers were dispatched, supply would certainly not be a problem!
In a few words, the plan was decided——
Next spring, attack Vietnam! revenge!
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