The emergence of the Uzboy River Ancient Road has indeed made many people’s eyes shine, because it is not difficult to re-open this river.
Historically, after Tsarist Russia took control of Central Asia in the late 19th century, it wanted to open up this river.
The reason why Tsarist Russia knew it was from the mouths of local people.
This proves that the ancient Uzboy River channel is very obvious. It is so obvious that local people can see the existence of this ancient river channel that dried up two to three thousand years ago just by looking at it.
Since there are existing ancient river channels, artificial intervention is required, which is dozens of kilometers of canals.
Historically, when Tsarist Russia was trying to restore the ancient Uzboy River route, it was facing tremendous pressure from Europe, and its rule in Central Asia was not stable.
The most important thing is that the Tsar did not pay much attention to this place, and even the task of governing the local area was handed over to a group of adventurers and military officers.
During the Soviet period, the strategic value of the Uzboy River dropped significantly, because the Soviet Union had a powerful Caspian Sea Fleet and controlled the Caucasus, and did not need to mobilize supplies and troops from Central Asia to deter Iran.
Therefore, it is not that it is difficult to open the ancient Uzboy River Road, but that Soviet Russia no longer needs it.
At this time, Zhang Zhou needed this river very much as the main channel for transporting materials and controlling the Khorasan area, so it would definitely be built.
As for the required manpower and maintenance costs, aren't there the natives in the river? To say the least, if the natives in the river are gone, then there is still Indian Asan, just go and catch them.
For example, will the Aral Sea become a dead sea or even disappear due to the sudden decrease in water injection?
That doesn't matter, anyway, they have basically solved the Aral Sea in later generations.
Guo Ting'er calculated carefully, then pointed in the direction of Baghdad, "His Royal Highness King An, maybe we can send Mansour to the throne in Baghdad."
Zhang Xianyu touched his chin, a little puzzled, but he did not speak. The fifth son of the emperor, Song Wang Zhang Xianxi, who had been silent, spoke.
“Baghdad is the capital of the black people. It is said that there are more than 400,000 people in Baghdad. It is a first-class wealthy place.
Moreover, Baghdad is at least six thousand miles away from me. If we can conquer it, it will take an unknown amount of time, use a lot of supplies, and kill many warriors. How can we easily grant it to Mansour? "
"If I were the great Zhou Dynasty and my Han family had five million people in the river, no, even if there were three million people, Baghdad would not be given to Mansur.
But we don’t have it now, and it will be difficult to have one in the future, because there are so many good places in Dazhou.
In Central China alone, with the current yield per mu, the population would have to at least more than double, and there would be a natural outflow of more than 120 million people.
In addition, Andong, Lelang, Chosun, Penglai, and Asahi, these places are more attractive to people than Hezhong.
Especially now that there are rumors everywhere that Dongsheng Shenzhou has discovered a gold mountain larger than the Iwami Silver Mine. Everyone is looking at Dongzhou with envy, and even fewer are willing to spend money westward.
Even if it can attract some people, there are still two directions to divert the population: Tianzhu and extreme western Europe.
From this point of view, the entire river will definitely lack Han people in the next few decades.
Therefore, we cannot go out and fight a bad war in person, but we must maintain a high-level image and be the final word of the heavenly soldiers with strong combat power. "
Before Guo Ting'er could say anything, Zhang Xianyu interrupted her, "I understand, the county lady wants to say that we should mobilize the people gathered around Mansour and let them follow us to fight against the black predators.
If he wins, he will give Baghdad to Mansur and let him establish a Persian kingdom on the territory of the Black Food.
The Persians originally had a deep hatred against the Dashi people. Once they rule the land of Dashi, they will definitely attract a lot of hatred from Dashi, and our pressure will be relieved. "
"More than that!" Hu Guang said, "After we let Mansour establish the Persian state in Baghdad, we can use this great achievement to squeeze the cannibals and pay tribute to us.
If the cannibal resists, we will let Mansour's Persians bear the first wave of anger, and then send troops to Baghdad to relieve him when he can no longer bear it.
If Mansur and his Persians dare to resist, we will directly arm the cannibal secretly to make him look good.
At the same time, after the Persians went to eat in large numbers, the Persian headquarters and Khorasan were vacant, and we can fill them up slowly.
The future pattern is that we remotely control the Persians to rule the food. When the cannibals raise an army and cause trouble, we will help the Persians to suppress it. If the Persians have second thoughts, we will support the cannibals and show their disgrace. "
Bai Congxin nodded, "This method can be used, and even if the strategy of pulling one faction to fight one faction among the Dashi and the Persians fails, at least the Persian headquarters and Khorasan will be captured!"
Zhang Xianyu also nodded, but at the same time, he also knew in his heart what the biggest difficulty of the Western Expedition was.
That is, the grain yield in the Han region is now high, and after the complete capture of Andong, Lelang, Korea, Asahi, and Penglai, the carrying capacity of the land has been greatly increased.
As Guo Ting'er said, in the Tang Dynasty, there were 60 million registered households and more than 10,000 to 20 million people living in private households. It felt like the whole country was about to explode, and the military system could no longer be implemented.
But Zhang Zhou is different now. The population will not completely exceed the carrying capacity until the national population is about 12 million, which will be at least forty or fifty years later.
So now, under the condition that the population of Central and Eastern China will not be forced to emigrate and will be diverted to other places, there must be other ways to attract the population and the wealthy people of Central and Eastern China to spend money here west of Anxi.
“Persia proper can at least be divided into two parts, and guarded by two vassal kings in Rai (Tehran) and Sparhan (Isfahan).
Tochara can also be divided into two, one in Jiesu (Dushanbe) and the other in Xiliu Prefecture (Kabul).
Finally, there was another one in Khorasan, stationed in Mashhad. "
Hearing what Zhang Xianyu said, Bai Congxin, Hu Guang and others all showed joy on their faces. It seemed that Zhang Xianyu was indeed very capable, and he immediately saw the biggest dilemma west of Anxi.
In order to break the dilemma of the Han people being unwilling to come to the west of Anxi, only one person can do it, and that is His Majesty the Emperor. Only if he takes the lead in spending money and efforts to relocate the population can the wealthy ministers and wealthy people in the country follow suit.
"Five vassal kings are five princes coming from the west, hehe!" Li Congde couldn't help laughing when he thought of his cousin Zhang Hao's big head.
"Lao Shi, you have the best relationship with Lao Jiu. Write more letters to encourage him so that he can make up his mind to become a vassal as soon as possible." Zhang Xianyu couldn't help but laugh, and turned to Juro Zhang Xianta.
The ninth prince mentioned by Zhang Xianyu is Zhang Xianli, the ninth prince's cousin to the Prince of Xiping County, Li Cunhui, and his mother is Li Wenxiu, the cousin of Zhang Shengren's former childhood sweetheart.
This is also a man who, like the eldest Zhang Xiancun and the fifth eldest Zhang Xianxi, is a proud man who was born in Rome compared with other princes.
Zhang Xianli is only eighteen years old this year, but his cousin Li Cunhui has already conquered a large vassal state in Tianzhu with his nephews.
At the same time, under the influence of his mother Li Wenxiu and Li Zhaoyuan, the emperor also allowed him to command Manjusri City (Kathmandu, Nepal), one of the seven prefectures of Batang.
This is because he is afraid that he will get too hot in Tianzhu. In the summer, he can go to Wenshu City to escape the heat!
Zhang Xiantai blinked twice, and then understood what Zhang Xianyu meant, "Second brother, are you going to buy some Tianzhu Wu slaves from Prince Xiping?"
Zhang Xianyu nodded and said to the surrounding kings of the Xia in the river: "Since Mansur is going to be pushed to Baghdad to become king, then most of the Persians in Persia and Khorasan must follow him. In this way, these The place became empty.
At least 60% to 70% of the Han people who come to the west of Anxi are impatient to farm their own land and just want to be masters.
If we can buy hundreds of thousands of slaves for them to farm and make them big landowners, we can naturally attract more brave people to come west. "
When everyone heard this, it seemed that this was the truth, and they nodded immediately. Only Guo Ting'er was immediately stunned, because Zhang Xianyu's idea coincided with Tianzhu Fanshi Lifuluo.
"If His Highness Prince An wants to purchase large quantities of Tianzhu slaves to farm in Hezhong and Khorasan, he may need to add some other teachings to the Six Methods Sect."
Zhang Xianyu has actually thought about this issue, because the teachings of the Six Methods Sect are that everyone is equal and everyone is a pure child of the Supreme Heaven. He encourages the pure children to fight for the Supreme Heaven. Loyalty, filial piety and justice.
This kind of religion has great fighting ability and can unite people's hearts, but once hundreds of thousands of serfs join, it will undoubtedly be laying a time bomb for itself.
"Is Master Sri Vuluo here?" Zhang Xianyu asked directly. He had actually considered this issue because someone had already tried it on this issue.
When Li Cunhui and his son arrived in Tianzhu, they tried to bring the Six Methods Sect into Tianzhu.
Then they conquered millions of Tianzhu people, but the monks of the Six Dharma Sect were beaten to death by the Brahmin monks.
In the end, those Han warriors who followed Li Cunhui to Tianzhu felt that Liufa Sect only had to believe in it among the Han people, and there was no need to spread it.
When it comes to colonization, Brahmanism is the most professional in the world.
After Guo Ting'er nodded, Zhang Xianyu prepared to meet Sri Vuluo after the banquet, and then sent him back to Tianzhu to discuss with the great masters of the Six Dharma Sect around Li Cunhui and come up with a plan.
Well, in other religions, this kind of arbitrary change of doctrine would be a heresy and a matter of life and death, but in Liufa Sect, adapting to local conditions is not a big deal.
"Mrs. Guo has worked hard and achieved great results. What are her plans for the future? Will she continue to follow Mansour to Baghdad?" Zhang Xianyu asked with a smile.
Now the problem of the Grand Duchy of Dinghai is solved by Zhang Xiantai, and once the Grand Duchy of Dinghai leaves, the problem of Zheng Fan is also solved, and Mansur also has a crown to wear that canonizes the King of Persia.
As for Li Congde, Jin Fan's strength is not strong, and his requirements are simpler. Now that there is no pressure from Zheng Fan and Saman Persian, as long as there are tens of thousands more Wunu coming to farm, plus the people Li Congde brought from Khotan, he can Then you can live a good life in Kangju City (Samarkand).
Then the only one left who has not solved the problem is Guo Ting'er.
After Guo Ting'er saluted Zhang Xianyu, she pointed to a piece of land west of the West Sea on the map and said: "There is a small country here called Bagratiya, with a population of 200,000, who once came to the city of Anxi (Bukhara) to offer tribute.
There are dozens of small countries in the surrounding area, ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of people. Among them, there is Shirvan Shah, a Persian remnant, who is closely related to our slaves.
If the saint gives permission, I am willing to lead a hundred thousand people and five thousand soldiers to conquer. "
The place where Guo Ting'er pointed was the location of the three Caucasian kingdoms of later generations. Among them, Bagratia's full name was the Bagratiya Dynasty of Armenia, and its territory was roughly the same as that of later Armenia.
Shirvan Shah's country originally belonged to the Abbasid dynasty, and was ruled by a governor sent by the Black Emperor.
However, about a hundred years ago, they may have received a large number of Persian remnants, thus rapidly Persianizing, and currently call themselves the descendants of Sassanid Persians.
His country was located in the eastern part of Azerbaijan near the Caspian Sea. Baku, which was extremely rich in oil and gas and could provide a large amount of natural gas to Europe, was in the country of Shirvan Shah.
In addition to these two countries, there is also Rawadi Germany established by the Kurds, which is also relatively powerful. There are indeed more than a dozen large and small kingdoms and principalities in the rest, and the situation is very chaotic.
As for why Guo Ting'er wanted to go there, she had to mention a very smart family in the Armenian country of Bagratia.
That is the Mamikonyan family, which was well-known on the Internet in China and Armenia in later generations and was rumored to be the descendants of Ma Chao.
Moreover, this nonsense is not unilaterally made by the Chinese, but was made by the Armenians first.
They had already begun to make nonsense in Armenian poetry in the third and fourth centuries AD. As a result, in the tenth century when Zhang Xianyu lived, this rumor was completely believed by the Armenians.
In fact, the actual situation is that the ancestors of the Mamikonyan family may have lived in the Tocharian area, and they were members of the Parthian Empire.
Or it is possible that their ancestors were Scythians who lived in the Western Regions ruled by the Western Han Dynasty.
After the collapse of the Parthian Empire, they came to Armenia, probably to challenge the noble status of the rulers of the Arshakid dynasty who ruled Armenia at that time and came from a branch of the Parthian royal family. They began to claim to be princes from China.
The story is outrageous. The Mamikonyan family claimed that their ancestors were the prime ministers of China and were then killed by the emperor.
Not only that, after the emperor killed the prime minister, he married the prime minister's widow as his queen. When the prime minister's two sons grew up, they launched an army to avenge their father, and then they were defeated and had to move west.
This sounds nonsense. There is no way such a thing could happen in Chinese history, unless the tauren warrior Qizhuang Gongxiong kills Cui Zhu with one blow, which may still be possible.
This situation shows that the Mamikonyan family's claim to be from China is completely bragging because they do not understand China.
But the rumors are not completely inconsistent. For example, their surname, title of emperor, and how they came to the west are all very vivid.
Therefore, this family either became a big businessman on the Silk Road, or they really went to the Parthian Empire from the Western Regions.
I have a little understanding of China, but it is limited to mere speculation and a small amount of hearsay.
However, although this legend seems outrageous now, it was very consistent with the situation in Armenia at the time. It had just escaped from tribal society, so it was not surprising at all that such a thing happened.
And they quickly gained a noble identity and status. The Han Dynasty was a great empire recognized by the Parthians. The troubled princes from the Han Empire were naturally of noble blood.
What does this thing look like? It's a bit like some periods of the later republic.
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You said you are from the Netherlands, Laoxiang, Zhonglie, Zhonglie! Did you eat something?
If you haven’t eaten yet, we will also serve you a bowl of Eindhoven spicy soup.
As a result, the Mamikonyan family began to rely on its reputation as a descendant of Chinese princes to kill all parties in Armenia. It has been famous for more than five hundred years.
Then, retribution comes!
They originally relied on being close to the Byzantine Empire to survive in the cracks, but this changed Eastern Rome has been a little crazy in the past one or two hundred years, and does not consider the feelings of the younger brother.
As a result, the Mamikonyan family, which had lost its thighs, began to decline in Armenia.
Especially after Armenia was occupied by the black-clad Abbasid dynasty, the two major uprisings failed.
This caused the Mamikonyan family to be greatly weakened, and was gradually cannibalized by the pro-Abbasid Bagratiya family through continuous marriages.
The young people in the family who are not willing to accept this are probably brainwashed by the boasts of their ancestors. They actually think that they are descendants of Chinese princes.
After hearing that Saman Persia in the river was ruled by a Chinese queen (referring to Guo Ting'er) and was fighting a war with the Bouveshi family who controlled the Abbasid dynasty, he ran thousands of miles to the river to ask for help.
It just so happened that at this time, Shirvan Shah, who claimed to be a descendant of Sasanian Persia, was faced with a huge threat from the Khazar Khanate and chose to come to the city of Rest for help.
This has led to people from Anxi City constantly coming to pay tribute in recent years, and the main force of paying tribute is from these two countries.
After Zhang Xianyu heard what Guo Ting'er said, everyone was dumbfounded. He really didn't expect that such a thing could happen in a remote country tens of thousands of miles away.
But when Guo Ting'er finished saying this, she felt very uneasy.
She thinks that Zhang Xianyu will not understand her choice, but Zhang Shengren will definitely understand. Once he understands, there is a high probability that he will not let her go.
What is Guo Tinger thinking? Of course, my future life!
She is only thirty years old this year. She has been in charge of the state affairs of Samman for nine years and has enjoyed all the glory and wealth. But after all, there is one problem that she does not dare to take a step beyond.
Over the years, except for the necessary civil servants, all the others around her were eunuchs and palace servants, so that a large number of positions in Samania were occupied by eunuchs.
That's why she chose a small country in the Caucasus Mountains. It was illusory to have internal resources and be easy to conquer, while isolation and remoteness were real.
This way she can stay out of the public eye and be a real queen.
But Guo Ting'er thought Zhang Xianyu didn't know, but in fact Zhang Xianyu knew because Zhang Xian had given him an oral instruction when he came to the west.
Zhang Xian told Zhang Xianyu that if Guo Ting'er's original intention did not change in these ten years, knew where she was from, knew how to safeguard the interests of the Han family, and understood who she relied on, he could let her go and become a real person. of queen.
However, Zhang Xianyu smiled sinisterly in his heart, since Guo Tinger himself proposed to conquer the small country to the west of the West Sea.
Then this reward will not be given now. It will be given after she completes the task.
Of course, Guo Ting'er didn't know that Zhang Yan could be so careful and generous. Immediately after Zhang Xianyu finished speaking the revised oral order, she burst into tears.
She was completely impressed by Zhang Zhang's magnanimity. She immediately bowed to the ground three times in front of the kings of the Xia Dynasty in the house and river, facing the east.
After kowtowing nine times, his forehead was black and blue and dripping with blood, and he was still shouting:
"O minister, I thank the saint for his gift, and I am willing to die for the great cause of the Holy Lord Zhou Xia and the barbarian people!"
