"Changhua County is really a good place!"
Zhu Gaochi stood on the Changhua Ridge northwest of Changhua County, Qiongzhou Prefecture, looking at the bustling Changhua Pier and the sea ahead, and sighed with emotion.
At this time, forty days had passed since the Southern Expedition army left Beijing. A huge fleet composed of 30,000 Jingwei troops and hundreds of warships finally arrived in Changhua County after stopping in Qiongzhou Prefecture for three days.
This area will be used by the Ming Dynasty as the core area for developing Annan and other vast lands in the south. It is now a huge construction site.
At the foot of Changhua Ridge is the seat of Changhua County.
To say that it is a county town, it is better to say that it is just a small town with an earth wall no more than two feet high.
There are no more than ten thousand people in the city. They walk upstream along the Changhua River, and there are small villages along the bank.
Very pristine condition.
However, last winter, after the first batch of imperial fleets delivered countless grains and grass stored in Taicang, Hangzhou Prefecture, as well as craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry and General Supervisors, Changhua County began to change. It was different and started to develop towards telling.
In just half a year, the dock that can accommodate thirty treasure ships and warships speaks volumes.
As for the remaining warships, they can only anchor in the deep water outside Changhua Port. Most of the soldiers went ashore to drill and reorganize, leaving enough soldiers to take turns on board the ship to guard.
Zhang Wen, the Marquis of Huining, who had the experience of suppressing Japanese armies, led his fleet at sea every day to search for Annan ships.
"If it wasn't a good place, the general wouldn't be in Yingtian, so he would prefer this place."
Behind Zhu Gaochi, under a sentry tower that had just been built not long ago, Zhu Shangbing curled his lips and spoke indifferently.
Beside him was Zhu Yunxi, who was holding a telescope made of copper pipe and observing the sea in the distance.
"We have been in Changhua County for ten days, and the general is not ready to go to Zhennanguan?"
Zhang Wen's attacking fleet could not be found on the sea, so Zhu Yunxi put down his telescope and asked.
Zhu Shangbing said immediately: "The general is preparing to leave tomorrow. He went to the mine early this morning. It will probably take some time before he can come back."
Zhu Gaochi took over and said: "The general is going to Zhennanguan. We need to find a stable person to take charge of the affairs in Changhua County. At the mine, we need to smelt steel, make firearms and weapons, and transport them to the front line. This will continue. Build Taicang as a transit place for food and supplies for the southern expedition."
"Taicang needs to build more." Zhu Yunxi said with certainty, looking at the sea and the outline of the land that was faintly visible in the distance. He waved and pointed: "There is a land of wealth. !”
Grains, spices, gems, wood.
These are urgently needed materials for the Ming Dynasty, and they are far more precious than land.
Zhu Shangbing didn't understand what he said. He slowly reached out and took the telescope from Zhu Yunxi's hand, and began to observe the movements on the sea.
Zhu Gaochi turned around and said: "According to the current plan, the output of the Annan land will be given priority to Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and other places to support the subsequent strategy of reforming the land and returning it to the local people. Occupy the city and cross you The vast plain where the mentioned river is located is used to supply the capital."
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Zhu Yunxi smiled and nodded: "So, Changhua County is a very important place."
Zhu Gaochi nodded and began to think about some things.
He walked slowly to Zhu Yunxi's side, and someone brought a chair.
After Zhu Gaochi sat on the chair and took a sip of cold water, he continued: "The Japanese country produces too much gold and silver. If the mineral deposits in Changhua continue to be developed, the imperial court will have more wealth. Once these things are circulated to If it is not controlled or consumption is increased, it will be a disaster for Ming Dynasty."
This involves the relationship between currency and products.
When more money is issued than is issued and the total amount of production remains unchanged, the price of goods will increase.
If the income of the people cannot be increased simultaneously, the survival costs required by the people will also increase invisibly.
Zhu Yunxi was very pleased that Zhu Gaochi, who was later called the executive deputy emperor, had slowly come to think of this meaning.
So, he asked in a leading way: "So, what significance does Annan or later Jiaozhi and other Taoist paths have for the Ming Dynasty?"
Zhu Gaochi turned his head and glanced at Zhu Yunxi.
Such questions and answers appeared every day since he boarded the pirate ship and left Yingtian City.
So Zhu Gaochi smiled and pointed to Changhua County below Changhua Ridge.
"I think the Annance question written by Gao Yangzhi during the exam last year is very reasonable."
Zhu Yunxi also waved to someone to bring a chair.
He sat down with his legs crossed and looked at Xiaopang calmly: "I would like to hear what you have to say."
Zhu Gaochi rolled his eyes, but replied: "In the future, Jiaozhi will become a material supply place for the Ming Dynasty to balance the problem that the mainland's production of goods cannot be improved for a while. At the same time, Jiaozhi and other newly established roads can also become a source of goods for mainland merchants and people. The place where goods are sold.
If we open up the great river plain to the west of Champa, we can build a dock on the opposite coast to sell goods from the Central Plains to further places.
In this way, a preliminary circulation system can be established. "
After slowly finishing his opinion, Zhu Gaochi reached for some water, took a sip to moisten his throat, and then turned to look at Zhu Yunxi.
Only this time, before Zhu Yunxi could open his mouth to judge, Zhu Gaochi seemed to have remembered something.
He continued: "It's just a pity. If the Ming Dynasty could regain its homeland in the Western Regions, in addition to maritime transportation, it could also reopen the Han and Tang Silk Roads, which would promote circulation in Guanzhong, Henan and other places."
Zhu Yunxi bounced his calf, pondered for a moment and then said softly: "What do you think if Duke Liang is stationed in the northwest?"
Zhu Gaochi said unexpectedly: "Do you want to reopen the Western Region?"
He felt that this brother's ideas were often extremely bold.
Just like now, he was obviously discussing matters in the south, but he had already thought about the situation in the northwest.
Zhu Yunxi shook his head: "It's not enough right now. Although the imperial court only sent 30,000 troops this time, and the total of the southern troops gathered was only 100,000, it consumed countless energy. The imperial court cannot do a three-front war. Now it is better to say that it is just an idea. Maybe You can try it.”
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Zhu Gaochi carefully examined Zhu Yunxi for a while, then he took a deep breath, calmed down, and said softly: "If you want to pass through the Western Regions, the nine sides must go forward and wipe out all the tribes of the Yuan Dynasty entrenched in the grassland. Otherwise, Anxi will be beyond our reach, and if something goes wrong, the court's support will be slow."
"The same problem exists here in Annan."
The topic was once again changed by Zhu Yunxi.
Zhu Gaochi paused again, but he had become accustomed to things like this, which started from one question and then turned to countless questions in an unconstrained manner.
"Do you have an idea?"
Zhu Gaochi leaned back strategically and stared at Zhu Yunxi with a teasing smile.
This guy does this every time, he raises a question, then expresses his thoughts, and finally allows himself to add to the discussion.
Zhu Yunxi nodded: "This time, we have brought countless fire oil and gunpowder. I do not intend to fight a tough battle with the Annan people. We will deal with Annan, Champa and the Lao tribe as soon as possible. The remaining passage to the west will be The top priority is to open up the rivers and plains as soon as possible and develop them.”
"That kind of gunpowder that was improved by you and the general?" Zhu Gaochi asked doubtfully.
"It's not gunpowder." Zhu Yunxi gave a negative answer: "This time, 70% of the gunpowder in the army will be taken to Zhennanguan by the general. He needs it more."
Zhu Gaochi raised his eyebrows: "Menghuo oil."
Zhu Yunxi nodded.
He put down his crossed legs, stretched his calves tightly, and then shoved his heels heavily on the ground.
A life of muffled noise.
Several pieces of dry and cracked land were shoveled away, but the soil underneath could no longer be shoveled away. It was dry and dry, with a layer of dust floating up due to external force.
Then, Zhu Yunxi lowered his head and looked at the spider web-like ground in Changhua Ridge: "It's April now."
Zhu Gaochi shook his head, nodded and said, "It should rain."
Then he added: "Before, in Dabentang, my uncle mentioned several times that the imperial court intended to move the people from the Central Plains to the south, but because of the mosquito damage here, they were somewhat hesitant to return."
"Oh?" Zhu Yunxi became interested: "Did my father really say that?"
Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Yunxi with a puzzled expression: "My uncle said that if the Ming Dynasty wants to conquer the south, it would be better for the court to have more Ming people here."
Mosquitoes are a big problem in the South.
but……
Zhu Yunxi smiled: "In this southern expedition, the Imperial Hospital sent dozens of imperial medical officers and more than 300 disciples and apprentices last winter, bringing with them the manufacturing process of allicin, as well as various insect-resistant herbs and seeds. The workshop... seems to be built not far from the dock."
As he spoke, Zhu Yunxi waved his hand and pointed to Changhua Pier down the mountain.
Zhu Gaochi thought for a while and suddenly said: "You will lead the army to Qinghua City in a few days, won't you also take me with you?"
Zhu Yunxi smiled and said: "Changhua County will be handed over to Gao Yangzhi and the others as their experimental field. We will not let them go ashore until our army enters Daluo City."
Daluo City is where the royal capital of Annan is located.
Today it is ruled by the Annan Chen dynasty.
Speaking of this Chen Dynasty, there is also a tortuous story.
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Since Li Huan established the former Li Dynasty in the Northern Song Dynasty, it was captured by Li Gongyun thirty years later, established the Li Dynasty, and moved the capital to Thang Long City.
Later, Chen Shoudu succeeded the Li Dynasty and established the Chen Dynasty, with today's Daluo City as the capital. Later, Li Risui was canonized as King Annan by Emperor Chunxi of the former Song Dynasty and established the Li Dynasty.
But later, when the male lineage of the Li Dynasty was cut off, his daughter succeeded him and gave birth to a son, Chen Rixuan, who became the Chen Dynasty again.
During this period, in Annan, all the countries there were called emperors, but only the Central Plains were called kings, and the monarch of the Central Plains was respected as the emperor.
Entering Daluo City, it was thought that the rule of Annan Chen Dynasty was completely eliminated.
Zhu Gaochi thought for a while and felt that this task would not be too long.
Then he breathed a sigh of relief: "I know it. You asked me to follow you just so that I can manage the Annan area for you. Just don't stay here with me when you finally return to Beijing."
Zhu Yunxi smiled silently. He had indeed thought about this question that Zhu Gaochi suddenly mentioned, but in the end he rejected it.
For a person like Xiaopang, it's better to stay with him.
That end.
Zhu Shangbing, who had been staring at the sea with a telescope, suddenly exclaimed, and then shouted: "Big fish! What a big fish!"
Zhu Yunxi stood up and looked over, and Zhu Gaochi stood up helplessly.
In fact, without a telescope, you only need to use your naked eyes to see that the fleet that Zhang Wen led out to sea the day before yesterday is on its way back. In the middle of the fleet, there is a whale that keeps jumping out of the sea and spouting dozens of high water jets.
Can you see whales here in Qiongzhou Prefecture?
Zhu Yunxi's answer to this question was a bit vague, but it did not prevent him from seeing it with his naked eyes at close range.
On the sea, the fleet commanded by Zhang Wen, the Marquis of Huining, who had mastered naval warfare skills, became a pirate king on the way back from the Japanese country last year. On the way, he became a pirate king and looted several pirate islands. He lowered his sails and sailed towards Changhua Pier.
"Zhang Wen is back. It seems that he knew early on that the general would send troops to suppress Nanguan tomorrow."
Zhu Gaochi said calmly.
Looking back, he looked at Zhu Yunxi who was thinking about something else.
"Zhang Wen should be back, right?"
A large mining area that is now officially named Changhua Iron Mine. General Zhengnan, Founding Duke, and Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army, Chang Sheng, stared at the Japanese pirates who were continuously mining ore in this open-pit mining area with a smile. He said to the deputy general, Sima and others beside him.
The Army Sima flipped through the brochure in his arms and whispered: "According to the military order, Huininghou will return to Changhua Pier this afternoon, and then he will escort our army out of Lianzhou Prefecture, Guangdong Road, from Jiangping, Sile, Gusen Enter Guangxi Road.”
Chang Sheng hummed, these were things that the military had agreed upon long ago.
He said solemnly: "After landing, we sent out scouts and sent orders to Pingxiangzhou to receive the army."
Zhennanguan, which guards the transportation artery between Guangxi and Annan, is located in Pingxiang Prefecture.
The military commander wrote down this military order.
Chang Sheng looked at the workers in the mining area in front of him, nodded with satisfaction, and said quietly: "Zhang Wen should catch more Japanese pirates."
Army Sima smiled: "When Marquis Huining came back last year, the fleet was not big, and the Japanese army had to keep warships as backup. It was extremely difficult to deal with more than two thousand Japanese pirates. "
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Chang Sheng shook his head and said: "I met with Taisun a few days ago. Taisun mentioned how our dynasty can integrate the land of Annan. Taisun and Yan Shizi said that we should weaken the native people of Annan and increase the number of Ming people in our dynasty.
This commander believes that it is impossible for the imperial court to move Ming people here for a while. Under this situation, if we do not conquer any land in the future, we will move the Annan people to Changhua Iron Mine. "
Army Sima thought for a moment and then whispered: "I'm afraid it will be difficult for Changhua Iron Mine to accept all Annan people."
Chang Sheng frowned: "Then let the three divisions of Guangxi Road, Guangdong Road and other places prepare. Our army will fight in one place. They themselves will send people to pick up the prisoners and send them back to various provinces and counties to build a road connecting Yingtian. Official roads, increase the official roads between local prefectures and counties."
The Army Sima thought for a while and didn't dare to answer, so he looked at the deputy general beside him.
The deputy general thought for a while and whispered: "This move may lead to slander from the DPRK and China."
Chang Sheng's eyes suddenly narrowed: "I only know how to attack Annan and how to eliminate potential risks in the occupied areas. If anyone has any objections, the Army Sima can report to the court on my behalf and ask your Majesty to send someone to replace him." This handsome man marches south!"
By the way,,,..version. 】
No one dared to say this anymore.
It is foreseeable that the founding father will fight for the court in Annan for three to five years. Where the country, dynasty and society are maintained, no one dares to change the coach easily.
But when I return to the court, I'm afraid it will still be a bit lively.
When Chang Sheng saw that no one was speaking, he turned around and his voice reached everyone's ears: "Go back to Changhua and give orders to all the troops to set out tomorrow."
