Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1936 New changes, old life is ordinary

What does Fei Qian personally think? In fact, in the Han Dynasty, many people acted like the Eight Swords of the Han Dynasty, simple, direct, clear, or a little...

rough.

The emperor was managing in a rough way, the generals were fighting in a rough way, and the civil servants were managing the civil affairs in a rough way. Only the noble families and big families were doing the fine calculations, calculating the grain and grass for every acre of land and every stone.

So the gentry family accumulated more wealth.

But if Fei Qian wants to surpass the gentry in this respect, he must be more refined than the gentry family.

After all, the future development direction of the entire society is to refine the division of labor, and the further the future, the more refined it will be.

In fact, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing defeated the Xiongnu back then. It seemed to be a good thing. Emperor Wu of the Han gained face and the people got cattle and sheep. How much blood does the empire replenish, because in their concept, they are only responsible for fighting, and the rest of the things are either handed over to the army Sima or other officials.

Not to mention anything else, just transporting cattle and sheep from the grasslands of the Xiongnu to the interior is definitely not a matter of clicking the mouse and issuing an order.

Cattle and sheep go all the way, how to arrange the grazing management?How to deal with illness on the road?What if there is no pasture?Cattle and sheep don't eat everything, so we can't let them eat rocks, right?Moreover, centralized transportation, even in spring, would inevitably lead to the sweeping of the grassland along the way, not to mention that when Wei Qing and Huo Qubing won the battle, they were basically in autumn and winter.

So in fact, when we started from the land of the Xiongnu to the inland, there were hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of cattle and sheep.

When the gentry family calculated it, it was so uneconomical. The food that they had worked so hard to accumulate was then saved by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and said to "contribute" to the great cause of conquering the Huns, and then they won the battle and received the money But it was some cattle and sheep that died on the way, rough and poorly tanned fur, some cattle bones and sheep heads...

In the beginning, everyone was emotional.

Having been kicked on the nose by the Xiongnu so many times, I was suffocating in my heart, and then I was teased and instigated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, just screaming to give the Xiongnu some cards. At the beginning, I really didn’t think about it Nothing in return, just to vent my anger.

But war always has damage. When the damage slowly falls, you will naturally see the emptiness in your own warehouse, but there is still hope to support it. There is always some war bonus after winning, and it can make up for it to some extent. loss?Don't ask how much you can earn, just don't lose money...

Therefore, when Emperor Wu of the Han handed out the war bonus of "brilliant victory" to these big gentry families who contributed money, food, and people, these people from the gentry family received the gift of Emperor Wu of the Han "tearfully grateful".Whether you are grateful or not is another matter, but the tears are definitely sincere.

Ever since, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to fight again in the middle and late stages, the gentry family stopped doing it. There were a lot of excuses for this reason and that.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not a fool, so he naturally understood that it was all an excuse, and then he thought about collecting salt and iron, investigating corruption, and engaging in officials.

Afterwards, the more they fought, the less willing they were to fight, procrastinating, reluctant, and even abandoned the border in the Eastern Han Dynasty...

Therefore, if Fei Qian wants to change all this, he must start from the root. The way to solve these problems is not to think about it alone, nor to do it alone. After all, even if Fei Qian has the thinking and thinking skills of later generations method, and there is no way for everyone to understand clearly, so Fei Qian simply left this matter to the newly established "Dahan Chamber of Commerce".

Because businessmen are better at budgeting than noble families.Merchants who don't know how to count and count are all gradually dying in the process of doing business. A family of businessmen who can survive for ten, decades, or even more than a hundred years, let alone have seven orifices, is simply like a fishing net, full of holes .

The final result is that Fei Qian and the Dahan Chamber of Commerce will split [-]-[-], and set the price of standard items according to the Chang'an market, and then Fei Qian can either barter or settle coins in the Western Regions, thereby avoiding the strain of transshipment, although the benefits will be divided I made some money out, but in fact professional things should be done by professionals. For Feiqian himself, it actually increased his income.

For example, everyone knows that the hard-earned BMWs in the Western Regions are excellent and everyone wants them, but if Feiqian wants to monopolize them, he must not only send soldiers to guard them, but also have horsemen to follow them, and even prepare veterinarians and pastures. , and at the same time ensure that the officials sent there will not fill their pockets and so on...

Now, except for some of the best horses entering the army, the rest of the first-class ones, those that cannot be eaten for a while, are directly converted into various items or coins, and Fei Qian doesn’t have to worry about the subsequent matters, maintenance and transfer What is the matter of the Dahan Chamber of Commerce.

For these members of the Dahan Chamber of Commerce, the Cui family has the specialty of selling valuables, the Zhuo family has the experience of walking horses in the mountains of Sichuan, the Pei family is quite familiar with transactions such as fur and dried meat, and the Zhen family is good at selling and transporting various miscellaneous goods. Good at items, especially women items...

As for Bai Shiqiang, he often just followed behind and shouted, so did I, and so did I...

Therefore, on the whole, the Dahan Chamber of Commerce headed by these people can cover most of the scope of item transactions. For Fei Qian, from a certain perspective, the Western Regions, or foreign wars, may gradually spread. It has been transformed into a source of profit, not a place of consumption.

Of course, it depends on the specific implementation process.

The Dahan Chamber of Commerce has become a channel merchant similar to later generations, and then distributes to merchants of all sizes. For the Han Dynasty with a huge population base, it is a natural huge market, even if it is due to social production conditions. There is no way to compare the economic value with the later generations, but the size is placed there, and the ability to digest and create items is naturally the surrounding area, and it can even be said to be the most powerful in the whole of Asia.

The Western Regions may just be the beginning.

But for Cao Cao and Sun Quan, the war between the two has gradually come to an end.

War is the ultimate expression of politics.This time the Cao-Sun war, whether it is Cao Cao or Sun Quan, is trying to resolve their internal contradictions and attempt to transfer external political manifestations, so when the contradictions produce new changes, naturally the basis for continuing the war will be lost .

It was fire that brought the Battle of Chibi to an end, but this time it was rain that interrupted the war between Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

autumn rain.

Cao Cao exhaled lightly.

At this time, it was raining heavily, and amidst the torrential sound, bean-sized raindrops hit the bamboo hat with a dense and dull sound.

The heavy rain is second, the key is cold.

The autumn rain is getting colder and colder, but this time, it seems to be particularly cold.

Cao Cao tightened his black and red cloak, then jumped off the blue and white horse, and patted the horse's neck. The animal was snorting a little irritably, shaking its neck and head up and down, and the rain washed away the smooth fur. Sticking into strands, coupled with yellow mud contamination, naturally makes it feel very uncomfortable.

Behind Cao Cao, followed by Cao Cao's generals and staff, Xia Houyuan, Liu Ye, etc., were all wearing rain capes and bamboo hats.

This is a hilly area north of Jiangxia, three or four miles away from the barracks.And behind this inconspicuous and nameless hill, there is a large pit newly dug.

Under the alternation of cold and heat, especially sudden weather changes, it is easy to be infected with wind and cold.

And the wind chill...

If Cao Cao hadn't learned some disease prevention and control measures by imitating tigers and drawing cats, he might not only have dozens of corpses in the pit now, or a big pit could solve the problem.

Before the sanitation regulations were not particularly emphasized, some soldiers would even discharge the filth from vomiting and diarrhea directly into the water, and then let the water flow downstream, and then the unsuspecting soldiers downstream drank raw water...

It's like the Chibi in history.Cao Cao lined up on the north bank, and the water and dry villages stretched for hundreds of miles. Then the seasick people vomited in the water, the sick also vomited in the water, and the corpses also poured their excrement and urine into the water. Then they took water from the water and burned it. Only a few people prescribed it, and most people gulped it down, just like Asan Holy River. In the Han Dynasty when there were no anti-inflammatory drugs, there was no plague, so it was really called seeing a ghost.

Cao Cao looked at the corpse in the pit, feeling heavy in his heart.These are all veterans who followed him. They did not die on the battlefield, but died of illness.

Cao Cao received a letter from Xun Yu. In the letter, Xun Yu reported in detail what happened in Xu County recently. As the materials obtained from Liu Biao flowed into the almost dry Yingchuan River in Yuzhou, the relief was greatly relieved. The tense situation in Xu County, and after Cao Cao cheated the group of Wuhuan people, it is equivalent to reducing the debt, so the previous crisis in Xu County has been temporarily alleviated, and the previous situation that was about to collapse seems to be Nothing left.

Xun Yu explained that in Yanzhou, Yuzhou, although the plague of locusts was suffered, some grain and grass were harvested. With the cold weather, the locusts gradually died out. Xun Yu was leading people around to count the losses, and then plowed...

Because Fei Qian in Guanzhong asked to deeply plow all the areas where the locusts stopped after the locust plague was extinguished. Although Xun Yu didn't understand the reason, his keen intuition told him that there was nothing wrong with doing so, so naturally he followed suit.

In addition, Xun Yu also gave a detailed explanation to Cao Cao about the situation in other places, especially Jizhou.The refugees in Jizhou that were originally caused by the war have gradually stabilized. The previous trend of fleeing to the east of Guanzhong has been largely controlled. However, because of the previous war in Jizhou, Jizhou is still facing some food shortages. We have to wait until next year. After the autumn harvest, it will be possible to alleviate it, and from now to next autumn, it is the most critical time, if it cannot be handled properly, then...

Therefore, when Cao Cao hit Jiangxia, he just put on a show, and it was impossible to directly attack Jiangdong. After all, Cao Ao did not have the family background of Cao Cao at the time of Chibi in history. Cao Cao seemed to be running with an egg on his back. He could not stop, and he had to be careful that the egg fell and the chicken flew away.

Cao Cao remained silent, as if mourning for the corpse in the pit. After a while, he waved his hand to signal to the soldiers beside him that it was time to bury it.

Cao Cao didn't have to come, but Cao Cao felt that he still had to come, even if it was just a show, it was better than nothing.

In the battle with Zhou Yu, the casualties of both sides were very heavy, and it also destroyed some of Cao Cao's original contempt, and even shook the morale of some troops.

Considering the difficulty of continuing to attack Jiangdong, Cao Cao actually had already thought about farming in the Jianghuai area.

In this area, there are tens of thousands of acres of barren fields and hundreds of silted ditches, which can save a lot of money and time for farming.These fields and ditches were corrupted by Yuan Shu, and now they just need to be restored, but the most important thing is people.

Originally, most of these people in Jianghuai had either been recruited as strong men or fled during the war at that time. Now they are in a state of land and no people, and it is obviously unrealistic to transfer people from other places. , so there are only two solutions.

One option is to plunder the people around Jiangxia and populate it near Hefei, and the other option is the military colony.

Cao Cao is an adult, so naturally he wants both.

But Sun Quan is even more greedy, what he wants is not two, but three.

Compared with Cao Cao whose financial situation has been on the verge of collapse and jumping around the red line, Sun Quan's economic foundation in Jiangdong is not a little bit better.

After all, when Sun Ce was alive, he raised a lot of knives and plundered the money and property of the Jiangdong gentry. Although he died under the counterattack in the end, he left Sun Quan with a lot of things. When inheriting power, it is safe to say that the transition is not dangerous, so that the overall loss is not much, so Sun Quan's ambition is naturally greater.

Sun Quan wants the Jiangdong gentry to return to their hearts, and also wants Zhou Yu and other veterans to submit. Of course, Sun Quan also wants to seize the territory of Jingzhou, at least part of the territory, to glorify the appearance of Sun Dadi's classmate.

The night has gradually fallen, but the rain in the sky has not decreased by half. It seems that there is a god in the sky, who is spreading his sorrow or splashing bodily fluids in all directions.

In Jiangxia City, there is already a lot of water, and most of the soldiers in the city are gathered in places with slightly higher terrain, while the area near the south of the city and facing the river is reserved for wounded soldiers.It's not because of the need to take care of the wounded soldiers, but if the wounded soldiers can't resist, the corpses are easier to deal with.

Although Cao Cao and Sun Quan are still in a stalemate, and they are putting on a tough stance, there is no large-scale decisive battle yet, but occasionally when the rain is a little lighter, there will be one or two attacks on Jiangxia.

It's more like a habit than an offense.

The blood-stained land above and below the city was bleed again under the rain, like a pot of boiled red rice porridge.

The scene where Zhou Yu and Cao Cao confronted each other head-on, and both sides were exhausted, still remained in the hearts of the soldiers on both sides.

Facing Zhou Yu, Sun Quan could only swallow no matter how much dissatisfaction he had, and let Zhou Yu go to recuperate, but his heart was still full of dissatisfaction with Zhou Yu, just like when an adolescent child faces his elders, on the surface it seems It's all good, I also said that I understand, I understand, but when I turned around, I cursed secretly.

Naturally, Sun Quan didn't want to fight Cao Cao to the last man, so Sun Quan had to think of some ways...

And this method, unfortunately, was guessed right by Zhou Yu.

"Dare to ask my lord, where did Zhou Youping go? 』Zhou Yu blocked Sun Quan who wanted to get away with an excuse, staring at Sun Quan and asked.

Sun Quan said haha, "Aha, I have sent him back to Jiangdong... I still have something to do..." After finishing speaking, he was about to turn around and go down the city gate.

Zhou Yu moved a step sideways, stood in front of Sun Quan, cupped his hands and said in a low voice, "My lord wants to attack Cao Ying by surprise, and cut off his supply?" 』

Sun Quan's movements froze immediately, as if rusted, and he recovered after a few breaths. He squeezed out a smile and said, "Why did Gongjin say that?" 』

Zhou Yu did not explain to Sun Quan how he came to this conclusion, but said: "Cao thief has been a soldier for half his life, and he has many tricks. Su likes to ambush, lures the enemy to divide the battle, and wins in chaos. How can he not prevent others from attacking him?"Now there are continuous camps outside the city, and we don't know what's real or not, so we're afraid it's just a trick. 』

Sun Quan rolled his eyes, and then said: "Gong Jin is too worried, and the soldiers in the city have not moved, how can there be any plan?" 』

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly and said, "My lord!Since he is a pawn in the city that has not been moved, is he going to transfer the soldiers from Jiangdong again?In this way, the lord has never thought about it, Jiangdong must be empty!If there is some turmoil, what about the foundation of the Sun family? 』

For Zhou Yu, it might be better if Sun Quan mobilized the existing troops in the city. If he had to be clever and let Zhou Tai sneak back to Jiangdong to mobilize troops, then even if he really mobilized soldiers, it would be equivalent to taking time out. The Sun family was originally in Jiangdong to deploy defense forces, but if the empty Jiangdong is instigated...

People from the north rode horses, and people from the south rode boats, so Sun Quan could think of using boats to attack Cao Cao's side. In Cao Cao's ambush.

Sun Quan stared at Zhou Yu, and said after a while, "The family has its own... wait, what the governor said, it seems that someone will be defeated?In the past, hussars were able to attack Yuan Cao by surprise, why couldn't a certain one succeed? 』

Yes, young people are always high-minded, what can others do that I can't?

Give a reason first!
Zhou Yu sighed slightly, and said: "My lord, if you want to make a surprise attack, you should have the right time, place and people. It's been rainy for many days now. Although you can cover your whereabouts, the utensils are damp and there is no way to set fire. So you can't preempt people and confuse the army." .Second, Cao Jun's military strongholds are stretching, and they have already occupied the land first, and sentry posts are everywhere, how can they break through without being surprised?Thirdly, under Hussar's command, there are many good generals, although Youping is also brave, but there is only one person...』

Sun Quan was speechless. After turning around twice, he turned to Zhou Yu and asked, "Since this is the case, does the governor have a good plan?" 』

Zhou Yu was silent.

"Retiring troops again? ’ Sun Quan couldn’t help but said.Sun Quan just didn't want to retreat, so he came up with a strategy to surprise Cao's army.

Zhou Yu nodded.

Sun Quan jumped up, "No!no way!Now that we have just gained a foothold in Jingzhou, how can we abandon it lightly? !Since the governor doesn't want to help someone, let's stop him! 』

(End of this chapter)