Da Wei Chun

Chapter 245
The morning sun breaks, the morning light is brilliant, the mountains seem to be dyed with a layer of gold powder, and the golden light shines.

The dewdrops on the branches and grass leaves are crystal clear, like pearls.

Ruoshui is like a heavenly knife, splitting Heli Mountain in two, and winding down like a jade belt.

Due to the diversion of the river, only half of Xiongguan was washed away. Although it stands on the cliff, it is already in danger.

The beacon towers on the mountains are faintly visible, some are still standing, and some have been submerged by weeds and wild trees, and only one tower tip can be seen.

The name of the pass is Zhenyi. It was built by Wei Qing and Huo Qubing after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty pacified the Huns in Hexi. The gorge formed by weak water is called Zhenyi Gorge.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhenyi Pass has long since disappeared, but Zhenyi Gorge is still there. Because of the need to pay attention to national unity, Zhenyi Gorge was changed to "Justice Gorge"...

"Shangshu Yugong": Yu guided the weak water to Heli, and the aftermath entered the quicksand...

Li Chengzhi doesn't know whether the weak water was brought by Dayu when he was controlling the water, but he at least knows that after passing Heli Mountain, the weak water will flow northward for more than a thousand miles, and flow to the residence built by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. If you belong to the country, you will gather Wang Chengze, that is, Ju Yanhai.

Going further north, you don't even need to turn around, and you don't need to turn over the mountains, you can go directly to the former Huns and the current "Longting (now Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)" in Rouran.

Huo Qubing in the Western Han Dynasty passed through this gorge and fought in the Five Kingdoms of Hexi to help Wei Qing pacify the Huns in Hexi.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dou Xian followed this canyon to attack the Xiongnu in the north, and finally "swallowed his efforts".

It may seem like a very inconspicuous place, but for Li Chengzhi, its strategic significance is extraordinary.

The weak water runs through Zhangye from east to west, and Biaoshi from north to south, so Biaoshi County has never been short of water since ancient times.

Just like this, what I saw in my eyes was green mountains and green waters.

The north and south of Heli Mountain are lush and green, and as far as the eye can see, it is a thousand miles away, and the green color is dripping.

On both sides of the canyon, there are green grass and endless soil.

If you look carefully, there are many plants such as wild valleys and wild millet among them, and traces of ditches and fields can be vaguely seen in the grass, as if someone had cultivated here.

Li Chengzhi was not surprised at all.

Since Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty, this has been the vassal state of Zhangye, and about a thousand miles to the north, there is also the vassal state of Juyan, which was used to guard against and appease the Huns.

During the prosperous period, there were [-] to [-] farmers and soldiers in the two domestic farms.

After the Rebellion of the Eight Kings in the Western Jin Dynasty, these two places were abandoned by the Han people.

Since then, this area of ​​more than a thousand miles has completely become a grazing land for the Hu people.

Even during the period of Emperor Taiwu, the royal court of Rouran had been pushed to Mobei (in present-day Mongolia), which had become the nominal jurisdiction of the Yuan and Wei Dynasties. The good fields of Erbajing can't be planted, which Han people are willing to travel so far to become savages?

Therefore, for decades, it is still the grazing land of Huns or Zahu such as Lushuihu, Diqiang and Yueshi, as well as some small tribes such as Uighur (ancestor of Uyghur in Xinjiang), Qibi and Gaoche.

However, Wuwei Town and Jiuquan Town were abolished after the emperor came to power today, and it was only four or five years ago, so the big tribes dare not come, and those who wander around are small tribes, and they will not be allowed to form a big tribe, so Among the nomads so far, the largest tribe does not exceed Qianzhang.

Therefore, for Li Chengzhi, he didn't need to make any effort to expel or subdue these tribes.

As for the court...

Don't even look at how few people are in Hexi?
It is so small that even the county town is about to be abandoned, and it is so small that tens of thousands of mu or hundreds of thousands of mu of good land can be thrown away. How can there be such a corner land with skill and patience?
As long as the Baijia Army does not blatantly attack the banner of the Han family, and does not invade Biaoshi County or Zhangye County in the south, Li Chengzhi is the king here...

But the problem is, he has deliberately planned to let thousands of soldiers escape here at the risk of ransacking his family and exterminating his family. Is it just to become the king of a group of small tribes of miscellaneous beards?

Are you kidding me?
Li Chengzhi originally didn't want Li Song to go so far south, but planned to turn over Heli Mountain, rely on the weak water, and go north while robbing the Hu people's tribe, that is, the Juyan vassal state in Han Dynasty to settle again.

Then go back and use the method of ants swallowing elephants to snatch a wave of cattle, horses, camels and sheep from the Hu people today, and another wave of Han people in Hexi tomorrow...

Well, the main thing is to rob the Dingkou of the Han people, and then in Juyan, they should garrison fields, build cities, and graze cattle.

Especially farming... You don't need to waste a lot of effort to open it up. You only need to dig out the ditches, get rid of the weeds, and cultivate them for two or three years, and you will have tens of thousands of acres of fertile land...

When the strength is almost accumulated, the six towns will be in chaos.

At that time, we will take advantage of the chaos to occupy Hexi...

But who would have thought that the few Han people in Hexi would almost disappear?
No one, but also the fields where woolen yarn is kept, and the city where chicken feathers are repaired?

Even if the whole of Hexi is occupied, there are only 20 people. Can you pick out [-] soldiers?

As for Dingkou who robbed the barbarians... Li Chengzhi's brain was not kicked by a donkey?

So Li Song didn't go further north, but stayed here temporarily, doing the first step that Li Chengzhi told him: robbing the barbarians.

In less than ten days, several small tribes of Hu people within a radius of two hundred miles have been snatched by him.

At noon yesterday, when Li Chengzhi dressed up as a bandit to spy on Biaoshi County, that's how he, Li Song and others, and the soldiers wore beard robes and felt hats.

A lot of livestock were also robbed. There were tens of thousands of sheep alone, nearly a thousand horses, and more than 50 camels.

Those tribes that hadn't yet Li Song's turn to snatch them had already fled upon hearing the news.If you still want to rob, the camp can only continue to move west or north...

Also moved to a wool?

Let Li Song and others be completely reduced to a nomadic tribe, making a living by grazing and robbing the Hu tribe?
For the current plan, we can only let thousands of armored soldiers temporarily dormant here, and then make plans after seeing how much the tens of thousands of rioters Zhang Jingzhi said can move after they are exiled to Hexi.

So no matter what, we must find a way. When Zhang Jingzhi exiled the rioters, he must come to Hexi again...

Li Chengzhi turned his thoughts, put his legs between the horse's belly, and led Li Song and others westward.

Forty miles west of Zhenyiguan is the largest salt-producing area in Hexi: Yanchi.

Since Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty became a vassal state of Zhangye, salt has been produced here, and it is still produced more than 500 years later.

It has been proven that the salt reserves in Yanchi are at least over [-] million tons...and all of them are open air...

Where there is salt, there must be nitrate, and in addition to being located in the northwest, this is naturally the best place to set up a chemical industrial park.

It's either chemical fertilizer or strong acid... Good guy, the nearby villagers have to run five kilometers away to see if the sky is yellow or blue.

There are many accidents!

Li Chengzhi felt like Chinese New Year if he didn't come for inspection for more than a week.

In the end, it was shut down due to excessive pollution...

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In the blink of an eye, there is still a thousand miles of grassland, and after a blink of an eye, it is like walking into a snowfield.

Looking around, it is full of white snow, but you can't see the end at a glance?

A group of fighters who have lived in Guanzhong for generations, have they ever seen such a strange scene?

Except for Li Song, everyone seemed to be fascinated, and their hearts were shaking.

Li Liang stared: "This is...salt?"

He couldn't figure it out, why did such a large salt pond suddenly appear near the camp?
Li Song sighed sadly, and replied in a low voice: "There is also nitrate in it, no matter whether it is human or animal, it cannot be eaten directly... But the Lord has given me the method of boiling salt, it is not difficult to separate..."

When Li Liang heard this, his eyeballs almost popped out.

He was still suspicious just now: Seeing that the fourth uncle didn't even turn a corner, he brought Mr. Lang here straight away, which means that he had already found it, and for some reason, he didn't know himself.

Listen again now, this place was clearly pointed out by Mr. Lang to Fourth Uncle before coming here?

Otherwise, why teach him how to steam salt?
Li Song glared at him: "At this moment, you still don't understand?"

Li Liang choked violently.

That's right, is there anything in this world that you don't know about?

Ever since he was born, Mr. Lang has never left Jingzhou, but when he and Li Song led their troops to escape, where is the mountain, how to climb it, where is the river, how to cross it, where is the city, how to hide... etc. Wait for the explanation to be clear, even Zhenyiguan, which has never been mentioned in any books, knows, what is this person who is not a gift from heaven?
What's so strange about knowing a salt pond?
Li Liang endured it again and again, and almost wanted to ask Li Chengzhi how long Li Liang could live...

Fortunately, he didn't open his mouth, otherwise Li Chengzhi might use him as a punching bucket.

Looking at the salt mountain in front of him, an unknown fire rushed into Li Chengzhi's heart.

It's all fucking money, and there's no place to sell it?

The salt field is so large that the accumulated layer of salt and nitrate is several meters thick, and there is no need to sweep it, and it can be boiled with a few clay pots.

As long as there are enough people, how much do you want?
But what about after cooking?
According to Li Chengzhi's idea, Li Song could pretend to be a salt merchant in Zhangye or Jiuquan, and sell the salt to the Hu people in the north of Heli Mountain, and exchange it for cattle, sheep and horses.You can also pretend to be a barbarian, sell it to the Han people in Zhangye and Jiuquan, and exchange it for grain seeds... Isn't this a good thing in one fell swoop?

But who would have thought that both Han and Hu people in Hexi would soon lose their roots?

With Li Song and these thousands of soldiers, it is estimated that the earth will explode...

Li Chengzhi can only talk is better than nothing, depending on whether the content of potassium salt in Glauber's salt is more or less, whether it is convenient to use potassium salt to make fire salt, or to directly collect the urine of livestock.

But no matter what kind it is, he has to train a chemical talent first, and not only must he be flexible and careful, but also must be the one who is devoted to him.

Li Chengzhi immediately thought of Li Liang...

After loading a few bags of nitrate and salt on the horse, Li Chengzhi walked back.

It was noon when we returned to Daying, and after a few hasty deals, Li Chengzhi took Li Song, Li Liang, Huangfu Rang and others, crossed the weak water, and moved eastward.

The mountain is still the same mountain, the river is still the same river, and the iron mine of later generations is naturally buried under Heli Mountain on the north bank of Ruoshui.

Not far away, just like Yanchi, less than forty miles away from where the camp was stationed at this time.

The reserves are not much, just over one million tons. I remember that the small boss in the later generations sold out after two years.

But it can't stand the shallowness of the ground, there is no rock formation, and the terrain is flat. It can be mined with a donkey cart and a shovel.

It is still an iron-rich mine, with a total iron content of more than 50.00%, which can be absorbed by a piece of magnetite, and magnetite that can be dug out to make steel and iron.

There are also some polar magnetite ores that can directly absorb iron, which are usually called iron magnets...

Walking to the approximate location, Li Chengzhi dismounted and asked Li Song and others to search nearby.

The method is very simple: go to the river, take an iron rod or an iron knife across the sand layer to see if there is polar magnet sand.

Although they didn't understand what Li Chengzhi meant, most of them guessed that Mr. Lang asked them to find some treasure.

Li Song and the others were secretly excited, held their sabers, and made peace in the water.

The more the knife was stirred, the heavier it became. After a few strokes, Li Liang, who was the weakest, couldn't stir it anymore and had to pull out the knife.

The saber, whose blade was originally as thin as paper and whose back was less than three inches wide, now turned into a stick?
what?
Li Liang was about to take a closer look when he heard Li Chengzhi laugh wildly.

Let me just say, the mountain is still that mountain, the river is still that river, can such a big mine grow wings and fly?

Although there are not many reserves, it is for future generations.

Even if only one-tenth of this million tons of iron ore is mined, there are still [-] tons.

Even if only [-]/[-] worth of steel can be smelted, there is still a full [-] tons.

2000 million catties of steel, how many armors, how many knives and guns can be used?
If you have a wilder heart... more than 100 miles to the south is Qilian Mountain.

There are gold, copper, coal, sulfur and other mines... In his previous life, he inspected not one hundred mines, but eighty mines.

This is the fundamental reason why Li Chengzhi insisted on letting Li Song and others flee to Hexi, and specified that they should settle in Zhangye or Juyan.

As long as there are people, what do you want to pick?
You can pick as much as you want...

As soon as he thought of this, Li Chengzhi's face slammed again.

happy yarn...

Where do people come from?
(End of this chapter)