I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 690 Don’t rush some things

Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses seized the property, fields and households of seven heroes in Hanyang County, and began to use the assets left by these heroes to carry out a semi-reclamation and military-style business model.

The news reached the ears of Ma Teng and Han Sui, and they were both stunned.

"Zhang Fei is not in a hurry to fight with us. Instead, he seizes the fields and butchers of the local powerful people and starts farming locally to raise troops. What is he going to do? Is it possible that he also wants to become a local powerful person in Liangzhou?"

After listening to Ma Teng's words, Han Sui thought carefully for a while and then said: "When you said that, I really realized that Zhang Fei really seems to be a bit like a local tycoon now."

"It's just that it's unrealistic for him to rely on this method to maintain troops in Liangzhou for a long time."

"Liangzhou is a vast territory with few people. He has more than 25,000 soldiers and horses under his command. It would be difficult to raise his troops just by farming in Hanyang County without plundering."

"The entire registered population of Liangzhou is only a few hundred thousand, which may not be as large as a county in the Han Dynasty."

"Zhang Fei wants to use the land of several powerful men to raise troops in one place in Hanyang County. Isn't he crazy?"

Ma Teng stroked his beard and then said: "What you said is indeed reasonable, but you and I still know the situation in Liangzhou."

"Although the registered population on the surface is only half a million."

"But the actual population of Liangzhou is far greater than this."

"First of all, let's not talk about the Tuhu population hidden by the local powerful in Liangzhou."

"Just talking about the Qiang people in Liangzhou, very few of them are listed in the household registration books of the Han Dynasty."

When Han Han came here, he couldn't help laughing: "Shou Cheng, you can really worry about that Zhang Fei."

"The Qiang people have always been at odds with the Han Dynasty. For many generations, kings have wanted to submit to the Qiang people, but they have never been able to achieve their wishes."

"He Zhang Fei wants to conquer the Qiang people on behalf of the Han Dynasty and serve for him. It is simply a fantasy."

"Not to mention anything else, the prestige of the two of us among the Qiang people is far greater than that of Zhang Fei."

"No matter how high Zhang Fei's prestige was in Bingzhou and Youzhou, he would never be able to regain these Qiang people in Liangzhou."

"Yes, many of these Qiang people are very disgusted with the imperial court. If Zhang Fei subdues them on behalf of the imperial court, they will be angry when they hear that they are from the imperial court before they even open their mouths."

"Hasn't the imperial court suppressed the Qiang people enough over the years?"

When he said this, Han Sui couldn't help but show a proud look on his face, and then burst into laughter.

Ma Teng also nodded in agreement, but he still seemed hesitant.

"Wen Yue, my people have recently inquired about the government's decrees from the imperial court. I heard that the imperial court seems to have special control methods for the Liangzhou Production and Construction Corps led by Zhang Fei."

"Oh?" Han Sui seemed to be interested when he heard this.

"What special control methods does the imperial court have for Zhang Fei?"

Ma Teng said: "I heard that the imperial court sent Liu Biao to be the governor of Liangzhou, and sent Zhang Ji to be the prefect of Hanyang. However, Zhang Fei seems to be independent of them. He has independent management rights, and he has independent management rights with Liangzhou. The governor's department and the local county offices act separately."

"That is to say, everything Zhang Fei is doing now does not actually represent the court, but belongs to his personal will. Do you think this will hinder us?"

When Han Sui heard this, he seemed to have realized something.

"What Shoucheng means is that if Zhang Fei recruits the Qiang people now, he is actually recruiting them based on his personal will and behavior, and is not subject to the will of the court... In other words, if the Qiang people are on good terms with him, they are actually recruiting them. It doesn’t mean that you have surrendered to the imperial court, does it?”

Ma Teng then nodded and said, "That's exactly what happened. I wonder if this matter will have any impact on us?"

Han Sui couldn't figure out the key to this for a moment, so he said: "Never mind, let's stop quietly first and see what methods Zhang Fei and Liu Biao can use."

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Zhang Fei began to let the Liangzhou Production and Construction Corps live a life of half farming and half farming.

Liu Biao also began to farm in Hanyang County, and Chang'an was not idle either. Guanzhong had a good harvest last year, so it was able to provide Zhang Fei with food and grass supplies, and the 25,000 soldiers did not consume too much military pay and food. , coupled with Zhang Fei being able to farm locally, the burden on the court was also much lighter.

Liu Jian did not put all his focus on Liangzhou now. He left Liangzhou to Zhang Fei and Liu Biao, and Liu Jian tried his best to satisfy what the two of them wanted.

All he has to do now is to continue to cultivate and cultivate in the Han Dynasty.

The development of the Central Plains, Guanzhong, Sanhe and other places is related to the future of the Han Dynasty. As long as they can all be developed to a certain extent and connected to Hebei, then the entire North will become a prosperous scene.

The idea of ​​realizing the Han Dynasty standing on top of the world is no longer a dream, but a reality.

After Liu Chi became the governor of Yanzhou, coupled with the cooperation between Liu Ye and Dong Zhao in Dongjun, the land of Dongjun quickly got on the right track.

There is only a Yellow River between the Central Plains and Hebei. In fact, there is not much difference in distance. Therefore, it is not difficult to quickly transplant the emerging water conservancy technology in Hebei to the Central Plains on a large scale.

As a result, Hebei began to provide all-round assistance to Henan.

First of all, rice seeds from Hebei and their keel waterwheels and other objects began to be copied and placed in various fields in Henan, and the entire system was copied to Henan to restore Henan's productivity as quickly as possible.

After Zhao Yun wiped out most of the bandits in Henan, and with the cooperation of Liu Chi, the Eight Chefs Group, Dong Zhao, Liu Ye and others, the political situation in Yanzhou gradually stabilized.

After the Bachhu Group handed over the resources in their hands, Liu Jian also established various inns in Henan as the main area, dredged the main roads, and opened up the main routes from north to south and east to west.

After all, Yanzhou's geographical location is very important. With the transfer from Xuzhou and Guanzhong in Hebei Province, the more stable the Central Plains becomes, the more prosperous the material trade in various places will become.

Especially in Hebei in recent years, although tea, white porcelain, furniture, ironware, coal and various new products have become popular in the world, due to frequent wars, impassable roads and numerous bandits in Henan, only the Eight Chu Group The transfer station provided cannot make Hebei's business reach a prosperous state.

But now Liu Jian started to rectify Yanzhou from the fundamental problems, solved the bandits, and restored public security in Henan, which made Henan begin to develop in a prosperous direction, so that the trade exchanges between various places became smoother and smoother. Coupled with the many years of war in the north, now it has accumulated a lot of accumulation, and with the unification of the north, it has finally begun to show a prosperous state.

In particular, commercial trade is becoming more and more prosperous.

Nowadays, more and more ports are being built in Hebei and Xuzhou, and there are more and more sea-going ships. Coupled with the encouragement of shipping policies, the shipping and shipping trade routes of the Han Dynasty have been pushed to a certain level, especially in Xuzhou and Hebei. If materials want to be transferred to the north of Hanzhou, exchange and trade with small northern countries can already be achieved through sea routes.

However, the Central Plains has never received any benefits in this regard.

There is no way around this. After all, although the Central Plains is close to the Yellow River, water transportation along the Yellow River was not very convenient in ancient times.

From the mouth of the river below, the river flows through the mountain gorges, making it very difficult for boats to navigate. Many rivers have many twists and turns and the currents are fast. Even in clear and windless weather, it is necessary to use the oars and rudders to ensure the power of navigation and the turning direction of the boat. .

It is particularly dangerous if there is strong wind on the way, because there is no place between the steep rocks on both sides to stop the boat and take shelter from the wind. Spring is the shallow water period, and the reefs are exposed or shallow under the water. You need to be extra careful about hitting the rocks and going upstream. The ship encounters greater difficulties, because in addition to overcoming these difficulties, it must also overcome the huge downwash of the rapid current.

But in fact, the scarcity of water transport connections in the Hetao area does not mean the lack of water transport value in other reaches of the middle reaches of the Yellow River.

According to the investigation of Liu Jian's men, the Yellow River is navigable from Shangjun below.

But after traveling for a certain distance, the goods must be unloaded and carried on pack animals for about ten miles before being loaded onto the ship.

Empty boats will go around the artificially dug arc-shaped river channel. Because the current here is turbulent, the boat cannot go straight down, and the heavy load will easily cause danger, so it must be unloaded first.

Another example is Luoyang. If there is a favorable wind, you can reach Tongguan in about four or five days, which is about three hundred miles.

It can be seen that the water transportation of the Yellow River below the mouth of the river, although quite troublesome, can still serve as an important material exchange channel between the Guanzhong region.

However, this requires some artificial transformation.

There are many tributaries in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, and the larger ones are more than ten. However, due to the water volume, especially the division and restrictions of the thousands of ravines on the Loess Plateau, not many can engage in long-distance shipping.

From the inspection, only the Fen River in Bingzhou, the Wei River in Guanzhong, and its tributaries of the Wei River, the Beiluo River and the Jing River, have certain shipping facilities. The Fen River has a total length of about 1,400 miles, with the main stream passing through More than thirty counties.

However, with the current productivity and development capabilities, it is still quite difficult to develop all the road sections suitable for water transportation into waterways with the current technology, and it will consume huge material, financial and manpower resources. This is not a good deal for the current Han government.

After careful consideration, Liu Jian decided to set up several short-distance water transport routes from Guanzhong to Luoyang, and from Luoyang to the main county roads in Yanzhou, based on manpower, open commerce and trade, and build reasonable transport ships. Properly build artificial rivers.

In addition, a section of the waterway from Yanzhou to Xuzhou should be opened as much as possible for phased transportation. In this way, even if long-distance transportation is not possible, water transportation between short distances is feasible, and it can also allow long-distance transportation to have goods in the middle. A waterway transit point for bad luck.

As for reclaiming all rivers into shipping lanes or using artificial means to build huge ditches to make navigation smoother, Liu Jian decided not to do it for the time being.

In fact, given the current strength of Hebei, it is not impossible to mobilize all the Wuhuan, Xiongnu, and Xianbei corvees in the north to the Yellow River to open up huge ditches and open channels, and build canals that can benefit thousands of years. The manpower, material and financial resources used are simply too great.

If the lives of the people in the Han Dynasty were stable, and the foreign races in the north had been completely assimilated, and things went well, this matter would still be feasible. But at this stage, everything has not yet reached perfection. If it is done suddenly, it will still be possible. If it does, it could set off a subversive disaster.

When Yuan Shao and Cao Cao from the south take advantage of the situation, it will not be a good thing for Liu Jian.

Liu Jian knew in his heart that it was impossible for his generation to accomplish everything.

Properly rectify the transportation section, open up commerce and trade, and encourage business on both sides of the road. At the same time, set up more technical secondary schools so that goods from the north and south can be circulated. This is what Liu Jian is currently doing.

As for Qingzhou, Uncle Zuo submitted a letter of advice to Liu Jian, hoping that bookstores could be built in various places...especially in important places like Chang'an and Luoyang, so that the printing industry could be widespread across the country, so that it would not be a problem. It is an imbalance of cultural orientation.

Nowadays, Qingzhou's bookstores and printing industry have developed very rapidly, and Liu Jian no longer restricts the development of ancient scriptures and other schools of thought.

The whole world can be said to be a hundred schools of thought contending, and all schools of thought are shining brightly.

The printing industry in Daxing bookstores in various places has been a matter of course.

Therefore, Liu Jian established the Cultural Affairs Bureau, and Zuo Bo became the person in charge.

These things, as well as the development of printing, papermaking, and many cultural undertakings, Liu Jian handed over to Uncle Zuo. He believed that Uncle Zuo also had this ability.

In terms of publishing content orientation, Liu Jian has many college deans who can control it, but on a technical level, no one can match Zuo Bo.

In the past two years, the entire Han Dynasty has indeed entered a state of affairs. The people are stable, various industries have begun to flourish, and the Xianbei and Xiongnu tribes have more and more projects in the territory of the Han Dynasty, so the Han Dynasty A large number of corvees were recruited from them in the territory, which also accelerated the integration of the Han Dynasty with them.

Although local governments have spent a lot of money on development in the past two years, with the deepening of reforms and the gradual stabilization of the people, the benefits will become larger and larger.

And in the long run, Liu Jian believes that the Han government will receive huge rewards in a few years.

And it was at this time that word of Liu Biao and Zhang Fei's actions in Liangzhou reached Chang'an, and Liu Jian learned about their current situation in Liangzhou.

There was no doubt that both of them had settled down.

The next step is to continue to develop.

However, in Liangzhou, although Zhang Fei and the others have left Novice Village, they still need an opportunity to continue developing, especially a strong middleman.

In response to this incident, Liu Jian personally visited Dong Zhuo at the Taifu Mansion.

When Dong Zhuo was young, he had a very high prestige among the Qiang people. Later, he conquered Liangzhou and traveled to the Western Regions all year round. It can be said that his status in the hearts of Liangzhou people cannot be replaced by ordinary people.

Therefore, Liu Jian hoped that Dong Zhuo could find a way to come forward as a middleman to help Zhang Fei form a friendly relationship with the local Qiang people.

Dong Zhuo now lives a solid life in his later years because of Liu Jian.

After listening to Liu Jian's request, Dong Zhuo immediately said that this was not a problem, but the Qiang people were also divided into many factions. Dong Zhuo did not know him in every faction, so he could only try his best to mediate among them and help Zhang Fei make contacts.

(End of this chapter)