Chapter 1017 The extraneous navy can still be used to fight grassland nostalgia

"I didn't expect that there would be such a high mountain at the end of the sea. It was so steep and majestic that it was as high as Mount Tai. You could see the waves and the sea of ​​clouds directly.

The world is so great that it is not something that can be imagined when I stay in Luoyang. But from now on, it will be the territory of the Han Dynasty. My Han is rich in all the world, and the destiny is so prosperous that it is vast and vast.

The last stop before leaving Fusang was of course Mount Fuji. When looking at the sea from the top of the mountain, Liu Bei's shock was of course far better than Li Su ten years ago.

After all, from the top of Mount Fuji, Liu Bei stood at the viewing position and reached the coast of Sagami Bay, it was more than 40 miles away. The sea-sky connection position that you can see from a distance is more than a hundred miles away.

It is actually impossible to see the sea level at such a long distance. In addition, the low-level clouds that often scatter in the distance, the final result is that the sea and sky are in a state of harmony.

I only know that the sea is clearly at the bottom, and the sky is definitely at the top, but the sea in the middle becomes the sky, so I don’t know at all.

That mysterious feeling is like a person floating between heaven and earth, with only a vast and manicure-like aura that is full of the universe. Liu Bei has never experienced this feeling in other places with mountains and rivers throughout his life.

After doing all this, Liu Bei had no regrets about having to return to Luoyang Palace for the rest of his life.

As an emperor, he could still go around so well at the age of fifty-eight. He was quite mentally versus those rich men in the 21st century who worked hard all their lives and had the strength to travel around the world when they first retired.

At the end of the return journey, Liu Bei came down from Mount Fuji, walked to the beach of Sagami Bay, and visited the prefecture that had just been newly built on the edge of the Musashino Marsh in recent years.

The Musashino Marsh Zone in Kanto is naturally the plains around Tokyo in later generations. When Li Su and Zhuge Liang left Japan, there was no city built in the local area.

The most remote city at that time was the Yokoyama Prefecture in Hokuriku, which was the Kasugayama Castle in the Warring States Period. The Niigata in later generations was a mining port city built to open the Sado Island gold mine.

Therefore, the Musashi Plain, which is on the verge of the Pacific Ocean, just started to rectify and try to build a city four years ago. The governance style of the plain area is the same as the swamp management idea that the Han Dynasty has always used in the past 30 years.

First teach the local people how to dredge the swamps, dig deep into deep areas, and pile up into polder fields in shallow areas. Plant rice in places with shallow polder fields, and grow taro in places with deeper areas. This routine was used more than 20 years ago near Shangyong (Shiyan). Later, when Li Su was in Yangzhou, he also did the same in controlling swamps in Kuaiji.

Then the specific physical work is of course to let Fusang and the Hokkien slaves do it, but they are so active that they can use it to the death to carry out water conservancy construction.

The strength is no less than Zhuge Liang's previous years of using Wuhuan prisoners and slaves to build the Tianjin City. He is not afraid of death anyway.

After four years of hard development, tens of thousands of Estomans died, which was considered to have renovated tens of millions of Chinese mu of flat and fertile land, and the city was built. The name of the new county was randomly named "Zhou County" because it was the city built by Zhou Yu.

Originally, the Tokyo/Yokohama area in history was named casually by Zhou Yu's surname, which has to be said to be very magical.

Liu Bei did not need to know the hardships of the city building process. He just took a rough and scrambled inspection and then asked Li Su why he wanted to build a city in such a extreme east.

After all, this place is already further east than the corresponding area of ​​Kinshan, Sado Island. It seems that there are no high-quality resources worth developing further east, and the climate will become colder and colder.

Although Musashino is the largest entire fertile plain in Fuso, agriculture can support at least three million people, as is the case with Fuso Islands, which is more than twice the total population that can actually breathe.

But there is so much grain that the locals can't finish it. If they just transport rice and grain back to the Central Plains through the sea, the value density is too low. Although the sea trade is developed now, at least they have to transport goods of value density of sugar, salt, and cured meat at the same level, so that they can be considered to be profitable.

Therefore, in Liu Bei's view, although the local area is fertile, it cannot feed back the central government's finances. The local production cannot be transported back, and the Central Plains cannot be used. And the better the construction of a place that cannot interact with the central government will easily lead to a tendency to separate. If there is a little war in the Central Plains in the future, it will be bad if it becomes the king here.

Fortunately, Li Su still explained to Zhou Yu: "Your Majesty, although the production here is mainly based on grain and vegetables, it also has two uses.

First of all, although the surplus grain here will not be transported directly back to the Central Plains, it can subsidize the mountainous mining towns in Fusang. A trusted general is stationed here. In the future, the mining industry in the mountainous areas will further develop and the population will increase. The grain in the mining area will not be self-sufficient. If you master Zhou County, you will not be afraid of the problem of occupying the mountains and becoming kings in those mining cities.

Secondly, Gongjin’s construction of the city here is also due to the fact that his further far-reaching exploration of the East in recent years has gradually become weak.

Eight to ten years ago, the Han Dynasty discovered the Hokkien Island, the Liugui Island, the Liugui Peninsula (Kanchaka), and several small islands further east of the Liugui Peninsula (the Russian part of the later generations of the Aleutian Islands).

However, although the sea ships have been newly renovated and the investment in exploration has been increased, the exploration has been restricted because the departure home port is too far from the eastern edge area, and the fleet supply is inconvenient, which restricts exploration.

At that time, the expedition fleet either raised food and grass from Osaka or went to Joshua Mountain. If we could move forward to Zhouxian, it would save another 1,500 miles of sea voyage - from Osaka to Zhouxian, the straight-line distance on land was only more than 700 miles, but we didn’t we have to bypass the two peninsulas by sea, so it was twice as far away than the straight-line distance.

Every year, we have to travel 1,500 more miles to set off and return, and the round trip is 3,000 miles. This hinders the efficiency of exploration? Now that the local city and port are built, there is also excess food, so we will provide special supply to the exploration fleet. In the future, under the same conditions, we can explore another two,000 more miles to the northeast.

Because the development and use of Northeast Pass Road is very limited by seasons, the winter in the north is too cold, and the northwest wind is prevalent. If you sail to the northeast, you will have to turn as far as October. Save time to try whether you can walk the road north before the cold winter comes, and then turn back to the south."

If it were eight years ago, Li Su went through such troubles in order to "better discovery of the Eastern geographically", Liu Bei would definitely not understand. But now it is different. The Kingsoft on Sado Island has benefited a lot for two or three years. If you can discover treasures eastward, Liu Bei will definitely support it with all your strength.

However, after so many explorations, there was no "small goal" to stimulate the nerves of the court, and the enthusiasm would gradually fade.

Liu Bei heard Li Su’s three sentences of planning and was unavailable to sail and explore, and couldn’t help asking: “When I continue to explore the bitter and cold land in the northeast, can I get new gains?”

Li Su was also helpless about this problem, because after discovering all the most valuable gold and silver mines in Fusang, the northeastern area was indeed a bitter and cold place.

Nine years ago, Sakhalin Island giant vegetables and rye were introduced successfully. It seems that the subsequent money was in vain. Apart from drawing a bunch of maps, they could not settle the money economically.

Because of this, the imperial court did not invest much during this period, mainly hoping that the people would develop maritime business and trade on their own to improve shipbuilding technology and cultivate a team of seafarers and sailors.

Li Su really wanted to tell Liu Bei that "there are America opposite, such magical things as potatoes, corn, tomatoes, peppers, pumpkins, pineapple and peanuts can enrich vegetables, fruits and oils, and may also create luxury goods such as chocolate."

But these cannot be said before they are revealed, so you must find other benefits to make excuses.

Fortunately, Li Su didn't expect that Zhou Yu has been very attentive in recent years. Although the species dividend has been fully explored, he has also gained a lot of geographical gains.

Seeing the emperor asking the prime minister at this moment, Zhou Yu, who knew more about the situation, immediately volunteered to rescue the situation:

"Your Majesty, I think that the benefits of navigation and exploration cannot be based on species and mineral resources. When Emperor Wu asked Zhang Qian to open the Western Regions, he did not do anything from the Western Regions. The Western Regions had to rely on land connections between camels and horses, and the commercial cost was more than dozens of times higher than that of sea transportation?"

When Liu Bei heard this, he immediately retorted: "Emperor Wu sent Zhang Qian to open the Western Regions, of course, to use the Dayuezhi people to attack the Huns. That was to solve the problems of our great Han Dynasty and to use martial arts. Of course, it cannot be calculated by money."

Zhou Yu mustered up the courage to continue to analyze: "Your Majesty sees it very clearly. I give this example, which means that - in recent years, I have explored the Northeast Passage Road. Although there are no more distant discoveries, I have explored and understood everything along the Whale Sea and around Liugui Island.

Moreover, I have also explored the direction of rivers and rivers along the Whale Sea coast very deeply. I try to explore inland wherever the sea boats can reach. Finally, I discovered a secret two years ago:

There is an extremely wide river between Liugui Island and the coast of Whale Sea. The estuary is hundreds of miles, both of which are narrow lagoons that are dozens of miles wide and hundreds of miles north and south, with swamp plains on both sides.

But the longest distance of this river is not too far from the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. It is still there for at least thousands of miles. The river water is dark and dark. After I reported to the Prime Minister, the court named this place Heijiang.

My fleet went up the river for three or four thousand miles without reaching the end. During this period, I also encountered some Goguryeo tribes who were beaten by the General of the Cavalry to escape into the Daxianbei Mountains. After destroying these tribes, I tortured them in geography.

When I learned that the local area was 1,3400 miles south, it was Liucheng County. But when I went upstream for thousands of miles, I could reach the grassland in the northern desert. The upper reaches of the river were divided into two streams, one along the south of Langjuxu Mountain and the other along the north of Langjuxu Mountain, which was close to the vast sea.

His Majesty completely destroyed the Xianbei in the south of the desert three years ago. Now there are still Xianbei and Dingling people in the northern part of the desert. There are still remaining Goguryeo people in the depths of the Great Xianbei mountainous areas in the northeast. His Majesty wants to follow the example of Huo Qubing the Langjuxu during the reign of Emperor Wu. The patients are nothing more than a thousand miles of expeditions, crossing the desert, and supply is difficult to sustain, so they cannot use too much military force.

In order to pursue Mobei, Huo Qubing exhausted the strength of the Han Dynasty and reduced his household registration by half. His Majesty was unwilling to bear such consequences. But if he could go on the sea and go directly to Langjuxu Mountain, the army would not have to cross the desert from the north of the Han Dynasty, but instead traveled from the northeast to march in a fertile land, what would the damage to the combat?

The Han people were unable to take advantage of the benefits of Heijiang water transportation before, because it was extremely bitter and cold. The Han people did not settle down along the tributaries of the Heijiang water system, and it was even more impossible to build ships.

Even if such an attempt is made, it will be counterattacked by the Xianbei Dingling Goguryeo and other barbarians when they are sprouting, resulting in heavy losses.

But now that my great man has found the estuary of Heijiang, he still knows that its estuary is so wide that it can be used for thousands of miles of ships. My great man can build a ship in the south, sail into Heijiang, quickly build a winter stronghold, and guard the ship and wait for assistance.

When the main force of land in the south arrives, the grain produced in the northeastern counties will be transported by land to any tributary of Heijiang River. Then, until the north and south of Langjuxu Mountain, you can no longer travel through land but by river transportation. The heavenly soldiers are everywhere, and the Xianbei in the north of the desert is completely destroyed, and it is still just around the corner!"

When Zhou Yu said this, Liu Bei was immediately not sleepy.

After all, Zhou Yu actually discovered the estuary of the Heilongjiang River, which was between the outer Xing'an Mountains and Sakhalin Island (the estuary of the Heilongjiang River was already cut to the Russians during the Qing Dynasty)

Many Chinese people have a misunderstanding of Heijiang, thinking that it is a river in the Northeast region. In fact, it is not the case. Heijiang is nine thousand miles long. Not only will the main stream lead west along Hulunbuir to the later generations of Maozi, but there are many forks in the upper tributaries in Mongolia.

The Kruren River in the southern branch of the source is passed on the southern foot of Langjuxu (Kent Mountain). Those who have read history know that during the later Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, Genghis Khan founded the country in the Kruren River Basin.

The Shileka River, the source of Heijiang River, is located on the northern foot of Langjuxu, close to Lake Baikal. It sounds like the name is from the territory of the Maoist people. Most military fans in later generations have a better understanding of this place name than the anti-aircraft self-propelled cannon with the same name.

The navigational capacity of the Krulun River and Shileka River can easily pass sand ships less than 200 tons. Therefore, as long as the Han people's sea route dispatch is sufficient, even the medium-sized river and sea dual-purpose sand ships built by Mi Zhu in Liaodong can be driven through the Whale Sea (Japan Sea) to the other side of Sakhalin Island, enter the Heijiang River Estuary, and then come back.

As the saying goes, the cost of water transportation is at least twenty times lower than that of land transportation. Even if you start from Vladivostok, there are 10,000 miles of water along the coast and Heijiang to Langjuxu Mountain, which is only equivalent to the cost of transporting vehicles and horses on land.

What's more, the traditional route that the Han army was going to attack Mobei was not "ordinary land transportation", but it was traveling through the desert!

Crossing the desert from south to north for two thousand miles, and driving a boat from east to west for ten thousand miles against the Heijiang River, the advantages and disadvantages were instantly judged.

And in fact, the straight line distance is not ten thousand miles, and the straight line distance from Vladivostok to Langjuxu is 3,500 miles. But it takes a detour, so when the target ship drove in for the first time, it was counted as ten thousand miles.

In fact, the period from Vladivostok to Yichun, Heijiang in later generations was 6,000 miles, and from Yichun to Langjuxu, it was only 4,000 miles. The period from Vladivostok to Yichun, it was only 4,000 miles. The period from Vladivostok to Yichun, it was enough to open the first time.

After arriving, you can use the area of ​​Yichun in later generations, the closest point to the Han farming area of ​​the Northeast Plain, transport the grain and travel the last four thousand miles back and forth, and you don’t have to go repeatedly with the six thousand miles ahead.

At the same time, there is a tributary of Heijiang, that is, the Songhua River. The Songhua River penetrates deep into the fertile hinterland of the Northeast Plain, so the starting point of the Han people's shipment does not even need to be in Yichun. It can go further south to the later generations of Harbin City or even further south.

Because those cities are also along the Songhua River, ships can be accessed. Those places are infinitely close to the Northeast Plain Agricultural Reclamation Area that Zhao Yun is currently building. The local area can directly load large ships after feeding grain.

By this calculation, the comparison between route 1 and route 2 becomes the gap between "two thousand miles of desert" and "four thousand miles of Heijiang Water Road". As long as the farming areas on the Northeast Plain can grow enough food for the expeditionary army to eat, and raise grain on the spot in the Northeast, the cost of destroying the Xianbei in the Northeast will be infinitely reduced.

After listening to the big cake described by Zhou Yu, Liu Bei was finally excited and no longer worried about the economic pros and cons of "exploring the Northeast waters and going deep into the barren".

For a country, the value of military security is always the first priority, and this is not something that can be calculated clearly in economic accounts. Compared with the temptation of "the free nomadic regime that will never threaten the Central Plains" in the northern desert region, what is it to spend some money to sail!

Unexpectedly, the nomads on the grassland that pose the greatest threat to the Han people can eventually be used to assist in permanent elimination!

The difference between the difficulty and ease is that it is just a route to cross the desert and attack from the northeast plain river network.
Chapter completed!