Zhao Guanjia said it lightly, but if he really wanted to attack Dali, it would not be so easy.

The Dali Kingdom belonged to the southwest barbarians in ancient China.

Since the Warring States Period, the State of Chu has been conquering this place.

"Historical Records. Biographies of Southwest Yi" records: During the reign of King Wei of Chu, the State of Chu sent general Zhuang Qi up the river and conquered the area west of Ba and central Guizhou, and did not stop until the Dianchi Lake area (Jinning County, Yunnan Province).

Later, the Qin Dynasty naturally began to set its sights on the southwest. However, after the death of Qin Shihuang, war broke out within Qin.

In the early Han Dynasty, because it was suppressed by the Xiongnu, the Han Dynasty adopted Lao Huang's inaction rule.

Until the man named Liu Che appeared: I declare that the world must belong to the Han Dynasty!

So Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fought against the southwestern barbarians for 26 years and launched five large-scale military operations.

Of course, Liu Che not only took military actions, but also quickly followed up with policies, and even mobilized a large amount of manpower and material resources to dig official roads in the southwest.

During the Tang Dynasty, the Nanzhao Kingdom grew bigger and was always at war with the Tang Dynasty in the southwest.

As for the Dali Kingdom during the Northern Song Dynasty, the Duan family was in charge of the country, and the Gao family was in power.

For hundreds of years, the Song Dynasty was actually in a state of indifference towards Dali.

The political ideal of the kings and scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty was to restore the territory of the Han and Tang Dynasties. The Dali Kingdom was the Nanzhao Kingdom during the Tang Dynasty and did not belong to the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty ignored it.

After all, it is also the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, which is difficult to navigate due to the many mountains. Who would want to go there?

This is the current state of the Song Dynasty and Dali Kingdom.

However, for Zhao Ning, Dali Kingdom really must be taken back.

This is not only the awareness that a good young man in the 21st century should have, but also from an economic and state-owned resource perspective, Dali must also get it back.

Zhao Ding said: "Dali has many mountains and rivers, and is far away from the capital. Its domestic customs are very different from those in the Central Plains. In the past, Emperor Xiaowu sent troops to the southwest, and it took decades to gain anything. However, the national treasury consumed a huge amount."

"What Xiangguo Zhao said is reasonable, and I do not intend to pacify Dali overnight."

Playing Dali is more difficult than playing Jiaozhi.

After all, the hinterland of Jiaozhi is in the Red River Plain, so Guangxi people can fight it.

After severely injuring the enemy on the plain, use cavalry to pursue them.

But Dali is different.

You defeat them, and they will hide in the mountains. It is a fool's errand to quickly capture a place that is unfamiliar to people.

As for why the Ming Dynasty was able to conquer Yunnan in more than a year, it was because the Mongols massacred the country of Dali first and weakened the local power of Dali a lot in decades.

As for why the Mongols were able to defeat Dali quickly, it was also because the Dali Kingdom was already extremely weak when the Mongols came.

As for the Dali Kingdom that Zhao Ning is facing now, although there is a dispute between the Duan family and the Gao family in its internal affairs, the relationship between the two families is currently very harmonious.

Duan Zhengyan was a benevolent king with a gentle personality. The people's livelihood in Dali was stable and the country was strong.

It was not on the same level as the difficulties faced by the Mongols and the Ming Dynasty later.

Wang Zongliu said: "Master, if Dali produces 8 million kilograms of tea every year in the future, of which 800,000 kilograms of fine tea, according to the current market price, a kilogram of fine tea will cost 800 wen, and a kilogram of fine tea will cost 640,000 kilograms.

In terms of income, the average price of medium-sized tea is 200 jin per catty. If the medium-sized tea produces 2 million jins per year, the income is 400,000 guan, and there is still 5.2 million jins. If it is sold for 20 jin per catty, there is still 100,000 guan."

"I naturally agree with what Wang Taiwei said." Zhao Ding said, "Dali's annual tea production limit is far more than this. If the imperial court can directly manage Dali, the income it will bring in the future will be huge and immeasurable. I finally

What I’m worried about is that the country and the DPRK will send troops to get stuck in the southwest.”

"What Xianggong Zhao said is not unreasonable. The generals who will attack Dali still need to be discussed," Zhao Ning said.

Zhao Ding was unwilling to delve further into this topic. After all, he had not yet reached Dali, and things had to be done step by step.

But now the war in Hedong has begun, and a new official road from Tokyo to Hedong is imminent.

"Your Majesty, do you have any other instructions regarding the payment of wages to migrant workers?"

"I don't have any instructions regarding the payment of money and salary, but I still have to explain the road construction."

"Please give me your instructions," Zhang Jiucheng said.

"Are you now the doctor of the driving department?"

"Yes."

The Driving Department is one of the four departments of the Ministry of Industry and is responsible for handling chariots, carriages and horses, postal services, horse administration and other matters.

You can understand it as the prototype of the Ministry of Communications, with simpler functions than the Ministry of Communications.

"What about building roads?"

"Your Majesty, road construction is a state-owned road trading company in the Song Dynasty. Officials from the relevant yamen are responsible for it and are responsible for their own profits and losses." Zhao Ding replied.

"What about the trading company that actually builds the road?"

Zhang Jiucheng replied: "Trade companies that actually build roads recruit from the private sector, and those who comply with the regulations can be selected."

Zhao Ning nodded and said: "What I want to talk about is this private trading company. Do they have a contract with the workers?"

"There is a contract." Zhang Jiucheng replied, "According to the new Trading Company Law, a contract must be signed."

"There is too much gray space for maneuver here," Zhao Ning said. "If we recruit 10,000 migrant workers, each of whom earns one thousand dollars per month, assuming they work for a year, each person will only get two thousand dollars in the end, and there will still be 100,000 dollars.

If it disappears, then we must have laws to follow. Why are some people in the DPRK opposed to paying salaries with banknotes? I have heard voices from many parties. Some people are worried that money will flow down from above. At every level,

Officials intercepted some of it, but in the end it was left in the hands of exhausted migrant workers."

"Your Majesty is wise, I have learned from it," Zhang Jiucheng said.

"How can it last long if we just dry up the lake to fish?" When talking about this matter, Zhao Ning's tone was very serious, "You have to be mentally prepared, you know?"

Zhang Jiucheng's heart sank and he said, "I understand!"

"I don't have anything to explain about the rest. You should be more careful."

Zhang Jiucheng understood what Zhao Guan's family meant. He was a fat bastard. How much money did the government have to print in order to build roads?

Wherever there is money, people will come, and where there is a huge profit field, people will die!

It means that you should take good control of yourself. I want to use you for a few more years, so don't fall into it yourself.

Just like Han Shizhong started to create clever names in the Goryeo and Qingzhou areas, it was all a struggle for interests.

It's everywhere.

It is difficult to govern the country, and it is difficult here.

"By the way, how has the situation of immigration to Taiyuan been in the past two years?" Zhao Guanjia asked.

Zhao Ding said: "The current population of Taiyuan Prefecture has reached 200,000."

"If Wu Jie can take back Daizhou in the next few years, we must ensure that there are sufficient personnel to supplement it."

Zhao Ding added: "I am still a little worried about the battle in Fugu."

"It doesn't matter if you say so."

"I am worried that the Jin army from Daizhou will take the opportunity to go south to Taiyuan."

"I hope the Jin Army can take action at this time!"

Zhao Ding said: "I am stupid, I don't know what your majesty means?"

"Wanyan Zongpan is a peace advocate. I heard that Wanyan Salihe, the commander of the Jin army in Daizhou, is a member of Zong Han. I want to see if the Jin army is fighting with my Song army now. Zongpan, the newly enthroned Jin puppet

What methods will the emperor use to deal with Zong Han!"

"Your Majesty is far-sighted and saw the pros and cons immediately." Zhao Ding said, "But if there is a war in Hebei, I'm afraid..."

"Don't worry, there are people like Yue Fei sitting in Hebei."
Chapter completed!