"I finally understand why no one in the past Qin kings took action against you!" Jin Yao sighed.
To conquer Yelang is to make yourself financially uncomfortable.
It is more difficult to develop Yelang than to develop Xishu.
The first is to conduct a comprehensive re-measurement and survey of Yelang and draw up a standard map. The second is that the Hengduan Mountains are really crisscrossed with canyons and ravines.
At that time, building roads and bridges will also be a huge investment.
"So, when can I go to Xianyang?" Jin Zhujun looked at Jin Yao with ardent eyes, full of expectation.
"..." Jin Yao was silent again. No wonder you wanted to surrender after your first defeat.
This is because he has long known that Yelang is poor and wants to go to Xianyang to enjoy himself.
"Someone will send you to Xianyang!" Jin Yao sighed, feeling a headache. This Yelang was defeated, but how to arrange the follow-up is a big deal.
"General Sima, the rest is up to you!" Jin Yao turned his head and looked at the Sima family of the nobles in Sichuan.
Controlling Yelang still requires local people, and the Sima family has been operating in Xishu for many years and has many interactions with Yelang, so it is most suitable for post-war recovery and stability.
And they will continue to go south to conquer the King of Dian!
"Here!" Patriarch Sima nodded.
In fact, he couldn't understand why Xianyang wanted to conquer Yelang and do such a thankless and unrewarding thing.
Even if you can't get anything by conquering Yelang, you will only get hundreds of thousands more mouths waiting to be fed.
The key is that Yelang doesn't matter, Dian Wang is poorer and more rugged than Yelang.
"If you fight Yelang, you will fight the King of Dian!" Jin Yao chose to divide his troops and go south. He led one group, Li Xin, Jiang Lu, and Qili Xun, and the three groups advanced together to attack the King of Dian.
It's just that the King of Dian seemed to have known about the arrival of the Qin army and the outcome of the battle between the Qin army and Yelang, so there was no resistance at all. As soon as the Qin army arrived, he bowed to him.
"The King of Dian said he was one country, but in fact it is incomparable to Yelang. Yelang and Lord Jinzhu can control the entire Yelang, but the King of Dian operates independently and has tribal autonomy. The King of Dian does not have absolute control over the Kingdom of Dian at all.
right."
This is the information given by Jin Zhujun.
Unlike Yelang, the King of Dian is a tribal alliance, and the King of Dian is only the nominal king of the entire Dian King zone, but has no control over the tribes.
Therefore, under the coercion, inducement and promise of the Qin army, the tribes of the Dian King voted so fast that they could even be said to be waiting for the arrival of the Qin army.
They had heard that after the Qin army passed by, they would build roads and bridges for them, teach them some farming techniques, and bring them things they didn't have.
Especially their children will have the opportunity to enter the Qin State in the future, go to Xianyang to serve as soldiers and eat food, and even be able to go out of the mountains, learn culture, and become officials in the court, instead of staying in the mountains all their lives.
Therefore, the speed of the King of Dian's surrender also depends on the speed of the Qin army's march.
"Remember to ask them if there is any news about the peacock. It is best to find a direct road to the peacock!" Jin Yao still ordered all the troops to pay attention to inquire about the news.
If we can find a direct road from Dian Wang Yelang to Peacock, then attacking Peacock will be much simpler and more convenient in the future.
It's just that there is indeed a road from King Dian and Yelang to Peacock, but it is not suitable for large armies to march. It is just a thorny and muddy animal road.
It is possible for a small army to march, but it is not suitable for a large army to conquer, especially in the vast frozen soil. Even if Da Qin wants to build railway tracks, it is extremely difficult. In terms of cost performance, it is not as good as opening the road from the Western Region to Peacock.
Finally, after half a year, Yelang and the Dian King were destroyed and merged into the territory of Qin.
"Master, go back to the court!" Jin Yao has no intention of continuing to go south and west. If he fights again, Qin really can't afford to feed this mouth.
Upon hearing the news of the army's formation, the courtiers in Xianyang also breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, Yelang and King Dian are different from other fertile lands. They are really barren mountains and rivers. To conquer them, the Qin State will need to mobilize endless resources to pour them in, and then it will not see much benefit.
"I really don't understand why Lord Long insists on conquering Yelang and King Dian!" Even Fusu couldn't figure this out, and no one in Xianyang could figure it out.
"Before the Qin State annexed Western Shu, who would have thought that Western Shu would become a country of abundance comparable to Guanzhong?" An Qisheng said calmly.
Although he didn't understand it either, he believed that Jin Yao was not out of touch and there must be a reason for doing so.
Moreover, if the Qin State could create a kingdom of abundance, Xi Shu, could it not create a second one?
In particular, they have learned that Yelang and Dian Wang have developed water systems, and there is indeed the possibility of becoming the second Kingdom of Abundance.
What they have to do now is to send officials to govern Yelang and the King of Dian, and at the same time conduct a comprehensive review of Yelang and the King of Dian to find the second Kingdom of Abundance.
The army returned to the court, and Ying Zheng also ended his first eastward tour and returned to Xianyang, waiting for Jin Yao's return.
"Not bad!" Ying Zheng looked at Fusu and nodded with satisfaction, but said nothing more. Even if Hu Ji died, it was as if nothing had happened.
After Jin Yao returned to Xianyang, he also stopped and began to take charge of the construction of the track from Xianyang to the Western Regions.
After Ying Zheng taught Fu Su for a few months, he couldn't sit still anymore and started his eastward tour again to inspect the world.
Da Qin has also entered a period of rapid recuperation, and the number of newborns has far exceeded any previous era.
"Drown the baby!" Fusu looked at the memorial uploaded in Guanzhong in his hand, and then handed it to Feng Quji.
Feng Quji also frowned. The Qin Dynasty is full of waste and does not raise waste, but the number of children that a family can support is also leisurely. Therefore, under the clan etiquette, every family hopes to have more boys, so if they are born
If she is a girl, she will find a way to drown herself.
And this phenomenon is not just in one place, nor only in Guanzhong, but in the entire Qin Dynasty.
"Let the Tingwei Mansion promulgate a decree to prohibit similar incidents from happening, severely punish all families who drowned their baby girls, and at the same time urge the local government to take preventive measures. If it happens again, all local officials will be listed as low in the annual examination!" Fusu said seriously!
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"Here!" Feng Quji nodded.
Local officials will definitely turn a blind eye to this kind of thing, so the Tingwei Mansion must issue new laws to restrict it, and then urge local governments to implement it.
Only when it endangers themselves will local officials dare not fail to implement it conscientiously.
"After all, it treats the symptoms rather than the root cause!" Feng Quji said in a low voice.
In the final analysis, it is because the people are too poor, otherwise this next volume would not have been published.
"Great Qin does not support disabled people. As long as it is capable, it can support a family. Everything else is just an excuse!" Fusu disagreed with Feng Quji's statement.