Seven hundred and twentieth chapters of the second ancestor of the attack (1)
In Huaihua in May, the temperature begins to become more comfortable.
The newly minted Lieutenant Longlihou Chen, the northwest commander of Huaihua County, led his men and advanced along the river.
In the past two months, Chen Hao has been busy choosing a location for his future home base.
Although Chen Xi is a well-known second generation ancestor in Chang'an City, he still knows very well that a good lair is more important than anything else.
But unfortunately, his manpower is limited.
So far, he, the northwest captain, has more than 500 troops under his command...
With such a small number of people, they can't even manage the area under their jurisdiction, let alone build the city defense of the northwest captain's headquarters this year.
"Hateful!" Chen Xi cursed and muttered: "My eldest brother is so shameless..."
His elder brother, Tang Yihou Crown Prince Chen Xu, is now the commander-in-chief of Huaihua County and the western commander-in-chief of Andong Protectorate. He is much richer than him.
Not long ago, Chen Xu settled his hometown, the headquarters of the Western Captain, in a place named "Chonghuai".
The place is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and beyond the city gate is a vast plain.
Although it may be a bit cold in winter, it is definitely a peaceful place to live in summer and autumn.
More importantly, the river next to Chonghua City is connected to Heishui, so supplies and support from Xinhua City can be obtained at any time.
Chen Xi had just returned from the groundbreaking ceremony of Chonghua City.
Thinking of his eldest brother's arrogant appearance and proud face, Chen Xi felt a little restless.
But there is no way, who calls him the eldest brother, the heir apparent of the cousin?
Apart from other things, the resources, manpower and material resources he received alone were hundreds of miles behind him!
Now, there are nearly three thousand troops under the Western Captain. All of these troops are county soldiers transferred from the Yanzhao area.
Although they are not as elite as the Huyi Army, they are still well-trained soldiers.
In addition, the Prime Minister's Office also allocated thousands of various equipment, armors and tools to Chen Xu in Chonghua City.
In addition, two thousand households of immigrants were given as residents and settlers of Chonghua.
On the other hand, what about his anxious mood?
He is simply an abandoned child whose father doesn’t care for his mother and doesn’t kiss him!
Not only was the supply of personnel delayed, but the military supplies that should have been allocated to him were also allocated to others by the Prime Minister on the pretext that "the ruling office of the northwest governor has not yet been decided and will not be allocated for the time being."
This made Chen Xi feel really worried.
If this continues, I'm afraid the gap between him and Chen Xu will widen in the future.
In the end, he will probably be left in the mud looking up at Chen Xu's majesty and arrogance.
He even had to grovel and please in every possible way in order to gain glory.
"I don't want it!" Chen Hao spat and said in his heart.
He knew very well the faces of the princes and nobles of Chang'an.
Those who flatter successful people can be arranged to go to Hangu for a long time, but there are none who are willing to deal with or even make friends with a useless loser.
This can be seen from the number of bad friends he has around him now.
At that time, Chen Xi brought five or six of his old friends and nephews to Huaihua to make contributions.
At the beginning, everyone patted their chests and promised that they would be patient and share the blessings and hardships together.
But the oath still rings in my ears.
But all the people left were a nephew of the Yanhou Qu family.
This is just because that guy is such a loser that Chen Xu can't stand him at all!
The others are now all surrounding his brother. They are trying their best to flatter him, as if 'the prince is wise and powerful, please help me and others'.
This made Chen Yu immediately understand the meaning of the allusion "The world is in a cold state, and human relationships are warm and cold", and he also understood Su Qin's distress back then.
"Hmph, when I become successful and famous in the future, you will regret abandoning me today!" Chen Chen swore in his heart.
But how to solve the current dilemma is still a question that Chen Yu thinks about every day.
"The birthday of Empress Dowager Bo of the East Palace is coming soon, I have to prepare a gift..." Chen Yu thought in his heart.
Although he doesn't need to flatter Empress Dowager Bo, he has to flatter his immediate boss, the Sheriff of Huaihua County and the Governor of Anton Protectorate, Bo Shi!
Now, anyone who is not too stupid has already figured out that when this nephew of the Bo family returns to the court the next day, he will definitely be worshiped as Jinwu or even a Weiwei, be made a lord, and become an important minister of the country.
The future is limitless!
It is not impossible to replace Zhou Yafu as the leader of the military the next day.
More importantly, Bo Shi is now in charge of all affairs of the entire Anton Protectorate.
Except for Liu Ming, who was in Pyongyang City in North Korea and was not under his control, all the yamen and departments of other vassal states had to listen to his orders and be under his command.
If Chen Yu wants to make great achievements in the wilderness of Huaihua, he cannot do without Bo Shi's support and care.
Even if you just want to eat and die here, you may need Bo Shi's protection.
Thinking of this, Chen Xi gritted his teeth and ordered his retainers: "When I go back, make a fur from the furs of the white foxes I hunted and send it to Chang'an as a birthday gift for the Queen Mother!"
"No!" Someone immediately nodded in agreement.
"In addition, I will ask someone to send the few tiger skins and bear skins I obtained to Chang'an and deliver them to the hands of my mother..." Chen Xi ordered again.
Mom’s flattery should also be photographed well!
If the mother feels comfortable after being photographed, maybe someone can solve her current predicament with just a few words.
Chen Xi believed that as long as his mother went to the East Palace to say something nice, all the current problems would be non-issues.
The Empress Dowager of the East Palace is not only powerful, but also very rich!
The inner treasury of the East Palace alone contains at least tens of millions of dollars in savings, as well as tens of thousands of gold cakes.
These are all the old lady’s personal money saved by frugality over the past few decades!
But the old lady is only frugal with herself, but she is very generous to her relatives.
Just for his sister Gillian, the pocket money that the old lady has given and subsidized over the years is tens of millions.
In other words, as long as the old grandmother sees his grandson as pitiful and gives him some support, all his current problems can be solved.
As long as you have money, what can't be done?
Thinking about money, Chen Xi felt a little headache.
He came to Huaihua with a thousand gold coins, which he thought was enough.
Who knows, Huaihua spends more money than Chang'an.
As of now, he only has a total of two hundred gold left on him.
If he, the northwest captain, were not responsible for the wages of his soldiers and subordinates, he would be a pauper now.
As for where the money was spent...
The furs, ginseng and pearls, hounds and falcons are all big money eaters.
Chen Xiang invested five hundred gold in these things alone.
In addition, money is also needed for manpower.
For example, Chen Xu's Chonghua City was able to lay foundations and enter the city-building stage so quickly, which was inseparable from money.
Chen Xu spent two thousand gold on Zhenfan and the King of Han. He bought a large number of slaves and helped build the city. How could it be so fast?
However, Chen Xi did not have as much money as Chen Xu.
The reason is simple, he is the second son, not the eldest son.
Behind Chen Xu was the financial support of his father, Tangyi Hou Chen Wu.
Although there are few food towns in the country, as Taizong's son-in-law and the late emperor's brother-in-law, and now uncle, my father can get at least 500 gold rewards from the two palaces every year.
Although a lot of this money has to be turned over as discretionary money.
But I still saved a lot. After more than 20 years, it was at least two or three thousand gold.
Now, in order to support Chen Xu, his father used it all.
In addition, my sister Gillian felt sorry for her elder brother, so she secretly transferred a thousand gold from the expenses of Changqiu Palace to support him.
This is why Chen Xu is so generous.
Thousands of slaves were purchased directly from Zhenfan and Korea to help build the city.
After the city is built, these slaves can build a favored fiefdom for him, reclaim land, go into the mountains to cut trees, and mine.
Then by the way, you can take these expenses to the emperor's brother-in-law for reimbursement...
Therefore, Chen Xu spent this money without hesitation.
Not to mention, behind Chen Xu, there is also a wealthy man from the Shi family investing...
But Chen Xi's fate was not as good as that of Chen Xu.
He has been made a marquis by the emperor's brother-in-law. He is considered to be independent.
Therefore, his father will not give him any subsidies, and the queen sister will not provide such generous support.
After all, traditionally speaking, establishing a separate branch is considered a collateral branch.
There is a difference between near and far.
Therefore, in the past few days, Chen Xi has been thinking about one thing. There are more than ten princesses of the late emperor. After excluding those who are married and widowed, there are probably four or five who have no one to marry.
Which one should he hook up with?
Not for anything else, just for the princess’s dowry...
It can be seen that Chen Hao was already driven to such an extent by money at this time.
"By the way..." Chen Yu suddenly remembered something and said to Qu Hui, Yanhou's nephew who was following him: "Not long ago, my brother Xian and I went to Xinhua. Didn't we meet the King of Han who went to Xinhua on official business?
Internal history?"
Qu Hui nodded and said: "It is true!"
"The internal history of the King of Han seems to have said that someone from that country once crossed the sea eastward to a deserted island and captured many local 'Japanese slaves'? It seems that a Japanese slave only costs ten stones of corn?" Chen Yu asked: "Is it true?
in this way?"
"What the Lord said is indeed true..." Qu Hui said: "It's just that King Han of the Japanese slaves captured relatively few, and it is said that he is short, weak and cannot be used!"
It’s more than unusable!
North Korea's Xiliu Camp Reclamation Group bought about a hundred Japanese slaves.
In the end, it was discovered that this short slave could not do heavy work at all, and was extremely dull and unable to communicate.
After only one month of use, Xiliuying clamored to return the product.
According to the colonel captain of Xiliu Camp, these Japanese slaves did not even have half the strength of Ye Hao, let alone those strong Ding Ling people.
The most important thing is that he is unable to communicate and is incredibly stupid. He doesn't know how to use farm tools, and he doesn't know how to cultivate the land. Except when he is most active during meals, he looks half-dead at other times.
Therefore, King Han promoted it everywhere, but there were very few people willing to take it.
As a result, the price of Japanese slaves has plummeted.
The King of Han, Chu Zhun, is now even vomiting blood and selling at a loss, and has vowed that he will never bother crossing the sea to catch Japanese slaves again. He can just send people to float along the ocean current, and it will take a month to go back and forth.
The fault was not that the King of Han saw that the price of slaves was rising steadily in Huaihua and North Korea, and felt that it was profitable. Otherwise, he would not have bothered to organize manpower, and followed ancient memories to risk the sea to catch slaves when the ocean currents changed their course.
What about those short and stupid Japanese slaves!
Chen Xiu touched his chin and said to himself: "I have some relationship with Lieutenant Xu Ji, who is stationed by General Lou Chuan at Incheon Port. I would like to ask him to make it easier for me to send a few large ships to the Japanese."
In the country of slaves, I don’t know if it’s feasible to capture thousands of people…”
The people of the King of Han can paddle across on small sampans.
Chen Xi felt that it would be faster and more convenient to lead the fleet of building ships there.
Although everyone who used the Japanese slave said it was bad.
But isn’t Chen Yu poor now?
No matter how stupid the Japanese slaves are, it is better than having no one to use them!
What's more, this kind of thing doesn't cost anything.
As long as Xu Ji nods, borrows a few ships, and sends some retainers and soldiers there, he can be captured.
Chen Xi felt that the soldiers and generals of King Han could run rampant in the land of Japanese slaves.
Then the Chinese soldiers are gone, are they not heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals?
Thinking like this, Chen Xi slapped his thigh and said: "Get ready for me and report to the governor that I am going to North Korea on business!"
After thinking about it, Chen Xi then ordered his retainers: "After I go, you should seize the time to contact the Wuheng people. If you can get information about the Wusun people or suspected Wusun people, I will not hesitate to pay close attention to them."
Reward it!"
At the very beginning, Chen Xi and his brother Chen Xu had their minds set on the two targets entrusted to them by the emperor, Wu Heng and Xianbei.
Whether it is forcing them to surrender or perish, this is a great achievement!
But it's a pity that neither brother now has the strength to deal with such two large tribes alone!
So, the matter was shelved.
For the second-generation ancestors from Chang'an, since I can't deal with someone for the time being, let's be fair-weather friends first!
Therefore, Chen Xi's relationship with the Wu Heng people has been going well recently.
He sold a large amount of iron tools and cloth to the miserable Wuheng people, and then exchanged them for luxuries such as horses, furs and deer antlers.
This business has just started, so the scale is not large.
But to some extent, it can also make up for some financial difficulties.
As for selling iron weapons privately to the barbarians, it is a capital offense for others.
But for my relatives, this is just as common as eating and drinking.
As long as it is not brought to the court and becomes an open secret, even if the emperor's brother-in-law finds out, he will at most be punished.
Besides... the emperor's brother-in-law may not punish him...
The reason is simple, he sold the ironware for a sky-high price!
For an iron pot, he offered a price for an uncastrated adult stallion.
Wu Hengren still ran over and happily took it home.
As for deer antlers and fur, which are rare things in Chang'an, they are treated like straw by Chen Xi here.
One pound of deer antler, only one foot of cloth, do you want it or not?
Ten pieces of fine leather, I will give you a bolt of silk, whether you like it or not.
Based on Chen Xi's understanding of his brother-in-law, I'm afraid that if he knew about such a thing, he would only praise him and not punish him.
In the same way, if he went to the so-called land of Japanese slaves to catch Japanese slaves, the emperor's brother-in-law would probably praise him for being smart and diligent in royal affairs. (To be continued.)
ps: ps: According to archaeological discoveries, immigrants from North Korea and China arrived at the Neon Islands a long time ago. Of course, at this time, the Neon Islands were just a geographical term. Moreover, they were still in a matriarchal society, primitive and backward.
Then, they were beaten every day by the conquerors from the Korean peninsula. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ban Gu wrote the Han Dynasty and finally gave the Neon people a name "Wonu Kingdom" or "Great Wonu Country"
.But this is because it was customary a long time ago, during the Joseon Dynasty, the Joseon Dynasty had already called them Japanese slaves. Of course, it was also because of Axiu’s canonization. Also, please give me a monthly pass~Please give me a monthly pass~Please give me a monthly pass~It’s important
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