The laws and regulations of Xuzhou were still the same as those of the previous dynasty. After the founding of the Chu Kingdom, there were no major changes. A "big city" like Qianyang with a city order was equivalent to livestock production, and its status was lower than that of private households such as Jiabingbuqu.
His slaves could be openly taken to the market to be bought and sold.
Native-registered households were hereditary ruled by the big surname, and to a certain extent, they were regarded as the private property of the big surname. Therefore, after Feng Changyu destroyed the Xi family, he openly sold the Xi family's children. After Da Chu nominally obtained the right to rule Xuzhou, he also
There is no way to pursue it.
And because the remnants of the Xi family were sold out along the Yuanshui River, as far as the hinterland of the old county in central Guizhou, they had to be secretly redeemed and brought back one by one. Even the old, weak, sick and disabled were not worth much, but the young and strong
The price tags for men and women in the slave market in Qianyang City cost tens of thousands of dollars.
In fact, even if Han Qian could afford thousands of cakes to make Feng Xuan secretly search for the Xi clan members, the four surnames would not notice if he redeemed one or two hundred Xi clan members in the early stage. Once three to five hundred Xi clan members were redeemed, Feng Changyu
How insensitive must Feng Jin and his son be to continue to be kept in the dark?
At that time, are they qualified to break up with the fourth surname?
There are too many links that are destined to require the wolf of Tanzhou to pounce directly into Xuzhou, making the stagnant waters of Xuzhou even more turbid and turbulent, so that they can have room to maneuver and maneuver.
And more importantly, Han Qian couldn't even explain it to his father at this time.
It seems that the Shanyue people are not strong enough in Xuzhou, but the old counties in western Hunan, central Guizhou, and even the old counties of Guilin and Nanhai further south are all the land of Baiyue.
The prefectures and counties in these places were only nominally affiliated to Da Chu. The prefecture and county officials were all hereditary native officials. They only sent a small amount of tribute to Jinling every year, and military and political affairs were not interfered by Jinling at all.
These places seemed quite peaceful at this time. It seemed that no major chaos had occurred in the past two or three hundred years. However, when Emperor Tianyou passed away and chaos broke out in Jinling, Tanzhou could not really effectively control Chen, Xu, and Shao.
, Hengzhou, central Guizhou Man Yue will take advantage of the situation, move westward along the Yuan River, and completely occupy the prefectures and counties in western Hunan and southern Hunan.
Han Qian currently knows very little about the forces in the upper reaches of the Yuanshui River, but he only regarded Feng Xi, Yang Xiang, and Tanzhou as a threat to his father's foothold in Xuzhou, which was a big mistake.
It's just that the old county of central Guizhou is very safe at this time, and he doesn't know much about the old county of central Guizhou. He can't tell his father about precautions in advance, but he also wants to take precautions by inviting the forces of Tanzhou to intervene in Xuzhou.
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The five hundred loaves of gold sent from Tanzhou via Qianjiang Inn means that the main obstacle to the layout he and his father made in Xuzhou no longer exists. It still depends on how far the situation in Xuzhou will develop next.
After the subsequent struggle, Han Qian could finally leave Xuzhou with peace of mind and began to make arrangements for his return journey.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, in late August, as the rainfall in the upper reaches of the mountains decreased, the water potential of the Yuan River gradually subsided, and the Wufeng Mountain in the center of the river became more exposed.
Although it is called Wufeng Mountain, it is actually five low hills that are slightly higher than the river surface by three to four feet when the river floods.
Even the part of Wufeng Mountain that is completely exposed to the river surface in the dry season of autumn and winter is only one or two hundred steps deep, but it is a good land for rebuilding Yangtan Water Village, shipbuilding yard and even ship gangs in Xuzhou.
Han Qian persuaded his father to let go of the land ban and allow others to reclaim the silt land. If he didn't take the lead in setting an example of illegal and illegal land ban, others might not believe him, so he directly ordered Yang Qin and Ji Xiyao to clear up Wufeng Mountain without any concealment.
In the eyes of those who only know that the governor relaxed the land ban and made money, it is actually normal.
In fact, apart from the gold sent by Tanzhou, the money collected by relaxing the land ban is also extremely limited.
After all, the movers did not dare to place too many expectations on the release of the land ban in the early stage. At the same time, the power of these movers was also scattered. They had no idea of large-scale reclamation of cofferdams and silt. They only wanted to encircle more than a hundred acres.
Or three to five hundred acres of land to expand the farm and residence, and a total of more than one million yuan was collected as bribes, which were all spent by Han Qian one after another.
Wufeng Mountain is only six or seven miles away from Qianyang City. In addition to mutual aid with Qianyang City, when the river embankments on both sides are built, the river surface from the Yuan River in the west to Qianyang City will be narrowed to 300 meters.
Within ten feet, Wufeng Mountain will also become a key place to control the Yuanshui River.
Taking advantage of the relatively favorable terrain of Wufeng Mountain, Han Qian planned to retain an inner lake on the east side, and then leave a waterway between the two low hills to connect with the main Yuanshui River. Whether it is the docking base of the boat gang or the shipbuilding yard
, will be located in the inner lake.
This is a plan that will take at least two to three years to complete. In early August, while Yang Qin was leading people to practice in the river, Han Qian had limited money to collect in the early stage, so he could only hire a small number of craftsmen and take a boat to Wufeng Mountain.
Start building the house first.
With the gold cake sent to their doorsteps by Tanzhou, whether it is Yangtan Water Village, shipbuilding yard, warehouse dock, etc., they can really use their hands and feet to do it. At least Han Qian will leave them with what they need before the end of the year.
Money and food.
The fleet promised by the four surnames was also assembled in late August, with a total of eight thousand-stone ships.
The conditions put forward by Feng Xuan, Feng Changyu, Xizhen and others were generally met. However, in order for the four surnames to occupy a relatively dominant position in the fleet, the final manpower arrangement was for Feng Xuan to send 20 men, and the four surnames to send a total of 60 people.
, sold an additional 40 village slaves to Feng Xuan on credit, and gathered together a team of sailors (trackers) and a small number of guards, totaling 120 people.
Just as Han Qian expected, the twenty people sent by Jingyun Village were led by Gao Bao and Feng Changyu's nephew named Feng Zhang.
Gao Bao traveled all over the country and could speak Mandarin and many dialects of Jiang and Hubei. He was also familiar with Feng Xuan and his village. They had dealt with him several times before. Feng Changyu thought that using Gao Bao to cooperate with Zhang to keep an eye on and win over Feng Xuan was exactly what he wanted.
suitable.
These things are all prepared, and more importantly, enough products are gathered from the local area to be transported to Jinling.
The eight thousand-stone ships, plus a two-thousand-stone sailing ship owned by the boat gang, have a total transport capacity of 10,000 dan. They cannot run on empty, so they need to scrape together 10,000 dan of products.
The ship gang also has two warships, but their carrying capacity is too small. The ship gang also needs two real warships that can quickly turn into the river to meet the enemy, so these two warships cannot load cargo.
Eight thousand-stone ships gathered in Qianyang City and underwent simple modifications. Water boards were added to the sides and the mat sails were replaced with widened cloth sails. It was also very smooth.
Although Han Qian wanted to directly expand the scale of local trade in Xuzhou, so as to truly stimulate the local economy in Xuzhou and increase its military potential rapidly, the inventory that the four surnames could obtain for trading in Jinling in a hurry was extremely limited.
On the other hand, the four surnames are more conservative. They only plan to collect about three million yuan for the first batch of goods to leave Xuzhou, and even mainly focus on food.
Of the three million yuan of goods, the four surnames sold five thousand shi of japonica rice, and wheat accounted for two-thirds of it. After all, the price difference between Xuzhou and Jinling was doubled. Han Qian promised that after the ship arrived in Jinling, Zuosi Warehouse would at least increase the price.
30% acquisition; all accounts can be calculated very clearly, there is nothing to be confused about.
The food can also make full use of the cabin space and facilitate transportation.
Of course, the goods shipped by the four surnames cannot fully utilize the transportation capacity, so Han Qian needs to collect and store additional products sold by the guest residents and villages in the upper reaches of Yuanshui City in Qianyang City to transport them to Jinling.
In Xuzhou and even further upstream of the Yuan River, most business trips and even goods that could leave the mountain had to be circulated outside Qianyang City. After Han Qian got this gold from Tanzhou, he collected and stored medicinal materials, gold, silverware, and copper in Wufeng Mountain.
Ironware, tea, cinnabar, wax birds, homespun cloth, tung oil, bristles, furs, ivory and rhinoceros horns, etc., officially set off in early September, heading down the Yuan River to Jinling.
Starting from Xuzhou, the Yuanshui River is very strong. Even if we travel during the day and rest at night, we can travel an average of 200 miles per day.
The Dongting Lake of that time is very different from the Dongting Lake of later generations, where water and sky are connected. The main reason is that the Jianghan Plain on the north bank has not yet taken shape. The water from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River has a significant impact on the beach siltation on the north bank. There is a gap between the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake on the south bank.
, there is no shore land formed due to sedimentation, causing Dongting Lake to intersect with the main Yangtze River.
This also makes the entire lake area, with many sand islands and polders, actually composed of large and small lakes, and the water conditions are also relatively complex.
Therefore, in Dongting Lake, except for clear nights when the sky is full of stars and moon, the fleet normally travels during the day and at night.
Entering Dongting Lake, the modified sails, which were twice as wide as the cross-section, were spread out, and the water-covered panels weakened the lateral movement of the hull. The speed increased significantly. It only took three days to get from Langzhou to Yuezhou.
After passing Yuezhou, we enter the Yangtze River main road. At this time, the autumn air is crisp and the weather is sunny.
On the main road of the Yangtze River, crosswinds prevailed day and night. The fleet's eastbound speed reached a high speed of 340 to 50 miles per day. After seven days, it entered the Qiupu River mouth.
From Yuanshui to Dongting Lake, a tacit understanding was formed with Tanzhou. After entering the main trunk road of the Yangtze River, the fleet moved eastward very fast. Even if a small group of river bandits caught a glimpse of the fleet's whereabouts, but did not know the truth, they would not know the truth.
Not daring to act rashly, the fleet arrived at Jinling smoothly.
At this time, four months had passed since the day when Han Daoxun and his son set off from Jinling in mid-May.
Li Zhigao knew the news in advance and on the day the fleet arrived at Jinling, he rode early with Feng Yi, Kong Xirong and others to the mouth of Qiupu River to greet Han Qian and others.
