"Oh? Hangu Pass has been captured. The next step is to march into Hongnong County?"
In November, in Le'an County, Qingzhou, Chen Mu, who was watching the sea at the beach, received a battle report from Guanzhong.
Looking at the battle report in his hand and Liu Bei's subsequent course of action, Chen Mu chuckled and shook his head. He knew that Big Brother would do this.
After spending many years with Big Brother, Chen Mu knew Liu Bei too well.
In fact, there are three main reasons why Liu Bei chose to advance with light troops.
First, it is cold in winter, and Liu Bei's army has received a new batch of Chinese-style cotton-padded clothes and equipment. Their ability to withstand the cold is much better than that of Dong's army, and they have more conditions for winter operations.
The second is that Big Brother is devoted to the Han Dynasty and is worried about the emperor of Chang'an. He wants to get rid of Dong Zhuo as soon as possible and help the Han Dynasty, so he is a little anxious.
Third, the distance from Luoyang to Chang'an is actually not as far as everyone thinks. It is only more than 400 kilometers when fully calculated. When converted into the distance of the Han Dynasty, it is almost a thousand miles.
Based on a daily march of fifty miles, this distance would take about twenty days. Even if we wait for logistical supplies, we can reach Chang'an in almost thirty days.
It was still winter at this time, the snow had not yet melted, and the Kwantung Allied Forces still had an advantage in equipment. Even if Dong Zhuo knew that the Kwantung Allied Forces were coming, there was a high probability that he would still be unable to prepare so many winter clothes for the army and would be unable to compete with the Kwantung Army.
On the contrary, if we listen to Tian Feng and wait another two or three months, spring will arrive in January and February, the snow will melt and the weather will warm up, then the Kwantung Allied Forces' advantage in cotton-padded clothes will be gone and they will fall into an even harder battle.
So from the perspective of that time, the reason why Liu Bei, Cao Cao and others made such a choice was not at all an act of lowering intelligence and imbecility, but rather a very clever tactic.
Just like Germany's blitzkrieg against Poland, isn't it because Germany's fully mechanized troops, while Poland was still a World War I Ranger, had the equipment to lead?
But one thing is definitely a dangerous move. After all, the late Han Dynasty was not World War II. The infantry walked and mechanized troops could not drive. Once a hundred thousand troops marched to Guanzhong, the battle line would indeed be very long. Then the supply problem later,
It's a big problem.
For example, when Li Shimin later conquered Korea, he set out in July with great momentum and almost reached Pyongyang. However, in September of the following year, the weather began to turn cold, making it difficult for the soldiers to continue the attack. Moreover, the battle line was too long, which led to supply difficulties and forced the troops to retreat.
Moreover, after passing Hangu Pass, there are many dangerous passes in Hongnong County, Hu County, Huayin County, Zheng County, etc.
If you look at Google Maps, you will find that after passing Hangu Pass, there is a small plain area. In later generations, this area belonged to Xiyan Township, Lingbao City.
In the Han Dynasty, this was Hongnong County, also known as Hengnong County, and was the administrative seat of Hongnong County.
This place is the only plain on the way to Guanzhong.
After passing Hongnong County, Hu County, Huayin County, Zheng County, etc. are all located in the vast Qinling Mountains. The roads are difficult and dangerous. First, they are not suitable for large-scale operations, and second, they are not suitable for cavalry operations.
Gongsun Zan's Youzhou cavalry is no different from a display here. It needs to enter the Guanzhong Plain to be useful.
Therefore, entering Chang'an in thirty days is actually an ideal state.
If the counties along the way resist desperately and Liu Bei cannot conquer these counties in a short time, he will eventually return to the starting point.
That is, if you cannot capture it quickly, you can only advance step by step.
Therefore, if analyzed from a strategic perspective, Tian Feng's steady and steady strategy is indeed the correct strategy.
At least step by step, if you win, you can continue to the next level. If you lose, you won't be defeated. You can just go back to the previous level and continue to wait for supplies.
But from a tactical perspective, Liu Bei and Cao Cao's style of play is not completely unworkable.
Taking advantage of winter operations being disadvantageous to Dong Zhuo, and taking advantage of the fact that the defenders in various counties did not expect the coalition forces to dare to launch winter operations, they were able to break into Guanzhong with overwhelming force.
If you're lucky, you might be able to catch the wind all the way.
Generally speaking, Tian Feng's strategy is Xun Yu and Zhuge Liang's steady and scheming type, while Liu Bei, Cao Cao and others are Guo Jia and Jia Xu's treacherous and scheming type.
Just like Wei Yan's Ziwu Valley's Wonderful Strategy, and Cheng Yaojin's The Reckless Man's Three-Blade Axe.
If we could chop down Dong Zhuo with three axes as soon as possible in winter, everything would be easy.
If the three-blade ax did not kill Dong Zhuo and allowed him to barely block it, then it would be the end of the three-blade axe. If you don’t end it, I will.
Therefore, the most important part of this battle is whether Dong Zhuo can block these three axes.
"Go and send this thing to Linzi to Mr. Zheng."
Chen Mu summoned his attendants and asked him to send the battle report to Qi State and hand it over to Zheng Xuan to complete the content of "Chasing Dong Ji".
Of course, if Liu Bei failed in this battle, it certainly cannot be said that his strategy failed.
It is enough to exaggerate Dong Zhuo's cruelty, otherwise the world may accuse Liu Bei of underestimating the enemy and advancing rashly. It was Liu Bei who caused the failure of this crusade against Dong Zhuo, and the effect achieved will be counterproductive.
Therefore, it will be written by Chen Mu in the future, and it will be published after certain deletions.
The main purpose is to promote Liu Bei's glorious image and create a heroic figure who is not afraid of hardships, fights repeatedly, and dares to fight against evil forces.
This is the so-called Spring and Autumn brushwork.
“The sea is so beautiful!”
After Chen Mu finished handling the matter, Luo Fu came bounding over wearing a white fox fur.
"Like it?"
Chen Mu smiled, and the waves rolled in the distance. Although it was October in the middle of winter, it was November according to the solar calendar. The sun was shining warmly on the beach, and the gentle sea breeze was caressing it, refreshing.
"like."
Luo Fu was wearing a long white gauze dress, carrying shoes in her hands, and her stockings were dusty. Her white feet stepped on the beach, leaving small and exquisite footprints.
Chen Mu smiled and touched her head: "Then I will give this sea to you."
"ah?"
Luo Fu's big eyes flashed, and his small mouth opened into an O shape, and he said shyly: "Really?"
"of course it's true."
Chen Mu looked at the other side of the sea. I want the whole world to know that this piece of East China Sea is owned by you.
"Ha ha ha ha."
Luo Fu covered his mouth and snickered: "Is this considered the betrothal gift given to me by your husband?"
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Chen Mu gently hugged her in his arms.
My marriage to Luo Fu has been decided, and it will be early next year.
The betrothal gifts have been paid, and people from Qinjiazhuang have begun to move to Qingzhou.
After all, troubled times are coming, and powerful families and even the common people everywhere can already feel the changes.
Public security has begun to deteriorate, life has become poorer, bandits and robbers have gradually increased, and the world is in a bad state. This will first be reflected in the public security and living environment in various places.
In this troubled world, it is not easy to find a girl who likes you and who you like too.
The older I get, the more I hope to have a family.
so.
Maybe you will also understand what responsibility is and what it means to move forward with a heavy load.
Looking at the sky in the distance, Chen Mu thought to himself.
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The seaside of Le'an is now densely covered with large areas of salt drying fields.
The same is true not only in Le'an, but also on the beach in Donglai.
Liaocheng County is located in the south of present-day Lijin County, Shandong Province, which is the outlet of the Yellow River. Lijin County is on the north bank of the Yellow River, and today's Liaocheng County is on the south bank of the Yellow River. The two counties in ancient and modern times are symmetrical from north to south.
Since the death of Emperor Xiaokang of the Han Dynasty, Chen Mu has begun to make arrangements in Qingzhou.
The first is to make money. Business groups represented by Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping vigorously develop business channels, not only intersecting with various business groups from all over the world, but also with major aristocratic families, tycoons, consortiums, etc. in the surrounding areas of Qingzhou.
Now that the sales channels have been communicated, it is also essential to vigorously develop products.
In the past, Qingzhou mainly exported grain. However, as the war approaches, grain is used as a reserve material and must be exported less. The next step, of course, is to develop commodities that can replace grain.
What was the most profitable business in ancient times?
Grain, grass, salt and iron.
People regard food as their first priority, so food is the first priority.
Salt is also indispensable, so it comes second.
People in the Han Dynasty mainly used well salt and pond salt as salt, and sea salt needed to be boiled in water. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Qi State relied on sea salt to become prosperous for a while.
But that's because the population of China in the Spring and Autumn Period was less than 10 million, and the low production of well salt from various countries plus sea salt from Qi State could meet the demand.
After the unification of the Han Dynasty, the population increased dramatically, and the low production of sea salt became meaningless, so the Han Dynasty began to excavate well salt, pond salt, etc. in large quantities.
However, compared to after the Ming Dynasty, salt is still in short supply. If salt can be produced in large quantities, it will bring huge wealth to Qingzhou.
After all, food is a necessity of life, and so is salt.
Chen Mu used the salt-drying method that only appeared in the Song Dynasty and was popularized in the Ming Dynasty to cast a large number of salt fields on the coastal border of Shandong. After a year of hard work, a large amount of coarse salt was harvested, and tons of white salt blocks with impurities were sent.
Enter the seaside warehouse.
After these salt blocks are taken out, the subsequent process is actually similar to the process of well salt and pool salt. They must be boiled, filtered, etc. to remove impurities and become refined salt.
Some people may say, since it is so troublesome, why not just make salt from wells and salt ponds? Wouldn't it be missing a process?
But let’s not mention that Shandong itself does not produce well salt and pond salt, and there is no such resource. Let’s just say that sea water is inexhaustible and inexhaustible.
Making sea salt only costs labor and food. In the late Han Dynasty, natural and man-made disasters continued, and countless people were displaced. As long as they had food to eat, there was no shortage of workers.
So even if there is one more process, sea salt is still a profitable business.
Chen Mu accompanied Luo Fu to Le'an to see the sea, and then asked the Qin family to send her back to Linzi. Then, accompanied by Xun Yu's Yi Sun Shao Jian, Yong Sun Qian and others, he inspected the salt fields in Donglai County.
Before the death of Emperor Xiaokang of the Han Dynasty, Chen Mu had already built an experimental salt field in Qingzhou to test whether the salt-drying method was really effective.
After all, they are thousands of years apart, and no one can say whether there will be any difference.
However, after experiments, the sun salt method is definitely effective.
The only difference is that because the industrial level is low, the preparation method is not as fast as that of later generations.
It may take up to a month from drying salt to producing coarse salt.
If it rains in the meantime, you have to introduce the salt water into the reservoir next to the salt field to hide from the rain, and then use the siphon effect to guide it back to the salt pond after the rain, which is very troublesome.
Therefore, in the first year of Chuping, that is, throughout this year, salt farming began in the entire counties of Le'an and Donglai, which are close to the sea.
Now it seems that significant results have been achieved.
This is also normal.
Going back two thousand years, the main source of sea salt in my country came from Shandong.
Going forward eight hundred years, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when Duke Huan of Qi was in power, he relied on sea salt to become the world's richest man.
Now Chen Mu is just a link between past and present. It is not considered an innovation. At most, it can be regarded as adding a little wisdom of future generations on the basis of predecessors. It is not something like technological progress or industrial revolution.
"You have to record what I said. If you want to be rich, build roads first. Qingzhou doesn't have many ridges, but has many hills and plains. The roads and main roads are relatively easy to build. The salt is made to give to the people of Qingzhou. Use it and sell it to other places at the same time. If the road is not good, it will delay sales. Do you understand?"
Chen Mu was surrounded by people and delivered an important speech.
As a qualified secretary, Shiyi immediately started writing and recorded it.
Sun Shaojian, Yong Sunqian and others nodded frequently after hearing this, saying that they had kept it in mind and would deal with it in the future.
After Xun Yu heard this, he expressed his opinion: "Shang Shuling, building roads is a big project. Does Qingzhou have enough money to build roads?"
Chen Mu smiled and shook his head: "No."
"That......"
"So you have to eat one bite at a time and take one step at a time."
Chen Mu said slowly: "The output of salt fields in various places this year is pretty good. We will first use it to stabilize the price of salt in Qingzhou and meet the needs of the people, then expand production, and then sell it for money. Only when we have money can we build roads."
Xun Yu said thoughtfully: "I said that running a big country is like cooking small dishes. Many things should not be done too roughly, with too much force, or with too big steps, as it is easy to hurt yourself. Is this true? ?”
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Chen Mu looked at the experimental salt field on the beach and said: "The purpose of building roads is to sell salt better, but now we only have goods but no money, so we must work hard first and use the most primitive method to sell the goods.
, and when we have money, we will improve its supporting facilities.”
Everything is difficult at the beginning. Although the salt fields have been tested well in the past few years and salt has been successfully produced, it has not been promoted on a large scale until today. It can be said that the salt field has been paid without any return.
Now that Qingzhou is at war, the financial pressure is also great, and there is no money to build roads. So we can only use the most primitive method of carrying salt out manually, and then consider building roads when we have money.
When the roads are built, horse-drawn carriages can be driven, and people can push carts, instead of like now, where large-scale transportation is difficult because of poor roads.
"I see."
Xun Yu nodded. He didn't understand the principles of economics, but as long as he didn't explain it so mysteriously and spoke it in a simple way, smart people could understand it clearly.
Chen Mu added: "Xunzi once said: Those who make fake horses cannot help their feet, but they can travel thousands of miles; those who make fake boats can't water, but can cut off rivers. A gentleman is born without exception, and he is good at fake things. The ancients
Because people can't run fast, they tamed horses and walked for us. Because the distance is far, they invented boats and floated along the rivers. Therefore, invention and creation are the primary productive forces. Do you understand productivity? It is the way to produce output, ancient times
In the Spring and Autumn Period, we slowly learned to use livestock to plow the fields, plows to plow the fields, and turned iron into hoes. This increased productivity. Only by continuing to invent can we make our lives better.
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"But I feel that the things that have been invented have been invented by the sages. What should I do if there is nothing left to invent?"
Jian Yong touched his head and thought about what he could invent, but found that he could invent nothing.
Chen Mu smiled and said: "That's because you don't have the talent in this area."
"oh?"
Jian Yong was unconvinced and said: "Does Zigui have talent?"
"It's okay, it's okay, it'll be a little bit better."
Chen Mu nodded humbly.
Jian Yong smiled and said: "Then take out what you invented and have a look."
Chen Mu looked at Shiyi and asked, "How is the bicycle I asked you to make?"
Shiyi nodded: "It's done."
"Is there any finished product?"
"Your Majesty's question is just right. I really like that thing and I happened to bring one here."
Shiyi waved to the attendant in the distance, and the attendant followed the order and left.
After a while, he pushed a bicycle over.
The front wheels of this car are huge, and the rear wheels are extremely small, like a big-headed doll.
But whether it is now or in history, the world's first bicycle did look like this.
Because the bicycle transmission chain must have certain industrial capabilities to manufacture, it is difficult to roll out hundreds of identical iron pieces by hand.
Therefore, it can only be driven by the front wheel. Press the pedal on the front wheel to drive the rear wheel to roll. In terms of labor saving, it is much worse than the normal bicycles of later generations.
But other things were easy to make in ancient times.
Tires are sewn with animal leather and are easy to inflate. Everyone should understand the principle of the bellows. It is enough to make a small bellows pump based on the same principle.
The rest of the frame and wheels can be made directly by the blacksmith's hands, so there is basically no difficulty in manufacturing them.
"This is what I invented."
Chen Mu pointed at the bicycle and said.
Everyone gathered around, Jian Yong wondered: "What is the use of this thing?"
"Go try it."
Chen Mu asked the attendant who came with the cart to get on the cart and demonstrate.
The attendant was experienced, so he got on the cart and started pedaling with all his strength.
Although it was difficult at the front, once I picked up the speed, I was soon running like a carnival on the grass by the coast.
Since the front and rear wheels are different in size and it is front-wheel drive, it cannot run smoothly on hillsides, but it can still run very fast on flat ground, much faster than walking.
"this......"
Jian Yong was dumbfounded and had to say sincerely: "Zi Gui's talent is not as good as mine."
"hehe."
Chen Mu chuckled lightly and said: "The ancients said that there is no end to learning. If you are satisfied with just learning what the ancients left, you will never make progress. Moreover, our ancestors can invent and create, making our lives better.
Well, why can’t we do this and make life better for the next generation?”
"Your words are truly like divine sounds that reach your ears, causing people to clear up the clouds and see the sun, and enlighten you immediately."
Shiyi quickly wrote it down and said while writing: "I must record it, and it may become a classic like "The Analects of Confucius" in the future."
"Ha ha ha ha."
Chen Mu joked: "You, stop flattering and do more practical work. The same is true for you, you know?"
"clear."
Shiyi, Sun Shao, Sun Qian and others all nodded solemnly.
"However, my manpower is limited. Only by gathering everyone's strength can we achieve better results."
Chen Mu suddenly thought of those folk inventors, such as Ma Jun, who was a talented person, and he mused: "Send an order to the whole state, and the government encourages people to invent and create more. If the things invented are really beneficial to the people, it will help improve productivity."
If you help, the government will reward you greatly."
"How exactly will we be rewarded?"
Shiyi asked.
Chen Mu said: "Of course it depends on how beneficial the invention is. If it can benefit the world, even a thousand gold reward is not unreasonable."
"I see."
Shiyi nodded, he would go to Jushou to discuss the specific reward levels regarding these matters.
"You should also think more and see if you can invent something. No matter whether it can be made or not, you must boldly use your imagination. For example, invent something that can fly in the sky. Even if it cannot be realized, you will know how many days it will take."
How can it really appear in a hundred years?"
"only!"
Xun Yu's Yi, Sun Shao, Sun Qian, Jian Yong and others surrendered and obeyed.