It was a good idea to use normal trade methods to trade grain from Linyi and Funan, and the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was not afraid of food shortage, and it was able to obtain cheap grain from South Asia, and the annual transaction volume of grain trade exceeded one million stone at the height of the grain trade.
Not only did the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty have a history of trading grain from Linyi or Funan, but Sun Wu knew that there was no shortage of grain in the Southwest Peninsula at an early stage, and Sun Wu would also buy a large amount of rice from Linyi or Funan every year.
It is a pity that the transportation in the southwest and Central Plains where Shixie stayed was very inconvenient, and then there were not many ships suitable for sea navigation, the problem was that even this could transport a lot of grain to Jingzhou and Yangzhou at that time.
The fact that the abundance of grain in this area of Jiaozhi was discovered in the Western Han Dynasty, which had been expanding to the southwest peninsula in order to obtain enough military rations during the liquidation of the three counties in Lingnan.
The expansion of the Western Han army in the southwest peninsula was limited only by the natural environment, in addition to the climate, there was also the mountain range that stretched for more than 1,000 miles, known as the Changshan Mountain.
The fact that there is no shortage of food in the southwest peninsula is not known why it was ignored by the Central Plains Dynasty.
To what extent did this kind of neglect go In the early Ming Dynasty, Hu Weiyong used the rice stalk to occupy the city, and Zhu Yuanzhang said that it was a godsend.
In the Kangxi period of the "I Qing Dynasty" of wild boar skin, there were officials who used the rice stalks of Nanyang to lie about auspiciousness.
It's very fucked up that this kind of thing happens, just because the rice stalks in Nanyang are thicker and bigger than those in China, but those emperors ignore the number of rice ears and only look at the rice stalks.
As a general of the Han Kingdom, Fu Wei didn't want to ignore peaceful trade directly.
Today's Han military strength is extremely strong, and in the face of disobedience, it is directly open, and there is no cowardice against the fierce Hulu, how can those natives in the southwest be cowardly.
"Sun Wu and the puppet dynasty, the territory was invaded by the barbarians, and they were able to endure it" Fu Wei said that he couldn't bear it: "The Han is not Sun Wu, let alone the puppet dynasty, and there is absolutely no reason to compromise and seek perfection" Yuan Fang didn't go back to the main continent for a long time, and only knew some information that was only a few words.
What he knew was that the Han State was still fighting on multiple fronts, the north had been fighting with the Zhao Kingdom and the Murong Yan Kingdom for six years, and the war in the south had not stopped, and it seemed that Guanzhong was also at war Sun Wu will instigate, it is because they are facing the military pressure of the strong Cao Wei, it is difficult to use troops in the southwest peninsula on a large scale, and some of the young people in the country serve as soldiers all the year round, lack of labor and want to obtain cheap food from the southwest peninsula, ignoring the fact that the Linyi country is a traitor and self-reliance, and also selectively forgets the fact that the Funan country has not paid tribute for a long time.
The situation of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was similar to that of Sun Wu, with a strong threat in the north, and the domestic family was in charge.
The difference between the two is that the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty lost the Central Plains, and what is the gain of some territory in the Southwest Peninsula, as long as we can enjoy it, we don't want to recover any lost land.
Therefore, whether it is the Western Jin Dynasty or the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it deserves to be the biggest stain in the history of China, not only the history of the first Hu people ruling the Central Plains, but also the hedonistic atmosphere and lack of progress in the country's difficult moments.
"This general decides" Fu Wei glanced at the rain outside, pinched his chin, and said: "With the advantage of the sea fleet, we will first launch a strategy on the coast. ” Wu Ding affirmed: "There are many barbarian coastal villages, and several important cities are also close to the Tonghai River. ” In the south of China, the water system is crisscrossed, resulting in waterline transportation being more convenient than land transportation.
The Southwest Peninsula has more water systems than the South of China, and there are more inland rivers connecting to the ocean.
Because of the dense vegetation of the Southwest Peninsula, it is naturally difficult for large ships to penetrate inland, but small boats are not too restrictive.
"If so, there should be some necessary preparations."
Yuan Fang was born as a general, and he didn't dare to say much if he felt that it was inappropriate, but he had to say something: "This place has many rainy seasons all year round, and it is often in a humid climate, and iron tools are very easy to rust, and the leather will swell, rot or mold when exposed to water."
Furthermore, the dense forest is full of mosquitoes and poisons. ” It may be a bit funny to say, but the use of bronze in the southwest peninsula is really more suitable than iron products, in view of this, the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty specially prepared a batch of bronze weapons in the garrison of Jiaozhi all year round, and they will never wear iron armor and leather armor when they can not choose.
The fleet has already begun to unload, and the busy soldiers are rarely wearing iron armor, and at a glance they are wearing summer robes.
Chinese herbs accounted for the vast majority of the goods they unloaded, in addition to a large number of rattan nails.
If you look at the history of the Southwest Peninsula, no matter what country's army, the most equipped is rattan armor, such as bamboo guns and the like.
Although the Southwest Peninsula is not the largest iron ore producer in Asia, there is no shortage of iron ore, as Yuan Fang said, when there is no good maintenance means, rusting iron products is a big problem.
There are many ways to prevent iron products from rusting, the simpler one is to apply enough grease, with modern productivity oil is of course not a problem, but with the current productivity people eat not enough oil, how can it be used to maintain a large number of iron products.
In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, iron smelting methods have appeared, because iron is easy to rust and is called evil gold, and I am extremely satisfied that the US dollar, that is, bronze, will not rust.
Of course, with the smelting technology at that time, bronze smelting was at its peak, and iron, as a new thing, had too many problems, such as being too brittle and easy to break as a weapon.
As a result, during the Qin army's unification of the Six Kingdoms, most of the bronze weapons were still used, and iron weapons had to wait for the smelting technology to mature before becoming the mainstream.
Yuan Fang later found that the southbound fleet was prepared, and in addition to some healing herbs, such as some mint, pyrethrum, fly plum, and Cordyceps repellent really came with a lot.
Many plants are born with the effect of repelling mosquitoes, such as many noble sons and daughters like to carry sachets, not their mothers, but the sachets have plants that can repel mosquitoes, so as to store lavender and jasmine in the sachets are the most high-grade.
More extravagant is to carry incense on clothes, not to carry a sachet around your waist.
Yuan Fang also found that the army going south had prepared a large number of rattan armor, but the style was somewhat familiar "The seizure of the powerful people in Bashu and the southern region."
Fu Wei was a little proud when he saw Yuan Fang's surprise: "The south is suitable for rattan armor, isn't it?"
Don't think that the production cost of rattan armor is not high, if the quality of rattan armor is actually not inferior to leather armor.
The production of rattan armor needs to select the right rattan to fabricate, and then it needs to be boiled and refined by tung oil again and again, and the production time period is not short, and there are obvious disadvantages of being very afraid of fire.
The landing force moved into the scene, and three days later the rain stopped, but the sky was still gray.
"This place is more than 500 miles away from Zhuyazhou, and the wind and sun are beautiful on Zhuyazhou, but this is the case here."
Fu Wei has already taken one thing into account: "It only takes a day's voyage from Zhuyazhou to Jiaozhi.
The climate here is harsh, and it seems that the troops should be selected in Zhuyazhou in the future. ” In fact, it is not right to say a day, depending on the direction of the wind, when the monsoon is correct, it will be very fast, if the wind direction is not right, it will take more time to use a human oar.
However, Fu Wei is right about one thing, it doesn't rain at every turn on the Jiaozhi side, and there are far more insects than on the Zhuyazhou side, and Zhuyazhou is more suitable as a garrison location in comparison.
"Here, here, here" Wu Ding kept pointing to some locations on the map of mountains and rivers: "All are places where warships can dock on the shore." ” The map of mountains and rivers is based on the military map of the Jin army, and the necessary verification and exploration were carried out after the Han army was stationed, and the current map of mountains and rivers has been confirmed to be correct and reliable.
"There is no need to worry about the water source, but it is important to note that the road is not necessarily accurate."
Wu Ding smiled bitterly and said: "The plants here grow very fast, even if they open up a road, they will soon be full of plants. ” Fu Wei kept nodding.
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He had no experience in jungle warfare, and he didn't even have the Han army that went south to the southwest peninsula, and he still needed the assistance of the garrison on the Jiaozhi side, so he looked at Yuan Fang.
Yuan Fang knew that this was her chance, and hurriedly promised: "I will do my best to assist." ” Originally, the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty did not have many garrisons in Jiaozhi, especially after the Han army went south, the small court transferred all its troops to Yangzhou, and most of the local troops on the mainland were transferred, and there was no need to leave many troops in places like Jiaozhi, which seemed insignificant.
After the Han army marched into Jiaozhi, more than 1,000 local Jin troops surrendered cleanly.
This time, Yuan Fang would take at least 800 people to accompany Fu Wei on the expedition.
In the gray weather, the prepared fleet pulled anchor and set off, and they left Bijing Bay and headed directly to the west, and not long after they set off, the sky began to drizzle again.
"In the spring, the wind direction is suitable for the west, and in the summer, the wind direction is changeable."
Yuan Fang is the first time to set foot on the warship of the Han army, he is very unfamiliar with this kind of warship that is different from the Huaxia Lou ship system, and after many inspections and observations, he must admit that this is a ship on the sea: "Our warships are all four-masted, and when the wind is favorable, they can land at any place in one day." ” The warships produced by the system are more inclined to the Europa system, and if you want to identify the date, it should be the product of about 1,000 AD.
I have to admit that compared with the ships of the Chinese civilization, Europa's ship system is more suitable for sea navigation.
When the Han fleet was at war with the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the inland river operations could not give full play to the advantages of the system warships, and the Han army did not have a qualified fleet commander, and the Han State completely relied on the number of the Jin army to kill the naval divisions.
The small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty had perished, and the Han State received the sailors of the small court, which were received together with the ships and the sailors.
In fact, the Han State has not completely eliminated the resistance forces in the south at present, so the reorganization process of those Jin troops is not fast.
Liu Yan decided to send a fleet to the southwest peninsula to plunder uh, and after expanding the territory, he had the option to absorb some generals who were good at water warfare first.
Wang Gong is now Fu Wei's deputy general, and his military position in the Han army is at the rank of partial general, and he is specifically responsible for the coordination of the southbound fleet.
So although Fu Wei is the commander, he is actually not familiar with fleet marshalling or something, and the person who really does the work is Wang Gong.
In addition to the Wang Shrine, Li Mai, who had surrendered earlier in the "Battle of the Three Counties", was also transferred to the navy.
Li Mai will be the commander of the second batch of southward movements, and if things do not change, the second batch of southbound commanders will be the officers and soldiers of the former Jin Army who have been reorganized.
It should be said that the Han State intends to fully accept the generals of the Jin army who know how to fight water warfare, and most of the original Jin army sailors and soldiers will also be reorganized, not only for the invasion of the Southwest Peninsula, but also for their exploration and development on many islands in the South Sea.
Fu Wei was now looking at a pillar of light in the sky in a daze, it was the sunlight directly cast from the dark clouds, because there was only one relationship, it looked like a passage to the sky.
There are more wonders to see on the sea than on land, not only because of the wide view, but also because the weather on the sea is more diverse than on land.
It is precisely because of the wide field of vision that Fu Wei can not only see the pillar of light, but also see the sky that seems to have been cut out with a knife, for example, the top of their heads is gray, but in the distance is a cloudless blue sky.
"Sail another twenty miles, and you'll come to this place."
Wang Di's hand pointed to the place marked on the map as a chain of islands: "This island has a large island and dozens of small islands.
If the map is correct, there is a natural harbor on the west side of the Big Island where you can dock. ” They had only been away from Bijing Bay for about two hours, but the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it seemed that the wind was a little too strong, so they needed to find a port to dock for a while for safety, and the island with a natural harbor was a good place.
The island is now nameless, and in modern times it is called Onigo Island.
Most of the island is flat, with cliffs to the north and east, a bay to the west and a sandy beach to the south.
The wind and rain were so heavy that the ship shook so badly that the sailors who operated the ropes had to fasten their safety ropes so as not to be disembarked by the crashing waves.
If you fall from the boat in this weather, no matter how good the water is, if you don't get timely rescue, you will definitely be swallowed by the sea.
Only those who have experienced it will know how terrible it is when the weather at sea is bad, it is a kind of dilemma that makes people unsteady when they are shaking under their feet, and at a glance there are raging waves everywhere, and the sky is constantly thundering and lightning, and the faint of heart should have a direct nervous breakdown.
The constant sound of vomiting from the cabin made Fu Wei's stomach begin to show some signs of rebellion, and he said with a pale face and worry: "If this continues, I am afraid that the invasion will not be possible." ” Wang Gong understands better than Fu Wei, the soldiers can't adapt, the body must be weak after vomiting, and it is not suitable for combat on the one hand, and then it should be the peak of the disease outbreak.
"This hell place" Fu Wei said but he couldn't hold it anymore, he bent over and vomited, and his eyes were full of stars, and he said intermittently: "Those servant troops must be sent over, especially the Japanese who are adapted to the HNA flight":