Liu Yan, who was in Guanzhong, received the battle report from Huan Wen after the Winter Solstice Festival.
"Sixty thousand people, including the 500 fleet, will be annihilated."
Xu Zheng has long had no unnecessary feelings about this kind of war, the Han army won victory after victory in East Asia, and at the most glorious time, it annihilated hundreds of thousands of enemy troops: "The loss of our army is not large, and the loss of warships seems to be a bit much." ” In fact, the Han army did not have much experience in naval warfare, and the battle of Ah Sanyang could be regarded as a naval operation in the true sense.
In the first stage of the invasion, by the time the center received the battle report, the Han army had sunk 57 ships, and as many as 68 warships had lost their combat effectiveness in a short period of time, which was equivalent to almost half of the combat effectiveness of the expeditionary fleet.
The expeditionary force only had 300 warships not counting the attached transport ships and supply ships, and they began to carry out sabotage warfare from the time they arrived in Asanyo, but in fact, the warships lost in the process of sabotage warfare were very limited, and the major battle losses occurred in the later naval battles between the two armies.
"Two hundred and thirty-four enemy ships of all kinds were captured, and the number of ships of the expeditionary force increased instead of falling."
Ji Chang was in a very good mood, but it was not because of the capture of Gupta of various ships, but because of the fact that General Zhengnan mentioned that the Gupta nobles were willing to pay a ransom, which was roughly estimated to be worth one hundred and twenty-seven tons of gold. ” Katruk Karp said that the nobles would pay the same weight of gold as themselves to redeem themselves, but not every nobleman was so wealthy, and only a small number of people could afford to pay the same weight of gold as themselves.
No one knows whether Ah San's side is rich in gold, but it is a fact that Ah San is extremely obsessed with gold.
The Gupta castes who were defeated and captured had been informed that they could not get the same weight of gold as their own wealth, and that they would be sent to the Han mainland as slaves, and they did not want to face a tragic fate, that is, they had to smash the pot and sell iron to scrape together enough to redeem their wealth.
Gold is not a currency in circulation in the current Han Kingdom, and the Han Kingdom has only restored the circulation of five baht coins, including silver, which is not a currency in circulation, but cloth and grain account for a large proportion of barter.
"Huan Wen has sent an envoy to Gupta to exchange gold for food."
Liu Yan was naturally happy to learn that the war against Ah San had been won, and had already approved Huan Wen, who was the commander-in-chief of the front, to act cheaply.
He had to mention something: "The first battle against Ah San was won, and we really underassessed Ah San's strength. ” "Yes, the three countries named Gupta are more powerful than we imagined."
Xu Zheng, who was a lieutenant, was somewhat surprised to learn that Gupta could organize an army of several millions: "Again, we are going across the sea to invade thousands of miles, and I am afraid it will be difficult to destroy Gupta in a few times." ” No one knows whether the Gupta Dynasty can organize an army of several millions, but with Gupta currently having an army of no less than 400,000, the Han army will invade across the sea after going thousands of miles, and it is really not easy to destroy Gupta to perish.
In the final analysis, the Han Kingdom is too far away from the Gupta Dynasty, and the Gupta Dynasty's maritime strength is not weak, and the Han army can defeat the Gupta army, but for the current status quo of the Han Kingdom, it will also make it very uncomfortable to be determined to destroy the Gupta Dynasty.
"The destruction of Gupta is a long process."
Ji Chang attaches the most importance to this: "As we know before, Gupta is a country rich in grain.
If they admit defeat, they should be punished at the state level, in addition to the nobles who are willing to pay the ransom. ” It has been confirmed that there will be a large-scale drought in the Central Plains, and there is not much time to prepare for disaster prevention, such as the construction of water conservancy facilities, etc., and the only way to prepare for disaster relief is to make a disaster relief plan after the drought breaks.
"We need food, a lot of food."
As prime minister, Ji Chang can imagine how much pressure he will have after he is sure that a large-scale drought will break out: "Nearly 2.5 million tons have been looted from the Indochina Peninsula, and this figure is far from enough. ” In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, one stone is one hundred and sixty catties, and two million and a half million tons is three hundred and twenty-five thousand stones, which is actually very terrifying in terms of quantity, but it is really not enough to support a country.
According to the data calculated by the Han Dynasty, the large-scale drought will last for at least three years, and the northern part of the Yangtze River basin is mostly a grain harvest area, and only the south of the Yangtze River can still maintain production.
The current population of the Han Kingdom is 17.26 million, and if the Yangtze River is used as the boundary, the population north of the Yangtze River is about 11 million, and the rest of the population is all south of the Yangtze River.
The impending drought will affect the entire northwest and Guanzhong, and then it will be the annexation of the prefecture, Daizhou, Sizhou, Yanzhou, Youzhou, Jizhou, Yuzhou, and Qingzhou before the cancellation of the administrative unit of the prefecture, which is equivalent to one-third of the huge Han country being affected by the disaster.
In the whole seven years of Yuan Shuo, there were too many things busy in the center of the Han Kingdom, but the most important thing was to estimate the local grain producing areas, and vigorously develop the land of Jingchu south of the Yangtze River, Hunan and Hubei.
In addition to the south of the Yangtze River, which is not affected by drought, water conservancy construction is also attached to the original Xuzhou.
Xuzhou is a big granary in the Eastern Han Dynasty, although it has been repeatedly damaged by war, but it has been recovering after waiting to be under the jurisdiction of Liu Yan, and it is also an expected grain production area in the special season when the drought is about to break out.
Furthermore, it is certain that Bashu will not suffer from the impact of drought, but only one plain in Bashu is a plain of the grain producing area, which is basically a guarantee of Bashu's self-sufficiency.
For the Han Kingdom, there is nothing more important than the impending drought, and finding ways to obtain food is the key.
Any Central Plains dynasty is not strong in resisting natural disasters, and many dynasties are destroyed because of natural disasters.
When natural disasters broke out, the dynasties were rarely able to come up with any effective methods, even if there were enough food reserves, in fact, because of the roads, coupled with the corruption of officials, there were basically not many that could really be sent to the victims.
In the face of natural disasters, the two Song Dynasty took the formation of the Xiang Army as the main means of co-opting the disaster victims, and the Xiang Army was actually to gather the disaster victims for effective management, reduce the flood of displaced people after the outbreak of natural disasters, and also curb the ambition of the people to bewitch and gather the disaster victims to do some major things to change the dynasty.
Whether the two Song Dynasty were dragged down by the Xiang army is not the key, the key is that the two Song Dynasty had a very popular maritime trade, and there are relevant data to prove that the two Song Dynasty continued to buy grain from overseas during the Song Dynasty, which is also the reason why there was no obvious shortage of food in China after the population explosion and commercial development of the Two Song Dynasty.
Liu Yan was not prepared to do the work of collecting the victims to form an army, and the plan he came up with was to set up a construction corps, which to put it bluntly was to centralize the management of the people in the affected areas and hire them to carry out various constructions to achieve the goal of cash-for-work.
"Disasters are inevitable, so it's natural to take this opportunity to improve domestic transportation."
Ji Chang said that for the domestic transportation planning, it is mainly led by the Prime Minister's Office, and the Taiwei Office, the Imperial History Office, the Tingwei Office, Dali Temple and other departments are involved: "The preliminary plan is that the eastern, western, southern, and northern frontiers will build a national highway directly to the capital, and the two that usually lead to the capital in the south and the northwest will be the first to be built." ” In the planning, the south is in Jiankang, across the Yangtze River through Lujiang County, Ruyin County, Chen County, Yingchuan County, Xiangcheng County, Xingyang County to Hongnong County, in Tongguan and various hub roads to meet, and then to Guanzhong direction is to reach Chang'an New Town, the total length of more than 3,800 miles.
The other is in Yangguan, Dunhuang County, which will run through Jinchang County, Jiuquan County, Zhangye County, Wuxing County, Wuwei County, Guangwu County, Longxi County, Nan'an County, Luoyang County, Fufeng County to Chang'an New Town, with a total length of more than 4,500 miles.
If the national highway from the south to the new Chang'an and from the north to the new Chang'an is built, a national highway running through the northwest to the southeast will also appear, indicating the stability of the Han state's rule over the northwest and southeast, and will also create the first great achievement in history, that is, the construction of a national highway with a total length of more than 8,000 miles.
"We're ready for it."
Ji Chang is Chinese New Year's Eve nine years old today, and he looks old, too much government affairs are pressed on his body, and he looks even older when he works too hard, but his spirit looks good: "The plan is to build each county in sections, and finally connect the various sections of roads, and it is expected that the two roads will be built within 15 years." ” Of course, the drought will not plague the Han Kingdom for ten years, and the initial guess is that in about three years, the number of people who will first invest in road construction will be 6 million, and the number of construction personnel will inevitably be gradually reduced.
The Prime Minister's Office made a fifteen-year plan, and the first three years will be the peak period of construction when the manpower is most abundant, and the main input of the victims is the flat area that is not dangerous, and the military and slaves will complete the work of opening mountains and forests.
After fifteen years of construction, it is considered that the victims of the disaster will be gradually disbanded in the future, and slaves will be used as the main force of construction, supplemented by conscripts.
The two national highways in the southeast and northwest alone take fifteen years, and the other northeast to the new Chang'an and the southwest to the new Chang'an, the latter two will take longer, and they are basically regarded as the progression of national projects.
Liu Yan will not have any doubts about the dispatch after having grain, and there is no need to spend time and effort on the premise of "golden finger" to transport, and the more important thing is the consideration of water.
"We're already trying to store water."
Ji Chang didn't dare to make any guarantees in this regard, so he could only say: "The minister will do his best." ” Nowadays, the main goal of the Han State is to obtain food, not only to send expeditionary forces to invade and build various local grain-producing areas, but also to develop the maximum potential of the sea fishery.
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The coastline of the Han Kingdom is very long, and it is not possible to do deep-sea fishing for the time being, but the development of offshore fishing is actually mature, and there are a large number of fishing boats operating in the offshore waters, which can provide a large amount of seafood.
"Your Majesty."
Lu Yi kept wanting to interject but couldn't interject, waiting for the opportunity, and immediately asked: "General Zhengnan mentioned the affairs of Sassanid and other countries, how to arrange it?"
Huan Wen led his army to victory in Asanyo, and although the Gupta dynasty had not yet completely conceded defeat, the victory was achieved under the witness of many countries.
After that battle, Ergutai Bahram landed with the Han warship, and only met Huan Wen a few days later, and mentioned that he was from Persian Sassanid and mentioned the request to "continue the frontier".
In addition to the Persian Sasanians, the latter two Satrap Sai, Kalabaras, Sri Lanka, Baba Bona, Arakan Bengal, and the Burmese of the Phu State all sent people to get in touch with the Pingban Captains, all of whom requested to send an envoy to the Han State.
Later, that is, the "Battle of Han Gua Sanyo" reached Rome, and the Roman side also got involved, making a request to send an envoy to the Han state.
At present, except for Rome, the requests of the rest of the countries have been sent to the center of the Han Kingdom, and as long as Liu Yan nods, the envoys of various countries will arrive at the mainland by sea via Malacca in the spring of the next year.
Lu Yi is happy to see so many countries send envoys over, his duty as a pawn is to be responsible for diplomacy, but for a long time, except for submitting war documents, he really has not done any other constructive things, and he desperately needs to have a stage where he can perform.
By the way, regarding the activities within the "All Nations Come to Dynasty", there were a few small-scale activities during the unification period of the pre-Qin and Qin dynasties, the Western Han Dynasty was more in the outward conquest, and the Eastern Han Dynasty had one in the Liu Xiu period, and then it was necessary to appear again in the Sui and Tang dynasties.
The small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty has been talking about "all countries coming to court" to whitewash their faces, but those so-called envoys of "all countries" are actually impostors, and their real identity is a businessman.
So far, the Central Plains Dynasty is basically not interested in "all countries coming to the dynasty", because as long as there is really such a country, it will be conquered by the Han people in the future, such as the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty from the Western Regions "All Nations", Lu Yi's excitement is that he is finally a little serious, which can increase his understanding of the outside world, and he also wants to figure out the countries, so as to make more contributions to the country on the road of conquest in the future.
"The Sassanids are the people of peace" Xu Zhengzhen didn't know that there was such a nation as Persia: "General Zhengnan mentioned that they used to be allies with us, but it was true" If Lu Yi wants to show something, the classics that should be consulted must be checked, and he really found relevant records in some classics, that is, the incident of Zhang Qian's envoy in the Western Han Dynasty, that is, there is no literature that can prove that the two sides are allies.
"It's the Persians."
Lu Yi reminded Xu Zheng.
He was still waiting for Liu Yan to reply, and when he saw Liu Yan nodding, he said, "The minister will send someone to contact him with the Pingman Captain's Department." ” Liu Yan thought of a point, whether it is Parthia or Sassanid, the Persians also control the vast plains, and it seems that it is also a civilization rich in grain, after contact, maybe it is time to discuss the grain trade, and he has not forgotten Rome, which ruled Egypt, since the Persian Sassanid have been contacted, try to contact and open trade, maybe you can also try
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