Chapter 331 Li Chuan is smart enough
Hubili not only robbed a large amount of gold and silver, but also looted more than 100,000 people, which made the Khan very satisfied. At present, the empire is short of manpower, and the Khan of the grassland has repeatedly issued strict orders to prohibit the killing of innocent people, but the empire's army likes to kill and rob.
It is extremely difficult to achieve the result of plundering hundreds of thousands of people like Hubili did.
The Khan rewarded Hubili generously and selected eight beauties as a reward for him. Hubili was very happy in the king's tent, but he was listless outside the tent.
Because his most beloved sister Hulan ran away secretly, he sent people to search for her, but there was no news. He was worried that Hulan would be discovered by the Khan and fall into a den of wolves. If that happened, not only would his sister be ruined, but the Khan would also charge him with deceiving the emperor.
In Komai, on the southern foot of the Himalayas, Zhao Yulin's servant Li Chuan is supervising the harvest of rice in a field. This is the second season of the harvest.
This guy was surprised to find that the people here actually practiced a double-season rice planting method. Soon after harvesting, the seedlings grew out again, continued to ear and grew into rice for harvest.
As soon as Li Chuan's 2,000 troops entered Kemai, they defeated the Tibetan army there. The local Zamp chieftain had never seen such a powerful army before, so he quickly surrendered to him.
But he was impartial. He followed the policy of the Shenwei Army to mobilize the serfs to recall their past hardships and think of the good times they had, exposed the crimes of the indigenous bureaucrats, beheaded and detained the evil leaders one by one, and brought them to justice. Then he established the Shenwei Army's Komai Prefecture and became the greatest Zamp of Komai.
However, the population here is too small. A rough estimate shows that there are only tens of thousands of people, including adults and children. Two thousand people came in at once, and the food supply will become tight if they want to eat and drink well. This will definitely be a problem in the long run.
This guy discussed with the two team leaders that since they were here, they had to open up a new world for the New Song.
The two captains knew that Li Chuan was the third young master's servant. Having been with the third young master for so long, he must have learned a lot and they all listened to him.
He said: "Wherever the Third Young Master goes, he first mobilizes the local people to follow him. Let's liberate the serfs here and let them follow us."
Komai suddenly became lively.
The serf owner instigated the abbot of the temple to bring people to cause trouble for them. He asked the soldiers who could speak Tibetan to hold iron loudspeakers and loudly publicize, introducing the advantages of the Shenwei Army with personal experience, accusing the temple of controlling a large number of livestock and fields, and also instilling the idea that the people should hand over their best things to offer to the monks and the temples. They were simply vampires.
Gradually, more and more poor people realized that the root of poverty was the exploitation of the temples, and they stopped listening to the lies of those fools and followed the Shenwei Army. They killed the most evil exploitation and oppression forces, confiscated their property and land and distributed them to the poor.
When these poor people saw that the Shenwei Army was serious, more and more people believed in the Shenwei Army, led them on the way, and helped them collect food.
Li Chuan had silver coins from the Shenwei Army. The exquisite coins were very popular among the local people. After harvesting the rice, he organized the Tibetan people to build bridges and roads, and sent them to Bomi on horseback and leading cows, truly turning this place into a logistics supply base for the army on the Western Expedition.
This guy was smart enough. He not only collected the local grain and transported it to Bomi, but also collected it all the way south. To the south was an endless plain with fertile land, abundant rainfall and sufficient sunshine. Grain merchants from the big and small Indian countries learned that someone was buying grain in Komai, and they rushed to send him grain.
But he did not stop there. He also drew the drawings of the new plow, waterwheel and other farm tools invented by Zhao Yulin and asked the craftsmen to learn to make them. With the help of the Shenwei Army, the people of Komai got the new farm tools and their farming efficiency was greatly improved, laying a solid foundation for increasing grain production in the next season.
In Chengdu, Zhao Yulin was drinking and chatting with General Cao Youwen. He came back drunk and was severely criticized by Ma Ling. The woman said that he was almost thirty years old and still drinking like this, and he should be careful about his health collapsing.
Zhao Yulin closed the door with his foot, stretched out his hands and danced wildly on Ma Linger's body, saying with a smile that he was in good health. If you don't believe it, try it.
The woman ignored him and brought him some tea.
At ease, Chu Yuxuan shouted from afar: Third Young Master, the military report is here.
Zhao Yulin took it and read it. It was sent by Li Yunqing. It was a detailed military report of the Western Expedition Army. The army had been on the road for nearly two months. Zhao Yulin sighed that the journey was indeed difficult, harder than climbing to the sky.
Yunqing reported to him that the Western Expedition Army had reached Bomi. The climate was pleasant this time, so they planned to spend the winter here and go to Lhasa City next year.
Zhao Yulin asked Chu Yuxuan to hang up the Tubo map for him and find the place names in the letter one by one.
Yun Qing reported to him that Li Chuan'er was very capable. He crossed the mountains south of Basu and entered Kemai, where the weather was warm and the land was fertile, and he collected a lot of food and fodder for the army.
Zhao Yulin was amused. Based on Li Yunqing's description, he guessed that Li Chuan should have arrived in Chayu County, which was also called Kemai Zong in Tubo. What was that?
He asked Chu Yuxuan to invite Madam Yangjin. Yangjin took a look at the military report and understood everything. She said with surprise that Kemai was Chayu and Baimagang was Medog. These places were located in the south of the Himalayas with fertile land and pleasant climate. They were both treasure lands that produced a lot of highland barley.
When Li Yunqing arrived in Bomi, life became better and the army no longer had to worry about food.
Zhao Yulin said that he looked at Zangbu to Zangbu and could not understand which river it was. Kemai and Baimagang confused him even more. He asked Yangjinbi to use the names of later generations according to the place names, and asked Li Yunqing to correct it for him.
Yang Jin rolled her eyes at him and said that she didn't know some of the names. Place names should be named according to common conventions. Have you forgotten?
He burped, smiled innocently and said, "Ah, ah, my wife, it's my fault."
Yangjin glared at him and told him to go take a shower. She sat down and wrote back to Yunqing.
I am a Tibetan, so I naturally care about Tibetan affairs. After repeated consideration, I compared the place names drawn in later generations and gave a detailed introduction to the situation in Shannan.
When she returned to the room, Zhao Yulin was snoring evenly.
After daybreak, the couple made up their homework, and Yangjin asked him to review the letter sent to Yunqing. Zhao Yulin laughed and asked what was the point of reviewing or not reviewing?
Just do as the lady wrote.
After he took the letter and read it, he was worried that Li Yunqing would think that crossing the mountains and rivers to Shannan was too tiring and would be reluctant to invest the energy, so he picked up the brush and added, "The land in Shannan is fertile, not an inch of it can be lost." He immediately asked Chu Yuxuan to send it to Shunfengsi and send it out immediately.
After breakfast, Zhao Yulin was about to accompany Feiyan to visit Caotang Academy when Mr. Ding came to invite him to discuss business.
When he rushed to the government office, he saw Cao Youwen there. He said that Mr. Cao was unwell and should rest at home.
Lao Cao, however, said happily that it was no problem, as there was no reason for him to refuse the summons from the king.
Mr. Ding laughed and said that he was very happy to see the Western Expedition Army occupy Bomi yesterday and solve the food problem, so he specially invited the two of you to come and have a chat.
Zhao Yulin said that in terms of familiarity with Tubo, Deputy Envoy Yangjin was the most familiar in the court, so it would be better to ask Yangjin to report to Lord Ding.
The old man was very pleased and said with sudden realization that Deputy Envoy Yangjin should be invited as soon as possible.
Later, Yangjin arrived and took Princess Wencheng's entry into Tubo as the starting point to give a detailed introduction to the situation in Tubo. She also introduced the place names compiled yesterday to Lao Cao and Ding Gong one by one.
The two adults were amazed and praised Yangjin for his erudition.
The young lady also suggested that when Tubo returns in the future, she would go to Lhasa City to serve as the pacification envoy of Tubo and govern Tubo properly.
Zhao Yulin immediately objected, saying that Luoshui City was too far away and it was inappropriate to go there thousands of miles away.
Yangjin became stubborn and said that his objection was invalid and that as long as Ding was fair, it would be fine.
The old man looked at Zhao Yulin with difficulty.
Lao Cao didn't want to ruin the atmosphere, so he signaled Ding Gong to agree first.
Yangjin was happy, as if she had become the queen of Tubo, and was very happy.
Zhao Yulin said: Although Yun Qing and his men have solved the food problem, military equipment and supplies still need to be transported in, and the construction of the road must continue and cannot be delayed.
Lao Cao nodded and said to Ding Gong that the construction of the cross-river bridge, in particular, had to be rushed all the way in. The road to the west was full of mountains and landslides occurred frequently, so road construction had become a long-term task.
Mr. Ding agreed immediately. He said that Deputy Envoy Ma Ling reported to him that in the past the Shenwei Army had to guard against attacks from Tubo. Now that the army has crossed the Nujiang River, the three newly built Tubo states have become natural horse farms for our New Song. Not only has the cost of defense been reduced, but the cost of purchasing war horses has also been greatly reduced.
Ding Gong ordered that the saved money be used to build roads, military stations and post stations. Just as Ge'er said, Tubo should be tightly connected by roads.
Old Cao was happy. He picked up the tea bowl instead of wine and asked Zhao Yulin to go with Ding Gong.
The three of them drank the tea. Zhao Yulin said that Cao Gong was tired from the battles and had been coughing since returning from Luoyang, so he asked Ding Gong to arrange for Cao Gong to go to Xinshi for recuperation.
Mr. Ding looked at Zhao Yulin in confusion, then woke up immediately and asked Lao Cao with concern what had happened.
Lao Cao still said happily that he was fine.
However, Mr. Ding did not dare to be careless and asked Lao Cao to put everything aside and go to Xinshi to recuperate.
Lao Cao looked at Zhao Yulin with a bit of resentment, saying that he was making a big deal out of nothing.
Zhao Yulin told him that he would go there in a few days. The weather in Xinshi was very good, and there were hot springs, which were very suitable for his recuperation.
Only then did Lao Cao give up.
Shunfengsi sent a letter from Meng Gong of Jinghu, requesting the new Song Dynasty to provide him with 10,000 dan of military rations.
Ding Gong said that what Fan Gong said was indeed true: Hubili chose the autumn harvest season to attack, so that Meng Gong had no time to collect food in order to fight the enemy, and Meng Gong's army was short of food.
Lao Cao said he was not afraid because his younger brother Cao Youwan had already obtained nearly 100,000 dan of grain from the State of Yue in the south through Lingqu, which was enough for the army.
Zhao Yulin suggested that he should transfer 30,000 dan of grain to him through Changsha, and ask him to send 10,000 dan to Yujie. Jinghu was in urgent need of grain, and Yujie was probably in trouble too.
Lao Cao nodded and asked him about the military expenditure, was it still the number from previous years, five million?
