Chapter 403 [Expedition to Persia One]
When Dongyang Jun left, he ran to peep at fleas with infinite affection. This time he paid great attention to safety and took Bai Dong to go with him. In front of Bai Dong, a Shakespearean modern drama with grandfather watching his grandson cry. He used his performance like an actor to prove how much the Zhou royal family paid attention to family affection.
When Bai Dong saw him whispering a sad voice, he wanted to vomit when he heard it; this was that fleas married himself and became the wife of Xijun. If she was still an ordinary disciple of the Mo Sect, I am afraid that the Zhou royal family would only rush to draw a clear line with her. And they would regard this secret from the princess as a state secret. If they had the ability to kill people to silence, Qin Huaxi would be the first to be stabbed.
Politics is the most despicable and profitable thing in the world. When Dongyang Jun left Baijiazhuang with hundreds of carts of money and grain given to the Zhou royal family by Bai Dong, the emperor could no longer straighten his waist when he spoke to Xijun in person. He always subconsciously leaned forward thirty or forty degrees. Pang Juan was very moved by this. He looked at this cheap junior brother who had hurt him deeply. Suddenly he wanted to run back to Guigu and ask his teacher where Guiguzi found such a freak? In fact, Guiguzi has changed his surname to Dou, and it is Dou E's father.
Bai Dong made the decision after giving money and grain. The flea lived in Baijiazhuang, Dongyangjun, on behalf of Ji Bian, said that Bai Dong said he would postpone the identity of fleas being revealed. Of course, Dongyangjun would not have any doubts. It was because the royal family was sorry for the fleas. Could it be that they could make any other request? It doesn’t matter if the fleas were unwilling to return to the royal family for the rest of their lives. As long as the Zhou royal family can use this to climb to the "high relatives" of the Xijun of Qin.
Looking at the truck full of food and copper coins, Dongyang Jun almost slapped his chest and directly responded to Bai Dong's request for Ji Bian. Respecting the king and expelling the barbarians is a great thing, although the Qin State Council has been upheld for this. The Zhou royal family also gained the glory at first sight. In the future, the historians will record in history that in the year of the king xx, he sent Qin marquis to the Western Regions, and China expanded its borders from the beginning... This is such a shameful thing? Since King You Fenghuo teased the princes and King Ping moved east, the Zhou royal family has not done such a thing to show their face for a long time. Thank you all for Bai Zi.
He waved his hand to see Dongyang Jun away. Bai Dong looked back at Pang Juan with a strange look on his face, and suddenly pulled his hand and said, "Senior Brother, the coal has been released in the West Mountain, let's go and see it together."
The West Mountain is actually the continuous remnants north of the Qinling Mountains and west of Liyang. There are many coal mines, which are famous coal producing areas until two thousand years later. They are also the first coal mine to be developed by Bai Dong. When it comes to coal production, Bai Dong's eyebrows and eyes are laughing. He is finally going to be a coal boss. And he is the first coal boss in Chinese history. He is a half-official and half-businessman. Ying Quliang has long been privately considering him. Half of the benefits obtained from the coal mine belong to the country, and the other half is from the Bai family. In this way, no one will privately discuss his struggle with the people and lose the style of a monarch, which can be regarded as a reward for Bai Dong. After all, the Bai family will form a larger fleet to get back more mining monkeys to Japan Island...
In Qin State, only Japanese monkeys can engage in dangerous things like mining, because only in this way can Bai Dong not feel guilty.
"Coal Mine? What is that?" Pang Juan was confused. Since he came to Bai Dong, he had seen and heard many strange things that had never been heard before. Needless to say, the various novel inventions and exquisite foods of the Bai family came to discuss iron ways with Bai Dong every day and was excited like a madman. Pang Juan had personally seen the horseshoe he refined, and felt that even if the Wei Kingdom spent ten or eight years, it would not be possible to make such things; let alone the wind lacks gold, even his ancestor Feng Hu Zi was resurrected. But as for Ou Yeliang's words, he was able to refine this new metal was thanks to Bai Dong's point of view! Are there any natural law? They are all from Guigu. Why is the gap so big? Pang Juan was actually a little excited and depressed, if he could choose. He really wanted to go back to Guigu and continue to study...
"Coal mines are places where new fuels are produced. After large amounts of mining, they will be able to replace charcoal. They can provide higher heat and will be used for iron smelting and military smelting, and will obtain better metals. At that time, the old Qin soldiers will dominate the world with their strong armor and sharp weapons!"
Bai Dong blinked at Pang Juan: "This is the biggest secret of Qin. Now even ordinary ministers don't know about ordinary people. I don't tell them. There is no need to hide it from senior brothers. We are our own people. Senior brothers can think about it. If your soldiers can get weapons made of new metals, do you have the confidence to lead them to dominate the world? I'm sure that if you don't come to Qin, Pang Cong and his 30,000 martial soldiers will probably be put on sheep in the Western Regions for the rest of their lives. Now that you come, they can become elite soldiers again, sweep across Persia, go straight to the Aegean Sea, and conquer Rome in the future. Isn't it exciting to think about it?"
Twenty years later, Alexander will lead his Macedonian army to Asia. Why can't Qin State learn from Genghis Khan to conquer Europe all the way? Perhaps this is a very difficult thing, but Bai Dong believes that no matter how difficult it is, it cannot stop a war madman like Pang Juan. A madman like him will be another Xitler in World War II.
The black history of later generations says that a Roman army of 100,000 people arrived in the Western Han Dynasty as early as the Western Han Dynasty. This is not a story compiled by Bai Dong, but a big-nosed movie star. Now when I think of this black history New Year drama that I once watched in later generations, I will be excited. It will definitely be very sour to realize such a history in my own hands.
"You... are you willing to return 30,000 military soldiers to me? You will also provide food, grass and weapons for me to expedition to the West?"
Pang Juan stared at Bai Dong with wide eyes, almost unable to believe his ears: "Do you trust me so much? Are you not afraid that I will rebel and go to the West to establish myself as king?"
"You are a natural excellent general, but you are not a talent for governing the country. It is too tiring to become a king. How can you be satisfied with leading troops to fight? So I am not worried at all that you will rebel. Once you enter the Western Regions as deep as the sea, the only one who can provide you with supplies and supplies is Qin, and you have no possibility of rebellion..."
Bai Dong smiled and said, "What's more, Senior Brother Sun and my disciple Silde are also in the Western Regions. They have a very high prestige in the Western Regions. If you raise your arms, you won't need Old Qin to send troops. The 36 Rongs in the Western Regions alone can cut off your senior brother's way back."
"Good boy..."
Standing at the foot of the west mountain, when he saw those Japanese monkeys crawling out and entering the mine cave like ants. He sent the "Trojan" full of coal to the cart. Every time he filled a cart, he would make a buzzing sound. Pang Juan sighed unconsciously: "I don't know how many new ideas you have in your head. This kind of car called Trojan can be pushed by one person, and it doesn't contain terrain obstacles. Why did no one think of it before? And those Japanese monkeys. They are obviously doing the most difficult and dangerous things in the world, but they are extremely excited. Are they all fools? You have countless tricks in your heart. Are these Japanese monkeys your pawns in your eyes? "
"Haha, if Senior Brother is my chess piece, then whose chess piece am I? There is always a force that pushes us to compete and calculate. Aren't we all chess pieces?"
After taking the charcoal basin delivered by Nie Zhu himself, he lit some dead grass and branches in it. After the fire was rising, Bai Dong put the black charcoal blocks on it. Soon the charcoal fire rose and made a sound. The surroundings suddenly felt warm. Bai Dong rubbed his hands, placed the hot wine pot on the brazier, and pulled Pang Juan to sit down and said, "These Japanese monkeys are the most respectful people. As long as you prove that they are stronger than him, he will treat you as the emperor as the respect, and let them die. What's more, I set a rule that as long as I dig a sufficient amount of coal every day, they will drink wine and eat meat. Although it is dangerous in the mine, there are only five or six people killed or injured every day, which is much safer than when they were on the Japanese island. Will they be unhappy? You said I treat them as chess pieces, but if you can make a happy chess piece, why not do it?"
"Well, I'm using tricks to frame me, but when I think about it carefully, as you said, the freezing three feet is not a day's cold. If you don't come to harm me, Hui Shi and Wei Shen will always come up with a way to murder me. Now that Wei can't go back, all countries in the world hate me. I'm like these Japanese monkeys, and I have nowhere to go. You kid are willing to trust me and let me give me the old foundation of the Pang family and the supply of money and grain for the general's expedition. I will be as happy as these Japanese monkeys. If I win a battle, I will cheer and cheer. Awesome... Awesome, even though I know it's your pawn, I'm looking forward to it happily, and even regretting that I should enter Qin earlier. This is your kid's cleverness? It makes people know that you are driven by you, but they will be willing."
"Senior brother is a sensible man. This time I have obtained support from the Zhou royal family to raise the banner of "respecting the king and expelling the barbarians" to make the name of you and 30,000 martial soldiers! If you don't have the name of the Zhou king, you will be treasonable. Even if your senior brother doesn't care, the 30,000 martial soldiers will be unstable. Now it's different. You are fighting for the Zhou emperor. No matter how angry Wei Ying was, he would not dare to vent his anger on the family of these soldiers. Otherwise, he would not be the virtuous and generous King of Wei but the Jie and Shang Zhou of Xia, and a tyrant like King You of Zhou."
Bai Dong smiled and said to Pang Juan: "Now I have helped my senior brother stabilize the morale of the army. The Du family and the Bai family exchange had transported 8,000 war horses to the Western Regions half a month ago. Each of them was made of iron and equipped with saddles and stirrups that even the senior brother had never seen before! There are as many food, grass and weapons as you want. I have done everything I can. I just don't know how confident my senior brother is to conquer the Persian Empire? They are very dishonest during this period..."
"How powerful is the Persian Empire?" After all, Pang Juan was a famous general in the world and had never dealt with this Persian Empire, so he was extremely cautious.
"I don't know much about the Persian Empire, but it's certain that most of their soldiers were wearing sackcloth armor. If they could wear a few iron pieces, they would be considered elite soldiers. The whole country's soldiers were only 30,000 to 50,000, but their land area was almost the same as that of China..."
The expedition of the Greek city-state by the God King Xerxes II, which triggered the 300 Spartan warriors to fight to the death, was the heyday of the Persian Empire. But even so, the "terrifying army" led by Xerxes II was only 30,000. Moreover, the current Persian Empire has reached its decline. If Bai Dong did not send troops, it would be destroyed by Alexander in decades. Therefore, Bai Dong estimated that there would be no deviation in the Persian soldiers of only 30,000 to 50,000.
"So, this Persian Empire is just a group of ants!"
Pang Juan laughed to the sky. Such national strength is just like the state of Lu and Song. The larger the land area, the more useless it is. If he is not 100% sure of dealing with such a country, he will just buy a piece of tofu and kill him...
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