Chapter 147: Transform Funan
This time, the Southern Expedition Army gathered more than 300,000 people from Funan. Of course, these were not all migrant civilians, and there were also many prisoners of war from the Southern Expedition Army. The destination of these prisoners was not the estuary of the Lancang River, but the Jin Dynasty.
Anyway, for hundreds of years, there have been countless Hu people who have moved in. Sima Ji is completely in debt and can he not suppress himself. No matter how chaotic he is, he can go to the point. Besides, Funan, Linyi and those vassal states, how many people can survive?
This migration immediately formed an extremely vast torrent. When the torrent arrived at the mouth of the Lancang River thousands of miles away, the team had just left. It was not that there were so many people, mainly livestock. Don’t think that Funan is not a grassland, and the people here do not raise animals. Although they were constantly peeled by Murong Yun, as far as the rest were concerned, it was still a huge torrent.
Sima Ji, who swears to no longer take a boat, took a boat again, walked down the Lancang River and was in a cabin full of wealth. As an atheist, the King of Yan was never picky about food, and tasted all the food he could eat since he went south. The number of protected animals in the Indochina Peninsula decreased slightly, but that doesn't matter. It's great that he can improve his mistakes. Didn't he move the biggest enemy of animals, humans, south again? In a few years, most of the land in Funan will become a paradise for animals.
This time, the King of Yan plucked his hair, and Guangdae killed more than 2,000 elephants, even ivory with elephant skin. Rhinos and crocodiles were also killed. The skins of these animals alone were loaded with twenty ships. Most of the soldiers of the Southern Expedition Army would not eat more meat than they did during the Southern Expedition. Unfortunately, there were no hippos in Southeast Asia.
This time, Sima Ji gave all the bronze ware plundered in various countries to the imperial guards, and the soldiers and silver ware of the Southern Expedition Army were prepared to hand over to the national treasury. As for gold ware, Youzhou is a bitter and cold place, and the King of Yan needed money to display his ban.
This distribution also has profound reasons. Although gold, silver and copper played a role in currency in ancient times, the value was completely different. In the past four hundred years, the Han Wuzhu coins were extremely large. In addition, the sharp decline in the population of the Central Plains, and other reasons led to a significant reduction in the value of copper coins. However, in fact, the Han Wuzhu coins are still hard currency. As for the money minted by some people, it is not as good as the Wuzhu coins.
Sima Ji remembered that a certain place had a flood, and money was used to block the breakup because a lot of the money was cast by iron at that time.
Gold and silver were of the same level of metal in ancient times, and gold was not necessarily more valuable than silver. In ancient times, this assumption was usually used, that is, one tael of gold equals ten taels of silver equals ten thousand coins of copper.
In fact, sometimes the dialogue between silver and gold is far less than ten, and five or one is also common. Later generations were caused by the emergence of silver mines in the Americas, which caused the price of silver to plummet. Therefore, in the eyes of the people of the Jin Dynasty, silver and gold are the same level of metal.
Another point is that the Han Wuzhu is extremely large in volume, and now the population has dropped sharply, resulting in copper coins being worthless. Therefore, in order to make money, private minting coins are popular. The main materials of copper coins include red copper, bronze, brass, white copper, etc. Red copper is pure copper, bronze is copper-tin-lead alloy, brass is copper-zinc alloy, and white copper is copper-tin alloy. After melting the good enough copper coins, mixing them with lead and tin, and then shrinking them a little and recasting them, the money will produce a lot of other coins for no reason.
The gentry of the Jin Dynasty was very rich, but the people lacked money, and because there was too much fake money, the people did not recognize it. Everyone knew that gold was valuable and was unwilling to take it out and continue to circulate. However, the money shortage could not be resolved forever. Therefore, silver, which was not valued before the Jin Dynasty, played a role in replacing gold, and its value rose sharply and catching up with gold.
The Jin Dynasty was the first dynasty to attach importance to silver, hoping that silver would assume the role of copper coins missing. Therefore, the King of Yan handed over silverware, which was similar to gold, and handed over all the robbed silver in one breath. He hoped to alleviate the currency pressure of the Jin Dynasty. Anyway, the total number was not a lot, just two ships.
The King of Yan had no way of doing this. His family had 50 million yuan, but as long as it was released, it would not take long to take it away. The gentry nationwide was like this. No matter how rich he was, he could not beat the gentry nationwide. The gentry nation of the Jin Dynasty was still well-known in history.
By the time the Yan King's fleet headed south, the Lancang River Estuary had become a large construction site. The Guangzhou Navy did not participate in the clearance battle, but received the order to cut trees. Cutting trees is better than going to the battlefield. So on both sides of the estuary of the Lancang River, when the southward migration began, the wood had accumulated like mountains.
The new Funan capital and the new Zhanzhou Prefecture are separated by a river and are under construction at the same time. The task of the Guangzhou Navy at this time became a communication of information from both sides. In addition, the Funan people started construction at the same time, and the sunrise was at sunset.
As for the King of Yan, he also had his own work and edited the calendar. Funan's original calendar was influenced by the third brother, and the Hali calendar was used when using the astronomical calendar. The purpose of the Nanzheng itself was to destroy the influence of Indian culture on the place, so it must not be kept.
But whether it is possible to use the calendar of the Jin Dynasty itself is actually okay. But there will be factors that are not suitable for the local environment. India's sub-major 6 and the Indochina Peninsula are the same dimension, and there is no conflict between using the San Ge's calendar. However, in the north of the Indochina Peninsula, many of the Jin Dynasty's calendars exist in the Jin Dynasty, such as the twenty-four solar terms, which are used in Funan Kingdom, are unnecessary.
Sima Ji knew nothing about the astronomical calendar. When he was in Luoyang, he chatted with officials from the Taishi Bureau. The other party couldn't understand what he said, and he couldn't understand what the other party said. But one thing is that the King of Yan knew that a year was 365 days. If it was in the Jin Dynasty, he could not explain it clearly to the people in the Taishi Bureau, but it was different in Funan. He did not need to explain it. A year was 365 days. Every four years added one day, and the cycle was over. As for the twenty-four solar terms, it would be fine to mark it next to it.
"The Hu cavalry must leave when the army returns to the court, and the imperial guards probably cannot stay. The Shanyue Army and the Jiaozhou Army will stay to occupy the state and collect land taxes!" Sima Ji muttered while writing, thinking that it should not be a problem.
New South Wales has just been established, and all the soldiers who have been reclaimed are military soldiers, and the court officials in Luoyang don’t mind too much. As for the current population, compared with the plains at the mouth of the Canglan River, this is definitely a land of fish and rice. Land tax can be greatly alleviated, because as long as the population hidden by the capitation tax works here and has good results, there will always be a chance to be promoted nationwide.
Food is very important. Later generations of America rampant all over the world. In addition to military strength and high-tech power, strong agricultural strength has always been the only one. In fact, it is not that no one can challenge the United States. But the challengers are just a little bit short. China and India themselves have a population of one billion, and there is really no surplus grain to challenge the United States' agricultural hegemony. Russia is in a cold zone and has great potential.
In fact, if we really want to show our agricultural potential, Brazil is a very good challenger. It has a small population and enough land. Unfortunately, it is still a little closer to the United States.
These challengers have their own problems, and the United States' food traps many countries that are short of food. Many of the countries that are short of food are peaceful countries, especially those in the Middle East, who really dare not turn against the United States.
So once this place is opened, it will be of great benefit to the Jin Dynasty. Even if the Jin Dynasty itself is not mentioned, there are still many tribal countries nearby, and through grain transactions, the tribal countries are firmly connected to themselves.
These tribes have no food, so they can exchange things for things. The Jin Dynasty was not picky about food, and they were not afraid of gold, silver, copper, pearl and agate, jade, and coral trees. They wanted to come from many Jin Dynasty gentry. The Jin Dynasty gentry, which was well-known in history, was not afraid of you not coming, but fear that you would not come enough.
"The clothes you wear should be changed. The people of the Jin Dynasty wear the clothes you wear. The people of Funan wear them. Women should be self-contained, and men must have requirements for dressing. I use chopsticks for food, and it goes without saying that I live in it. The newly built capital must be different from the previous ones. Those Brahmin monsters and ghosts are not allowed to appear again." Rubbing his sore wrists, the King of Yan couldn't help but sigh that he had never cared about the Jin Dynasty so much.
But after all, some of my great Jin Dynasty were elites, and they could not worry about it, the King of Yan, who was with the Hu people. There would be no problem in promoting the dress. If the Jin Dynasty's gentry was promoted, it would probably not be easy. The wide robe and big sleeves had never been among the farmers.
King Yan dressed like an old farmer, but the workmanship was more refined. This is the people's clothing, and it should not be difficult to promote it. As for the road construction, road construction, and bridge construction.
When Sima Ji recalled the width of the estuary of the Lancang River, he immediately gave up the idea. King Yan did not have the ability to conquer the Lancang River. This is the reason for the construction of roads. The transportation between Funan and Zhanzhou seems to have been destined to rely on waterways for a long time, but this is not a bad thing. It is not better to show off the sea transportation.
The construction site outside was in full swing, and the King of Yan was also trying to get a quick time to get a little trick. He had been out for almost a year. He could not always be trapped in the Indochina Peninsula, "Tell all the soldiers that they have been waiting for me to share the money, and they will be divided after the project is completed. You must know that it is unreasonable to go out to reward outside. I am willing to share wealth with the soldiers, so I also need a suitable reason. Once the two cities are completed, I can put them in the form of wages."
Military pay cannot be said to have no effect at all. Emperor Wu of Han had military pay. As for other troops, they used land, farmland, etc. to support themselves. The large-scale military pay began in the Song Dynasty. The Jin Dynasty did not have military pay, so the King of Yan could not directly pay.
Chapter completed!