Chapter 107: Congratulations from all directions (Part 1, Middle 2, Chapter 1)

Wang Hua looked at Li Chiying and said, "You go out with me to hunt..."

Li Chiying raised her head. She knew that hunting was fake and wanted to broaden her mind. She shook her head and said, "Erlang, I'm fine, you don't have to worry."

“Not only for this, there is another thing.”

Another thing? Li Chiying thought strangely.

I had no choice but to ride on my horse and leave Lingzhou City under a group of guards.

Outside Lingzhou City is a golden, yellow mature crop that can be harvested at an eye. In the distance are golden mountain love, yellow chrysanthemums and yellow Gobi Desert. This yellow color continues to the horizon, with the joy of harvest and the arrival of solemn death.

Wang Hua rode on the horse and showed a wink. The guards immediately retreated to the back. Wang Hua said, "Little Princess, I just knew that Mr. Zhu and the others were interested in promoting you as the hostess of the Eight Prefectures."

Li Chiying was embarrassed and whispered: "This matter has nothing to do with me, it is the decision made by Mr. Zhu and the others."

"No matter who makes the decision, you don't have to worry. I don't mind, but you are not prepared to be the mistress of this land, and even nearly four million people on a territory far away?"

When Wang Hua returned to Lingzhou, he immediately shifted his focus from military to civilian.

Without an economic foundation and a mass foundation, don’t talk about any great cause. In the end, it will be Huang Chao, who will be a powerful bandit.

So a series of orders were issued, first of all, the jurisdiction was re-divided. Liuhu Prefecture is now vast and sparsely populated, but it is convenient for Nanhetao. Once the entire irrigation system is mature, it will be the second Yinchuan. Of course, this requires strong force, otherwise it will live in the shadow of the Turks or other nomadic cavalry in the north at any time.

At the same time, it is also very important to control this desert. The Yellow River has no benefits. Only Hetao is a treasure. Even now, it is not like the desert from the Great Wall to the Yellow River. What is left is the Gobi Desert, with less than one-tenth of the cultivated land. Therefore, the Liuhu Prefecture was divided into two, and it is still Changzhou and Kuangzhou, plus Shengzhou and Linzhou, which were handed over to Zhang Xiaosong to take charge of military and civil affairs. The position was not mentioned, but it was actually the position of governor of the Tang Dynasty.

The Dongshoujiang City and Yinshan County were then separated from Shengzhou and re-demarcated into an Yinshan Prefecture. This area is also quite large, and there are almost no deserts and Gobi Deserts. It is sparsely populated. After all, this reason was caused by the invasion of the northern nomadic peoples invading the south many times. These two states were Feng Changqing and asked him to manage it. However, because he was a little younger, he sent several helpers to assist.

To the south is Yinzhou, Xiazhou and Yanzhou, which were handed over to veteran Wang Shi, not far from Taiyuan. At least he was considered half of the Taiyuan Wang family. Therefore, he was handed over to him to manage.

Jishi Mountain in the south followed Mo Hegan's advice and divided it into two states, including Jiaohe and Jishi Mountain. The area was a bit large, but it had been divided. Wang Hua originally wanted to divide it into three states, so he had to give up. In addition, Guzhou and Shanzhou were handed over to Xiao Song for management.

From this point, we can see that Wang Hua valued Songsong and Zhang Xiaosong. In particular, Xiao Song not only managed the four states, but also had to be on guard against the Tubo people. Among all the real and nameless governors, he was the most responsible. At the same time, from Hezhou to Lanzhou, Huizhou, and Linzhou, Mo Hegan still came to command unifiedly. Of course, these four states were the key points of the eight states, which also showed that Wang Hua valued Mo Hegan.

But no one objected to this. Without Mo Hegan, there would be no blood camp today.

The two prefectures of Taodi were handed over to Zhang Shougui, the two prefectures of Mindang were handed over to Guo Zhiyun, and the Yuanzhou was handed over to Xue Song.

However, the military focus was still on Jishi Mountain. Even with the support of the artillery from the Blood Camp, Tubo still did not withdraw his troops. However, due to the heavy losses of several powerful attacks, it was changed to harassment tactics. A large number of Bailan tribes and Tuyuhun people who grew up in Bailan tribes were sent to Dafeichuan to counter-espionage, which made Guo Yuanzhen very distressed.

It was not until most of the Blood Camp returned that the Tubo people began to withdraw their troops, but 50,000 troops were still left from Zishan to Bailan tribe.

This is a war of support. From Zishan to Jishi, there are the Yellow River and some small tributaries that can be grazed and farmed, but the altitude is higher. For the Tang army, it is not suitable for the weather reaction here. Therefore, it can attack or defend.

Not only did he send scouts to Dafeichuan to counter-esophage, but he also sent scouts to Jishishan to counter-esophage. However, there were not many roads to cross Jishishan, only three or four, and it was extremely difficult. The blood camp also took the level and formed a condescending momentum. Therefore, the focus was on Dafeichuan.

Guo Yuanzhen specially found Wang Hua. Although he had fought for a lifetime, he had seen it on the plains and in the desert. It was really strange to see it like this high-altitude snowfield.

Wang Hua looked at the map and asked: "Mr. Guo, do you know what the situation is in Tubo now?"

It turned out that Tubo had died of many people and livestock due to the plague, especially Tuyuhun, and the attack on Tubo was severely severe. However, since last year, the ordeal finally improved. The rebellions of various southern tribes, especially the Nipola, were gradually quelled. This was also the timely movement of Wang Hua and Guo Yuan, otherwise the upper and lower levels would be stable next year, and it would be very difficult to capture this place.

Guo Yuanzhen still knew about this general situation. So he said it again.

Wang Hua said: "That's right, it's not very difficult for them to withdraw 50,000 soldiers now. But the recent rebellion, plague, and several defeats against us, caused serious damage to the Tubo people. It will take at least two years to improve. There is no problem with these 50,000 soldiers, but the logistics of asking them to send 50,000 soldiers is already the limit. Why do you need to do this consumption?"

"You mean it's cold?"

"That's true, the Tubo people are not suitable for fighting in hot weather, so they once attacked Yanmuna River and Jiahe, which was the richest place in India, but finally retreated. Therefore, after a while, the weather became cold, and our army was not adapted, especially in two or three months, heavy snow flew and strong winds like swords. In contrast, there will be a serious upsurge in one and the other. Especially your Dafeichuan, if you use your own army, you will definitely not be the opponent of the other side. If you use Tuyuhun people, you will not be at ease. In most cases, you will lose all Dafeichuan. In fact, don't need to take too many key levels such as Wuhai City, Tubo will form a condescending momentum. Under severe losses, Dafeichuan will change its situation at any time."

Guo Yuanzhen frowned in disguise, and Wang Hua didn't say anything.

After all, the Tuyuhun nobles had close contact with the Tubo people. However, except for the first time when they started to take action, half of the nobles were eliminated, in order to save time and consumption, half of the nobles were allowed to surrender. Once they made their words, they must keep their promises, otherwise there would be no way to govern this place in the future.

Just like the demon Pei Xingjian used Cao Cao's strategy to deal with Ma Chao, and counterattacked Ashina Funian and Ashide Wenbo, asking them to kill each other, and then the army took it and forced Ashina Funian to surrender. However, Pei Xingjian agreed that he would not die, but after he was taken to the capital, Pei Yan was robbed of his achievements and killed all 54 people of Ashina Funian and his party.

How intelligent is this demon? Not only is it superb, but it also has unparalleled ability to recognize people in the world. He likes the famous generals Cheng Wuting, Zhang Qianxu, Wang Fangyi, Liu Jingtong, Heichi Changzhi, and even Li Duozuo were all recommended by him from ordinary generals.

But Pei was so angry that he said only one sentence: "Hunjun competes for merit, which is shameful in ancient and modern times, but he is afraid that he will be surrendered and there will be no one to come again."

Kai Chong fought for wealth and Hun Jun fought for merit, both of which came from the Western Jin Dynasty. Shi Chong and Wang Kai fought for wealth and were famous all over the world. Hun Jun fought for merit, but he referred to Wang Hun and Wang Jun. Wang Hun fought well in the war and was also the commander-in-chief of attacking Wu. Wang Jun was Wang Hun's subordinate. Perhaps because of unknown opponents, or other reasons, he did not cross the river to attack Jiankang, the capital of Eastern Wu, but let his subordinate Wang Jun flow down from Sichuan without encountering resistance along the way, and rushed directly to Jiankang City. Emperor Sun Hao of the Eastern Wu surrendered to him.

Wang Hun felt very depressed. It was obviously his subordinate, and I was on the Yangtze River. Why did I attack Jiankang without my consent? In fact, it was mainly because Wang Jun made great contributions in a confused manner, because Wang Hun separated the troops of the Eastern Wu. So Wang Hun attacked Sima Yan, and Wang Jun also felt wronged and did not come again when the fighter was there, so he had time to report to you, so he kept complaining. For a while, two famous generals were full of ugly appearances, and of course they both received high rewards. Later, Wang Jun asked his adviser Fan Tong to speak out, thinking about Lin Xiangru back then, but this matter was left in history with Kai Chong's battle with wealth and could never be erased.

Then he said he could not get out of illness.

Later, it caused a series of events.

If Guo Yuanzhen was a mediocre general and killed these nobles directly, the place would be more trouble in the future. If he had Wang Hua's money in his hand, there would be countless ways to solve it. But there was no such thing, so he had to let these nobles continue to have a lot of voice in Dafeichuan to comfort him.

But no matter how gentle the people are, these people are still a group of wolves and a group of restless wolves, which makes Guo Yuanzhen very troubled.

When Guo Yuanzhen thought of this, he said, "Do you have that artillery?"

This thing is good. Although it is small in number, it has made great contributions in this war.

If it weren't for these dozen artillery guns, the Tubo people would be scared, and there would be no need to wait for the main force of Wang Huaxue Camp to return, and Wuhai City and other levels would be lost.

But Wang Hua's thoughts were wrong, and he was asking me for something again. From the wrong angle, his ideas were naturally different. Guo Yuanzhen also did not want serious casualties to his subordinates. Wang Hua had powerful weapons in his hands, so he could ask for a little, even if it was better to reduce the casualties of a warrior. But Wang Hua could not just use it like this. Not only Dafeichuan, but also Tuqishi and other tribes in the Western Regions, they rebel and surrender at times. If I had to support the materials and the warriors, I would not be able to bear it.

He immediately brought Guo Yuanzhen to a workshop.

Oceania is not yet known whether it is the effect required by Wang Hua, so it continues to be tested and improved, because according to Wang Hua's requirements, there is still a distance. Therefore, there is production, but the number is very small. Because Song Wen saw its siege, which requires labor. Wherever people go, there are only the most Japanese people. However, the people on the beach were almost captured, and they had to march to the land or attack the city. Therefore, dozens of artillery were continued to be produced and placed on a ship to capture Japan.

Wang Hua just wanted to ask for it. After going back and forth, he could not be transported to Bazhou in less than half a year. This is quite fast.

Besides, Oceania is his foundation. For example, how much money has been spent during this period? His account book is a bit exaggerated, but it is definitely not less than 10 million yuan. If there is no such foundation, how can he gain a foothold by relying on the Eighth State? If there is no three strong enemies, one strong enemy will not be able to hold on.

For this reason, these artillery will not be divided.

But with drawings and various data, with these things, you can make it in Lingzhou. If you don’t want to think about heavy guns, you must have casting technology and steel. Now Lingzhou is not. However, both types of small guns can be launched.

It turned out that there were not so many blacksmiths in the eight states. Wang Hua recruited a group of people and spent a lot of money to recruit from other states and trained a group of people.

These blacksmiths were not used to make tubes, but to make iron tools.

The Eight Prefectures have severe iron shortage. In fact, there are iron ore resources, but there is too little time to excavate, so they regained the seized iron armor and built iron tools. Moreover, now they return to the pasture for farming, so they need more iron tools. After forming peace talks with the Tang Dynasty, they formed a batch of transactions with the court and exchanged iron with armor and weapons. Zhang Shuo was amused and laughed when he saw these weapons and armor, because many of them were produced by the Tang Dynasty. But now they say that this is useless, can they still call back the food from Wang Huahu's mouth?

Moreover, Wang Hua didn't speak much. According to the advantages and disadvantages, one to two to three exchanges can save a lot of money than rebuilding armor and weapons. Moreover, many of these armors are from Tubo and Turks. Seeing these armors, you will think of the outstanding achievements of the Blood Camp in the past few months.

But the amount of this money is not large. The high-quality armor and weapons were kept by themselves and supported Guo Yuanzhen's batch. As for the Tubo bows and arrows, they were given to the court, and the court would not ask for them. This was all back. There were also leather armor, which was automatically changed to leather products, and the Tang army is not interested in leather armor now.

Unless Wang paints the kind of crocodile skin that comes from Oceania.

With the money paid by the court, he continued to buy a large number of pig iron and other important materials. So Zhang Jiazhen's words were not right. The money came from the court and continued to be returned to the court. However, he moved his house from the treasury and became a businessman and the people. A small part of it could be returned to the treasury again in the form of tariffs.

Another result was that the economy from the Wei River Basin to Lanzhou was unprecedentedly prosperous.

From early July to mid-August, the court had completed the pensions, but the supplies purchased by the Blood Camp were still continuously mobilized to the eight prefectures. The carriages in Weizhou City suddenly surged tenfold, and workshops that drove carriages were almost started day and night.

The most important material is pig iron.

With pig iron and blacksmiths, they began to forge the pipes, but after hundreds of tempering, they have started to hammer the pipes. Now, 300 blacksmiths have started to work and hammer, but they have only produced more than 20 gun barrels that have not been fully formed, and more than 20 gun barrels are continuing to be built. In other words, hundreds of blacksmiths have also added more than 100 workers. When the weather is really cold, it takes three or four months to use 40,000 to 50,000 kilograms of pig iron. The most optimistic one can only shoot forty or fifty small cannons.

Guo Yuanzhen said nothing after this data. He thought to himself that there are cannons, or gold cannons. Gold cannons may not be, but they are definitely higher than the price caused by using pure silver. In fact, this is Wang Hua's pursuit of excellence. If he really refines fifty, it would be useless? If he built a firearm like this, the Ming Dynasty firearms would be reduced by 90%. Of course, there is still a clear difference in the quality of the firearms.

Later, Wang Hua said another sentence to make Guo Yuanzhen's thoughts cut off again. He said: "And in cold weather or rainy days, the effect of this artillery will be severely reduced."

Wang Hua looked at his depressed look, not knowing whether it was really depressed or fake depressed.

But whether this person is cunning or treacherous, he is still for the country, but he is not stupid and loyal. Why does he have to love the country like Yue Fei? Can't he be both patriotic and united?

So he said: "It's not that there is no way. If you have a group of loyal subordinates, I can teach you a method. Maybe when winter comes, you will make great achievements again."

Guo Yuanzhen's soldiers were a bit complicated, including the imperial army. These generals changed continuously and were complex in personnel. There were also mixed coalition forces from various departments in the Western Regions. So when Li Dan and Li Longji thought of a group of available soldiers, they automatically excluded Guo Yuanzhen's subordinates.

Guo Yuanzhen patted his chest and said, "Yes."

"If there is really, where do you go to Geshuhan? But this is a surprise weapon, so you must not disclose it."

Guo Yuanzhen went to Geshuhan and was training on the top of Jishi Mountain and Xiqingshan, which was to prevent avalanches. Of course, he was very cautious.

In fact, in winter, the Tubo people have the advantages of the Tubo people, which are cold-resistant and plateau climate-resistant. War horses are also cold-resistant horses. But when it gets cold, the Tubo people can only use straight swords to fight, and don’t count on bows and arrows. It is the refined Zhang Jian of the Tang Dynasty. In winter, in this snowy field, it also loses its power.

This is also an opportunity.

In the past few months, training on the top of the high-rise snow-capped mountain is to adapt to this altitude sickness. But the training target is not riding a horse, but sleds. Although Tubo horses are cold-resistant, once winter comes, there will be thick snow from Dafeichuan to Jishi Mountain, and the horse cannot speed up. It can only be said that it can run faster than people. But sleds do not have this disadvantage. At the same time, a special iron spear is prepared, that is, javelins. The quality of the Tubo people's armor is very good, but when it is cold, these armors will be brittle rather than pig iron. This special sharp triangle javelin will be the most fierce killing weapon.

Wang Hua didn't explain much, but Guo Yuanzhen's eyes lit up when he saw it.

This type of javelin requires not much material. A good wood weighing several pounds is cut into a stick. The materials in the front are more stringent and must be sharp. However, there are not many iron materials. It is not difficult to create this javelin head based on its own jurisdiction.

After getting the benefits, I returned to Lingzhou again, and gave a gift, a pair of dragon stallions, to Wang Hua for his wedding celebration.

But this battle may be a joint cooperation between two people and it was not focused on Wang Hua's heart. His main energy was still on civil matters and the upcoming changes in the court, and there was another person about to come.

Li Chiying dared not answer.

Wang Hua said again: "Little Princess, do you know why Confucius said that he should cultivate himself, manage his family, govern the country and pacify the world?"

"I know this. Without a good moral cultivation and talent, I don't have the ability to do big things. Without a harmonious family, I can't be distracted to do big things. So I first cultivate myself, then manage the family, and then govern the country and pacify the world. But Erlang, I am not jealous of Wang Xiaozi. And I also know that my situation is a bit complicated, and you still have to consider it."

"Little Princess, you have grown up," Wang Hua stroked her hair, his movements a little ambiguous.

However, the relationship between the two is now only separated by a layer of window paper, and this intimate action is not too much.

"But this is just the duty of an ordinary wife. What is the responsibility of a mistress? A virtuous mistress can not only calm the family affairs of her husband, but also contribute to her husband, such as Empress Deng of Emperor He of Han, Empress Yin of Guangwu of Han, Empress Wen of Sui, Empress Changsun of Emperor Taizong. But what about another mistress? Li Ji of Duke Xian of Jin, Zhao Feiyan of Emperor Cheng of Han, Zhao Xin of Emperor Jing of Han, Jia Nanfeng of Emperor Hui of Jin, and Empress Wei of today."

"I don't want to be the mistress anymore." Wang Hua said this, frightening Li Chiying.

"Don't worry, no one is perfect. Like the Lonely Queen, she does not allow her husband to have an affair with any woman. Empress Changsun encourages Taizong to go to other concubines and not favor one or the other. But she cannot deny the advantages of Lonely Queen, and you don't have to learn from them. I also know Mr. Zhu's intention. In fact, I have thought about this question too. You only have to do safety, but no one can leave Xuejun."

Li Chiying nodded. Not only that, among all the women, only Li Xuejun loved her the most.
To be continued...