Wang Yue quietly left the capital, bringing with him a large number of sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, and peppers...... The land in the northwest is barren and the manpower that can be carried is limited, and to pass through the northwest, it cannot only rely on the output of the southeast.

This is also the reason why Wang Yue attaches great importance to the Hetao.

He didn't want to use force to settle the problem, and he also had a plan to take over the Hetao completely, and he didn't want to delay the development of the Hetao Plain because of the war.

Basically, the Hetao Plain is the most important commercial grain base in the northwest.

There is a lot of land that can grow food, but there is a very limited amount of land that can be used as commercial food and exported in large quantities.

There is the Hetao Plain, which is a gift from heaven.

Outside the Hetao Plain, there are many kinds of miscellaneous grains, especially corn and sweet potatoes, and Wang Yue hopes to establish a huge animal husbandry base in the northwest...... Since it was impossible to provide a large amount of food, it provided meat and became the protein base of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the current Ming Dynasty can't make everyone have meat to eat, there is absolutely no need to use the death penalty to deter the people and prohibit eating cattle.

In general, the country has become relatively rich in supplies.

It's just that no matter how abundant the materials are, they have to tremble in the face of the monster of war...... Since the abolition of free forced labor, people had to be paid if they wanted to be conscripted.

Although there are rules that it is not allowed to evade recruitment casually, and the salary is not higher than the average local wage...... The possibility of taking advantage of the opportunity to extort is avoided, but the whole cost is still very staggering.

In order to support tens of thousands of troops, more than 500,000 people were recruited along the way.

According to the calculation of one silver dollar per person, it is also 500,000 yuan. And even more expensive were four-wheeled carriages, rations, gunpowder, military uniforms, artillery...... In total, the imperial court prepared more than 10,000 four-wheeled vehicles.

In addition, the road to the northwest is in disrepair, and it is impossible to pass a large number of soldiers and horses, and bridges and paving roads are built...... Another expense.

In addition, the advancement of the modern corps relies heavily on intelligence support.

In order to find out the situation, Wang Yue allocated another 200,000 yuan to be in charge of this matter.

Lin Lin has invested a total of money, and before the war starts, millions of yuan have already been thrown out.

This is Wang Yue's biggest helplessness!

Efficiency and cost are inseparable from each other.

He used Alta to attract forces in Qinghai and other places, and then the Ming army followed behind, choosing the opportunity to make a quick decision...... This is to give full play to the advantages of the Ming army.

No matter how many enemies there are, Wang Yue has the confidence to win the battle.

But once the war fell into a quagmire, it could not grasp the enemy's main force, but was constantly attacked, and the battle lost its goal and turned into an endless war of attrition.

Not to mention the current Ming Dynasty, even if it is a hundred times stronger, it will still be kneeling.

"There's still a lot of pressure on Master's shoulders...... However, the disciple felt that the master would definitely win. ”

Wang Yue gave Yan Shifan a roll of his eyes, "I asked you to come here to learn something useful, not to let you come here to pat yourself on the back." You know? ”

Yan Shifan shook his fat head, and said helplessly: "Master, you also know that the disciple is not a martial artist, and you let me learn the real skills, it is really too embarrassing." Or the disciple will sing you a little song to relieve your boredom. ”

Wang Yue reluctantly pressed his forehead, he was really a little desperate...... Cui Shilin and Yang Bo have already gone south to assist Zhu Zaiji in issuing new coins and fighting with the families in Jiangnan. Wang Yue thought about it, and there were no available people around him, so he called Yan Shifan over.

It turned out to be an eye-opener for him.

You want to say he's smart, right?

That's really smart, definitely surpassing all the other disciples.

However, this product just doesn't take the right path, how about not learning serious things, blowing, playing and singing, and the sound of dogs and horses, but it is a ghost. What's even more powerful is that he also borrowed from the Kunshan dialect, integrated a lot of operas, and brewed a new way of singing, planning to become popular all over the world.

Wang Yuemen is a person, and there is actually a quyi master, Wang Yue doesn't know what to say.

"Master, don't underestimate singing, in fact, the disciple has really studied it. It's not just me, there are several people in our Xishan Academy who specialize in this. You go to the people to see, what do the people say? said that the male student Guan Yunchang and the female student Wang Baochuan. Tell me, why are these two people famous? ”

Wang Yue rolled his eyelids and said helplessly: "Isn't it an opera!" ”

This is really not nonsense...... Before the popularization of the Internet, the price of books was very expensive, and some books that were out of the way could not be bought in ordinary Xinhua bookstores, even if you wanted to study, there were no conditions.

At this time, experts and scholars with sufficient resources in their hands are very advantageous.

They occupy traditional media platforms, talk about them highly, and soon become academic stars, selling hundreds of thousands or millions of books at will.

It was a very comfortable time for an expert, but it was a little short...... With the popularization of the Internet, the once valuable research materials are there.

After losing the monopoly on materials, it is the ability to interpret history...... At this time, you will find that most of the experts are not wiser than you, and there are even cases where you talk nonsense with your eyes open, and the so-called experts will collapse with a bang.

Masters may not be true masters, this group of people may just have mastered resources that others can't get in a specific era.

Moving forward along this line of thought, not to mention the Internet, what will happen in an era when even television, radio, and even newspapers do not exist?

I believe that if you are a little older, you still have an impression of the open-air movies in the countryside, right?

It's obviously an old film that has been shown many times, but it can still attract countless people to come. Watching movies is the only pastime.

And the movie has not been around for a long time, and it has not been many years since it entered the township. Look back...... The only entertainment for the vast majority of the people is to watch the drama during the New Year's Festival, and occasionally go into the city, in the open air, to listen to the commentary.

Their historical knowledge is often based on the source of commentary, such as the famous Zhang Zuolin, that's it, even if he is a handsome, he still likes to listen.

Yan Shifan smiled and said: "Master, the disciple has pondered, your old man works hard for the country, eats and wears clothes, and has a far-sighted plan, the disciple wants to make a name for your old man, I have thought about it, this first commentary is called "The Case of the Prince", the disciple's goal is to surpass the Longtu Gong case, what do you think of my plan?" ”

"Not good!"

Wang Yue was so angry that he wanted to hammer him, in fact, the propaganda part had already been moved, for example, after the Kong family was moved, Wang Yue and Zhu Houxi vigorously promoted Xu Da, preached Chang Yuchun, and talked about their feat of recovering Yanyun and catching up with Dayuan in the north...... In terms of effect, it can only be regarded as unsatisfactory.

After all, they set the tone, but they didn't have enough good works to launch.

The imperial court hopes to tell heroic stories, but the people below are still in the pile of emperors and generals, and beautiful talents can't come out.

"Yan Shifan, I am now supervising the army, and I didn't want to deal with you, but whoever makes you unhappy to find it yourself, don't blame me, give me honest thinking, I want to see your finished product. If you are not satisfied, you will be unlucky! ”

Yan Shifan cried directly, is he moving a stone to hit his feet? Let him write, what does he write?

Just when Yan Shifan was frowning, an urgent report was suddenly sent over.

Yan Shifan concurrently joined the army, as long as it was not an important military situation, he could classify and deal with it for Wang Yue...... He was scolded by the master today, and he was not in a good mood.

He just glanced at it twice, but the more he looked, the more surprised he became, and finally he couldn't help but open his mouth wide!

"Hero! This is the real hero! ”

It is naturally extraordinary to be able to make Yan Shifan so amazed. In the text, he saw the perseverance of a group of people for nearly three hundred years, how rare it is!

The city of Xiangyang was broken, and a group of craftsmen were captured by the Mongols, who were given to Hulegü as gifts by Kublai Khan, but unfortunately, on the way, they were captured by the men and horses of Haidu and became the spoils of war of the Ögedai Khanate. Later, the Ögedai Khanate perished, and it came into the hands of the Chagatai Khanate.

After that, the Chagatai Khanate was divided into two parts, the East and the West, and they belonged to the Western Chagatai Khanate...... Then came the rise of the Timurid Empire...... In this way, more than 200 years before and after, it has been passed down through several generations and empires...... They have always adhered to the craftsmanship passed down from their ancestors, and made a living by building armor and ordnance.

But they have not forgotten that they come from a country called the Great Song Dynasty, and their hometown is Xiangyang!

They were displaced, and one of the most important treasures was the list of teachers who passed down among the crowd. They are not a family, so they can only be referred to as brothers and sisters.

Each generation of senior brothers is in charge of the roster, abiding by the rules handed down by their ancestors, every New Year's Day, they will look to the east, bow and worship, pass on their skills to each other, and must also use Chinese characters Chinese, who dares to speak the language of the Hu people, will be collectively ostracized, and even killed with a family staff!

For more than 200 years, among this group, there were those with black faces, those with blue eyes and high noses, and those with curly hair...... But without exception, all of them speak standard Song Dynasty official dialect, and half of them still know Chinese characters by heart. As long as these two things are still there, they are noble Han people, different from those barbarians!

It's just that the Great Song Dynasty, which has haunted them for two hundred years, is still ruined in the end, and it is still so miserable!

As the elder brother of this generation, Zhang Dalang was sent back by Lu Bo.

"Zhang Dalang, the front is Lanzhou Mansion, you have returned to the Central Plains, cry if you want to! All these years, the grievances of several generations, all cry out! ”

This Zhang Dalang was stunned for a long time before he said slowly: "This Ming Dynasty ...... Is it really powerful? What about the Great Song? ”

"Great Song? What is the Great Song! I Ming since Taizu raised troops, north to catch up with the Great Yuan, to recover Yanyun, swept the grassland, exhausted two Song Dynasty three hundred years, did not get back the land, all fell into the hands of the Ming Dynasty, now the Ming Dynasty territory is vast, the country is rich and the people are strong, better than the Han and Tang Dynasties, how can it be compared with Zhao and Song! ”

Zhang Dalang was stunned for a while, nodded slowly, and asked again: "Then, is the Ming Dynasty a Han emperor as the emperor?" ”

"Hahaha! My Ming Dynasty is not only the Han emperor of the Han Dynasty, but also the ancestor from a humble background, but a cattle herder, because of this, my Ming Dynasty Son of Heaven, all cherish the people, especially today, but also care about the people's livelihood, Juntian Junfu, this is what the Song Dynasty wanted to do but did not dare to do. ”

Zhang Dalang's eyes lit up, and he suddenly shouted: "Since that's the case, why should I cry, I want to laugh!" Laugh out loud! I am back! I'm finally back! ”

He waved his fist excitedly, "Isn't there no Tartar bullying us anymore?" ”

"Of course not!"

"Are you fed and clothed?"

"This ...... It's also natural! ”

"Then there's nothing to say." Zhang Dalang suddenly knelt on the ground, tears fell big and big, and muttered: "I, I want to be a Ming person, can I accept us?" ”