In countries with coastlines, the most prosperous economic zones are located in coastal areas, and coastal areas are bound to bear more than half of the country's tax revenue.

Along the way, the expeditionary fleet shelled at least twenty-seven cities, three of which were raided and plundered, and seven cities were completely burned to ruins.

The two Satraps are not a country with strong economic power, their main livelihood is herding, but with the current economic structure, herding or something, which means ensuring that they have enough horses, cattle, sheep and camels, is actually not making much money.

Some of the cities along the coast were used as transit areas for trade with other countries, and there were a large number of Persians and Gupta people, and a small number of Romans, Egyptians, and Ponticus.

After the Han Empire joined, there were a large number of Han Chinese.

It's just that the war broke out, and the navy of the Han Empire often carried out cruising blockades, and there was actually no one else on the sea route except the Han Chinese.

"In the list they gave, there are two hundred and sixty-one Han Chinese, and there are more than three thousand servants involved." The two documents sent by Satrap in Yuan Qiao's hand were a kind of dry and hard parchment. He said to Huan Wen: "This is just the first batch, and there will be more to come." ”

The expeditionary fleet had already received two Satrap envoys, and did not deliberately do anything humiliating, but at the national level, only two tents were arranged, and no supplies were given for daily use, which was actually a humiliation.

"Those businessmen are very fast." Huan Wen knew who the list given by the two Satraps was: "It was only a matter of a few years before the Han opened up the business route. What are their business opportunities here? ”

The Han people must be saved. This was also one of the missions of the expeditionary fleet, not only to save it, but also to do so with great fanfare, and to inform all the people with this prudent act that the country would not abandon anyone, but would do its best whenever possible.

"In exchange for some ordinary trade goods in the country, I will exchange them for precious metals here." Yuan Qiaocai didn't believe that Huan Wen didn't know what the business opportunity was: "The profit from trade is usually more than 200 percent. ”

Who in the big family of the Han Empire didn't have a trade caravan? These people who were considered upper-class nobles in the Han Empire also had at least one trading fleet under their names, at first they went to the mainland to the Indochina Peninsula for sea trade, and then as more and more countries were discovered, the maritime trade routes were repeatedly opened, and the footsteps of the trade fleet went farther and farther.

The two Satraps are not a country with any special products, they also have the homeland of the Gupta Empire, and if there is a huge profit in anything, it is probably some fine knives, and then horses and camels.

It is extremely uneconomical to travel tens of thousands of miles by sea to obtain horses and camels, unless the horses are sufficiently sophisticated, but the horses on the two Satrap sides are not unique, and some of them are not only found by the powerful countries of the Asan, but also by Sassanid and some other landlocked countries in Central Asia.

The only knives that are worth buying are those knives, which are a very special kind of Uzi steel, probably the pinnacle of current smelting and forging technology.

That's right, the Damascus knife of the Persians was either obtained from the Indians, or obtained the relevant technology from the side of the two Satrap, and the latter two Satrap were destroyed, and then the Asan continued to change dynasties, and the technology of making Damascus knives became unique to the Persians.

"And then there's some fur." Yuan Qiao's position determined that once the expeditionary fleet wanted to wage war against which country, it would do its best to understand that country, including but not limited to military strength, and what it mainly relied on to generate economic benefits must also be mastered: "The essence of this semi-nomadic, semi-agrarian country is the coastal area after our ravage. If we destroy it, they will lose at least four-tenths of their tax revenue in two or three years or even longer. ”

Huan Wen thought about it for a while.

If the coastal areas of the Han Empire were ravaged for such a period of time, and the maritime trade cities such as Jingkou, Linzi, and Mashijin were destroyed, the first thing to face would be a large number of homeless displaced people, and then the loss of about 28 percent of the annual tax revenue, which might not be a big problem in two or three years, but the subsequent effects of the longer the time passed, would inevitably affect the success or failure of the national war.

"They should think this is our main target." Yuan Qiao made a judgment based on the reaction of the two Satraps: "The Tianzhu Shogunate is strong, we landed from the sea, and they are afraid of being attacked from both sides. ”

No country would be afraid of a war on multiple fronts, especially in the face of a hegemon-level power like the Han Empire, and the two Satraps would not be one of the surprises.

"Uncle Yan's meaning is already clear." Huan Wen considered: "If they don't surrender to the Tianzhu Shogunate, they surrender to us, can they accept it?" ”

The highest level of Zhuxia's use of troops is to surrender without a fight, especially to lead an army to an expedition against a strong country, and as soon as the army arrives, it will force the other party to surrender on its knees, which is regarded as the highest achievement of a military general.

Huan Wen has a lot of aura on his body, and he still longs for the achievement of being able to surrender without a fight.

Again, the expeditionary fleet needed a good start, and there was no better start than just landing and intimidating two Satraps.

The question now is what kind of surrender they will be able to negotiate.

"We need time to build this bridgehead." Yuan Qiao meant: "Even if we can't negotiate the desired result, delaying time is also beneficial to us." ”

"Presumably, the two Satraps are already mentally prepared to cut the land and seek peace, and they also understand that they need to pay a lot of money for peace." Huan Wen was very serious about the terms of surrender of the two Satrapps: "They want to get out of this war, how can it be so easy!" ”

The best outcome would be that they would be able to extract enough from the two Satraps who wanted to break away from the war, and at the same time make the two Satraps a nation that could be driven, as Zhu Xia had repeatedly fought in foreign wars, defeating one enemy country and using it to destroy or consume the other.

Huan Wen clearly understood that it was not difficult to do that, especially under the premise that the two Satraps had taken the lead in seeking peace, the difference was only the speed of time.

The landed cape was captured without much brutal fighting, and then the Han army began to push flat around the perimeter, capturing the aliens who did not have time to escape, making them the laborers of the next bridgehead.

"I don't know anything." Liu Ming trampled on the red soft ground, and escorted some of the captured prisoners with a group of robes: "This place is barren, what do they do for a living?" ”

The captives looked dark-skinned, but they were not of African origin. If it is distributed by race, it should be the race of Ah San, not the race of the Cypriot race.

The Sai people are a kind of sub-white skin race, Zhuxia was called the Sai people a long time ago, and the highest contact was in the Western Han Dynasty, according to the records, it was first seen in Dawan.

Contemporary Han Chinese already know that the Serbs have another name, the Persians refer to them as Scythians, a term inherited from the Parthian Empire.

At that time, the Scythians were a powerful people in the north of Parthia, enslaving other peoples, equivalent to the Huns on the back of the Parthian Empire.

The environment of Haijiao looks too harsh, the land is all loose and soft, and the wind can blow up a large cloud of smoke and dust, which is not suitable for cultivation no matter how you look at it.

In addition to the soft soil, most of the plants also look half-dead, and you can't see the green that plants should have, let alone see the green shade of the plants.

This view is not seen in the mainland of the Han Empire. If you want to see this kind of landscape, you need to wait for the serious soil erosion on the Guanzhong Plateau, but the color of the land will not be earthy red, it is an earthy yellow.

Nowadays, people can't tell why the environment is so bad, but it is actually a phenomenon that the groundwater has dried up. It may be that the underground river is broken, or it simply does not retain the water that should be left, and if this phenomenon continues, the geography will soon become the Gobi landscape.

Liu Ming is still quite happy to see new things, and is willing to spend some time and effort to explore and understand.

"It stands to reason that the seaside shouldn't be like this." Liu Ming picked up a handful of yellowed weeds, put them under his nose and smelled them, only smelling the smell of soil, not the slightest smell of plants: "Is the land salinized?" ”

For the time being, no one can answer Liu Ming's question, and a special scientific research team is needed to come and study the soil, if there is no problem with the surface layer of the soil, find the right place to dig deeply, and if you can dig into the underground river, you can get the answer by looking at it.

They escorted the captives back to the camp, and Liu Ming was told that Shangguan had been given a new assignment.

"We will be the second group to land in Sassanid territory." Xin Ling was the leader of Liu Ming's team, and he looked around at the fifty or so people under his command, with fanaticism on his face: "We will be the first firearms unit of the enemy country to land from the sea, and we must play majestic!" ”

About 50 people responded in unison: "No!! ”

The expeditionary fleet landed on Cape, but not primarily against the two Satraps, and before negotiations with the two Satraps were inconclusive, a plan for the battle against the southern Sassanid coast was drawn up.

They are actually the greatest help to the Tianzhu Shogunate here, even if the two Satraps do not immediately instigate and want to negotiate surrender, having them on this side will inevitably make the two Satraps dare not come out to fight with the Tianzhu Shogunate.

"So, Qian Jiantong is the best candidate for the general of the Tianzhu Shogunate?" Huan Wen will have a period of leisure after the battle plan is confirmed, and he will not be busy again until the war breaks out: "What a lucky guy!" ”

The capital protector of a capital protectorate can already be regarded as the middle and upper class of the Han Empire, but it is much worse than the generals of the field army.

To be able to become the shogunate of the field army is actually a ladder to the top of the military, and as long as you can win a big victory as the shogunate, you will have the foundation to become a permanent general. And to become a permanent general? Look at the few people who were named by the Son of Heaven once there was a war, and then look at the titles and treatments they obtained, as long as there was no example of rabbits dying and dogs cooking, it was inevitable that the three generations of wealth and wealth would happen.

Yuan Qiao saw Huan Wen's jealousy that he didn't even hide and laughed lightly.

The Tenzhu Shogunate will not be the most important and prominent shogunate in the future, but the Tenzhu Shogunate will definitely be the one that has experienced the most wars.

The Asan continent is not small, there are too many kingdoms on it, and in addition to the kingdoms, there are many states, city-states, tribes, and tribes, which are destined to be all over these things, so that they can safely go north to participate in the invasion of the foundation of Persian Sasani.

In the Han Empire, there was war to gain fame and fortune, and the most feared thing as a soldier was that there was no war to fight.

In fact, in some ways, the ambition shown by the Son of Heaven, the determination to penetrate the entire world island, is the greatest protection talisman for the nobles and generals.

As long as the Han Empire will continue to have wars, what birds are good to hide, and what cunning rabbits are dead lackeys to cook, the probability of occurrence will be reduced wirelessly.

After all, the Son of Heaven has such great ambitions, and he always needs someone who can lead the army to fight, and the knife will not be easily changed if it is used smoothly.

In this way, it all shows that unless one guy has a brain pump, he can get a good death.

"I'll take a thousand ships." Huan Wen did not intend to stay at the cape, and instructed: "The negotiation with the two Satraps will be left to Changshi." ”

Yuan Qiao saluted, thinking in his heart: "Yuanzi is a little overstepping." ”

The Asan Continent is the war zone of the Tianzhu Shogunate, and even if the two Satraps want to surrender, they should surrender to the Tianzhu Shogunate. If the expeditionary fleet accepted the surrender of the two Satraps, it would undoubtedly be a matter of depression to the point of vomiting blood for the Tianzhu shogunate, and the confrontation between the two shogunates would become inevitable.

Yuan Qiao felt that Huan Wen's departure was a good thing, after he became the main person in charge of the two Satraps, he would let the Tianzhu Shogunate take the lead in accepting the surrender, so that the greatest benefit of fame would not give up on gaining merit in this matter, and the actual benefit would be the majority.

The expeditionary fleet was formed for the expedition to Europa, and the greatest credit would have been to appear on the battlefield of the war with Rome.

On the side of the Tianzhu Shogunate, Qian Jiantong, who was recognized by the center, took over as the head of the shogunate, and just after taking office, he received the news that the two Satraps were going to surrender to the expeditionary fleet, and it can be said that for a while he felt that his authority was in danger.

The army is far more realistic than anywhere else, and generals who cannot win battles are scraps. And waste wood will never be recognized by the soldiers, and if it cannot be recognized by the soldiers, it will not be able to use the army like an arm.

"This is the first challenge I will have to deal with when I take office!" Qian Jiantong usually has a weak heart towards Shanghuan Wen, but in the current situation, he can't tolerate half a step back: "Send someone to contact the expedition to the shogunate, and at the same time send cavalry to force the Changbar River!" ”

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