Through the last battle in the northwest, the Han merchants have established a perfect trade network from Bashu to Hanzhong and then to the northwest, and now they are gathered in Hanzhong, ready to enter Guanzhong. After all, the trade route from Bashu to Guanzhong had already formed a scale in the pre-Qin period, and the merchants trusted it even more.

In contrast, it is naturally worth the loss to let them pass through the deserted Huaixi and enter the customs with a war that may break out at any time.

This is also why the Ministry of Commerce is on the side of the Taiwei Mansion this time.

"Is Tang Shangshu not at ease with the Ministry of Industry?" Wu Ping couldn't help it, and jumped out and said.

Tang Zhengliang was almost pointing his nose and saying that the equipment of the Ministry of Engineering could not defeat the city wall of Wuguan, and it was naturally impossible for Wu Ping not to be angry.

Shinong industry and commerce, although "industry and commerce" are the bottom of the society, but they are different, craftsmen compared with businessmen, the social status is still higher after all, more importantly, craftsmen are generally hereditary, passed down from generation to generation, so although the social status is not high, but it can be regarded as a real iron rice bowl, and when building a house and a house, after all, it is inseparable from craftsmen, so people do not particularly suppress or despise craftsmen.

In addition to the Qin and Han dynasties, some merchants were detached because they had made outstanding contributions to the unification of the dynasty, in fact, most of the merchants were at the bottom of the real society, so they were indispensable in most of the conscription and hard labor and so on.

Therefore, the two classes of industry and commerce are not as united as imagined, especially the businessmen because of the help given in the rise of Li Xinchen, they have been able to enter the court, which makes the contradictions between industry and commerce more and more increasing, plus now, one of the two sides is responsible for production, the other is responsible for sales, and there are conflicts in the distribution of interests, etc., so it is not surprising that this contradiction and the entanglement of interests are brought to the court.

Tang Zhengliang said in a deep voice: "The Ministry of Industry is confident, but if the battle of Wuguan drags on for a long time and is not determined, then the Ministry of Industry may be responsible for this battle?" ”

Wu was speechless for a while, what the Ministry of Industry can really do is to provide some siege equipment, especially now that the firearms that can be matched with gunpowder are still being studied, even if the firearms can be developed before the beginning of spring, it is impossible to install them on a large scale so quickly, after all, there are all kinds of tests in the middle. Everyone sees the power of gunpowder, and no one dares to slack off on such a powerful weapon, if something really happens, and it explodes in the hands of his own family, the loss and the blow to morale are needless to say.

The Ministry of Industry is not a military, and it does not know how many catties and taels the military has, and Wu Ping naturally cannot afford this responsibility.

And Li Xinchen looked at the ministers below with great interest, in fact, they were also arguing for the interests of themselves and their own departments. In short, if you go to Wuguan now, the road is close, but it is possible to stop the army under the city for a long time, and if you go to Hanzhong and the northwest, the road is far away, but it is possible to drive straight in.

This is inherently a dilemma.

"Your Majesty, with the current national strength of the Han Dynasty, after a year of rest, maybe you can march in two ways." Yang Su, who had never spoken, stood up and said at this time.

For a while, the officials in the court pricked up their ears, His Majesty's trust in this Yang Chudao was well known, and Yang Su himself was also born in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and his understanding of Guanzhong was naturally higher than that of Guanzhong, so his words seemed to have more reference value in comparison.

"Guanzhong has actually been strong from the outside, and the many years of conquest by the Zhou and Qi people have not had no impact on Guanzhong, and since the Wei people went south a hundred years ago, the center of the Northern Dynasty has always been in Luoyang rather than Chang'an, which means that Chang'an may not be as rich as you imagined." Yang Su said thoughtfully, "Of course, this change is also relative, Jiangnan, Jinghu and Bashu owned by my Han Dynasty are also places that have been devastated by war for a long time, and they are naturally slightly inferior to Guanzhong. ”

"Yang Chudao, what do you want to say?" Shen Jungao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, opened his mouth unhappily, and the rest of the ministers from Jiangnan also looked over.

Are you stating the facts or are you deliberately belittling?

And Yang Su's words changed: "Everyone, listen to me, but now this Guanzhong, the Central Plains and Hebei, are all in the midst of war, in contrast, Jiangnan and Jinghu are both the land of fish and rice, and Bashu is known as the country of abundance, when Western Qin was able to dominate the world, thanks to Bashu a lot, so if you give me a year of light in the Han, I think that my Han will surpass Guanzhong in food reserves and military training, and even if we send troops to Wuguan and Hanzhong at the same time, it is not difficult." ”

"Won't there be a lot of delay in the fleeting of warplanes?" The veteran Jiang Yuanxun said worriedly. After all, Dahan is going to grab land with Yu Wenxian, if he waits for another year, will there be no soup left at that time?

Yang Su chuckled: "Does the old general think that without the interference of external forces, Yu Wenxian and Yang Jian can really fight this year?" ”

Jiang Yuanxun was stunned for a moment, indeed, the current Yang Jian and Yu Wenxian are almost a copy of the Northern Qi and the Northern Zhou, and the struggle between the Northern Qi and the Northern Zhou lasted for three generations, and it was because the emperor of the Northern Qi was really ridiculous and mediocre, and finally the Northern Zhou seized the opportunity and killed it with one blow. And it is obvious that no matter whether it is Yang Jian or Yu Wenxian, there are no such prerequisites. As generals who had participated in the battle of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to destroy the Northern Qi, it was impossible for Yu Wenxian and Yang Jian not to understand this truth, so they also actively sought Li Xinchen's support.

"But we can't not move forward an inch," Yang Su laughed, "As Taiwei said before, Nanyang, we are bound to win, and in addition to Nanyang, Weichen thinks that Xiegu Dao cannot be in Yang Jian's hands, and winning these two places within this year is enough for us to form an overwhelming advantage over Yang Jian." ”

Li Xinchen bowed slightly, needless to say Nanyang, Xiegu Dao is actually a hand stuck on the neck of the big man now.

Out of Hanzhong and into Guanzhong, there are several roads to go, from west to east for Qishan Road, Chencang Road, Bao Slope Road, Fu Luo Road and Meridian Road. Among them, Qishan Road and Chencang Road lead to the northwest, and turn east to go to Guanzhong, these two roads are also famous for Zhuge Liang's "Six Out of Qishan" and Liu Bang's "Dark Chencang", but after all, it is not the road that directly reaches Guanzhong.

The most spacious avenue is naturally the Bao Slope Road, also known as the Slope Valley Road, in history, Cao Cao entered the Sichuan River from the Slope Valley Road straight into Hanzhong. In contrast, Fu Luo Road and Meridian Road are more remote and rugged, and they will generally only advance with elite troops, rather than large armies. Among them, the Meridian Road is also famous for Wei Yan's "Meridian Valley Conspiracy", and has become a military topic that people have talked about for thousands of years. Fu Luodao was also used by Jiang Wei to make a surprise attack on Wei.