Chapter 274: Rebuilding the Field
Where there is oppression, there is resistance, and these rebels are like a prairie fire, gathering together in an instant to launch an attack on the Southern Song court, making the Southern Song Dynasty's regime once again stormy, indicating that the good days of those corrupt officials are coming to an end.
Even this Great Treasure Sect has played the banner of killing powerful ministers to save the world, isn't this clearly aimed at Taishi Jia Yidao?
At this time, because he was stationed in Xiangyang, Zhao Rui had been hovering here, and the battle reports of Sariwei and Arjuna were also gathered here.
Because of a large number of troops to resist the Yuan army, Arjuna's attack on the city of Zhan seemed to be a little stagnant, but the relics were stained with light, and the development of power in Dali was very rapid, and it has now occupied half of the country of Dali.
Zhao Rui summoned a group of generals to discuss and decided to move the battle line to the west and occupy Shudi, so as to echo with Dali's Sheliwei troops and deal a heavy blow to the Yuan army.
Lu Wenhuan has now become one of Zhao Rui's subordinates, and he has long been cold to the Southern Song Dynasty, and with Zhao Rui, an ambitious and capable leader, he is very willing to serve.
Hearing that Zhao Rui was going to make a move on Shudi, Lu Wenhuan couldn't help smacking his tongue, Zhao Rui's current strength was too strong, and he didn't take the Yuan Dynasty in his eyes at all.
Although the number of troops may be reduced now, there is no way to keep up with the continuous replenishment of ammunition and ordnance. Although there is no substantial infringement on the Yuan Dynasty by not going north, at least it is possible to make Xiangfan impregnable.
However, Zhao Rui did not go out in person this time, but assigned the task to Fang Hongbin and Xiong Er, and asked the two of them to lead the team to the west to regain the lost territory.
But Zhao Rui made a move that surprised everyone.
Open again in the north of Fancheng!
"Lord Wang, you can't!"
Lu Wenhuan was the first to stop and said: "I don't know if the prince knows, my brother Lu Wende made this mistake in the first place, and opened the field to give the Yuan Dynasty a chance to take advantage of, otherwise they would not have had the opportunity to besiege Xiangfan." ”
Zhao Rui knew about this, and it was Lu Wende who set up a field at the beginning, so that the Yuan army had the opportunity to build an earthen wall in Fancheng, and then cut off the support of the two cities.
"But it's different now......"
Zhao Rui said lightly: "The field is right under our noses, and it is also within the scope of artillery fire, if the Yuan Dynasty has any bad intentions, they have to weigh it carefully!" ”
Zhao Rui understands very well that there are no eternal enemies and no eternal friends, only trading is eternal.
Since the Yuan army is now powerless against itself, the war has also come to a standstill, at least there must be a clear gap between the two forces before continuing the war.
And now the textile industry in Jiaozhi is thriving, if it weren't for Xiangyang's affairs, Zhao Rui would even have to go to the Arab countries in the west to peddle.
It just so happened that the situation in Xiangyang was now opened, and the opportunity to sell cloth was excellent, but the price was nearly half cheaper, and the Yuan Dynasty had no reason to refuse.
Just as Zhao Rui sent Fang Hongbin and Xiong Er out to fight, Jiao Xian's two warships finally arrived in Xiangyang.
"Lord Wang!"
Jiao Xian stopped the boat and immediately greeted happily, and at the same time asked confidently: "Where is the Tartar, our navy is fully prepared!" ”
"This ......"
Zhao Rui said helplessly: "You're late, the Tartars let me go back to the north." ”
"Ah......" Jiao Xian was dumbfounded, so.
Zhao Rui gave him a brief explanation, and Jiao Xiancai couldn't stop praising Zhao Rui's far-reaching achievements.
Zhao Rui has never been interested in these sycophant rhetoric, so Jiao Xian stopped his mouth, and then talked about the matter of transporting fabrics, relative to the cost, it is naturally more convenient and labor-saving for shipping, Zhao Rui is ready to let Jiao Xian arrange a boat to transport cloth, and at the same time, when he goes back to Jiaozhi, he can also bring back the huge sales proceeds.
Hearing Zhao Rui's plan, Jiao Xian couldn't help but be stunned, and said with a smile: "Qiao, Lord Wang, this trip, except for the ammunition I bring, the rest are cloth!" ”
Zhao Rui thought about it, this feeling is good, I originally thought that it would take some time to transport it from Jiaozhi, but now that the two Shenzhou have brought cloth, it just allows the market to open in advance!
But Zhao Rui immediately reacted, no, he Jiao Xian came out to fight, why did he bring cloth.
After asking Zhao Rui, he learned that because the speed of cloth production is too fast now, it is only that the market in the southwest region of Angkor and the Song Dynasty is already difficult to digest, so Jiao Xiancai loaded the cloth on the ship in Jiaozhi, just thinking about whether he could sell some along the way, after all, it can relieve Zhao Rui's worries, and it is also what their subordinates should do.
Zhao Rui couldn't help but sigh, sure enough, the mechanized production capacity is too fast!
Fortunately, the matter of purchasing a field has been decided, and Zhao Rui's next step is to face the huge market of the entire Yuan Dynasty, which Angkor cannot compare at all.
Another reason is that the region to which the Yuan Dynasty belonged was the north, and even if it was the same size area, the demand for cloth would be several times higher than that of Angkor.
Zhao Rui also didn't expect that Xiangfan, who occupied Xiangfan because he didn't want the people to die tragically, also had the effect of digesting the cloth for himself, which solved the problem of excessive production of Jiaozhi.
Just do it, under Zhao Rui's instructions, the field has begun to be built in an orderly manner.
Because of the fear of the power of Zhao Rui's artillery, the Yuan army had to hide in an area far away from Fancheng, and the troops at this time were not as many as before.
After all, Emperor Yuan is not a fool, and the consumption of so many soldiers and horses is also an astronomical amount, rather than confronting Xiangfan without making any progress, it is better to launch troops to carry out another round of invasion of West Asia.
The essence of the nomads is to plunder, and now the Yuan Dynasty is strong, and they are becoming more and more enthusiastic about war, and only by constantly fighting can they plunder more wealth.
"What are they doing here?"
The Yuan army, which had been monitoring Fancheng, was all surprised, and saw the officers and soldiers on the opposite side go into battle and set up a huge roof, and below were rows of earthen half-human-high platforms.
"Why does it look like a bazaar?"
At this time, the general of the unified army was really Zhang Hongfan, and after he heard the news, he couldn't believe it and looked as close as possible, but the more he looked at it, the more it looked like a bazaar.
No, no, how could Zhao Rui build a bazaar, can't Lu Wende's matter make them Song people learn from it?
It must have been a preconceived idea when the subordinates reported, so they felt that this was a bazaar, no, it must be Zhao Rui who was engaging in some conspiracy again!
Zhang Hongfan thought so, now their Yuan army's opinion of Zhao Rui is like this, it feels like Zhao Rui can cast spells, and their Yuan army can't even see the shadow of his army, it has been attacked by artillery fire.
Therefore, Zhang Hongfan is still particularly vigilant about the construction work not far from Fancheng.
Since then, Zhang Hongfan has come to check every day, just to find out what the hell Zhao Rui is up to.
The long truce made Zhang Hongfan a little anxious, although the Yuan court did not say it explicitly, but most of the troops were withdrawn, even the soldiers below understood that there was no way to fight.
Maybe their role here is to block Zhao Rui's forces from continuing north.
A few days have passed, and the civil engineering project built by Zhao Rui and them is over.
Zhang Hongfan came to the front line to check again on this day, but found that a group of soldiers were probing their brains towards Fancheng.
"What are you looking at! Don't you have to be on duty! ”
The general's scolding made the soldiers who neglected their duties smart, and quickly bowed their heads and ran to their rightful positions.
And Zhang Hongfan occupied the previous position of those soldiers to check the situation.
Under a closer look, Zhang Hongfan is already stunned.
I saw that tiles had been installed on the top of the wooden shed, and a large piece of colorful things had been placed under the greenhouse.
Maybe it's cloth......
Zhang Hongfan was also extremely convinced in his heart, he didn't expect that he could see it, Zhao Rui had really established a field, was he so confident that the war would not continue?
Yes, no one is stupid.
For a war without advantages, the Yuan Dynasty will never fight, instead of holding a hard bone to gnaw, how can you find those places where iron hooves can be easily trampled to gain more?
But what does it mean that he mainly sells cloth, there is cloth in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the territory of the Song Dynasty they occupy is also produced!
I really couldn't think of a reason, so Zhang Hongfan found more than a dozen nearby villagers to inquire about the situation.
The people who were brought to the front by the Yuan army were very afraid, but they thought that the Tartars were going to harm people again, and it was not until they saw that the general was a Song man that they relaxed a little.
I heard that they were just asked to go to the market, and they were still a little incredulous, what was the matter, was it so simple to arrest them and go shopping?
These people were stunned, and every one who moved their footsteps finally passed in a hurry under Zhang Hongfan's scolding.
What are they doing...... Why haven't you come back......
Zhang Hongfan looked at the market anxiously, and saw that the villagers didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and they really looked like they were picking and choosing things.
Bastard, what about the market?
It took a while for the villagers to finally return.
They were all carrying cloth with all kinds of bright patterns, apparently just purchased.
As they walked, they laughed and talked, looking very happy.
Zhang Hongfan couldn't help but snort coldly: "What are you doing!" I'll let you go and find out what happened, who told you to buy something! ”
Zhang Hongfan thought that these villagers are too, how can there be more silver, usually there are markets in the township, how can they buy Zhao Rui's here!
The villagers seemed to be a little less afraid now, and a bold woman said to Zhang Hongfan: "My lord, we really can't control it! The price of the fabric here is too cheap, the same cloth, here can save the general price, and, you touch, this weaver, this feel, is more exquisite than the best fabric in our bazaar! To be able to buy such cloth today is a big bargain! ”
"Go, go, touch something!"
Zhang Hongfan frowned, but his eyes never left the fabric.
He doesn't have to touch this cloth with his own hands, just by looking at it, he feels that it is not ordinary, who has to buy cloth to make clothes for the New Year's holiday, he now also believes in the vision of the villagers, these fabrics are indeed very well-made, at least much better than the clothes and fabrics he wears.