Chapter Eighty-Four: A History of Humiliation
Seeing Zhang Xian asking, Luo Tiantian first nodded vigorously, then shook his head, and said:
"The subordinates can understand these things that the adults said, and they also understand the stakes, and the subordinates also have a general arrangement in their hearts on how to do it. It's just that the subordinates are really curious, and the adults are not a few years older than the subordinates, this kind of unheard of new spies, the subordinates can imagine that once this infiltration layout is completed, the enemy's every move is under our noses, and its power is no less than a hundred thousand strong army. The subordinates were really curious how the adults could come up with such a cautious idea? β
Zhang Xian heard Luo Sansan's question, and his heart was also shocked, it seems that the sages said that "one step ahead of the era is a sage, and two steps ahead of the era is a madman" This sentence is really true, this kind of unheard of intelligence warfare theory in this era has exceeded the thinking of people in this era, fortunately it is not too far, Zhang Xian smiled and said:
"This is the importance of reading, this official is just reading ancient and modern books, expanding the methods of spies in the army of the ancients, you will be responsible for this task in the future, and you will definitely do a lot of incredible things creatively, this is the environment will change a person! Do a good job, ask for money and someone to manage it for you! β
"Obey the order, what the lord said today, the subordinates have to go back and record it carefully, sort out a charter, and then ask the adults to look at it, but the subordinates are stupid, many things have to be thought about carefully, and all of a sudden, many things are still not eaten thoroughly!" Luo Santian arched his hand at Zhang Xian and said sincerely.
Zhang Xian was talking to the two, and when he arrived at the door of Zhang's house, Zhang Xian thought about such an important matter, and needed them to go back and digest it well, so he said:
"Luo Sansan, it's very good that you can think like this, because the task assigned to you is really extraordinary, and prudence is the most basic requirement, so, Luo Sansan, in the future, you will be the eyes and ears of the official, Zhang Fan, you are the official's money bag and quartermaster, you do a good job, we must do a great job, and it will not be in vain to go through the world!" Well, before I gave you the task, it was the official who had a headache, and now the task is handed over to you, you have to start to form your own staff team, and the official will not interfere in the employment of personnel, but the premise is absolutely reliable and loyal, as for the expenses, the priority is to ensure you, and now the two of you go home by yourself and have a headache! β
Zhang Xian sent away the two people with an excited and nervous face, and finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he crossed over, and it was almost a year, according to the historical trajectory, the Southern Song Dynasty general Liu Cheng will present the strategy of attacking and destroying the Southern Song Dynasty to Kublai Khan next year, "attack Xiangyang first, and withdraw its defense", he believes that if the Southern Song Dynasty "has no Xiang, there is no Huai, and if there is no Huai, Jiangnan can be at your fingertips." Liu Quan's suggestion that "the strategy of attacking the Song Dynasty should be engaged in Xiangyang first" was adopted by Kublai Khan, in fact, Kublai Khan himself also planned to take Xiangyang first, and this siege of 300,000 troops was a tentative attack.
In the second year, when Kublai Khan found that the defenders of Xiangyang were extremely brave in battle, he concluded that this was the most elite soldier of the Great Song Dynasty, and the encirclement and annihilation of Xiangyang could eliminate the last life-saving capital in the hands of the Song Dynasty in one go. Kublai Khan then ordered Liu Cheng and Ashu soldiers to trap Xiangyang and Fancheng, and could not capture them for a long time, and in the third year, Kublai Khan sent Prime Minister Shi Tianze to help in the war.
The Mongol army built sieges around the two cities of Xiangyang and Fancheng, and blocked the Han River, and repelled the Southern Song reinforcements many times. In the fourth year, Li Tingzhi supervised the war to reinforce Xiangyang, which was unfavorable. Due to the long-term siege of Xiang and Fan, the food and salary were cut off, while at the same time, Song Duzong was still lustful all day long. In the fifth year, Li Tingzhi was stationed in Yingzhou, with Zhang Shun and Zhang Gui as commanders. In May of the same year, Erzhang led his division against the Han River, broke through the encirclement of the Yuan army, and wounded Liu Quan, the deputy marshal of Meng, with an arrow, and arrived in Xiangyang on the 25th. After entering Xiangyang, Zhang Gui led his army to break through the siege, but was defeated and returned. During the battle, Zhang Gui was seriously wounded and captured, and he did not give in until his death.
So far, the Southern Song Dynasty has failed to rescue 150,000 people eight times in five years.
Later, Marshal Meng Ashu and Shi Tianze of Henan Province listened to the advice of Zhang Hongfan of Wanhu and Zhang Xi, the head of the naval army, and added 70,000 sailors to Mengwanshan, and launched a land and water attack on Xiangyang City. He also used the return artillery of Alao Wading and the Persians to attack the city, and so far, the city of Fan was broken. In the first month of the sixth year, the Yuan army slaughtered the city after breaking through Fancheng, and Lu Wenhuan cried in front of the battle. Song Shou general Fan Tianshun swore not to surrender and finally hanged himself; Niu Fu led more than 100 warriors to fight in the streets, and was seriously injured and committed suicide. The Mongolian army commander Ashu asked Xiangyang to surrender to the safety of the whole city, and under the exhaustion of grain and grass, Xiangyang Song general Lu Wenhuan finally decided to surrender the Yuan in order to report that the people of Xiangyang would not be slaughtered.
From 1235 A.D., when the military alliance between Song and Mongolia broke down, and then the war in Xiangyang, until 1273, when the Xiangyang defender LΓΌ Wenhuan surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, it lasted for 38 years. During this period of time, the CCP experienced the loss and recovery of Xiangyang City, the loss and recovery of Xiangyang City, the civil strife and even civil war of the Song and Yuan dynasties, the negotiations between the two sides, and the consumption of stops and stops. In order to compete for this waterway transportation fortress, which has always been known as a place of contention, the Song and Yuan dynasties almost concentrated the world's most elite cavalry and naval army at that time, and used all the advanced weapons that could be found at that time, and the number of casualties on both sides exceeded 400,000.
A few years after the loss of Xiangyang City, the division of Mengyuan Tiger and Wolf under the leadership of the generals, quickly let the Southern Song Dynasty court go to extinction after the Battle of Yashan, since then, the Mengyuan court wantonly destroyed the Han culture, regarded the Han people as the lowest fourth-class people, the Mengyuan court for the Chinese culture to destroy the deep, far, there are descendants "after the cliff mountain there is no China" lament, lamenting that my Chinese mountains and rivers are broken, Shenzhou land sinks.
Thinking about it, Zhang Xian felt that he was overwhelmed by this humiliating history, since he came to this era, he must rewrite this humiliating history that humiliated the Han nation, what Zhang Xian can do now is only to take advantage of this short period of two years to develop and strengthen himself.
"Xianggong, it's time for dinner, Daddy, Father-in-law, Mother-in-law, and Fifth Uncle are all waiting for you to eat! , just now the fifth uncle came to you for something, so we left the fifth uncle to eat together. The gentle voice of Nian Xin pulled Zhang Xian back to reality from his thoughts, and when he saw that the sky had darkened, his father-in-law, his father, mother, and fifth uncle were already waiting for him in the dining hall, and hurriedly saluted the four of them, and said:
"Oh, let my father, mother, fifth uncle and father-in-law wait for a long time, and everyone will start eating for sins and sins!"
After Zhang Xian finished speaking, he took Nianxin over and sat down to eat, and his father-in-law said to Zhang Xian's father and mother:
"Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, this time you were kidnapped by the villain and wronged, come, the old man borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, and toasted you with a glass of wine!" After saying that, he took a bite and dried it up.
"The in-laws have a heart, and thanks to the heart that has always protected us, come, the old man has also accompanied the in-laws!" Zhang Xian's father also drank the wine in the cup very boldly, Zhang Xian's mother smiled and replaced the wine with tea, and frequently served vegetables to Zhang Xian's father-in-law, and the family was also happy.
After eating, Zhang Xian left the fifth uncle, his father and his father-in-law to discuss things, Zhang Xian asked everyone to report the recent events first, and the fifth uncle opened his mouth first with a smile:
"My lord, during the period when you escorted the emperor, our compressed dry food business is beyond imagination, because this kind of convenient and portable compressed dry food, a person can carry the amount for ten days at a time, which is several times stronger than those dry food in the past, after everyone used it, the word of mouth quickly spread, and now those who run boats, dart lines, and three religions and nine streams have an endless stream of people to buy, especially the adults promised General Lu Wenhuan's order, according to the adults said that three points of profit and small profits are quick turnover, on average, we remove expenses, The net profit of 1,000 taels of silver per day, about three taels of silver per month, and the sales volume is still increasing, but our site is limited, the output can not keep up, and some orders have not dared to take it, this year is almost more than 300,000 taels of silver income, which in the past, we dare not think of things. β
Zhang Xian nodded and said:
"It can be seen that the fifth uncle is doing his best, and the official has thanked him here, since the output is in short supply, although the fifth uncle arranges people to expand the scale of production, the biggest advantage of Yangzhou is that it is in the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, and the price of grain is cheap. However, even if it is 30,000 taels of silver a month, it is far from enough to spend, and if there is no 50,000 taels of silver a month, the official will be overstretched in the future. β
Zhang Xian paused after speaking, took a sip of hot tea, and continued to say to the fifth uncle:
"Fifth uncle, you have bothered a lot about this matter, this is about to reach the end of the year, you and my father set aside a part of the money, and distribute it to the clansmen at the end of the year. By the way, my father, the child may have a large amount of silver taels at this stage, please ask my father to help manage it, and you can ask a few bookkeepers to do a good job of accounts. β
After Zhang Xian finished speaking, seeing that his father and the fifth uncle nodded, and asked his father to send the fifth uncle away, leaving his father-in-law alone, Zhang Xian said to his father-in-law very solemnly:
"Lord Yue, Xiao Xu wants to know, how long can I move the fierce fire oil tank workshop to the mountain behind the Zhangjia ancestral hall? You can build a workshop safely, and the safety of human life is the most important thing in the eyes of my officials. In addition, Xiao Xu wants to set a set of standards for the production of fierce fire oil cabinets, to be honest, today in the workshop, Xiao Xu saw the copper pipes and joints of those cabinets, the thickness is different, the length is different, once it is damaged in the future, it will be very troublesome to replace the parts, so I would like to ask my father-in-law's opinion. β
After hearing this, Zhang Xianyuezhang said:
"Xianxu, the relocation of the workshop is relatively fast, the old man has already gone to the mountain behind the ancestral hall to find a good place, the old man has all used refractory mud bricks to build the workshop, and the old man has also sorted out the operation rules in terms of safety, these are much stronger than the rules of the Great Song Dynasty military camp, but this is also Xianxu for everyone's life and safety, if the old man was in the military camp firearms camp, there was such a safe operation plan, the old man's face would not be ruined like this, I believe everyone will feel Xianxu."
"However, it is difficult for the craftsmen to unify the standards, first, the craftsmen pay attention to a word of mouth, and the apprentices of the church starve to death of the master; Second, the production standards in the hearts of each master are different, for example, some masters make copper pipes evenly, but the copper cabinet is not good, and some masters do fine hoses, but they can't do it well, to be honest, this is also a stubborn disease in the military camp since ancient times, Xianxu wants to use a standard to do, I'm afraid it's really difficult. β
Zhang Xian smiled, wouldn't it be in vain for the people who traveled through his later generations not to teach the standardization, customization and modular production of modern factories? So Zhang Xian smiled and said:
"Master Yue, this matter is easy to solve!"