Chapter 643: A Secret Treasure Land......
Lu Qian is going to teach his women a lesson today, broaden their horizons, and let them know where their son's future is.
Seeing that the four concubines nodded in unison, they tore open another picture scroll. "Look at this ...... again"
But it's another picture. It's just that the China in this picture is very different from the previous one.
The entire eastern part is shrouded in red and crimson.
"This ......" The five girls were shocked again. The entire east of the map is shrouded in red, and you can't see Liao, Xia, or Jin, and even Tibet, Dali, Goryeo, and Japan.
"This is the Lu family empire in my heart." Compared with Huaxia and China, the Lu family will call them more belonging and easier to understand.
For the time being, this map is an enlarged version of the 'Begonia Map' of later generations. There is a little more slip to the south, and it is Annan. Heading north, we reach the Arctic Ocean.
Don't think this is delusional, this grand plan is far from closely related to Lu Qian's entire arrangement.
Lu Qian made up his mind very early, and placed most of his heroes and famous generals in Nanyang, and placed his son in the Western Regions and Saibei.
Of course, there is also an arrangement to Japan.
Why? Naturally, it is easier to develop.
"Although in terms of the power of the north and the south, the strength of the Uighurs of Gaochang, the Eastern and Western Karakhanids, the Ghaznavid Kingdom, the Kupchak Khanate, and the nomadic peoples of the steppes is far superior to that of Angkor, Bagan, and Srivijaya in the South Seas. However, the South China Sea is hot and humid, miasma and poisonous insects are everywhere, and the environment is far worse than that of the north. The latter is a cold winter, what are you afraid of? The Central Plains is cotton, and after taking the north, there are countless fur felt blankets, how can a man be afraid of the cold? "If you're afraid of miasma poisonous insects, it's understandable, what's the cold? Su Wuke has been herding sheep on the shores of Lake Baikal for 19 years. "And the north is vast, and the future is even greater than that of the south." And Japan really wants to explore across the ocean.
Where do women understand this? They just know that the South Seas are full of poisonous insects, and miasma is rampant, but they are also rich in products, and the lazy people who bask in the sun all day long and don't work will not starve to death. It is like summer all year round, and there is no winter.
And what about the steppes of the north? In their minds, that's the rotten place where turtles don't poop and birds don't lay eggs.
Hu Sanniang was the first to say: "The north is barren, what is the future?" "It's really promising, why do the barbarians of the Northland go south every time?
"Haha, you guys." Lu Qian picked up the whip and pointed it on the grassland marked as Saibei. "Compared with the Central Plains, this place is bitter and cold, and the people's livelihood is difficult. But there is no poverty here. ”
The northern steppes are shallow, rainfall is scarce, and the consequences of this are clearly visible in the 21st century.
But the vast prairie is a good place to develop animal husbandry. In today's era, there is no freezing technology, although there is an example of Zhao Song spending a lot of money to buy sheep from Liao every year, but that money is a drop in the bucket compared with the cattle and sheep in the entire Liao. What Lu Qian wants to develop is wool textiles. If you want to stimulate the economy of Saibei, the only way is wool spinning. Only this industry can make the herdsmen of the northern part of the country economically dependent on the Central Plains inseparably. It can also allow the herders in Saibei to slowly move from a nomadic state to a settled or semi-sedentary state.
It's like a raw fan turned into a cooked fan.
But even so, it is rare to want to make them obediently obey the orders of the Central Plains Dynasty like the Han people.
This is a difference in thinking, so the Saibei grassland still needs to be educated.
At the same time, they also need a kind of deterrence, a kind of force of truth. If Lu Qian wants them to be obedient, he must first let them know what fear is. Just like the peoples of Central Asia and Siberia that were conquered by Tsarist Russia in the official history.
Who thinks their bones are harder than knives? That's until your bones are soft.
How the Khitans ruled the central and eastern part of the steppe gave Lu Qian a hint. Cities have been built in the vast prairie. Thinking about it, how similar is this to the military stronghold set up by the Russians when they conquered Siberia?
If there is a difference, it is that both sides are in the era of cold weapons. The Central Plains army has not yet formed a crushing advantage in force over the nomads. Even the latter is more advantageous.
That's why Lu Qian thought of controlling Mongolia with soft means, and hard means would only serve as a deterrent in the future.
Of course, the Chinese sheep breed is congenitally limited, and in the official history, it was not until after the founding of the Red Dynasty that China's first fine-wool sheep were bred. There is no such thing as an original one.
And without fine wool sheep, if you want to vigorously develop the wool textile industry, it is wishful thinking.
Although today's woollen technology is simply not comparable to that of later generations. But Lu Qian still let the spy department infiltrate Guangzhou early, or pretended to be a merchant to accompany the Chinese maritime merchants, or made a contract with the heavenly merchants to obtain fine wool sheep at a high price.
In fact, he didn't know that the best fine-wool sheep in the world at this time were all in England.
The British have a unique advantage in the development of the wool textile industry. The climate, sunshine and soil of the British Isles are very suitable for the growth of fine wool sheep.
The origin of the fine-wool sheep on the earth is almost all in the United Kingdom.
The woolly sheep, which are not seen in China, are ubiquitous in the southern hills of England. Nanqiu sheep, Oxford sheep, Hampshire sheep, Suffolk sheep, Shilopshire sheep and Dorset sheep, as well as Lincoln sheep, Leicester sheep, border Leicester sheep and Romney sheep.
In Europe, Britain is a traditional sheep farmer and the most important wool producer in Europe. Yes, at this time, Britain was only an exporter of wool, the lowest raw material in the wool industry.
Lu Qian didn't know this, he thought that the fine-wool sheep would be in Tianzhu or further west. Otherwise, he would have been jealous of Britain and laughed at it at the same time.
It is precisely because he doesn't know these things that he is so confident that he can use wool to soften the attitude of the grassland people. This is completely different from his grasp of the improvement of cotton seeds. On the latter, Lu Qian's goals were set on India and Egypt from the beginning.
Although he knew only a little about it, he knew how John Bull had crushed Indian cotton weavers in recent history, and the great names of Egyptian long-staple cotton.
But on the wool, Lu Qian is destined to be disappointed. It's just that Emperor Lu is not worthy at all at this moment.
There are many things that Lu Qian can't say to Fang Jinzhi and them, and there is no need to explain them too clearly, these still need to be kept secret. He just used the whip in his hand to point out the Seven Rivers and the Mid-River region.
"I will not ask my sons to go to the outside of the fortress alone, they will each take an army with them, and the dependents of these armies, as well as the people who have been requisitioned and relocated from the Central Plains, will always be hundreds of thousands. With this group of people as the foundation, and the Central Plains as the backing, if they can't recover those barbarians on the grassland......" Lu Qian almost jumped out - what else does Lao Tzu want them to do! Before dividing the princes, he must have swept the grassland a few times.
"There is also a kingdom in these places. Many of them are also descendants of the Turks who migrated westward during the Li and Tang dynasties. But after all, it's not where the wealth lies. ”
It can only be said that he is the tallest of the short. Compared with the surroundings, it is naturally much better, but compared with the Central Plains Jiangnan, and the place that Lu Qian finally chose for his sons, it is too much worse.
"Tianzhu!" This is the foothold that Lu Qian finally chose for his sons. Few Chinese in later generations can have a good impression of India, and when it comes to India, they will inevitably think of a certain divine oil and the holy water of the Ganges. But at this time, this is the second best place to go after the Central Plains.
The five daughters all know where Tianzhu is, and according to legend, the ancestral court of Buddhism. Where Buddhism can be born, the five daughters subconsciously distinguish it from the barbarian wilderness.
"It's a treasure trove of secrets. Hundreds of millions of natives are docile and docile, and everyone is as lowly as mud. They don't need you to scold, they themselves see themselves as filth first. Lu Qian felt that the science of science was really the most suitable for the land of Tianzhu.
The scholars no longer need to worry about why the poor and the poor ghosts don't starve to death at home and run out to cause trouble for them, and the untouchables of India don't need to pay attention, when it is time to starve to death, they can obediently find a place to die, and the province will stain the eyes of the nobles.
"All they have to do is lead the cavalry in the north to the south."
At this time, the voice of Lehe came from outside. "Your Majesty, Shoufu is already waiting outside the hall." Zong Ze came from Lu Qian's edict. Months have passed, and the national capital has not been decided. Lu Qian felt that he could reveal some of his own calculations to Zong Ze.
Hearing this, he put down his whip, and Lu Qian picked up a book from the bookcase on the side, which was a foreign material that he had specially collected and sorted. It includes India and the Western Regions.
"Take all of this back with you. And pay attention to confidentiality, now is not the time to disclose it to the public. You have to know Tianzhu for yourselves and see what that place is like. I also think about what my sons need when they are going to be sealed in the future. ”
Lu Qian has not yet decided on a crown prince. Therefore, although each of his sons still has the possibility of inheriting the great unification, everyone must also be prepared to be divided. After all, there was only one dragon chair.
"Chen Zongze greets Your Majesty."
Fang Jinzhi and the five girls walked out of the main hall through the side door in a daze, as if they were drunk, and there seemed to be a 'click' sound in their heads. What they have seen and heard in recent days has dealt a heavy blow to the three views that they have already formed.
But everyone hugged the books in their hands as if they were their own children. Emperor Lu did not choose his successor, did not choose his long, but chose the virtuous. They are not sure that their sons will be extraordinary and independent as adults.
Therefore, the importance of this book needs not be overstated. Although in their lifetime, it is likely that they will not see the day when their son enters Tianzhu. After all, their father was ruthless, and planned to ask his son to collect the grassland ...... first, but the grassland and Tianzhu were separated by thousands of miles from each other. By the time the children and grandchildren led the army south to Tianzhu, they were afraid that they would already be underground.
is Wu Qiongying, who has no children and no daughters, and now she is very precious. Of course, there was also a longing in her heart, a longing for her son.
Isn't that the case with the five daughters? The women in the harem, no one dislikes their sons.
And during this period of time, the voice of moving the capital was boiling, and they also heard a lot. Then there is a greater sense of urgency.
If the capital is moved and a spacious place is changed, even if Lu Qian does not take the initiative to take the concubine and expand the harem, some of the ministers outside will also take the initiative to propose it.
didn't know Lu Qian's true intentions, and he never changed. The so-called Jiangling was just a substitute for the dead ghost that he pulled out after he saw Jinling being vetoed by the ministers, diverting his attention.
There are only a few places suitable for Dingdu in the huge China, Luoyang is not good, Kaifeng has never been, and Chang'an is not good, so there are only two capitals left in the north and south. However, Yanjing City is still in the hands of the Khitans, and Nanjing is opposed by the monarch and ministers because of its geographical location.
made Lu Qian lose his mind for a while.
I had to pull out Jiangling as a shield, and let the ministers quarrel with you, and he slowly arranged it himself. There is no hurry to move the capital horizontally and vertically! (https:)
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