The little baby, who had eaten enough again, began to become active, so she was picked up from the swaddling clothes and placed on a blanket on the soft grass, allowing her to dance her pink hands and feet and move gently. w?

On the other side, Schrödinger, the gray cat who was crazy and tired, also staggered to the little one's side. Following her example and making all kinds of rolling, stretching, and grasping the blanket and various stretching movements, people really can't help but get up.

It's just an occasional comfortable life, which doesn't always last long, so I saw Xue Huiyan leading Ke Shanmeng, the director of Shangshi, in.

"What's the situation this time......

I asked

"It's the Fuso Domain...... there's a problem."

Keshan dreams of the way of looking at the nose, nose and mouth, and mouth and heart

"I'm afraid that the import of sulfur will hinder the ...... a little."

I suddenly felt a little solemn, and I realized that there was something wrong with the source of sulfur, which is one of the important raw materials for the gunpowder and chemical industry.

Although there are many natural disasters such as volcanoes and earthquakes, Fusang Domain, or the hometown of the Wa Kingdom, is also rich in various characteristic minerals brought by the same geological movement, such as gold, silver, copper, and other precious metals. However, the most common of these companions is undoubtedly sulfur, and it is of good quality, easy to mine and extremely productive.

(In fact, even in later generations, Japan's sulfur exports were the third largest in the world.) ）

Because many of the sulphur pits are natural sulphur mined directly from the open pit, only the manual excavation and the extremely low cost of transportation to the seashore are also extremely cheap locally. Therefore, after crossing the sea and selling it to Huaidong, it was only two or three pieces of stone, and the profit was really limited; Therefore, it has long been used as ballast and cargo add-ons.

Today's Fuso Domain has been divided into two camps, the north and the south, due to the dispute between the kings of the previous generation, and each has a royal family in the division of the princes??.?. It's just that the scale and intensity of the war are far less than the evolution of the big 6 in China. Therefore, in addition to the fighting and chaos, in order to enjoy the military and their own luxury, those lords who have land in the coastal areas are all trying their best to do business to meet their own needs.

Because the Fusang Islands in this time and space did not abolish the Tang envoys on the normal historical line, and returned to the "national style movement" of Yamato, but further became a semi-colony of the Tang people who exported mineral resources, cannon fodder, and coolies, so they were deeply affected by sinicization, and the corresponding katakana writing and waka culture also disappeared. Therefore, all kinds of lifestyles and daily traditions have been on par with the Central Plains and are proud of chasing the big 6 fashion.

Many of the necessities used to maintain daily life from clothing and eating utensils have to be imported in large quantities from the Middle Earth University6, which has also caused a high consumer market.

Not to mention the sulphur and other ores, even the people under the command have taken them out and sold them. This also contributed to the deformed prosperity and glitz of coastal trade. Therefore, the amount of sulfur exported to Huaidong is also increasing.

Originally, it was just the demand for gunpowder processing in the military, but after the establishment of the primitive chemical industry, as the corresponding industrial raw materials and catalyst components, the corresponding consumption suddenly doubled and increased dozens of times.

Although there are also sulfur production areas on the local big 6, they are far away in Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai and other places in later generations, but they are beyond the reach of the whip; In addition, it is also produced in the mountainous area of Dongpingzhou near Yizhou, but relying on the output of Yizhou alone, even the daily production of gunpowder is already very reluctant, not to mention the daily needs of the Huaidong industrial system, and it is necessary to find more sources. And the Fuso Islands are undoubtedly the most convenient source and choice in the near future.

And Keshan Meng, the remnants of Dengzhou who were exiled in various parts of the East China Sea, gradually cooperated with my Huaidong forces through long-term purchase of special products such as sulfur and red copper, and finally completed the process of thorough operation.

However, the sulfur production areas of the Fuso Domain were mainly concentrated in the northeastern and Kanto regions of Honshu's Oshima Island, that is, within the sphere of influence of the Kanto Imperial Court. It belongs to the side that is far away from Huaidong, and the sulfur trade exported from it has to pass through the territory and sphere of influence of the Western Imperial Court, and even the hot spots of naval warfare and contention.

Therefore, under the follow-up planning, at the cost of ceding part of the benefits, he cooperated with a certain big force between the north and the south, the former guardian of the four countries, and the Qingyuan clan to ensure the stability and security of this special trade route; But things have changed, and now this famous local clan and distribution agent has been attacked and almost wiped out?.?? `

Because of the local Iyu Kingdom of Shikoku, Fujiwara Juntomo, suddenly led more than 1,000 ships to rebel, not only attacked and occupied the Awaji and Sanki national capitals of Shikoku, killed many local dignitaries and officials who guarded the following national divisions and county divisions, but also invaded Kyushu Dazaifu, and as a result, not only the sulfur trade, but also the corresponding trade in the North and South Seas6 was also cut off.

Even if the turmoil will be put down quickly, it will not be so easy to find another suitable agent. Although, I can still send people to buy in batches and land by place, and most of these local lords and feudal families are people who are limited in temperance and profit-seeking, but the corresponding input cost will also rise significantly.

Is it necessary to change the strategy because of this, I suddenly fell into a kind of contemplation......

To the north of the city of Luodu,

Yang Si, the secretary of the military department, was also looking at the preparation of soldiers and horses inside and outside the city.

There used to be a steady stream of people, chariots, horses, and material resources, crossing the three bridges of Heyang on the Yellow River in the north and entering the Duqian Road, and like the surging torrents, they converged under the city of Luodu.

After another reorganization and training, batch after batch rushed to the west and south.

Within a mile-wide radius on the outskirts of Luodu, there are forts and camps built by the old and new, like nodes dotted around, connecting the war zones and defense lines separated by eight waters inside and outside Luodu into a large whole.

And in the city of Luodu, tens of thousands of Qingzhuangbei were armed, and together with the people who were recruited, the north was used as some kind of expendable resources and buffers, filling these war zones and defense lines.

But most of these things have nothing to do with him, the secretary of the military department. Since the establishment of the Generalissimo's Mansion by the Duke of Lingbao, and after the war, it was not disbanded but continued to strengthen its authority.

He, the so-called secretary of the military department, together with the ministers in the Privy Council, was involved in the selection of military attachés, rewards, punishments, transfers, and assignments, as well as the authority and duties of military registration, ordnance, rations, military orders, prohibition, conscription, and defense and transfer, and so on, which were also increasingly diminished and stripped of their powers to prepare for the enemy in wartime

and then became part of the military and political team that started under the Generalissimo's office; However, when it comes to militaristic strategy and major state affairs, the internal court and the small-scale convening can only play the role of some daily consultations.

And it is not a coincidence that such treatment is not uncommon; Instead, almost all the old people left behind by the previous generation of the Grand Regent were gradually excluded from the decision-making circle and power center by the new regent.

From the unpredictable power and scheming methods of the city government, the current Da Shot has won the style of his father, and even surpassed it.

For example, his benefactor and veteran, known as the "Wen Courage" of the previous generation of Da Zheng, and Gao Qian, the behind-the-scenes supporter of the Imperial Dao faction, now only has one prince left, the title of Xuanhui envoy of the Northern Courtyard.

Although they are clear and noble, their treatment and reputation are still highly respected, but they are gradually moving away from authority and practice, and they are also disguised to divide and disintegrate their respective teams and network resources;

So much so that now, as the secretary of the military department, except for a few soldiers who stand in the office, there is no longer a soldier who is directly related; On weekdays, I can only do some auxiliary chores such as money and grain recruitment, transportation, and mobilization of husband and wife, so that I can reflect a little sense of existence in the routine court meeting.

At this moment, his younger brother's servant Yang Jing followed closely behind him and reported to him the latest progress and observations.

Compared with Yang Si, who still has some things to manage, Yang Jing's provincial Taibu temple supervision system can be said to be a place where most of them have been reduced to a quiet place for the old patriarchs.

"Yang Keshi is doing quite well there......"

"I have repelled the advance of the Southern Barbarians several times......"

"It's just that although it is sharp, it fails to break its fundamental ......"

"In the battle formation, but also the loss of a few new members of the army ......"

"yes, that's a good job......"

Yang Si sighed in a complicated tone

"A model for the public......"

"In addition, Zhang (Dekun) recruited in Xuzhou and Chenzhou, and also won some ......"

Yang Jing continued.

"It's just that I don't dare to return to Luodu to report on my work......"

"Is it another story of Li Sikong......

He said in a somewhat sarcastic tone.

Li Guangbi, a famous general from Tianbao to Qianyuan in the previous dynasty, can be said to be one of the important fathers of the Anshi Rebellion, and his military exploits are even above another Guo Ziyi.

It was only later that the Empress Dowager Shen, who was known as the "female Zhongyao Shun", supported the young monarch for several generations and had great authority, and under her conspiracy methods, not only was Liang Gong, a powerful minister who was known as "opening two dynasties in one body and destroying dozens of countries", "landless vassal lord" and "surrogate herd clan", was forced to go away and return to his hometown to retire.

And the famous general Guo Ziyi could only hide in the mansion and pretend to be sick and wait for death, and Li Guangbi, who was tough by nature, couldn't last long, so he invited himself to go out to deal with the aftermath.

In his later years, he was always afraid of being slandered by eunuchs, and he refused to return to Beijing again for the rest of his life. In the end, he was able to die of illness in Jiuyuan's office at the age of fifty-seven.

But because of this, there are ******** people like them, who have the space and room to plan privately. If you don't know your own hopeless future and power, you must also have a plan for your children and grandchildren.

Although he has lost most of his authority, the connections and origins he has cultivated over the years are easy to erase, and many things in the name of military secrets cannot completely bypass him.

For example, the mission secretly sent to the Southern Dynasties, although it was only a one-time task of delaying time, it did not prevent him from using Yang Jing's hand to settle and play a real role in it.