Distant and close attacks were the only way to be used by strong cities, and these modest cities adopted the wisest doctrine of affairs in the face of the rapidly rising Yucheng in order to protect themselves. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The only time when the town was shaken was when Chen Jian led his army to the east for a few months, but as the good news kept coming, the only wavering was gone.

At the banquet, the leaders and nobles first congratulated Ji Xia on his great achievements in breaking Dongyi, and praised Hongyu for his hard work in supervising the city before the Eastern Expedition, and frequently toasted.

"Ji Xia has returned to the east, and the city has already prepared gifts to save his relatives from bondage, but the city is not as barren as Yuxia, and the etiquette is light, so please don't blame Ji Xia."

Hongyu toasted and smiled, and raised his arm slightly: "Ji Xia is just following the guidance of his ancestors, where can he dare to take credit?" If you want to be grateful, not forgetting to sacrifice your ancestors and not forgetting the unity of your relatives is the best gratitude, how dare you ask for gifts. ”

"This time, Ji Xia sent me here, just to discuss some things with you, and it is the time to ask for relatives."

The relatives and nobles of the city said that they would do what they could do, but they were secretly worried that Jian Chen would force them to swear an oath with Yucheng. I am afraid that they will be forced to completely stand on Jian Chen's side, so as to prepare for the dominance of the clan alliance with Sucheng in the future.

It is necessary to stand in line, but now is not the time, and now with the spread of iron tools, the city is also developing rapidly, and they do not like to fight at this time.

Fortunately, the words after the red fish made them breathe a sigh of relief.

"Your relatives also know that in May this year, there was civil strife in the city, and the city was divided into two. The people of Xia City burned like a river of ice, looking forward to Ji Xia's army to quell the rebellion. Ji can't sleep on a summer night, and can't eat. should have returned long ago to quell the rebellion, but who expected that the Dongyi people would enter the Kou to plunder their relatives and destroy the city, Ji Xia endured the pain and led the army into the hinterland of Dongyi. Protected by the ancestors, he broke three cities, plundered 20,000, and forced the chief to confess his guilt for three years and did not dare to look east. ”

"Now that he has returned from a great victory, he is about to return to Xia City to quell the rebellion. Ji Xia's subordinates have more than 10,000 men in armor and hundreds of chariots, and they will definitely be able to go down with one drum. It's just that...... Now it is the beginning of winter, and the wind flows from the west to the east, and it is not easy to transport grain and grass along the river, so it is hoped that the slaves who want to buy grain and forage with copper coins and iron tools to transport grain. ”

"Now that the land is frozen and difficult to cultivate, and the slaves are idle, they can just exchange some copper coins, iron, and gunpowder, which will be of great benefit to each other, and I would like to ask you to help."

The leader secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and he didn't know whether it was true or not, but as long as these people were not here to attack him, he didn't have to worry.

At this time, there was no false story to teach a lesson, and the leader determined that he was only buying food, so of course he had to agree, and he would have to change it sooner or later anyway.

"We may need thousands of slaves, and there is still a lot of grain in the supply and marketing department's warehouse, so we only need to buy a part. Copper coins are inconvenient to carry, and Ji Xia means that you and I will write the numbers on the cloth, and they will be repaid before next autumn, or in kind such as ironware. ”

"Along the banks of the river, slaves were asked to transport some grain, firewood, hay, beans, etc., every thirty or forty miles. There will be riders who will give advance notice, as long as they find some slave girls to cook at that time. With the slave population of this city, there should be no problem within a hundred miles of the city, which is two or three hundred miles. ”

Redfish took out a piece of cloth and calculated the amount of food needed, which had already been calculated. Twenty percent of the amount of waste is much higher, which is considered a kickback for the nobles of the clan who supervised the work of the slaves, or in case of contingencies.

Supplies along the way were the most serious problem for the army's operations, and at this time, the cities were basically deserted, and even if there were, they were all poor and wild villages, and it was difficult to get any supplies.

Nowadays, the manpower of the Xia Yu system is more expensive than that of the rest of the cities, so the logistics of this kind of auxiliary army is basically done with the help of the slaves of the rest of the cities.

It is necessary to ensure that 3,000 or 4,000 people go north against the water, against the wind, in autumn and winter, and at least 5,000 people must be responsible for transporting grain and grass, but if these 5,000 people work in the city and town, they can exchange 20,000 to 30,000 simultaneous laborers.

Many of the cities northwest of Yucheng were influenced by the Xia Cheng system. The southeast side is close to Yucheng, and the northwest side is close to the grass river. The cities at both ends are the simplest, and the currency has gradually become a common currency here.

The influence of the blank space in the middle was not so far-reaching, and it was impossible to achieve close contact, so the supply and marketing department and the transportation department cultivated a group of new nobles who were attached to the Xia Yu system in the name of warehouses or wine shops, and in the form of actual semi-colonial compradors, they gradually increased their strength - it was very simple to do, the supply and marketing department did not buy and sell directly in the middle city, but sold some new tools, iron tools, weapons, etc. to the city through those new nobles, and the new aristocratic compradors earned the difference and gradually strengthened themselves - Most of the new aristocrats were parents of non-chiefs of children who went to school in Yucheng.

It is precisely with more than two years of various secret actions that this time it is possible rather than a fantasy to send troops to the north this winter and hold a council of the people of the city in Xiacheng in the spring of the 36th year of Huali, otherwise the logistics will allow the two cities of Yuxia to remain divided at least until next summer.

The task of the Red Fish in advance is to achieve a supply station for hundreds of miles and thirty miles along the way, all the way to the confluence of the Grass River and the Great River. Further up in the two cities of Wei and E, there are others to persuade them in order to ask their attitudes, such as Wei Xi'e and others.

With the development of the Yucheng Workshop and the acceptance of copper coins in nearby towns, the copper coins of Xia Cheng surpassed the value of copper and labor itself, and could truly be regarded as a currency rather than a token.

So when the red fish wrote the number of money on the cloth, the chief and the nobles immediately agreed to the number that made their hearts pound.

The amount was huge, and it was possible to buy a lot of things, and in the same way this could not be done alone by the public property—not that the public property of the city did not have such ability, but that the interests and attitudes of the new nobles should be taken into account, and a portion of the profit should be given to them.

This may not necessarily be done with slaves, but can be done by the low-level people in a state of idleness in the winter, but the nobles and city chiefs will not give this opportunity to those people.

Therefore, the red fish came to find the nobles and leaders first, which made the people in the banquet very happy, in fact, with the reputation of the Xia City Warehouse in the past two years, it is completely possible to mobilize those low-level countrymen to do such a thing, and they only need to pay enough price.

Coming to the leader first at least meant that Jian Chen did not overstep some things and gave the other party leader enough respect.

This is an internal cake, and it has nothing to do with Redfish, and Redfish quickly got an agreed reply, drew up a contract with both parties, printed the seal belonging to the Yucheng Supply and Marketing Division, and roughly allocated the location of the supply stations along the way.

Later, he politely gave some of the trophies brought back from this expedition as gifts, and even gave the leader a jade weapon worn by Mu Hu, the leader of Mu City, which was extremely expensive.

When everyone was overjoyed, the nobles of several cities suddenly stood up and asked, "Now that Xia Yu is becoming stronger and stronger under the leadership of Ji Xia, the transactions between us and our cities are gradually increasing. However, we don't recognize Xia Cheng's writing, and several children must have learned a lot in Yucheng with Ji Xia as their teacher, although they have never returned home, but they have also heard about their performance during the Eastern Expedition. ”

"And we still have a lot of children, I wonder if Ji Xia is willing to accept more children? Of course, as before, we should treat our husband as if we were our parents, and we will bear all the responsibilities of eating. ”

Hongyu thought about it slightly, nodded and said, "I think Ji Xia will agree." But Ji Xia is a person who lacks skills, and he can't teach so many people alone. ”

"Let's study with the son of the people of Xia Cheng...... There are some things you don't necessarily like. ”

Speaking of this, both sides were a little embarrassed, and of course the relatives of those cities knew what Hongyu meant.

They are unwilling and unable to let their children receive the national education and ideological education of the Xia Cheng system, and from the experience of the children of the relatives and nobles in the rest of the cities, the education deceived by the gentlemen, villains and nobles is more suitable for their children - the essence is the same real bloody and dirty interests, but the content of learning is different if the ass is different, the same book of rebellion, some people learn how to rebel, and some people learn how to suppress rebellion.

The best way to do this is to teach the essence of rebellion to those who need to suppress the rebellion, and make it impossible for those who need to rebel to learn it, but it is clear that Xia Cheng's education system does not do this, so Redfish's words make it a little difficult for some people.

In embarrassment, someone tried to propose: "My third son is in Yucheng Academy, and I heard him talk about some Yucheng ...... during the Chinese New Year last year Uh, yes, textbooks. The enlightened textbook is very good, but the textbook after enlightenment is a bit ...... Hehe. ”

He smiled awkwardly, and then said: "For example, a question of arithmetic, asking the leader of a certain city attacked the barbarians, plundered a large number of slaves, and left half of it, and this half stood in several rows and asked how many slaves were captured and how many ...... the leader was distributed."

"In fact, this textbook can be completely changed, such as a handful of corn divided into two halves, half lined up in several rows to ask how many grains. In fact, the number is the same, and the effect is the same, so why do you have to let the leader keep half of it? Why do you have to add these things that have nothing to do with arithmetic in the textbook? ”

Redfish laughed and shook his head, "That's not something I can control. This is the Department of Education to manage, Ji Xia let go of a lot of rights, the matter of money and food was thrown to me and Yu Qian'er, but the Department of Education and the military power never let go, he is the bookkeeper of the alliance of various ministries, he has the right to dictate some things, and he also has the obligation to educate the people, where can I talk to him about this? ”

"Moreover, it is not easy to copy textbooks, and Ji Xia has limited time, so she racks her brains every night to think about these textbooks. He is the leader of the city, and he is my man, so how can I let him write new textbooks and become tired? ”

Several people sighed, it is indeed a difficult matter to solve the problem of writing and copying wooden tablets, and just when they thought that this matter was difficult to solve, Hongyu suddenly said: "By the way, this is not impossible to change." ”