Outside Chang'an City, more than 500 sweaty and bloody horses returned with the caravan, and the people and civil and military officials came to watch. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Sweat BMW, good sweat BMW! Since the restoration of the Han Dynasty, I haven't seen such a good sweat and blood BMW for many years! Yan Yan came to the front of the caravan, stroked the BMWs and laughed.

Since the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Western Regions have also been closed, so there have been few sweat and blood horses flowing in for so many years.

"Xiliang's BMW is already good, but compared to the sweat and blood BMW, it is really inferior!" Zhang Ren was also very excited, and he couldn't wait to get one of the five hundred horses.

Xiliang horses are characterized by strong explosiveness, but their endurance is slightly inferior; Youzhou Ma is just the opposite, with good stamina, but the speed and explosiveness are slightly inferior; Sweaty horses are special existences, whether it is explosive power, speed, or even endurance, it only takes one minute and seven seconds to complete a kilometer without loading.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the Western Regions have been opened, a steady stream of sweat and blood will be brought back to the Han Empire in the future! These bloody horses will be cultivated as stallions, but if you have made enough contributions, I can reward him with one! Liu Wei walked slowly, after being the emperor for so two years, he no longer had the Mu Na of the past, only the might and self-confidence of the emperor.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" A group of civil and military officials thanked each other, Liu Wei did not say that it was limited to military attachés, but the civil officials also planned to get a batch to go back to decorate the façade, the key is that this is a symbol of 'making great contributions'!

In addition to these sweaty BMWs, there are also many specialties from the Western Regions. Ordinary handicrafts, to be honest, are not very popular with everyone, but the seeds of those new species are very interesting.

Among them, walnuts, courgettes, pomegranates and grapes were naturally introduced into the Han Empire, and many crops did not have high land requirements, so they could also be planted in the relatively arid Xiliang, and were planted as cash crops by the local people and families.

At the same time, the caravan also brought back more than 30 camels, these camels are not as fast as sweaty horses, but the load is more than ordinary mules and horses, and the drought tolerance and endurance are also very good.

There is also a species, and that is the cat, which is smaller than the lynx and is well suited for home keeping. According to locals, it can also catch rats. There were more than 50 cats brought back this time, more than a dozen died on the road, and the rest were a little sluggish, but they recovered after careful care.

This kind of kitten is much safer than the lynx, and the family can also raise it, which is very popular with Liu Wei. Liu Wei likes it, so the people and families of the Han Empire will naturally love it, and for a while, cats are also hard to find, and many people even directly form caravans to go to the Western Regions, hoping to bring more cats back.

They didn't know that this was a drama performed by Liu Wei and Wang Yue. Of course, he does like cats, but not to the extent that the whole country is aware of it. If there is no hype behind it, it is obviously impossible in this era.

It is precisely because of the upward and downward effects that all kinds of good things in the Western Regions have also been spread, so more people have become active from the sidelines, and began to form caravans to go to the Western Regions to Taobao, and finally whether they are sold or bought back, they can bring a steady stream of wealth to the Han Empire.

These riches will be turned into various scientific and technological achievements, a large number of soldiers and equipment, to help the Han Empire further expand its territory. Unlike other forces, the Han Empire has begun to transfuse blood, and there is no longer a need to think about how to make blood on its own.

Not long after, the news that the Han Empire had opened up the Western Regions and began to restore the Silk Road also spread all over the world.

For Lu Bu and Sun Jian, or even Liu Zhanglai, it doesn't matter if the Western Regions can't get through. At this moment, they did not think of the impact of opening up the Western Regions on the country. Most of their thoughts are still stuck in the agricultural era, and the family does not want to destroy the grain-based system through business at all, so they continue to smear the Western Regions, saying that it is a waste of money for the people, maybe at this moment, the three of them look at the Han Empire in this way.

On the contrary, for the Han Republic and the Huaxia Republic, the opening of the Western Regions by the Han Empire made them feel in crisis.

The Western Regions represent a lot of money, and now that the grain standard can no longer be maintained, they must consider commodities to obtain more benefits. The Western Regions is like a cornucopia, with a steady stream of energy to sell goods, and even the ability to buy good things from other lands in a steady stream to earn a second income.

Not to mention, the Qinghai Salt Lake, which had been developed by Yuan Valve, also lost this important financial revenue as Xiliang was occupied by the Han Empire, which made those families in the Han Republic very dissatisfied.

At the same time, when they learned that some of the clansmen of Li Valve and Yang Valve took advantage of the convenience of being in Guanzhong to form a caravan to go to the Western Regions, and even some of the clansmen entered the court of the Han Empire to serve, they also began to be suspicious of these two gate valves, and those gate valves in the eastern part of the country also began to be suspicious, and unconsciously the two sides had begun to separate from Germany.

Yang Valve and Li Valve have become bigger and bigger in recent years, and they have already threatened the gate valve of Kanto. Everyone knows that they have a little connection with the Chinese Republic, and in the past two years, a large amount of cotton cloth and cotton, and even livestock have been exported there for profit. The strong rise of the two gate lords, if it were not for the alliance with the Yuan lord, and they were also their loyal allies in the affairs of the republic, I am afraid that they would have been driven out of the political core long ago.

It's just that this time the two families are a little immoral, everyone is thinking about how to make money, they are good, they directly set up a caravan to make money in a foreign country, which makes them for the sake of family interests, I don't know how much gray hair I want every day, how can I be embarrassed?

In the end, it was not easy for the two gate valves to give up some interests, but in fact, it was mainly Liu Wei who gave up some interests.

According to the latest decree of the Han Empire, as long as a certain tax is paid, then the caravans of the Han Republic and even the Huaxia Republic are allowed to enter the country to do business, but if they are found to have espionage, then don't blame them for being polite.

The main reason for Liu Wei's arrangement was that he was worried that the other two countries would close their markets and not allow merchants from the Han Empire to enter. The population of Guanzhong and Bashu is not much, the market is not large, the key is that road transportation is not convenient, if there is no population in the Central Plains of Kanto as a market, then in the end it is he who suffers a big loss.

If there is no market in the country, then the caravan will shrink, and the blood transfusion function will be further weakened. The country's small population and the fewer goods it can produce means less profit that can be taken out, which he cannot tolerate.

Therefore, it is also helpless to throw out some profits appropriately. However, Qinghai Salt Lake, which is a national weapon, of course, must be firmly in the hands of the imperial court, as for other families, even the Xun family and the Cao family, which are important in the Han Empire, cannot do it.

When the news spread to other countries, the Han Republic first breathed a sigh of relief, and then formed a huge caravan with the situation of the national caravan, directly entered the Han Empire through the border, and then went to the Western Regions to operate.

Li Yu was a little bitter over there, knowing that the Western Regions were making money, but the problem was that Jiangnan was too far away from the Western Regions, and it was not cost-effective to send people over directly. Moreover, the southerners are not accustomed to the arid climate in the north, so the Silk Road has no meaning for the Chinese Republic, and they can only watch others make money, but they are helpless.

Fortunately, the goods of the Chinese Republic have been selling well, and the advanced technology and technology have made the domestic market of goods hot.

Anyway, since he can make money in China, he is not so eager to go to the Western Regions to do business. Even if it was a merchant from another place who transferred their goods to the Western Regions to make money, it didn't matter if he became a second-hand dealer.

Even, Li Yu has begun to contact Yang Valve and Li Valve, selling a batch of goods to them every year, and letting them transport them to the Western Regions to make money, they will be first-hand dealers, and Yang Valve and Li Valve will act as second-hand dealers. The Republic of China is playing with small profits but quick turnover, as for how the two gate valves make money and how much money they make, that's their business.

At the present stage, the focus of the Chinese Republic is on the reorganization and expansion of the armed forces.

Lujiang County has completely returned to the hands of the Huaxia Republic, which means that it has the conditions to go north to conquer. Jiujiang County and Xuzhou next to it are allies' territories, and the key is that Lu Bu's current politics and military are almost completely dependent on himself, and he does not dare to do anything rebellious, otherwise he will definitely suffer a big loss whether it is moral or somewhere else.

Even as long as the operation is done properly, the second internal revolution, the overthrow of the military junta and the direct merger into the Huaxia Republic or something, Li Yu is at least forty percent sure that he can do it. In a few years, it can even be increased to seventy.

Dong Zhuo's remnants were merged into the Huaxia Republic, no matter how you say it, there are more than 30,000, plus there are also a large number of warriors on the Wulingman side who plan to enter the military to take up posts, and in the end, under careful selection, more than 20,000 are also recruited.

Counting the original tens of thousands of troops, the Republic of China already has 200,000 troops, and in terms of population ratio, it is almost 100:1, which is actually a bit too high.

The Chinese Republic has a bit of a large number of military branches, not only the original eight military systems. There are more such as the Wudang Flying Army, the Wuling Barbarian Army, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Flying Bear Army, etc., these types of troops are huge and complex, and even the level of training is not the same. Finally, at Li Yi's mention, Li Yu convened a meeting of the National People's Congress and announced the reorganization of all armies, and finally the reorganization of eight group armies:

The commander of the First Army was Li Wen; Guan Yu, commander of the Second Army; Chen Tao, commander of the Third Army; Huang Zhong, commander of the Fourth Army; Commander of the Fifth Army, Zu Mao; Li Dao, commander of the Sixth Army; Zhao Yun, commander of the Seventh Army; Commander of the Eighth Army, Peng Kai.

The arms are no longer a single mode, and a mixed configuration is adopted, so that each army has the functions of long-range suppression, long-range defense, fortification destruction, siege and siege, stronghold, surprise attack and harassment, and anti-cavalry, etc., which can adapt to the combat requirements of any environment.

Among the eight group armies, the identities of Zhao Yun, Li Dao and Peng Kai are the most controversial, after all, Yang Lang and Huang Gai are also considered to be hard work, but they have not been able to hold the position of corps commander, let alone Li Yi, who is related to Li Yu.

In fact, there is a bit of political consideration behind the military, Peng Kai represents the interests of the two major mountain people groups of Wuyi and even Wulingman, which can be regarded as Li Yu's flaunting, telling the mountain people all over the world, and even other Sinicized ethnic minorities, 'Here in the Chinese Republic, there is no discrimination and equal opportunities'.

Huang Gai served as the deputy commander of the army under Li Dao, and in a sense, he was also mixed with sand. Li Dao is a transformed army, and let him be the commander of the corps, on the one hand, to reassure those people in the Liangzhou Army, and on the other hand, it is also a flaunt. Li Dao also knows this, so he can be regarded as delegating power to Huang Gai, although the two have high and low positions, they are actually equals.

Not to mention Yang Lang, his special operations unit has completely become a mobile unit. Stand out. The special operations unit that has been promoted to 1,000 people will be put into the battlefield at any time according to the need, although he Yang Lang is not the commander of the group army, but his power is no less than that of all army commanders, and even Li Yu plans to train the special operations unit as an ace army! (To be continued.) )