Qing'er's eyes lit up and she asked, "What is the purpose of fighting to support war?" Let's hear it. ”

Li Shan drew a line on the map and said: "Now all we have is a strong force, we can't waste these forces, and we can't send them back, so we can only fight." Our Dali is located in the plateau area, the terrain is high, most of the land of the country is on the plains, distributed along the Irrawaddy River, and the area bordering us is also a plateau, we have captured these places they want to fight may not be able to fight, from the plain to the plateau attack, whether it is the right time and place and we have the advantage. ”

Qing'er said: "How do you know that this is a plateau and that there is a plain?" Haven't you ever been to the country of Piao? What else is the Irrawaddy River, it is the same as the truth, I don't have it on this map. ”

Li Shan smiled, didn't explain, and continued: "This is the Lancang River, and down the river is the Tai tribe, and I will go to take it in this area." If my estimate is correct, it will bring us a lot of money. ”

Qing'er said: "With our current strength, those places are not a problem, but if we want to hold these places, we need a lot of troops, but we can't maintain so many troops for a long time, we don't have enough food, grass, money and silk to support it." ”

Li Shan said with a smile: "With land, the second thing is to turn soldiers into farmers. Let them go and reclaim wasteland and build mountain roads and bridges. ”

Qing'er shook her head and said, "No, no, how is this possible, this is simply an act of self-destruction." In this way, in the absence of two years, our treasury will be empty, and in exchange for nothing more than some barren fields and mountain roads? At that time, there was a famine, a flood. We can't help the disaster, there will inevitably be riots, and these soldiers will be unable to sustain themselves, and in less than three years, we will be finished. ”

Li Shan said: "Don't worry, you listen to me."

The first step is to do a good job of ideological propaganda, and we have to preach an imperial idea to the army, telling them that we want to build a great empire, an empire that can catch up with and surpass the Tang Dynasty. Then, tell them that there is gold everywhere and food everywhere on the side of the country, and that the armor is weak and the fighting power is not strong, but we must repair the road before we can occupy them. At that time, each family will be able to share a large amount of property.

The second step is to dismiss the soldiers who are over 35 years old, under 15 years old, and only children in the army, so that we can reduce our expenditures, and second, let them bring these ideas back to all parts of the country and stabilize the people's minds. According to my estimates, this can disarm 20,000 people, which is a reduction of one-fifth of the consumption, but the combat effectiveness is not depleted.

In the third step, the troops were divided into three routes, leading 20,000 troops all the way to attack the country of Pi, leading 10,000 troops all the way to attack the Thai tribes, and then leading 30,000 troops to negotiate with Annam. Leave 20,000 guards in case of accidents.

According to my estimate, the road of the country will be very smooth, and if the country wants to fight us, then it will accompany us to the end. Not only will we fight, but we will also fight them to pay tribute to us and pay tribute to us. I'm going to the Thai tribe myself, and I'm going to look for gold that can be planted. Annam can hold off until I return from the Thai tribe and then negotiate with them, and this negotiation has only one purpose, that is, to let us use their ports to go to sea.

The fourth and most important step is that I will go to sea and open up new routes, and if I am given a year, I will surely find a route for maritime trade.

Fifth, as long as I find the letter route, we can build a large building ship and go to sea with thousands of soldiers, and such a trade route will make Dali rich quickly. We didn't need the Silk Road, we didn't need to go through the Tang Dynasty, we could trade with India, Dashi and the Frankish Empire. The money will be countless.

If all this goes well, within two years, we will be able to make Dali run stably and make a fortune based on foreign trade, and at the same time, we will also open up the road to Pi and Zhenla, and reclaim the wasteland into farmland.

In the next five years, we recuperate, develop people's livelihood and economy, build ordnance, and hoard grain and grass. Five years later, he won the country of Pi and Chenla in one fell swoop and unified the peninsula.

One day, we will build a trading empire here that is no weaker than that of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Qing'er quietly listened to Li Shan's words, pondered for a while, and said, "I probably understand what you mean, but I have a few questions that I need you to answer."

First, since ancient times, agriculture has been the foundation of production, and now you have to abandon the basics and take business as the core, can it really be as easy as you said?

Second, both the country of Bi and Zhenla are powerful countries whose strength is not weaker than ours, and if we provoke the two countries with such fanfare, will it cause them to unite with the outside world? Nowadays, the Tang Dynasty strictly controlled the circulation of saltpeter and sulfur, and we simply did not have enough raw materials to produce gunpowder.

Third, do the sea lanes you are talking about really exist? India, Eclipse, and Franks are all in the northwest, and you're heading south, and that's the opposite of what happened. ”

Li Shan smiled: "I have thought about all the questions you said, let me answer your third question first." Qing'er, you don't have to do your homework. Remember the world map I made? It seems that you are not looking at it seriously. Anyway, this time I have come, and I have brought all the books I have compiled, and you will find time to move them to the palace and put them in the library, and study my books with those whom you think are the wisest and most trustworthy. I can tell you unambiguously that the sea route not only exists, but it leads to a treasure trove that you cannot imagine. As long as we find this route, we don't have to worry about money. ”

Qing'er pouted and said: "I know what you said, you told me that the earth is round, and starting from any place can eventually return to the original point, I mean that this time-consuming and laborious effort may not outweigh the losses." ”

Li Shan looked at Qing'er and said firmly: "Qing'er, do you believe me?" I'm not going to lie to you, I know all this because I've seen the world to come. Qing'er, I can't explain all this to you, but I can prove it to you. Give me a year and I'll come back with good news. ”

Qing'er saw that Li Shan said this, what else is there to refute. After all, they are grasshoppers on a rope, Li Shan will not joke with his own net worth, and Qing'er also believes that Li Shan does have a talent that others can't match.

"There is another question, we don't have gunpowder, how can we start a war with the country of Pi and Zhenla?"

Li Shan laughed: "Qing'er, this gunpowder is too simple. All that is needed to make gunpowder is nothing more than three things, saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal. Charcoal can be found everywhere, as for saltpeter and sulfur, sulfur can be mined in volcanic craters, and there are many volcanoes in Yunnan. As for saltpeter, we really have to thank our ancestors for their great alchemy. I've looked through the books and found a way to make saltpeter, which is much cheaper than mining. ”

Qing'er thought carefully for a long time with her big eyes, and said, "Okay, I'll believe you." We are now sailing against the current, and if we don't advance, we will retreat, and if we don't succeed, we will become benevolent. ”

Li Shan patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I won't let us become benevolent, this time it will definitely be successful." (To be continued.) )