Chapter 159: The Soft Knife Project

Now that he has begun to compete for world dominance, Liang Xuchao has not left any hands behind, and has begun to make every effort to lay a solid foundation for the next few decades. Ancient China did not attach any importance to the sea, but Liang Xuchao, as a person of the future, would definitely not give up such an excellent strategic element. Besides, in the future conquest of Soochow, naval battles are necessary, and maybe they can do miraculous feats. Who said northerners are not good at water? Liang Xuchao just wants to get a group of navies out.

No matter what the navy or whatever, it's a big guy who spends money, and all of this requires a lot of resources as a foundation. To improve agriculture, it is not only necessary to cultivate excellent grain seedlings, but also to advocate excellent planting techniques. Xingxiu water conservancy, Qingzhou, well, Shandong has the Yellow River, the mother of China. Although the Yellow River is always unsafe for various reasons, it can be used by rivers of all sizes. Yes, just like the construction of a large number of small reservoirs in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, although it is not possible to implement high-tech products such as hydropower stations, but it is good to be a reservoir.

In terms of farming, there isn't much to update. After all, the technological productivity is too weak, which makes Liang Xuchao really helpless. However, in order to get more cultivated cattle, Liang Xuchao implemented artificial insemination technology. Although it is very rough, it significantly increases the fertility of the cultivated cattle, well, for the poor Eastern Han Dynasty, it is too amazing. There are more ploughing cattle, and the planting intensity has also increased significantly. The development of agriculture as a whole is also as fast as flying. All the improvements in agriculture have made Qingzhou's grain output increase to an unprecedented level.

If you have money and food, what else do you need? Yes, although Qingzhou is very large, it is too small for Liang Xuchao, who wants to fight in all directions. Besides, the surrounding wolves are eyeing each other, and they don't hurry up to eliminate these dangers. The great country that he finally got became the result of others. This is not what Liang Xuchao wants. Therefore, we must take a tough attitude and directly eradicate all those poor poor eggs.

Due to Daxing Iron Industry, especially Liang Xuchao's team, there is an engineer who specializes in this industry, and with his technical guidance, Liang Xuchao's iron output has reached an annual output of 50,000 tons and a steel output of 5,000 tons. This production is too rare in modern times, but don't forget, it is the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it is really unimaginable to have such a strong strength. With such a strong resource base, Liang Xuchao has enough confidence to start fighting in the Quartet, and the first thing to deal with is Yuan Shao in the north.

In fact, Liang Xuchao wanted to face Cao Cao directly, after all, this was a fierce tiger, for Cao Cao, Liang Xuchao did not dare to take anything lightly. Not killing Cao Cao is too much for Liang Xu to stay awake at night, and he will eradicate this big trouble in his heart no matter what. However, although Cao Cao's current strength is not as strong as in history, it is not something that Liang Xuchao can eat in one bite. Liang Xuchao can only have a good relationship with him, if a hard knife can't work, then use a soft knife.

In fact, this is the same policy as the American Sword Country and Huaxia, using the soft knife of grain to weaken Cao Cao's strength. Cao Cao doesn't have a large number of Wenchen to help now, and the Wenchens who originally belonged to him were all softly ground by Liang Xuchao, and even implemented a kidnapping strategy, all of which were recruited under his banner. With these Wenchen's family members in hand, and the constant influence of sugar-coated shells, Liang Xuchao is still afraid that these people will not be used for himself. It's good to have money, and if you don't have money, there's nothing sugar-coated to shell.

In order to make the soft knife more realistic, in order to keep Cao Cao's territory from large-scale grain planting, Liang Xuchao implemented a very vicious plan. That is to encourage the common people on Cao Cao's territory to plant cash crops such as mulberry trees and tea trees. And to order these items at an almost extravagant price. It is also good that Liang Xuchao's grain production is unusually rich, which also allows Liang Xuchao to have enough price to implement the soft knife plan.

For a year, two years, I can't see the sharpness of this soft knife, but I can't stand it for a long time. Due to the large-scale cultivation of these land-damaging cash crops on Cao Cao's territory, even if Cao Cao found out, he could not change it in a short time. Besides, how much food do you have to resist Liang Xuchao's barriers? Obviously, this vicious soft knife is too evil. However, it is too cost-effective to capture Cao Cao's heroic territory without spending a single soldier.

In order to enhance his strength, Liang Xuchao stabilized Cao Cao while killing Yuan Shao and other warlords around him, and Liang Xuchao's territory was getting bigger and bigger. Even if Cao Cao knew about Liang Xuchao's conspiracy, he would not have the ability to leave Liang Xuchao's soft knife. As Liang Xuchao's territory has become larger and larger, Liang Xuchao's resources have reached an unimaginable level. The terrible war has led to a continuous influx of many displaced people into Liang Xuchao's territory.

With the continuous enhancement of strength, Liang Xuchao also began to set up a foreshadowing for the establishment of the Three Kingdoms in the history of the near future. Because he doesn't want Huaxia to always be in war, after all, war will kill people, and it is the people of the Han nation who die. He didn't want his empire to be plagued by the ethnic minorities in the north again, which was not what Liang Xuchao wanted to see. Therefore, he must make early plans for the future as soon as possible and unify the whole of China as soon as possible.

Taking advantage of the strong national strength, Liang Xuchao kept preparing for the occupation of the southwest while building a navy. Although the warlords such as Yuan Shao in the Central Plains have not completely perished, it is only a matter of time before Liang Xuchao, who has strong strength, and Yuan Shao and other warlords will perish, and Liang Xuchao will not put too much energy on them. After all, the generals that Liang Xuchao now has have reached a terrifying situation, and it can be said that after several years of hard work, almost most of the generals who originally belonged to the Three Kingdoms have been recruited under his command. With them, Liang Xu is so super that he doesn't have to worry too much.

For Cao Cao, what Liang Xuchao implemented was to compress the siege, compress Cao Cao's development, and compress his territory as much as possible. For Liu Bei, Liang Xuchao doesn't have much extra attention. Because Liu Bei doesn't have any excellent generals to escort him now, even if he has Zhuge Liang, what can he do? Liu Bei, who lacked soldiers and food, Zhuge Liang was useless. As for Sun Ce of Eastern Wu, there is no way to do this, I just hope that the navy will have a miraculous effect.

However, Sun Ce can die at the hands of assassins, well, it should be said that he died at the hands of Liu Biao, why can't this situation be staged again? Although Sun Ce is a handsome talent, after all, he is a generation of heroes, and it is almost impossible for Liang Xuchao to use. But you can test it, but it really doesn't work, so you can give up. If you're dead, you're dead, these heroes with heroes have left too much, it's not a good phenomenon for their own rule, and they must stay properly.

In history, in 194, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan died of illness, and his son Liu Zhang took over. Why can't the southwest be occupied during this period? After all, since welcoming Emperor Han Xian back to Jinan, Liang Xuchao has owned the imperial court. At least he also has the support of righteousness to attack other warlords, although few people approve of it, but in any case, Emperor Han Xian is still the current emperor. Whoever dares to disobey will be waiting for the slaughter of the warlords. Happy to see.

With this trump card in hand, although there are a lot of troubles, Liang Xuchao can completely replace any government agency at a certain time. robbed the southwest, so that poor Liu Bei didn't even leave him the last base area. The northwest didn't let it go, and grabbed it all, so as not to make any trouble, who knows if there will be mistakes. In short, if you have the strength, you can grab everything that should be grabbed as much as possible. Let the so-called gutter capsize to the lowest point.

For those foolish people, it is still mainly food, supplemented by crusade. The greatest need of the common people is not to have a full stomach and warm clothes. As long as this most basic life needs are guaranteed. Why did the common people rebel? It's not that you can't eat enough and can't wear warm clothes. Death by starvation is the same as death in battle, and it is better to die in battle than to die of starvation, after all, it is still possible to win a rebellion, so war broke out. As long as the common people are fed, who would want to go to war.

In fact, food and land are the greatest weapons in any era. Well, resources, to be exact. Whoever occupies it, then he owns the country and owns everything. Liang Xuchao used this fierce weapon to requisition all those who resisted him, and when the common people had food, they would not be robbers and die for a certain warlord. Is a warlord who has no source of soldiers still a warlord? What kind of combat power does such a warlord have, there is a dead end.

Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, these two major military groups can be said to be Liang Xuchao's biggest enemies in the north. As long as these two are removed, the north will be unified. Gongsun Chan occupies the vast three northeastern provinces, uh, well, he only occupies a small part of the northeastern Liaoning province. Such a fertile grain grower, this stupid person did not grasp it, it was too much to spoil the opportunity given to him by God, and it was a pity not to grasp such a heaven-sent treasure.

Since you don't want it, then Liang Xuchao is disrespectful. Such fertile fertile land is not well used to add a lot of resources to its own forces. With the three northeastern provinces, Liang Xuchao can fully feed the entire Chinese people. Don't forget that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population at this time was only tens of millions, not more than a billion in modern times. With such a small population, it is too easy to feed it. Besides, if after unifying the whole of China, Liang Xuchao and the others have not been teleported away by the main god, then next, he can go to conquer the world. There is even more land there.

With the increase of land, Liang Xuchao began to implement family planning, similar to the family planning implemented in the early modern Chinese period. But it is not possible to have uncontrolled births, after all, it is enough for the population to reach a certain number. However, Liang Xuchao's territory needs a large population, at least for now. The incentive policy will not stop anytime soon. After all, Liang Xuchao is a careerist who wants to conquer the world, so the policy of encouraging childbirth will not stop.

Chapter 160: Unification of the Nation

The soft knife is really terrifying, although the soft knife can't see any effect in a short time, but the damage of the soft knife is quite terrifying. On the battlefield, the soft knife does not see the effect, but strategically, it is very dangerous, and no one likes to try this pain. Cao Cao is like this, he can't say anything about his suffering now, he can only knock out his teeth and swallow blood. Liang Xuchao is too insidious and evil for him. But it can't be helped.

What I really didn't expect was that when Liang Xuchao destroyed the military group of Gongsun Zhan, Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong joined Liang Xuchao's team for some reason, which was really unimaginable. This is Zhao Zilong, how could he join the reincarnation team. I really don't know what's going on? But no matter what he is all about, in short, Zhao Zilong joined Liang Xuchao's team, which is worth celebrating.

After the elimination of Gongsun Chan, it can be said that the three northeastern provinces have few enemies in this region except for Goguryeo, an ethnic group inhabited by the Korean ethnic group. Since the soldiers are coming to the city, let's snatch it all in one go. This is the three northeastern provinces, such fertile land is not well used, isn't this a slap in the face? Some natives and some bandits who want to rob, there is nothing to say, if they want to stay here, they can, join the ranks of the empire.

Either you are waiting for death, and there is no third way to go. Bringing you into the nation is already the best outcome for them. If you don't know each other, then all that awaits you is death. Now the national policy is to try to encourage the birth policy, uh, that is, to let all the people be **, and implement the non-stop creation plan. Don't forget that during the Three Kingdoms period in history, because of the war, the tens of millions of people in the late Eastern Han Dynasty were sharply reduced to millions.

What a bloody tragedy at this time, well, there is also a tragedy like the invasion of China by the Japanese State. I don't know how the current Wa Kingdom is? If we have the chance, we will also have an event such as the Kyoto Massacre, so that they can also enjoy the thrill of being slaughtered. Since you have planted this atrocity, you will be treated equally for what you are waiting for. As the saying goes, good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil.

Wait, sooner or later, these Japanese people will suffer retribution. If there is a chance, Liang Xuchao really wants to kill all the Japanese people in the Japanese country, yes, implement the extermination plan. As long as it is a Japanese descendant, not one of them will be left, and all of them will be killed. Originally, Liang Xuchao didn't have that strength, after all, he was just a sling, and he didn't have any ability to achieve this lofty goal, but now it's okay, although it's not in the same time and space, as long as it's a Japanese people, all of them will be killed.

In fact, for Liang Xuchao's possession, whether it is a general or a civil servant, except for a very few people, he originally wanted to implement a slave plan as long as he was a foreigner. After all, Liang Xuchao and other reincarnators are all modern people, at least for the time being, it seems that their minds have not degenerated to barbarism. Liang Xuchao did not make much comment on the implementation of the slave program, after all, only by implementing society can the country be ruled. If he is too radical to implement capitalism or republicanism, it will not be long before he is waiting for a dead end, don't forget what time it is.

As for slaves, Liang Xuchao believed that if they surrendered before the war, they could be exempted from becoming slaves, but as long as they were prisoners who surrendered after the war, although the death penalty could be waived, for them who could no longer have free people, their only possibility was that they could only be slaves. However, Liang Xuchao also implemented a promotion system in order to rule, and if he performs well in the future, he can be promoted step by step, and eventually he can become a national of the country and a complete free person.

The unification of the Central Plains, well, except for Cao Cao, who was squeezed to the extreme by Liang Xuchao. In fact, Cao Cao also wanted to implement the same wandering policy as Liu Bei, but how could Liang Xuchao let this tiger out, he just kept Cao Cao in captivity as a fat pig. You can eat and drink, and even live a luxurious life, but you just can't go out at will. It can be said that Cao Cao's current situation is an independent regime under the jurisdiction of Liang Xuchao, just like a puppet like Emperor Han Xian imprisoned by him.

With this natural pasture in the north, Liang Xuchao's cavalry has reached unimaginable horror. Well, horse breeding, like cattle breeding, implements very advanced management techniques. Due to the implementation of these management experience and excellent breeding technology, a few years later, Liang Xuchao no longer worries because of the lack of war horses. Liang Xuchao now not only has a large number of cavalry, but also the development of the navy is developing rapidly, and it is good that the economic construction has developed well during this time.

Hundreds of warships, these are sea ships, not those ships that sail on the river. As long as these warships are equipped with a large number of troop carriers, Liang Xuchao believes that it will not be long before the south will be completely occupied by himself. The wealth of the south makes Liang Xuchao very hot, as the saying goes, if Suhu is ripe, the world is full. As long as the two major grain growers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are snatched up, even if there are more people, there is no need to worry about not being able to eat enough.

The three northeastern provinces and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, these two regions can be said to be the concentration of production in the whole of China. Well, in the future, there will be Guangdong, Hainan and Taiwan, which are also large producers. As far further south, the same is true. It can be said that near the equator, if there is no need to worry about the barrenness of the land, food can be said to be a steady stream of output. Well, thinking too much, the main thing now is to let the soldiers adapt to the conditions at sea, after all, these sea ships are still smaller than modern ships.

It's still not comparable to modern ships against the waves, but it should still be possible to sail inshore. After several years of development, the navy seems to have taken shape, and the elimination of some small pirates has a very significant effect. Hundreds of warships went to clear the small sailing boats, which was too much to kill chickens and use cattle slaughtering knives. Liang Xuchao is not to deal with them, but to conquer the whole world. After all, as a modern person, he knows the world too well, and since God has an opportunity, it is too much of a waste of the opportunity given to him by God if he does not make good use of it.

For the attack on Dongwu, there is no Zhuge Liang this time, even if there is, Zhuge Liang at this time is just a little child. With his current age, if he wants to give advice to Zhuge Liang, is it too high to think of him. Besides, Zhuge Liang is studying in the academy now, and Liu Bei can't find him at all. For this reason, Sun Quan did not have the opportunity to ally with Liu Bei, besides, Liang Xuchao implemented the strategy of repairing the plank road in the open and Chen Cang in the dark. He was preparing to land from the coastline, after all, the Yangtze River was very well defended by ancient times, and the coastline did not dare to compliment.

A fleet of hundreds of ships of all kinds slowly sailed south along the coastline, and for safety, Liang Xuchao was not in a hurry, so that Admiral Gan Ning and other outstanding admirals fought steadily. And told them that they could take a break in Taiwan and then log in from Fujian and other places. This time, Liang Xuchao did not stipulate when they would attack, but when they attacked, they released carrier pigeons to report when they would attack, so as to cooperate.

For attacking from the sea, Sun Quan really didn't think of it. Liang Xuchao's army invaded directly from his hinterland to the entire Soochow region. And the main force of Liang Xuchao, who cooperated with them, also directly crossed the Yangtze River and approached Jianye, the capital of Soochow. Well, that's what is now Nanjing. Sun Quan was completely panicked, and he was attacked by the enemy on his back, and what was even more terrifying was that his current strength was not the Eastern Wu in a few years, and the current Eastern Wu was not even unified, and various warlords fought each other.

It can't be held at all, and the two roads go hand in hand, and the north and the south attack together. Even a few years later, Soochow will not be able to hold on, let alone the southern forces that are still in the midst of a melee. However, for the killing, Liang Xuchao tried his best to stop it, after all, these lives will be their own people in the future, and they can't kill at will. As long as you put down your weapons, your life will definitely be guaranteed, but these people have a very low status level, although they are not slaves, after all, they have resisted.

It can be said that in addition to Liu Bei, who escaped, there are also the southwest that is still surrendering, and the northwest that is being conquered, and all the rest have been conquered. Liang Xuchao had already prepared for local management and development, and when the troops completely occupied it, the officials who followed him took up their posts, and the speed of efficiency was too unbelievable. This is also considered to be the very complete protection of the entire government office, and there are no officials who take office but have nowhere to live.

The Battle of Soochow was completely completed in only one month, and the navy was therefore left without a task. Regarding the admiral's anxiety, Liang Xuchao looked at the generals of Gan Ning with a smile and told them that your mission has just begun. But don't be in a hurry now, because Liang Xuchao has already started to build larger ships in order to enter the army, and the future will not only wander around the sea, but go out into the ocean. They will face a wider world, let them train well, and it won't be long before they get the time to use their talents.

In order to compete for the future hegemony of the sea, Liang Xuchao asked the masters to try to build steel warships, and the floating of steel on the sea surface really made these masters a little puzzled. For Liang Xuchao, they proposed all kinds of fantastical things, but these impossible things were realized one by one in front of them. And this time, in the face of the construction of steel giants, they did not dare to doubt, they could only remain silent, and they could only listen honestly and humbly about things that were not clear.

Liang Xuchao takes the construction of steel battleships for granted, and the construction of steel battleships is not something that can be built casually, which requires too many technical guarantees. There are many technologies that are not guaranteed, and it is too difficult to imagine how to build a steel giant. However, although Liang Xuchao is very concerned about the steel giant, he is not too demanding, he just asks the masters to work hard to develop it, but Liang Xuchao tries to build it like a large fortune ship.