Chapter 199 The Great Development of the Western Region
Qin Ge had planned to limit the production of tobacco peppers to stabilize the value. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Now it seems that there is no such need at all, tobacco pepper is only popular in a small area of Hexi, and it is already in short supply, and in the future, it can also develop the Qiangdi market, the Western Regions market, the northern Xiongnu, and even sell it to the Peacock Empire, and even more distant places.
Tobacco, chili peppers, and coffee themselves are not of much value.
A person's life is not impossible to live without these things.
However, it is these non-necessities of life, which are currently completely monopolized by the Great Qin, so they have a huge trade advantage, and will eventually become a weapon for plundering the alien race.
They are more effective than the Kingo Iron Horse.
They are more powerful than a million heroes.
Qin Ge has the spiritual field of Kongtong Mountain, and there is a team of farmer monks, so he can grow high-quality tobacco, coffee, and chili peppers that are of the spirit grass level and even the spirit medicine level, and these things are processed into finished products in the Yinyang Mountain Industrial Park, and they can be exported to the outside world in a steady stream.
In the end, these agricultural products with very low production costs can be exchanged for countless cattle, sheep and horses, mineral materials, rare treasures, or local specialties, which is completely profitable and profitable.
The most important of these are:
They do not cause side effects to Daqin.
There are many countries and many regions in this world that have valuable specialties, take the Hexi grassland and the Xiongnu grassland as an example, their biggest specialty is the war horse, a slightly better war horse, transported to the prosperous area of the Central Plains for sale, can be sold for up to ten gold, but whether it is the Xiongnu or the Yue clan, even if there are good horses everywhere, they will not be sold to the Huaxia clan at all.
Because the Xiongnu and Yueshi are very clear in their hearts, the Huaxia tribe is a powerful race, if a large number of war horses are sold to them, although they can earn short-term benefits, but after a long time, excellent plateau horses will breed in the Central Plains, so as to improve the weak Central Plains horses, so that the cavalry of the Central Plains will become stronger and stronger.
The Huaxia people had cavalry galloping across the grasslands.
Eventually, they will be threatened in turn.
The special products launched by Qin Ge are just spices of life, no matter how much they are sold, there will be no side effects, but what they harvest is real money.
Now it is far from satisfying.
The war horses smuggled back by Zhang Qian's caravan are only 3,500, which is a drop in the bucket for the Hexi grassland, even a small tribe with only a few hundred people can get this number, and use Biandu Gorge to hide from the sky and the sea, so the Yue clan will not be alert for the time being.
However, it is not difficult to foresee that as tobacco becomes more and more popular, as peppers and spirits are liked by more and more people, the Yue clan will pay more and more attention to Zhang Qian's caravan, and when they find that a large number of war horses have mysteriously disappeared in the Xiqiang Heights, they will definitely arouse alarm and carry out investigations.
So it's a matter of time before it's discovered.
The Yueshi still has a strong strength.
The size of the Hexi cavalry is five to ten times more than all the cavalry in China combined!
This is a very terrible and very strong force, after all, it is a big mountain in the west of the Chinese people, if this mountain is not moved away as soon as possible, it will give the increasingly powerful Xiongnu an opportunity to take advantage of, and finally brew into a huge disaster in China!
If Qin Ge wants to earn more money in Hexi, he must occupy this place, let this fertile horse farm become the horse farm of the Great Qin Empire, and only by personally establishing law and order in Hexi can he obtain war horses continuously and for a long time!
This is the reason why Qin Ge supported Diao Chan to seek the Ten Thousand Demon Cave.
At present, even if Great Qin unites several tribes in Xiqiang, it is difficult to pose a threat to the Yue Clan with its strength, but the demons entrenched in this area of the Hexi Corridor are a force that cannot be ignored.
The Ten Thousand Demon Ancestor is very ambitious, and even wants to seize a part of the grassland, although it sounds very crazy, but it is not completely wishful thinking, the Demon Clan has a strong strength in the Hexi Corridor, there is no doubt about this.
Hexi is either everywhere.
If Diao Chan kills the Ten Thousand Demon Ancestor and replaces him.
The strongholds of the Great Qin CIA will be all over the Hexi Corridor, and the ubiquitous demons will report every move of the Yue Clan through the intelligence agencies, and the demons themselves are also a powerful force, which can improve the strategic encirclement of the Hexi Corridor by the Great Qin Empire.
The west is the Ten Thousand Demon Caves, the south is the Qiang highlands, the east is the Great Qin Empire, and the north is the territory of the Xiongnu.
When Qin Ge could use the three directions to launch a strategic encirclement, he could wait quietly for the opportunity to negotiate.
Therefore, it is necessary to fully support the capture of the Cave of Ten Thousand Demons, because this is a very important mission.
Huang Yueying's teleportation point near the Black Wind Cave is almost completed, this teleportation array will become one of the special teleportation points in the Hexi region, Qin Ge told the Black Wind Monster about the importance and usefulness of the teleportation array before leaving, and if the Black Wind Monster and others are in a hurry, they can go to Jincheng to report through this teleportation array, and ask the Black Wind Monster to protect the teleportation array.
This old demon who has lived for hundreds of years can't imagine,
Thousands of miles away, separated by high mountains and obstacles, it was actually reached in an instant through development.
This is simply a miracle for the Black Wind Monster, with such a useful thing, even if the Ten Thousand Demon Ancestor comes to the Black Wind Cave to kill him, the Black Wind Monster can escape in time through the teleportation array.
How many immortal means does this Chinese emperor have?
Qin II in the eyes of the Black Wind Monster is becoming more and more unfathomable!
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Qin Ge did not wait for the teleportation array to be completed, he asked Wu Qi to stay in Biandu Gorge, responsible for protecting Diao Chan and Huang Yueying, and after the teleportation array was repaired, he would take Huang Yueying back to Longxi together, as for Qin Ge with Zhao Yun and the Qiang troops, and Zhang Qian's caravan escorted the war horse, came out of Biandukou and walked to Kuafu Mountain.
It's about three days or so.
In fact, this is already very fast, as long as it reaches Kuafu Mountain, the war horse can pass through the ancient space gate, drill out of the ancient tomb in Jincheng, and then send it to the horse farm built by Shangguan Wan'er in the Longxi grassland.
Hexi Corridor - Biandukou - Kuafu Mountain - Jincheng.
This route is very safe, and the humble Biandu Gorge, which is the key passage connecting the Hexi Corridor and the Xiqiang Highlands, will inevitably play an increasingly important role in the future.
Qin Ge's troops were not only able to avoid conquering the Yellow River, but also could unite the manpower and material resources of Xiqiang to directly attack the most undefended hinterland of the Yueshi, greatly increasing the bargaining chips and odds of winning against the Yueshi of Hexi.
When Qin Ge returned the troops to Shicheng.
Let Zhang Qian bring the horse into the space door.
At this time, a large number of Qiang people ran out to watch, they are more and more interested in these magical Chinese people, and the current attitude towards the Chinese people within the Qiang people has become two trends.
Among them, the mainstream is headed by Jiang Banshan, the leader of Shicheng Kuafu.
They suggested that they should support the construction of the Qiang Autonomous Region, the strength and ability of the Chinese people are placed here, and there is no good fruit to eat against them, so it is better to seek an alliance, maybe they can borrow the strength of the Chinese people to let the tribe gain a greater advantage on the plateau, and the Chinese people will be helpful to them.
The other part is proposed by some people of the three major tribes.
They think that the strength of the Huaxia people is too strong, although they have not shown malicious intent at present, but as their strength in the Qiang land grows stronger, they will eventually attack the Western Qiang people sooner or later, it is better to take advantage of the time to block the ancient stone gate and block these Huaxia people in their own land.
Both voices have their own merits.
Of course, Qin Ge understands this, no matter what kind of idea it is, it is human nature, and it is impossible to completely agree. Qin Ge made a series of measures in this regard, such as moving some of the clansmen from Shicheng to Jincheng to live, such as stationing the Qin Ling army near Kuafu Mountain to form a deterrent, and adding the dragon slaying Yu Wei was still there.
At least for a short time.
Even the opposition forces did not dare to mess around.
Qin Ge knew better than anyone else that if he couldn't establish common interests, even if he had fought side by side, it would inevitably lead to suspicion and filth over time, and Kuafu Mountain was very important to Qin Ge, and it was also very important to maintain the relationship between the Qiang tribes.
This place can't be messed up!
When taking advantage of Zhang Qian's caravan to transport war horses.
Qin Ge took Zhao Yun, Jiang Banshan, and the chiefs of the three clans to the top of the mountain and looked down on the entire Kuafu Mountain: "Kuafu Mountain is rich in products, especially Yangyu and cold iron, which are all highly valuable resources, in addition to the amazing scale of spiritual peaches, as well as a large area of spiritual trees that have grown for thousands of years, and the wasteland can open up high-quality spiritual fields, obviously guarding Baoshan, why are the clansmen still living so poor and simple?"
Jiang Banshan heard the meaning of Qin Ge's words: "Your Majesty wants the Qiang people to develop resources?"
Qin Ge nodded and said, "There are hundreds of thousands of Shicheng tribes, in fact, they can open a resource production area in Kuafu Mountain, let Qingzhuang mine jade iron ore, let women and old people plant spiritual fields, or collect spiritual peach and spiritual wood." ”
Several Qiang leaders looked at each other.
"There are many mines in Qiangdi, and they are generally abandoned. Jiang Banshan said: "These things have no value at all. ”
"It's wrong to think so, Yangyu is a very important resource, cold iron is a high-grade weapon material, fruit forests, wood, and fields are all very valuable resources. As long as you develop and utilize, you don't have to worry about other worries, and all the resources produced by Daqin will be purchased!"
Jiang Banshan and several Qiang chieftains were shocked.
They seemed to understand the meaning of Emperor Daqin's words.
Yang jade is of no use to the broken stone of the Qiang statue, but it is a precious material in the land of China. The mountains of cold iron are useless to the Qiang people because they can't be smelted, but if they are sold to the Great Qin Empire, they will eventually become high-grade weapons!
"Central Plains China, the land is vast, medicines, equipment, exercise cheats, silk porcelain, as long as the Qiang people need, and Huaxia just has it, they can all be exchanged!"
Qin Ge paused slightly and added,
"I believe that within half a year, the living standards of the Shicheng tribe will be greatly improved, and the strength of the Shicheng tribe will become stronger and stronger, and with the prestige generated by the elimination of the Dragon King of the West Sea this time, you will become the leader of this autonomous region!"
Several Qiang chieftains were overjoyed.
The Xiqiang region is so big, and there are so many Qiang tribes.
Among them, it is not impossible to be stronger than the Shicheng tribe, but who has such an advantage?
As the so-called near the water is the first to get the moon, the Shicheng tribe can establish close cooperation with Huaxia through the ancient space gate, this advantage is not possessed by other Qiang tribes, the resources of the Xiqiang Plateau are generally in an undeveloped state, Shicheng can even directly purchase resources from other tribes at a low price and then sell the resources to Huaxia.
Or the Qiang tribes that traded with China through Shicheng had to pay a tax to Shicheng.
With its unique geographical advantages, Stone City will rise rapidly in a short period of time!
Qin Ge said a few words, depicting a bright future, so that the Qiang people in Shicheng yearned, and finally immediately reached a cooperation with Qin II in person, Qin II in the name of the Great Qin Royal Chamber of Commerce "Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce", Kuafu Mountain invested in Shicheng, and Shicheng Qiang joint venture, each accounting for half of the shares, jointly developed Shicheng, the development of Kuafu Mountain.
The Shicheng Qiang people don't need to spend a penny, they only need to send people out of the land.
The Great Qin Empire will provide production tools, talents, technology, and channels including steam engines, and invest corresponding funds to carry out all-round planning from Shicheng to Kuafu Mountain.
Among them, the mining of yang jade and cold iron is the most important.
Because these two resources are too important to Great Qin.
Daqin's steam engine needs high-grade Yanyang jade to make materials, and Daqin needs to use cold iron to improve the quality of equipment, so it can first establish a jade mining and iron ore mining factory, and other resource pairs such as spirit peach, spirit wood, and spirit field will also be planned and developed.
Qin Ge established a Shicheng Chamber of Commerce with Jiang Banshan and the Qiang chieftains.
The potential of Shicheng is not only in Kuafu Mountain, the special geographical location, destined to become the commercial center of Qiangdi in the future, whether it is the use of space door for rapid transportation, or land and waterway can be opened up for transportation, even if it is a toll tax in the future, you can also receive a soft hand, and the first establishment of a joint venture chamber of commerce can be regarded as a rainy day.
Qin Ge took it to Stone City for a few days.
In the end, discussions reached a mutually satisfactory outcome.
Most of the high-level leaders of the Qiang clan in Shicheng trusted Qin Ge, as long as it took a while for them to really feel how beneficial it was to cooperate with Great Qin, would they still have resistance in the future? This kind of cooperation would have been a win-win situation!
Qin Ge set up a Qin army camp in Stone City.
Add an institution called the Xiqiang Protectorate.
The essence of the Xiqiang Protectorate is the Xiqiang military base of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to maintain the relationship between the Xiqiang ethnic groups, as well as the relationship between the Xiqiang ethnic groups and the Great Qin of China.
Zhao Yun served as the first protector of Xiqiang!
Why is Zhao Yun called the first protector of the Xiqiang Metropolitan Protectorate?
Zhao Yun has a very high reputation in the Qiang people, he once fought against the Dragon King head-on, he has become a legendary figure in the eyes of the Qiang people, and now there is no one more suitable for this position than Zhao Yun!
Daqin's western strategy has truly taken the first step and successfully opened up the situation.
However, it would be a big mistake to think that during this period of time, Great Qin could only achieve results in the west. In fact, Daqin also achieved unexpected results in the Central Plains of Eastern China, and it can even be said that it caused a sensation.