Chapter 37: The Turning Point
readx;?? Zhang Jiashi returned to his home, and it was already night. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info (.. And after he entered the big house in the backyard, he saw that it was Yingxi and Ying Lian holding their children waiting for him to come back.
Zhang Jiashi saw this scene, took off the cowhide crown on his head, put it in the hands of a maid, and sat next to the two.
Ying Lian snorted angrily: "I know the work, be careful that I don't recognize you as a father." ”
After Yingxi heard this, she covered her mouth in a low voice. And Zhang Jiashi touched the tip of his nose attentively.
Of course, he also knows that with Ying Lian's character, it is strange not to complain about anything.
And the two little guys, wrapped in a pale black silk brocade robe, looked at Zhang Jiashi with their little eyes.
Zhang Jiashi saw this scene and directly teased his own pair of children.
It wasn't until the two little guys seemed to be tired and slowly fell asleep that Zhang Jiashi smiled in a low voice: "General Ben wants the two princesses to serve tonight, I don't know if it's okay?"
Hearing Zhang Jiashi's words, the two sisters Yingxi and Yinglian's faces turned slightly red, and after turning white to Zhang Jiashi, they said directly: "Whoever wants to serve you, go home and know that you are bullying our sisters, and you are dead." ”
Of course, that's right, but after Zhang Jiashi saw his wife motioning for the two wet nurses to come and take away his children, Zhang Jiashi knew that he should have the opportunity to fulfill his duties as a husband tonight......
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In the next few days, Zhang Jiashi did not receive any news from Wang Li's side, and finally had to listen to Sun Po's advice and send some Mo disciples directly to Liaoxi County or follow the Lou Chuanshi troops who gradually resumed shipping to conduct intelligence spying on inland counties.
Of course, this is not to say that the top level of the Zuo General's Mansion under Zhang Jiashi has not taken action in other aspects.
It is no longer very practical to buy grain stocks through seaborne trade, after all, the deterioration of the climate this time has a wide range of impacts. This is also in a certain way, if Zhang Jiashi buys grain from the counties of Qi's hometown, it is easy to have various problems.
In addition, although the autumn harvest is approaching, the grain trade at this time will require more places to be spent, which is also an effect.
Therefore, the task given to Qin Min by Zhang Jiashi this time was not to buy grain, but to get a large amount of pig iron or corresponding craftsmen from the counties of Qi's hometown as much as possible.
During this period of time, although the scale of Liaodong military construction has been developed on a large scale, due to many reasons, the new craftsmen trained in the corresponding manpower can not make up for the growing corresponding gap.
Obtaining craftsmen in this area is one of the quickest and other means.
And this time, the materials that Zhang Jiashi used for the corresponding trade, in addition to the fine salt, which is still quite popular, also have a variety of honey products that have been accumulated and produced these days.
Unlike fine salt, which has a relatively low price and a large sales volume, the honey products produced by Zhang Jiashi are mainly aimed at large households or merchants with relatively strong purchasing power.
Using the sales target level to price products also has a certain basis in this world, and it is not Zhang Jiashi who was the first to invent this trade method.
It's like tea...... Well, it is rare for ordinary civilians to drink once or twice a year, which is evident from this.
And Zhang Jiashi did not think about vigorously planting tea in Liaodong County. However, in contrast to later generations, the current tea varieties have not yet been developed for many years, and it is difficult for the climate of Liaodong County to survive some tentatively planted tea seeds or seedlings.
After Zhang Jiashi got the report in this regard, he could only sigh that he was missing a source of wealth.
Of course, using tea purchased from other places for processing is also an option, but in this case, the possibility of obtaining a large source of tea is relatively low, and Zhang Jiashi naturally did not waste time in this regard.
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As Zhang Jiashi expected, the honey products that Zhang Jiashi asked Qin Min to transport and sell have gradually become hot-selling products in the counties of Qi's hometown and Guangyang County in Liaoxi County.
In the records of later generations, among the products sold from Liaoxi County, salt, wine, and this kind of candy called honey were called the three major products of Liaodong.
The harvest of agricultural products in Liaodong County this year is largely due to these bees that constantly appear among the farmlands.
Although the beekeeping industry in Liaodong County was not forced to be promoted, it could only be cultivated on a larger scale with Zhang Jiashi and some exemplary civil and military personnel, but after obtaining certain results, Zhang Jiashi naturally would not waste this very operational advantage.
Under the strong propaganda of the corresponding personnel sent by Zhang Jiashi, some of the Qianshou joined the beekeeping industry, while some bee sources that were specially cultivated were once again invested in the construction by Zhang Jiashi.
Perhaps, the role of this biological pollination for the entire agricultural system is far less high than that of artificial pollination in later generations. But in any respect, Zhang Jiashi knows very well that in a few years, or even longer, it is undoubtedly difficult to get the corresponding results in the artificial experimental field he arranged.
It's not the best way, it's the most effective way. But there is a premise, that is, can this so-called best way be implemented?
Just like the so-called hybrid rice, Zhang Jiashi certainly knows very well that the taste of this thing is not delicious, but it can be planted in many lands where the soil quality is not good, and under the influence of non-extreme climate, it can get a certain harvest. But Zhang Jiashi had to plan this plan arranged by himself into a "lifetime" series.
It took decades for the later Yuan Longping to achieve the corresponding results, which were still based on the results that could be obtained under the scientific and technological conditions at that time. If it were the current space and the situation, Zhang Jiashi would know that the so-called "lifetime" series could become something that could not necessarily be achieved for several generations, or even hundreds of years, at any time.
But Zhang Jiashi knows very well that this point must be insisted on no matter what.
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Compared with these "civil" actions, Zhang Jiashi had to carry out the second largest conscription after he entered the Liaodong County area.
The goal of this conscription is not to defend and defend, Zhang Jiashi does not want to recruit too many troops, but time waits for no one, especially the civil unrest at the end of Qin that will officially occur next year, Zhang Jiashi can't expect his tens of thousands of people to be able to fight the world.
After an in-depth exchange with Bai Qi, Zhang Jiashi knew very well that he could not recruit too many soldiers in Liaodong County. As Li Zuoche once said, once the situation in Liaodong County deteriorates, then Zhang Jiashi is likely to become struggling in the future.
After all, Liaodong County is the real foundation of Zhang Jiashi now, and the personnel of Liaodong County, even after the forced relocation of the First Emperor and the prisoner escort of Zhao Gao Huhai, who can be regarded as helping him in disguise, still has a population of only about 500,000.
The current strength of Liaodong County or the personnel under the command of General Zuo's Mansion is almost one-tenth, and forcibly recruiting a large number of troops again will inevitably become a heavy pressure on Liaodong County.
According to an in-depth exchange between Zhang Jiashi and Bai Qi, Bai Qi believed that if Zhang Jiashi planned to quickly pacify Guanzhong and other aspects temporarily went on the defensive, the troops under his command could not be less than 100,000, and this number was the number that Bai Qi thought must be reached.
Zhang Jiashi naturally knew very well that the 100,000-strong troops that Bai Qi was talking about were not those peasant soldiers or auxiliary soldiers, but the recruited troops modeled after the officers and soldiers under his command now.
Zhang Jiashi, who knew this very well, fell into a long silence.
This is no wonder that Zhang Jiashi looks a little "indecisive", after all, the troops under his command do not include those Koreans, and the remaining troops are about 47,000 even if they count the recruits recruited on a small scale to make up for the battle damage.
In other words, Zhang Jiashi had to directly more than double the number of troops.
In many ways, this ratio makes it easy for Zhang Jiashi to make up his mind to have a ghost.
In the end, Zhang Jiashi still couldn't make a decision on this matter by himself.
In order to solve this problem, Zhang Jiashi had to hold a short meeting.
The participants were mainly high-level civil and military personnel located in Dingxiang City. After nearly two hours of multi-faceted debate, Zhang Jiashi finally chose a plan that was agreed by more people.
This is a more complex plan than a simple recruitment plan.
The final implementation plan of this plan has the following key points:
25,000 men were recruited from among the Qianshou of Liaodong County; 7,000 were recruited from the prisoners in Liaodong County or slaves obtained from the Samhan region; 3,000 troops were transferred from the two vassal clans of the Wen family and the Zijia in the Korean region to be transferred to the Qin army; and 15,000 were recruited from the civilians in the Korean region, mainly the people of the former Jizi Korean region.
What can be seen from this conscription plan is that although the source of the recruited troops is mainly the strength of Liaodong County, about 30 percent of the North Koreans show that the high-ranking personnel of the Zuo General's Office have to choose this method to reduce the huge pressure brought by the conscription to the Liaodong County area.
The recruitment plan of 63,000 people will continue to have a variety of influences until it is confirmed to be implemented.
Armaments, corresponding training, food, salaries, and many other factors must be planned as perfectly as possible.
In terms of the impact of armaments, Zhang Jiashi is not too worried, but there is a problem, that is, in terms of the current production capacity of Liaodong's military construction, I am afraid that it will not be possible to effectively achieve this in a short period of time if these 63,000 troops are to obtain the corresponding armaments.
The lack of artisans and the lack of raw materials (relative to the current ore production and the increasingly scarce coal resources) will certainly affect this arrangement.
In order to solve this problem, Zhang Jiashi could only risk sending people to Taiyuan County, hoping to solve one of the problems.
It's just that, to be honest, Zhang Jiashi doesn't have too much expectations for this matter, after all, this is not what it used to be, and some things have changed a lot after the death of the first emperor Yingzheng.
The coal resources in the northern part of Taiyuan County are indeed Zhang Jiashi's hope to solve the growing shortage of coal resources, but in this regard, Zhang Jiashi can only take a chance and wait for the result.
The corresponding training and barracks arrangements are the least problematic problems. The Liaodong County area is mostly plains, and with Zhang Jiashi's recent gradual relocation of some people to settle in the Korean region, many vacant villages have become one of the foundations for the development of the new military camp area.
Many new barracks do not need to be rebuilt except for some renovation and additions.
In terms of grain, Zhang Jiashi is well aware that this is a long-term problem, and it will be very difficult to fundamentally solve this problem before the DPRK region officially enters the "profitable" income.
However, in terms of Zhang Jiashi's current grain stocks and the upcoming autumn harvest, this problem is not too big. After Sun Po and Zhang Cang's calculations, that is, as long as the troops under Zhang Jiashi's command waste food, they can still be properly arranged as much as possible.
Moreover, although there is really little hope for grain harvest in the Korean region due to the impact of the war, there is no problem in using this grain for emergency use for a month or two. Moreover, from the situation of the Wen family, the Wen family's troops do not need Zhang Jiashi to pay the price in this regard, and they can also be self-sufficient.
As for money, Zhang Jiashi has a headache.
It's not that Zhang Jiashi has no money now, but in the absence of a large number of raw materials, the casting of bronze half taels is quite slow.
If it weren't for the fact that it was not suitable to implement such a thing as paper money at all, Zhang Jiashi would not mind issuing paper money for emergencies.
And the gold thing, Zhang Jiashi's Zuo General's Mansion, whether it is the official treasury or Zhang Jiashi's private treasury, Zhang Jiashi knows very well that he does not lack this thing. But he couldn't melt it and stamped it into gold.
It can be said that Zhang Jiashi had to choose another angle to solve the problem in this regard.
That is, in foreign trade, Zhang Jiashi was willing to use equivalent bronze as a means of payment.
Although in a sense, this arrangement is tantamount to a drop in the bucket, Zhang Jiashi himself knows very well that such an approach is much better than doing nothing.
Zhang Jiashi built a coin minting workshop on a tributary of the Liao River near the Mojia headquarters. This matter, if it is discovered by other forces, Zhang Jiashi can be regarded as dead without a place to be buried. However, Zhang Jiashi didn't care about such a thing. After all, in terms of his previous "actions", it is not an exaggeration for him to die dozens of times. The so-called dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, anyway, if there is a real problem, he doesn't care about such a thing.
And there is another way to solve the problem of minting coin raw materials, that is, to confiscate a large number of corresponding bronze instruments in the Korean region.
This was originally a good way, but Zhang Jiashi knew very well that in terms of the current situation of Liaodong's military construction, the bronzes and even living utensils in the Korean region were confiscated, and the corresponding products were not effectively replaced......
After all, his cheap father-in-law collected the world's bronze weapons, but there were a large number of iron weapons to replace, otherwise most of the county soldiers would probably have to fight with wooden sticks.
In this case, Zhang Jiashi was very depressed.
But with the news of the discovery of some small coal mines fed back to Dingxiangcheng, Zhang Jiashi thought of a solution to alleviate this problem.
That is, to establish an iron production center in the vicinity of these small coal mines, which is mainly for daily necessities.
In order to achieve this goal, Zhang Jiashi had to defy public opinion and resolutely build a city and road construction in the mountainous area that was relatively close to the area controlled by the Su Shen people.
Zhang Jiashi never imagined that this newly built city, that is, the Shangxin City marked on the map of later generations, and the surrounding area, would gradually develop into one of the main bases of civil iron in Northeast Asia of the Great Qin Empire.
Kitchen knives, iron pots, and canned tin sheets were sold in a steady stream from the production workshops built in this area, in Shang-gun, the original Shiji-gun in Japan, and Higashihara-gun in the north.
Of course, this kind of thing will be the case in the future, and the current situation is that Zhang Jiashi has to focus on a problem.
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On August 13, 209 B.C., Zhang Jiashi had a sumptuous lunch with his family.
But before Zhang Jiashi teased his children after the meal, Chen Ping sent someone to urgently summon him to the county guard's mansion again.
The helpless Zhang Jiashi could only shake his head and follow the herald to the county guard's mansion.
He didn't complain about anything, but knew very well that Chen Pingren urgently summoned him at this time, and there must be something very important.
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Zhang Jiashi, who came to the big house in the front yard of the county guard's mansion, saw that everyone including Chen Ping frowned, which made Zhang Jiashi unable to calm down.
After all, it was the first time he had seen such a picture.
Zhang Jiashi asked Chen Ping: "Chen Sima, what happened?"
"Your Excellency, the men sent by General Wang (Wang Li had been appointed commander of the Northern Frontier Army a few months ago and had been promoted to the rank of general) have arrived at the mansion. Chen Ping said this sentence without a trace of joy at all.
This made Zhang Jiashi feel a little bad.
And then, under the leadership of Chen Ping, Zhang Jiashi saw a seriously injured man being treated by a medical worker.
Although the other party's spirit seems to be very good, from Chen Ping's whispered addition, Zhang Jiashi can know how serious the problem is:
"My lord, this brother was rescued by Captain Huan. If Captain Huan hadn't found out in time, I'm afraid it would ......"
Zhang Jiashi, who heard this, remembered at the same time that before he entered the county guard's mansion, a group of Qin army knights were saluting him from the other side of the road and continuing to advance.
Zhang Jiashi was silent for a moment, and finally came to the side of this man who was about thirty years old and had many wounds on his body.
Chen Ping glanced at the medical worker and motioned for the other party to leave.
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