readx;?? With such a skirmish, Chen Ping naturally would not report to Zhang Jiashi at this time. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info because he knew very well that Zhang Jiashi was now more concerned about some other issues.

And Chen Ping is thinking about one thing now, that is, what is the situation of several caravans now.

According to common sense, although there are not many guards in several caravans selling salt, they are all active soldiers under the command of General Zuo's Mansion, so there should be no problems in terms of security.

However, if you encounter a large-scale enemy ambush, I am afraid it will not be good.

Chen Ping told Li Zuoche and the others about his worries, but Li Zuoche shook his head very calmly: "Chen Sima, in fact, there is no need to worry too much about such a thing, after all, this group of caravans, the date of their departure is decided by us temporarily, and except for Jizi Korea, the route of other caravans is our territory in Daqin, unless the other party gives us an excuse to clean them up, otherwise, the situation of these caravans can be said to be quite safe." ”

Li Zuoche's opinion is indeed very reasonable, but Chen Ping captured one thing, that is, Li Zuoche's words seemed to be uneasy about Jizi North Korea.

He looked at Li Zuoche deeply and shook his head helplessly: "Did you think of something?"

"Perhaps, this shouldn't say that Li thought of something, but our General Zuo, I'm afraid he won't let go of Jizi Korea, otherwise, General Zuo will definitely not do this kind of thing that is no different from the enemy. Li Zuoche picked up the pottery cup on the table and gently took a sip of warm water.

Chen Ping pondered the possibilities contained in Li Zuoche's words, and finally he showed a smile that was exactly what he was.

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Chen Ping and Li Zuoche guessed the object of Zhang Jiashi's next move, that is, Jizi North Korea.

In many ways, the Jizi Joseon and the Great Qin Empire should be regarded as of the same ancestry. However, for Zhang Jiashi, this matter is not much different from bullshit.

In Bai Qi's proposal, no matter what the considerations are, Jizi Korea, as the region behind Liaodong, can in many respects become a comprehensive base no less than that of Liaodong.

Perhaps, the grain production is indeed insufficient, but there is a point, many resources that Liaodong County lacks can also be found in Jizi Joseon.

Moreover, the strength of the Jizi Joseon was not very strong, although Wei Man was unintentional, and easily obtained Wang Jiancheng (which is today's Pyongyang), and forced the monarch of the Jizi Joseon to flee to the Mahan region. However, it is not unrelated to the strength of the Minzi Joseon that after losing the area around Liaodong County, the national strength itself has plummeted.

In the face of such soft persimmons, as long as they are normal, they will salivate.

In addition, Bai Qi analyzed the advantages of getting the Mizi Korea from the military aspect, that is, to reduce the situation of being attacked by the enemy on the back as much as possible. The Korean Peninsula, which is controlled by Minzi Joseon, is also a strategic point in many ways. In particular, if a naval base is developed on Jeju Island, the radiation range of this navy can easily encompass even the current Japanese island of Kyushu.

Taking 10,000 steps back, as long as he grasps the Korean Peninsula and Jeju Island, even if something goes wrong in Liaodong County, he still has considerable strength, and Zhang Jiashi can fully rely on the excellent geographical environment of the Navy and North Korea, and he can play with ease.

But in order to easily destroy the DPRK, a large, relatively advanced, and well-trained navy is indispensable.

Relying solely on attacking Jizi Korea from land, it is very likely that the troops under the command of Zhang Jiashi will be difficult to advance an inch because of the terrain.

Not to mention how much the later dynasties who attacked the Korean Peninsula from the land paid a great price, the Sui Dynasty alone sounded the alarm bell of "The Death Song of the Dead Waves of Liaodong Wave" because of the war.

Therefore, advancing by land and water is the most feasible strategic plan that Zhang Jiashi can spend relatively little and completely take over the Korean Peninsula.

Of course, before a problem needs to be resolved, attacking the DPRK is a matter of no proper reason.

Therefore, Bai Qi hoped that Zhang Jiashi would send a caravan to trade in the Jizi Joseon.

For some things, all that is needed is this kind of excuse that actually deceives oneself and others, and is above board on the surface, but is extremely dark in the dark.

Zhang Jiashi is not willing to sacrifice anything for such an excuse. Bai Qi knows this. However, Bai Qi said a word, so that Zhang Jiashi had to give up his persistence.

That is, "If you do this, you get a lot more things, you can do a lot more." ”

Zhang Jiashi finally compromised. Because as Bai Qi said, by doing so, he can do more of what he wants to do.

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The three caravans, probably divided into Liaodong County, marched towards the area except for the north.

In the area bordering Liaodong County, a caravan with hundreds of men and dozens of carriages appeared, and the white flag of the Great Qin Empire was hung on it. Several officers and men of the Minzi Joseon, dressed in relatively simple but somewhat torn leather armor, reported the situation to the commander of the defenders of the pass, who came to the caravan and inquired about the situation.

As a result, after checking the relevant documents and some "small gifts", the officer of the North Korean Dynasty of Mizi readily asked his subordinates to remove the obstacles used to block the road.

A few days later, the caravan arrived at Wang Jiancheng. Many officials and citizens of the DPRK watched the bags of fine salt being opened and filled with fine salt woven from fine linen, which immediately caused a great sensation.

Although the province itself is close to the sea, because the technology of making salt has always been relatively far behind that of the Great Qin Empire, it is also more difficult for some dignitaries and nobles in the family of the Jizi Korea to have salt all the time.

Not to mention a lot of civilians.

Therefore, in a small square in Wang Jiancheng, after announcing the sale of these salts, many people went crazy.

However, the guards composed of more than 300 Qin officers and soldiers wearing armor are not vegetarians.

After some small-scale chaos and the ensuing military suppression, many people knew that this caravan was not something they could afford to provoke.

Of course, for the current king of the Minzi Joseon Dynasty, Jijun, five bags of fine salt of about two stones and one bag of salt made Jizhun quickly change to a smiling face.

This fine salt, which can sustain the entire palace, is consumed for quite some time.

Hundreds of eyes looked at the well-equipped North Korean army in the neighboring country of Paoze, and they were dispatched to maintain law and order.

These fine salts were sold out in less than half a day.

Of course, the leader of the caravan, according to the instructions of Chen Ping, sent a small bag to each Korean soldier who maintained law and order, but it was not less than a pound of fine salt.

In other words, this trade can be said to be a great time for both guests and hosts......

Compared with the sought-after salt, if it weren't for some officials of the North Korean Dynasty, who seemed to be able to understand the team that came with the team to trade furniture, the furniture sold was really very useful, and it is estimated that it would be difficult for Zhang Jiashi's furniture to be sold.

In fact, Zhang Jiashi ignores the fact that these furniture can indeed lead the way and change the current way of life. But you have to let others know how to use it.

Zhang Jiashi forgot this, but in this world, there are still many people who know goods.

It can be said that the caravan on the return journey, after purchasing the corresponding supplies, embarked on the road back with a considerable profit.

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The caravans that went to Gwangyang County to trade did not take the same way as their colleagues sold on the street, but traded with some big merchants in some relatively safe areas of Gwangyang County.

Such profits may be much less, but this kind of sales method is actually the safest, because after these goods are traded in various ways, even if they are sold, it saves some unnecessary trouble.

A large number of seeds and various raw materials were exchanged and then transported back to Liaodong. Compared with the relatively barren materials and the grain output is not much, the materials in Gwangyang County are quite diverse. The agricultural talents who came with the team constantly checked the seeds for problems.

Zhang Jiashi did not think about directly using all kinds of seeds purchased from the hometown of Qi State, but after Xiao He got the opinion of relevant agricultural talents, he opposed Zhang Jiashi's opinion. It is not that the quality of seeds in the hometown of Qi is not good, but that the agricultural talents at this time understood the situation that "Huainan is orange and Huaibei is orange".

Compared with the grain obtained from the homeland of Qi State, which is far away, it is better to buy a large amount of grain from Guangyang County, test the situation first, and then plan other methods.

Zhang Jiashi did not know anything about this, so he chose to compromise, that is, more than three-quarters of the grain seeds were purchased from Gwangyang County, and one-quarter were purchased from the counties of Qi and Jizi Korea.

The monetary benefits of this caravan were much less than those of those going to Minzi Korea, but after removing the price difference of the middlemen, more money was spent and a large amount of materials were purchased.

A cart of fine salt, in exchange for ten carts of linen, more grain, naturally is not a problem.

Soon, after settling with each other in terms of trade, the caravan, which had stayed in Guangyang County for a while, also embarked on the road back to Liaodong County.

In the heart of Cao Shen, a person who had been in business in his family, he knew very well that if Zhang Jiashi and Chen Ping dared to take the risk and transport these fine salts to Xianyang for sale, the profits would be four or five times higher than now?

However, Cao Shen knew very well in his heart that there were some things that Zhang Jiashi was not willing to do. Moreover, Cao Shen also knows that now is not more than in the past, some people are willing to sacrifice their lives for more profits, but it is difficult for Zhang Jiashi to do this.

Therefore, Cao Shen did not complain about anything: "It's a pity." Alas......"

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Compared with the two caravans in front, the caravan that passed through Qin Min's Lou Chuanshi transport team again and went to the counties of Qi along the coastline encountered a large number of merchants waiting at the place of the last trade.

The merchants sent out to negotiate gave Qin Min a feedback, that is, these merchants were willing to eat their batch of fine salt at a higher price than last time.

Although Qin Min was very moved, he was arranged by Zhang Jiashi with an order, that is, to exchange these salts for a few large ships, and the corresponding number of shipbuilders who knew how to make large ships.

When Qin Min's request was conveyed, many of these businessmen were helpless. They now bring a lot of money, even the grain they have bought. However, Qin Min's requirements are difficult for them to do.

A businessman asked curiously about the colleague who was negotiating: "What do you need to do with this? You know, this ...... But the government's material category is gone. ”

Such a thing, not to mention this businessman who negotiated, like Qin Min, Xiao He, and even Zhang Jiashi, knew it very well.

The issue of ships may be easier to solve, after all, the ship trade during the Qin Dynasty was dual-use.

It's not a problem to buy a few boats, it's a matter of shipbuilders or something...... It is estimated that it is difficult for these businessmen who plan to make a profit.

And after Qin Min got another reply, he thought about it for a while, and still didn't plan to change Zhang Jiashi's instructions. Because the proposal of these merchants is on the ship side, they can think of more ways.

This proposal is in fact completely contrary to Zhang Jiashi's order, that is, Zhang Jiashi's additional order is that shipbuilders cannot relax, and there are fewer ships.

After two days of back and forth discussions, Qin Min, who lost his patience or was not worried about the captain's time staying in this place, could only release his words in the end: "If you can't do it, we have to go somewhere else." ”

After hearing Qin Min's words, these businessmen had to be anxious. After a short discussion, they gritted their teeth and made a decision, that is, in order to prevent more people from coming to this place, or Qin Min not coming here in the future, so that they could make profits, then they had to take some more extreme measures.

After getting these merchants to want him to stay in this place for a while, they would give Qin Min a satisfactory situation, Qin Min thought about it for a while, and finally agreed to these merchants' request.

No one knew what these merchants had done, but, after three days, more than two hundred skilled shipbuilders had come down from dozens of wagons.

After Qin Min asked the old shipwrights who came with him to test some people, and after knowing that the other party did not find some people to perfunctory, Qin Min ordered one after another to dock and load and unload.

In the end, after carrying the four purchased building ships and loading all kinds of personnel and materials, Qin Min's fleet set sail north again.

The furniture on the small fishing boats was replaced with some gold and half taels and some silk cloth. Qin Min naturally saw some servants from General Zuo's mansion, borrowing a building ship to load these things, and he just didn't see it......

A hundred generals under Qin Min's command complained about this matter unsatisfied, but Qin Min shook his head slightly: "You shouldn't have seen this matter, those silk cloths are likely to be bought by General Zuo to please the two princesses and other wives and concubines." ”

After hearing this, Bai Jiang directly closed his mouth......

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Zhang Jiashi was still busy working at the Liaodong Military Construction Headquarters in the Anshan area.

In the past few days, Zhang Jiashi, who has solved the problem of semi-automatic grinding, has further perfected the assembly line weapon forging method that has already taken shape.

That is, almost every project has a special craftsman to carry out the operation.

It's like a craftsman who pours a model, and no longer needs to polish it, and vice versa.

In this way of working in an assembly line, there is some increase in efficiency, but it is not very obvious. After all, there are quite differences in the number of man-hours required for some processes.

The production level of arrowheads, in terms of the overall situation of the Great Qin Empire, is relatively rough compared to later generations. Many arrows have been modified to be reusable.

"This can also be regarded as a relatively primitive situation of recovering weapons. Zhang Jiashi touched his chin, thinking of this situation.

The accuracy of the Qin army's bow and crossbow has not been good, and it can even be called the accuracy of the pit father, on the one hand, it is to ask for the blessing of these bows and crossbows that have been deformed, but they still continue to be used.

Zhang Jiashi did not think that the production of all bows, crossbows, arrows and arrows was made in a sophisticated way.

However, when Bai Qi said a word, Zhang Jiashi discovered that his idea was just a fantasy.

"In a war, the consumption of bows and arrows is at least tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, if you do this, even if you use a thousand people to forge arrows, there is no problem of raw materials, how many arrows can you make in a day?

Bai Qi's words vaguely said a situation, that is, the current Qin army is already the most in line with the situation in terms of the production of bows, crossbows and arrowheads.

Excellent products are easy to use, no matter what aspect, compared to this rough product, it does have a very big advantage. However, bows and arrows are consumables, and they are not consumables in small quantities, and the speed at which they are made by human hands is simply not comparable to that of mechanical bullets.

In the end, Zhang Jiashi had to give up his ideas for improvement in this area. Of course, he still assembled a team of about 100 craftsmen who specialized in making well-made crossbows. This yield is relatively low, and this cannot be changed until some mechanical forging methods come out. However, in this way, Zhang Jiashi believes that there will always be a day when it will develop......

With the passage of time, the Liaodong military construction in the Anshan area has begun to take shape. And in these days, Zhang Jiashi found out that Mo Yan'er didn't know when she would return to the Mo family. He was very strange, but the white wolf beside Zhang Jiashi didn't care about such a thing at all.

"What the hell is she here for?" Zhang Jiashi muttered suspiciously.

In terms of the arrangement of the garrison in the Anshan area, Zhang Jiashi ordered Chen Ping to transfer corresponding personnel to form a tentative escort force of 1,000 people, and the number will be even larger in the future.

The commander of this army, Zhang Jiashi, is naturally more preferred......

Well, some unlucky guy who is being chased everywhere by a female man with a hammer.

"It's a good relationship. Now they're all chasing after ......," Zhang Jiashi smiled with no conscience.

The white wolf beside Zhang Jiashi looked at this scene, tilting his head, not knowing what to think......

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