Chapter 96: Lifeline on the Map
Hearing what his mother said, Yun Zhao finally felt confident that he no longer had to make random guesses.
Yunfu could regard the arsenal as a big deal and stick to it as if he were destined to do it, but it was different for his grandfather.
The arsenal is also very important to him, but no matter how important the arsenal is, it is not as important as his own family and children. It is necessary to leave a way out.
Yun Zhao enjoys this kind of convenience without any psychological burden. After all, it is a legacy left by his ancestors.
In the midst of the rush, summer arrived unknowingly, and the food was growing very gratifyingly, whether it was wheat, millet, millet, beans, or Yun’s new crops were growing well. The only regret was that there were no cicadas chirping, and locusts did not appear in large areas. Even the sparrows were affected. They were caught one by one with fine nets and all went into their stomachs.
Yun Zhao felt very proud!
Since Lantian County began to provide work-for-relief relief, no one has died of starvation while there have been deaths from illness.
For this reason, he wrote to Hong Chengchou and greatly boasted about his achievements.
Hong Chengchou also wrote back. In the letter, Yun Zhao saw for the first time the names of Li Hongji and Zhang Bingzhong, two people who he was extremely afraid of.
Hong Chengchou, who fought against the bandits in Shanxi, did not take advantage this time, mainly because these bandits could actually run away!
One time in Shanxi and another time in Shaanxi, it was difficult to catch and behead people who were running around, which made Hong Chengchou very troubled.
At the same time, Yun Zhao was urged to send people to the southeast to buy food as soon as possible. He had not harvested much food in Shangnan, because it was not only for his army to eat, but also to support the brothers' army from time to time. The food was consumed very quickly, which greatly shortened Hong Chengchou's expected combat time.
Yun Zhao has no intention of going to the southeast to buy food. These days, food is as valuable as life. There is no excess food anywhere. Even if there is, it is taken away by salt merchants through various means. Changing salt will lead to great wealth.
Lantian County will not sell a single grain of grain this year. It must be stored as a reserve grain, even if there is a bumper harvest.
Since Yun Zhao cannot buy food and does not want to sell his food to Hong Chengchou, then Yun Zhao has the only option left - robbery! < /p>
However, due to bad luck, people from Mongolia and Yuan Dynasties avoided Guanzhong and rebuilt the canal along Mount Tai from Hangzhou to Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty. There were not many ships on the canal in Guanzhong, and many sections of the canal were abandoned. There are only a few small fishing boats left on the remaining rivers."
"After the people of the Western Regions and the Tubo were no longer the enemies of the Central Plains, Chang'an declined, Luoyang declined, Guanzhong was no longer so important, and Tianshui was no longer so important. , after Dunhuang's northwest defense line completely lost its enterprising spirit, UniversiadeIt is logical that the river turns around and goes straight to the Yanshan defense line. ”
“Since An Lushan, the Jiedushi of the Tang Dynasty, started his business with the help of Pinglu, Fanyang, and Hedong, three places close to Yanshan, the kings of all dynasties have placed their defense centers in Yanshan. As a result, the general trend of the world It changed.
Only the southeast is always a place that supplies wealth, and a steady stream of money and food supports the rule of successive dynasties. "
Yun Zhao took a sip of water and was about to continue explaining the general trend of the world to these idiots, but Yun Yang was very impatient. He sat up straight and said dissatisfied: "We are just going to rob. Wait, why are you saying so many words that you don’t understand?
Yun Zhao was angry, gave Yun Yang a hard look and said: "If you don't plan for the whole life, you can't plan for a moment. If you don't plan...forget it, I just want to tell you how to rob and rob." A bad thing turned into a good thing! "
Yun Yang grinned widely and said: "We are robbers, can we also do good things? ”
Yun Zhao helplessly looked at the rebellious Yun Yang, then looked at the other sleepy bandit successors, and asked Qian Shaoshao to open the curtain on the wall.
Behind the curtain is a map of the Ming Dynasty, which was created by Zhang Xianliang, a professor at Yushan Academy.
This map is different from all the maps Yun Zhao has seen. The map uses thin lines. There are many threads connected by the silk thread and the embroidery needle.
Among them, the most threads are pulled out from two places, one is the capital and the other is Hangzhou.
In order to understand this picture! Yun Zhao spent four days on the map and took a lot of notes. Even so, what he knew so far was still superficial.
In the past, although he had no understanding of the relationship between regions. Although I have a little understanding of circulation and communication relationships...it is not worth mentioning in front of this map of regional relationships in the world that Zhang Xianliang spent ten years creating.
The Ming Dynasty has basically been demolished. This is a bad situation where the east wall makes up for the west wall. The length of each thread is actually the distance from the east wall to the west wall.
Yun Zhao stood in front of the map and suddenly lost his ability to explain to these idiots. The related thoughts.
Looking at the countless threads emerging from the southeast, he felt very uncomfortable. As the county magistrate, he knew that the Southeast generation had taken on the responsibility of this country since the Ming Dynasty. The heaviest tax.
This is a land of plenty. The price of fertile farmland due to high taxes is only two taels of silver. People who don’t pay taxes are farming the land, but the people are not hungry. If this continues, God knows. How long can Southeast be able to supply the capital?
And the reason for this incident was just because they supported Zhang Shicheng!
In Yun Zhao's view, Just to vent his anger, he would attack everyone on a large scale. This is the immature side of Zhu Yuanzhang as a politician.
Seeing Yun Zhao, Yun Juan and Yun Shu were stunned in front of the map. , Yun Shu and the others sneaked away, and only Yun Yang sat down.Come down and wait for Yun Zhao to wake up from his daze.
When Mr. Qian came in, Yun Zhao sighed and said: "Cover the map. It is not allowed to be shown to outsiders in the future."
Shao Qian closed the curtain and said with a smile: "Master Zhang is going to make a bigger one for teaching students."
Yun Zhao curled his lips and said: "Let's wait until those students are twenty years old before reading it. I can't understand it now." , tell Master Zhang that this thing cannot be leaked."
With a little money, we went out to make arrangements.
Yun Yang stepped forward, opened the curtain again and said, "Tell me, you value it so much, it must be a good thing."
Yun Zhao smiled and said, "You don't understand. "
Yun Yang shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter, as long as you can understand it."
Yun Zhao saw that Yun Yang was getting serious and pointed at the lines on the map. Said: "You see clearly, every line here represents the expenditure of wealth. For example, the line from Zhuji to Datong Prefecture cannot be touched. Once it is touched, the soldiers of Datong Prefecture will starve, and the Tatars' The cavalry can enter the interior and plunder."
Yun Yang said nonchalantly: "Even if we don't touch it, the border troops will be hungry!"
Yun Zhao sighed. : "But no one will die."
Yun Yang looked at the map carefully and said in annoyance: "The threads on it are densely packed. If you can't touch this, you can't touch that, what a fool we are. Robber!"
Yun Zhao smiled, pointed at the threads on the wall and said: "What I'm saying is that these red threads cannot be touched, blue threads should be avoided as much as possible, and pink threads should only be touched. Just make one. As for the black silk thread, we must work hard."
"Which one is Mingyue Tower?"
Yun Zhao shook his head and said. It doesn’t count.”
Yun Yang frowned and said, “How do I know which line we hit when doing business?”
Yun Zhao pointed at his head and said: "I'll tell you."
Yun Yang nodded and said, "That's great. I'm going to practice sword riding. Are you going to go?"
Yun Zhao patted him. His fat belly said: "I may not have the chance to be a qualified horse thief."
Yun Yang hugged Yun Zhao's neck and said: "It will definitely be possible. Together, we brothers will ride on our horses and wield our swords to rob the world." , How can I do without you?"
After that, he dragged Yun Zhao away.
Qian Shaoshao jumped in from the window, found a small bench, sat in front of the map, held his chin and looked at it carefully.
Although Master Zhang did not listen when he explained this picture to the young master, the young master had just made it very clear.
From now on, this picture will be the area where the big guys eat, and these threads will be the rice bowls where the big guys eat.
Be sure to remember it and cannot miss it!