Those who use copper money to trade these days can't say no. they can only say that the number is far less than expected. Barter is the mainstream.
In addition, compared with copper coins with chaotic styles and different quality, the mainstream currency is actually silk or silk, and the higher grade currency is silk or satin.
Cloth is a currency in circulation, accounting for almost the whole ancient history of Chinese civilization. After all, except when money can only be melted to make some tools or utensils, people can't live without clothes, which is not difficult to understand.
Since the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, Shuzhong has been rich in cloth, especially brocade or silk. It may be related to the regional plant growth environment and may also be caused by the climate, but there is no doubt that the cloth in Shu has always been a relatively superior product of Chinese civilization.
Min Jian brought a large number of cloth, mostly linen and brocade, with a small amount of silk, satin and silk.
What? Isn't silk silk? Of course not. There are several types of silk, and there are not few types of satins. There are even many types of real silk systems. How can they be the same.
There is no silk production process in the Han Dynasty. Trying to find a way from the south of the Yangtze River has also been blocked by those door lords and aristocratic families. Even the amount of silk that can be purchased is not large.
"If converted, the value of the goods is considerable." LV Yi's face was so excited that he had to be excited. It was just silk. The most important thing was that Min Jian also brought slaves who knew how to make silk. He looked at Liu Yan eagerly and said, "you should take it anyway!"
It's not just the goods that were transported to Xiami, but there are a large number of goods that haven't landed on the Yangtze River.
If you count up the goods data in Min Jian's report, Han Bu needs to pay nearly 20000 units for weapons alone, and this is only the first batch.
The price quoted by Li Chenghan is not excessive, even slightly cheap. It is determined by the regional location. This is the case with the cloth industry in Sichuan. Even the tea supply is not bad, that is, there is a lack of war related resources.
There is nothing wrong. Although central Sichuan is a mountainous area, the number of iron ores has always been a little worried. It does not mean that there are many mountains.
It must be said that the development of tea industry in Central Sichuan is not a year or two. It should have been developed since the Western Han Dynasty. However, it has not competed with the tea industry around Yingchuan in the Central Plains. However, recently, the Central Plains has been in chaos and life has been ruined. The tea industry in China has become the top in Central Sichuan.
Qingzhou is too far from central Sichuan. I don't know how long it will take to pay for the force. The two sides have the Yangtze River as a trade channel. In fact, establishing trade relations is a very good thing.
[Huan Wen is under my command now, will the Eastern Jin Dynasty's invasion of the Han Dynasty happen?] Liu Yan's inner feeling is actually strange: [Shu has always been weak, but there are mountains and rivers...]
Liu Yan has changed a lot of history, which may be harmful to those who are familiar with history, but it doesn't matter much to him who is not familiar with wuluanhua.
It is a good choice to obtain the source of cloth from Shu. Accordingly, Liu Yan is more willing to export inland ships, and the export of weapons and armor must be controlled.
LV Yi was instructed to leave. He is extremely inclined to form a good relationship with Li's Chenghan. Trade is only one reason. The second is that Shuzhong is too far away.
Entering the Central Plains in winter, the usual years may be the time to stop, but this year is different.
Even in the snowy season, the state of Zhao in Shijie is still making relevant preparations for the war. Shi Hu is crazy and continues to recruit young people from all over the country to Yecheng.
In the history that has not been changed, this year (AD 343) is indeed the current situation of large-scale conscription of stone tigers. There are historical records that when stone tigers draw millions, states and counties fall into extreme turbulence, about 30% of the young and strong people who are transferred die on the March. They are eaten by wild animals and reduced by diseases. There are unburied bodies everywhere on all roads.
A large number of taping is only part of the unrest. Shi Hu has a clear order that three people should donate a car, which is equivalent to at least one horse or cow as foot power, and then there are cloth to bear. Those who can't get together either sell anything they can sell, or if they can't get enough, they can only take a rope to the field to find a tree and kill themselves.
It is not only the Jin people in the Central Plains, Qiang, Di, Xiongnu and so on who are harmed by the stone tiger. Except for the Jie people, one of the other ethnic groups is actually in the position of being harmed.
"Except in the direction of Yuzhou, there are nearly 200 li of no man's land on our border with Shijie." Ji Chang came here specially. Any country is training its troops this winter. How can the Han Army feel at ease? He pointed to the hanging map and said, "the North has confirmed the occupation of the counties south of the Yellow River. Would you consider occupying several dangerous places on the north bank while the Yellow River freezes?"
The North Bank of the Yellow River near Qingzhou is actually no dangerous place, even a plain. There is no dangerous terrain. It can only be to build a fortress near mountains and rivers. Ji Chang remembers very clearly that the people directly under his army (system farmers) are good at building a fortress.
The Han Army did not want to survive in winter, encroach on the surrounding no man's land as much as possible, and build garrison points such as military forts in the necessary terrain. This was one of the Han Army's winter strategies.
The north of Qingzhou will stop at the Yellow River, but it is really necessary to build some "nails" on the other side. After all, the ships of the Han Army are sharp. A Yellow River is not enough to form any obstacles. On the contrary, it is the time when the Yellow River freezes that is the trouble.
In order to prevent the Shijie Zhao army from crossing the river when the Yellow River freezes, those garrison sites must be built. The problem involved is how many to build and how many troops to deploy.
"Each Fortress (Castle) can temporarily garrison a hundred troops. Then it's best to build a fortress ten miles apart." Ji Chang said with great pride: "in this way, at least if the direction of Jizhou is not as solid as gold, the Shijie Zhao army will not dare to go south without conquering the fortress on the North Bank of the Yellow River. Moreover... The existence of those fortresses is not only to prevent the Shijie Zhao army from going south, but also to be used against Murong Yan state in the future."
A castle within ten miles means that Liu Yan needs to build at least 40 castles along the North Bank of the Yellow River, which is not much less difficult than building a great wall.
"Is it necessary to...?" Liu Yan does not lack resources, but the castle construction cycle is a little pit. There are not so many systematic farmers to do those things. He frowned and said, "Tai'an, we are far from the time of success!"
Ji Chang was stunned directly. Behind him, he looked at Liu Yan in a daze. His face was confused and... How to say, it was full of joy.
It's what it is! Han has Qingzhou, most of Xuzhou and some of Yanzhou. If the territory is large or small, the population is a big hard injury.
Jichang is considering the shortage of population, and then Qingzhou is basically destroyed, but Xuzhou is slightly better. According to the usual situation, in this state, we should take the defensive, at least let Qingzhou recover first, and then expand.
"The land may not be occupied, but if you don't attack outward, the population cycle to increase by giving birth to children is too long." Liu Yan has the common fault of all modern people. Since he lives in a fast-paced society, he wants to use one second as two seconds. It's a long time for him to wait for three or five years. It's worse than death to plan one thing in ten or twenty years: "we need a large population."
In terms of military strength, with the system population ceiling reaching 25000, Liu Yan actually doesn't worry about military strength. After all, it's a 25000 population ceiling that can be supplemented at any time. The worry is that the resource consumption is becoming larger and larger, and there is not enough labor to obtain the required resources.
It is not difficult for the development of Qingzhou. In fact, because Liu Yan has golden fingers, the Han Dynasty does not need to worry about food. One system farmer should deal with ten mu of land, and five thousand system farmers are 50000 mu. It is a field with an annual output of about 600 kilograms per mu three times a year, so the annual output is more than 800000 stone plant grain.
According to Jin Jin, the grain of more than 800000 stones is close to 100 million kg. The plant grain consumed by adults every day is related to non-staple food. On average, the plant grain consumed by an adult every day will not exceed 50 kg, which is still the consumption of three meals a day. The old and the weak, women and children consume less food, which is about seven Liang a day.
Apart from the output of farmers in the system, the annual output of plant grain in the Han Dynasty should be about 2.3 million stones. Non plant food? The whole Bohai Sea is the sea in the Han Dynasty. The output of seafood can be said to be extremely terrible.
In addition, don't forget that the Han Dynasty is not a pure farming system. Livestock are robbed in front and trade a lot in the back. In fact, the overall quantity is very terrible.
Liu Yan has thought a little. If the upper limit of the system population is increased in the future, he may give priority to increasing the number of system farmers. After all, the output of 5000 system farmers accounts for one third of the country's plant grain output, which is really frightening.
"JunShang has been cultivating the self-confidence and confidence of the Ministry. It has taken three years and has begun to show results." Ji Chang said happily, "we really shouldn't keep it, we should make progress."
The strong are fought out. The process of war is to obtain population and resources. The road to development is to fight harder and stronger. However, Ji Chang needs to remind him implicitly. He mentioned Shijie's rule over the Central Plains and thought that even without the Han Dynasty, the collapse of Shijie would not be too far away.
Shijie ruled the majority with an absolute minority. Throughout history, ethnic minorities ruled the majority, which could only rely on cruelty and ideological castration. Fortunately, Shijie adopted bloody cruelty rather than ideological castration. The victims may be one or two generations, but it is always more harmful to countless generations than the thoughts were castrated.
When the Han ministry took the initiative to integrate, it was a kind of ideological castration. The difference was to make those people become Han people both in soul and body. It must be said that the strength of Chinese civilization really lies here. Just look at the alien after living in the Central Plains. No matter which alien has its own culture, it will be tolerated and swallowed up by Chinese civilization in the end.
The self-confidence and resilience of a nation lies in integration. Liu Yan has sufficient confidence that he will do well in his generation. What he needs is to win one victory after another, give the present and future citizens, and make them feel sincere pride as a Han.
Of course, the meal has to be eaten one mouthful at a time. For Liu Yanlai, with the new military action, Pengcheng, which was deliberately left for military training, does not need to exist.
The day after Liu Yan ordered to capture Pengcheng, LV Yi came with Yu Yi.
"Yu Zhigong wants to visit our army's battle against Pengcheng." LV Yi didn't directly take Yu Yi to meet Liu Yan. He arranged to communicate with Liu Yan alone in the side hall. He said with a smile: "in exchange, Yu Zhigong will help us launch an exchange market south of the Yangtze River."
"It doesn't matter." Liu Yan said that Yu Yi visited the battle of Pengcheng. What he paid more attention to was: "those mercenaries from various countries, didn't they make any moths?"
Some Han troops infiltrated into the no man's land in the direction of Yanzhou. Those mercenaries from Chaoxian Peninsula followed and pulled out. Most of them were placed at some nodes as troops. The arrangement is simpler, and the wages that have been paid have been paid. Those mercenaries are always idle and should be given something to do. Then, the competition for nodes in the no man's land is actually fierce. Liu Yan doesn't care how many mercenaries from Chaoxian Peninsula die.
Yes, the action of making advance preparations for the war in the coming year has been officially carried out. The first is to infiltrate and promote the no man's land.
In fact, the number of Han troops passively used in the winter war is not large. Except for the system troops, all the people from Chaoxian Peninsula sent out.
"Those guys are resistant to cold." LV Yi said an advantage, but later he said with great disgust: "the military law is too bad."
It should be said that except that the Han Army emphasized military law, only the Jin army would pay attention to military law, and all other countries would pay a little attention to the core forces.
Without other gossip, Liu Yan asked, "can we get more mercenaries from Chaoxian peninsula before spring?"
LV Yi is a person in charge of foreign affairs. He also knows his intention. He said with a smile: "there are not many young people in Koguryo. Baiji Zhujia don't treat their subordinates as people. As long as the price is enough, they can get more. Xinluo... Something has happened in this country recently..."
It's also funny that Silla was raided by Jialei, and Kyushu and chuyun on the Japanese islands also crossed the sea to attack the coast of Silla.
"The queen of Silla begged him to come back to the Chinese army." LV Yi said jokingly, "they are willing to compensate, and even... Are willing to send the crown prince."
Xinluo is headed by the queen. Naturally, the crown prince is also a woman. Why should he send it to Liu Yan?