Chapter 531

It is a good idea to use normal trade means to Trade grain from Lin Yiguo and Funan. Before, the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was not in danger of food shortage. It was able to obtain cheap grain from South Asia. At the peak of grain trade, the annual trading volume exceeded one million stone.

Not only did the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty have a history of trading grain from Lin Yi or Funan, but also in the early days, Sun Wu knew that there was no shortage of grain in the southwest peninsula. Sun Wu also purchased a large number of rice from Lin Yi or Funan every year.

To be clear, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the governor of Jiaozhou was the richest of all the princes. Unfortunately, the transportation between the southwest and the central plains where Shi Xie stayed was very inconvenient. In addition, there were not many ships suitable for HNA. The problem was that even in this way, he could transport a lot of food and make good friends with Jingzhou and Yangzhou at that time.

The fact that Jiaozhi was rich in food was discovered in the Western Han Dynasty. At that time, the Western Han Dynasty had been expanding to the southwest Peninsula in order to obtain enough military food when the three Lingnan counties were eliminated. The expansion of the army of the Western Han Dynasty in the southwest peninsula was only limited by the natural environment. In addition to the climate, there was a mountain range called Changshan for more than a thousand miles.

The fact that there is no shortage of food in the southwest peninsula is unknown why it was ignored by the Central Plains Dynasty. To what extent is this neglect? In the early Ming Dynasty, Hu Weiyong used the rice straw that occupied the city to be said by Zhu Yuanzhang to be a blessing from heaven. During the Kangxi period of the "I Qing Dynasty" of boar skin, some officials lied about auspiciousness with Nanyang rice poles. This kind of thing will happen. It's just because the rice stalks in Nanyang are thicker and larger than those in China. However, those emperors ignored the number of Rice Panicles and only went to see the rice stalks.

As a general of the Han Dynasty, Fu Wei did not want to ignore the peaceful trade.

Nowadays, the military power of the Han state is incomparably strong. In the face of dissatisfaction, it just starts to work directly. It doesn't advise the fierce Hu prisoners. How can those aborigines in the southwest be counselled.

"Sun Wu and the puppet Dynasty, whose territory was occupied by barbarians, could bear it?" Fu Wei said he couldn't bear it: "the Great Han is not Sun Wu, let alone the puppet Dynasty. There is absolutely no reason to compromise!"

Yuan Fang didn't go back to the mainland for a long time. He just knew a few words of information. What he knows is that the state of Han is still fighting on multiple lines. The North has been fighting with Shijie Zhao and Murong Yan for six years, and the war in the South has not stopped. It seems that there is a war in Guanzhong?

Sun Wu counselled that it was difficult for them to use troops on a large scale in the southwest Peninsula in the face of the strong military pressure of the Cao Wei Dynasty. Most of the young people in China were soldiers all year round, lacked labor and wanted to obtain cheap food in the southwest peninsula. They ignored the fact that Lin Yi was a traitor and independent, and selectively forgot the fact that Funan did not pay tribute for a long time.

The situation of the small imperial court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty was similar to that of Sun Wu. There was a strong threat in the north, and the domestic aristocratic family was in power. The difference between the two is that the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty lost the Central Plains, and some Xinjiang soil on the southwest peninsula is nothing. As long as we can have fun, we don't want to recover any lost land. Therefore, whether it is the Western Jin Dynasty or the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it is well deserved to be the biggest stain in the history of China. It is not only the history of the first Hu people to rule the Central Plains, but also the pleasure atmosphere and lack of enterprising in the difficult times of the country.

"This will be decided..." Fu Wei looked at the rain outside, pinched his chin and said: "take the advantage of the maritime fleet, first launch a strategy for the coast."

Wuding affirmed: "there are many Manyi coastal villages, and several important cities are also close to the sea river."

Now in the south of China, the water systems are crisscross, resulting in the convenience of water transportation than land transportation.

The southwest Peninsula has more water systems than the south of China, and there are more inland rivers connecting the ocean. Because of the dense vegetation in the southwest Peninsula, it is naturally difficult for large ships to go inland, but small boats are not too limited.

"If so, some necessary preparations should be made." Yuan Fang was born as a demobilized general. She didn't dare to say anything, but she had to say something: "there are many rainy seasons here all year round. It is often in a humid climate. Iron tools are very easy to rust, and leather will swell, rot or mildew when exposed to water. Moreover, there are many mosquitoes and poisons in the dense forest."

It may be a little funny to say, but bronze is really more suitable than iron products in the southwest peninsula. In view of this, the garrison of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in Jiaozhi specially prepared a batch of bronze weapons all year round, and they will never wear them without iron armor and leather armor.

The fleet has begun to unload. Few busy soldiers are wearing iron armor. At a glance, they are wearing summer robes. Chinese herbal medicine accounted for the vast majority of the goods they unloaded, in addition to a large number of rattan beetles.

Rattan products are ideal for the armor of the southwest peninsula. If you look up the history of the southwest Peninsula, no matter what country's army, rattan armor is the most loaded, and bamboo guns are also the mainstream of the loaded. They can't afford to pack iron without using armor. Although the southwest peninsula is not the largest iron ore producer in Asia, it is not lack of iron ore. as Yuan Fang said, rust of iron products is a big problem when there is no good maintenance means.

There are many ways to prevent iron products from rusting. The simplest is to apply enough grease. With modern productivity, grease will certainly not be a problem, but with current productivity... People don't eat enough oil. How can it be used to maintain iron products in large quantities.

In the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, iron smelting methods have appeared. Because iron is easy to rust, it is called evil gold. I am very satisfied that the US dollar... That is, bronze will not rust. Of course, with the smelting technology at that time, the smelting of bronze reached the peak, and there were too many problems with iron as a fresh thing. For example, as a weapon, it was too brittle and easy to break. Results most of the bronze weapons were still used during the unification of the Qin army, and the iron weapons had to wait for the development of smelting technology to become the mainstream.

Yuan Fang later found that the southward fleet was well prepared. In addition to some herbs for curing diseases, there were a lot of mint, pyrethrum, fly plum and insect repellent.

Many plants naturally have the function of repelling mosquitoes. For example, many childe brothers of your family like to carry sachets. They don't turn them into mothers. There are plants in the sachets that can repel mosquitoes. Lavender and Jasmine are the most high-grade sachets. More extravagant are clothes incense, not a sachet around the waist.

Yuan Fang also found that the army going south had prepared a large number of rattan armor, but the style looked familiar?

"The capture of Bashu and the local giants in the south." When Fu Wei saw Yuan Fang surprised, he was somewhat proud: "the south is suitable for rattan beetles, isn't it?"

Don't think that the production cost of rattan armor is not high. If excellent rattan armor is actually no less valuable than leather armor. To make rattan beetles, you need to choose appropriate rattan to make them. Then, you need to cook tung oil again and again. The production time cycle is not short, and there is an obvious disadvantage of being afraid of fire.

The landing troops stationed in Bijing. Three days later, the rain stopped, but the sky was still gray.

"This place is more than 500 li away from zhuyazhou. It's sunny there, but this is the case here." Fu Wei has considered one point: "it only takes a day's voyage from zhuyazhou to Jiaozhi. The weather here is bad. It seems that zhuyazhou should be chosen for garrison in the future."

In fact, it is not correct to say one day. It depends on the wind direction. When the monsoon is correct, it will be very fast. If the wind direction is wrong, it will take more time to use manual oars.

However, Fu Wei is right. It rains all the time at Jiaozhi, and there are far more insects than Zhu Yazhou. Compared with Zhu Yazhou, Zhu Yazhou is more suitable as a garrison site.

"Here, here, here..." Wuding kept pointing some positions of the mountain map: "they are all places where warships can touch the shore."

The mountain map is based on the military map of the Jin army. After the Han Army garrisons, the necessary verification and exploration will be carried out. The current mountain map has been proved to be correct and reliable.

"There is no worry about the water source. It should be noted that the road is not necessarily accurate." Wuding said with a wry smile, "the plants here grow very fast. Even if the road is opened up, they will be covered with plants again soon."

Fu Wei kept nodding. He had no experience in jungle warfare, nor did the Han army who went south to the southwest peninsula. He needed the assistance of the garrison on Jiaozhi side, so he looked at Yuan Fang.

Knowing that this was her chance, Yuan Fang quickly promised: "I will do my best to help."

Originally, the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty did not have many troops stationed in Jiaozhi. Especially after the Han army moved south, the small imperial court transferred all its troops to Yangzhou, and most of the mainland's troops were transferred. Places like Jiaozhi, which looked insignificant, did not need to leave much troops.

After the Han Army entered Jiaozhi, more than a thousand local Jin troops surrendered cleanly. This time, Yuan Fang will take at least 800 people with Fu Wei.

Under the gray weather, the ready fleet pulled anchor and set out. They went directly to the west after leaving Bijing Bay. Not long after they set out, the sky began to drift drizzle again.

"In spring, the wind direction is suitable for going down to the West. In summer, the wind direction will be changeable." Yuan Fang was the first time to set foot on the warship of the Han army. He was very strange to this warship which was different from the Chinese building ship system. After many rounds of inspection and observation, he must admit that this was the ship at sea: "our warships are all four masts. When the wind direction is favorable, he can land anywhere in a day."

The warships produced by the system are more inclined to the Europa system. If the age is identified, it should be the product of about 1000 A.D. It must be admitted that compared with the ships of Chinese civilization, Europa's ship system is more suitable for maritime navigation.

When the Han Army's fleet fought with the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, inland warfare could not give full play to the advantages of system warships. In addition, the Han Army did not have qualified Fleet Command. The Han state completely relied on the number to pile up the Jin army's navy.

The small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty had perished. The state of Han accepted the navy of the small imperial court, including ships and sailors.

In fact, the Han state has not completely eliminated the resistance forces in the south, resulting in the slow integration process of those Jin troops. Liu Yan decided to send a fleet to the southwest Peninsula to plunder... Er, after opening up the territory, he was in a hurry and had the right to choose to recruit some generals who were good at water warfare.

Wang niche is now Fu Wei's deputy general. His military position in the Han army is at the level of deputy general, and he is specially responsible for the coordination of the southward fleet. Therefore, although Fu Wei is a commander, he is actually not familiar with fleet formation. The real worker is the king's niche.

In addition to Wang niches, Li Mai, who had surrendered in the "battle of three counties", was also transferred to the Navy.

Li Mai will be the commander of the second batch of southbound troops. If things do not change, the second batch of southbound troops will be the integrated former Navy officers and soldiers of the Jin army.

It should be said that the Han state intended to fully accept Jin army generals and schools who knew about water warfare. Most of the original Jin army sailors and soldiers would also be reorganized, not only for the invasion of the southwest Peninsula, but also rely on them to explore and explore many islands in Nanyang.

Fu Wei is staring at a column of light in the sky in a daze. It is the sunshine directly thrown down from the dark clouds. Because there is only one relationship, it looks like a passage to the sky.

You will see more wonders on the sea than on land, not only because of the vast field of vision, but also because the weather on the sea is more diverse than on land.

It is because of the wide field of vision that Fu Wei not only sees the light column, but also sees the sky cut out by a knife. For example, their heads are gray, but there is a cloudless blue sky in the distance.

"Sail another ten or twenty miles and you'll get to this place." Wang niche's hand pointed to the place marked as an island chain on the map: "this island has a big island and dozens of small islands. If there is no mistake in the map, there is a natural port on the west side of the big island."

They have just left bijingwan for about two hours, but the rain is getting heavier and heavier. It seems that the wind is too strong. For the sake of safety, they need to find a port to stop temporarily. Then the island with a natural port is a good place.

That island is now unknown, and it is now called Fuguo island. Most of the area above the island is flat, with cliff terrain in the north and East, a bay in the West and a beach in the south.

The wind and rain were heavy, and the warship shook very badly. The sailors operating the ship rope had to fasten the safety rope to avoid being knocked off the ship by the waves. If you fall from the ship in this weather, no matter how good the water is, you will certainly be swallowed by the sea without timely rescue.

Only those who have experienced it will know how terrible it is when the sea weather is bad. It is a dilemma in which people can't stand stably when they shake their feet. At a glance, there are turbulent waves everywhere and lightning and thunder in the sky. Timid people should have a direct mental breakdown.

The constant vomit from the cabin made Fu Wei's stomach start to show signs of rebellion. With a pale face, he said with worry: "if this goes on, I'm afraid the invasion can't be carried out."

Wang niche knows better than Fu Wei. Soldiers can't adapt. After vomiting, their body must be weak. It's not suitable for combat. On the one hand, the next is the peak of disease outbreak.

"This damn place..." Fu Wei said, but he couldn't hold it. He bent down and vomited for a while, with stars in his eyes, and said intermittently: "those servants must be sent from the army, especially the Japanese who adapt to sea navigation..."