The Jagged Empire of Daqin

The big picture is set!

The surrender of the Southern Wei Dynasty brought tears to the eyes of the three sons of the Yang family, and they shed tears secretly. Yang Zhong raised his head to look at the sky, and muttered to himself with a more excited expression: "Father, the child has lived up to his trust. I, the Yang family army, gnawed down this A tough bone, my Yang family army is still the elite master of the Great Qin!"

"It's really not easy to win this battle. I finally lived up to the expectations of the crown prince and the prime minister. It's a pity that General Yang died in battle, so we can't celebrate the victory with him!" Li Bu sighed, but was not particularly happy. , on the contrary, there is a little sadness.

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In the following time, Li Bu first accepted the surrender of more than [-] Southern Wei troops and accepted Xiao Tianlei, and then ordered people to clean up the battlefield and clean up the corpses. Yang Hu's body was sewn up again and buried together with thousands of fallen soldiers. In this battlefield, Yang Hu's second son, Yang Yi, was buried together with his father and son!

Some people may ask, Yang Hu is a dignified second-rank general, and Yang Yi is a relative of the emperor. Shouldn't all the corpses be sent back to Xianyang for a dignified burial?

In fact, Yang Hu said long ago that if he died in battle, he should be buried with his comrades who died in battle, so that he would not be afraid of loneliness under the Nine Netherworld. Moreover, this place is thousands of miles away from Xianyang, and it will take more than half a year to go back. If the corpse is transported back, maggots may grow.

Therefore, for all these reasons, the three sons of the Yang family decided to bury Yang Hu and Yang Yi on the spot!

To die in battle in a foreign country, to sleep forever in a different place, great grief!

After a day of cleaning up the corpses, the exact casualties of the Qin army and the Southern Wei Dynasty came out.

This battle is called the Nansha War. In the Nansha War, the Qin army lost [-] cavalry, [-] sword shield soldiers, [-] crossbowmen, [-] spearmen, and [-] horses. A total of [-] soldiers were killed. Thousands of horses.

There are still 1 sword and shield soldiers, 3 crossbowmen, and 3 spearmen left in the Qin army. There are a total of [-] soldiers. There were no seriously wounded soldiers, and all the seriously wounded soldiers died with the enemy.

The entire army of three thousand soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty was wiped out!

The 39 court ladies and eunuchs of the Southern Wei army were completely annihilated, and the hundreds of military ministers brought by Wei Shang were all killed except for Xiao Tianlei.

This also means that the Qin army lost 41 of its own and killed [-] of the enemy!

It is shocking to be able to achieve such a record against the Southern Wei army!

The end of the Nansha War also meant that the Northern and Southern Weis were about to be unified, but the Qin army did not participate in the next Great Wei and the Northern and Southern unification battles. arrive.

When the 3 remnants of the Northern Wei Dynasty arrived, Yang Zhong led [-] Qin troops back to the court!

Just when the Qin army returned to the court, the news that the Qin army defeated the 43 troops of the Southern Wei Dynasty gradually spread throughout the Southern Wei Dynasty, which shocked the entire Southern Wei Dynasty. Li Bu expressed his willingness to surrender to His Royal Highness the Prince.

Of course, this is a follow-up.

In a flash for many days!

On the first day of the first month of the 27th year of the Holy Qin Dynasty, the Great Qin Dynasty, Beizhou, Shangyang County, Xianyang City, Imperial Palace, and Qilin Palace!

The carved beams and painted buildings in the Qilin Hall are magnificent, and each of the nine black pillars is wrapped with a lifelike five-clawed black dragon. There is also a huge moon bead hanging, shining like a bright moon.

Although the Qilin Hall is not vast and boundless, it shows the majesty and solemnity of the overlord of Kyushu.

On the left and right sides of the main hall, the right side belonging to the ranks of military officers is still empty, only King Wu Bai Qi stands proudly, while the left side belonging to the ranks of officers is overcrowded, and ministers in neat black court uniforms are lined up in rows.

On the pitch-black carved dragon throne on the high platform of the main hall, sits an unrivaled king who overlooks the world. This unrivaled king is dressed in a black dragon-pattern crown suit, a nine-pronged flat-topped dragon crown, a dragon and phoenix sword on his waist, and a pair of The bronzing dragon pattern boots are really majestic and majestic!

Ying Chang looked at the officials through the nine-panel bead curtain in front of him, and asked in a calm tone, "Are the artillery battalions all over the place in place?"

Yang Ze, Minister of the Ministry of War, stepped out of the official queue, bent down respectfully and wrote a report: "Your Majesty, except for the Yanshui camp, all the artillery battalions in various places have been put in place, and the recruited civilians have returned one after another. For this reason, The Ministry of War spent 250 million taels of silver, of which 200 million taels of silver was paid to the civilian husbands, and the other 50 taels of silver was used to buy food, and the grain was consumed by the civilian husbands on the way to escort them!"

Ying Chang nodded expressionlessly, and then immediately asked: "How much silver do you have in the Ministry of War?"

"Return to Your Majesty, it's already been used up!" Yang Ze replied embarrassingly.

Ying Chang raised his eyebrows, and the corners of Jia Luo's mouth twitched in the ranks of officers, cursing inwardly, how did your Ministry of War use up so much money.

"Your Majesty, please listen to the minister's explanation. Except for the daily consumption required by each division, the Ministry of War spends all the silver in the Ordnance Department. The Ordnance Department uses the silver to make a total of 300 million shells, and among the 300 million shells, 100 million shells It was divided into 120 artillery battalions in Daqin, and the remaining 200 million rounds of artillery shells were pre-stored in the armory for backup!"

"By the way, I have another piece of good news to tell His Majesty. The good news is that due to the needs of the Ordnance Department, the governments of various places in Daqin have found a large amount of nitrate mines, which can be said to be inexhaustible. Therefore, the nitrate mines on the market The price has dropped more than ten times!"

"The cost of shells is high, and the supply of nitrate is so high that the demand is in short supply. Now a large amount of nitrate has been unearthed, so now it only takes ten taels of silver to make a shell!" Yang Ze saluted excitedly with a red face.

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Chapter 840 Listen to the military situation!

Yang Ze is very clear that the high cost of shells will cause His Majesty a headache, and now the solution to the problem of high shells is to share the worries of the king. As a minister, everyone is proud to share the worries of the king. , his face was flushed with joy, and he was so excited, as if he picked up a gold ingot the size of a house.

"Okay, great!"

The second half of Yang Ze's sentence made Jia Luo so excited that he couldn't help applauding loudly, which shows how happy this good news is for Jia Luo.

Can you not be happy, the Ordnance Department spends so much, and it hurts so much, now that it can finally reduce the expenditure, it can be said to be a relief!

Not only Jia Luo was happy, but all the ministers of the court were very happy, including Ying Chang. Without it, cannonballs eat too much silver. Hundreds of millions of silver are not enough to spend half a year. If the expenditure is not weakened, the Qin Dynasty will be alive by the cannonballs. Can be worn down.

"Officials from all over the country have done a good job in this matter, which makes me very pleased!" Ying Chang smiled lightly with relief, and then continued to ask: "How many ugly cow artillery are there in Hyogo? "

Hearing this, Yang Ze bent down and wrote an essay: "Your Majesty, since the beginning of July in the 26th year of the Holy Qin Dynasty, the Ordnance Department has stopped making artillery, so there are only [-] extra ugly cow-style artillery in Hyogo's inventory. I want to come to these [-] There are enough spare doors!"

Ying Chang fell silent for a while, with a pensive look on his brows, and after a moment of contemplation, he said expressionlessly: "Six hundred ugly cow-style artillery is indeed enough, but it is still a bit small. How about it, the Ordnance Department will , Only ten Ugly Bull cannons are built every day, and each cannon has to be tested, and only if the test is successful can it be stored in the Hyogo!"

"Your Majesty obeys the order!" Yang Ze bowed down and saluted in awe, and after answering, Yang Ze straightened his back and continued to raise his hands to report: "I want to report to Your Majesty, I have something to say!"

"Quasi-playing!" Ying Chang replied indifferently.

Yang Ze took out a memorial from his arms and presented it with both hands. Pei Ji, who was standing beside the high platform holding a sword, immediately stepped down from the high platform, took the memorial in Yang Ze's hand with both hands, and presented it respectfully to the imperial platform. Ying Chang took the memorial , glanced at the surface, only to see the surface read: battle report

Knowing that it was a battle report, Ying Chang opened it and guessed whether it was Yin Hai's battle report or Yang Hu's battle report?

After opening the battle report, Ying Chang knew that it was the battle report from Huang Sha, the captain of the Wuyang Navy, so he watched it carefully. While Ying Chang was watching the battle report, Yang Ze also said, "Your Majesty, this is the report from Captain Huang." The battle report submitted, the battle report stated that when the Yin Jun navy harassed our Wuyang port, the artillery battalion headed to Wuyang port just arrived."

"Under two hundred Ugly Bull cannons firing in unison, one large warship, three medium-sized warships, and nine small warships of Yin Jun's navy who came to harass them all sank, annihilating 560 enemy sailors. Of the rest, [-] people were captured!"

"At dawn the next day, Governor Yin took the initiative to attack with a type-A artillery-carrying warship, and again inherited a large warship, three medium-sized warships, and nine small warships a few nautical miles away from Wuyang Port, and captured more than 100 people. people!"

"After defeating Yin Jun's navy again, Governor Yin continued to sail eastward by boat. In the end, so far, no new battle report has come!"

While watching the battle report, Ying Chang listened to Yang Ze's report. What Yang Ze said was basically the same as the content of the battle report.

Ying Chang put away the battle report, frowned slightly, looked at Yang Ze with a slightly dignified expression and asked: "There is no new battle report yet, will something happen?"

"I don't dare to make a statement!" Yang Ze slightly bent down and replied!

"Since Governor Yin has the confidence to take the initiative to attack, he must have the chance to win. I have nothing to worry about. By the way, how is the construction of the Wuyang Navy and the Haozhou Navy? How many warships have already launched?" Ying Chang first comforted himself , and then continued to ask about the situation of the navy.

"Returning to Your Majesty, with the addition of a Type-A gun-carrying warship led by Governor Yin, the Wuyang Navy already has three Type-A gun-carrying warships, ten B-type gun-carrying warships, and twenty C-type gun-carrying warships. The warship has not yet reached the size of a fleet!"

"As for the Haozhou Navy, there is no warship. The reason is that Governor Yin only taught Wuyang sailors to build warships in a limited time, and only built three types of gun-carrying warships in Wuyang port. The Haozhou navy will not be able to equip gun-carrying warships in a short period of time!" Yang Ze bowed down in awe to report.

Ying Chang nodded expressionlessly, "Okay, then we have to wait. What else does the Navy want?"

"Yes, Huang Sha, the captain of the Wuyang Navy, hopes that the imperial court will send more fixed artillery pieces. The one hundred fixed artillery pieces sent last time can no longer satisfy the remaining artillery-carrying warships. Install fixed artillery, urgently need fixed artillery!"

"In this regard, I have ordered the Ordnance Department to urgently build fixed artillery to meet the needs of the Wuyang Navy as quickly as possible!" Yang Ze replied while bowing and saluting.

Ying Chang fell silent for a while, and then continued to ask, "Is there any news from General Yang?"

Compared with the navy, Ying Chang paid more attention to Yang Hu leading the army to help the Northern Wei Dynasty, because it was related to the prestige of the Qin Dynasty in the southeastern countries. If it won, the whole world would know that the Qin Dynasty was powerful. The whole world will think that the Great Qin Dynasty is a paper tiger who bullies the weak and fears the strong.

In addition, it is also related to the situation in southern Kyushu. Ying Chang does not want to see a complete Wei Dynasty. Whether it is the unification of the Southern Wei Dynasty or the unification of the Northern Wei Dynasty, it is not what he wants to see. The best scene , that is, the Southern Wei Dynasty was semi-crippled by Yang Hu, and became like the Northern Wei Dynasty, so that the Great Qin Dynasty could achieve its strategic goals.

Seeing Ying Chang asking about Yang Hu's situation, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty looked at Yang Ze expectantly. They also valued that Yang's army went south to help the Northern Wei Dynasty.

And Yang Ze was about to report this matter. Seeing this, he just said: "Your Majesty, the latest news about General Hu Lie is from four months ago. Four months ago, the Southern Wei army stormed an important place called Peach Blossom Valley."

"There are 3 Northern Wei troops stationed in Peach Blossom Valley. Facing the onslaught of the Southern Wei army, the [-] Northern Wei troops suffered heavy casualties and lost more than half of the important areas. Fortunately, General Hu Lie ordered [-] cavalry to come to the rescue in time. In the first battle, more than [-] people from the Southern Wei army were killed, and [-] people were killed, and the Peach Blossom Valley was successfully recaptured. After capturing the Peach Blossom Valley, General Hu Lie continued to lead the army out of the valley to attack, and I don’t know what happened after that!"

"Ha ha, alright!"

"Great!"

"Sure enough, there is no army that my Qin army can't win, so what about the Southern Wei army, hang up and fight!"

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Chapter 841 National power rises!

"Ha ha!"

Knowing that the front line had won the battle and greatly enhanced the country's prestige, all the ministers showed bright smiles and gave bursts of applause.

Ying Chang also showed a gratified smile on his face, and the small stone he lifted in his heart fell down, but when he loosened the small stone, he also lifted a bigger stone in his heart. Ying Chang knew very well that with Wei Shang's behavior style, Knowing that his army was defeated by the Qin army, he must use the whole country's strength to fight against the Qin army, and it is also very likely that he will conquer it himself.

Although the national power of the Southern Wei Dynasty has declined greatly, it still has the power to fight. It has many strong generals, which is definitely a lot of pressure on Yang Hu. Ying Chang is really worried that Yang Hu will fall in the Southern Wei Dynasty. After all, Wei Shang can destroy both Wu and Yue. The Great Dynasty must not be a fool.

"Pay close attention to General Yang's battle situation, and report to me immediately no matter what happens!" Ying Chang looked at Yang Ze solemnly and said.

"Minister Zunzhi!" Yang Ze bowed down and complied solemnly, and then retreated to his stand, letting the next person to report to play.

Jia Luo, Minister of the Household Department, stepped out of the official queue, stood in the center of the hall, faced Ying Chang and bent over to make a report: "I report to Your Majesty, I have something important to announce!"

"Quasi-play!" Ying Chang shouted softly!

Jia Luo raised his hand solemnly and wrote a report: "Your Majesty, as of December 26th, 360th year of the Holy Qin Dynasty, according to repeated investigations by the Ministry of Households and local governments, the new population of the five prefectures in the Daqin Pass has increased by 80 million. 160 people were born, aged, sick and died, and the three prefectures outside the customs have added 40 million people, 400 people were born, old, sick and died, and the total population of Daqin has increased by [-] million throughout the year!"

"Today, the population of Daqin Pass has reached 770 million, of which Beizhou has a population of 930 million, Zhongzhou has a population of 800 million, Dongzhou has a population of 620 million, Fuzhou has a population of 270 million, and Wuzhou has a population of 150 million!"

"Among the five prefectures in the Great Qin Pass, Dongzhou has the largest population increase, with a new population of 70 a year, followed by Zhongzhou and Beizhou. Fuzhou and Wuzhou are also gradually recovering on a large scale!"

"The total population of the three prefectures outside the Daqin Pass reached 140 million, of which Guzhou accounted for 390 million, Yuanzhou accounted for 380 million, Ningzhou accounted for 370 million, and the total population inside and outside the Daqin Pass reached 910 million!"

"Of the 910 million, 900 million are women, children, old and young, and 1000 million are young and old!"

"As of December 26, 300, according to the statistics of Shengqin, according to repeated investigations by the Ministry of Household Affairs and local governments, 500 million mu of fertile land has been added across the country in Daqin, which is 700 million mu more than last year, making Daqin The total amount of fertile land in the country has exceeded [-] million mu!"

"Among them, Beizhou occupies 900 million mu, Zhongzhou occupies 700 million mu, Dongzhou occupies 500 million mu, Fuzhou occupies 400 million mu, and Wuzhou occupies 200 million mu!"

After hearing these words, the smile on Ying Chang's face became more and more intense. As the emperor and the monarch of a country, seeing the prosperity of the country and the prosperity of the people during his reign is definitely the happiest time in the emperor's life.

"What is the price of grain in Daqin now?" Ying Chang asked Jia Luo with a smile.

If you want to know how well the people are doing, just ask about the price of food. Low food prices mean that people will not be short of food and will not go hungry. High food prices mean that people will be short of food and will be hungry.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the average price of grain in other countries is one tael of silver and one stone of grain, while the price of grain in Daqin is [-] yuan per stone, which is [-] yuan lower than the price of grain in other countries!" Jia Luo replied respectfully.

"In this way, the people will not be short of food, and there will even be a lot of more food, so where does the extra food go?" Ying Chang continued to ask with a calm demeanor.

"This..." Jarrow hesitated to speak, with embarrassment appearing on his face.

He really couldn't answer where the excess grain went, after all, it was not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Seeing this, Zhang Feizi, who was standing at the head of the official, immediately took a step forward, bowed down respectfully and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, the surplus food in the whole country usually flows into other countries through the hands of merchants. The price is very low, and merchants from all over the world like to come to Daqin to purchase grain and make profits!"

"Right now, my Great Qin is already the largest food supplier to the countries of the Kyushu. Ninety percent of the food bought by the people of the Qi Dynasty is Qin food!"

When Ying Chang heard this, he was immediately happy, good guy, Daqin has quietly become the largest food supplier.

It seems that Daqin will have another title.

Ying Chang thought for a moment, then said sonorously and forcefully: "The price of food must be reduced, at least to ten yuan a stone!"

"Ten coins and one stone!"

"My God, how is this possible!"

"Yes!"

All the ministers immediately talked about it, and they didn't think that ten dollars and one stone was impossible.

"Your Majesty, the price of food depends on the amount of production. The higher the production, the lower the price of food, but my Daqin's production is not very high. If it is not for the huge foundation of fertile land, the current population of my Daqin would not be enough to eat!"

"Besides, if the price of food is too low, the people will have no profit, and if there is no profit, the people will not be willing to farm. But according to the laws of my Great Qin, good land must not be left unused, so you have to plant if you don't want to. If the situation continues for a long time, firstly, the people will complain, and secondly, the people will not have any extra money other than the inexhaustible food!"

"Reducing food prices seems to be a way to enrich the people, but in fact it is a way to weaken the people. Please think twice, Your Majesty, and don't forcefully lower the food prices!" Jarrow frowned, bowed down and wrote solemnly.

"Haha!" Ying Chang chuckled, "Who told you that I'm going to forcibly lower the price of grain. What I mean is, why can't one mu of land grow a few stones of grain? As long as one mu of land can harvest three Four stones of grain, so the drop in grain prices will not affect the people's profits at all, and it will even allow the people to get more profits!"

"Perhaps you may think, how can one acre of land harvest a few stones more grain than usual? Even if there is a bumper harvest, it is just a few buckets more. kind?"

"This kind of rice can be harvested in two seasons or even three seasons in a year, or one ear of rice can grow hundreds of grains of rice. In this way, there will be more food, food prices will rise, and the people will be richer. , the imperial court no longer has to worry about food issues!"

All the ministers were stunned when they heard these words. It wasn't that they were shocked by the idea, but that they couldn't understand it at all. In their perception, everything in the world was determined by God. How could it be possible to change the rules so that the crops would grow? What about two seasons and three seasons?

Chapter 842 Budget!

Ying Chang also knew what the ministers were thinking, so he didn't say much, and directly shifted his gaze to Zhang Feizi, with a blank face, and ordered without anger and prestige: "Leave this matter to Zhang Aiqing. If it is done well, I will thank you very much." There are rewards, it doesn't matter if you don't do it well, I don't force it, I just hope Zhang Aiqing can understand a sentence, everything depends on man's efforts, and man can conquer nature!"

Seeing that Ying Chang had left this matter to himself, Zhang Feizi bent down helplessly and replied, "I obey the order!"

Leave it to yourself to do it. Anyway, it’s okay if you can’t do it well, and no minister will find fault with it. After all, it’s something that can’t be done, but even though it’s something that can’t be done, he still has to go What to do, as for what to do, it is very simple, pull a group of farming experts together to see if there is any possibility and hope for this matter, if not, then directly present a memorial to Ying Chang to declare the matter a failure.

Ying Chang flicked his big sleeves, moved his buttocks back, adjusted the most comfortable sitting posture, looked at the ministers and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this matter for now, tell me about Sheng Qin's financial situation in 26 years and this year's budget Bar!"

As soon as the voice fell, Zhang Feizi bent down and wrote a report: "Your Majesty, as of December 26th, 1000th year of Shengqin, the statistics of Daqin's annual fiscal revenue once again broke through the record high. The annual grain tax is 5000 million taels of grain, the salt tax is 5000 million taels of silver, the commercial tax is [-] million taels of silver, and the customs duty is [-] million taels of silver. Hundreds of millions of taels of silver!"

"The Ministry of Household and Commercial Division made a profit of 26 million taels of silver throughout the year. According to the above statistics, the total financial revenue of Shengqin in 1000 years was 21 million taels of silver, 190 million shi of grain, and the existing treasury of Daqin was 500 billion taels Silver, [-] million shi grain!"