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Strictly speaking, the ancient tea-horse road is divided into two parts: one starts from Sichuan, through Luzhou and other places, from Jianchang Prefecture in Dali to southern Tibet, to Nibharata and Tianzhu, and the other starts from the Buribu (Pu'er) in Dali, through Dali to Lijiang, and then to southern Tibet, Myanmar, Nibharata, and Tianzhu. These two roads have existed since ancient times, but the scale is very small. After Tubo invaded Dali, he wanted to manage Dali. After some expansion, Tubo split, the Tang Dynasty declined, and Nanzhao became a horse gang road. However, it contained huge commercial value. Some people spontaneously built it, which became this ancient tea-horse road.

The whole length is tens of thousands of miles, and many roads pass through the terrible realm, which is a miracle in human history.

But only the main roads are thousands of miles long, and countless branch lines of all sizes are densely covered with all the branches, extending to Guangdong and Guangxi.

Therefore, no government organized a large-scale construction. Although the commercial value was huge, the transportation cost was too high, the road was very rugged, and the military value was not great. Once expanded, the Song army could directly enter Dali from Sichuan.

Not only that, this prime minister would not have the only ambition, but would definitely be eyeing the extension of the ancient Tea-Horse Road from Guangdong and Guangxi to Dali.

If this road is built, the Song army will advance straight at any time.

Zheng Lang said calmly: "You guessed it, the road from Yongzhou to your country must be expanded."

"Is your country..."

"You guessed wrong again this time. If you have ambitions for Dali, General Di will not go to Shanchan City, but will not be an army of ten thousand soldiers, but an army of ten thousand."

The face of the messenger of Dali changed drastically.

There were only about 20,000 troops in Dali. Of course, if you encounter a critical moment, you can recruit warriors from various units to participate in the war, or borrow soldiers from the 37th tribes in eastern Yunnan. In the seventh year of Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, Jiaozhi was ambitious and wanted to attack Dali. Dali organized 200,000 troops to resist and fought until Jiaozhi. Only then did he extinguish Jiaozhi's ambition. However, the result of this war was that Dali's finances were tight and he did not get any benefits. Moreover, there was a serious problem in Dali. It was not the dispute between Gao Yang, but it was the 37 tribes in eastern Yunnan. Although Dali occasionally borrowed troops from the 37 tribes in eastern Yunnan. However, the 37 tribes in eastern Yunnan often launched rebellions, but were repeatedly suppressed by Dali. In fact, the 37 tribes in eastern Yunnan became a region that was difficult to rule in Dali, which was also a hidden pain for the monarchs and ministers of Dali.

Di Qing sat in Shanchan Prefecture City, and some tribes in eastern Yunnan began to move again.

If the Song Dynasty sent 100,000 troops to contact these restless tribes, it might not be able to subvert Dali. However, even if Dali wins, it will be a tragic victory, and Dali may be divided as a result.

"Didn't you complain that our dynasty was not strictly controlled in Hengshanzhai? Now I have given you the opportunity to Dali. Why don't you agree?" Zheng Lang asked lightly. Dali and the Song Dynasty had many dynasties, Yazhou, Lizhou, Jiazhou, Xuzhou, Changning Army, Yongzhou, Yizhou, Guanzhou, Hengzhou, Pennzhou, Dali merchants brought horses, animal husbandry products, metallurgical products, medicines and local specialties to exchange for textiles, daily necessities, medicines, and cultural products from the Song Dynasty. Most of them were bartered and there was no money. Among them, the largest were Luzhou and Yongzhou Hengshanzhai.

The businessman brought musk, beard sheep, long rooster crowing, felt, Yunnan knife and various medicines to exchange for the Song Dynasty brocade, leopard skin, documents and all kinds of tricks, and the transaction volume was very large. However, whether in southern Sichuan or Guangdong and Guangxi, the court had very weak control over this and did not want to cause trouble. He did not want to have trouble, and he did not want these tribes to be closely linked to Dali because of transactions. After all, the play in Nanzhao is also fresh in memory. Tigers do not hurt the jackals, and they are also worried that jackals will hurt the tiger's heart, such as Jiaozhi. Therefore, they are not interested in transactions, but the people need them and cannot force them to eliminate them. They can use various restraints.

"..." Dali, a Gao family member, could not speak anymore. This was because of this. He sent an envoy to the capital of the Song Dynasty and deliberately mentioned it, but the Emperor of the Song Dynasty did not agree.

After half a day, he said, "If this is the case, we, Dali, do not have the power to build these roads."

"It's okay, I will send someone to provide you with 20,000 bags of 400,000 kilograms of gunpowder to bomb the rocks and reduce the difficulty of building roads."

The envoy from Dali was stunned again after hearing this. Now everyone knows that the power of gunpowder is that it has that power, and the cost will not be too small. Four hundred thousand pounds is not a small number. He asked foolishly: "Why?"

"Yes, as you are worried, these two roads will play a military role when they are built. But you are obedient in Dali and will not be interested in your Dali and our Song Dynasty. This is the will of Taizu, and future generations dare not disobey it. Unless you are not planning in Dali."

"We Dali don't dare."

"Of course, do you Dali dare to hit the stone with your eggs?"

“…”

"Building the ancient tea and horse road is not used for military purposes, but it is important to military affairs. In the long river of history, your Dali is the territory of our dynasty for half of the time, but it was only because of the decline of the Tang Dynasty that the family was divided. Remember, don't be malicious to our dynasty, our dynasty will not be too ruthless to you Dali."

“Yes, yes.”

"This road is an economy. Once built, it will play a great role in promoting the economic development of your Dali, even the tribes at the southern end of Tubo, as well as our southern Sichuan. I am developing Guangdong and Guangxi, so I have a strong interest in this ancient road. However, the main road of the ancient road is in your country. If you want to build it, you must cooperate with Dali. Moreover, after this road is built, you will also strengthen the management of the 37th Ministry of East Yunnan, and our dynasty has also strengthened the management and control of the states of southern Sichuan and Guangnan West Road. This is a mutually beneficial move. This is my third condition. If I agree, General Di will withdraw his troops immediately. He will not be in trouble with the people of Guizhou. Even if you Dali is really loyal to our dynasty, we will work together to deal with Jiaozhi to resolve the pressure in the south for you."

"Do you dare to swear?"

"As long as you agree, you will write a memorial and ask Your Majesty to have a covenant with you Dali, engrave a stone and erect a monument, and place it on the boundary line between Temodao and your Xining Mansion."

If this is true, it seems to be a good thing, but this person believes and doubts, saying, "This matter is of great importance and I cannot make the decision. Can I go back and report to my emperor?"

"OK."

After seeing off the Dali envoy, Zhou Wen asked curiously: "Does Mr. Zheng have other intentions to do this?"

"Yes, once you agree, the road is built to benefit both countries. There is a shortage of horses and cows in the south." Zheng Lang shook his head. The people rushed over, and the court and the bank also transferred money and silk, both of which were not short of money or people, but there was a shortage of livestock.

After Zheng Lang's various encouragement policies, the north purchased a large number of livestock from the Western Xia and Khitan. Gradually, there were more large livestock used to cultivate land and cargo to pull out livestock. It was still insufficient. But the gap was not serious. Now many horses can be seen on various roads in the northern Song Dynasty, although these horses can no longer become war horses.

But the gap in livestock in the south is still very serious.

In order to support the development of Guangdong and Guangxi, Zheng Lang bought cattle from Jiangnan for three to five yuan, and bought less than 10,000 cattle, but actually transported it to the south to make the cost of seven or eight yuan. The waste is huge, and the ox is still insufficient. He can only stare at Dali and don’t eat it as food. What a pity. Without cows, horses are fine, and there are also many dry lands. The south can also be used for arable land and to transport goods. Although the cost is high, for efficiency, we cannot worry about it.

He also said slowly: "Economics are the main one. Compared with Jiaozhi, Dali is not that hateful. He only dares to make some small moves under his back. But it also has a military role. Once the road is built, it will be a deterrent. If we do any small moves, our army can quickly move west with the road. When they make small moves, they have to worry about this. Even if the barriers are set up, the walls of Shanchanfu will quickly collapse, which is even more a warning. Then the southwest border will become easier to manage."

It may not be necessary. If the Great Wall is built on high mountains and ridges, or if the level is built on hard rocks and cannot be dug up, it will work. However, this is a military secret. When it is leaked, Shi Heng will invent various artillery, and the level will lose its function again. Gunpowder is easy to imitate, but artillery requires precise technology and is not easy to imitate. If they imitate it, the science of studying things developed in the Song Dynasty, and new weapons were invented and created, leaving them behind. You can enter the era of real thermal weapons. With the current industrial conditions, it will not work without two hundred years and three hundred years, and Zheng Lang will definitely not see it.

"Wonderful, after the war?"

"It's considered after the war."

Then Zheng Lang dealt with another matter.

Since the spring, some businessmen have been unable to wait to plant sugarcane and develop some mountain monuments as tea mountains.

Zheng Lang did not reject this, but encouraged it as long as it is within the scope of the plan. Anyway, these merchants allocated funds to save some surplus money for the court, and could collect taxes to a greater or lesser extent.

But they reacted to one thing.

After September, sugarcane gradually matures, and they found that the sweetness of sugar cane with mixed fertilizers grows vigorously and has sufficient sugar content. Sugarcane with insufficient fertilizers is far less sweet than Zhejiang East cane, and most of them have no sugar-pressing value. This problem is very important. The increase in migrants next year, and fertilizers are paid attention to, and the number of merchants planting cane will also increase. The source of fertilizers is reduced, and the sugarcane planted is not sweet and cannot be used as frosting. Planting sugarcane is likely to become a loss-making business.

As they said that, they also brought some samples.

Zheng Lang stared at these sugarcane, did not eat it, and then pondered. It may not be a fertilizer problem, it may be that the seeds of sugarcane have not evolved. But it may not be wrong. There is no chemical fertilizer now, and the sugarcane in the south is growing well, often three or four times that of sugarcane in the north, and the demand for fertilizer is greater. Is this the reason why the sugarcane in Panyu is not sweet?

I can't figure it out and I dare not gamble. If the sugarcane planted next year cannot be made into frosting, it will cause serious problems. I thought for a while and said, "I have a good idea."

"What plan?"

"When the famous general Liu Rengui of the Tang Dynasty was the prime minister, Pei Feishu, the Shaofu Supervisor, was good at operating methods. In order to increase the country's wealth, he asked to sell horse manure in the palace, which could bring 200,000 yuan in income to the country every year. Let me tell you two backgrounds. The first background is that Guanzhong of the Tang Dynasty was densely populated and the arable land was generally lacking in fertilizer application, so manure could also be sold. The Tang Dynasty raised more horses, so it would be 200,000 yuan in annual sales. The second background is that the income of the Tang Dynasty was far less than that of our dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, the country's income was only about 1,000 million yuan in annual revenue. 200,000 yuan was a considerable income for the Tang Dynasty. However, Liu Rengui said, although the profit was high, he was afraid that the descendants would call the Tang family selling horse manure, which was not a good reputation. So he gave up."

"What does Mr. Zheng mean?" Several businessmen were puzzled after hearing this.

"As a royal family, it is not a good name to sell horse manure, but you are not a royal family."

"We..." Several businessmen were so scared that their faces turned pale.

"You are merchants, and you can go for profit. You can use money to buy livestock and poultry manure. I will introduce some measures to encourage the people to raise chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs, horses, cattle and sheep. No matter what, even if a large number of people have moved over, Guangdong and Guangxi are still vast and sparsely populated. There are many deserted lands that can be used to develop breeding. Moreover, Guangdong and Guangxi are far away from the capital. Once developed, the cost of transporting to the capital is too high. It can only be produced and sold by itself, and the price of grain will be very cheap. This is also the reason why I set the tax at two dou of rice for only 40 cents. Not only will the price of grain be convenient, the price of salt is also cheap. Meat is different, and its price is always more expensive than grain. Once there is a price difference, the freight can be negligible. Live poultry and livestock are inconvenient to transport, and bacon can be transported. Now even their feces can be sold for money. Do you think there will be more people who raise them?"

"I understand, I understand, Mr. Zheng is really a god." Several businessmen danced happily.

Zheng Lang also smiled bitterly. Transportation has become the most troublesome problem of this era. Therefore, he encouraged the development of side businesses this time and was not very interested in food. The lack of large livestock also destined to be difficult to grow grain on a large scale. Could it be that migrant Han people also plow artificially cultivated land with their feet?

These flexible and easy strategies are also very ordinary, and they also make officials feel relaxed and happy. Don’t think it’s simple, but you can actually think of it as not easy.

Dali quickly brought back the conversation and could agree to Zheng Lang's covenant, but Zhao Zhen's personal edict was required.

Zheng Lang smiled.

It is easy to ask Zhao Zhen to write an edict. Zhao Zhen himself does not want war, and it is a covenant with great abilities and face. Compared with the covenants with Xixia and the Khitan, I don’t know how good it is. How could Zhao Zhen not agree?

The two sides signed a covenant and were waiting for the imperial edict.

Di Qing led the main army to the east and returned to Guangdong and Guangxi. Guo Kui stayed there. Once the alliance came into effect, gunpowder would blow up the rocks, and it would be his own people that could not be handed over to Dali. But in order to make Dali feel at ease, only five hundred soldiers were left behind.

Although there are few people, Dali will never dare to touch their hair.

In fact, there is an intention. Guo Kui is not an ordinary scout. He is proficient in military affairs and leads his subordinates to cooperate with Dali to build roads and wander around. The terrain of Dali can be controlled. He is not afraid of ten thousand, but afraid that if it is. These materials may come in handy.

The memorial was handed over to the capital.

The capital was relatively quiet at this time, and it should be the most glorious year of the Song Dynasty. The Song army attacked Shanchan Prefecture, which was the greatest success since the Battle of Gaoliang River. Jiangdongwei, coupled with Sanbaiqu, and farmland water conservancy law, created a large area of ​​arable land.

The disaster in several years caused the food price to rise slowly, but with the harvest of grain in two years, the rice price in the capital dropped to 75 cents per dou, and the rice price in Jiangnan fell to 320 cents per stone. This is also the most happy thing about Pang Ji.

After receiving Zheng Lang's report, a very favorable alliance was strictly taken advantage of. For example, the Temodao, Wusa tribe, Wumeng tribe, Yi Niang tribe, Mangbu tribe, A Tou tribe, etc. in the southwest, it is hard to say that their territory was from the Song Dynasty. This time it was clearly divided into the territory of the Song Dynasty. Moreover, Zheng Lang explained the great significance behind the surface. After fighting for so long, from Temodao to Shanchan Mansion, only more than 8,000 people were sacrificed, of which more than 3,000 were still under malaria. The actual sacrifice was less than 5,000 soldiers, and it was a series of great victory.

After seeing the memorial, I agreed.

When the people of the capital heard about this, they felt proud.

Many people felt that the Song Dynasty stood up.

There are many more zaju dramas that stage several battle stories in the south, but this time Zheng Lang is the supporting role, and the protagonist is the cold-faced general Di Qing.

At this moment, a song came from the capital: Zheng Die (Di) Zhao, a civil and military man, flew south and returned north again.

The first sentence cannot be thought about, and the problem is extremely serious. The other sentences say that Di Qing and Zheng Lang are both literary and military, going to the south and returning to the north. But they do not use returning to the north and returning to the north, but return to the north again. There is another Zheng Di Zhao. What does this meaning mean?

It is not a trivial matter, especially in ancient times, these inexplicable prophecies are often exaggerated infinitely, such as peaches and plums, winning the world; the queen circulates Yangzhou and wanders in the garden. Who would like to say that? It may be a song released by Li Mi to show his orthodoxy. When Liu Xiu was the emperor, it is very likely that someone wanted to murder another national teacher Liu Xiu, and said Liu Xiu was the emperor. There would be several vague prophecies in the middle, but this coincidence became a mystery for the ages.

Some emperors do not believe it, it doesn’t matter, but some emperors attach great importance to it.

Four sentences, twelve words, the prophecy that kills people's lives cannot be hidden. Zhao Zhen soon learned the news that he was a foolish monarch, and others did not believe it, but he believed it very much in Zheng Lang and Di Qing. Besides, the two occupied Guangdong and Guangxi with one literary and military, and could they really gain power? How many soldiers can they gather, how many war generals can they have, and where can the materials and weapons come from? Even if they can get it, they have to plan for several years. Zheng Lang doesn't have to wait until then. He will leave Guangdong and Guangxi in a year or two, how can he start a trouble?

This is someone is messing around.

He said angrily: "Send someone to investigate me, who is slandering and spreading rumors."

Not only do they dare to slander Zheng Lang and Di Qing, two meritorious ministers, but there are also a lot of things. This rumor arose, and their political careers may all end here. Zheng Lang went back to Guangdong, Guangxi and Jinghu South Road, which was not more than three million yuan. If the funds allocated in the early stage were added, the war costs, and the cost of road construction on Jinghu South Road would reach nearly seventy million yuan. In the Tang Dynasty, if there was this wealth, they could send troops to launch the war to destroy the country.

This person is vicious.

Thinking of this, he said hatefully: "Call your ministers and ministers to the inner palace to discuss matters."

No matter what, let Yanchen swear to the point of being blocked first.

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