Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 603 Go west, go west..., go back to its birthplace

Sado Island has also been developed for some time.Ask Lu Qian how the results are?He can grin with his mouth behind his ears.

The progress of the Nuggets in Sado Island is very gratifying.

Who said that Sado Island is really a Treasure Island?

In official history, before the discovery of the New World and its large-scale development, Japan was once the world’s largest gold and silver exporter, with silver output accounting for [-]% of the world’s total, gold output ranking first in the world, and Sado Gold Mountain’s output accounting for Japan’s total gold output. half of the output.

Lu Qian did not find any specific information on Sado Island, because before the Meiji Restoration of the little devil, there was no exact record of the total gold and silver production and annual production of Sado Gold Mountain.There is only one general statement - the financial pillar of the Edo shogunate.

He only knew that in 1896, the manpower mining period could be regarded as the Sado Jinshan whose resources had been exhausted. After being rediscovered by modern machinery, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries began to carry out modern enterprise-level statistics on the output of Sado Jinshan from that year until 1989. A total of 78 tons of gold and 2330 tons of silver have been mined until the resources are exhausted in the second year of the year.

According to legend, during the peak production period of Sado Jinshan from 1600 to 1800, its production could reach an average of 20 tons per year, and nearly 40 tons per year during the peak period.In other words, that place is a treasure land that can be dug by manpower for 200 years, and a dozen or twenty tons of gold + dozens of tons of silver are dug out every year.I don't know if it's true or not...

Lu Qian couldn't believe the latter completely.Because that number is staggering.

What is the concept of ten or twenty tons of gold + dozens of tons of silver?

One ton is 1000 kilograms, one kilogram is 1000 grams, and today's one or two is only 37.3g according to the metric system of later generations.That is to say, one kilogram is 27 taels, and one ton is more than [-] taels.

Putting this figure into ten or twenty tons of gold + dozens of tons of silver, if Lu Qian holds these real gold and silver in his hands, how many thousands of silver bills can Zhongyuan Bank print?

No matter how ignorant Lu Qian was about finance, he wouldn't know how to pledge 1 taels of silver, so he only printed 1 taels of silver notes.

This is a big business in the unit of 'tens of millions'.Moreover, it can also beneficially promote business development and the increase of large-scale transactions, which can be said to be beneficial without any harm.

Even if that figure was discounted in half, Lu Qian would still be satisfied.But he also believes that the potential of the cotton textile industry will be greater and its influence will be wider.

Because all of this has been shown in history.Zheng Guanying in the late Qing Dynasty once said that the two major imports of foreign goods are ah films and foreign cloth and yarn.Opium consumes about 300 million taels of silver every year; cotton yarn and cotton cloth consumes about 300 million taels of silver every year.

This is a number that Lu Qian still remembers vividly after decades.

Although comparing the Northern Song Dynasty and the late Qing Dynasty, the former is at a disadvantage in terms of population.But Lu Qian believes that China's population will soon enter a stage of rapid expansion.Just talking about the current Qilu, how many years have passed?According to the statistics department, the population of Qilu Province has increased by 200 million compared with when the province was established.

The abolition of the poll tax and the improvement of the economy are most directly reflected in the increase in children.

Thinking that there are neighbors around who can squeeze and exploit, Lu Qian is full of confidence. Even if there is no sweet potato, potato and corn, the Chinese population can still break through the historical cycle and soar into the sky.

Therefore, Liangshan's water army must continue to strengthen its strength, otherwise how can it continue to squeeze the surrounding neighbors?
In the past two years, the trade with Khitan has continued to increase, even the trade with Jurchen, after Wanyan Xiyin left Yidu, it suddenly increased by two levels.This brought great benefits to Lu Qi.Textiles, medicines, porcelain, spirits, etc. Unknowingly, these people's livelihood trade volumes have quietly approached the military trade.

Now that a large number of cotton clothes and quilts have been sold to Beidi, Lu Qian has made it clear that he wants to expand the cotton spinning industry, and the civil and military staff under him will naturally obey his orders.I haven't heard of anyone making a profit with the people!
At this moment, Song Confucianism has not been harmed by pigs, and his integrity is much stronger than that of Ming Confucianism.Especially after Lu Qian advocated the "study of meritorious service" day after day, if anyone still doesn't understand "reasons", how can he still have a foothold in the court of Yidu?

Even Wen Huanzhang, the leader of the conservative faction, would not wish to have such a pig teammate who could absorb hatred.

Therefore, the Yangtze River still has to be crossed.

"Yang Zhi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Right Army, reported. The destiny of heaven is impermanent, and only the virtuous can live in it. Nowadays, the Song Dynasty has lost its virtues, and traitors are in charge. , the people's grievances are heavy; one man fights hard, and the whole state is united. In the end, there will be the defeat of Qilu, the loss of the Central Plains, the burning of the ancestors, and the loss of majesty...

King Gongwei is wise and resolute, diligent in government and loving the people, proud of Qilu. Once he came, he shocked China in one fell swoop, and then swept Hebei. To embrace the north of the world in just a few years, if it is not God's will, how can it be achieved by manpower.

Today I gather the hopes of hundreds of millions of living people, with strong soldiers and horses, abundant money and food, scholastic obedience, and the support of all people.It reaches Longshan in the west, connects with the Canghai in the east, controls the Yangtze River in the south, and occupies Youyan in the north.More than half of the world is in my territory, and it is as far as Haidong, and it is all surrender.Ding Ding Yu in one go.At this time when the south of the Yangtze River is crowded, it is the autumn of my main business creation, which can concurrently enter the south of the Yangtze River, win the place of Jinling form, and aspire to the top of Kyushu.Don't miss this opportunity, it's a pity.Minister Yang Zhifu asked my lord to make a massive conquest, and to establish the foundation of eternal life in the south. ..."

In the Fengtian Hall of Prince Qi's Mansion, Yang Zhizheng, who was rushing back from Yangzhou, said loudly.During this period of time, he was only on the north bank of the Yangtze River to fight hard, and the scenes in the south of the Yangtze River were all in his eyes, which made all the generals under the jurisdiction of the right army's governor's mansion impatient.

The Western Army was exhausted after a long battle, and Guanzhong was lost, and the morale of the army was greatly shaken. Now in the eyes of Yang Zhi, Luan Tingyu, Wu Song, Zhang Shun and others, they are no longer something to fear.Isn't this a great opportunity to take the opportunity to go south and seize Jinling? "Your Majesty, don't miss this opportunity. If you miss it, it won't come again."

Fengtian Hall was full of people, apart from the senior officials from various ministries, the governors from various provinces who came to Beijing to report on their duties, there were also the chief and deputy governors of the five armies, the officers of each academy, and the pro-army generals who attended the meeting without speaking.They had their own thoughts, but they didn't speak rashly.

Then Jiangnan involves Manichaeism.Lu Qian's thoughts on Manichaeism have become increasingly difficult to guess.

Lu Qian glanced around the hall, he was very clear about the situation in Jiangnan.Now the person who sits in Jinling is none other than Liu Yanqing himself, while Xiaozhong is in Huzhou.

Lu Qian really looked down on Liu Yanqing, because he was too selfish.Then Zhao Song's division of the Western Army has achieved initial results.Compared with the previous two years, the control of the Jiangnanxi army by the big and small species has dropped a lot.

Liu Yanqing is one of the reasons.In the past two years, as the commander of the Western Army, he can be said to be the No. [-] figure, and he has made great contributions. The Song Dynasty even deliberately raised him to compete with the big and small, and granted him the title of Taiwei early on.In the middle of last year, his eldest son Liu Guangguo was promoted by the Song Dynasty to be the commander of the imperial capital. His subordinates were Yao Pingzhong, Liu Qi, Miao Fu, and Liu Zhengyan, as well as Han Powu and Wang De in the headquarters.

For this reason, Liu Yanqing mobilized many people to save face for his son, but those sacrificed were all the strength of the Western Army.

Lu Qian also asked many civil and military officials in private, among them there were not a few who agreed to take the opportunity to go south.Anyway, no one is willing to go to the front line of Xiangfan, and no one is willing to fight in Sichuan and Sichuan.

Zhao Song was not given in vain. When the Guanzhong crisis broke out, Zheng Juzhong was urgently transferred to be the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan, and his troops were stationed in Dasanguan, an important place on the front line of Chencang.After the Liangshan army cleaned up Huanqing Road, Lu Qian sent Lin Chong to lead the troops to attack the Chencang area, but was forced to retreat by the Song army relying on the geographical advantage, so he had no choice but to go north to find trouble in Xixia.

It was brought up by Yang Zhi in public at the Dachao meeting today, with the purpose of reaching a consensus that this green-faced beast is just the gunman Lu Qian sought out.

Lu Qian didn't answer, but asked Zong Ze first. Zong Ze was not in good health recently. He was a bit chilled in the cold weather, and he said a little bit unmotivated: "It's time to fight, Jinling is the result of Wang Qi. The Land of Bells, that place, still cannot fall into the hands of the Song Dynasty. It is just to conquer the land of Jinling, I am afraid it will cause trouble with the Manichae Church." In fact, it still depends on Lu Qian's attitude. If King Lu wants to sweep Jiangnan It is not impossible to swallow the Manichaeism at the stall.Let's see what he thinks now.

Naturally, Lu Qian would not swallow the Manichaeism in one gulp, and his thoughts have changed a long time ago.At the beginning, he wanted to devour the remnants of Manichaeism, because he was sure that Manichaeism would not be able to defeat Zhao Song.But to this day, he has found a better place for Manichaeism.

——That is Central Asia.

Many people know the origin of Manichaeism, it comes from Central Asia.But many people don't know the status of Manichaeism in the Western Regions.

In the late Li and Tang Dynasties, as the Uyghur Empire was defeated by the enemies from the upper reaches of the Yenisei River and fell apart under the attack of the latter, Manicheism inevitably declined stage.However, even at this time, according to the records of Wang Yande, a courtier who was sent to Gaochang [Xinjiang] in the early Northern Song Dynasty, there were still 50 Mani temples in Turpan in East Turkestan.This description shows that the decline of Manichaeism among the Uyghurs was a natural phenomenon that occurred with the collapse of the empire, not due to any kind of religious persecution.Although their influence in the Turpan area has been lost, they have not been completely extinct.In fact, at the present time, although the Gaochang Uyghurs mainly believe in Buddhism, Manichaeism still exists in Turpan.

This is because the rituals and teachings of Manichaeism are inherently similar to Buddhism.Namani himself claimed to be the successor and last prophet of Buddha, Zoroaster and Jesus.As it spread eastward from Central Asia, it was closely integrated with the prevailing religions, especially Buddhism, wherever it went.They use a lot of Buddhist terms, pretend to be Buddha's name and Dharma, and even call themselves "Mani Light Buddha".So much so that it has been misunderstood as a branch of Buddhism.

In a country like Uyghur, it even achieved the status of "state religion" for a time, which is unimaginable in Central Asia and the Western world.

Now Lu Qian feels that the best way is to tell them to get out of the Han soil, go west, go west..., and return to the place where they were born.The Xingyue Sect relies on swords, guns and iron horses to preach, and the Manichaeism can do the same.

(End of this chapter)