Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 740 Evil interests, trampled morality

In the era of smoothbore guns, how to fully utilize the defensive power of guns, the bastion is a threshold that cannot be crossed.In fact, Emperor Lu only needs to figure out the mystery, and then the teachers and students of the Wulu Academy can be enlightened.

Today's Daqi does not need the huge fortifications of the bastion, but the defense principles of the bastion can be used for reference and transferred to the fortifications of Lu Qi today.For example, the cannons arranged on the bastion can shoot longitudinally at the moat in front of the side wall, so as to achieve effective blockade. This is a very effective means, and it cannot be achieved by a square city.

The essence of a bastion is to change the fortress from a convex polygon to a concave polygon. Such an improvement will expose the attacker to more than one bastion surface (usually 2-3) regardless of any point of the attack on the castle. Defenders can use crossfire for multiple strikes.

The horse faces in China's urban fortifications also played a similar role, but they never broke through the overall limitations.

Emperor Lu kept silent all the time because he felt that asking the teachers and students of the Wulue Academy to break through that barrier by themselves would give them greater stimulation and motivation in terms of military thought and ideology.

In fact, Emperor Lu was a bit unfounded.You must know that in the 17th century in the previous life, during the process of Russia's conquest of Siberia, the military strongholds they established along the river were actually very simple.That is to say, in the 18th century, castles with stone structures began to be built in Siberia.

Emperor Lu only realized that the Central Plains' rule over the grasslands was inseparable from the chain-like castles. After all, the people of the Central Plains were not suitable for the nomadic life on the prairie, and at the same time, he was unwilling to destroy the fragile ecology of the prairie.The consequences of the large-scale immigration to the north and the opening of fields for farming have been shown by the sandstorms and patches of desertified land in the north in later generations.The final consequences will be borne by China itself.

Of course, this is not to say that there is really no land suitable for farming on the huge north and south grasslands of the Yin Mountains.Inner Mongolia in later generations has an area of ​​600 million hectares of arable land, not to mention the Hetao area, the eastern grassland area east of the Yinshan Mountains, and the area near the northeast, many places are suitable for agricultural cultivation.

Don’t think that Inner Mongolia in later generations is all pasture and animal husbandry. Inner Mongolia is one of the five provinces with a net grain transfer in the country, and its per capita grain storage and per capita grain possession rank among the best among all provinces in the country.

But that doesn’t hide the trouble lurking in the central and western parts of the Prairies.There are hundreds of thousands of nomads living there, but there is no land suitable for farming, and the people of the Central Plains cannot enter there. This means that the nomads in the central and western regions of the grassland will maintain their own blood to some extent. Purity.This means that the rights of tribal leaders will be greatly expanded.

This is very similar to the clan power in the Central Plains.Because the cost of ruling and inheriting is too high, the government will choose to cede the bottom-level rights to the clan in the midst of trade-offs.Emperor Lu was just as far away from the depths of the prairie, but he wanted to form an effective control over there, so he could only rely on his tribal leaders to serve him.

Because on the vast prairie, controlling the tribe is far more realistic and feasible than controlling the family-based prairie herdsmen.

To a certain extent, the clans in the interior and the tribes on the prairie are essentially the same!It's just that one is big and the other is small, one is close to the imperial power, and the other is far from the imperial power.

In order to effectively control the countryside and obtain the greatest benefit with the least effort, the government had no choice but to choose the clan; in order to rule the grassland, the Emperor Lu had no choice but to choose the tribe.Both are choices made out of necessity because of the cost-effective ratio of ruling costs and benefits.

In order to better control the tribe, Emperor Lu had to station certain soldiers and horses on the prairie to form a certain deterrent force.Building fortresses on the grasslands in this way is an indispensable measure.

Just like the Russians who conquered Siberia, because their number was much smaller than that of the natives, without castles as cover, they could neither withstand the consumption of long-term mobile operations, nor could they resist the resistance of the local people, so they could only build castles, everywhere. The establishment of the castle provided a shelter for the Tsarist Russian invading army to attack and retreat.

This is the same consideration as Emperor Lu.It's just that Emperor Lu obviously didn't know that the original Russian castle in Siberia was a simple wooden fortification.A square building made of logs, with a side length of about 15-20 azhang, that is, about 30 meters to 40 meters, and one azhang is equal to 2.134 meters.The castle is surrounded by two layers of wooden fences and wooden fences filled with stones, and moats are dug outside the walls.There are towers at the four corners of the city wall, some of which have watchtowers, and some have "alarm bells", and there are gun shooting holes on the fence and towers.And in the city, they piled up high mounds with mounds of earth, erected cannons, and dug wells.Inside the gate wall are houses for Cossacks and weapons and ammunition depots.

The cities of later generations of Russia in Siberia looked like this in the early days.That is to say, with the strengthening of their rule over the local aborigines and the continuous increase of the number of people in the castle, the area of ​​the castle has just expanded, and the buildings in the city have also increased (Governor's Mansion, Customs Office, prisons, shopping malls, etc.).

It was the first battle of Yaksa, and Lao Maozi's fortress was still like this.Therefore, it was vulnerable to the artillery of the Qing army, and the city of Yaksa fell in one day.That is, in the second round, the Russians who had suffered a loss built a simple half-bastion offensive, equipped with twelve artillery pieces, and then the Qing army could only besiege until the Russian soldiers ran out of ammunition. [The latter battle lasted for less than half a year, and 800 of the more than 66 Russians died.The Qing army also destroyed two reinforcements from the Russian army.It is undeniable that the Qing army invested more troops than Lao Maozi, but it was not tens of thousands of Qing soldiers who beat Lao Maozi with naval tactics.That is no longer in Hei Manqing, but in Hei China.In the two battles of Yaksa, the casualties of the Qing army were less than that of the Russian army. 】

By the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century, Lao Maozifang began to build large-scale castles with stone structures in Siberia.

Lu Qian didn't know much about Lao Maozi's conquest of Siberia, he just hated to agree with Lao Maozi's military strategy.Relying on castles and excellent weapons, you can effectively preserve your own vitality against those cold-armed enemies who only have bows, arrows, knives and guns.

For the teachers and students of the Wulue Academy, this is a major mission.The strategy they adopted even determined the future layout of the imperial court on the grassland, which was of great significance and made everyone feel deeply pressured.Although the teachers and students of the Martial Arts Institute also knew that such a mission, the people from the Five Armies Commander's Mansion must have received it.This is actually a competition!
The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies has a group of people with the richest war experience in the current Qi Army, and the Wulue Academy is also the number one military academy in the Central Plains, and there are a large number of former generals in it.These people's understanding of firearms is basically on the same level. Lu Qian gave them the most basic gun performance data, and let them know what a musketeer line is...

He felt that during the discussions and collisions between the teachers and students of the Martial Arts Institute, these people would definitely be able to form a deeper understanding of guns.

Anyway, Emperor Lu didn't need to come to a conclusion now, there was still enough time for the Five Armies Governor's Mansion and the Military Academy to study, verify and discuss over and over again.

The daughter of the Zhao family was not much touched by Zhao Jiuer's death. There was a certain sadness, but it was never so intense that she was overcome with grief.

Children of the royal family, unless they are siblings of the same mother, where does the brother-sister relationship come from?

Although the conflict between princesses and princesses is not comparable to the competition between princes, it is more of a superficial friendship.If it is true that sisters can confide in each other, in the chaotic harem of the great artist, in the situation where the favorite concubine emerges endlessly, whoever confides in heart will be at home.

If so, this Empress Maode only shed two tears in front of Emperor Lu, and then revealed the matter.Why did he say that? This is because Lu Qian could see clearly that there was almost no change in the air column on Zhao's daughter.

The Zishui racing field is getting more and more money every day, and the Jockey Club is also showing its edge. The name of the Kong family has not yet been revealed, because the second and third cornucopias have not yet been determined where to put them.

On the contrary, the manpower firm made a lot of money from Korea.

Taking advantage of Wang Kai's attached form, Emperor Lu first came to make arrangements for Wang Kai and his party, such as bestowing titles on the mansion to properly accommodate the Koryo officials accompanying him, and then formally issued the decree to all parties in Koryo.The manpower firm took advantage of this gap to transfer tens of thousands of people from Koryo to Jianghua Island.

The Mineral Development Department under the Ministry of Industry spends all day waving money to 'recruit' workers.There is a mine supervisor on Sado Island to the east of the peninsula with a population of nearly 10.

The garrison here is only 2000 people, but the subsidiary organizations are simple, the largest branch belongs to the hospital, and the most important is the bank.

All affiliated personnel are concentrated in small towns, with a total population of less than a thousand people.

In other words, apart from the [-] less garrisons and affiliated personnel in Donghai Mining Supervisor, which has a population of nearly [-], the rest are miners, their family members and children, and slave labor who are lower than the miners.

Ma Dashen said that capitalism came to the world, from head to toe, every pore is dripping with blood and dirty things.This is not bad at all.

Because interest is really a motivator for people to constantly break through the lower limit of morality.

Emperor Lu originally only used prisoners of war to mine gold and silver mines, but these prisoners of war were Han Chinese after all, and Emperor Lu was not prepared to use prisoners of war as coolies.Therefore, after they spent the first few years of hard work on the islands in the East China Sea, many of them were sent back to China one after another when the overall situation of the Central Plains was settled.There are still quite a few miners who have turned into mine supervisors. Although their lives are still hard, their status has undergone earth-shaking changes, and they have a lot of money in their salaries.

Especially after the gold and silver on Sado Island were mined on a large scale, the salaries of the miners were really not low.

However, the huge Sado Gold Mountain has more than one mine, and the opening of each mine means the demand for a large number of laborers.Moreover, because of the danger of mining and the compensation for death and injury of miners, the Ministry of Industry and the mine supervisor almost chose to cooperate with manpower firms in order to maximize their profits.

Batches of slave labor were transported in, and batches of people were buried on the island.

They eat the worst, work the most, and don't need to be paid...

The Ministry of Industry, and even Lu Qian himself, had to compromise in the face of irresistible interests.The bottom line of morality is constantly falling in the irresistible temptation again and again.

Why is the business of the manpower firm so prosperous?The biggest reason is that the Emperor Lu acquiesced in the use of slave labor by the mine supervisors under the Ministry of Industry, as long as they are not members of the Qimin family in Daqi.Now he can only use this to wash away the sin in his heart.Although he knew very well that his heart had long been glowing from the dark.

If this is a world where Taoism is manifested, his crimes must be able to attract thunder from the sky.

Therefore, the San Francisco of South Vietnam does not need to expressly imply that they themselves are merciless to the South Vietnamese.Pieces of villages were devoured because of a slave trader.

The sinful slave trade that only stayed in the history books in the previous life has already started silently amidst Emperor Lu's high-profile clamor of "Han'er is not a slave", and it has grown bigger and bigger in the past few years.It has become a major source of interest for the small royal treasury.

On Sado Island, many of the original prisoners of war are no longer there, and the rest have also been converted into miners.There were as many as 2 prisoners of war at the beginning, and those who are still stranded in Sado Island, Ganghwa Island, Jeju Island and other places, that is, those who are still under the administration of the East China Sea General Administration, are estimated to be less than [-].Many people still look forward to returning to their hometown if they can do it.

Many of those who remained have changed their roles or become employees of local farms. There are large fertile farmlands on Ganghwa Island, Sado Island, and Jeju Island. The Ministry of Industry has established large farms in these places. It is convenient to supply Sado Island.The new-style wheel plow and the three-field system and the two-field system were first implemented experimentally in these places, and the results are still very good.

Except for those who changed their roles and became captives of farm employees, the rest were either supervisors or mine leaders, and some even took up swords and guns and became mine guards.

In this way, these people also stayed on the island.Those who have families in their hometown and can still be contacted will naturally try their best to connect them to the island.As for those who cannot be contacted, or who have never married or had children, they need to look to a human resources firm to solve their worries.

Among other things, regarding the chaos of Goryeo these days, I don’t know how many Goryeo Ding Zhuang have been called into the mines and mines under Lu Qi’s mine supervisor. It’s not just a Sado Island; There is more than one Sado Island.

Just like the tens of thousands of Koreans mentioned above, there are one group of men, one group of women, and another group of children with extraordinary "talent".

In the Chinese market, the market for Korean men and women is much better than those black and thin guys in South Vietnam.

(End of this chapter)