sweeping the world

Chapter 1058

In a country with a coastline, the prosperous economic zone will generally be in the coastal area, and the coastal area will inevitably bear more than half of the country's tax quota.

The expedition fleet bombarded at least 27 cities along the way, three of which were landed and looted, and seven cities were completely burned to ruins.

The two Satraps are not a strong country in terms of economic strength. Their main livelihood industry is herding. However, based on the current economic structure, herding means ensuring that they have enough horses, cattle, sheep and camels. , in fact, you can’t make much money.

Some of the cities along the coast existed as trade transit areas for other countries. Before that, there were a large number of Persians and people from Gupta, and a small number of Romans, Egyptians, and Pontus.

After the Han Empire joined in, there were a lot of Han Chinese.

It's just that the war broke out, and the navy of the Han Empire often carried out cruising blockades, and there were actually no other people on the sea routes except the Han people.

"In the list they gave, there are 260 Han Chinese, and more than 3000 related servants." The two documents sent by Satrap in Yuan Qiao's hand are dry and hard parchment.He said to Huan Wen: "This is just the first batch, there will be more in the future."

The expeditionary fleet has already received two envoys from Satrap, and did not do anything humiliating on purpose, but the reception specifications are only two tents arranged at the national level, and no supplies are given for daily expenses. It's a humiliation.

"Those merchants are moving very quickly." Huan Wen knew who the list given by the two Satraps was: "It's only a few years since the big man opened up the business route. What are their business opportunities here? "

The Han people must be saved.This is also one of the missions of the expeditionary fleet this time. Not only to rescue, but also to rescue with great fanfare. Use this kind of prudent behavior to inform all the citizens that the country will not abandon anyone, but it will give the greatest effort whenever possible. effort.

"Exchange some common domestic trade products for precious metals here." Yuan Qiao didn't believe that Huan Wen didn't know what the business opportunities were: "Trade profits are usually more than two hundred percent."

Which of the big families in the Han Empire didn’t have a trading caravan?They, who were considered upper-class nobles in the Han Empire, had at least one trading fleet in their name. At first, they conducted maritime trade from the mainland to Indochina. Later, as more and more countries were discovered, maritime trade routes were expanded again and again. The trade fleet is also moving further and further.

Liangsatrapu is not a country with any special products. They should also have the homeland of the Gupta Empire. If there is a huge profit in anything, it is probably some fine knives, and then there are horses and camels.

It is extremely uneconomical to travel tens of thousands of miles by sea to obtain horses and camels, unless the horses are expensive enough, but the horses on the Liangsatrapu side are not unique, and they are not only from the Asan Continent The great powers of China will have it, as will Sasanian and some other landlocked countries in Central Asia.

The only things worthy of the Han people coming to buy in large quantities are those knives, which are a very special kind of wootz steel, probably the pinnacle of current smelting and forging technology.

That’s right, the Persians’ Damascus knives were either obtained from the Indians, or they got related technologies from the side of the two Satraps. The latter two Satraps were destroyed, and then the Asan people continued to change dynasties to make Damascus knives The technology became unique to the Persians.

"The other thing is some furs." Yuan Qiao's position determines that once the expedition fleet wants to go to war with a country, it must try its best to understand that country, including but not limited to military strength, mainly what it relies on to generate an economy. Efficiency must also be grasped: "The best part of this semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural country is the coastal area after our ravages. Once we destroy it, they will lose at least four-tenths of their tax revenue in two to three years or even longer."

Huan Wen changed his mind for a while.

If the coast of the Han Empire was ravaged for a while, and the sea trade cities such as Jingkou, Linzi, and Mashijin were destroyed, the first thing they would have to face was a large number of homeless refugees, and then they would lose about 20.00% of their annual tax revenue. It may not be a big problem within two or three years, but the subsequent impact over time will inevitably affect the success or failure of the national war.

"They should think that our main attack target is here." Yuan Qiao made a judgment based on the reaction of the two satraps: "The Tianzhu shogunate is readying troops. We landed from the sea. They are afraid of being attacked from both sides."

No country is not afraid of multi-faceted wars, especially when facing a hegemonic power like the Han Empire, the two satraps will not be an accident.

"Uncle Yan's meaning is clear to Wen." Huan Wen considered: "If they don't surrender to the Tianzhu shogunate, but surrender to us, can they accept it?"

The highest state of Zhu Xia's military use is to subdue the enemy without fighting, especially leading an army on an expedition to a powerful country, forcing the opponent to surrender as soon as the army arrives, which is regarded as the highest achievement of a general.

Huan Wen has a lot of halos on him, and he still longs for one more achievement of defeating others without fighting.

Furthermore, the expedition fleet needs a good start, and there is no better start than just landing and intimidating the two Satraps.

The question now is what terms of surrender they can negotiate.

"We need time to build this bridgehead." Yuan Qiao means: "Even if we can't negotiate the desired results, delaying time is also beneficial to us."

"Presumably the two Satraps are already psychologically prepared to cut land and seek peace, and they also understand that they need to pay a lot of money for peace." Huan Wen is seriously discussing the surrender conditions of the two Satraps: "They hope to get out of this How can a war be so easy!"

The best result is that they can grab enough benefits from the two Satraps who want to get out of the war, and at the same time make the two Satraps a country that can drive, as Zhu Xia did in many foreign wars, defeat the At the same time, an enemy country uses this enemy country for its own use, using them to destroy or consume other enemy countries.

Huan Wen clearly understood that it would not be difficult to do that, especially under the premise that the two satraps had already taken the lead in summing up, the difference was only the speed of time.

The landed cape was occupied without a brutal battle, and then the Han army began to push to the surrounding area, capturing the aliens who had not had time to escape, making them the labor force for the next construction of the bridgehead.

"I don't know one thing." Liu Ming stepped on the red soft ground and escorted some captives together with a group of robes: "This place is barren, what do they do for a living?"

The prisoners looked very dark-skinned, but they were not Africans.In terms of racial distribution, it should be the people from Asan's side, not the Sese people.

The Sai people are a sub-white-skinned race. Zhuxia people were called Sai people a long time ago. The highest contact was in the Western Han Dynasty. According to records, they were first seen in Dawan.

The contemporary Han people already know that the Serbians have another name. The Persians call them the Scythians. This name is inherited from the Parthian Empire.

At that time, the Scythians were a powerful nation in the northern part of Parthia. They enslaved other nations. They were equivalent to the role of the Huns on the back of the Parthian Empire. Mostly, but no longer a big threat.

The environment in Cape looks too harsh. The land is all soft and soft. A slightly stronger wind can blow up a large amount of smoke and dust. No matter how you look at it, it is not suitable for farming.

In addition to the soft soil, most of the plants looked half-dead, and they couldn't see the green that the plants should have, let alone the green shade.

This kind of scenery cannot be seen in the mainland of the Han Empire.If you want to see this kind of landscape, you need to wait for the severe soil erosion on the Guanzhong Plateau, but the color of the land will not be earthy red, but a kind of earthy yellow.

Today's people can't judge why the environment has become so bad. It is actually a phenomenon that the groundwater has dried up.It may be that the underground river has been cut off, or it may simply not be able to retain the water that should be left. If this phenomenon continues, the geographical environment will soon become the appearance of the Gobi.

Liu Ming is very happy to see new things, and is willing to spend some time and effort to explore and understand.

"It stands to reason that the seaside shouldn't look like this." Liu Ming picked up a handful of withered and yellow weeds, put them under his nose and smelled them, and he could only smell the smell of soil, not the slightest smell of plants: "It's the land. Is it salted?"

For the time being, no one can answer Liu Ming's question. A special scientific research team is needed to study the soil. If there is no problem with the surface layer of the soil, find the right place to dig deep. If the underground river can be excavated, you can get the answer after checking it.

They escorted the prisoners back to the camp, and Liu Ming was told that Shangguan had received a new mission.

"We will be the second batch of troops to land on the Sasanian territory." Xin Ling is the leader of Liu Ming's team. He looked around the fifty or so people under his command, with a frenzy on his face: "We will be the first For the first time, the firearms unit that lands on the enemy's country from the sea must show its prestige!"

More than fifty people responded in unison: "No!!!"

The expedition fleet landed on the cape, but it did not mainly attack the two Satraps. Before the negotiations with the two Satraps did not come to fruition, an operational plan for the southern coast of Sassanid was formulated.

They are actually here to help the Tianzhu shogunate the most. Even if the two satraps did not immediately persuade them to negotiate and surrender, having them on this side will inevitably make the two satraps afraid to come out with all their strength. The Tianzhu shogunate was at war.

"So, Qian Jiantong is the best candidate for the general of the Tianzhu shogunate?" Huan Wen will have a period of leisure after the battle plan is confirmed, and he will not get busy again until the war breaks out: "What a lucky guy ah!"

A Duhu of the Dufu Mansion can already be regarded as the middle and upper class of the Han Empire, but compared with the generals of the field army, it is much worse.

Being able to become the general of a field army shogunate is actually a step up the ladder to the top of the military. As long as you can win a great victory as the leader of the shogunate, you will have the foundation to become a permanent general.And become a permanent general?Look at the few people who were named by the emperor once a war broke out, and look at the titles and treatment they received. As long as there is no example of the rabbit dying and the dog cooking, three generations of wealth are inevitable.

Seeing Huan Wen's jealousy that he didn't even hide, Yuan Qiao laughed a few times.

The Tianzhu shogunate will not be the most important and prominent shogunate in the future, but the Tianzhu shogunate will definitely be the one that has experienced the most wars.

Asan Continent is not small, and there are too many kingdoms on it. In addition to the kingdoms, there are many states, city-states, tribes, and tribes. It is destined to smash all these things before going north to participate in the invasion of Persian Sassan.

In the Han Empire, only through war can one gain fame and fortune. What a soldier fears most is that there is no war to fight.

In fact, in some respects, the ambition shown by the emperor and the determination to penetrate the entire world island are the greatest protection for nobles and generals.

As long as the Han Empire continues to have wars one after another, the chances of what happens will be infinitely reduced.

After all, the emperor has such great ambitions and always needs people who can lead the army in battle. Once the knife is used smoothly, it will not be replaced easily.

In this way, it all shows that unless some guy has a brain twitch, he can have a good death.

"I'll take away a whole thousand ships." Huan Wen didn't intend to stay in the cape, and instructed: "The negotiation with Liang Satrapu is up to Chang Shi."

Yuan Qiao bowed, thinking in his heart: "Yuanzi is a bit out of step."

Asan Continent is the war zone of the Tianzhu Shogunate, even if Liang Satrapu wants to surrender, it should be surrendered to the Tianzhu Shogunate.If the expeditionary fleet accepts the surrender of the two satraps, it will undoubtedly be a depressing thing for the Tianzhu shogunate to vomit blood, and the two shogunate will become inevitable.

Yuan Qiao felt that it was a good thing for Huan Wen to leave. After he became the main person in charge of Liang Satrapu, he would let the Tianzhu shogunate take the lead in accepting the surrender. If you get credit for one thing, the actual benefit will be the majority.

The formation of the expeditionary fleet is for the expedition to Europe, and the greatest contribution will be to appear on the battlefield against Rome. The contribution of forcefully seizing the Asan continent is not only doing things for others, but also a kind of dishonesty, which is too ugly to eat.

On the side of the Tianzhu shogunate, Qian Jiantong took over as head of the shogunate after being approved by the central government. Just as he took office, he received the news that the two satraps were about to surrender to the expeditionary fleet. It can be said that he felt that his power was in danger for a while.

The army is far more realistic than any other place, and a general who cannot win a battle is useless.And waste materials will never be recognized by the soldiers, and if they cannot be recognized by the soldiers, they will not be able to use the army like an arm.

"This is the first challenge I have to face after taking office!" Qian Jiantong usually felt guilty when facing Huan Wen, but faced with the current situation, he could not tolerate taking a step back: "Send someone to contact the expeditionary shogunate, and at the same time mobilize The cavalry is approaching the Chambal River!”

(End of this chapter)