Straight man of steel

Chapter 132
"Zhang Xingren, are you saying that the Yelang Kingdom does not have a hundred thousand elite soldiers?"

Ji Fu was very surprised that Tang Meng dared to deceive Liu Che about this matter.

Liu Che had the idea that he could borrow troops from Yelang to attack South Vietnam at the critical moment.

Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions and Tang Meng's development of the Southwest were mostly due to Liu Che's desire to use other people's power to check and balance the seemingly huge forces around him.

"Sir, don't even think about it. I have a vast land and resources, and a population of nearly 4000 million. Now there are only 50 soldiers.

The land occupied by the Yelang Kingdom is less than half of the land of Shu County, and the territory is full of high mountains and mountains. How can it support [-] elite soldiers, unless they are like the Huns, everyone can fight. "

Ji Fu lowered his head and pondered for a while, figured out the key point, and then asked Zhang Yuan.

"Then Minyue and Nanyue are as weak as Yelang?"

Zhang Yuan and Ji Fu are not at the same level at all, and the dialogue between the two seems very abrupt. Zhang Yuan's mind is "Historical Records", "Han Shu", "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", or It has the wisdom of the predecessors for 2000 years.

Jifu only has some things that he has seen along the way, as well as those ancient texts that teach the rules of life.

Fuguan can be said to be the farthest place Jifu has reached. Based on this foundation, Zhang Yuan naturally does not think he will have any insights.

Even Liu Che borrowed the military power of Minyue and Yelang when he thought about attacking Nanyue, not to mention the officials below. When Liu Che knew that all the surrounding countries were vulnerable, he stopped attacking them. These things come with expectations.

"Yelang is not as good as Minyue, Minyue is not as good as Nanyue, and Nanyue is not as good as Changsha."

Zhang Yuan clearly told Jifu the military strength of these countries through this hierarchical comparison method.

Ji Fu's suspicious eyes kept scanning Zhang Yuan, obviously he didn't believe what Zhang Yuan said.

"If you don't believe me, sir, you will find out when you arrive in Yelang Kingdom.

You also don’t want to think about it, the Nanyue Kingdom is a remnant of the previous dynasty, and the Minyue Kingdom is a descendant of the Yue King Gou Jian. If they really have strong military strength, why don’t they invade the territory of our Han Dynasty and restore the glory of their ancestors. "

As far as this is a wise man, Zhang Yuan then sighed and returned Ji Fu with contemptuous eyes.

There are only three people in Fuguan who know the true strength of Yelang Kingdom plus Zhang Yuan.

The other two are Tang Meng and the long history under Tang Meng's command.

If the Yelang Kingdom is powerful, how could Tang Meng, as the guardian of Fuguan, allow Zhang Yuan to come out in full force.

After two days of repairing at Fuguan, a team of nearly 2000 people set off from Fuguan mightily.

Liu Che had already agreed to Tang Meng's request to establish Qianwei County in Yelang Kingdom. Another purpose of this trip was to make most of the princes of Yelang Kingdom Yelanghou.

Starting from Fuguan, go southeast until you see a tributary, and you will arrive at the county seat.

There are many villages along the way, which are busy with spring plowing. It seems that there is no other difference between them and the people of Berkshire except for the difference in clothing.

It is even said that in the territory of Yelang Kingdom, there are still many villages that are not under the jurisdiction of Yelang Kingdom, but are managed by other tribes.

In the gathering place of the people, apart from some hedges against wild animals, there is no longer any defensive fortification.

After seeing this, Jifu believed in Zhang Yuan's words, let alone some generals leading troops to fight against such an enemy, Jifu suddenly had strong self-confidence in himself.

The absence of war horses and weapons meant that there was no way to organize an effective attack, and the absence of city walls meant that there was no way to organize an effective defense.

"I don't know why Your Majesty would send people to develop such a place."

Ji Fu twirled his beard and sighed while riding on the horse, completely forgetting the purpose of his trip.

"After sir, tell the prince what he saw along the way after returning, and ask the prince and the queen mother to stop worrying about this thing, and the most important thing is to promote the Quyuan Plow in the Han Dynasty and increase the production of grain.

We haven't figured out our own place yet, so we went to other people's places to join in the fun. "

Ji Fu glanced at Zhang Yuan and said angrily.

"Didn't your boy also provide His Majesty with a plan to develop Southwest Yi, what are you doing now to tease me?"

"Boy, I don't have the strength to compete with you nobles. I will do whatever the nobles ask me to do. It is already a very good thing to make the nobles happy and not kill me."

Tang Meng and Huang Changshi were listening to the conversation between Ji Fu and Zhang Yuan, but they didn't know what they were thinking.

Seeing that Jifu was about to be tempted by Zhang Yuan, Huang Changshi immediately spoke up.

"The envoy has such a wrong opinion before he arrived in Fu County, it should not be.

Although the people of Yelang Kingdom are weak, there are many rare treasures in Fanxian City, and the gold reserves are not weaker than our Han Dynasty treasury. Why would the envoy say such words to mislead Mr. Jifu. "

After Jifu clarified everything with Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan knew that Changshi was from the Huang clan, and if he chatted with Jifu himself, Zhang Yuan would definitely be upset if this guy interrupted.

"Huang Changshi, let me ask you, can gold be eaten?
Can you transport tens of thousands of kilograms of gold back to Chang'an so that everyone in Guanzhong has clothes to wear and everyone has enough to eat? "

Huang Changshi immediately fell silent after being rebuked by Zhang Yuan.

But Jifu laughed and said on the side.

"Boy, you see, a few days ago, the old man argued with you that the way of merchants is not the right way, and you are still angry with what the old man said.

Now you know, as long as merchants are for their own self-interest, no one will consider the life and death of the people.

The reason why Emperor Gaozu, Emperor Xiaowen, and Emperor Xiaojing have always adopted the policy of belittling merchants is because these people only want to compete with the people for profit every day.

Supporting them can only create an atmosphere of luxury, which is extremely harmful to the country and the people. "

Ji Fu scolded the merchants in front of Huang Changshi, and Chang Shi's face turned red with anger, but he didn't dare to attack.Tian Fu can be regarded as the half master of their Huang family, and this person would not dare to provoke Ji Fu no matter what.

Zhang Yuan glanced at Chang Shi contemptuously, and said to Ji Fu.

"Sir, my kid's understanding of the word merchant is not the same as the merchant you mentioned. In the future, we should talk less about this kind of topic. Well frogs can't talk about the sea, they are stuck in the void; summer insects can't talk about the ice. , it depends on the time."

"you you"

Ji Fu pointed at Zhang Yuan, who was at a loss for words for a while, and was so angry that he couldn't speak. Finally, he waved his hand suddenly, turned his head and stopped talking to Zhang Yuan.

"Your Majesty, we have arrived at Fan County."

Tang Meng raised his whip and pointed forward and said
(End of this chapter)