Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

They need tea to soothe their intestines.

When they discover that there is such a good thing as tea in the world, they will open the door to a new world.

"I have a limited supply of tea in the imperial court, and some of them will be exchanged in the northwest." Zhao Ding continued.

"I just asked Zhang Bangchang about the Gao clan of Dali's scheme against the Duan clan!" Zhao Guanjia said calmly, "I have blocked the tea trade between our dynasty and Dali country, so I decided to send troops to make things right."

The subtext is: I am going to take Dali back, there are plenty of tea leaves there.

Chapter 679 I just hope this battle can be fought bigger (first update)

Zhao Guanjia said it lightly, but if he really wants to fight Dali, it is not so easy to fight.

Dali Kingdom belonged to the Southwestern Yi in ancient China.

Since the Warring States Period, the State of Chu has conquered here.

"Historical Records. Biographies of Southwestern Yi" records: During the time of King Wei of Chu, the State of Chu sent General Zhuang Yu up the river to conquer Ba and the areas west of central Guizhou, and fought until the Dianchi area (Jinning County, Yunnan Province).

Later, the Qin Dynasty naturally began to set its sights on the southwest, but after the death of Qin Shihuang, there were all kinds of wars in Qin.

In the early Han Dynasty, because of being suppressed by the Xiongnu, the great Han adopted Lao Huang's rule of inaction.

Until the man named Liu Che appeared: I declare that the world must belong to the big man!

So Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fought against the Southwestern Yi for 26 years, and took five large-scale military operations successively.

Of course, Liu Che not only took military action, but also quickly followed the policy, and even mobilized a lot of manpower and material resources to dig official roads in the southwest.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Nanzhao Kingdom grew bigger and fought with the Tang Dynasty in the southwest from beginning to end.

As for the Dali Kingdom in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Duan family was in charge of the country, and the Gao family was in power.

For hundreds of years, the Song Dynasty has been in a state of indifference to Dali.

The political ideal of the kings and scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty was to restore the territory of the Han and Tang Dynasties. The Dali Kingdom was the Nanzhao Kingdom during the Tang Dynasty and did not belong to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, so the monarchs and officials of the Song Dynasty ignored him.

After all, there is also the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the mountains are so difficult to walk, who wants to go?

There is the current state of the Song Dynasty and the Dali Kingdom.

However, for Zhao Ning, Dali really had to be taken back.

This is not only the awareness that a good young man in the 21st century should have. From the perspective of economy and state-owned resources, Dali must also get it back.

Zhao Ding said: "Dali has many mountains and rivers, and it is far away from the capital. The domestic customs are very different from those in the Central Plains. In the past, Emperor Xiaowu used troops in the Southwest, and it took decades to gain anything. However, the national treasury was exhausted."

"What Zhao Xianggong said is reasonable, and I don't intend to calm down Dali overnight."

Playing Dali is more difficult than playing cochin.

The hinterland of Jiaozhi is at least in the Red River Plain, so it is enough to use Guangxi people to fight.

After severely injuring the enemy on the plain, pursue them with cavalry.

But Dali is different.

You beat them, and they hide in the mountains, that kind of unfamiliar place, wanting to win it quickly is undoubtedly a dream.

As for why the Ming Dynasty was able to conquer Yunnan in more than a year, it was because the Mongols slaughtered Dali first, and weakened the local power in Dali a lot in decades.

As for why the Mongols were able to quickly defeat Dali, it was also because the Dali Kingdom was already terribly weak when the Mongols came.

As for the Dali Kingdom that Zhao Ning is now facing, although there is a dispute between the Duan family and the Gao family in internal affairs, the current relationship between the two families is very harmonious.

Duan Zhengyan is a benevolent monarch with a gentle personality. The people's livelihood in Dali is stable and the country is strong.

It is not at the same level as the difficulties faced by the Mongolian and Ming dynasties later.

Wang Zonglin said: "Master, if Dali produces 800 million catties of tea per year in the future, of which 80 catties of high-quality tea, according to the current market price, a catty of high-quality tea will cost 800 Wen, and high-quality tea will cost 64 guan. In terms of income, the average price of medium-sized tea leaves is 200 Wen per catty, if the annual production of medium-sized tea leaves is 200 million catties, and the income is 40 guan, there are still 520 million catties, and the price is 20 Wen per catty, which is also 10 guan.”

"What Wang Taiwei said, I naturally agree with it." Zhao Ding said, "The limit of Dali's annual tea production is far more than this. If the imperial court can directly manage Dali, the income it will bring in the later period is immeasurable. What is worrying is that the country sent troops to sink into the southwest."

"What Zhao Xianggong said is not unreasonable. The generals who crusade against Dali have yet to be discussed." Zhao Ning said.

Zhao Ding was unwilling to delve deeper into this topic, after all, Dali hadn't been seen yet, and things had to be done step by step.

But now the battle in Hedong has started, and a new official road from Tokyo to Hedong is imminent.

"Your Majesty, what instructions do you have regarding the payment of banknotes and the payment of migrant workers' salaries?"

"I don't have any instructions on handing over banknotes and paying salaries, but I still have to explain the matter of road construction."

"Please give instructions, Your Majesty," Zhang Jiucheng said.

"Are you now the driver's doctor?"

"Yes."

The Department of Driving is one of the four divisions of the Ministry of Industry, responsible for matters such as chariots, chariots and horses, post offices, and horse administration.

You can understand it as the prototype of the Ministry of Communications, which is simpler than the functions of the Ministry of Communications.

"What about building roads?"

"Your Majesty, the road construction is a state-owned road company of the Song Dynasty, and the officials of the relevant yamen are in charge of it, and they are responsible for their own profits and losses." Zhao Ding replied.

"What about the specific trading company that built the road?"

Zhang Jiucheng replied: "The concrete road construction company recruits from the private sector, and those who comply with the regulations can be selected."

Zhao Ning nodded, and he said: "What I want to talk about is this private commercial company. Do they have a contract with the workers?"

"There is a contract." Zhang Jiucheng replied, "According to the new "Commercial Society Law", a contract must be signed."

"There is too much gray room for maneuvering here." Zhao Ning said, "If 1 migrant workers are recruited, and each of them pays a monthly fee. When the time comes, there must be laws to follow. Why do some people in the court object to using money to pay salaries? I have heard many voices. Some people are worried that money will flow from above. Officials intercepted some of them and ended up in the hands of migrant workers who were exhausted, leaving very little.”

"Your Majesty is wise, I have been taught." Zhang Jiuzheng said.

"In this way, if you are fishing in a dry lake, how can it last for a long time?" Zhao Ning's tone was very serious when it came to this matter, "You have to be mentally prepared, you know?"

Zhang Jiucheng's heart sank, and he said, "I understand!"

"I don't have anything to explain about the rest, you should be more careful."

Zhang Jiuzheng understood what Zhao Guan's family meant. This bastard is a fat job. How much money does Guochao need to print to build roads?

Where there is money, people will be attracted, and if there is a huge profit field, that is where people will die!

It means, you should control yourself well, I still want to use you for a few more years, so I don't want to fall into it first.

Just like Han Shizhong in Goryeo, Qingzhou area began to set up names, which are all conflicts of interests.

It's everywhere.

Governing the country is difficult, and this is the difficulty.

"By the way, what's the situation of emigrating to Taiyuan in the past two years?" Zhao Guanjia asked.

Zhao Ding said: "Currently, the population of Taiyuan Mansion has increased to 20."

"If Wu Jie can take Daizhou back in the next few years, we must ensure that there are enough people to supplement him."

Zhao Ding said again: "About the battle of Fugu, I'm still a little worried."

"You can say it anyway."

"I am worried that the Daizhou Jin Army will take the opportunity to go south to Taiyuan."

"I hope that the Jin Army can take action at this point in time!"

Zhao Ding said: "I am stupid, I don't know what your Majesty means?"

"Wanyan Zongpan is a peaceful faction. I heard that Wanyan Sali, the commander-in-chief of the Jin army in Daizhou, belongs to Zonghan. I want to see that the Jin army is now fighting with the Song army. Zongpan, the newly enthroned Jin Guo puppet What kind of means will the emperor use to deal with Zong Han!"

"Your Majesty has a far-sighted view, and immediately saw the advantages and disadvantages." Zhao Ding said, "But if there is a fight in Hebei..."

"Don't worry, there are people like Yue Fei sitting in Hebei."

Just when the Zhao official family was discussing with the prime minister, the situation in Hedong and Hebei did undergo tremendous changes.

Chapter 680 You can ask for a catch (second update)

It's four quarters past time (ten o'clock in the morning).

Zhe Keqiu summoned the generals of Baode City.

He asked Zhewen: "How long can the food in the city last?"

"I can still eat for three months."

"Three months is enough." Wang Zheng said, "Within three months, the Jin army must have blocked the Song army's way back, even if the Jin army can't capture Taiyuan within three months, they can go north to surround and kill Wu Jie! "

"From now on, everyone is not allowed to fight again. This commander will fight a defensive battle with the Song army!" Zhe Keqiu said, "Since the square towers are deployed for defense, the Song army will definitely rush to attack the city, but they can't get in!"

As soon as Zhe Keqiu finished speaking, there was a muffled sound outside.

"What sound?" Zhe Keqiu asked in surprise.

Everyone looked at each other.

Then, there were several muffled sounds in succession.

Zhewu walked to the door, and heard faint exclamations from the street outside.

After a while, soldiers came in a hurry.

"Report! The Song army has attacked the city!"

When the Jin army in the contemporary state was preparing its troops, the Zhejia army in Baode City would never forget the fear of being dominated by giant catapults on this day.

The mighty Song Army is displayed under Baode City.

The victorious division's banners cover the sky, its armor is like the sea, and its momentum is like a rainbow.

Wu Jie was wearing armor and standing on the handsome platform.

His handsome platform is obviously not as high as the city tower, but it seems to be looking down on everyone at the top of the city.

Thirty giant trebuchets crawled like thirty behemoths in Baldur City.

Thirty giant trebuchets roared angrily one after another, and burning boulders fell from the sky one after another, like the anger of the gods.

It hit the head of the city, splitting the rammed city wall, and the flames burned the surrounding area into darkness.

In those gaps, there were still several bloody, charred corpses.

The next wave of flaming boulders followed as a humanoid body tumbled from the avalanche.

Some of them hit the top of the city, and some of them crossed the top of the city and smashed into the city, making a rumbling sound, and plowed a long trace in the city.

Everyone in the tower was terrified, they had never seen such a terrifying weapon.

In a panic, the guards on the tower didn't know what to do. They lay down on the ground in fear, covering their heads with their hands.

Others simply turned around and ran down the tower.

When a powerful weapon appears for the first time, its psychological shock to people is enormous.

People need continuous training to overcome fear. Obviously, the army of this era has not yet had fear training for return artillery.

While the city defenses loosened in fear, the eight-ox crossbow of the Song Army began to operate.

Dense clusters of arrows rushed towards the city.

The city was instantly filled with arrows.

There are more arrows raining across the city and pressing inward.

For a while, the screams continued, and the city tower became even more chaotic.

When Zhe Keqiu arrived, a piece of the city wall had already been trampled down.

Seeing that scene from a distance, he stood there in a daze.

He seemed to remember something. Zhewu came back and said that Lanzhou City fell because the city wall was smashed down.

He does not believe.

But now this terrible reality was before his eyes, and he couldn't allow him not to believe it.

Seeing this, the expressions on their faces were as if they had seen a ghost.

The so-called defensive strategy of the Jin army to cut off Wu Jie's retreat that was discussed before now seems to be a joke.

The development of ancient weapons may not lead to changes in warfare for a short time.

But this kind of weapon that can smash down the city wall has indeed changed the war in a short period of time.