please make me king

Chapter 1164 Logistics Planning
"His Royal Highness Qi Zuo, Sun Chuanting replied: From Hejin to Jiangzhou, the Fen River in Shanxi can be carried by a boat with a load of [-] stones, from Jiangzhou to Pingyang, a boat with a load of [-] stones can be used, and from Jiexiu to Taiyuan, the river is shallow and has a lot of sand. Another [-] stone boat must be built to pass through!" Hong Chengchou couldn't help reporting.

"Oh? It seems that the Fen River is stronger than the Wei River!" Zhang Shun couldn't help being surprised.

Small boats on the Weihe River can only carry [-] catties, and a boat can only carry [-] stone. However, the section from the upper reaches of the Fen River to Taiyuan can still carry a small boat with a load of [-] stone. The situation is much better.

Of course, with such a small load capacity, the actual transportation efficiency is not high.

But no matter how low it is, it is many times better than pulling a horse with a cart.

Take Zhang Shun's previously improved Taiping car as an example. Its load is only over a thousand catties, but it needs to be dragged by several cattle.

Not only is it slow, but it is even worse than the smallest boat.

If it is replaced by mules and horses, the weight of the small car is even better than nothing, and the Taiping car can't be dragged, so it still won't work.

"Okay, let's do this!" Zhang Shun thought for a while, then turned to Lu Weiqi and said.

"Mr. Lu, you can draft an order for me in a moment, ordering the counties from Xi'an to the mouth of the Yellow River to collect labor and dredge the Weihe River!"

"There's no need to go to great lengths to fight. If the farming season is delayed, try to dig the river as deep as possible, and a boat of twenty stone will do!"

"Alright!" Lu Weiqi thought for a while, then nodded.

"Most of the counties in the lower reaches are in charge of Heluo Shizi. First, they can be used with confidence, and second, there is no danger of leaking information."

"No, no, no!" Zhang Shun couldn't help waving his hands when he heard the words, "It's better to block than to block!"

"I've been thinking about it for the past few days. There is such a big commotion in the territory of the Rebel Army, it's impossible for the Ming government and the public not to get some wind."

"Therefore, you can't hide it, you can only be false and true, and make a lot of noise."

"The grain and grass transported to Yan'an were all transported in the name of disaster relief, and the dredging of the Weihe River this time was carried out in the name of repairing water conservancy."

"The soldiers and horses were mobilized wantonly, and they claimed to seize Hanzhong and occupy Shaanxi entirely."

"Requisitioning ships...requisitioning ships is claiming to be a sailor, hehe!"

When Hong Chengchou and Lu Weiqi heard this, they almost spit out old blood.

To train sailors?Put the Weihe River here to train the navy, you are fooling the devil!

"It's okay, just find an excuse. If you have a better reason, you can also mention it." Looking at the expressions of these two people, Zhang Shun couldn't help laughing, not knowing what they were thinking.

Good guy, Hong Chengchou and Lu Weiqi thought about it for a while, but they really didn't have a better reason, so they had to follow Zhang Shun.

"Your Highness, this minister is planning like this!" Hong Chengchou continued to report.

"Set up a transfer station at the Sanhekou at the intersection of the Luohe River, the Weihe River, and the Yellow River, and set up a grain depot for the transfer of grain and grass. This is one of them."

"Secondly, establish grain stations in Jiangzhou, Pingyang, Huozhou, Fenzhou Jiexiu, and Taiyuan."

"Among them, Jiangzhou, Pingyang, Huozhou and Jiexiu are transfer stations, and Taiyuan is a storage station."

"When Taiyuan City has fallen, all supplies from the rebel army will come from Taiyuan."

"All these [-] miles are taken by water, and the loss and cost are less than one-fifth of that of land transportation, which saves countless money and food."

"Well, this strategy is very good!" Zhang Shun nodded and said.

Originally, he led the main force in the middle to attack Shanxi, and he had the intention of benefiting its waterways.

In his previous life, Zhang Shun had heard about the Battle of Rafting in history textbooks. Back then, the State of Qin also used the Wei River, Yellow River, and Fen River to transport grain.

Unexpectedly, two thousand years later, although the sea has changed, the river has been seriously silted up, and it is no longer as prosperous as it used to be, but it can still be barely used.

"That... that, in fact, King Shun, I have another plan!" Lu Weiqi hardly participated in military aircrafts, but now he didn't know what he thought of, so he opened his mouth.

"Mr. Lu, please tell me!" Zhang Shun respected him as always.

"Pingyang Mansion is the second largest tax-paying mansion in the world after Suzhou Mansion. It has rich and fertile land and a large population." Lu Weiqi couldn't help mentioning.

"If the rebels occupy Pingyang Mansion, they can set up a large number of officials to collect food, grass and labor."

"On the one hand, it can greatly reduce the cost of transportation of grain, grass, and luggage; on the other hand, it can facilitate long-term stability and attract gentry."

"Haha, Mr. Lu's words are true, but the civil servants of the rebel army are still insufficient, which is quite embarrassing." Zhang Shun laughed when he heard this.

In fact, he had already planned to do so, but the rebel army was short of manpower, and he didn't know how much he could expropriate.

"Han Lin from Jiangzhou, Zhang Shenyan from Zezhou, and Zhang Daojun from Douzhuang are all from Jin. How can you say that there is no one?" Lu Weiqi couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

"It makes sense!" Hearing what Lu Weiqi said, Zhang Shun also laughed.

Lu Weiqi's words were very tactful, but Zhang Shun could hear what he meant.

In the past, after the rebel army headed by "Zijinliang" Wang Ziyong crossed the Yellow River and entered Shanxi, they were no doubt like thieves, and completely ruined their reputation, which may affect Zhang Shun's reputation.

Rather than this, Zhang Shun's Shanxi officials could not help but be transferred in order to carry out the "United Front" work.

Originally, after Zhang Shun listened to Dudu Zhang's suggestion, he planned to let him follow him, and if he had to, he could make cannons anywhere.

Now that I heard Lu Weiqi's words, I couldn't help changing my mind, and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu is really thoughtful. If that's the case, then I will send Han Lin and Xu Ziyuan to Shanxi with me."

When Hong Chengchou saw that the two had finished talking, he took up the conversation and continued: "The North Route Army can only rely on cattle, horses and livestock for its food and supplies."

"One of the carts can only carry a thousand catties, and one mule can only carry more than one hundred catties. It is not as far away as a boat!"

What do you mean?
That is, although the offensive route of the Northern Route Army is short, it can only rely on people to pull horses, and there is no other way.

"This... can we requisition some more livestock?" Zhang Shun thought for a while, but there was no good way, so he could only use livestock to cover it.

"If there is, in fact there is!" Hong Chengchou hesitated and said, "It just depends on King Shun's face!"

"How do you say that?" Zhang Shun thought to himself: We are talking about grain and grass in a decent manner, so what does it matter to me?

"The generals' house in Yulin has a lot of cattle and horses. Among them, Zongbing Zuo's family has three to five thousand good horses, and Zongbing Yu's family has one or two thousand horses." Hong Chengchou couldn't help sneering.

"The other Yulin generals each have thousands of good horses, and countless cattle and sheep!"

"If King Shun can bring in [-] horses and mules, and tens of thousands of cattle, why worry about the shortage of food and grass?"

"Besides, there are also tens of thousands of cattle, horses and mules in the palaces of the princes, which can be requisitioned as a whole."

"So much?" Zhang Shun couldn't help being surprised.

"Originally there were millions of hectares of grasslands run by the government in Shaanxi, and [-] horses were raised. How did they end up like this? Isn't it because they filled their pockets and took it as their own?" Hong Chengchou couldn't help but reminded again.

Well, the last time Zhang Shun beat the autumn wind, he squeezed out a cavalry battalion from the old man, but he didn't expect that they were still so lucrative.

"Let's do this!" Zhang Shun thought for a while, "How many livestock are there in the palace's property? You send someone to count them all, and they are all for military use."

"I'll think of a way to borrow more from Yulin. If there is a shortage, I'll find a way to confiscate the cattle, horses, mules and other livestock from the Shanxi frontier!"

(End of this chapter)