Destiny Only Han

Chapter 340 Liu Ying: Facing the sea, the spring is warm... Bah, let's catch the sea!
The north wind blows the ground and the white grass turns, and Hu Tian snows in August.

Although there was no snowfall in Yan Country at this time, the weather was indeed getting colder day by day.

As a result, the Han army who went north to attack Yan State began to return home in batches.

Liu Ying strolled along the beach in the south of Ji County, shaking her head and sighing.

The land-building in this period has not yet been fully completed. Not only the Oriental Pearl in later generations is still sinking in the bottom of the sea, but so is the pancake fruit in the north.

Therefore, in order to avoid the rum transport ship sailing in the shallows and causing grounding, it is necessary to make a detour.

The specific route is that the rum going down the river is first transported to Yeyi, that is, Laizhou Bay for loading, and then it is transported northward to Jieshi, which is the later Qinhuangdao. .

Then it was handed over to the impatient Donghu people, Fuyu people, and Sushen people.

It's a bit of a detour, but it's a helpless choice.

Liu Ying looked back at Ji County in the north, and put aside the idea of ​​building the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal for the time being.

After all, a spectacle misleads the country...

At this stage, limited manpower is still devoted to dredging the gap.

This artificial canal that runs through the Yellow River and Huaihe River basins is the true artery of the empire and the golden water system during this period.

Of course, if the Nanyue Kingdom can be captured, the Yangtze River will replace the Chasm and become a new generation of golden water system.

The reason why the Yangtze River in later generations is so good is not only because the Yangtze River waterway, in people's inherent impression, goes up to Sichuan and Chongqing, down to the Yangtze River Delta, and runs through the entire city along the Yangtze River.

In fact, the Yangtze River system in a broad sense can reach Yunnan at its uppermost reaches, the entire Sichuan Basin through the Jialing River, connect northern Guizhou through the Wujiang River, connect most of Hunan through the Dongting Lake water system, connect western Hubei through the Han River, and connect the entire Jiangxi Province through Poyang Lake. The Yuxi River connects Chaohu Lake, half of Anhui, and the other half of Anhui and almost the entire Jiangsu through the Grand Canal and Huaihe River, as well as southern Henan and the North Zhejiang Plain!

The important thing is that in this era, the Qin Empire spent a lot of manpower to build Lingqu in order to solve the Baiyue entrenched in the south of Lingnan.

This means that through the Yangtze River system, you can also directly enter the Guangdong and Guangxi regions that cannot be reached in later generations!

And the Honggou Canal, which runs through the entire Yellow River Basin and Huaihe River Basin, undoubtedly connects the north and south of the entire Han Empire!
No matter in this era, or in the era when high-speed rail is taking off, water transportation will always be the most large-capacity mode of transportation.

Although the mother river, the Yellow River, has gradually become less suitable for navigation.

To put it simply, the water level of the Yellow River is too low during the dry season. The average depth of the downstream is only [-] meters, and in some areas it is even as deep as [-] meter.

At this water depth, if a flat-bottomed cargo ship is navigable, it can only be a small ship with a full load capacity of less than [-] tons.

That is to say, the cargo volume at one time is less than [-] tons, about [-] containers.

It seems that the scale is not small, equivalent to half a freight train, but compared with the [-]-ton giant ship sailing on the Yangtze River, it is completely insignificant.

But what does this have to do with my Great Han Empire?

Facing the sea, Liu Ying spread out her hands. The two-masted schooner he is currently working overtime in Yeyi has a load capacity of only more than 100 tons.

Just like this, when Han Xin was in Qidi in the past, every time he saw it, he would stop and admire for a long time...

Although Han Xin is a country bumpkin, according to many old shipbuilders, the flagship "Hanfeng Changcun" customized by Liu Ying is several times larger than the super-large sea-going ship that the first emperor used to go out to sea to shoot big fish!

Well, the so-called big fish are the whales that appeared in the Bohai Sea, and they were used by Xu Fu to fool the first emperor to increase his budget.

Liu Ying looked at the rough sea in the distance again, and shook her head gently.

Although he had already learned of Xu Fu's whereabouts from Su Shen's population, but now he can only live for two more years.

After all, the big boat customized by Liu Ying hadn't been launched yet, and he couldn't trust the old sea boats at this time.

Because of the lessons learned by the Mongols back then, he does not intend to repeat the same mistakes.

After the first batch of two twin ships that started construction were successfully launched, it was time for Xu Fu to confer leadership and Han to carry out the second currency reform.

The value of copper coins is low, and the value of gold coins is too high, so an intermediate level of currency is needed as a supplement.

silver.

After Liu Ying looked around for a week, she felt that the silver mines in the island country, which had been proved by practice in later generations, were easy to develop and had a large amount of control.

The most important thing is that the people there are short in stature, which is the most suitable for going down to mine!
After formulating a part of the second five-year plan, Liu Ying continued to walk up and down the tidal flat bored.

Until Xiao Lu hurried over from a distance.

"T-Prince, the tide has receded!"

In an instant, Liu Ying cheered, picked up the basket prepared on the ground and ran away.

In fact, he came to catch the sea today...

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Guangyang County, on Chidao in the east of Fanyang City.

Cars rattled, horses rustled, and there were cavalry and soldiers heading south everywhere.

Although the battle against Yan ended in a relatively funny way, those recruited guards not only completed this year's change of service, but also ate and drank for free for a long time, and most importantly, they got a first-class title for free!
This made everyone's faces filled with joy.

Most importantly, the empire and the surrounding barbarians completed a large-scale transaction.

Tens of thousands of cattle and horses each!
Although some cattle were killed and eaten by them...

But there are still many strong and strong cattle that are kept in separate pens.

So after the military parade, many garrison soldiers asked for leave to visit... To be precise, they went to buy cattle.

Although these soldiers are soldiers at the moment, each of them is also a self-cultivator busy in the fields.

Niu, they naturally know best what it means to a family like theirs.

It's just a pity that most of them are poor and cannot afford it.

But it doesn't matter, the benevolent, loving people like a son, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who knows all this, generously donates money and provides them with almost interest-free loans!
Not high, borrow [-] yuan, and repay [-] yuan after one year, that is, [-]% interest per year.

Rounding up, isn't it equivalent to borrowing in vain?
So the horse market opened in Ji County, except for the hundreds of cows that Liu Ying promised to leave for Lu Wan, all the rest were sold out!
Well, although there is interest, the price Liu Ying offered to sell the cattle was much lower than that of their hometown.

Taking the price of cattle in the Guanzhong area as an example, the price of a healthy cow ranges from about [-] yuan to [-] yuan, depending on its size, docileness, and sex.

As for the cattle in Jixian County, because they still need to be trained, the price is generally three or four hundred yuan lower than that in the mainland.

Isn't this equivalent to saving interest money?
After all, the labor costs paid by farmers to train their own cattle are not considered money at all.

The reason why they dared to take on debts was because the establishment of the Han Empire gave them something that the Qin Dynasty did not have.

hope.

They believed that under the leadership of the Han Empire, that is, Liu Bang, they would have a better life than that of the Qin Dynasty.

This time it was just an armed parade, and he won the hundred acres of land represented by the first-level title, which is proof!

Therefore, no one will take advantage of this kind of cheap grandson!

Because of this, Liu Ying, who came back after leaving her daughter, rushed to the sea happily...

After all, he is not at a loss.

Although the guys who borrowed money from him are very poor at the moment, but if you calculate carefully, you will find that they have unlimited potential!
If someone with parents and wives, a house and fertile land is not considered a high-quality customer, who is?
At this moment, amidst horses neighing and bull roaring, laughter and laughter, the former King of Yan and now the family of Zang Tu, Marquis of Guannei, looked a bit desolate.

After all, they were members of the royal family in the past, but now they need to move to Liyang to be a Guanneihou who is like a prisoner. No one can easily accept such a psychological gap.

But Zang Tu, who was sitting across from Zang Yan who was indignant, was exceptionally calm.

Compared with his son's immaturity, Zang Tu, who has experienced a lot of wind and waves, has adjusted his mentality.

After all, he really wanted to encroach on Daijun before, and it was not someone else who reported him, but his prime minister...

Therefore, he was really a failure in life.

Now he can avoid the tragic end of death and family extermination, and the wealth he acquired in the first half of his life has not been taken away by Liu Bang. The most important thing is that with the title of Marquis of Guannei, even if the tiger falls into Pingyang, he will not be bullied by dogs.

Thinking about it carefully, in fact, this ending is much better than his former boss Han Guang and Pao Zetian!

So he looked at Zang Yan and said, "When you arrive in Liyang, you must restrain your clansmen, and don't go out unless necessary. The food and drink of the whole family will be sent to the mansion by Jiaren!"

One of the reasons why Zang Tu didn't particularly resent Liu Bang was that Liu Bang was a man of righteousness. Although he was forced to move to Liyang, he was still rewarded with a set of former King Qin's palace as his residence.

Zang Yan looked up at Zang Tu, even though he was unwilling in every way, he still nodded his head: "Got it."

As the old saying goes, when a father gets angry outside, the first person to beat him up when he returns home is his son...

Although Zang Tu looks a bit useless now, he has been in the army for many years, has excellent martial arts skills, and is a murderer without blinking an eye!

Beating up a son is not only justified, but also extraordinarily skillful, hurting the skin but not the bone!
In the silence of Zang's father and son, Zang'er, who was crawling around in the corner of the carriage, slowly approached.

She reluctantly took out the caramel in her pocket and held it up high:
"Elder father eats candy... The prince brother said that if you are in a bad mood, eat some candy and you will feel better... Well, what is a bad mood?"

Zang Tu was amused by her grown-up words, and looking at her little face like a dumpling, he couldn't help but hug her into his arms.

Just the next second, he looked down at the granddaughter in his arms, and whispered softly, "Prince...brother?"

(End of this chapter)