Three Kingdoms: Everything Can Be Gamified

Chapter 442 No need to argue now
The water source in the Western Region is not very sufficient. Fortunately, spring has begun, the snow in the mountains has begun to melt, and the water level has begun to rise.

If Zhang He had arrived a month later, the water source would have been plentiful.

The supplies are not that abundant, mainly because the winter has just passed.

To Zhang He's surprise, the Western Regions also began to plant his high-yielding wheat. After all, it was also cold and drought tolerant.

If you look closely, you will find that the early-maturing chicken breeds you have cultivated are also raised on a small scale here, including cotton.

Cotton cloth is currently very popular in Dahan, and the price remains high. After all, it is supplied to the army first.

In the Western Region, they probably planted a large amount of it, then woven it into cloth, and then sent it to Liangzhou for trade in exchange for supplies.

"I feel a little unhappy..." Zhang He complained, "People can use the things I developed for free!"

"However, these things were probably sent by Chinese businessmen in the first place." Zhang Song reminded.

After all, with high-yielding wheat and chickens as business, they could reduce the area cultivated for other crops and plant a large amount of cotton.

This may damage the environment, but the damage is nothing compared to the considerable income.

This area in the Western Region is indeed very suitable for growing cotton. The merchants must have taken a fancy to this and did this.

It is estimated that they invested in the cotton spinning workshops here, then directly purchased the cotton, hired cheap labor here to spin, and finally sold it back to Dahan at a high price.

It is said that businessmen pursue profits, but what they did was really disgusting to Zhang He.

Question: What stance does Zhang He take on this matter?
He gave up the title of Marquis of Dingxiang to Zhang Heng. He was now in vain until he had no territory and was officially crowned king.

Besides, treating the symptoms rather than the root cause, if there is a market, there will be business. If one group is destroyed, those businessmen will soon secretly build another group.

Piracy and protecting rights and interests are inherently a long process.

Just like Thirteen Incense, combating piracy and legal expenses will always be the bulk of the company's expenses.

"Let's go! Out of sight, out of sight!" Zhang He said angrily, "When you settle down in the future, you must get your copyrights and patents together."

"What, what?" Zhang Song was stunned for a moment.

"Copyright and patent. The author of a book or speaker has the copyright to his work. Anyone who prints and sells it without his consent will be punished. The same is true for patents. If you invent something that did not exist before, then you can enjoy the benefits of this thing. Twenty to 40 years." Zhang He replied.

According to this logic, by the time he settles down, the patent for improved varieties will probably expire.

Unless it's a super secret formula, like Coke.

However, Zhang He feels that the main reason why people keep the formula secret is that once the ingredients of the puree are exposed, Coke will go bankrupt.

Caffeine is probably a relatively mild ingredient, and Coke once eliminated trace amounts of cocaine.

But before it was cancelled, this meant that the original pulp contained this stuff, and it was unknown whether the actual content was the published ratio. After all, the formula was confidential.

As far as Zhang He is concerned, the traits of both crops and livestock are too stable.

Unless it is crossed with other breeds, it may become unstable.

It is just too stable, and it is impossible to gain profits by controlling hybridization or breeding techniques.

Later generations controlled pig chips and made a lot of money from China.

A large number of breeding pigs are imported every year, but the second generation of natural reproduction has degenerated, so we have no choice but to continue to import breeding pigs.

Thinking about this matter, and considering that the big man will dominate the world in the future, I feel that there is really no need for me to be so stuck on things that involve basic people's livelihood.

Only when you are full can you have the strength to research, develop, and be moral. There is really no need to worry about everything.

I am unhappy now, mainly because these people in front of me are not the Han people yet, even if they are nominally surrendered to the Han people.

"Why, haven't we already reached Wusun's territory?" Zhang He calculated the distance, took out the map, looked at it and asked.After two more days of walking, the army headed west and had almost entered Wusun's territory.

The place where they are currently is the former Western Region Protectorate.

The imperial court has not reopened the Western Region Protectorate, and this area is temporarily managed by the Qiuci Kingdom, which actually occupies this place.

I heard that a hundred thousand troops were coming from China, and the officials from Kucha State here ran away overnight, leaving behind the dilapidated Yamen of the Duhufu.

At the same time, when we got here, we were not far from Wusun. It was better to say that it was within Wusun's sphere of influence.

The problem was that the scouts, led by Yang Lang, did not see any troops approaching.

If Yang Lang resigns and follows him to start a career, it is naturally impossible for Ye Busu to take him away. Now Ye Busu has been taken over by Chen Dao.

As expected, the white soldiers will probably not appear again in the future, and they will be replaced by the commander Ye Bu.

"The Wusun are a backward nomadic nation. Their territory is quite large in the Western Region, but there are not many places suitable for survival." Zhang Song did his homework and came forward and said, "It's hard to tell whether we can gather [-] or [-] soldiers. Let's see. There are so many of us here, how could we dare to fight?"

"Then you know, why do I care about them?" Zhang He asked.

"This..." Zhang Song really didn't know.

"Your Highness is thinking of recruiting a group of cavalry from Wusun and taking away a group of cattle, sheep and horses?" Xu Shu asked.

Zhang He has not yet been crowned king, but this does not prevent everyone from calling him His Highness in advance.

"That's right!" Zhang He replied, "Our team has too few horses, and Dawan is already weak now, so we probably won't be able to get many horses. We still have to get the bulk of these horses from Wusun, otherwise we will just I can go to Kangju to find a solution."

According to his idea, he wanted to wipe out three or four Wusun clans and plunder their populations, as well as their cattle, sheep and horses.

If people don’t take the initiative to come to the problem, then there will be no party to lead the way.

During this period, they bought a lot of cattle, sheep, and horses from various countries in the Western Regions, but this was far from enough, and there were not many they could sell.

After all, in recent years, people have basically stopped grazing and can now grow grain and cotton with peace of mind.

"If they don't fight, we will fight. How old is Wusun? According to the current marching speed, it will not be a problem to destroy the country in three days." Zhang Xiu stepped forward and said.

"It's not appropriate. The other party is surrendered to the imperial court." Zhao Yun stepped forward.

If the opponent takes the initiative to fight, it's okay to fight back.

But the other party didn't call, so he took the initiative to call, which is a bit unreasonable.

Everyone has their own persistence and principles, and differences in ideas naturally lead to quarrels.

After arguing and arguing, Yang Lang finally came back to report, and he looked quite happy.

"Your Highness, there are thousands of cavalry coming towards us." Yang Lang shouted.

"Wusun can gather thousands of cavalry?" Zhang He was a little surprised. Maybe he had to draw out the elites of each clan?

"A few thousand is considered conservative, and more than [-] is possible." Yang Lang replied, "And it's one person and two horses. If it weren't for the speed of my horses, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to get back."

As he spoke, billows of smoke appeared on the horizon, and the faint rumble of horse hooves could be heard.

"Gather up a formation and entertain our guests!" Zhang He shouted.

This is good, no matter what the identity of the other party is, there is no need for everyone to continue arguing.

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