Three Kingdoms: Everything Can Be Gamified

Chapter 463 The Current Situation of the Han Empire

For Liu Bei, Zhang He's absence was not long, only one year.

But there has been no news for a whole year, and everyone would be worried.

Occasionally I invite my brother over for a drink, and I have to scold him every time.

With Zhang He's meritorious service, if he had not been granted the title of king in a foreign land, he would now be enjoying happiness in Chang'an.

Of course, not necessarily. After all, he is so capable. According to Liu Bei's idea, he can be allowed to develop the Northeast or the Southwest.

Of course, in the eyes of normal people, this is equivalent to demotion.

But if Zhang He can't sit still, there's no need to go to a foreign land to build a country. It's the same thing to help the Han Dynasty develop new territories!
But if he continues to stay, some people may be a little scared.

Especially Zhang He's contribution, if he continues to make such contributions, I don't know how to reward him.

Everyone agrees that it is the best choice to be crowned king in a foreign land, but it is the most unfair to Zhang He.

After all, the imperial court hardly provided much help for his western expedition.

In Liu Bei's view, retaining the equipment of two thousand personal guards and even giving out some money, food and materials was like sending people away.

"The country was founded? Oh, and there is a map over there. The landforms and distances are well drawn. It won't be a problem to send troops directly there." Liu Bei read the letter and then took out the attached map.

This is a map drawn by Zhang He himself, marking the locations from the Western Regions to New Seoul, and even rivers and mountains.

Coupled with the scale of the map, in theory, if you lead troops to defeat this map, there won't be much of a problem.

However, Liu Bei didn't want to fight there. In his lifetime, he could just fight westward to around India.

Continue to advance westward until it borders Zhang He's kingdom. If it is not impossible, maybe Zhang He also has this plan.

There is still some affection between the second generation, but the third generation may be indifferent or have other ideas, let alone the fourth generation.

It takes 20 years to fight, and the second generation may not have retreated in 50 years. By then, the huge kingdom will return to the Han Dynasty.

It is equivalent to a big man expanding his territory thousands of miles at almost no cost.

"There are so few rivers and the climate is so dry. Wouldn't it be a crime to build a country there?" Liu Bei sighed.

Although there are mountains, water and forests, the area is still too small, the flow of the rivers is not enough, and there is still a dry season.

The land that can be cultivated must be good, and the population limit is not high. No wonder it has not been conquered before.

No matter how fertile Daqin is and how good the environment is, if it is not suitable for large-scale development along the way, it cannot be used as a logistics base.

Simply transporting supplies from the Han Dynasty would consume a lot of money on the road.

Not everyone has the ability of Zhang and Na to march, and they have destroyed Anxi in more than a year.

If it were someone else who had to march or fight, he would only be halfway there at most.

How to spend the hottest two months of summer is a question.

"To say that Ban Chao also arrived in India..." Liu Bei came to the globe. Of course, there was also the map of the Western Regions that Ban Chao had preserved from the imperial court.

Judging from the road map, it is obvious that they have reached India. Why did they not consider defeating India?

Because reaching India from the Western Regions also requires a long supply line, or has he not considered going to India from the south?
The south is equally wild, but the climate here is acceptable, mainly because of the abundant water resources.

As long as the south is developed and then gradually pushed westward, it will be much easier to reach India. At least the problem of supply lines can be solved.

After all, we can obtain supplies from Yizhou and Jiaozhou at the same time. If not, we can continue to develop the Indochina Peninsula.

If I didn’t know it before, I never thought about expedition to the Western Regions or developing the South.

Now that we have this world map, it has given the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty a lot of ideas for development.

Simply opening up new territories and expanding territory can only satisfy the emperor's vanity.But if it can be lived in and developed, the value will be different.

Just one or two tribesmen who pass by may become landlords again in 20 or 30 years.

At that time, not only will the family not need to take care of it, but it will even be fed back to the family.

But you can't live here, and you have to continue to suck blood from my family.

Rich families are not fools. They can play with you for a year or two. Only fools do this for a long time.

Not only did they not do it, they also forced the emperor to issue a self-incriminating edict not to continue to develop.

The emperor issued an edict to blame himself, and basically had no face to continue to develop. Even if he still had the idea, he could use this dark history to persuade him.

That is to say, with this world map as the basis, now that the Han Dynasty wants to expand, the powerful officials basically have no objections and are even enthusiastic about it.

In fact, everyone ignores or deliberately ignores several issues.

The world map was given by Zhang He, the improvement of cold protection methods was done by Zhang He, and Dahan Medical College was first opened by Zhang He.

The improvement of means of protecting against the cold allowed the Han Dynasty to continue exploring north and live in colder places.

The medical school studies Chinese patent medicines to ensure that soldiers can better avoid snakes, insects, rats and ants and cope with various emergencies when they are in the south.

Strictly speaking, there is also the Dahan Academy of Sciences, where new technologies are constantly emerging.

Many technologies were started by Zhang He, and then everyone expanded along this line of thinking.

Just say that explosives make it easier to open mountains and build roads, which not only saves manpower, but also increases the speed of completion.

If we continue, it will become easier for Guanzhong to enter Hanzhong, and it will also be easier for Hanzhong to enter Wudu.

On this basis, the passage into Yizhou will be gradually widened in the future, and it will be easier to enter Sichuan.

The road to Shu is not difficult, so the imperial court will have greater control over Yizhou.

The same principle can also be applied to Jiaozhou.

Of course, not only can you go to Jiaozhou through the four southern counties, but it may be more convenient to go there by water.

The water trade route from Jiaozhou to Wujun is now being developed.

Originally, some coastal counties have become increasingly prosperous because of the passing fleets stationed and rested here.

Behind all of this, there is the shadow of Zhang He.

Sometimes Liu Bei even felt that if Zhang Helai became emperor, maybe China could develop faster.

But his own lineage and position do not allow such a thing to happen.

Zhang He was crowned king in a foreign land, but Liu Bei was really relieved.

"Send someone over and call my three sworn brothers over!" Liu Bei ordered.

Probably in the evening, Guan Yu, Taishi Ci and Zhang Fei came over one after another.

At this point in time, the three of them thought it was Liu Bei who invited them to come over for a drink.

Just thinking about it, I just drank it three days ago, mainly because tomorrow is not a holiday.Basically, the brothers drink on the day before the holiday. After drinking, they don't have to worry about sleeping until midnight the next day.

In this case, there is something urgent, so I can't help but come here in a hurry.

"Brother, what's the emergency?" The three of them arrived, and Zhang Fei came over to ask.

Although it was not a formal occasion, the three of them still called Liu Bei eldest brother.

This is Liu Bei's request. He doesn't want to become a real loner.

The emperor's position did not allow him to act emotionally, and Liu Bei knew this, but he just didn't like it!

"The fifth brother sent a letter. He has settled in a foreign land and even destroyed the Parthian Empire." Liu Bei took out Zhang He's letter and handed it to the three of them with a smile.

The three of them had also been worried about Zhang He's situation, and immediately came over after hearing this.

After looking at it carefully for a long time, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With the map, it won't be difficult to get there in the future, but looking at the terrain, it's really not convenient to get there from the Western Region.

"The fifth brother deserves to be the fifth brother!" Guan Yu sighed, Taishi Ci and Zhang Fei nodded.

They are all veteran generals, so they naturally know how difficult it is to be able to settle down in autumn and build a country all the way from the Western Regions.

"Brother, can you give this letter to me?" Zhang Fei asked, "My two nephews will definitely be very happy."

In order to develop the Zhang family, Zhang Fei naturally wanted to stay and run the family business well.

After Zhang He left, Zhang's business was temporarily handed over to Zhang Fei to take care of, and when Zhang Rui grew up, it was handed over to him to run.

As for Zhang Heng, Zhang He's lineage still needs to be developed by him.

The eldest son Zhang Heng and the third son Zhang Rui stayed, mainly because they have grown up and become sensible.

The second son Zhang Yu is the eldest son and the first heir to Zhang He, so he naturally has to follow him.

The remaining children were too young and their mothers couldn't bear to care about them, so they had no choice but to take them away.

It's been a year since their parents left. The two started crying from time to time, but now they are gradually becoming independent.

But Zhang Fei knew very well that they still missed their parents very much.

There is nothing we can do at this stage. If conditions permit in the future, it will be okay to find time to come back in a month or two.

In fact, according to Zhang He's current territory, there is actually a waterway to reach the south.

The technology of sea-going ships will further improve, and in 20 years at most, it will be basically possible to cross by ship.

But in terms of journey, it may not be as good as going by land.

"Of course!" Liu Bei immediately handed the letter to Zhang Fei and kept the map.

At least one copy must be made to keep the record, otherwise if you want to know the actual situation in the West, you will have no reference materials.

"Having said that, spring is here this year, so the three of you are responsible for the direction, so don't be slow." After the four brothers chatted for a while, Liu Bei had to give a few words of advice.

The three of them came back to report on their work at the end of the year. Now that spring has begun, they naturally have to go back to the front line to supervise.

With the status of three people, it is no longer necessary to go to the front line in person. After all, General Siping and Si'an are responsible for the actual attack.

"I can't hurry up here, there's nothing I can do!" Zhang Fei said helplessly.

He is responsible for Zhenxi and is mainly responsible for the Qiang people in Qinghai.

However, the environment at high altitude requires soldiers to be stationed for a period of time and gradually adapt to it.

"Junyi's side probably won't be able to move any faster..." Guan Yu thought for a moment. Zhang He was in charge of Zhennan and was now leading the way with Xu Huang and Huang Zhong.

What they faced were basically barbarians and savages. The difficulty was not great, but the environment was not very good.

"On my side, we can probably destroy Fuyu this year." Taishi Ci replied. Wuhuan has completely surrendered and has begun to Chineseize.

On the Xianbei side, in the final analysis, they are still advancing little by little. They are squeezing the scope of Xianbei's activities by constantly building camps, which takes time.

Last year, the main task was to conquer Wuhuan and then destroy Goguryeo. Fuyu had limited time and had not yet had time to fully conquer.

"On my side, Zhang Yan has successfully landed in Japan. We will capture Kyushu Island first this year." Guan Yu stated.

When it comes to everyone's progress, excluding Zhang Fei's force majeure, the progress is quite fast.

However, compared with Zhang He's progress, everyone seems to be much slower.

Fortunately, I won't dwell on this issue, and I won't compare myself with Zhang He.

"Is there any difficulty?" Liu Bei asked.

"Insufficient supplies!" everyone replied.

As for the subsequent civilization and population relocation, they don't need to worry about these.

"I will solve it as soon as possible!" Liu Bei nodded.

Excluding Zhang Fei's side which needs the least supplies, the other three directions all need supplies.

Last year, a batch of supplies were allocated to Zhang He, but four armies suddenly opened up, so supplies were somewhat scarce.

After autumn, a large amount of supplies have been prepared, but the front lines are depleted too quickly...

Fortunately, it is not that there is no good feedback, at least the territory is larger, and at the same time more Yi Di Rong barbarians choose to surrender.

Especially in the south, it is being developed at a speed almost visible to the naked eye.

Without Shanyue's harassment, more places would be developed, which would naturally allow more people to settle in the south.

The biggest pain for the civil servants is the population problem of the Han Dynasty.

No matter how much fertility is encouraged and land is given to women after birth, women have to be pregnant for ten months before they can give birth.

According to Zhang He, in order to ensure the mother's health, it is best to just start giving birth.

Not to mention that after birth, it will take more than ten years to reach adulthood.

In the past, I always felt that the population was too large to be accommodated, but now it is the other way around. I can only say that the Han Dynasty is indeed becoming more and more prosperous...

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