In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 542 The Granary of Eternity
Annan has more than 60% of the country's arable grain fields.

Among them, the Red River and the Mekong River are known as the "granaries of all ages". They have been land of fish and rice from ancient times to modern times, with a total area of ​​more than 75 million acres, and can grow three crops of rice.

All of this must be utilized. In these two places alone, based on Zhao and Rui's 30% tax rate, at least tens of millions of stone taxes can be levied.

So Zhao and Rui decided to fight a small local battle while the two Mongols were fighting on the western front.

In other dynasties, this might require huge mobilization, waste, and heavy losses, but in Zhao Yurui's Song Dynasty, there was no such problem.

Nowadays, the weapons of the Song Dynasty have basically formed a generation gap of hundreds of years. Coupled with Zhao Yurui's cheating guidance, it is devastating to defeat these small countries.

The Song Navy's navy is now the best in the world. It is more convenient and convenient to attack from the sea, and it is also easy to transport.

Zhao Yurui plans to start training young generals. This battle will be divided into three groups, using three young generals.

The Northern Route Army went south from Ningxia and attacked Dali. It first attacked and destroyed Dali, and then collected Dali's horses. They were good at walking on mountain roads and could be used for transportation into Annan.

The main general was Zhang Jue, and the deputy general was Liu Yuan. Zhang Jue came to Hezhou to station in Diaoyu City when he was 18 years old. He and Zhang Xuan had known each other, and later recommended him to Zhao Yurui. Zhao Yurui didn't know Zhang Jue. In fact, he was the only one in the late Song Dynasty. Later famous generals such as Wang Jian and Yu Jie.

"After the conquest, local officials, nobles, scholars, and scholars stopped using it and all switched to learning Chinese."

The army brought many dogs, many doctors, and various anti-dysentery herbs to prevent infection and plague.

In the twelfth year of Yuanzhen, Zhao and Rui asked the Taishi Bureau to study clocks. After more than a year of research, they finally produced several wall clocks.

The generals nodded one by one, keeping in mind His Majesty the Emperor's words.

After a while, everyone came to a large hall and saw several identical objects placed in the middle of the hall. The top was a circle and there was a pillar below, as tall as a man.

Zhao and Rui entertained them cordially and invited them to have lunch together.

He also said: "There are some native mountain people, men, women, old and young, who are hard to guard against. You must not be soft-hearted in the early stage and wipe out the resistance forces as soon as possible."

Of course, the most important thing is to check the wealth. In addition to ordinary people, all officials, royal families, and wealthy people in these countries must be checked. How much can be obtained. According to Zhao Yurui's understanding, Dali, Siam, Wu Brother, Annan, and Champa dynasties, if the rich and wealthy people in the country copy them all, it is no problem to get a few hundred million flowers. If it is less, they can get it even if they are 100 million.

These six chief and deputy generals are all young generals in their early twenties. Except for Zhang Jue and Li Tingzhi, they are not second-generation officials. For example, Liu Yuan is the eldest son of Liu Zheng, Cao Shixiong is the eldest son of Cao Youwen, Wang Anjie is the son of Wang Jian, and Meng Zhiying is the son of Meng Gong.

Historical experience tells Zhao and Rui that places like Annan have been conquered many times and resisted many times. Those who rose up to resist were all former officials, nobles, members of the royal family, or rich people, because these people would connect together and ordinary people could conquer the country. Will not be connected.

As mentioned before, the Southern Song Dynasty was the first to use the escapement, but in the hands of Zhao Yurui, they invented the crown wheel escapement in advance, which was not used in Europe until the 16th century. The solution is too simple, that is, use a steel spring instead of a heavy hammer.

Zhao Yurui wanted to start training the younger generation of generals in the Song Dynasty, and most of the second generation generals would be deputy generals.

The generals followed behind, with strange expressions. After all, it was rare for an emperor to lead his generals around the palace.

The East Route Army general Li Tingzhi and his deputy Cao Shixiong set out from Hainan Island, landed at the famous Haiphong Pass in Annan, and entered Annan directly.

There is basically no need to bring medium and heavy artillery to attack these places, just a few light artillery.

The leader of the South Route Army, Wang Anjie, and his deputy, Meng Zhiying, sent troops from Borneo and landed in Champa. They attacked Champa first, then the Angkor Dynasty, and finally the three armies converged to attack the Siamese.

Within a few days, except for Meng Zhiying who was still in Boluo, the other generals came to Lin'an City to meet the emperor.

When attacking difficult situations, use petrol bombs and grenades more often, and you must not be lenient.

Zhao Yurui does not have to kill all these people now. They can move them all to Borneo, Central Asia, etc., and kill those who refuse to move.

And told them the precautions for visiting Southeast Asia.

After lunch, Zhao and Rui took the generals to another hall.

Not only has the weight of the clock been reduced, but the escapement mechanism has also been improved. This is the first step towards officially entering small mechanical watches.

The original 12-meter-high water transport instrument platform on the third floor of the Taishi Bureau was directly reduced to a mechanical clock as big as before.

Although this is a small step, it is a big step in history. It took hundreds of years for Henry of Germany to think of using steel springs to replace heavy hammers. Because of Zhao and Rui's time travellers, , hundreds of years in advance.

This step turns the water transport instrument that is more than ten meters high into a small clock that is one meter high.

Because the original heavy hammer required hydraulic action, it required huge machinery and hydraulic devices.

Now it has been changed to a steel spring, using small gears to replace the huge hydraulic device, without the need for a heavy hammer, reducing its size.

According to Zhao Yurui's request, twelve hours were displayed, including every quarter hour.

But there is no second hand yet, only minutes and hours are displayed.

"Now, this is called a clock. It doesn't matter if it's a big clock or a pendulum clock. Anyway, it can be called a clock or a clock."

"You three armies will take one on each side. You see, the pillars below can be retracted, so they are not so high. They cannot be too bumpy."

"We now regard the twelve hours of each day as twelve numbers. This is one o'clock, this is two o'clock - this is a quarter of an hour -"

Zhao Yurui explained it to them, and the generals basically understood it.

"You can check the time in the early stage. When your three armies gather, you can use this to agree on the war."

"For example, we made an appointment on September 8th to meet somewhere at eight o'clock in the morning."

"The attack begins at four o'clock in the afternoon."

"There may be a slight error. The military will deploy relevant craftsmen and Taishi Bureau officials to determine whether the time is accurate through other methods."

After listening to what the generals said, they felt that this thing was not very useful and dispensable, but it could not be less interesting to the emperor, who kept saying it was a good thing.

Zhao Yurui knew what they were thinking, so he had to say: "This thing can be made smaller and smaller in the future. In the future, everyone can carry it with them. Each battalion has one, so that they can know the time, coordinate operations, and be accurate and on time. It is still of some use. of."

All the generals said yes one after another.

If this thing needs to be made smaller, it depends on the development of the escapement. After the emergence of the free-anchor escapement, the error becomes smaller and smaller, and fewer parts are required. It is close to the watches of later generations. Several generals stayed in Lin'an for a few days, met with the emperor, listened to the emperor's personal friendship, and then went in different directions with several big bells.

The commander-in-chief of the East Route Army was Li Tingzhi. He and Cao Youwen's two sons, Cao Chi and Cao Shixiong, both grew up together.

Then they went to school together, and later they were admitted as officers together. They didn't receive any care, and they entered the Song Dynasty army entirely based on their strength.

After Li Tingzhi joined the army, he first followed the Navy to Da Yuan. After staying in Da Yuan for two years, he went to Hanzhou. After staying in Hanzhou for two years, he went to Borneo. He was not only proficient in water warfare, but also good at riding on foot.

Because of his outstanding performance, Zhao Qi, the eldest son of the emperor in Borneo, also recommended him.

This time Li Tingzhi was the commander of the East Route, gathering troops and horses in Hainan and landing from Annan.

Before he was promoted to chief general this time, he was only the second general of an army in Borneo Province. Now he was suddenly promoted and upgraded several levels, because he will have 20,000 troops in his hands, about three dozen armies.

If Zhao Yurui dared to use these young men, in addition to their systematic military study and actual combat training, they were also crushed by the weapons of the Song Dynasty, so it was impossible to fail.

Li Tingzhi and Cao Shixiong went home first. After explaining themselves, they took simple daily necessities and the clock given by the emperor and boarded the ship to Hainan the next day.

At the same time, Lin'an City is also calling materials and manpower from all directions to gather in Hainan.

Li Tingzhi's soldiers and horses were about three and a half troops, all drawn from Fujian, Dayuan, Hainan and Hanzhou provinces.

All the troops gathered in Hainan first, and then were transported by the Navy to Annan Coast Defense.

The imperial court was preparing to attack in November, and the weather was not very hot. The weather cooled down after December, which was beneficial to the Song army.

The Song army can wear cotton armor when it's cold, and its defense is high. The armor on Annan's side is far inferior to theirs.

Li Tingzhi arrived in Hainan only in early October, and then he could see ships arriving from all directions to gather in Hainan. People reported to their headquarters every day. He was very busy. Fortunately, he learned a lot in school, and the military officers and generals in the early base camp also Complete.

Two days after he arrived in Hainan, a shipload of herbal medicines and doctors arrived in Hainan. This was when the imperial court transferred 60 doctors from medical schools and localities to his army, bringing various herbal medicines for the subtropical areas of Southeast Asia, as well as important insect control. Anti-venom and anti-snake medicine.

Li Tingzhi has about 20,000 troops and 40 battalions. According to the imperial court's establishment, each battalion used to have a doctor. This time, one can be added to each battalion, and the extra 20 doctors are randomly assigned.

After the doctors arrived in Hainan, they had to recruit local apprentices to work with the army and pay a certain amount of money.

During the campaign, the local doctors who were captured would also be used as backup for the army. In short, the imperial court attached great importance to doctors and diseases. During Li Tingzhi's gathering of soldiers and horses, every day there were doctors in each camp preaching about disease prevention, dysentery, and plague prevention. , prevent miasma and other various knowledge.

Early on the fourth day of October, Li Ting and his deputy Cao Shixiong each brought a few soldiers to a camp.

There were more than 500 people in the camp, divided into ten groups. Each group had five teams, more than 50 people, and a doctor was giving a lecture.

Ten doctors were teaching a battalion at the same time, and the court required that all battalions in the army should be taught the lesson within a month.

In addition to doctors, there are also soldiers and staff officers in the army. All courses have about six classes, which are completed in three days, two classes a day.

Compared with Song Jun's current strenuous training, many people still prefer to attend classes.

When Li Tingzhi arrived that day, the doctor's first class was coming to an end. He repeatedly emphasized: "It's hot here, and many people subconsciously pick up the water and drink it when they see it."

"You must not do this. Pour all the water before drinking."

"Before setting off for the expedition, everyone must bring boiled cold water. If there is no water, you must pour it before using it."

"There are parasites in the water here, it looks like this." The doctor was partly threatening, but partly true.

Then I drew a long nematode on the blackboard at the back.

"These bugs are so small that only telescopes at the height of the imperial court can see them clearly. They are thinner than a hair. Once you drink them, they will first eat your brain and then suck your blood. Slowly you will become brain-dead or become an idiot. , or become mad and die."

This was completely Zhao Yurui's attempt to scare Song Jun. He talked nonsense himself, and then asked the doctors to say the same, but this trick was very effective, and the faces of those listening below changed greatly.

Someone immediately raised their hand: "Will it be fine after you pour it on?"

"Yes, after the water is poured, all the parasites and bacteria inside will be killed."

"There are many miasmas and poisonous insects in the mountains and forests. Everyone should bring relevant herbs, such as sulfur, mothballs, etc.--"

Song Jun was already equipped with mothballs at this time. There are two types of mothballs: natural and synthetic. The natural ones are distilled from camphor leaves to obtain camphor oil, which is then added to camphor powder and kneaded into a ball to form a simple mothball, which is easy to carry. Some Song military departments may not add blooming powder, but directly add oil.

In ancient times, the profit of making camphor oil was relatively high. In later generations, it only cost 20 to 30 yuan per catty. There was no profit. In addition, chemicals can be synthesized. Gradually, no one makes natural mothballs anymore. In fact, natural ones do no harm to the human body and are better. of.

Li Tingzhi also learned this thing in school, but it was not mainstream and she forgot about it. She immediately pulled Cao Shixiong to sit back and listen. At the same time, he said to the two followers around him: "You will also have the opportunity to be a general in charge of the army in the future. Listen up." , learn." Everyone stood up straight and looked attentively listening.

"There is a lot of miasma in the south. What is miasma?" The doctor started drawing on the blackboard again: "What we call dysentery, malaria, athlete's foot, poisoning, jaundice, and hemorrhagic fever are all considered miasma."

“The biggest impact in the south is malaria.

Once the disease occurs, it will either be cold first and then hot, or hot first and then cold, that is, cold first and then fever, or fever first and then chills.

Some people think that miasma is just qi, but it is not.

To be precise, he is a kind of bacterium. What this bacterium is, I can't tell you. Only Your Majesty can know. "When the doctor said this, he even flattered Zhao Yurui. The officers and soldiers below also expressed admiration. Of course His Majesty the Emperor is the idol of all of them.

"In short, you can think of it this way. Anyway, this bacteria is very small. Just listen to its name, small, and you will know it."

The doctor randomly drew two things on the back: "If this is sesame, then this is bacteria."

The sesame seeds he drew are as big as a finger, but the bacteria are as big as sesame seeds. With such a vivid metaphor, everyone will know that bacteria are very small.

"Miasma is actually bacteria. It is usually not found in the smog in the south, but is parasitic on mosquitoes and poisonous insects. It is transmitted through the bites of mosquitoes and poisonous insects.

Therefore, after our army enters the south, we must bring more anti-insect herbs to avoid bites from poisonous insects.

If you encounter a place with a lot of smoke and poisonous insects, you can first use incendiary bombs and fire to kill the poisonous insects. "

(End of this chapter)