At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 359, Monan New City and Enlightenment
On February 29, the eighth year of the Han Dynasty, Lubao was leveled.

This place is a military fortress deep into Monan, the seat of the Monan Governor's Mansion, and the largest economic center in Monan.

The city was built on the fertile land brought by the wilderness swamp. The water and grass here are extremely luxuriant, and it is the highest quality pasture for hundreds of miles. After the Han army occupied this land, they began to teach local herdsmen to use green storage fodder, allowing the number of local livestock to increase rapidly. It increased tenfold in three years.

In particular, the Han Dynasty opened up the trade route between Monan and the Central Plains. Low-priced grain from the Central Plains could be sold here, and the cattle, horses and wool on the grasslands could be sold to the Han Dynasty at high prices.

With the opening up of trade routes, Monan, which was originally a vast area with few people and a large amount of resources per capita, became rich rapidly. In addition, the price of grain in the Central Plains continued to fall. The Han caravans transported grain to Monan at a low price, sold it at a high price, and then from there. Monan low-level purchases cattle, horses, wool and other goods. This kind of double-line trade is more than twice as profitable as single-line trade.

A large amount of food arrived, and the herdsmen's families had more and more food. It took the Han Dynasty three years to solve the problem of people starving to death in Monan.

Now Xu Fan, the emperor, has a higher reputation on the grasslands than Mao Dun, the chanyu. No matter how powerful Mao Dun's military talent is, he can only strengthen the Xiongnu nation, but he cannot solve the problem of hunger faced by the lower class herdsmen.

The emperor Xu Fan solved this problem, so the herdsmen on the grassland began to vote with their feet to choose the monarch they wanted.

Although Pinglubao is mainly engaged in animal husbandry, for the sake of demonstration effect and to increase some financial revenue for the Monan Governor's Office, Monan Governor Han Xin requested the court to build a large textile factory in Pinglubao.

The Han court agreed to Han Xin's request. 50 spinning wheels and 300 textile machines were transported to Pinglubao, and the director of Tangcheng Textile Factory was dispatched.

Because the population of Pinglu Fort was increasing, Han Xin had to expand it. After the winter, he recruited a large number of herdsmen as construction workers. On weekdays, he purchased a large number of bricks, strips of stone, cement, lime and other construction materials, planning to Expand Pinglu Fort more than ten times.

In addition, Tang Cheng also developed the wool thread industry. According to the dispersed poverty characteristics of herdsmen, herdsmen can buy wool thread at low prices and then use the wool to make sweaters to solve the problem of the cold winter in Mobei. Knitting a sweater is a low-cost solution to the herdsmen's problem of keeping warm in winter, and it has quickly become popular throughout the desert. Nowadays, there is bound to be a knitting activity in tents throughout the desert.

For the grassland herdsmen, Pinglu Fort, which has mountains of food and abundant goods and can keep them fed, is already a holy place.

At the same time, the actions of the imperial court also led other merchants of the Han Dynasty to build textile factories in Pinglubao. Although the local female workers were inefficient, had rough hands, and often made mistakes, they were cheap. As long as they could feed them, I would give them another 200 yuan. They will be satisfied. And if this price were given to a strong woman, she would definitely spit in your face.

Xu Zhang said: "No!"

At this time, Xu Zhang, a master builder of the new city, knew of Han Xin's arrival. He came over immediately and said, "I've met the governor."

Relying on cheap labor, proximity to the origin, and the vast blank market in the desert, Pinglubao became the textile industry center of the entire Monan in a few years.

Han Xin also recovered the construction costs by selling the factory land.

Han Xin planned to build Lubao as a frontline stronghold to store grain, grass and equipment, so he attached great importance to the construction of the new city. In particular, the track from Chang'an to Jiuyuan County, which was originally scheduled to be completed in three years, was completed half a year ahead of schedule.

After Tang Cheng became the director of the textile factory, he immediately began to train local female herdsmen workers. After the arrival of the equipment, the textile factory produced 5000 pieces of woolen cloth in the first year, and then doubled every year.

The impact of this is huge. Now Guanzhong is transporting grain to Jiuyuan County. Now a rail carriage filled with 20 shi of grain can travel from Guanzhong to Jiuyuan County in only ten days.

Han Xin said firmly: "Manpower will be increased, and the faster the construction period, the better."

After leaving the construction site, Han Xin came to Pinglu Fort.

Although Pinglu Fort was built less than three years ago, its permanent population has exceeded 3, which can be regarded as herdsmen spending the winter. The population in the fort exceeds 5, which can be regarded as a big city in the north. It can be said that this city was built by Han Xin alone, and he has always been proud of it.

Now the grain from Lantian Granary is being transported to Jiuyuan County like crazy. Every month, 30 shi of grain enters Jiuyuan County’s granary. At the same time, Jiuyuan County also begins to transport grain and grass to Yanmen County to provide support for Yanmen County’s hoarding of grain and grass. , the hoarding of granary supplies for this Northern Expedition has already begun in advance.

The workshop owners in Pinglubao also purchased land in the outer city to expand their factories. They have long had the idea of ​​​​expanding, but there is insufficient land in the fort, and they dare not build factories outside the fort. After all, this is not inside the Han Dynasty. Who knows when the barbarians have fought back, but they still trust the city to protect them. of factory buildings.

On the construction site, Han Xin brought his personal guards to inspect the construction of the outer city. At this time, the Pinglubao construction site was bustling with people. The herdsmen workers did some heavy physical work, and the Han workers did some technical work. They worked in groups to cement the stone strips as the foundation of the city wall, and then began to lay bricks. , at this time there was already a foundation for a city wall over eight feet high on the construction site. Within the city walls, sewers and drainage channels have also begun to be excavated, and residential areas, industrial areas, warehouse areas, military camps and other facilities have been constructed.

The transportation time has been reduced by five times, the consumption on the journey is only one-tenth, and the needs of the people are only one-thirtieth of the previous ones. The consumption of food and grass by the track is far lower than everyone expected.

Xu Zhang frowned and said: "As long as there are no accidents, the new city will be completed according to the construction schedule, but if it is completed two months earlier, the number of people will have to be increased by at least 30%."

Han Xin saw the construction site and asked: "Can the new Pinglu Fort be completed before June?"

There are now many textile factories in Pinglu Fort, and every winter herders from all over Monan gather here. They not only spend the winter here, but also want to work here.

Just when Han Xin was pleased with his achievements, several Hu children were surrounding him. Han Xin immediately took out some candies from his sleeves and distributed them to these children, and asked with a smile: "Why don't you go to class?"

A barbarian child said: "Class is so boring, we want to go hunting."

Han Xin said: "If you don't learn culture, it will be difficult for you to become Han people in the future. If you don't become Han people, how can you join the army and serve the emperor."

Han Xin has always been very tight on ethnic policies. He asked the court for hundreds of masters to come to Monan to educate the Hu people.

When these masters came to Monan, most of them stayed in Pinglu Fort, and a few of them taught herdsmen in other fortresses.

Confucianism exploded with great potential under the pressure of Mohism. They looked for their new base in the Han Dynasty, and finally found the land of Monan after searching for it.

At this time, Confucianism was still extremely effective. With the help of the Han army, these Confucian scholars really took root in this desert area. He became the external communicator of these tribes, helping the herdsmen fight profiteers, solving their practical problems, and asking for policy support from the Han Dynasty to the herdsmen.

It just so happened that Dahan belonged to the prosperous period. Dahan took Monan Fei with him, which made the life of the herdsmen here generally better. The herdsmen believed that their good life was brought by the Master.

The herdsmen here did not disappoint these Confucian scholars. They were extremely simple and studious, and they also had great respect for their Confucian masters. Even more respect than they imagined.

In order to express their respect for Confucius, the herdsmen would carve a wooden statue of Confucius. Then, during tribal festivals or major events, one or two "Confucian scholars" wearing Confucian clothes would lead all the people. The tribesmen worshiped Confucius together.

Sometimes they will lead the herdsmen to recite the contents of "The Analects" in unison.

When the Confucian scholars saw this scene, they were stunned, but for a while they didn't know how to stop this trend.

Is there still this way of reading "The Analects of Confucius"?
Judging from the current situation, the results are extremely significant. The Hu people in Pinglubao took Chinese names, learned Chinese, and many even learned Han writing. In order to sell horse bones for a thousand pieces of gold, Han Xin recruited them to the Monan Governor's Mansion to become members of the Han officials.

The herdsmen on the grassland are willing to become the subjects of the Han people. Now they want their children to learn the culture of the Han people and go to Chang'an to take the imperial examination. The Han people want to make the Northern Expedition. The herdsmen in the Monan Governor's Mansion are even more excited than the Han people. From time to time, there are The herdsmen wanted to join the Han army and make contributions to the emperor. The contribution of Confucian education was extremely significant.

"You naughty guys, why don't you go back and review your lessons? I'm worried that Master will slap you." A thick voice came.

"Master is here!" The little kids who had been making trouble just now immediately ran to their classrooms.

Ouyang Xun saw Han Xin and said, "I've seen the general."

Han Xin smiled and said: "The matter of education is better than my 10 elite men. Please pay more attention to Master Ouyang." Ouyang asked: "This is the responsibility of the police."

After thinking for a while, Ouyang asked: "How is the subsidy provided by the general's court to my wife?"

Han Xin said: "The imperial court has decided that in a cold and miserable place like the south of Monan, the master's salary can be 300 yuan more per month."

After thinking for a while, Han Xin explained: "The imperial court also spends a lot of money. The emperor is striving for an increase of 300 yuan."

After several years of universal education, the Han Dynasty still lacks high-tech talents, but there is no shortage of masters who can basically popularize writing.

However, the common situation in the Han Dynasty at this time was that there were many scholars in county towns, county towns, and even county towns. Compulsory education in Chang'an City had been fully popularized, but in many villages it was difficult to recruit a wife.

In order to prevent the collapse of rural education in later generations, Xu Fan issued a subsidy decree. According to the poverty situation of the countryside, subsidies were divided into three levels, namely 100 yuan, 200 yuan, and 300 yuan per month.

Among them, Pinglubao is both a frontier fortress and a barren land, and the subsidy is the most fixed amount of 300 yuan per month.

Ouyang asked: "We know clearly that we are satisfied with the current subsidy."

When Han Xin entered this primary school in Ouyangxun, all the cement bricks in Pinglubao were used to build the city wall, so Pinglubao used wood to build the primary school. There were eight classrooms in total. At this time, every classroom could be heard. The catchy sounds of children reading. These children master Chinese faster than their adults.

Compared with the Han mainland, compulsory education here is more compulsory. Every herdsman family in Monan must have a 6-year-old child to go to school. Because of the special characteristics of Monan, such compulsory education will require their children to go to school. Take away their parents. Except for a few herdsmen living in Pinlupu who can accept this, it is difficult for other herdsmen to accept their children leaving them.

Over this matter, a fierce conflict broke out between the herdsmen of Monan and the governor's office. After all, the mutual trust between the two parties was not high at that time. Heroes could accept their sons as hostages, but it was difficult for ordinary people to accept their children leaving their homes. around.

At this time, Han Xin took a step back, and his husband invited these herder families to come and see their children's life in primary school, so that they could see that their children could take Chinese, mathematics, common sense, music, military, ideological and political classes like Chinese children.

Their children worked and trained together with the Han children. They ate the same food and lived the same. They also became good friends with the Han children and were not treated differently. This made the herdsmen feel at ease.

At the same time, Han Xin allowed herdsmen who could accept boarding primary school to attend school. He first let the herdsmen's children attend classes for a week and promised them that if their children were wronged, they could take them back.

When the herdsmen's parents came to pick them up, they found that their dirty children had been cleaned by the school master. They had raised them to be white and fat. They wore Han clothes and looked just like Han people.

After discovering that the Han people not only did not abuse their children, but also raised them to be fat and white, these herdsmen finally let down their guard. It took the Governor's Office three years to allow the herdsmen to accept such a boarding primary school without worrying about the safety of their children. .

The demonstration effect is huge. Now the herdsmen in the grassland are accustomed to picking up their children to go home on Friday afternoon.

Han Xin smiled and asked: "How many students are there here?"

Ouyang Xun: "502 people, there are more than students in Pinglu Fort."

Han Xin smiled and said: "These people will become real Han people when they grow up, and then Monan will always belong to us Han people."

The cost of teaching the children of herdsmen in Monan is more than twice as high as in the mainland of Dahan. The reason for paying such a high price is that this land can belong to Dahan.

"Dang, Dang, Dang!" The bell rang, and all the students rushed out of the classroom, but they were not afraid when they saw Han Xin. Instead, they gathered around and shouted: "Captain, Governor! We want to eat sweets."

For children in Pinglubao, the governor Han Xin was not only approachable but also always had delicious food in his hands, so there were often children surrounding Han Xin.

Han Xin smiled and said: "You can eat sweets, but you have to sing to the governor."

When the students heard this, they immediately said: "There was a dragon in the ancient East, and its name was Dahan. There was a group of people in the ancient East, and they were all descendants of the dragon~~~~~!" (There are too many songs to choose from. Okay, this one barely fits.)
Under the temptation of candies, a few children sang at first, but soon all the children in the elementary school sang together, and the tone gradually began to become consistent. This song is their school song and they sing it almost every day, so everyone knows it.

Soon the singing on campus spread, and people around heard it and sang softly.

"Black eyes, black hair, and yellow skin, descendants of the eternal dragon." Ouyang Xun listened to their childish voices. At this time, he seemed to really feel a feeling of soul trembling. This is the enlightenment that Confucianism has been pursuing. way.

Han Xin spent all his salary to buy candies for more than 500 students in the school.

The next day, Han Xin led 500 cavalry all the way north. There was Zhenning Fort 100 miles north of Pinglu Fort. This fort was much smaller, with only a garrison and more than 3000 herdsmen. There are fifteen such fortresses in Monan. They are like a chain, trapping all the most fertile pastures in Monan.

It is not that the Huns never thought of demolishing these Han army forts, but as long as the Huns invaded in a large scale, the local garrison would immediately light beacon fires and notify the Monan Governor's Mansion. At the same time, all herdsmen will be allowed to enter the fort and armed to resist the Huns.

Although these fortresses are small, they are extremely strong, and it is difficult for the Huns to build siege equipment in the desert, so it is difficult for them to exert their strength even if they have a large number of people.

The Han army in the fortress only needs to resist for 1-2 days before reinforcements from the Han army arrive. The elite of a large tribe of Huns are no match for a battalion of Han cavalry. However, the small tribe of Huns was no match for the Han army in Wubao. They were either annexed by the Han army, or they were squeezed out of Monan step by step by the Han army.

When Han Xin came to Zhenning Fort, the commander of Zhenning Fort immediately led people to the city gate and saluted: "The last general Wang Zhong has met the governor."

Han Xin looked to the north and asked, "How is the situation with the Huns?"

Wang Zhong said proudly: "Because they are afraid that their subordinates will flee to the Han Dynasty, they no longer dare to graze in this area."

The Han and the Huns only had a brief period of peace of less than half a year.

After the Han Dynasty annexed Qi, Han Xin led the Han elite to establish the Monan Governor's Palace.

Frictions between the two sides began to become frequent. The Xiongnu was a tribal alliance system, and it was difficult for Maodun, a chanyu, to manage the small tribes below. The harsh environment of the grassland also determined that many tribes who could not survive had no choice but to go south and rob this road.

But Han Xin doesn't care what his last resort is. As long as he dares to invade the Han's territory, he will not only arrest the Huns who invade the Han, but also all the old and weak in the Huns' territory.

When the Huns found out that their tribe had been captured by the Han army, they naturally wanted to get their tribes back, but Han Xin directly told the Huns envoy that if the Huns dare to invade the Han in the future, the Han will destroy your entire tribe.

Naturally, the Huns were not convinced by Han Xin's tyranny, and began to frequently launch small groups of cavalry to invade the Han's territory.

However, Han Xin did not passively accept the attack. Instead, he used the Wubao on the national border between the two sides as the border and led the army to counterattack. The small group of Huns' cavalry could not break the Han army's Wubao.

However, Han Xin recruited a large number of Huns under his command, many of whom were even natives of that grassland. Han Xin had no shortage of guides at all. The Han army's guerrilla warfare was accurate, and a large number of Huns' small tribes with less than a thousand people were wiped out by Han Xin. A no man's land has been created in Monan.

At this time, the Huns could only send envoys to seek peace again, and the two sides would not interfere with each other according to the border.

(End of this chapter)