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

Chapter 434: Treasures Everywhere and Xu Fan's Obsession

In Ying Bu's opinion, there was no vassal state in the world better than Luzon. He had worked hard for more than 10 years and only earned about 3 million yuan a year. However, Luzon easily surpassed him in less than five years after its founding. It was all because the emperor chose a good location for him and allowed his vassal state to have copper mines.

Chen Sheng said: "That's not the case. I have a hard time in Luzon. There are nothing but barbarians there. Your vassal states are at least connected to the Han Dynasty."

Xu Fan smiled and said, "If you want to exchange the vassal states, then I will also exchange a precious land for you."

Ying Bu immediately said, "Your Majesty, I was just joking. Opening up a kingdom has cost me half my life. If you ask me to open up another vassal state, I'm afraid I'll lose my life."

Lu Chen looked at Ge Ying and said, "Ge Ying, you have been building a vassal state in Nanyang for more than two years. Is Nanyang really that rich?"

In recent years, with the discovery of various specialties from Nanyang, the saying that Nanyang is the money bag of the Han Dynasty has spread throughout the Han Dynasty.

Ge Ying said, "Although it's a bit wild, it's indeed full of treasures. After I went to Nanyang to establish a vassal state, I followed the emperor's instructions and established palm fields and spice fields in Nanyang. Together with other specialty products, I can probably earn hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Now it's still in the stage of land reclamation, and the harvest will be even higher in two years."

Everyone looked at Ge Ying in astonishment. Even the old vassal states of the Han Dynasty could not claim to have such a harvest in a year.

Lu Chen smiled bitterly and said, "After all this time, it turns out that we are the poorest in Liaodong."

Chen Xiao said, "You have a whaling industry in Liaodong. A dragon candle costs more than 200 coins. There is no such lucrative business in the world. A whale costs hundreds of millions of coins. The Whale Sea alone is a gold mine for all of you Liaodong princes. You are so ashamed to say you are poor. If you want to say you are poor, it should be us in Nanzhong. There is really no flat land and no clear sky. In the early years, we could still make money by selling white sugar and rock sugar. As a result, in the past two years, only the southern counties have been building sugarcane fields. White sugar and rock sugar are worthless."

"Brother Ji Bu has gold, silver, jade and agate in the Western Regions, spices, copper mines, gold and silver mines in the South Seas. Even though Ying Bu's place is similar to ours, the environment there is better than ours. At least there are no ravines and gullies. I have been building roads in Nanzhong for 10 years, but it is still not open to the road to Shuzhong. However, there are many rivers in Qianzhong that connect to the Yangtze River. Where can I go to seek justice?"

Now even Xu Fan had nothing to say. Compared with other princes of the Han Dynasty, the Nanzhong princely area had the worst geographical location.

Therefore, Xu Fan's requirements for them were not high. It was enough for them to open up the connection with Shuzhong and maintain the Han Dynasty's influence on this land.

Xu Fan was most concerned about the situation in the Western Regions. He asked Ji Budao, "How is your situation in the Western Regions? Do you need any support from the court?"

Ji Budao said: "The Western Region lacks everything, but the most lacking is people. This land is too vast, not inferior to the Central Plains at all, and the ethnic groups are also diverse. There are ethnic groups that can build city-states, and there are also wild tribes that are still in the wild era. From time to time, some wild people rush down from the plateau. These wild people are powerful but not moral. They have no concept of morality, no concept of order, and only the behavior of the strong preying on the weak. Now we can suppress them with force, but they are extremely lacking in education. After all, there are too few Han people in the Western Region. The best thing God can do is to send the masters of various schools of thought to the Western Region to educate them."

Xu Fan said: "Shusun Tong is the most active in this matter, you can contact him."

Then he asked, "This time the Huns came to our Han Dynasty, hoping that we would let some of the Huns go to the Western Regions. Will this have any impact on you?"

Ji Bu shook his head and said, "The Xiongnu Kingdom is two or three thousand miles away from our vassal states, and there is no conflict of interest between the two sides."

Xu Fan nodded, and then looked at Han Xin and said, "Your Great Desert Governor's Office can issue orders to the major princes to relocate some of the Xiongnu tribes who are willing to follow Ji Zhou to the Western Regions."

Han Xin nodded and said, "Yes."

The climate of the desert is too harsh. The greatest wealth for the Han Dynasty is if this area can maintain stability.

In recent years, the Han Dynasty has also tried to migrate out of the desert as much as possible, and has also increased the proportion of recruiting soldiers to recruit more soldiers from the desert. The Han Dynasty has always implemented a policy of immigration and relocation in the desert to increase the per capita resource possession and prevent the desert from being too poor. Now it is a good thing for the Han Dynasty to reduce the population of the desert and alleviate the pressure on the local environment.

Han Xin suddenly took out a map and spread it out, saying, "This is the area I have opened up in the north of the desert over the years. This 5,000-li territory has all been taken over by the Han Dynasty."

All the princes looked at the map in shock. Han Xin had actually quietly expanded such a large territory in the past two years!

Ying Bu said: "This is larger than the entire Qianzhong County. The territories of my southern princes combined are not as large as this."

It’s no wonder Ying Bu said it was big. The area recorded on this map is roughly equivalent to half of Jiangnan. It surrounds the entire North Sea and has expanded to the vicinity of the ice field as quickly as possible.

Lu Chen was puzzled and said, "It shouldn't be like this. You lords of the desert fought such a big battle, but we in Liaodong didn't even hear about it?"

Han Xin said calmly: "The area near the North Sea looks large, but there are not many tribes. I have swept across the entire ice field in the past two years, and the number of tribes I have captured is less than 30,000."

Chen Xiao was shocked and said, "There are only so few people in such a large area. Even if it is a desert, it shouldn't be so barren."

Han Xin said: "Further north of the North Sea, this land is covered with ice and snow most of the year. Such harsh conditions naturally cannot support too many people, and there are no local specialties, only some trees and reindeer."

Xu Fan was very calm. With Han Xin's military talent, it was a waste to fight these Tungusic savages. Although this area was useless now, as long as the Han Dynasty entered the second and third scientific and technological revolutions, it could use technology to develop the wealth of this vast area.

Xu Fan encouraged: "Keep up the good work and keep working hard."

Han Xin nodded and said, "Yes!"

On October 25th of the 14th year of the Han calendar, a meeting of princes was held at Zhangtai Palace.

The various princes of the Han Dynasty gathered together, and then according to custom, they paid tribute to the emperor.

The biggest highlight this year is the newly included Xiongnu Kingdom and Kushan Kingdom. These two former enemies of the Han Dynasty are now under the command of the Han Dynasty.

The various princes of the Han Dynasty were curious about the gifts offered by the Xiongnu and Kushans.

These gifts did not disappoint them. The Huns presented 20 Ferghana horses, and more than a hundred boxes of gold, silver, agate and jade.

The Kushans were even more powerful. They made a statue weighing a thousand pounds. The Han princes didn't know what kind of god it was, but the material of pure gold was very real.

Ying Bu whispered to Chen Xiao, "The Xiongnu and the Great Yuezhi have also found a good place. Even the income of a certain Ying country in a year cannot afford these 20 Ferghana horses."

In this line of history, the time when the Ferghana horses entered the Han Dynasty was several decades earlier than in history. A few years ago, when Ji Bu led the princes to the Western Regions, he seized several Ferghana horses.

Among them, two Arabian horses were given to Xu Fan as tribute. However, Xu Fan did not value BMWs as much as people of this era.

He gave these two Ferghana horses to the Imperial Household as stallions, asking them to breed more excellent horses. After the Imperial Household got the Ferghana horses and performed them in Chang'an several times, they shocked the whole city with their handsome figures and swift speed, and became the horses that countless people in Chang'an wanted to get.

Ying Bu even took out 1000 gold and wanted to buy one from Taifu.

But these two Arabian horses have become the treasures of the Taifu, and you, the Duke of England, don't have such a big face.

Finally, the Grand Coachman gave Ying Bu a foal that was a cross between a Ferghana horse and a Arabian horse, and offered 1000 gold for it. He also told Ying Bu that he was only offering such a low price because of his status as Duke of England. Ordinary people would not even get to touch a single hair of the horse if they didn't pay 1500 gold.

Although Ying Bu was furious, he still left a thousand gold coins and took the foal back.

Chen Xiao gritted his teeth and asked Ji Budao in a low voice: "Why did you give up such a good place to the Xiongnu and the Dayuezhi people!"

It doesn't matter if you can't compete with other princes of the Han Dynasty, but since this is the vassal state you chose, you should grit your teeth and develop it yourself.

But now even the territories occupied by the Xiongnu and the Dayuezhi are better than his, and Chen Xiao feels a little unbalanced.

Ji Bu smiled bitterly and said, "The Western Regions are too big. We don't even have a million people. How can we occupy so much land? The capital of the Great Yuezhi is even farther away than the distance from me to Chang'an. I can't learn from those nomadic peoples and settle down wherever they migrate to."

At this time, Zhang Yuan said: "Han and Xiongnu were originally brothers. Today, my lord submits to the emperor, and the two peoples are one family again. My lord asks the emperor to release some Xiongnu people to reunite with us. I also ask the emperor to fulfill this wish. At the same time, my lord asks the emperor to send scholars and bestow the classic books of the Han Dynasty so that my Xiongnu country can also be immersed in the civilization of the Han Dynasty."

Xu Fan nodded and said, "You can go to the desert to recruit troops."

"Zongzheng"

Shusun Tong said: "I am here."

Xu Fan said: "Give 100 copies of the classics of various schools of thought to the envoys of the two countries and let them take them back to their countries."

Shusun Tong nodded and said, "As ordered."

At this time, Junchen suddenly stepped out of the line, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, my Xiongnu country also wants to learn blast furnace technology. Please help me."

"How bold!" Wu Sheng scolded.

The atmosphere at the meeting of princes suddenly became heavy.

The princes of the Han Dynasty all emerged from troubled times, so they naturally understood that giving the Han classics to the Xiongnu and the Yuezhi and letting them learn the Han writing system would accelerate their sinicization and benefit the Han Dynasty.

But if they were given technology like blast furnaces, the Huns' military strength would increase rapidly, and they might even turn against the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty was unwilling to give them blast furnace technology.

Xu Fan looked at Junchen with interest and said, "You want both your people and our Han Dynasty's blast furnace technology, but you only give us 20 Ferghana horses and some worthless jade and agate. Aren't you a little too greedy, Chanyu?"

Zhang Yuan immediately said, "We Xiongnu have absolutely no such intention."

The military official said, "Your Majesty, you have always said that the Han and the Xiongnu are one family. Now the Xiongnu is one of the vassal states under the Han Dynasty. I know that other vassal states can get support from the court to build workshops, so why can't the Xiongnu have one?"

Liu Bang smiled and said: "Young people, don't be too greedy. Don't ask what the Han Dynasty can support you, but ask what you have done for the Han Dynasty.
The rights and responsibilities in this world are all right. We, the princes, have made great contributions to the Han Dynasty. The emperor sympathizes with our contributions and has given us these preferential treatments. "

"Now that you Xiongnu people have just joined the Han army, you want to be rewarded without having done anything. Do you think this is appropriate?"

The military official immediately said, "If your majesty has any orders, we, the Xiongnu, will do our utmost to fulfill them."

Xu Fan looked at Zhang Yuan and said, "Does Prince Junchen have such great power to decide the actions of the Xiongnu Kingdom?"

Zhang Yuan was sweating profusely and said, "Prince Junchen is young and ignorant. Your Majesty, please don't bother with him."

Xu Fan looked at Junchen. He remembered that when he watched the TV series Emperor Wu of Han before, he was just a minor character. He was killed by his own brothers in the first episode. He probably didn't have much talent.

To be honest, Xu Fan would like to see the Huns attack Rome. It would be even better if they could destroy Rome a thousand years earlier.

The reason why Xu Fan wanted to do this was to expand the scope of Han civilization. As a Celestial being, he had too many regrets. The most regrettable thing was that the Celestial civilization had been strong for five thousand years, but in the period when it was most expandable, it entered a period of decline.

Just look at the scope of the Roman civilization. There are countries with their civilization in the four oceans and seven continents. Even if they don't work hard, they can live more comfortably than you even if they just sell ore.

Just look at the competition between the Future and the Country of Hope. It seems to be a competition between countries, but they have mobilized the power of most of the civilization to suppress you, and you can't even find a few allies on your side. Instead, your original younger brothers have become lackeys to bite you.

The advantages of industry alone cannot be brought into play, because the market and raw materials you need are controlled by others. They divide the pie in the industrial chain, and they can stipulate that they can make more money from selling ore than you do from iron smelting, and much more.

So after coming to this world, Xu Fan was obsessed with spreading the Han civilization across the globe so that his descendants could also enjoy the benefits of selling ore.

But Xu Fan understood that Rome was at its most prosperous during this period, and he was afraid that the Huns, who had been beaten to a low level by him, would not be their match.

Competition within a country is not just about weapons, but also about population, system and the ability of the monarch. The reason why the Tang Dynasty was able to destroy the Turks at the beginning of its founding was that Li Er was more capable and Liu Ji was not so capable, so the Han Dynasty could only accumulate strength and wait for Emperor Wu to rise.

Now Rome's population system and even their monarchs are top-notch, and the Huns are unlikely to be able to defeat them. Since they cannot defeat Xu Fan, they naturally do not want to give the blast furnace technology to the Huns. Although the spread of technology is unstoppable, it is of course beneficial for the Han Dynasty to expand it a few years later.

However, when Xu Fan saw Junchen's unwilling eyes, he suddenly remembered that he was less than 20 years old now. If he was trained, maybe he could really lead the Huns to fight against Rome.

Thinking of a famous story in history, Xu Fan smiled calmly and said, "It's a good thing for young people to have ambition. I'll give you a chance. You can be an apprentice in my Han Dynasty's steel plant. Whether you can obtain blast furnace technology depends on your own ability."

The military official was pleasantly surprised and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)