Qin Emperor Ziying

Chapter 29 History
After the negotiation, Sima Shangdang even ordered a brigade commander in the army who had previously participated in border trade to select dozens of sergeants, bring a large amount of food, cloth, porcelain and other goods that were in short supply on the grassland, and write to the border guards and tribal chiefs. His personal letter went north.

At the same time, taking advantage of the autumn sowing season, the troops from the three cities were urgently dispatched to seize the farming season and reclaim wasteland to farm on the spot.

By the time of the next year's wheat harvest, the grain harvested from the farming would be enough for the military and there would be a surplus.

And at this time, the caravans entering and leaving Raoyang are no longer one. After the first caravan sent by Sima Shang returned from trading, they exchanged 50 caravans for only a dozen cars that are common in the Central Plains. Cattle, 100 sheep and 20 horses, nearly 10 times the profit.

After discussing with Sima Shang, Ziying, who had enjoyed the sweetness, immediately formed ten caravans to trade with tribes outside the Great Wall.

Naturally, it was already difficult for a small tribe to support such a trade volume, but thanks to its matchmaking, several small tribes around the Great Wall who were friendly with it joined in the trade relationship with Raoyang.

Some of the livestock transported back were directly kept as military rations to increase nutrition for the soldiers, and the other part was sold to Qi, Yan, Wei and other countries in addition to horses, and directly exchanged for grain, cloth and other materials to be transported back.

As a result, a complete set of benefit chains of north-south trade was formed, and Raoyang lived in it and played the role of trade center and turnover place.

The huge profits from foreign trade and the great success of farming gave Ziying the confidence to develop his military and improve people's livelihood for the first time.

The food standard of the army has increased, and even a small soldier can see the smell of meat every day.Under Ziying's suggestion, and under the guarantee of a sufficient material base, the workload of the Shenzhou Army during training also increased rapidly, and the endurance and physical strength of each sergeant have been significantly improved.

The rise of Zhao State relied on the unrivaled cavalry in the world. With the increase of Rao Yang's savings of horses, the number of Rao Yang's cavalry also continued to rise.Under the leadership of Sima Shang, a great cavalryman of this generation, the combat capability of the Shenzhou iron cavalry is enough to fight against the Zhao Guojing cavalry.

And Ziying, who was in a state of food in his pocket and not panicking, also swiped his pen and set the tax rate of Raoyang, Liyang, and Wuyuan at thirty one, the lowest tax rate in ancient Chinese history.

This move gave Ziying a great reputation among the people. In the Warring States Period, a dynasty when slavery had just collapsed and the feudal system had just begun to consolidate, it was already a dream of common people to own their own land. Taxes are generally high, and even in some aristocratic territories, tenant farmers need to pay more than half of their income in taxes.

No lord has ever set the tax rate of his fiefdom at such a low level, and no nobleman has ever used the army to help the people fight drought and disaster relief.

The common people's requirements are not high, as long as they can have enough to eat. In history, there are always times when people are starving and dying.Whoever treats them well, they all remember it in their hearts and say it on their lips.

Gradually, Ziying became known as a "virtuous monarch" among the people in the three places, and gradually spread to the surrounding area.As a result, some refugees in the surrounding cities moved to the three cities under Ziying's name with their families after hearing the news.

For the refugees who came to seek refuge, Ziying ordered Si Haosheng to take care of them, distributed food seeds, and asked them to open up wasteland by themselves.

Anyway, in the era of the Warring States Period, there were not many other things, but there was a lot of wasteland.After decades of wars, countries compete not only for their economic strength but also for their population base. There are people who have an army. Therefore, Ziying welcomes the people who moved to the three cities.

In the blink of an eye, six years have passed. During these six years, the cavalry of the Shenzhou Army has reached [-], and the remaining [-] infantry are also wearing heavy armor according to the standard of Wei Wuzu back then. With hard work and training, the combat effectiveness is no less than that of any infantry in the world. As for the chariot soldiers, they were eliminated directly under Ziying's suggestion.

In the past six years, the wars between Qin and Zhao have become more brutal every time. Every time, corpses are scattered all over the field, and both countries have suffered heavy losses. It has reached the point of being unsustainable, and although Qin State has also suffered losses, Qin State's war recovery ability is by no means comparable to that of Zhao State with the support of the two major granaries of Chengdu Plain and Hanzhong Plain.

However, the state of Zhao no longer has enough land and depth to restore its national strength, and it can only decline day by day.

In the nine-year war of Mourning King Xiangxiang, Zhao State basically lost all the territory west and south of Handan, and could only rely on the outer Great Wall and the few remaining acropolis and strong Qin to deal with.

And Zhao Mourning King himself also died of illness at the end of this war, saving the fate of the king of subjugation.

Not surprisingly, the successor King Zhao was Zhao Qian, the son of a prostitute who had been beaten up by Ziying.However, Jia, the eldest son of King Mourning Xiang with outstanding reputation, can only be a wealthy idler in Handan City.

Then, in the second year of Zhao Wangqian, Hu Zhe and his [-] Zhao army died in Wucheng. Four years later, he repelled the Qin army's attack in Fanwu again, and was named Wu'an Lord for his meritorious service!

However, those who were named Wu Anjun in the past dynasties seemed to have no good end. Su Qin was assassinated, Bai Qi was bestowed to death, and Li Mu would be killed by King Zhao if there were no accidents. In Ziying's opinion, this is really not good An auspicious name.

In the past few years, the Handan court has repeatedly sent people to urgently recruit Ziying's subordinates to the front line for rescue, but Ziying respectfully prevaricates them with various reasons. Go, it's really hard to get through."

It was indeed what Ziying thought, even if King Zhao hated Ziying so much, he would not dare to send troops to crusade at the risk of losing Handan at such a critical moment.

It is not the first family of Ziying who does not obey orders. In those days, Lord Mengchang of Qi State was no different from a small vassal state in his fiefdom. King Qi couldn't do anything to him at that time. The key is to have his own power. This Ten Thousand Shenzhou Army is the strength that Ziying relies on.

After gradually knowing the abundance of the three places in Raoyang, Zhao Wangqian, who realized that it was impossible to transfer Raoyang's subordinates to the front line to fight the enemy, asked Ziying to supply military rations and ordnance to Handan, but these requirements were also met by Ziying. One veto.

As for Handan's anger, Ziying has no time to take care of it, anyway, you can't do anything to me.

In the fifth year of Zhao Wangqian, a major earthquake occurred in Daijun. From the west of Lexu to the north to Pingyin, most of the buildings, houses and walls were destroyed, and the ground was cracked with a 130-step wide rift.

When Ziying heard the news, his first reaction was that the demise of Zhao State was approaching. If Ziying remembers correctly, the next year after the earthquake was a nationwide natural disaster, which hit Zhao State hard. Two years later, the State of Zhao was destroyed by the State of Qin.

Thinking of this, Ziying immediately ordered that from now on, the border trade will reduce the sales of grain, and buy a large amount of grain from surrounding places to stock up in the three cities.

Although Sima Shang and others didn't understand why Ziying did this, Ziying didn't explain much, and forced Sima Shang to do so.

You can't just tell Sima Shang that I know there will be a famine next year, right?

(End of this chapter)