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Riding on the horse, Fang Guoshou looked at the gradually cold weather and put on a cotton coat.
"It's so cold!" Duan Wenchang, the general who escorted Fang Guoshou to Bohai Kingdom, exhaled.
Fang Guoshou looked at the rime hanging on the pine trees and said with a smile: "What is this? The Tang Dynasty was one of the warmest periods in history. If we put it in the late Han Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty, this time would have been ice and snow."
Rime is the frost that condenses on trees, but there is no snow on the ground, which means that the climate in western Liaoning has not yet dropped below zero.
Duan Wenchang is from the Northeast. If it were the real world after the Mid-Autumn Festival and it would have started to snow in the Northeast, the Northeast winter in the Tang Dynasty would indeed be much warmer than in reality.
Temporarily finding a forest edge, the soldiers chopped some firewood. Duan Wenchang spent a lot of effort to light the damp firewood.
After taking off his coat and drying it by the campfire, Duan Wenchang asked:
"Mr. Fang, how long will it take for us to reach Bohai Country?"
Fang Guoshou opened the electronic map, looked at it for a while and said: "We have reached the border between grassland and forest. This sign has entered western Liaoning. As long as we continue eastward, we will soon enter the northeastern region."
Duan Wenchang asked: "Mr. Fang, is this Bohai country really so important?"
Fang Guoshou said: "Don't underestimate this Bohai Kingdom. Tang books say that it is a prosperous country in the east of the sea. Its territory includes parts of today's Heilongjiang Province plus the Far East. It can control Vladivostok as far as possible."
"So big? But there are so few things about Bohai Country now. I don't even know about this country."
Fang Guoshou sighed and said: "Bohai State is a country that completely imitated the Tang Dynasty system and is a very powerful force in the Northeast."
"But in recent years, there has indeed been less research on the Bohai Kingdom in the academic world. The main issue is the historical atmosphere."
"What?"
"The Balhae Kingdom claims that its legal system comes from Goguryeo. If this is not acknowledged, then it will be difficult to objectively study the Balhae Kingdom."
"But what is the status of Goguryeo today? If we admit that Bohai's legal system comes from Goguryeo, this paper should not be ruined."
"So although the Bohai Kingdom was very respectful to the Tang Dynasty and was once very prosperous, there are very few scholars studying this direction."
"Such an academic direction will be labeled a big label later if we are not cautious, so we might as well just acquiesce in the academic community and leave Datang North as a blank slate."
"Currently, the research on Goguryeo and Balhae Kingdom is mainly conducted by Korean scholars."
Duan Wenchang did not expect that it was such a reason.
Fang Guoshou continued: "Historical research is like this. It always touches sensitive topics. We who do research are not sitting in ivory towers. We always have many concerns."
"But now we are in the game. It doesn't matter whether Bohae claims its Goguryeo ancestry or not. We are just here to discuss cooperation this time."
Duan Wenchang said worriedly: "Will the Bohai Congress cooperate obediently?"
Fang Guoshou nodded and said: "After An Lushan's rebellion, he once ordered the Bohai Kingdom to send troops to attack the Tang Dynasty, but the King of Bohai refused."
"The Tang Dynasty also sent envoys to the Bohai Kingdom to request the Bohai Kingdom to send troops to attack the puppet Yan, but the King of Bohai did not send troops either."
"But the King of Bohai also sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty to show his respect. He also raised a large amount of grain to transport grain from northern Liaoning to the south to support the Tang Dynasty's counterinsurgency."
"Generally speaking, the current King of Bohai is a wise guy and an ally that can be won over."
Bohai State is an important link in the Great Detour Strategy.
If all the grain and grass had to be transferred from Hexi, the logistics for this battle would be too long.
Therefore, according to the legal plan of the General Staff Office, the expeditionary force must obtain the support of the Bohai Kingdom and various tribes in Liaodong, so that it can directly supply food and grass in the Liaodong area.
The Bohai State, a prosperous country in the east of the sea, became the target that Longyou needed to fight for.
Duan Wenchang asked: "Is this Bohai country really so rich?"
Fang Guoshou nodded and said: "According to historical documents, the northern region is now warm and can develop agriculture, while the prosperity of Bohai Country lies in trade."
"trading?"
Fang Guoshou nodded and said: "The weather in the north is very warm now. The port of Nanhaifu in the southernmost part of the Bohai Sea is an ice-free port. Even Vladivostok in the north is open to navigation six months a year."
"Bohai Country prospers through Northeast Asian trade and is the most important link in the entire Northeast Asian trade."
Duan Wenchang asked: "Trade in Northeast Asia?"
Fang Guoshou said: "Mainly trade with Japan and Silla."
"Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the envoys sent by Japan to the Tang Dynasty have actually entered the Central Plains from the north."
"The early envoys to the Tang Dynasty all set out from Fukuoka Prefecture, then arrived at the south coast of the Korean Peninsula, took a boat north along the west coast of the Korean Peninsula, then westward along the Liaodong Peninsula, crossed the Bohai Sea and landed on the Shandong Peninsula, and then arrived at Chang'an by land.
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"In fact, this is a very safe plan, so in the early days, Japanese envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty were able to arrive in the Tang Dynasty very safely. In the early Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty would also send officials to see off the Japanese envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty."
"The other route is the South Road, which goes south from Kyushu, passes through a series of islands and enters Jiangnan or Hainan further away, and then finds a way to enter Chang'an."
"This road is much more dangerous. With current shipbuilding technology, only one out of ten ships can reach the Central Plains."
"From this time on, the Tang Dynasty will no longer send troops to escort Japanese envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty back to Japan."
Duan Wenchang asked doubtfully: "Since the north road is safer, why not take the north road?"
Fang Guoshou sighed and said: "Since the reign of Emperor Taizong, the north of the Tang Dynasty has been very uneasy. After the Anshi Rebellion, the north entered the stage of separatist feudal rule. Xianbei, Khitan, Xi, and Goguryeo ethnic groups fought in the north, and the northern road was cut off."
"The subsequent envoys to the Tang Dynasty had to take great risks to go to the Tang Dynasty from the South Road. It can be said that they had a narrow escape from death before they could reach the Central Plains."
"So much so that by the time of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Tang officials no longer supported Japan in sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty."
"It can be seen that today's trade routes in Northeast Asia still rely on the northern route."
"The prosperity of the Bohai Kingdom was actually the triangular trade between the Tang Dynasty, Japan and Silla."
Fang Guoshou said: "Both Japan and Silla are in great need of the commodities of the Tang Dynasty. The large ships of the Bohai Sea go south to Qingzhou or Yangzhou along the coastline, and the commodities of the Tang Dynasty are transported to Japan by sea. That is to say, relying on the maritime trade of Northeast Asia, the Bohai Sea
Only then did the country develop into a prosperous country in Haidong."
"So in fact, the Bohai Kingdom was respectful to the Tang Dynasty and refused to rebel against the Tang Dynasty with An Lushan. It was not because the leader of the Bohai Kingdom was loyal."
"It's because the development of the Bohai State relies on the triangular trade of goods from the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty has little demand for goods from Bohai, Silla and Japan, but Bohai, Silla and Japan all need goods from the Tang Dynasty."
"If the Tang Dynasty cut off trade with Northeast Asia, the country that would suffer the most would be the Bohai State, which relied on triangular trade to make money."
After hearing Fang Guoshou's analysis, Duan Wenchang couldn't help but said: "There are only eternal interests between countries."
Duan Wenchang's eyes lit up and he said: "Mr. Fang, since the Tang Dynasty can control the Bohai Kingdom through trade, and our Longyou products are better than those of the Tang Dynasty, can we also control the Bohai Kingdom through trade?"
Duan Wenchang continued: "If you can control the Bohai Kingdom, can you take over the Korean Peninsula and control Silla? Or directly cross the sea to attack Japan?"
Fang Guoshou smiled and said: "You guys are thinking about attacking Japan? You'd better win the support of Bohai first!"
Fang Guoshou nodded and said: "But you are right about one thing. We still have to start with trade this time to win over Bohai Country!"
Duan Wenchang had a new idea.
Japan and Silla!
Although Japan and Silla are now very respectful to the Tang Dynasty, after the Anshi Rebellion, Japan actively requested to send troops to help the Tang Dynasty quell the rebellion.
Today, in the Tang Dynasty, there are also Japanese envoys who stayed in the Tang Dynasty and sent them to serve as high-ranking officials.
But for players, colonizing Japan has become a daily slogan on the forum.
What's more, Japan owns Jinshan!
In this era where precious metals are currency, owning gold and silver minerals is naturally the original sin.
Japan's golden mountains are enough to support players clamoring to send troops overseas to colonize Japan.
But originally Longyou was very far away from the sea, and the desire to colonize Japan should have been in the middle and late stages of the "game".
But Duan Wenchang saw another possibility.
The great roundabout strategy is to occupy Liaodong. If Liaodong is occupied, wouldn't it be possible to go to sea and occupy Silla and Japan?
Duan Wenchang immediately became excited.
The current Tang Dynasty is in a rare warm period in history, and many ports in Liaodong will not freeze in winter.
As long as we take the northern route and use Silla as a springboard, we can directly enter the Japanese archipelago.
This plan had begun, and Duan Wenchang immediately buried the idea in his heart.
If the Great Detour Strategy can successfully gain a foothold in Liaodong, Duan Wenchang is ready to recruit a few like-minded players to develop the maritime industry in Liaodong!
However, the most urgent task is to contact Bohai State first.
Fang Guoshou said: "The news from Pang Yawei is that the Khitan tribe in the Songmo Protectorate has been oppressed by the puppet Yan for a long time. The eight Khitan tribes are also vassal states loyal to the Tang Dynasty and can also be fought for."
"The eight Khitan tribes should be connected with the Bohai Kingdom. We will first go to the Songmo Protectorate and then contact the Bohai Kingdom through the Khitans."
Duan Wenchang nodded and escorted Fang Guoshou to continue eastward. The vast golden grassland gradually disappeared.
Looking at the fertile black land under their feet, the group finally set foot on the land in the northeast.