In fact, what Sun Qian wanted to say was, if I, Sun Qian, could build the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, would I still be stuck here in Xichuan for so long? What a joke.
However, as the leader in charge of road transportation, Sun Qian cannot say that he cannot repair it. He can only say that he is repairing it and is already planning it. As for when it will be repaired, it depends on the planning schedule. Anyway, at the moment The technology is not up to standard and the problem of frozen soil cannot be solved.
"Oh, let's get in line first. How many months will it take for the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to arrive?" Chen Xi arranged for Sun Qian very naturally. You said you were ready, so I believed you. That's the kind of person I am. After that, Without giving Sun Qian a chance to explain, he turned to Li You and asked.
"I estimate that in July at the latest, Zhiran and the others should return to Congling. They have been floating outside for a year, and it is time for them to come back." Li You thought for a while, and based on his understanding of Li Jue and the others, It's time for these three to return to their kennels.
The average altitude over Congling is also more than 4,000 meters. The main forces of Sansha and Xiliang Iron Cavalry are basically stationed in the area around 5,000 meters. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is just as important to the backbone of Sansha and Xiliang Iron Cavalry. Just like normal cavalry changing areas to fight, there is no big problem.
Besides, with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry's eight thousand headquarters, let alone the Xiangxiong Dynasty, which is a coalition of tribal chiefs, Li Jue can beat them to death as soon as the soldiers come out. The main backbone level of elites is of great significance. it's here!
"Give them some departure fees and let them go to the side of the Qinghai-Tibet armed parade. Let Shule, Yutian, and the fine remnants stop making trouble. Now that they have gone up, they only need to obey the orders of the Han Dynasty, form villages, and maintain the Han Dynasty. Border rule, we can keep them well fed and clothed." Chen Xi is interested in all living people who can go to Qinghai and Tibet. It is really not easy to go up to that place.
In addition, Chen Xi was thinking about Shule, and the people of the Western Regions in Khotan could not say that it was actually Sima Lang who was resisting, and Chen Xi's reputation was so well-known that ordinary people only had to believe Chen Xi's promise once, and then they would not believe Chen Xi's promise. There is no resistance.
Even if some individuals in Shule and Khotan have awakened to the so-called spirit of nationalism and patriotism, most ordinary people really have no motivation to resist Chen Xi.
Beigui's spies are so good that they can't resist Zhuge Liang's policies for too long.
Therefore, Chen Xi estimated that the survivors of Shule and Khotan would resist Sima Lang, which did not mean they would resist him. Chen Xi, after all, there is a saying that capitalism rejects socialism, but capitalism does not reject socialist money.
What's more, this is also an opportunity. Qinghai and Tibet are all Qiang people. It was the best choice made when there was no choice. Now that Chen Xi can make a breakthrough in the best choice, of course Chen Xi is willing to make some breakthroughs. Huier Why not do something that costs nothing?
As for what problems people like Shule and Khotan may have, Chen Xi doesn't care much. Do they need to eat? Do they need money? Do they need to live better? Yes! If they do, then what are they worried about? This is him A potential supporter of Chen Xi.
Didn't you see that Chen Xi pushed forward a lot of coercive policies earlier in order to achieve quick results? At that time, he had more than one manpower to fight, but wouldn't it be really delicious later?
The people are all realistic, and their temporary anger will end up in their jobs no matter what. The people of Shule and Khotan are not accomplished cultivators and can survive without eating. But since they need to eat, Chen Xi has many ways to make it happen.
These people settle.
The Han Dynasty has absorbed so many people who have surrendered, and there has not been any turmoil so far. To put it bluntly, isn't it because the people everywhere are very realistic?
After hundreds of thousands of Hu people realized that scientific breeding could completely end their living for water and grass, reduce their own burdens, and make their lives better, they naturally gave up their traditional nomadic methods and turned to risking their lives to stay close to the Han people.
I can't make peace with Shi, Shule and Khotan? Do you look down on me, Chen Xi?
No one present was a fool. Even Sima Lang was a figure in the official history who became a feudal official at the age of thirty. Naturally, he understood Chen Xi's thoughts the moment Chen Xi opened his mouth - this is really a Han saying.
The Qiang clan was prepared to take precautions when given the chance.
But everyone present realized that this was indeed a good idea.
"In this case, the plan needs to be changed." Guo Jia folded the official documents in his hand and said with a somewhat eager tone.
"Just arrange for the Xiliang cavalry to garrison at the Zhangxiong Dynasty." Li You's attitude has always been simple and rude. As a world-level overlord, you are so close. I don't station an elite team in your capital. This doesn't mean that I
Do you look down on you?
What, you said you need the protection of your imperial guards? Are you looking down on our world-class overlord and think we can't provide you with protection?
It’s not that we, the Han Dynasty, are bragging. Look at how much less civil strife there has been in the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions since we garrisoned troops in the Western Regions. We garrisoned troops here for your safety. If we don’t garrison troops and your family is wiped out,
Wouldn't that be a big problem?
What, you don’t believe that your country will be wiped out as soon as our garrison in the Western Regions leaves? Let me go, Shule thought the same way more than a hundred years ago, but it turned out that Shule was helped by our big men to restore the country.
After knowing that Ban Chao was going back to Chang'an, what were the expressions of Shule and King Khotan? It was really the expression of their dead father - "The envoys to the Han Dynasty are like parents, we must not go." It's not allowed to go after each other, I
I guess after we garrisoned the troops and were about to leave, you would have the same expression.
"Ah, this is too rough, we are civilized people." Lu Su sighed and said.
"Oh, how about Shule and Khotan, or the Qiang people and the Zhangzhong Dynasty fight, and we go to make peace?" Liu Ye suggested with a serious look.
"Can I ask what type of leveling it is?" Chen Xi looked at Liu Ye and asked. There are many types of leveling in the Han Dynasty. The common ones are called fifty big boards each, and the extraordinary ones are also called fifty big boards each.
Board, the former eliminates war, the latter eliminates countries.
"Of course it's Emperor Wu's version of leveling." Liu Ye said matter-of-factly.
The so-called Emperor Wu's version of leveling came from the Minyue Kingdom and the Nanyue Kingdom. The two countries were fighting each other. Both countries were also considered vassals of the Han Dynasty, but neither of them was very obedient. The fight made Emperor Wu a little irritable, so he sent someone to adjust it.
After a while, both countries were gone.
"Okay." Chen Xi pondered for a moment, basically determining the tone of the group, and said nothing more. He didn't have deep feelings about the Shang Shung Dynasty, but Qinghai and Tibet must be returned to central rule. Since such an equalization is indeed necessary,
As it should be.
"This brings us back to the original question, who is going up." Chen Xi looked at Li You and said.
The Xiliang Iron Cavalry can go up, but the problem is that Chen Xi cannot station the Xiliang Iron Cavalry on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Chen Xi might die if he is stationed there!
In the absence of roads, the cost of transporting grain up is higher than the cost of transporting grain and grass, and it is several times higher.
This is why the Jutang's combat power was higher than that of more than a dozen Tubo at its peak, but there was still no good way to defeat the Tubo. First of all, it was difficult for people to get up there. It took a lot of effort for people to practice and be able to get up there, but it was difficult to deliver food and grass. Go up, so there is no way to penetrate Tubo permanently.
There is no doubt that Chen Xi's words are tantamount to quarreling with Sun Qian. Sun Qian really doesn't want to build this road, but if he must enter Tibet, and if necessary, he must be able to send an elite team to attack the Qinghai-Tibet area. If it is suppressed, then this road will have to be repaired.
"Let's postpone the road first." Li You said something fair. Some things are really not about Sun Qian or not, but Sun Qian also needs to consider other aspects. "First use manpower and animal power to go to Qinghai-Tibet on the plateau mountain road. As for supplies, If it consumes 8,000 people, they should still be able to transport it up?"
"Actually, the biggest problem is that we can't accumulate much output there." Chen Xi sighed and said that the later Tang Dynasty could not defeat Tubo. In fact, to put it bluntly, it was limited by logistics, food and military deployment. The Han Dynasty is also the same now. in this way.
If on the plains, a dynasty with a population of only 400,000 people dared to fight with a more courageous and wild family, why would the Han Dynasty need to work together to think about how to deal with this dynasty like now?
"What do the Fa Qiang and Qing Qiang eat up there? Aren't they all gathering their own villages? They can't continue to be nomadic." Lu Su packed up his things and began to pay attention to the issues in the snow area.
"With the Han Dynasty's cattle and sheep subsidies and highland barley cultivation, there is no problem in surviving. Of course, the most important thing is to raise geese on the plateau." Chen Xi looked at Lu Su and said, "By the way, you don't know that we raise nearly 100,000 geese in Qinghai-Tibet." A million geese?”
"No one has said this." Lu Su looked at Chen Xi and asked.
"Gese basically don't suffer from altitude sickness, especially gray geese." Chen Xi suddenly said something that Lu Su didn't understand.
This is not a joke, it is a fact. The gray geese in China are all variants of the wild geese. The two can interbreed, so the gray geese have no altitude sickness at all. The geese will not have any altitude sickness at only four or five kilometers. Change, wild geese can fly to an altitude of 10,000 meters.
So when he sent Qingqiang and Faqiang to Qinghai-Tibet, Chen Xi not only gave Qingqiang and Faqiang some seeds grown on the plateau, as well as some subsidies for cattle and sheep, but also gave them breeding geese, because these are really easy to raise. , and now it seems to be indeed successful.
It’s just that the output of Qinghai-Tibet is too low. With limited cultivated area and limited pasture and feed, the scale of goose raising cannot be large, and naturally it is impossible to get rich.
Although for Qingqiang and Faqiang, life is pretty good now. They don't have to run around or work hard to live a stable life for a year, so they take the initiative to stay close to the Han Dynasty. But for Chen Xi, this output is not at all There aren't enough troops to garrison.