Preparations for war against Mitsukoshi have begun.
At the very beginning, it was about adjusting the officials of various counties surrounding Mitsukoshi.
A group of officials with strong abilities and experience in war logistics were assigned to various counties to make preliminary preparations.
What they have to do is not to hoard food and grass, but to find the most basic people to arrange guides to draw Mitsukoshi maps, build warehouses to store military supplies in various places, build roads in mountains and rivers, build bridges and repair roads, and clean up possible Mitsukoshi spies in the territory.
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Prepare medicinal materials to deal with mosquito infestations, etc.
A war, especially a war to annihilate a country, is not the kind in some novels. The protagonist slaps his head and shouts, "I will destroy your whole family~~~" and then takes half a million cavalry with no preparation and no intention.
If you need a road, just drive there and sweep across any terrain.
of enemies.
Such things only exist in the fantasy world and can be accomplished with magic.
In the real world, even if it is just a grain of corn, if you want to transport it to the front line, you must be fully prepared.
Because Li Yunze wanted to use unprecedented maritime tactics, early preparations also included building a navy in Kuaiji County.
Of course, most of the preliminary preparations have been completed.
Things like digging docks, building shipyards, finding and transporting timber that is qualified for shipbuilding, and especially the extremely important and long process of drying in the shade, have all been completed ahead of schedule.
So when Li Danghu arrived, there was already a bustling scene of building sea-going ships.
"Du Jian."
Li Danghu called the superintendent of the shipyard and asked, "How many ships and people does X's navy have now?"
Judging from the technological level of this era, naturally they can only be called navy troops.
Let alone the navy, it is not even worthy of the title of navy.
"Reply to the Governor." The Governor saluted and responded, "We have sent out four large ships with 400 materials and six small ships with 200 materials. As for the warships, they have not been built yet. There are thousands of shipwrights and sailors recruited from all over the country.
, there are two thousand boatmen in the middle building of the county."
Material is the unit used in Chinese shipbuilding. A sea-going ship made of 400 materials is basically an improved drawing of a fuchuan or a sandship. Its displacement ranges from 260 tons to 280 tons.
As for the most important load capacity, it is over 180 tons.
One stone made in the Han Dynasty weighed one hundred and twenty kilograms, and if converted into modern terms, one kilogram in the Han Dynasty would be two hundred and fifty grams, which is half a kilogram.
This conversion means that a large ship with 400 tons of food can transport more than 6,000 dan of grain at a time.
Don't think it's small, it's definitely a huge thing in this era.
As for the small sea-going ship that costs 200 materials, there is no need to say more, just cut it in half.
It's not that we can't get a bigger ship, it's actually difficult.
The first is the difficulty of construction.
The Han Dynasty did not have as many high-quality talents as later generations. He could talk about mathematics, physics and chemistry, draw drawings in minutes, and basically understood all kinds of knowledge.
Most of the people in this era were illiterate, and the technical level of large ships was also high, so it was difficult for them to understand the difficulty of getting started.
And it is impossible for a very small number of high-quality talents to come here to build ships. Therefore, from a technical level, it is not impossible to build very large ships, but it will take geometric times of time and energy, plus manpower and material resources.
Just like the He that had a good life in his childhood, if he had the time, energy, manpower and material resources to build this thing, if he could build a few aircraft carriers, the effect would be completely different.
Secondly, the infrastructure construction in this era is basically equivalent to nothing.
Except for Qinzhidao, official roads in various places, and a few large cities, there is basically no such thing as infrastructure in other places.
There is no such thing as a harbor on the seaside, at most there are some small fishing villages.
As for the supporting facilities of various seaports, they are even more fanciful and have never been heard of.
If there are several plank roads that go deep into the sea, this is a world-famous port.
Without a suitable port, it will be useless no matter how big the sea-going ship is, because it will not be able to rely on it due to draft volume and other reasons.
If it is docked far away from the shore and only relies on small boats for transportation, it is not as convenient as building smaller boats.
Precisely because there are many problems, there is no room for oversized ships to appear now.
Arriving at the government office, Li Danghu browsed through relevant information on ship construction.
"Brother." Li Gan said impatiently, "Let's go see the soldiers and horses first."
Li Danghu looked up at his younger brother and pointed at a pile of information beside him, "Sit down and memorize all of this for me."
This is not a time for the rituals and music of later generations... ahem, it is an era of indifference to family ties.
As the saying goes, an elder brother is like a father. When Li Guang is not here, Li Danghu can play the role of half of Li Gan's father.
Li Gan had a bad temper, but when facing his elder brother, he could only sit down obediently and look through the information with a frown on his face.
When I looked at it, I saw that the sky was turning dark.
Li Danghu shook his neck, stood up and called to Li Gan, who looked hopeless, "Let's go and see the navy soldiers."
There is a barracks belonging to the navy outside the official office. When you enter the camp, you will see many sailors splashing around in a large pool in the camp.
Li Gan asked the village chief on the side curiously, "What is this for?"
"Colonel." The village chief responded hurriedly, "These are the new recruits practicing swimming."
As a sailor, the most important skill is naturally swimming.
If you're on a boat and you can't swim, if something goes wrong and you fall into the water, you'll be gone after just a few flops.
But if you know how to swim, you can persist for a long time until you are rescued or simply swim to the shore.
Of course, if the temperature is low in winter, it will only take less than a quarter of an hour.
Li Gan stepped forward and stood on the shore to watch with great interest. The scene of dozens of people splashing around in the pool was also quite interesting.
While he was watching this interestingly, he suddenly heard his elder brother's voice coming from behind him, "You don't seem to know how to swim?"
Li Gan responded without looking back, "What's the matter if I don't know how to swim? I ride a horse and fight... eh?!"
Before he finished speaking, he felt an irresistible impact on his buttocks. He immediately waved his arms like a bastard and jumped directly into the pool in front of him.
‘Gululu~~~I don’t know how to drink~~~Gululu~~~’
Li Gan, who struggled desperately, lost his head after a short effort.
Fortunately, he was pulled up by the sailors around him and pushed to the shore, where he vomited and vomited desperately.
He looked up sadly and angrily at his brother, Li Danghu, who kicked him into the water, "Why is this?"
"Of course I want you to learn how to float." Li Danghu said with a smile. "Since you and I have joined the navy, we can put aside the matter of riding horses and fighting for the time being. But if you don't know how to swim, then what's the point of being able to swim?"
military?"
This was indeed true, but Li Gan shouted angrily, "Then you have to wait for me to take off the armor first!"
Wearing armor and weapons, he was kicked into the water. If it weren't for the rescue of many boatmen, he would never have been able to get out.
Li Danghu touched his nose in embarrassment, "You made a mistake. Next time I kick you, I will make you strip naked first."
Chang'an City, Weiyang Palace.
It was the autumn harvest of another year, and Li Yunze was sitting in the Xuanshi Hall, reading through the many official documents sent from various counties and counties.
The weather has been good in the past two years, and this year's autumn harvest grain output is even more than last year.
After Li Yunze paid attention to the output, he focused his attention on Changping warehouses in various places.
When Changpingcang was established last year, it was already after the autumn harvest.
Due to restrictions on information dissemination and movement speed, it is only implemented in parts of Guanzhong near Chang'an City.
After a year of strong support and arrangements, basically all counties and counties built Changpingcang by collecting corvees.
Now is the time when Chang Ping Cang really comes into play.
The first thing Li Yunze read was the memorials and official documents from the various inspections of the Shaofu. Where did they cut corners and play tricks on the emperor, where did corruption appear, where did powerful officials take action openly or covertly, etc.
After reading the inspection memorials, Li Yunze also compared the memorials secretly investigated by the embroidered guards to avoid being deceived.
Because Li Yunze handed over Chang Pingcang to the control of the Shaofu, the imperial court had no share of the money, so naturally it would not pay too much attention to it.
Cutting corners and even going against the rules are naturally inevitable.
Regarding these, Li Yunze's disposal arrangements are very simple, and he is directly dismissed from office.
If you don't want to do it, then don't do it and go home to farm and teach. Anyway, local schools are in urgent need of educated people like them to be teachers.
As for those who were greedy for ink, it was even simpler. Li Yunze didn't even bother to review it and directly asked the officials to forward it to Zhang Tang's Yushitai.
Considering Zhang Tang's character as a cruel official, he definitely acted in strict accordance with Han laws. Basically, these people could not escape the fate of being a quickie.
As for the overt and covert actions of local powerful men to oppress farmers, such matters were also too lazy to review and were directly handed over to Zhidu of the Ministry of Punishment.
After finishing the work of changing the state of Yan from a feudal state to a county, and moving a large number of people to the new city of Chang'an, Zhidu finally returned to Chang'an City to do his job.
If these powerful criminals fell into the hands of Zhidu, there would naturally be nothing to say about their consequences. There are too many lessons to be learned from the past.
After finishing the affairs of Autumn Harvest and Chang Pingcang, Li Yunze finally summoned Gongsun Ao and asked about the preparations for quelling Mitsukoshi.
Gongsun Ao was not stupid. He naturally understood that the emperor was urging him. After doing so much preparation, it was time to start.
"His Majesty."
Gongsun Ao said respectfully, "After the autumn harvest, the warehouses in various places are full of food and grass. I have enough food and grass for my expedition to Mitsukoshi. It is time to send troops."
"Um."
Li Yunze nodded with satisfaction, "When do you plan to start the war?"
"I believe that it will take some time for troops from all over the country to arrive at the front line, especially to transport grain and grass supplies to Kuaiji County and other places." Gongsun Ao naturally responded with a well-prepared answer, "We should start the war before next year's spring plowing."
As soon as he said these words, Li Yunze understood his intention.
Before Huo Qubing came into being, there were no blitzes or great detours these days.
War is a face-to-face confrontation of consumption and attack, and it is common to fight for several years.
Such as the battle of Changping, the battle of Wang Jian to destroy Chu, etc. This is the case.
Gongsun Ao wanted to launch an offensive against Mitsukoshi during spring plowing. There was only one reason, and that was to destroy Mitsukoshi's spring plowing.
Although the land of Mitsukoshi is dominated by mountains and forests, farming civilization is farming civilization, and planting is still the main industry.
Once the spring plowing is affected due to harvest, then there will be starvation all over the land during the autumn harvest.
Mitsukoshi couldn't afford it, but the big man could afford it.
The Han Dynasty had a lot of food, so as long as it could be transported to the front line, they could have as much as they wanted, so they naturally had no fear of any impact.
This is the tragedy of a small country, which cannot consume others.
Regarding Gongsun Ao's plan, Li Yunze nodded, "Yes."