No matter how grand the idea is, it is all in the future. After sending Gongsun Du away, Wang Yu still has to focus on various complicated matters.
On the one hand, he wanted to determine the details of the Northern Expedition. Before surrendering Gongsun Du, Wang Yu was worried that Gongsun Zan would be weak and unable to quickly open up the situation surrounded by wolves.
Now that Gongsun Du is responding from a distance, there is no need to worry about this. Instead, the relationship between the two must be carefully handled. Military cooperation must be explored by themselves, but the general territory or strategy direction of both sides must be planned in advance.
Make a decision clearly to avoid quarrels and fights in the future.
It is not good to draw a territory that is too big or too small. For now, Wang Yu can only confirm the principle that the two of them will advance northward at the same time, Gongsun Zan will move to the west, and Gongsun Du will move to the east.
Gongsun Zan's first target was the Xianbei tribes that were in civil strife, and Gongsun Du's first target was, of course, Goguryeo.
According to this principle, after discussing with Wang Yu, Gongsun Zan chose the plain at the northern foot of Danhan Mountain as the first foothold of the Youzhou Army. As the former royal tent of the Xianbei people, the location of Danhan Mountain was
The environment is very good. There are abundant water resources and mountains to rely on. Even if we don't consider the role of a bridgehead for southern invasion, it is still a good place for cats to winter.
The Youzhou Army occupied this place, and the Xianbei people lost their foothold to the south. If they wanted to invade south, they would either rush into the Guanqiang in one go, or they would have to remove the thorn in the side of the Youzhou Army first. No matter what choice they made, they would
Encountered a lot of trouble.
It can also be seen from this that Gongsun Zan is still a warrior who serves the country at heart. He chose Danhan Mountain as the first step in his expedition, mainly to shield the wall and become Youzhou's first line of defense.
Of course, he probably also meant to humiliate the Xianbei people by doing this. The royal tent of the grassland people is the capital of the Central Plains. If someone builds a castle next to Luoyang without permission, do you think the emperor will flip the table and jump around?
As long as this castle is built, Gongsun Zan's slap will be a heavy slap on the face of the Xianbei people. As long as they still have a trace of blood, their first target in the south can only be Gongsun Zan.
With such meaning, it is logical that the castle under construction is named Zhenyuan. The brave and skilled Youzhou athletes will rely on this to continuously attack north and west.
Coincidentally, Gongsun Du also chose to target other people's vital points. Of course, his old enemy Goguryeo was about to suffer misfortune.
When he learned about his choice, Wang Yu was not surprised, but sighed as expected.
When the Goguryeo people founded their country during the Western Han Dynasty, their capital was Heshenggu City, which was very close to Xuantu County. Their original intention was to use this as an advance base to compete with the Han Dynasty for Liaodong. Later, they suffered several losses and found that even in
In such a remote place as Liaodong, the Han army was still very strong and could not be defeated, so they had no choice but to move the capital eastward to Mazishui, which was the domestic city on the banks of the Yalu River.
Gongsundu has been eyeing this place for a long time. Of course, he did not originally intend to seize the city. He just wanted to severely injure the Goguryeo people and teach them an unforgettable lesson. Now that he is giving up his foundation in Liaodong, he naturally aims to build the city.
Got here.
Since the third year of the Western Han Dynasty, the Goguryeo people have been operating in Domestic City for nearly two hundred years and are somewhat popular. It is of course much better to grab what is already available than to start from scratch.
Of course, some people have different views on this. Tai Shici made some sour comments. The reason why Gongsun Du chose the domestic city was because his evil intentions were not dead and his eyes were still staring at the sea.
Taishi Ci's aim was not without purpose. In addition to the Ma Zi River connecting the East China Sea, when Gongsun Du visited Wang Yu for the second time, he once stared at the world map hand-drawn by Wang Yu and lamented that there are so many oceans in the world.
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According to Taishi Ci's observation, Gongsundu only had a quick glance at other places, but paid great attention to the extreme northern seaside areas in northeastern Liaodong.
Now he has ignored other strategic locations and has chosen the refuge where the Goguryeo people fled. It is obvious that he is planning to focus his future expansion on the places near the sea in the northeast. There are large forests and abundant timber resources there, which is perfect for rebuilding.
Build a navy.
As for the original sea-going ships of the Liaodong Navy, he had no intention of acquiring them. Compared with the warships in Qingzhou, those ships really didn't have much merit, so it was better to let go of them first and then have them uniformly replaced in the future.
Taishi Ci believed that we must be strictly vigilant against unstable elements like Gongsun Du, and not allow him to take advantage of any opportunities.
Of course Wang Yu wouldn't care. Healthy competition will not destroy unity, but will increase motivation. The great cause of Chinese civilization's navigation has just begun. It is meaningless to divide the spheres of influence and suppress potential competitors now. It will only fall into the bureaucracy.
The worst-case model advocated by socialism will not contribute to social progress.
He drove Gongsun Du out of Liaodong out of helplessness. At one time, he even regretted whether his decision was too hasty and whether it would be better to relocate Gongsun Du to the Bangchui Peninsula. Now Gongsun Du took the initiative to choose the Northeast to Vladivostok.
In the area around the island, it was too late for Wang Yu to be happy, so what should he be wary of?
He just laughed and teased Taishi Ci, otherwise he would hand over the Japanese island to Taishi Ci in the future, so that he and Gongsun Du could live next to each other so that he could keep a close eye on him.
Taishi Ci shook his head like he was playing a drum and said no. First, he thought that there was something wrong with Wang Yu's naming method. Why would such a disgusting name be given to such an island? If he became the owner of the Japanese island, he would
Will he be laughed to death by future generations in the future? Secondly, he felt that the Japanese island was too small to use his skills.
Wang Yu then asked, which place did he think was more suitable? Could it be that he wanted to go to Europe or Africa?
Taishi Ci smiled, raised his hand and pointed directly at America. He felt that this place was big enough and conquering it would be majestic.
Wang Yu found it very interesting.
Optimistic estimates suggest that during his and Taishi Ci's lifetimes, the Han Empire might be able to expand its sphere of influence to Europe and start a war with the Roman Empire. Historically, the Huns who migrated westward traveled for more than two hundred years before finally settling in the Danube River Basin. The Huns
It's a lost dog. With the support of the Han princes from the Central Plains, it shouldn't take that long.
But the Americas... Wang Yu believes that with the technological level of this era, it would be great to be able to explore the Americas. If you want to conquer the Americas, you will have to wait at least two to three hundred years. The distance is too far, almost across the Pacific Ocean.
Historically, Columbus's voyage to discover the New World was much farther.
Even if a fleet can arrive, we will have to wait until a fixed route is established and a large number of immigrants are immigrated in the Year of the Monkey and the Horse.
Of course, these are all things for later, and Wang Yu will not pour cold water on his trusted generals. In life, having a goal is better than having no goals at all. How can a person like Tai Shici be expected to live his whole life with a wife and children?
After all the chatting, you still have to put your energy into serious matters.
When the two armies left the fortress and marched north, there were more matters involved than usual. The organization of manpower and the deployment of material resources were handled by Zhuge Liang and other staff, so Wang Yu didn't need to worry too much, but as a monarch, he also couldn't do it alone.
Watch the excitement.
Although the method of making briquettes was not kept secret from Er Gongsun, Gongsun Zan was not interested in these things at all, and there was no one in the army who was good at making briquettes, so he just waved his hand and left all these matters to Wang Yu.
In his words, as long as a martial artist can hold a sword, it doesn't matter how the sword is made. Pengju, you just need to mark the price of these things, and it will be convenient for the men to exchange them.
Gongsun Du was not as extreme as Gongsun Zan, but after visiting the Qingzhou Army's workshop, he also gave up his original intention of making his own, and instead made a new suggestion to Wang Yu. He proposed that the craftsmen from Liaodong go to Qingzhou to stay for a while.
, it’s okay to be an apprentice in a craftsman’s workshop, it would be even better if the outstanding ones can be selected to study at Taishan Academy.
In the words of Tai Shici, Gongsun Du was like a weasel giving New Year greetings to a rooster. Before he even entered the door, his mind went astray. He didn't know that he wanted to steal a teacher, and he didn't pay the tuition...
Of course Wang Yu wouldn't care. It's not something with special technical content in the first place. If you just learn it, can you prevent someone from stealing it by hiding it? How did the Chinese copycats that became popular all over the world come from?
Qingzhou's current advantage is not one or two new technologies, but the gradual promotion of productivity after abandoning imperialism and universalizing education.
In previous lives, some people said that the reason for the lack of universal education in Chinese history was due to the limitation of productivity. But Wang Yu felt that this statement was quite nonsense. Not to mention that in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, after such a long and fierce war, almost
The largest amount of grain in Daguancang was not consumed until the middle of the Tang Dynasty!
What an amazing accumulation this is?
With so much grain, one granary would be enough to feed thousands of teachers for a lifetime, right?
Teaching in ancient times was nothing more than teachers’ words and deeds. It did not require large libraries, nor electrified classrooms or even laboratories. Is it really difficult to popularize education?
It is nothing more than the Confucian theory of governance. The people can follow it but cannot make it known. Only a comprehensive policy of obscuring the people can ensure the monopoly status of powerful officials.
With this in mind, why would Wang Yu worry about Gongsun Du stealing his example? He would not be happy to have more imitators.
Wang Yu had no excuse for these matters related to new technologies, even though he had always emphasized that he only read a lot and read a lot of anecdotes from some ancient books, and knew nothing about technology.
But although most of the craftsmen do not have high emotional intelligence, they are not fools, and no one believes Wang Yu's nonsense. On the surface, they nod and bow down, and write down all the rhetoric, but as soon as they raise their heads, they forget about it. They are enthusiastic and humble.
I asked Wang Yu for advice on how to streamline the process of briquettes, what precautions should be taken when making down jackets, and how to perfectly embed them into the assembly line...
There is no other way, since the Huang family girl is not here, Wang Yu can only bite the bullet and point out the key points.
Of course, this is just a side detail, and his main focus is still on military and national affairs. All matters in northern Xinjiang have been finalized. Although he can't get away from it for a while, his attention must be transferred to the Central Plains.
Again, no matter how grand the idea is, there is no hope of realizing it until the Central Plains is pacified. And the three opponents who are approaching hand in hand are not easy to deal with. How can we not deal with it carefully?
"Cao Cao, Sun Ce, Ma Teng..." (To be continued...)