The changes in the current situation made Ouyang Xuan very worried. At this time, it was November 1258. Meng Ge Khan had led 40,000 troops into Lizhou, and Niulin also followed the Yangtze River to Chongqing after the Battle of Mahujiang. Although currently

history goes

It was always the same as in his memory, but he didn't know how his arrival and the emergence of the Pili Army would change the original direction of history. Out of concern for the future anti-Mongolian cause, he decided to take the risk and go to Diaoyu City.

Trip. At present, various undertakings under the rule of the Perak Army are being promoted in a busy and steady manner. With the natural dangers of rivers such as Jinma River and Nanhe River, the Chengdu Mongolian army with weak naval strength simply did not dare to invade in a large scale. But before setting off, he still had some concerns.

business

Trade is also related to several things that need to be properly arranged for the future development of the Perak Army. Although food and agriculture are the foundation and industry is the basis for the rise of the Perak Army, trade can bring much-needed materials and people to the Perak Army, as well as intelligence information.

As one of the veterans of the Pili Army, Zhu Tiaozi saw that the army had achieved outstanding results and the businesses of various ministries were prospering, but the business and trade he was in charge of was tepid, and he was really worried. In fact, Ouyang Xuan was even more anxious than him, because currently Pili

military

The territory is small and the resources are limited, which severely limits the development of industry. Currently, the Perak Army relies on artillery fortresses and naval forces, which are more than enough to defend but not enough to attack, and are unable to expand the territory on a large scale. The Mongolian army, which suffered from the loss of strong cities and forts, also began to

East Bank of Jinma River

Of course, the artillery of the Perak Army can deal with these fortresses, but how to deal with cavalry charges during the march is a headache. There is also the issue of war costs. After all, the cost of ammunition is not low. Since there is no urgent need in our own territory

Materials can only be obtained from the outside world through trade. For future business development, Ouyang Xuan, Zhu Tiaozi and Qian Boss - now the deputy minister of the Ministry of Commerce, after several discussions, drafted three mature trade routes and three to be developed.

Business Road.

The first mature trade route was Jiading Prefecture, heading toward Xuzhou. Although Yu Xing was dissatisfied with the Pili Army, his father and son were extremely greedy for money and would never do anything like blocking trade routes. According to the provisions of the Southern Song Dynasty's civil and military divisions, leading generals were not allowed to interfere.

Finance and taxation should be handled by specialized finance and taxation officials. However, with frequent wars, the imperial governance system and system in Sichuan have long been broken, especially in western Sichuan including Jiading Prefecture and Chongqing Prefecture.

Fiscal and taxation agencies such as Salt and Iron Supervisors and Transportation Envoys. On the one hand, few officials from other places are willing to take up their posts. After all, such fertile positions are definitely not as important as their lives. On the other hand, the leading generals in various places in central Sichuan are already in a state of semi-separation, such as

Yu Xing has been the prefect for many years, and Jiading has long been regarded as private property by him. Foreign officials who do not collude with him either die violently or disappear for no apparent reason. All the business taxes collected will go into his own pocket, so how can Yu Xing not support it.

The second mature line is the southern line of the Tea Horse Road, that is, in the direction of Dajianlu. Although this line passes through Ya, Li, Diao, Yan and other prefectures, and has high mountains and dangerous roads, the Qian family has been operating here for many years and has a strong reputation.

As an agent, Zelian is the most valued by the Ministry of Commerce and Trade. Qian Bao is in charge of this route. He will focus on operating the caravan's fire salt mine in Lizhou, followed by the acquisition of war horses and the sale of other commodities.

It's not the most important thing. In order to ensure the safety of the fire salt mine, Ouyang Xuan even authorized Qian Bao to recruit three companies of soldiers locally. As for the security of Diao, Yanzhou and the grassland, Zelang's men are responsible for the security.

Recently, Zelang annexed another grassland tribe and formed an alliance with more than a dozen nearby villages through economic and trade relations. In case of war, thousands of local soldiers can be mobilized.

The third mature route is the northern line of the Tea Horse Road, which is in the direction of Wei and Maozhou. After the Perak Army captured Guankou Village, the Mongolian Army conducted several small-scale harassments, but they were all horribly bombarded by naval artillery.

In order to strengthen Guankou Village, Yu Zhu and his men worked day and night, even during the autumn harvest. After the completion of Guankou Village, it was equipped with artillery and garrison brigade troops were stationed.

With five companies and fire support from navy warships in the river, it has become a fortress with defensive capabilities as good as Hengyuan Fort. After the autumn harvest, people from Wei and Mao prefectures come to buy salt, tea, farm tools, cloth and other daily necessities.

Supplies. Although there are trails in the northwest mountainous areas of Pengzhou and Hanzhou that connect these two states, they are extremely difficult and dangerous. Going to Guankou Village is the most convenient and economical choice.

For the two states, surrendering to the Mongols is a need for survival, and doing business with the Perak Army is a need for life. There is no conflict between the two. As for the Perak Army, the two states of Wei and Mao come to do business.

It is not exclusive. After all, there are many alpine meadows in the two states, which raise the horses and mules that the Perak Army urgently needs. Moreover, because of the numerous mountains and canyons in these two states, they were not massacred by the Mongolian army. On the contrary, there was an influx of people, who were interested in commodities.

The demand is huge and the profits are considerable

Of course, if they were just doing business, Zhu Tiaozi and others could just sit and wait in Guankou Village. However, Ouyang Xuan instructed the caravan to enter the two states to do business, partly because of the need to collect intelligence to prevent a sneak attack by the Mongolian army;

On the other hand, although these two states are places where Tibetan and Han people live together, they are deeply influenced by Han culture. Although they surrendered to Mongolia, they still yearn for the Han. For example, Uncle Xie Fang, the prime minister who just stepped down, is from Taoping, Weizhou. The time is right.

We can fight for the reform of the two states.

The three trade routes to be developed are along the Yangtze River, the Yi tribes and the direction of the Dali Kingdom. Although the Southern Song Dynasty had a weak military and corrupt government, its economy and culture were extremely developed and unparalleled since ancient times. Especially along the Yangtze River

On the golden waterway, the important cities in Sichuan include Xuzhou, Luzhou, Chongqing Prefecture, and Fuzhou. Beyond the Three Gorges lies the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River plains. There are many famous cities along the coast, and you can even reach Lin'an, the richest place in this era.

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The Yi tribe is located southeast of Yazhou and Jiading Prefecture, which is the Liangshan area in later generations. This is a wild area with high mountains and dangerous roads, and is still in the stage of slash-and-burn civilization. From the perspective of agricultural civilization, there is no development value here, so although

It is located between the Dali Kingdom and the Southern Song Dynasty, but the two countries have no interest in it, so it has become a buffer zone between the two countries. There are many tribes here - Baosai tribe, Xuhen tribe, Mahu tribe, Yiniang tribe

The tribes, the Lianglin tribe...the Yi tribes attacked each other, and the families within the tribes also hated each other. Although the need for Han products here reached the level of hunger and thirst, because most of the people were poor,

They couldn't even eat enough and couldn't afford to buy anything. There was only one end for the caravan entering here - people were killed and goods were robbed. Ouyang Xuan insisted on exploring such a barbaric place because he knew that the mountains here contained too much.

of good stuff.

The direction of the Dali Kingdom is more important. On the one hand, it is for security needs. After the Mongols destroyed the Dali Kingdom, they sent the manager Wu Lianghatai, known as the God of War. He frequently invaded Sichuan from Shimenguan south of Xuzhou. The Perak Army needed to come from Dali.

Information on the direction, on the other hand, was due to mineral resources. Ouyang Xuan knew that the Dongchuan Copper Mine and Panzhihua Iron Mine, which were famous in later generations, were both within the territory of Dali.

By opening up these three routes, not only can we continuously obtain horses, copper mines and other strategic materials, but we can also recruit a large number of laborers and soldiers. With the expansion of the Perak Army, food planting, industry and mining require a large number of laborers, and after the war,

Only one in ten people in western Sichuan survives. Of course we need to encourage childbirth, but

This kind of distant water cannot solve the immediate thirst of the current labor shortage. Of course, what Ouyang Xuan hopes is to attract not only ordinary labor, but also talents from all walks of life, including soldiers. You know, Zhuge Liang's elite mountain combat troops during the Three Kingdoms period
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