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However, Tong Yehu Khan was defeated by Chen Ying when he planned to attack Liangzhou in the Tang Dynasty.With the hasty death of Tong Yehu, he did not line up the heirs of the Western Turkic Khan, thus leaving the Western Turkic Khan vacant and falling apart.In this case, Wu Nubit and Qin Yaogeluo led the tribe to guard the treasures of the Western Turks in Jinwei Mountain.
However, the vegetation in this Jinwei Mountain is very sparse, Wunubitqin Yaogeluo can't support himself at all, and there is no Western Turkic Khan to provide him with supplies.
However, Yao Geluo never reported this treasure to the Anxi Governor's Mansion.
However, Zhi Sifali, Osman and others who fled somehow knew the treasure of West Turkic, so they secretly sent someone to hold Yao Geluo hostage and ordered him to open the treasure of Western Turkic.
Fortunately, Yaogeluo's son reported the matter to the Anxi Dufu in time, and Su Dingfang led his troops to raid Jinwei Mountain at the first time, intercepting most of the Turkic treasures. However, some of the treasures were still captured. Ottoman snatched.
Chen Ying looked at Ma Zhou and asked, "How many troops are there under Osman's command now?"
Ma Zhou thought for a while and said, "According to the military newspaper, Osman never had more than 5000 troops at that time, among which there were no more than [-] or [-] high-end vehicles."
Chen Ying smiled wryly.
The tall chariots of Gaocheren are two-wheeled carriages with a wheel diameter of about four feet and a load of about [-] or even [-] catties.It is far more than a four-wheeled carriage. The key is that forty or fifty carriages loaded with gold are very powerful. Osman can steal at least forty or fifty tons of gold.
Pointing at the gold, Ma Zhou said, "We got the gold and recast it immediately. All of them are 100 taels, totaling 13 taels."
Chen Ying nodded.
In the Tang Dynasty, a catty was 680 grams, which is equivalent to nearly [-] tons of yellow catties.In addition to gold, there are also a large number of rare antique jade and gold tree silver flowers, pearls, jadeite, agate, and Hetian jade that can be called works of art. Of course, there is no shortage of fine silk and copper that can be used directly as currency. Fresh Kaiyuan Tongbao.
Kaiyuan Tongbao was cast at the end of the third year of Wude. Unexpectedly, you can see hundreds of thousands of Kaiyuan Tongbao here. You must know that Datang can only cast 60 million Kaiyuan Tongbao a year. So far, it has cast more than [-]. .
Chen Ying has never been short of money, and he is used to seeing gold, silver and jewelry for a long time, but he is still amazed.
Chen Ying thought for a while and said: "Gold and silver are just a bunch of useless precious metals. They can neither be eaten nor drunk. We can use the money we have. All the soldiers of the Anxi Army will issue four more sets each." Cold clothes, four sets of summer clothes, and three more years of military pay!"
Ma Zhou shook his head and said, "The money seems to be a lot, but it is far from enough to repair the road!"
Chen Ying said with a smile: "If such an astonishing treasure falls into my private pocket, it will never fall into my private pocket. If the benefits are shared, everyone will be happy!"
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While Chen Ying was looking into the treasury with a proud face, Lu Zhikun, the Sicang Counselor of the Anxi Protectorate Mansion who was waiting for Chen Ying to summon him in the Protectorate Mansion, was wolfing down a big hoof that was roasted shiny and fragrant. gnawing.
Originally thought that when Lu Zhikun came to Anxi, even if he did not die, his skin would peel off.After all, he used to belong to Li Shimin, and he followed Changsun Wuji to Anxi to seize power.
Later, Li Shimin failed, and Changsun Wuji was cut in half in Chang'an City. Lu Zhikun was afraid of being settled by Qiu Hou, and was terrified every day.However, Chen Ying never thought about someone like Lu Zhikun at all.
He worked hard for more than half a year, and before the officials came to arrest him, Lu Zhikun began to break his jars, eat and drink a lot every day, and used the money he had saved to take concubines crazily.During these three years, Lu Zhikun took over 800 concubines. These concubines included people from Kucha, Gaochang, Tuyuhun, and Tubo. Of course, the most were from the Persian Sasanian Empire. Beauty.He entered the bridal chamber almost every day and was the groom every night.
He ate and drank wildly almost every day, but due to too much physical exertion, he didn't gain any weight. Instead, he lost a lot of weight, and even his chin was exposed.
After eating a big elbow that weighed more than three catties, Lu Zhikun still felt a little hungry. Now that Chen Ying came, could this meal be his last.
Finally, he was summoned by Chen Ying. Lu Zhikun was wearing a scarlet official robe, but his expression was tense and his whole body shrank, showing no official authority at all.
"Lu Canjun, you don't have to be nervous. This general doesn't eat people." Chen Ying walked in with a smile, pointed to an empty seat next to Ma Zhou and said, "Are you hungry? Come and eat!"
"I...a lowly official...don't dare!" Lu Zhikun said timidly.
Chen Ying said with a smile: "You won't be worried, the general has poisoned this dish to kill you, right?"
"No, General Chen is definitely not such a person!" Lu Zhikun swallowed hard, probably really hungry, he grabbed a hoof and gnawed fiercely regardless of his image.
"Don't worry, eat slowly." Chen Yinghao sat down beside him in a leisurely manner, and watched Lu Zhikun eat with a smile.
At this moment, a burst of loud laughter came: "Where is General Chen, I miss you so much!"
It was none other than Zhang Huaiwei who had a lifelong friendship with Chen Ying.
Then, Su Dingfang, Zhang Shigui, Guo Xiaoke, Duan Zhigan and others came to the hall one after another.
Men naturally have a man's way of friendship. Chen Ying directed the servants to serve wine and food, and everyone had no scruples, and they ate and drank freely.
After that, it took about half an hour.
Everyone was full of wine and food, and they couldn't help but put down their bowls and chopsticks, staring at Chen Ying.
Chen Ying looked at the generals and said, "Originally, this general thought that this day would last for a long time, but now the time has come. Hu people are meaningless, no matter what promises they make, they are all rubbish. As long as they are strong, they will immediately tear up the agreement and directly use iron hoofs to determine the ownership of this piece of land! I have already seen these habits of the Hu people clearly. To deal with them, you can only use gold and iron horses , but cannot use moral faith!"
War, in the final analysis, is to fight for national power and strength.
Originally, if Chen Ying did not rely on Chang'an's power to launch the Great Western Expedition, it would take half a year or even longer to prepare.
However, due to the windfall, he got the treasures of the Turks, so he no longer has to worry about sending troops and military expenses.
Chapter 84 Poverty is the original sin Robbery is instinct
Chapter 84 Poverty is the original sin Robbery is instinct
In war, what is fought is national strength, and what is fought is the economy.This is an indisputable fact.
Chen Ying decided to launch the Western Expedition.In fact, these generals have been idle for three years, and they have already screamed.
As Chen Ying decided to use gold and iron horses to solve the Western Turkic issue, the eyes of the generals became eager.
Sicang joined the army and Lu Zhikun reported the current situation in Anxi to Chen Ying and the generals of the Anxi Army.
Lu Zhikun was already prepared. He didn't even need to look at the account book, and said directly: "Now, our Anxi Governor's Mansion has reclaimed a total of 260 million and [-] fertile fields."
Hearing this number, Chen Ying felt a little surprised. 260 million dumps is equivalent to ten good fields in Guanzhong. If converted into mu, it is equivalent to 700 million mu.Even if, like in Guanzhong, 260 million young and strong people are needed to cultivate 260 mu of land, it is almost equivalent to [-] million families.
If Anxi's war slaves and all kinds of slaves are counted, the population can definitely exceed 300 million.However, Anxi has tens of thousands of troops, and it is impossible for the number of young and strong people who can farm to reach 70 million.
In fact, these changes are due to Chen Ying's support for agricultural technology.
The Han people are a peculiar nation: if you give him weapons and training, he can become one of the best fighters in the world; if you give him the opportunity to do business, he can become one of the best businessmen in the world; if you give him the opportunity If you give him tools, he will become one of the best craftsmen in the world; if you give him a field to farm, he will become one of the best craftsmen in the world. Excellent farmer - bar none!
What Anxi lacks most is horses. If you are in Guanzhong, you must have a family with more than a million dollars to raise a horse.However, in Anxi, regardless of Han or Hu, almost everyone has horses and cows in their homes.
After all, plowing the land with horses is more efficient than plowing cattle.
For example, with two horses and two plows, one person can plow [-] mu of land a day, and a young man can sow [-] mu of land a day with a cow.
Even if it is a wheat harvester (an ancient large-scale wheat harvesting artifact, which is still used in some remote mountainous areas and is eight times more efficient than the traditional sickle), one person can harvest eight acres a day.
Just as no one dislikes their own wealth, farmers never dislike their own land.Inspired by the Anxi Protectorate's policy of encouraging farming, the people of Anxi, especially the peasants or refugees who migrated from the pass, have given countless enthusiasm.
A young and middle-aged man plowing a hundred acres of land is definitely a joke in the eyes of farmers.If there are no restrictions, each of them can cultivate a thousand acres of land.
Even the selected agricultural machinery invented by Chen Ying has been improved.
Compared with the double plow, there are now four double plows with six horses.Although it is a waste of the physical strength of the horse, the efficiency is only twice that of the double plow.
However, for the people of Anxi, it doesn't matter if the animals are tired anyway, and it's a big deal for them to raise a few more horses.Sixty mu of land is cultivated in one day, and six hundred mu in ten days.During a one-month farming period, nearly [-] mu of land can be cultivated.