The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

"I didn't expect that a small village in Yunxi County could have so much food and money."

Chen Gong looked at the booklet in his hand and felt a little unbelievable. To be honest, what he gained this time was indeed beyond his expectation.

In addition to more than 2 stones of grain, there are also more than 2 taels of silver.

The annual military expenditure gap is about 10 taels, which is more than 2 taels per quarter.

The military expenditure issue for this quarter has now been solved directly, which surprised Chen Gong.

Compared to Chen Gong who couldn't believe it, Chen Wang didn't feel surprised at all when faced with such a harvest.

"The ancients said that Su Changshu is enough for the world, but now many places in Su Changshu and other places are planting mulberry and cotton in exchange for money, and the output of grain is declining year by year. In Huguang, with the prosperity of the population and the increase of acres of land, the output of grain and rice is gradually increasing. rise."

"Yunyang is connected in all directions. There are many merchants and it is naturally rich. The money is not bad. Have you forgotten that the card we set up in Hanzhong Mansion? The annual profit from the tariff alone is almost the same as selling private salt?"

Huguang is a land of fish and rice, with a unique geographical climate. Historically, after the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Huguang officially became the largest producer.

In the early Qing Dynasty, it is not an exaggeration to say that if Huguang is well-known, the world is rich.

Naturally, you wouldn’t have this kind of harvest in ordinary villages in Shaanxi, but this is Huguang.

The reason for being able to harvest such food and money is simple.

There is a lot of food because Huguang is a land of plenty, and its food output is higher than in many places.

And now that the world is in turmoil, wealthy gentry everywhere who are powerful will hoard food to prepare for emergencies.

The reason for the abundance of silver is simpler. In the late Ming Dynasty, the landowners and gentry received silver, except for part of it that was used for luxurious living expenses. Most of the silver was stored.

What's more, they will melt things like gold and silver into large ones like winter melons. The winter melons made of silver are very heavy, each weighing hundreds of kilograms, which can effectively prevent thieves.

"As expected, it is a gold belt for murder and arson. A horse will not grow fat without night and grass, and a person will not be rich without windfall. What you said, brother, is absolutely correct."

Chen Gong was beaming with joy at this time, in a good mood, and said with a smile.

"Twenty thousand pieces of silver, twenty thousand shi of grain, the most profitable business in the world is still a business without capital."

Chen Wang looked as usual, not as happy as Chen Gong.

Since the power is in hand, the world can be driven. The reason why we can do this unfounded business is that in the final analysis, it is the power in our hands.

Yang Sichang led his troops to Xiangyang, and Zheng Chongjian led his troops to Henan. Now the entire Yunyang and Hanzhong prefectures are under his control. He has no control over civil affairs, but all military affairs, big and small, are under his control. In his thoughts.

Although the common people did not have much money in their hands, after all, there were so many of them that when they gathered together, the amount of grain, grass, gold and silver that could be plundered from the hands of these wealthy gentry was probably no less than that of the wealthy gentry alone.

"It is easy to do business without capital, but it is not the right way after all."

Chen Wang was very sober and did not lose his mind because of this.

Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, Zuo Liangyu and others in history are examples of this.

A large amount of money was collected in the early stage, which resulted in it having a large amount of start-up capital, which enabled it to grow and prosper.

However, as the gold and silver collected from the savings were gradually used up, the shortcomings within were gradually exposed. Eventually, the entire force was affected and began to disintegrate.

"If you sit back, you will be devastated. Even if you are sitting on a mountain of gold and silver, if there is no progress, you will eventually reach the end of the mountain."

"Withhold the money used for military expenses this quarter, and transport all the remaining money and food back to Hanzhong Mansion. The development of Hanzhong Mansion must not be stopped."

"The Hanzhong Mansion internally asked Wang Yuankang to continue digging deep wells and building dams, waterwheels, water storage ponds and other hydraulic projects according to the original plan."

Next year will be the 13th year of Chongzhen. A drought that is more serious than that in 12th year will sweep through most of Hanzhong Prefecture. The drought will lead to large-scale famine in Hanzhong.

Some smaller tributaries of the Han River were even cut off, and only the land on both sides of the Han River was less affected.

To minimize the risk of disasters, the only way is to build water conservancy projects and make preparations in advance.

As long as it survived the 13-year drought in Chongzhen, it was no longer troubled by drought in the next hundred years, and was only threatened by floods in the subsequent years.

The construction of water conservancy projects can not only solve the problem of drought, but also reduce the impact of water logging, killing two birds with one stone.

"Don't worry, brother, I'm supervising everything in Hanzhong Mansion."

Chen Gong looked slightly solemn. He always carried out the things ordered by Chen Wang unswervingly.

Chen Wang nodded slightly and relaxed a lot.

If the current situation continues, the 13-year drought will not have much impact on the area under his control.

But for ordinary people, it is still a disaster.

But this is an opportunity for Chen Wang, an opportunity to include all these victims and refugees.

This year's famine in Henan has caused a large number of victims from Henan to flood into the territory of Yunxiang, and many of them passed through Yunyang Prefecture and entered the territory of Hanzhong Prefecture.

Many of the victims who flowed into Hanzhong Prefecture from Henan were left by Du Wugang in Xing'an Qianhu Residence. Naturally, what Du Wugang did was under Chen Wang's instruction.

Because Xing'an Shouyu Qianhu Station absorbed those ownerless fields, it has always had a vast land with few people, and many acres of land are uncultivated.

"What happened in the north of Yunyang will soon reach the ears of Yang Sichang. He asked me to take charge of Hanzhong and Yunyang. Now that there is chaos in the north of Yunyang, I must send troops north to give an explanation."

"When I lead the troops to the north, you will continue to lead the troops to stay in Xing'an and take control of one guard and two stations in Hanzhong Mansion for me."

Regarding future development, Chen Wang had already planned everything when he went south.

"How's the situation down south?"

The current situation is quite different from the original process in history.

Zhang Xianzhong did not break through Baituguan, nor did he enter Xing'an, so his route into Sichuan became longer, and his progress was much behind what it had been in history.

Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai parted ways soon after they joined forces and entered Sichuan.

Zhang Xianzhong led his elite troops around Wushan, passed Fengjie, and passed through Yunyang to the west of Kuizhou Prefecture.

At this time, eastern Sichuan was short of troops due to the successive deployment of troops by Yang Sichang.

Zhang Xianzhong was unstoppable along the way, defeating the Sichuan soldiers' defenses one after another. The soldiers in eastern Sichuan could only defend the city and not be able to get out.

Luo Rucai, on the other hand, took advantage of the air raid and led his troops through the undefended east of Wushan and headed straight for Badong in Jingzhou Prefecture.

Yang Sichang had earlier ordered Shao Jiechun to prevent the rogue bandits from entering Jingzhou Prefecture, but Shao Jiechun did not follow the order in order to guard the east of Sichuan.

At that time, according to the imperial decree, if the city was lost, the governor would be punished.

Yang Sichang's plan was to take the initiative to let the bandits enter Sichuan and use Sichuan as a prison to suppress the rogue bandits.

This is indeed beneficial to Yang Sichang, but in Shao Jiechun's view, as the Sichuan governor, once the rogue bandits break through the city and cause massacres, he, the newly appointed Sichuan governor, will lose his official position.

Shao Jiechun's disobedience of orders directly caused Luo Rucai to divert into Jingzhou Mansion.

At this time, in Jingzhou Mansion, the Ming army only had two battalions of Yang Shien and Luo Anbang with just over [-] soldiers and horses.

These are all messages sent from the south in early November. Chen Wang has been busy reorganizing the troops and dealing with internal affairs of Hanzhong Mansion during this time, so he has no time to concentrate.

So let Chen Gong help pay attention to the situation in the south.

"In mid-November, Luo Rucai changed his route and entered Jingzhou Prefecture, plundered Badong and killed all the local gentry."

"The latest news from Tang Dynasty is that Luo Rucai has led his troops to reach Xingshan and the Yuan'an area. They occupy the mountain as a camp, mark the land as a fortress, and point their troops directly at Yiling."

"Xingshan?"

Chen Wang's eyes narrowed slightly. The situation in Jingzhou Mansion today is not much different from that in history.

Luo Rucai led the troops into Jingzhou Prefecture, and Yang Sichang ordered Huguang Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang Shien and Jingmen Guards Luo Anbang to lead troops to rescue.

However, there was no Huiden beside Luo Rucai at this time.

Prime Minister Hui Deng rebelled several times in history, but because of his intervention, today's Prime Minister Hui Deng honestly did not rebel. He even followed King Qin to the north and later returned to Shaanxi with the soldiers and horses of Shaanxi. He did not rebel with Luo Rucai.

Now Prime Minister Hui Deng is serving under Zheng Chongjian, following Zheng Chongjian in suppressing the unrest in Henan.

Luo Rucai does not have the help of Prime Minister Hui Deng this time, but he may still be able to defeat Yang Shien and Luo Anbang.

After all, Yang Shien and Luo Anbang only had four thousand soldiers and horses under their command, which was still too few after all.

There was no chance that they could stop Luo Rucai.

"Where is Zhang Xianzhong now?"

Luo Rucai will be entrenched in Jingzhou Mansion for a long time, so Luo Rucai is not important now.

Compared with Luo Rucai, Chen Wang was more concerned about where Zhang Xianzhong was now.

"The latest news is that five days ago, Zhang Xianzhong's troops passed through Kaixian and headed towards Xinning, west of Kaixian. The Sichuan troops along the way were unable to resist and were defeated by them."

"Kaixian, Xinning."

Chen Wang's eyes flickered. From the autumn and winter of the 12th year of Chongzhen to the spring of the 13th year of Chongzhen, he didn't know much about the time when Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai raised the flag of righteousness again.

He only remembered that Luo Rucai defeated Yang Shien and Luo Anbang in Jingzhou Prefecture, causing Huguang Governor Fang Kongzhen to be dismissed from office.

Zhang Xianzhong, on the other hand, rushed to Sichuan after withdrawing from the siege of Xing'an.

In the first month of the 13th year, he was defeated by Zuo Liangyu at Kuping Pass, and then he was besieged by Zuo Liangyu at Manao Mountain in Taiping County, Kuizhou Prefecture, Sichuan.

Chen Wang only remembered these few major events.

A single move affects the whole body, and many things have been changed.

But it seems that Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's plans did not change much because of his interference.

Zhang Xianzhong now leads his troops straight to the west of Kuizhou Prefecture, once again making a gesture of entering Hanzhong Prefecture, so as to attract Yang Sichang's attention again.

Luo Rucai also fought fiercely in Jingzhou Mansion, attracting Yang Sichang to lead an attack.

Chen Wang stroked the jade (shè) in his hand, and then cast his eyes on the map of the three prefectures hanging not far in front.

Because of his intervention, Zuo Liangyu is still just an ordinary general soldier, and does not bear the seal of general.

He is the one who bears the seal of General Ping, and he is also the one responsible for guarding Hanzhong Mansion.

The position occupied by Chen Wang now is the position occupied by Zuo Liangyu in history.

As early as this moment, the direction of history will already take a completely different path.

The mountains and terrain on the map changed in Chen Wang's eyes.

The cities and passes also changed as Chen Wang's eyes wandered.

"Taiping County..."

Chen Wang stared at the map. It was impossible for him to let Zhang Xianzhong lead his troops into Hanzhong Mansion. There would definitely be a battle by then.

However, unlike history, because the military strength in eastern Sichuan was weak at first, Zhang Xianzhong was unstoppable and did not encounter much resistance.

But this time, Zhang Xianzhong will encounter obstacles on his way north.

All of this was already in Chen Wang's plan.

Calculating the time, Chen Yilong and Wu Shenghua's more than [-] Sichuan soldiers who rushed south for reinforcements may have arrived near Dazhou in Kuizhou Prefecture at this time.

Dazhou is Zhang Xianzhong’s next battle after passing through Xinning.

The more than [-] Sichuan soldiers led by Chen Yilong and Wu Shenghua should have set up defenses in Dazhou now, waiting for Zhang Xianzhong to hit him head-on.

I don't know how wonderful Zhang Xianzhong's face will be when he leads his troops into Dazhou and sees Chen Yilong and Wu Shenghua.

Faced with such a situation, how would Zhang Xianzhong choose? Will he continue heading north or turn around and return.

Chen Yilong and Wu Shenghuahe can block Zhang Xianzhong, but they still can't block Zhang Xianzhong.

All of this is unknown now.

Chen Wang slowly stood up and stood on the chessboard earlier than expected.

The world has already changed beyond recognition because of his arrival, and the future has gradually turned from clear to unclear.

Chen Wang's advantages, his understanding of the future and his understanding of history, are gradually disappearing.

But in Chen Wang's heart, there was no fear of the unknown future.

Being timid and looking forward and backward has never been Chen Wang's style.

"The rogue bandits in the southern mountains of Fang County will not make many moves, but we still need to be careful and guard against them immediately."

Chen Wang's back was straight and his momentum was high.

"The war in the south cannot affect Hanzhong and Yunyang for the time being."

He is no longer the student who immerses himself in books all day long.

He is no longer the servant who only has bravery but no military strategy.

Chen Wang's eyes were bright and firm.

If everything follows the original trajectory, then what is the meaning of everything he does?
What if we lose our prophet of the future?
The future is exciting precisely because it is unknown!
Look at Wanshan red all over, and the forests are all dyed;

The eagle hits the sky, the fish is shallow, and the tens of thousands of frosts are free.

It is still unclear who controls the world in this domain!
My cold is much better, but my mind is still a little messy. The quality of articles may have declined recently, and the update time is very late. I will try my best to code and try to add updates after I get better.