Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 518 The Northern Incident
"Don't worry, second brother, your sister is my sister, not to mention that I watched Xiangxiang grow up... You can first arrange to go to the martial arts hall for further training. In the future, you can either join the staff of the Wuchang First Division, or stay in Jinling and become the Privy Council Chief. That's the staff department." Bai Tu promised Sun Ce.

Although many women enlisted in the military test this time, the Chu State was not prepared to actually put them into the frontline army...

If there are really heroine generals who are good at military strategy, they can be sent to the staff of each army.

"No, where is she? If she could learn military strategy, she would have learned it at home." Sun Ce shook his head after hearing this.

The Sun family is not a small family, so they have to go to the martial arts hall to learn these things.

"How about going to the medical class?" Bai Tu asked in a different way.

The advantages of female generals are mainly their carefulness, sense of responsibility, and affinity, so they will be assigned to medical and communication positions. Moreover, the existence of female generals itself is an improvement in military morale. Women joining the army not only confirms the state of Chu The Eight Strategies for the Founding of the Country, and also reflected the military and people's morale of the Chu State.

"If I were a wounded person, I wouldn't trust her to come for medical treatment." Sun Ce shook his head faster.

"Then..." Bai Tu was still hesitant.

However, Sun Ce has directly said: "I hope she will join Su Wei directly... Actually, I came this time to ask my sister-in-law for help."

As Sun Ce said, he smiled flatteringly at Lu Lingqi.

Lu Lingqi: ...

What else could Lu Lingqi say, so she could only nod her head and said: "If my second brother is at ease, then leave it to me."

Although Lu Lingqi was still very wary of the addition of a woman to Su Wei, but... Firstly, Lu Lingqi was also very familiar with Sun Shangxiang. She had already come to know him when he was six or seven years old. Secondly, Sun Shangxiang was only 14 years old this year. , with Bai Tu's character, looking at his behavior when he first met him, he knew that he would not have any thoughts towards children of this age.

If she were four or five years older, Lu Lingqi might not be able to agree so easily.

Seeing Lu Lingqi's promise, Sun Ce also settled his worries. After all, Su Wei was not in any danger and had his elder brother to take care of him. This was Sun Ce's most secure position.

As for when Su Wei is in danger?
As a tiger girl of the Sun family, Sun Ce felt that it was natural for him to suffer casualties in order to protect the King of Chu.

As for other female generals, most of them are first sent to the martial arts hall for further training. Those with talent in military strategy are assigned to the staff department. Others are assigned to the medical class, communications class, and publicity department based on their personality and expertise...

It is one thing for the emergence of heroine generals to reflect the morale of the Chu State's military and people, but it is another thing to really let people take the lead in the charge.

Even so, many scholars who came from outside the Chu State and were stationed in Jinling have looked at him sideways and did not understand this behavior of asking women to join the army, which even led to some rumors.

For example, Liu Yan, who has been admitted to Jinling University, has repeatedly criticized this behavior. Not only did he argue with other students, but he also submitted articles to major newspapers and quoted from other sources to criticize this behavior.

even……

Amid much attention, this article was published with an introduction by Mi Heng.

Mi Heng's introduction was naturally not very polite, pointing out that this was a scholar from outside the Chu State and did not recognize the symbol of Chu learning.

Moreover, Chu Xue represents the interests of the people and protects the rights and interests of women. It can be deduced that the princes outside the Chu State do not represent the interests of the people and are the enemies of the people...

When Liu Yan saw the introduction, his nose twisted in anger, but he still had some confidence in his heart. After all...if his article was indeed published, it would be seen by more people, and he would naturally be convinced. other people!
However... at this time, with the support of Chu State's national power, or the living standards of Chu people, Chu Xue's self-confidence has been established. Even if their doubts are "unclear" in the eyes of ordinary people, but... …

kindness?Do you have any opinions on Chu Xue?

That must be your fault, otherwise why wouldn't your people be able to eat meat, read books, and look down on doctors?If you want to make progress, you have to learn from us!
When Liu Yan discovered that his article was not only criticized by the scholars of Chu, but also laughed at by ordinary people, he dropped out of school and left in a rage.

As for Yang Yi and others, we should draw a clear line with him early - we are here to learn!

……

Just when Chu State's second imperial examination was over, providing more fresh blood for state and county reforms, Ling Tong, who was stationed at Liaodong Port, heard a piece of news that concerned him a little.

This news first came from Yanhou...

The original cause of the incident was that a few months ago, the Wei State successfully manufactured a new type of textile machine-the Wei spinning wheel.

Although he had only heard about some structural features, Ling Tong felt that this should be an improved version of Chu's textile machine!

In contrast, the Chu State's textile looms do not have such a high level of confidentiality. If someone is really determined to study in the Chu State, it is normal for them to be brought back to the Wei State. The Skilled Craftsman Camp of the Wei State is already good at "improvement" .

Ling Tong also believed that he did not need to report this kind of thing, and the Fengwei must have received the news long ago.

But then, this incident triggered a chain reaction!

In Xianbei and Wuhuan in the east, and even in Goguryeo in the east, tribes were repeatedly plundered, and a large number of tribesmen were robbed, and their cattle and sheep were robbed...

In the end, the Marquis of Yan was even alarmed - after all, the Marquis of Yan, the former Gongsun family of Liaodong, although they had always used force to overwhelm the foreign races of Wuhuan, Xianbei, Goguryeo, and Fuyu, they were also nominally the leader of the northern Youzhou alliance. , the mediator of conflicts.

Although this was just a way for the Gongsun family to dominate Liaodong, now that they really couldn't handle it, they naturally came to Gongsun Kang to "justice".

After a little tracking, I found that these small slave-catching teams basically came from the Wei State...

Therefore, Gongsun Kang sent an envoy to the State of Wei to persuade the State of Wei to stop this behavior - in essence, Gongsun Kang did not dare to fall out with the State of Wei, not to mention... The State of Wei is now only targeting those foreign races in the north and northeast. If he doesn't care, he will just Damaging Gongsun's prestige among foreign tribes is not a direct attack on himself.

However, Wei directly denied sending troops and ordered Gongsun to stop slandering...

Later, after further investigation, I found that this was indeed the case...how strange!
It is true that these slave-catching teams, ranging from dozens to thousands of people, are not the regular army of the Wei State, but the private soldiers of the northern gentry. However...can you explain why there are Ji Zao soldiers among these private soldiers? , is it even equipped with plate armor?

Of course, even so, the Gongsun family did not dare to confront the Wei State head-on. After the Wei State showed toughness, Gongsun Kang only perfunctorily appeased the leaders of each tribe.

Although Gongsun Kang was domineering, Wuhuan, Xianbei... even his brother-in-law's Fuyu country were not considered his own in his eyes.

But later, the scope of action of Wei's slave-catching team even spread from the sea to Sanhan in the southern part of the Fried Seafood Peninsula...

Some wealthy families directly used their own fleets to go to Sanhan to plunder the labor force. Some even directly took root in the local area and established armed sweatshops.

Some Sanhan people who came to Liaodong to do business were also robbed on the way. After the rest arrived at the port, they reported to the Chu garrison.

There were several times when Ling Tong immediately ordered troops to chase after measuring the time and speed...

Those northern nobles did not dare to fight with Chu's fleet. If they were blocked by Chu, they would usually let them go directly. They would also restrain themselves within the range of Chu's cruise, but... the ocean was too big, and When they were in Sanhan, Chu State couldn't control it, and it couldn't search the ships that didn't dock at the two ports in Liaodong.

Ling Cao thought of the earnest teachings of the King of Chu and General Taishi, and thought that although the Wei State did not dare to take action against other Han people, it was also detrimental to the righteousness and contrary to Chu learning. People report this.

As for when the news reached Bai Tu...

It was indeed as Ling Cao thought - Bai Tu had already obtained more specific information from the Wind Guards.

After all, it's okay that Huang Tianji has never been found. If he didn't even know about such a large-scale operation by Wei State, then Taishi Ci would probably feel guilty and resign.

However, Ling Cao's report focused more on the Sanhan, Fuyu and other tribes' feelings about Wei's move...

Catching Wind Guard's report was more focused on the internal situation of the Wei State - after all, for the vast and sparsely populated tribes in the north, Catching Wind Guard was not very important in terms of importance or difficulty of lurking. would pay too much attention to it, but the civil trends of Wei people have always been the focus of monitoring.

In fact, at the beginning of this year, Qiaojiangying copied and improved Chu's textile machines - after all, such purely mechanical products can be easily copied...

Because there is a lack of upland cotton that can better exert the performance of the textile machine, and only spinning yarn and linen, the utilization efficiency of multi-spindle textile machines in Chu State is not high, but it is also very common among the people. If you really make up your mind to spy, It is simply impossible to keep it secret.

After the Wei State obtained improved textile machines, it also imitated the Chu State's workshop tax and shared the technology for a fee - similar to the situation in Jiangdong at the time. Adding a new tax would cause resentment, but opening up a new industry, and It's much easier to live with if the tax is imposed from the start.

Therefore, wealthy families in the north focused on wool, which was more suitable for weaving and more resistant to the cold, as well as... "free labor."

In the past, for wealthy people from aristocratic families, these alien races were of no use, they were wild and untamable, and they did not know how to farm. Besides, there were plenty of farmers to farm the land.

The current shortage of labor force and the operability of textile machines, coupled with the fact that the Wei State has liberalized the private purchase rights of some ordnance in disguise, and even allowed a small number of Ji Zao soldiers to be converted into domestic soldiers... even more tempted them to start stirring up trouble in the north. !
An ordinary small tribe can be swept away by dozens of plate-armored cavalry, and a medium-sized tribe cannot stop hundreds of plate-armored cavalry. They will directly kill or overdraw adult men, take away cattle and sheep, and capture women and children to work as laborers...

As for large tribes?

Directly use large amounts of woolen fabrics to trade cattle, sheep, and even slave populations with them to achieve a "virtuous cycle."

The direct impact on Chu State has also been revealed - in the north, the bottom market of Chu State's Jiangdong brocade and cloth was quickly squeezed.

Compared with Chu State, the cost of Wei State's blood-stained woolen industry is indeed low enough, and wool is more resistant to cold and suitable for the north...

(End of this chapter)