The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 707 Hitting the Indian Ocean

After a long journey of thousands of miles, the southward army with strict military discipline not only carried out propaganda and demagogy, but also helped the poor and the poor to give hope to the ordinary people who were struggling.

If you have the opportunity to show it in front of the common people, the "God of War" Bodhisattva soldier must be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the political influence cannot be underestimated. When the time is right, the return of the world is not taken for granted.

Before the soldiers and horses moved the food and grass, the material preparations began immediately, and the efficiency of the river-sea combined transportation was very high.

The three-cropping rice fields in Cochin are intensively cultivated by hard-working Han people, and the government has spared no effort to invest in water conservancy facilities. The food surplus here has increased year after year.

Huang Sheng no longer has to worry about food. The convenient and fast sea transportation makes the transportation cost and loss controllable. The silo grain depots in Nantong Prefecture and Haizhou have more than one million shi of grain.

On the Yangtze River, large and small ships shuttled back and forth flying the banners of "China's Development of River-sea Combined Transport" and "Daming Caojiang Admiral". A large number of wheelbarrows and grain were sent up the river to Hankou Town, where the army started.

Such a long march is not a dream. The Mongols were able to do it more than 300 years ago. Of course, it is even more achievable with the strength of the "Nanming" system.

In order to make full use of the convenience of inland water transportation, the food supply points along the way are all chosen to be close to big rivers and cities.

Half a month later, Gu Shanhe led the two battalions of the vanguard to go south, bringing [-] young and strong bandits as labor force for the army.

They are all activists who aspire to become the "God of War", and their task is to go to Changde Mansion by Dongting Lake to establish a supply base for the army.

At that time, many people will become village heroes because of their serious work and willingness to work hard, and it is very likely that those who perform outstandingly will be selected as auxiliary soldiers.

Transportation is difficult in this era, so rare that modern people can't imagine that water transportation is the most efficient existence.

The reason why the Silk Road developed during the Tang and Han Dynasties and was gradually replaced by the Maritime Silk Road in the Song, Mongolian, Yuan, and Ming dynasties is that the road ahead was difficult and safe, and the cost was uncontrollable.

In order to improve efficiency and reduce costs, the navigable Yuanshui River, a tributary of Dongting Lake in the Yangtze River Basin, must of course be well utilized. Gu Shanhe's next task is to move southwest along the Yuanshui River and build a large supply base again at the unnavigable place.

This is Qianyang County, Yuanzhou Prefecture, and further west will enter the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, which means that transportation and supplies need to rely on wheelbarrows and pack horses.

It is unrealistic to run a four-wheeled carriage there. Only by investing heavily in infrastructure construction and building large roads in the future can the efficiency of land transportation be improved.

It doesn't matter, "Nanming" is now powerful and has enough food, a lot of labor, a lot of wheelbarrows, and a lot of horses, and the logistics work can definitely be guaranteed.

What's more, the land that is about to be recaptured has been well-managed by the Toungoo Dynasty, and the Ming army can save too much cost of marching by collecting food on the spot.

In the occupying country, there is no need to "starve to death and not plunder the common people", but to adopt the policy of saving a stone of grain for the enemy country by eating a bucket of rice from the enemy country.

It is best to feed on the enemy's country, and to support war with war. Of course, Huang Sheng would not be polite to those rebels from the Toungoo Dynasty.

Killed the people of Daming?hey-hey!Wait for the country to perish!
The "God of War" army is a conqueror, not a savior. The army will start from Yunnan and fight all the way to the Indian Ocean, connecting the land of "Nanming".

Such a war cannot be resolved quickly, and the condition for decisive victory is logistical support.

Huang Shenghui lured poor people from southwestern Daming along the way to emigrate southward with the huge temptation of giving away five acres of rice fields for free and tax exemption.

These people became transportation team members under the leadership of Xiangyong, and of course there will be too many defected bandits to join.

The unicycle is very suitable for mountain transportation. Some scientists have verified that Zhuge Liang's wooden cow and horse are actually just a unicycle.

In the future, there will be teams pushing wheelbarrows to transport food and supplies on the long mountain roads. Even if a wheelbarrow can only carry four or five stones of grain, at this time, as long as there is quantity, there will be quality. can do it.

The common people of later generations were able to use a wheelbarrow to promote the victory of the Huaihai Campaign. At that time, there were planes bombing in the sky, and home-returning regiments, bandits, and routs on the ground. The common people had to bear the food and military supplies of 80 million soldiers. They did it .

In the 12th year of Chongzhen, the Han transportation team was also able to launch a big victory that swept across Southeast Asia.

This is not just imagination, the quality of the wheelbarrows produced by "Nanming" is even better than those used by the people in the old areas during the war of liberation, because most of the wheelbarrows of the people in the old areas at that time were still made of wood.

"Nanming" has formed an assembly line for the production of unicycles. The wheels are similar to those of later generations of board wheels, and rubber pneumatic tires have been used.

Starting from the distribution center of grain and materials in Yuanzhou Prefecture, they were transported by wheelbarrow, and four strong labor partners pushed three carts full of five shi of grain to the destination for a distance of [-] miles.

Along the way, there will be a camp specially built by the logistics department as a place to stay, and there will be a store for repairing vehicles. The transport team does not need to cook their own meals, as long as they leave food for consumption.

There are ready-made rest places at night, and even boiling water can be supplied along the way.

It takes nearly two months to transport one time, and one stone of grain is consumed on the road, which means that five stones of grain are out of the warehouse, and the amount of grain arriving at the destination is four stones.

Huang Sheng has always managed scientifically. Now that he has a team and uses people's power, he will make reasonable arrangements. Therefore, it is impossible for all the wheelbarrows to travel [-] miles to reach their destination with a full load.

Of course, a combination of work and rest will be considered, and the five-day journey will be used as a transfer point to relay to the destination. The transportation team will push three vehicles with a full load for five days in a combination of four, and then spend four days pushing the empty vehicle back to continue the next transportation. .

Based on the calculation of 15 wheelbarrows running three or four times a year, the task of transporting 200 million shi of grain can be fully completed, and the transport team will not be too hard. It is happier than professional porters who carry heavy goods on the ancient tea-horse road to deliver goods to merchants too much.

This food is enough to feed nearly 100 million soldiers and civilians. Moreover, the place that is about to arrive is not a barren land. There is also food in the local area. There are fish in the river, game and delicacies in the mountains.

The country to be attacked is said to be relatively rich. Since it is not poor, there must be no shortage of food. It should not be a problem for the "Nanming" army to feed the enemy country.

Huang Sheng was not in a hurry, and the marching troops followed up one after another, and finally arrived at the assembly point of Kachin State, which should be near Bhamo in later Burma.

Kachin State has belonged to the homeland of China since the Tang, Song, and Ming Dynasties. The Tang Dynasty belonged to the territory of the Chinese local regime Nanzhao State, and the Song Dynasty belonged to the territory of the Dali State, including the Jiangxinpo area, Kandi area, and Hukang area. These places are in Manchuria. In the late Qing Dynasty, it was occupied by Britain and incorporated into British Burma.

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