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Volume 2: Blue threads on the road to open up the mountains and forests Chapter 839: Reopening the Silk Road

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    "Third Master, this Afghanistanshould we not take it first?" Compared to Afghanistan, Xu Ziwei and others are more optimistic about Kazakhstan. Compared with Afghanistan, Kazakhstan is a good nation in terms of combat power and population. At this time, Kazakhstan will  If Afghanistan, which is vast, populous and poor, is obtained, it will be a big burden to the northwest. The consumption of food alone is enough to bring down the war in the northwest.  "What should I say? There are too many people? Or is it for other reasons?" Regarding Central Asia, Yang Meng mostly stayed in his own impression. There are minerals there. Compared with the future, occupying the territory is much better than giving up the territory.  "There is no output! There is little rain in Afghanistan, and the farming methods are not as good as those in the Qing Dynasty. There are no particularly valuable specialties. If we enter Afghanistan now, we will pay much more than we get. Just the food supply will be enough."  It will drag down the war in the northwest to a great extent. "It is still a food problem. The northwest is different from the south of the Yangtze River. Nowadays, crops are year-round. It takes three to five times more land to feed a family than in the south of the Yangtze River. If there are no natural disasters, the northwest will have a problem."  It can also be self-sufficient, but except for a few good fields in the northwest, most of the other fields have experienced drought nine times out of ten years. The output of the land is really staggering!  "Ohthat's the truth, then let's help Du Wenxiu and others to preach. The vassal system still needs to be established. Now the vassal countries in my mind are the countries on the southeastern peninsula, North Korea, Afghanistan, and India.  , As for Kazakhstan, let¡¯s talk about the progress of the war! Among other small countries, Afghanistan is one of the vassal countries that we must build! There is no water in the northwest.  Are there many idle steam water pumps? There is a lot of coal in the northwest. If Guangzhou or Huang'e have time, they can produce a batch of more steam water pumps, so that the output of many land canal construction projects will be vigorously carried out in the northwest.  With the steam water pump, it was not impossible to achieve success back then. Now that we have the troops from Central Asia, let¡¯s stop recruiting troops in the northwest for a while and let the people in the northwest work hard to build canals. Let the people in some dry places stop farming.  "Growing some fruit trees such as walnuts and jujubes will also play a big role in regulating the Yellow River in the future!" Afghanistan's geographical location is important, and some minerals are also very valuable. Yang Meng's future plan is to try not to mine in the country.  Pushing the demand for minerals abroad, most recently to the colonies of Millenia and England.  Next are the various vassal states of the Qing Dynasty.  As for planting walnuts and jujubes in the northwest, Yang Meng had heard about this in his previous life. In order to eliminate the tobacco cultivation industry in the Golden Triangle, many countries spared no effort. Changing crops was one of the means.  The Northwest that got rich by eliminating traditional crops was a good example, so Yang Meng had heard of some. This method was not only useful in the Northwest, but also in some mountains and forests in the Southwest. Yang Meng had previously promoted bamboo forests in Yunnan.  , there are many measures to be taken after that, and now that the northwest is occupied, YangMeng has to take care of the one-third of an acre of northwest that he regards as his home.  In this way, building irrigation canals in places where water can be diverted can improve farming methods, and planting fruit trees in places where water sources are scarce can not only increase grain production in the northwest, but also reduce soil erosion in the northwest to a great extent and tame the Yellow River, which was never accomplished by later generations.  The task of opening up the Yellow River waterway is probably the work of several generations. If we start it in advance, it will save future generations less trouble, right?  "Third Master, are these khanates in Central Asia going to do the same?" Xu Ziwei also supports the construction of canals and water diversion. The three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan have done a good job in piloting. With irrigation water, grain production is guaranteed.  This irrigation canal is definitely the Yang family's biggest policy to benefit the people. It is even higher than land distribution. Whether it is Yunnan or Jiangnan, most of the land depends on the sky. With irrigation canals and drainage canals, the debt will become nine out of ten years.  There will be nine good harvests in ten years, and there will be no floods or droughts that have not happened in decades, which will not affect food production.  Xu Ziwei estimates that just relying on these irrigation canals and drainage canals, Jiangnan's first quarter of this year's food will inevitably double. Water is extremely critical for food production. Food production is not guaranteed if it depends on the sky. As long as the irrigation canals  With drainage canals all over the fields of the Qing Dynasty, Xu Ziwei can guarantee that the grain output will definitely increase two or three times compared with before these canals.  But although irrigation canals and drainage canals are good, the investment of money and manpower is extremely high. To build these two canals, you must first manage the rivers. The northwest is your own territory, so you can!  But the countries in Central Asia "Didn't I just say that? From now on, that will be the northwest of the Yang family. I will treat the people under the Yang family equally. As long as they abide by the law, I will ensure that they have enough food and clothing. No matter how big the investment is, we must  What to do!" As he spoke, Yang Meng emphasized the things that the Yang family has to offer.?, the merger of the northwest into several khanates has nothing to do with the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty is about to disappear, and if the border people recognize the Qing Dynasty, Yang Meng is asking for trouble.  "Third Master, why don't we reopen the Silk Road!" After thinking about it, Cen Yuying picked up the conversation between the two. Because of her experience in governing the Shanghai Road, Cen Yuying immediately thought of the Northwest Silk Road back then. The Northwest was a business place back then.  O place of gathering!  But I don¡¯t know when this land trade was replaced by sea trade. Cen Yuying had an idea when he mentioned the Silk Road.  "Silk Road? Okay! Yan Qing is right about this. It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them how to fish. Then reopen the Silk Road! Chief, please inform Zuo Jigao to choose some suitable ones in Northwest and Central Asia.  The lines must be flat and the roads in the desert should be explored by local people. Inform the people from the Railway Corps, Xishan and Siemens to participate in the design and construction of the northwest railway network! Isn¡¯t it necessary to build canals over there?  If it is dry and rainless, just build a temporary railway on the spot! Inform the boss to build dozens of wooden factories specializing in the production of sleepers near the mountains and forests of Tsarist Russia. When the war starts, send people directly into Tsarist Russia to cut wood!  Guangzhou and Huang'e need to prepare the machinery and steam drying equipment needed for 100 woodworking factories. The time to open the northwest railway will be the same as that of Mongolia.  Chief. You just mentioned that a large number of livestock were seized in Central Asia. "Cen Yuying's "Silk Road" export also opened up a good idea for Yang Meng.  It¡¯s really good. Whether it¡¯s Central Asia, West Asia, Tsarist Russia, or European countries, there is a demand for some products of the Qing Dynasty. In the past, the Silk Road was carried by horses and people. If there is a railway, the Silk Road will be opened again.  road.  It¡¯s also a very good source of money!  Although there are some mountains in the northwest, it is not very difficult for people today to open the mountains. Although the power of the native medicine is small, it is the same if there are more. It is still a temporary railway. It should be possible to lay such a railway in the northwest.  Not too difficult.  During the period when the railway was being built, it would be good to use mules, horses and camels to explore the road first. Thinking of the camels in the northwest and Central Asia, Yang Meng also had an idea.  If camels are used as military transport, both in terms of load capacity and durability.  Camels have advantages. If you attack Tsarist Russia, you will probably go deep into the Russian border.  Horses need to be taken care of every day. Getting a batch of camels that are resistant to hunger and thirst and are large in size can save the physical strength of the soldiers, allowing them to concentrate on killing people and looting things in Tsarist Russia, and also quickly transporting large quantities of things back to the country.  The second thing is that it is meat. A camel can't carry a horse and a half. If there is no food, this camel is also a good food!  "There should be quite a few!" Xu Ziwei didn't know about this either, so he could only respond in confusion.  "Immediately send a telegram to confirm it, and then ask them to ask if there are many camels in West Asia, and ask Jiangnan to organize a batch of silk. Since it is the Silk Road, let's reopen it with silk! Machine weaving in Jiangnan has been  It's starting to take shape. I'm planning to spread the weaving technology in the palace to Jiangnan in the past few days. Let Zuo Jigao and Du Wenxiu recruit a group of people who are skilled in weaving in Central and Western Asia.  Local people, the first batch of silk is used to explore the road. We have to take care of the second and third batches of goods. Yan Qing, your idea is really good. What do you want there?  ¡± Yang Meng¡¯s previous focus was also on maritime transportation. Compared with sea transportation, rail transportation reaches Europe faster, and Central Asia is close to Germany. Even if Yang Meng¡¯s maritime expansion is unfavorable, he can still communicate with Germany through the Silk Road  Carry out arms trade.  In today's arms industry, Yang Meng is quite confident. When the war with Tsarist Russia is over and the British colonies are almost occupied, many recipes are in Yang Meng's heart. It's not that Yang Meng doesn't want to spit them out.  But these things are too powerful, and premature exposure will easily cause European and American countries to focus on the chemical industry prematurely.  At this time, European brains were also extremely powerful. With samples, they could basically imitate them. Yang Meng had to wait until his foundation in the Qing Dynasty was consolidated before slowly putting these things into production. Perhaps after this war  , the Civil War of America and the war of the rise of Germany can be completed at the same time.  The European and American countries were fighting to the death, and the Asian countries were slowly becoming stronger. During this period, if Yang Meng could reestablish the Qing Dynasty's tribute system, an iron-clad country would take shape. In the next hundred years,  time, if you want to develop, the most important thing is oil and resources!  ¡°If the Silk Road is opened this time, Yang Meng can directly build a railway to Europe. Of course, the oil production areas in West Asia will also be??Within the coverage of the Silk Road, goods go and resources come back. What benefits will the new Silk Road and the new Eurasian Railway bring!  "Third Master, Yan Qing doesn't lack anything here!" "No! Your idea is very good! It's also timely! I ignored this trade route in the northwest before. If you hadn't reminded me, maybe this Silk Road would still be there.  He will be sleeping for decades. Chief, please plan a reward for Yan Qing. He must be generous!" Yang Meng had never thought of this Silk Road before. His focus was on the sea. If it weren't for Cen Yuying's reminder.  , this Silk Road, the resource road, is likely to remain silent for an extremely long time.  The telegraph from the capital to the northwest would take a day to go back and forth. It was helpless!  There were too many turning points. If Siemens' long-distance telegraph line could be laid, I am afraid that within an hour, the capital would be able to contact the northwest. Yang Meng was in a good mood, humming a little tune and went to the imperial city. With the Silk Road  There are many more opportunities along the way, so I want to have fun with the women in the imperial city and relax.  On the afternoon of the next day, news came from Zuo Luozi, saying that there were a lot of camels in Central and West Asia. With this news, Yang Meng became much calmer. On the first journey, in addition to surveying the route,  , Even if they lure livestock traders from West Asia to the northwest, hundreds of thousands of camels will still be difficult to satisfy Yang Meng's appetite. After all, what is about to be fought next is a war to destroy the country.  Although the Silk Road is good, it also means that Yang Meng has to invest a lot in infrastructure. Warfare, logistics, canal construction, and railways take up too much labor, and Yang Meng has to move to the northwest in large numbers.  population. From this point of view, it is necessary to promote domestic population migration. Mixed living is the way to integration. Letting one ethnic group occupy a region alone is actually differentiation. It is difficult to achieve integration. Nowadays, while Northwest and Mongolia are busy with various  When the world is in chaos, it should be a good time to immigrate in large numbers in the country.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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