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Chapter 1583 Before the War (1)

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    The sound of sharpening knives in the Han Dynasty could naturally be heard clearly by Qi Qu Qi Diao.  Throughout the summer, the Qiang people in the Gaolan Mountains were frantically fleeing westward and southward, and some even fled directly into the depths of the Qilian Mountains.  There are rumors in various ministries that there are some crazy and bloodthirsty servants in the Han Dynasty who fight cruelly.  Those terrifying barbarians who call themselves "Bo" and "Zuo" can even follow the smell and traces, travel hundreds of miles deep in the mountains, and find a Qiang tribe hidden in a valley or on the edge of a cliff.  At the same time, the Han Dynasty people also built many large granaries on the plain in front of Gaolan Mountain.  Countless carriages brought loads of grain and grass into these granaries from afar.  On the other hand, the Han Dynasty people were still driving tens of thousands of captured Qiang people to harvest and dry a large number of fresh grass in the grasslands and wetlands, making clear their plans to build a city and take root in Gaolan Mountain.  Once the Han Dynasty people complete the city building plan.  " Then, the Han Dynasty people can drive a nail into Gaolan Mountain.  Firmly secure the entire vast area east of Gaolan Mountain.  This made the Western Huns and even the Northern Huns feel uncomfortable.  Because Gaolan Mountain is actually part of the Hexi Corridor.  This long and narrow passage extending from southeast to northwest is a masterpiece of the earth¡¯s crustal movement over hundreds of millions of years!  The uplift of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has pushed up the top of the Qilian Mountains, with an average altitude of nearly four thousand meters.  The majestic Qilian Mountains stand in the south of this passage, and naturally form this link that connects the Loess Plateau and the Tarim plateau from east to west, and connects the Mongolian Plateau and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the north and south.  The uplift of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau prevents the moist air from the Indian Ocean from passing through, forming large areas of Gobi and desert in the northwest. Fortunately, there are monsoons from the Pacific Ocean.  ?Blowed by the monsoon, this corridor has abundant mountain rainfall.  Abundant rainfall has caused the mountains in this corridor to be eroded by rain and sand over tens of millions of years.  Formed a miraculous natural landscape.  This also forms the uniqueness of the Hexi Corridor.  There are mountains, plains, lakes, rivers, and even the Gobi Desert here.  When the Huns came here for the first time, they were shocked by the beautiful scenery and high mountains.  I thought this was the closest place to the gods.  Therefore, the arc-shaped mountain range at the southern end of this corridor was named ¡®Qilian¡¯.  It means heaven and Tianshan.  And Heli Mountain is the eastern pass of this corridor.  It is also the only place to go out of Beidi County and go to the Hexi Corridor.  It also guards the throat between the Mongolian Plateau, Loess Plateau and Tarim Basin.  Since ancient times, this place, together with Longshou Mountain in the west and Xingxing Gorge in the north, has formed the choke point of the Hexi Corridor.  Now, this place has fallen into the hands of the Han family.  In the first two years, the Han Dynasty had no time to take care of this place.  But starting this year, heroes from Chang'an, Guanzhong, and Beidi counties settled in.  People are surprised to find that in Guzang Mountain, in Heli Mountain, on the banks of oases and rivers, there are patches of fertile land, with vast stretches of wilderness.  These places are all excellent farming places!  The officers from all departments were all smiling happily.  ??Immediately call on friends to pass all kinds of information and intelligence back to their hometown.  The land plot deeply ingrained in the Chinese people¡¯s bones makes it impossible for them to stop themselves from doing this.  At the same time, a large number of Qiang prisoners were driven by them to open up channels on the fertile soil.  The gurgling water is introduced into the fertile fields and irrigates the surrounding land.  Weeds and shrubs were eradicated, and flat areas of land were plowed.  In the past four months, the Han army's tunnel camp troops and Qiang prisoners have opened up a hundred thousand acres of land!  And planted large tracts of beans and alfalfa, waiting for next spring plowing, and then planting corn.  "Such fertile soil can produce a million stones a year" Ju Meng also looked at the fertile soil with great satisfaction, feeling very proud.  If everything goes well, when all the farm tools from Shaofu and China are shipped, the area of ??cultivated land that will be opened up will increase several times.  It is enough to feed hundreds of thousands of people and support the needs of tens of thousands of troops.  This is the result of only opening up cultivated land and carrying out reclamation in the Heli Mountain and Guzang Mountain areas.  The Huben Guards and Yulin Guards are preparing to transfer them from Anton in the future.The team of the Reclamation Reclamation Regiment will rebuild the Reclamation Reclamation Regiment here or in the Juyan area.  Other armies also have similar plans.  As for the Han army today, they have already tasted the sweetness of the reclamation regiment system.  The settlement regiment is not only the granary and the source of finance and taxation for each field army.  In the past few years, the output of Anton's major reclamation regiments has almost allowed all the armies to have enough food and clothing.  And the settlement regiment itself is the best source of soldiers for the major field armies.  It is no exaggeration to say that if it were not for the past settlement regiments, they would all be in Andong, far away from the front line.  Otherwise, each army would be able to start the war on its own by relying solely on the resources of the settlement regiments.  But now, for each field army, attracting immigrants is the key!  As long as enough immigrants can be attracted to replicate Anton's settlement regiment model here, a settlement regiment composed of thousands or even tens of thousands of young and strong men will be enough to become a stable granary and base for each army.  With the reclamation regiment at its back, the Han army could rely on local food supplies.  Whether it is to eliminate the small political power of the Western Xiongnu, or to continue to the west and conquer the countries further away in the Western Regions.  It can be done several times easier.  Now, it depends on whether the imperial court can approve the replication of Anton¡¯s reclamation regiment system here.  As long as the court agrees and approves the requests of each army. ??????????????? Then, the military leaders will immediately use all their tricks and all means to immigrate here from China.  Maybe "I can still be the governor of the Protectorate!" Ju Meng thought in his heart.  ??At the beginning, the Han family marched into Andong and built Xinhua City from scratch on the wasteland of Andong. Then they established the Andong Protectorate based on Xinhua.  Nowadays, the Han family has also entered this mountainous area of ????mountains and valleys, and it may not be impossible to build a new protective palace here.  There are fish in Andong, but there are grasslands and lakes here, and there are excellent pastures everywhere among the mountains.  As long as it is managed properly, it can form a large pasture rich in livestock.  And the fertile land beside oases and rivers can also become granaries.  There is gold in Anton, and there are also rich mineral resources here.  In just these few months of exploration, the Han army discovered many open-pit peat mines (coal mines) and shallow underlying iron ores, and even traces of a large copper mine!  And copper is precisely one of the most scarce resources in the Han Dynasty.  I believe that now the Shaofu can¡¯t wait to send all its prospecting craftsmen here to determine the location of the copper mine to facilitate future mining.  Thinking like this, Ju Meng felt complacent.  Within this year, the Qiang problem should be solved.  Next year, the Battle of Juyan will definitely begin.  By then, I might even be able to leap over the Qilian Mountains and step on Shan Yuting!
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