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Chapter 676 Return to the North (Part 1)

Zheng Lang stood at the bow of the boat, listening to the song, his eyebrows were frowning but he frowned.

Zheng Lang has no ability to know what the potion is. It depends on the effect after popularization, which is the real effect. Zheng Lang faintly feels its imperfection, the production cost is relatively high, and sometimes the constraints of seasons. Even if the potion appears, Zheng Lang still longs for the cinchona tree.

However, the biggest victory will also play a great role in stopping the rampant malaria.

Everything has a good side and a bad side. Zheng Lang smelled some negative effects in the air.

When the news was delivered to the capital, Zhao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief. Then he immediately understood the significance of the potion. Not only was there countless living people, but because of this malaria, the south became the most feared place for northerners. For example, Jiaozhi was rude, and the Song Dynasty always treated the policy of being gentle. Not only was there Khitan and Xixia in the north, but also malaria and malaria. If you use less troops, you will not defeat Jiaozhi. If you use more, the army will be infected with malaria, and most soldiers will die. In this case, the court had to endure Jiaozhi's rudeness.

If the potion is successful, this spell is equivalent to removing half of it.

The significance is not only that, the risk rate of malaria decreases, and officials' enthusiasm for going to the south will increase, so they can transfer some good officials to govern the south as Zheng Lang wishes. However, Zhao Zhen and Pang Ji have not yet thought about the problem of where the officials who made mistakes will be demoted.

There are other positive meanings, in short, they will bring countless benefits to the South.

The emergence of this kind of potion is almost a miracle.

Zhao Zhen thought of the song "Youlan Cao" again, and felt a lot of emotion. Han Yu was also a good minister, but unfortunately he had not been valued by Emperor Xianzong of Tang. Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen was quite content, at least in terms of employment, he was far superior to Emperor Xianzong of Tang.

But Zheng Lang opposed his idea. Zhao Zhen attached great importance to talents. Almost every romantic figure was overvalued in his hands, but overvalued. Instead, it caused some negative effects. But what Zheng Lang dared not say about this idea is that it would also be blocking other people's careers and would be hated.

There are many meanings that bring. Strictly speaking, because the use of ether to treat Artemisia annua has left the category of traditional Chinese medicine. Originally, the study of physics has gradually cooled down. At this time, the main goal of reading was to fame and fortune. The imperial examination did not take the study of physics. After the popularity of the Taixue, there were fewer and fewer people who studied physics. However, physics can cure malaria. It attracted people's attention again and a group of students who studied physics were added. Zheng Lang was not in a hurry, the key was artillery. Once it succeeded, its hideous power was revealed on the battlefield, even if no students learned physics, the court would force a group of students to learn it.

The artillery had some clues, but although it was not successful, it was soon.

Then a lot of news came from Guangdong and Guangxi.

It is not a trivial matter. After hearing that Zheng Lang was about to invest 60 million yuan in money, every minister attached importance to Guangdong and Guangxi, but most of them were believed or doubtful. If there was a prospect of Zheng Lang's painting, it would be so wonderful that it would be worth it to spend 60 million yuan in money. If not, this would be 60 million yuan. In addition, the cost of the Guangdong-Guangdong War, Jinghu South Road and other expenses would reach more than 100 million yuan. With so much money, it would even be able to put Zheng Lang's thorough governance of the Yellow River project on the horse.

When Zheng Lang arrived in Guangzhou, Cheng Shimeng and Yang Cha and Cai Ting came to Guangzhou early. He heard that he had cured malaria, and several people were also shocked. However, water conservancy was their job, and Tian Yu was also proficient in water conservancy, so Yuan Tao was not a inferior official. Before Zheng Lang arrived, he made a rough plan.

After Zheng Lang arrived in Guangzhou, he discussed with a group of officials for several days and determined the water conservancy plan again. In fact, this was the third time to formulate the plan. The first time was a sketch completed by Zheng Lang himself, the second time was a sketch modified by officials such as Tian Zhou, and the third time was a result of Zheng Lang's discussion with everyone. However, there will be subtle adjustments again before construction.

This is a major event. Zheng Lang dared not hide his weakness and submitted it to the court.

The plan is divided into two parts. One is the project that will be started after this fall, and it is also divided into order to see how many people can be moved. Otherwise, there is no labor and these projects cannot be launched. The order is marked, but in the memorial, the court requested the imperial court to issue an edict to the officials of Fujian Road and Liangzhe Road to cooperate with the immigration activities, mainly Fujian Road, and western Zhejiang, which is densely populated and mountainous, and is similar to Fujian Road.

The people who went north to welcome Jiangnan West Road were not mentioned, and they would not mobilize them to come. They were reserved for the migrants of Guangnan West Road next year. But there is a dividing line, not from the Yangtze River, but from West Lake, Zhejiang, and to Huangshan, and Poyang Lake. People who went north were not encouraged to go south. It was too hot, not only hot, but many areas had dense forests and abundant water resources. When it was hot, the air was filled with dense and depressing water vapor. Except for the people in the south, it was difficult for the people in the north to be used to staying here. But like Taipingzhou, the situation would improve after it was developed. However, the sultry heat now is far better than Taipingzhou, and it took longer.

These are humane measures.

As for the funding issue, Zheng Lang publicly requested the court for the first time to use the bank's profits.

The second part is the future plan. It will take several years. Once the project starts this year, it will create a large amount of farmland, as well as sugarcane gardens, orchards, and tea mountains. No matter how it is moved, the labor force will be seriously insufficient. They must be digested in order to start the next step of planning. However, at that time, Guangdong and Guangxi also had their own sufficient fiscal revenue and did not require the imperial court to invest.

Then there are maps with clear standards on them, even the maps of each county, the pond, the embankment, and the weir are clearly marked.

After reading these plans and pictures, everyone smiled bitterly, and finally realized that this was for the future. If the imperial court wants to gain profits from Guangdong and Guangxi, it would have to wait at least more than ten years later.

But I can't object, is it said that Zheng Lang did something wrong?

As a dynasty, the longer the better, and you can't just focus on the present. Either learn from Yang Guang, force the people to work hard, and don't give a penny, even if a large number of people are exhausted. That official dares to say this! As long as he dares to say it, he will immediately be beaten to death by the ministers of the verdict. Either learn from Cao Cao, forcibly move the Hanzhong people to Guanzhong, regardless of most of the people's death. Cao Cao is much better than Yang Guang, but he also dares not learn from Cao Cao's approach. Moving the people must let the people take the initiative and settle down, otherwise Zheng Lang himself will be attacked by the censors.

After discussing for more than a long time, Zhao Zhen finally wrote one accurately.

Pang Ji wrote another letter in private, vaguely persuading Zheng Lang that we can't stand it if you take a little smaller step.

Zheng Lang replied to Pang Ji, and to be honest, the things in the south have taken small enough. Once things happen in the south, the Yellow River will be the next step. This will be the foundation of the country. If the Yellow River is unstable, the north will be unstable. Therefore, within the past ten years, the country must operate carefully and focus on construction. If these two projects are supported, the Song Dynasty will soon be completely renewed and will welcome the following plan, Xixia.

In the summer, the Khitan launched a series of attacks on Beizhubu. It was a long-term fear, and despite the secret support from Xixia, it was almost impossible to support it. After autumn, more Khitan troops arrived, and the Beizhubu rebellion would surely be destroyed. After this battle, both Khitan and Xixia were injured.

The Song Dynasty will be safe within a few years.

However, according to the development trend, the long-term war caused turmoil in Xixia, weak national strength and small country, and eventually Gouhe with the Khitan. Although the Khitan hated Xixia, Liao Xingzong was not a foolish monarch, he would endure humiliation and put forward some conditions. He promised this time Gouhe. After a few years of development, the national strength of the two countries would recover ashamed. If there was a chance to provoke them to start a war again, it would be best. However, if there was no chance, Xixia would become a major concern of the Song Dynasty again.

This time won't be long, maybe only ten years.

In ten years, the country implemented these two projects. The country's national strength increased greatly and the people would rest and rest, which would cause a headache for the Xixia. If it could not be done, the country would be a mess. The Xixia invaded again and the Khitan oppressed from the north. The Song Dynasty was still in dire straits.

After receiving the letter, Pang Ji was speechless and could only continue to be the miserable prime minister.

When the two were communicating, Zheng Lang sent people to Fujian Road and western Zhejiang to promote, mobilizing some prestigious elders among the poor people to come to Guangdong and Guangxi to observe. Instead of watching Guangdong and Guangxi, some farmers who came to demonstrate were successful in farming and watching their benefits. As well as other tricks, they sent these elders back and let these elders promote themselves. By August, they began to officially mobilize the people to go south. In September, various projects were not as strong as the Grand Canal project, and the Grand Canal was forced to work for the people. Otherwise, they would not have to say 60 million yuan. In the Song Dynasty, they could not be repaired without 340 million yuan. However, the fragmented projects were combined, and it was also the largest water conservancy project since the founding of the Song Dynasty.

Zheng Lang left Yue'er in Guangzhou again. Starting from Guangzhou, he went to Hezhou, Fengzhou, Kangzhou, Chunzhou, Xinzhou and Duanzhou for inspection. He still focused on water conservancy and learned about the situation of each state. He returned to Guangzhou again at the end of August to host immigration activities. As for Guangnan West Road, he left it to Yu Jing, and first focused on Guangnan East Road.

The war broke out on the side of Temo Village again.

Many soldiers were cured of malaria, but there were still sequelae. In addition, after being sick for so long, their body was seriously damaged. It was not until the end of July that many soldiers gradually recovered their vitality, and some people did not recover from the Qing Dynasty, such as Sima Guang. Don’t have the secretary of the marching commander. He was one of Zheng Lang’s two most proud students. Di Qingsheng was afraid of an accident and forced Sima Guang to stay. Just after Zheng Lang changed his mind, most tribes stayed, giving them a chance to repent.

At least after this intimidation, they will be very honest within a few years. However, even if they have any other ideas in the future, from one surname to four surnames to rule, there will be no cohesion and the harm will not be great. In this way, the speed will be accelerated, and Zhao Xun will complete the rectification of Temodao. As for those particularly remote mountains and forests, no one will be interested, including Nong Xiaqing himself. The troops shrink and the losses are heavy. From the feint attack on Baoyue Pass to the decisive battle in Wenxiang Bazi, only more than one thousand soldiers were sacrificed, and two thousand people were insufficient. A malaria rage caused three thousand soldiers to lose. If Zheng Lang had not prepared the potion in time, this number would have increased by more than three times.

Di Qing was also furious and left those who had not recovered from their illness. He left some soldiers garrisoned and went west again with 13,000 soldiers. Anon also recovered some vitality at this time. Some people saw that the Song army had malaria and thought that God would bless him. They secretly went west to Keyan and met Anon, and instigated some of the heroes of the Dali tribes to participate, and had more than 5,000 troops again. Hearing that the Song army came, they wanted to dream that something good happened, Yu Keyan set up a blockade.

This time, Di Qing did not have Mo Ji. The army came to Keyan and launched a strong attack, using hot air balloons and a large amount of gunpowder. In just one day, Anon's army was defeated. Di Qing commanded the army to pursue the people behind. This battle all happened in Dali Kingdom, but Dali still held the same attitude as before and ignored it.

Anon took hundreds of defeated soldiers and crossed Sanjiangkou and fled towards Heni. Di Qing suddenly changed the way and ignored Anon, who had continued to gather in Heni and broke up the deserters, but changed to the northwest and suddenly came to the city of Jiningfu. Dali was an inland country. Except for the Jiaozhi soldiers in the south, the Song Dynasty was not interested in Dali. Tubo split, and the various troops in southern Tibet could not pose any danger. Therefore, the city walls were mostly damaged. The Song army suddenly arrived and could not resist at all. The Seiningfu was lost, but Di Qing strictly abides by Zheng Lang's orders and did not do more massacres. He only killed a part of the rebelling army. Then transported the precious property of the Seiningfu to Temo Village. Not many, although the mosquitoes were small, they were meat, which could increase the rewards of soldiers and the pensions of the families of the sacrificed soldiers.

Anon continued to gather the deserters from Maguan, Pingbian and the south bank of the Honghe River, and Di Qing seemed to have touched the wrong direction. The army marched northwest again and soon arrived at Xiushan County City. The officials of Xiushan County City hurriedly organized an army to launch a fierce battle outside the city. In just half a day, they were defeated by Di Qing. It was different from the Temodao War. It was for future rule. This trip was only for destruction, so they did not care about the consequences, and each battle ended quickly.

After taking down Xiushan County, he finally tasted the sweetness of war in Xiushan County and gained a lot of rewards. He sent troops north again and pointed the front of Shanchan Prefecture (Kunming). The capital of Dali Kingdom is in Dali City, but Shanchan Prefecture is also extremely important. It is the second largest city in Dali Kingdom. It is not far from Shanchan Prefecture to Dali. Moreover, this industry is seriously damaged, and no many people have been killed. However, all the supplies come from the captives, and the precious property is even plundered.

Duan Silian had to organize the army to prepare for resistance, while sending envoys to negotiate with Di Qing. Di Qing talked about two questions. The first question is, why did he take Nong Zhigao's rebels? The second question is, Zheng Lang sent envoys to question. Why did he ignore it?

Duan Silian was helpless, and there were still a lot of bad situations in the country. Coupled with the pressure from the Song army, it could make his throne unstable. He had to promise to send troops to wipe out Anon and send envoys to negotiate with Zheng Lang.

However, Di Qing's army continued to move westward.

When Duan Silian came to Shanchan Prefecture City, he was so angry that he mobilized many troops to seize the city and defend it. However, the closed situation in Dali made him ignore one thing. Although the Dali city wall is tall, the city wall has gradually lost its function. This is also the reason why Zheng Lang accelerated the development of thermal weapons. Otherwise, the transmission of gunpowder technology to the northern nomadic people would be a nightmare for the people of the Central Plains.

After three days of stalemate, I dug it up.

After a few loud noises, a huge gap fell down in Shanchan City and the Song army rushed in. Originally, there were a large number of Dali troops in Shanchan City, which could resist. However, after this huge change, there was no morale. Some soldiers even stood there in a daze until the Song army reached the sight.

In one day, all Shanchan City was lost.

Duan Silian was really scared this time. The Song army only sent more than 10,000 soldiers in this battle. Don’t forget that it seems that there were millions of soldiers in the Song Dynasty.

He sent an envoy to beg for peace, and at the same time he sent troops to encircle and suppress the remnants of Anon's troops.

Anon, Nong Xiaqing and Nong Zhigao's children were all arrested, and none of the other defeated generals escaped, and he gradually entered the hinterland of Dali Kingdom. After all, it was the world of Dali Kingdom. Anon was just an outsider. He presented the criminal to Di Qing, and Di Qing gave a reply. Dali had a slight repentance this time, but I don't believe it and couldn't make the decision. I must ask Zheng Lang, and Zheng Xianggong agreed to withdraw the troops before I could withdraw the troops. Anyway, Shanchan Mansion had food and drink, so there was no need to worry about supply, and there was also a lot of wealth to reward the soldiers. It would be fine if I stayed for a year or two.

Duan Silian was stunned when he heard this, saying, "Don't stay for one year or two years, stay for three or four months, and then Dali will be in chaos."

Several battles pushed Di Qing's reputation to the peak. Since Emperor Taizong of Song destroyed the Later Han Dynasty, the Song army has been deteriorating. He never dreamed that the army would actually take down Shanchan Mansion. Some radicals even wanted to write a letter and took the opportunity to take down the entire Dali.

Zheng Lang submitted a memorial in time and could not be excited. Although Dali resisted, it was obvious that the Song Dynasty did not want to destroy the country, otherwise it would not have sent only ten thousand soldiers to Dali, so the fighting spirit was not strong. Once the Song Dynasty showed its ambition to take over Dali and forced Dali to resist stubbornly, it would not be the situation Di Qing faced now. It was a battle to defend the country, and Dali's resistance would be ten times or dozens of times stronger. The Song army would suffer extremely heavy losses. Even if it was taken down, if it wanted to govern, it would have to suppress the rebellious armed forces in various places, and the national strength of the Song Dynasty could be defeated. However, Lingnan was not cured, and the four roads of Kuixia were even more messed up. What is the role of Dali?

Di Qing's army attacked Shanchan City just to sign some peace treaties with Dali that were beneficial to the Song Dynasty, and could not be taken seriously.

This dispelled the idea of ​​a few radical ministers.

Di Qing led the army to stay in Shanchan City without leaving. When Duan Silian and the Gao family saw this situation, they were almost angry. They were not fighting or not fighting, so they had to send a group of envoys to Lingnan. What made them most angry was that the prime minister actually ran to Guangnan East Road, rather than in Guizhou, which increased the round trip time.

Finally, the envoy arrived in Guangzhou. Zheng Lang had just returned to Guangzhou and agreed to withdraw his troops, but he proposed a condition. Nong Zhigao did not catch him and asked Dali to capture Nong Zhigao, and the Song army immediately withdrew his troops. Duan Silian was stunned again. Although he could see that Zheng Lang was not hostile, it was not like the destruction of Dali Kingdom, but where did he get Nong Zhigao? The most headache was through interrogation. Some people gritted their teeth and said that Nong Zhigao was in the army. He escaped safely and sooner or later, and would lead a stronger army to retaliate against the Song Dynasty and Dali. Some people said that they only saw Nong Zhigao's family in Temo Village, and had never seen Nong Zhigao. Where to catch Nong Zhigao?

But there was one person who was very excited. Liang Shi received one good news after another and was overjoyed. He almost wanted to shout it out, Di Qing, you kid is so powerful, even more powerful than I thought.

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