"Then you have to let the royal village pay taxes!"

Li Dingguo said.

"I said that all issues related to the imperial village cannot be discussed!"

Yang Qing said.

"Xin Gong, then you have to give us some benefits, right? If we don't care, your government bonds will not be sold in Sichuan. In fact, Sichuan gentry has criticized you a lot, and they will not support anything you want to do. So we are talking about cooperation now. You promised us some conditions and we will persuade you to buy them, but you don't even have any room for talks, so how can we continue to talk?"

Li Dingguo said dissatisfiedly.

"You can make requests that have nothing to do with the imperial village."

Yang Qing said while drinking tea.

"Then the troops stationed in Fuzhou will retreat to Guiyang?"

Li Dingguo said.

"no!"

Yang Qing answered very simply.

"If the troops in Fuzhou retreat to Guiyang, what will you do when you attack the imperial village? What's more, my supplies are all based on the transportation of the Yangtze River. If I retreat to Guiyang, how much manpower will I have to maintain the military supplies of that army? And if they evacuate from Fuzhou, who will guarantee the safety of the land rent for the imperial village every year? Don't tell me that there is no army to suppress it, you or the gentry in eastern Sichuan will not attack the imperial village. I believe you, but I can promise not to continue to increase troops, and the number of troops stationed in the west of the Three Gorges will not increase again."

He continued.

The 13th Army definitely cannot withdraw. This army is the security guarantee of the imperial village. If you say that Zhang Xianzhong and the gentry would not destroy the imperial village, Yang Qing would definitely not believe it.

They just dare not.

Sun Kewang dared to make any abnormal movement in Chongqing and then the Ming army in Fuzhou came to the door.

The statement shows that the army also has a brigade in Tushan and a military mortar cannon battalion. Almost all Ming army artillery cannons can be shot into Chongqing. Sun Kewang doesn't want to watch the blooming bullets fall from the sky in Chongqing.

Without his participation, the militia organized by the gentry themselves would only be beaten by the militia. The immigrants in eastern Sichuan were all northerners, and they had experienced bloody storms and bravery for more than ten years. In addition, many local tenants who were familiar with the situation were added. The driving effect of the latter made the Sichuan people who were expected to be shared by the enemy. The fact that the two sides had actually had many conflicts over the years was that the militia beat the gentry. In some places, militias even overwhelmed the gentry and forced the latter to swallow their anger.

But the premise of this situation is that the Ming army is separated by a Yangtze River.

It was the Ming army's cannon suppression.

It is a flowering bullet that can fly over the Yangtze River at any time.

"Xin Gong, then what else can we talk about?"

Li Dingguo said.

"I have something to talk to you!"

Yang Qing said with a smile.

"By the way, Zhang Xianzhong is very idle now. He actually went to Sichuan to expand his territory. I really don't praise his taste. Even if there are no wild boars and elks to hunt at least, they will still be a rabbit. It would be too embarrassing for him to run to shoot mice and exert force!"

He then said with some contempt.

"What do you want to say?"

Li Dingguo said.

"I know you are really unwilling to see Li Zicheng grab a full warehouse of gold and silver from the Western Regions, and I and King Gui made money and silver in sea trade, but I was trapped in Sichuan and had nowhere to explore. This is also a human nature, and I can understand it, so I plan to find a place for you to exert your strength and take you to earn the gold and silver mountains, so that you can avoid making trouble for me."

Yang Qing said.

He had to find a place for Zhang Xianzhong to release his energy.

These guys have nowhere to expand in Sichuan for a long time and it is easy to cause trouble. After all, internal conflicts will magnify in a closed environment, which is also a common human nature. In terms of image, it can be said that they are full. For example, before the Warlords in Sichuan fought for 20 years, to put it bluntly, there is a lack of channels to transfer conflicts. Once they leave Sichuan, they will work together immediately. If they fail to fight Wuhan and return to Sichuan, they will immediately fight again. Now Zhang Xianzhong is like this. Seeing that everyone outside is making a fortune, he can only enjoy the appetite at Sichuan due to environmental restrictions. However, Sichuan obviously cannot release the energy of the old bandits under his command, so they are involved in the matter of Yingjia. Now, not only does this matter not get any benefits, but also has to pay two million, which is obviously a failure to go outward.

The expansion of the Sichuan border was not enough to get stuck in the gaps, and the efforts made outward failed again, so it is probably time for internal trouble to start.

This is very likely.

The military leaders under Zhang Xianzhong are not harmonious.

So Yang Qing had the idea to give them a channel to release their energy. Simply put, it was to take them out to expand, take them out to grab them, and use outward expansion to transfer their internal conflicts, so as to avoid the military leaders under Zhang Xianzhong who fought first after being held back for a long time, and eventually ruining the hard-won peace in Sichuan...

Although this is actually more beneficial to him.

But he still didn't want to get such a bargain at the cost of the war in Sichuan. Since he was promoted to Duke Xinguo, he has been developing towards pacifists.

At least this is the case with the separatist forces within the Ming Dynasty.

"What does faith in the Lord want to do?"

Li Dingguo said obviously a little surprised.

"It's very simple, I'll find you a way to make a fortune.

At present, all provinces controlled by the imperial court can basically enjoy the benefits of overseas trade, even Sichuan. As far as I know, Sichuan also has goods going to sea through Songjiang Customs. There is only one province that has almost no chance of it, that is, Yunnan. Yunnan has no stable water transport channel. Only some sections of the Jinsha River can be shipped, and it has to travel a long way to the east to the river estuary to connect to water transport. However, if Yunnan goes south, it will be different. From Tengchong to the south, you can almost cross the mountains to connect to the Jinsha River, but it is in the hands of the Burmese people.

So I am going to send troops south from Tengchong to explore Myanmar.

Of course, this is a melodious statement.

In fact, I am going to send troops south from Tengchong to beat the Burmese people so that they can know who is the boss of this area, and then restore their jurisdiction over Meng Yang and other chieftains, and station some troops there to maintain control. In short, I will control this trade line with a war against Myanmar.

I hope you can participate.

You don’t need to send too much troops, 10,000 soldiers follow the battle, and 50,000 civilians are used to transport materials from Xuzhou to Kunming. Of course, these civilians are paid by the court, and their food and drink are purchased from Sichuan by the court. In short, the transportation from Xuzhou to Kunming is handled by Sichuan civilians, and the transportation from Kunming to Manmo is handled by Yunnan civilians. The military supplies of the court are transported by water to Xuzhou, so that three sections of labor are transported. The front-line court will issue an army, and you will send 10,000 people, with a total force of more than 30,000 points, plus 10,000 ship workers used for water transportation in the Dajinsha River and civilians who accompany short-distance transportation, start from Manmo and head down the Dajinsha River and attack Dongshuo directly from Dongshuo."

Yang Qing said.

The Irrawaddy River or the current name of the Dajinsha River must be opened. The water transport line of Tengchong is just a stone's throw away. The Bamo is open to the south of Tengchong, and the Bamo is open to navigation all year round, and large ships can be used. At least the canal canal canal canal ship level is completely stressful. There are trees everywhere, and it is convenient for shipbuilding, and Burmese teak or even top-class ships. At present, if the materials from Sichuan are transported to Yangon, they must go to the sea along the Yangtze River to go around half of Asia. However, after opening this transportation line, all you need is to pass through Yunnan and then go down the Bamo or the current name of the Manmo. The distance required is less than one-fifth of the current journey.

And this trade line itself exists.

This is the famous Southwest Silk Road, especially the land transportation in Yunnan, and it has been walking the ancient road for two thousand years.

However, the chaotic situation in Myanmar, especially the separatist rule of the chieftains, seriously affected its smoothness. What Yang Qing needed to do next was to show off his force and use his strength to intimidate these chieftains. By the way, it was a strike against Dongyu. After all, at this time, Myanmar was considered Dongyu. He used force to establish the Ming Dynasty's status as the suzerain of Dongyu, and forcibly established concessions in important cities along the route such as Awa and Bagan to ensure the smoothness and stability of this trade line in the future. As for transportation to Europe, Yang Qing did not need to worry about this, because the British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company had branches in Myanmar. The Portuguese had even established a colony in Shalian opposite Yangon, but it was recaptured by the Dongyu Dynasty in 1613.

As long as this line is opened, the British and Dutch merchant ships will follow there. Although this line is definitely not as large as the trade volume from the southeast coast, this line can provide more convenient trade channels for the three southwestern provinces.

You can even advance west into India.

The end of the Stone Poly Road is to walk into Assam, the famous Savage Mountain Hukang Valley, and then go from Assam to India.

"So what can we get?"

Li Dingguo said.

"Isn't it enough to steal money and women?"

Yang Qing screamed in shock.

"Xin Gong, can't you say it more tactfully?"

Li Dingguo said speechlessly.

"Or it's more specific. You have to know that Myanmar is different from Yunnan. Even if Sichuan people enter Yunnan in large numbers, they have to face diseases, let alone Myanmar, which is more humid and hotter. We don't care about war, but no one can stand the disease. This kind of risk must be rewarded. Just some plundering is difficult to make up for the losses. You have to give us something more clear and valuable."

He continued.

"Do you know how many gems you bought from Myanmar in the Ming Dynasty?"

Yang Qing said.

Li Dingguo shook his head.

"Almost all the red and sapphires of the Ming Dynasty came from a valley controlled by Mengmi Tusi. In addition, amber and jade were produced from Mengyang Tusi. During the Xuande period, only the official purchases an average of more than 1,000 taels and more than 1,000 taels of gems per year, which is not considered a private smuggling. If you are willing to participate in this operation, we can jointly set up a company and completely monopolize the import of gems there. Now the value of one or two rubies in Nanjing has been hyped up to tens of thousands of yuan. Although jade is much cheaper, as far as I know, the jade pits that Mengyang Tusi is mining are just a trivial point, and there are countless jades hidden underground waiting to be dug.

Let’s control the place and let the natives be coolies, dig out gems and take them to Tengchong, raise workers in Tengchong to process, take them to Nanjing and sell them to the rich, and then we make a fortune together."

Yang Qing said.
Chapter completed!