Xianxia version of Water Margin

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Although it was decided to conquer Fang La, Jiang Hongfei did not immediately start a war against Fang La, but asked the three Ruan brothers to prepare to fight Japan.

Don't get me wrong, Jiang Hongfei wanted to fight Japan, not because he was arrogant and wanted to start a war, but because he encountered difficulties.

Since conquering the area controlled by the impoverished Wang Qing, the Yuan Empire has shouldered a heavy burden in a short period of time.

There is no way. Wang Qing has occupied Huaixi for many years and has never managed it well. He has not increased production at all. They also levied heavy taxes. Although there is good land there, it is impossible to be self-sufficient without two or three years.

Especially Shu.

Yes.

Shu, especially the Chengdu Plain, has been a famous grain-producing area in China since ancient times.

In the ancient Shu era, many agricultural development economic zones have been formed, including the Chengdu Plain Agricultural Economic Zone, the Upper Minjiang River Economic Zone, the Qingyi River Valley Agricultural Zone, the Jinsha River Valley Agricultural Zone and the Yangtze River Coast Agricultural Zone. These areas together constitute the basic pattern of ancient Shu agriculture. After the water control by Bi Ling, the planting scale and yield of grain crops such as rice and millet in the Chengdu Plain have greatly increased, making Shu a famous grain-rich area.

But the problem is that among the four major Sichuan roads in Shu, the areas under the jurisdiction of Kuizhou Road and Lizhou Road, except for the Hanzhong Basin, are mostly barren and desolate mountainous areas.

Years of natural disasters and man-made disasters have caused extremely serious food shortages here, and even to the point of cannibalism.

In such a place, if relief is not timely, chaos will definitely occur.

The key and troublesome thing is that it is conceivable how difficult it is to transport military rations on the rugged and difficult Shu Road with human shoulders and backs.

The situation would naturally be better if the food was transported by water along the Jialing River, but water transport was upstream, and the grain ships had to be pulled step by step by trackers along the towpaths dug out from the cliffs to move forward. Moreover, water transport was also subject to the seasonal water level, so it was also very difficult.

In short, it was extremely difficult to transport grain to Shu. Often, it would cost ten stones of grain to transport one stone of grain to Shu.

Unfortunately, this spring, there was a serious spring famine in all parts of Shu, and all grain had to be transported from other parts of the Yuan Empire to Shu to overcome the difficulties.

This would undoubtedly consume a lot of manpower, financial resources and food of the Yuan Empire.

Later, Jiang Hongfei destroyed the small Southern Song Dynasty and obtained its territory.

This place has also experienced the baptism of ten years of war. The former fertile fields have long been overgrown with weeds, and the Yuan Empire has also provided relief.

In addition, Li Jun, Le He and others' military operations in Jidi were also progressing smoothly, but the trouble was that Jiang Hongfei and his ministers had squeezed out all the food of the Goryeo Dynasty, and the baptism of war in the past two years had caused a famine in Jidi.

If Jiang Hongfei didn't want to cause trouble because of food and keep getting caught up in the war in Jidi, he had to get some food for Jidi to support Li Jun, Le He and others to capture Jidi as soon as possible.

In short, in short, Jiang Hongfei is now short of money and food, and he has to find a place to make money.

At present, Japan, which is rich in money and food but weak in military strength, is undoubtedly the best choice.

Of course, more importantly, the Japanese are ambitious and will invade China sooner or later if they are not completely conquered.

Therefore, Jiang Hongfei gave the three heroes of the Ruan family 100,000 naval forces and 100,000 cavalry and infantry forces to let them choose a day to go on the expedition.

In addition, to deal with Fang La, Jiang Hongfei adopted the vicious plan of Wu Yong and Sun Jing.

That is, a large number of porridge distribution points were set up on the border between the two sides, and at the same time, a large number of Mani Guang Buddha statues were made and placed at each porridge distribution point.

No matter who they are, including those in the Yongle Dynasty (actually mainly targeting those under Fang La's rule), as long as they spit on the Buddha image, they can receive relief.

This seems to be a trivial matter, but in fact, it can distinguish those who are loyal believers of Manichaeism from those who are not.

After all, once faith is shattered, it will no longer be stubborn and crazy.

Moreover, if you can do something like blaspheming the Mani Guang Buddha statue for a bite of food, you are definitely not a firm believer of Manichaeism, and will not be accepted by firm believers of Manichaeism.

At the same time, after implementing this policy, Jiang Hongfei has completely blocked Fang La's way to surrender.

Now, all of this is going on in an orderly manner...

In fact, Jiang Hongfei has already withdrawn his attention from the war and handed it all over to his ministers.

For example, Jiang Hongfei handed over the task of dealing with Fang La to Shi Bao, Lu Zhishen, Sun Jing, Wu Yong and others, and let Liu Huiniang and Madam Jia take charge.

Jiang Hongfei put more of his energy into post-war reconstruction.

Jiang Hongfei actually discovered that his territory was a bit too large. If he wanted to rule such a large territory, he must have convenient transportation, otherwise it would be out of reach.

To be honest, the Zhao Song Dynasty had established a relatively complete waterway transportation network, which closely linked the entire Zhao Song Dynasty.

But in Jiang Hongfei's view, this was not enough, because his territory was larger than that of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and it would only get bigger in the future.

So, Jiang Hongfei first had people rebuild the Grand Canal.

The "Sui and Tang Grand Canal" is divided into four sections: Yongji Canal, Tongji Canal, Han Canal, and Jiangnan River.

This Grand Canal is centered on Luoyang. If the capital was built in Kaifeng, it could barely use this Grand Canal.

But the Yuan Empire was based in Yanjing, so such a Grand Canal was not very useful for the Yuan Empire.

In order to connect the north and the south and no longer bypass Luoyang, Jiang Hongfei must dig the Grand Canal again so that food can be transported from the south to the north in the future.

To this end, Jiang Hongfei decided to dig three sections of waterways and build the original horizontal canal of the Sui Dynasty centered on Luoyang into a vertical Grand Canal centered on Yuan Dadu and heading south to Hangzhou.

Specifically, the "Jizhou River" and "Huitong River" were dug to connect the natural rivers and lakes between Tianjin and Qingjiang, Jiangsu. The south of Qingjiang connects to the Han Canal and the Jiangnan Canal, directly reaching Hangzhou. The original canal between Beijing and Tianjin has been abandoned, and the "Tonghui River" will be newly built.

In this way, the new Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal will be more than 900 kilometers shorter than the Sui and Tang Grand Canal that bypassed Luoyang.

And this is actually just one of them.

As early as when Bai Walhan came to Jiang Hongfei, Jiang Hongfei asked Liu Huiniang and Bai Walhan to develop trains and asked Tang Long to lead people to develop steelmaking.

After so many years of research and development, Liu Huiniang and Bai Walhan have already developed the prototype of the train, and Tang Long has also developed steel that can be used to make railroad tracks.

Jiang Hongfei plans to spend ten years to first repair several main lines in the north and south, and strive to complete all the railways before his death.

Also, if you want to get rich, build roads.

In addition to waterways and railways, Jiang Hongfei will also develop land roads and cars.

In short, although the war is coming to an end, Jiang Hongfei still has a lot to do.

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That day, Jiang Hongfei met Chen Miaozhen, who was inseparable from Fang Baihua before—this wonderful woman with a heart as kind as gods and Buddhas.

Jiang Hongfei took the initiative to say to Chen Miaozhen: "I have been in trouble in recent years."

As I said, it was not easy for the Yuan Empire to gain a foothold in the southeast.

It was because everyone tried their best that they could withstand the pressure from Tong Guan and Fang La.

Among them, Chen Miaozhen also tried her best, and her efforts were not small.

Chen Miaozhen was originally the daughter of a wealthy family.

One year, the southeast was hit by natural disasters and man-made disasters. Emperor Zhao Ji and his ministers, as well as the high and low officials in the southeast, imposed heavy taxes and imposed heavy taxes. They also launched a large-scale flower and stone tax, which made the people live in misery, sell their children, and become homeless. There were many starving people on the road.

Chen Miaozhen was kind-hearted and could not bear to see the people suffer, so she secretly opened her own granary to help the victims.

Afterwards, Chen Miaozhen was ashamed to face her family, so she secretly ran to Fangyan Mountain alone.

There lived a nun who had attained Taoism on Fangyan Mountain.

After the nun asked Chen Miaozhen why she went up the mountain, she felt that Chen Miaozhen had a compassionate heart, so she accepted Chen Miaozhen as her apprentice and taught her everything.

Chen Miaozhen was extremely talented. In a few years, she had learned all the true teachings of the nun, and even surpassed her master.

After completing her studies, Chen Miaozhen began to imitate Chen Shisi, a very famous lady in the southeast, and cured diseases and saved lives everywhere.

People were grateful for all the good deeds done by Chen Miaozhen, and they all called Chen Miaozhen Chen Shisi Niangniang, and regarded Chen Miaozhen as the incarnation of Chen Shisi Niangniang.

Later, Chen Miaozhen, who had been saving people everywhere, saw the suffering of the people in the southeast, and felt that Jiang Hongfei's words made sense. Only by overthrowing the dark rule of the Zhao Song Dynasty could the people live a good life. So, at the request of Li De, Jiang Cai, Dong Ju, and Wang Guo, she led the people of Yongkang County to revolt and raised an army of more than 20,000 people.

Then, what made Li De and others speechless was that Chen Miaozhen actually gave her 20,000 volunteers directly to Jiang Hongfei, and she still went around to treat illnesses and save people.

At the same time, Chen Miaozhen has been trying to endorse Jiang Hongfei, telling everyone that Jiang Hongfei is the savior and only Jiang Hongfei can save the world.

In the southeast region, especially in the southeastern territory of the Yuan Empire, a large number of people believed what Chen Miaozhen said, and then unswervingly accepted the rule of the Yuan Empire, and cooperated with General Lu and others to govern the southeast region, and helped the Yuan Empire resist the attacks of Tong Guan and Fang La.

In this way, Chen Miaozhen's contribution must be great.

The key is that Chen Miaozhen has no utilitarianism. She just hopes that Jiang Hongfei will be the savior, save the people from water and fire, and save the people from hanging.

Such a person is undoubtedly admirable.

Jiang Hongfei is also willing to contact and chat with such a person.

Chen Miaozhen is also very curious about Jiang Hongfei, who is about to complete the great unification, and naturally willing to chat with Jiang Hongfei.

The two talked about medical skills.

Jiang Hongfei doesn't know much medical skills.

But Jiang Hongfei has the knowledge of his previous life.

In order to help Chen Miaozhen improve her medical skills, Jiang Hongfei talked to Chen Miaozhen about the structure of the human body, the concept of disinfection, and the theoretical basis of injection therapy, which gave Chen Miaozhen a new inspiration.

Even when they were talking excitedly, Jiang Hongfei talked to Chen Miaozhen about the use of forceps to assist in childbirth, which can greatly ensure the probability of survival of both adults and children.

Later, Jiang Hongfei also called a skilled craftsman and guided him to make a pair of forceps, and then gave the forceps to Chen Miaozhen.

Jiang Hongfei's knowledge far beyond this world, his wild ideas, great kindness and love all deeply attracted Chen Miaozhen.

By chance, Chen Miaozhen tested that the forceps Jiang Hongfei gave her were really very useful.

Chen Miaozhen, who has a lot of clinical experience, how could she not understand that just for this, Jiang Hongfei could enter the Confucius Temple and get the name of a miracle doctor.

The key is that all men in this world think that the delivery room is the most unlucky place and will never enter the delivery room.

But Jiang Hongfei didn't care about this at all. He saw that giving birth was like going through the gates of hell, so he "invented" the forceps.

Chen Miaozhen couldn't help thinking: "What a magical man."

Because of curiosity, Chen Miaozhen always took the initiative to find Jiang Hongfei to chat.

And if Jiang Hongfei was free, he would definitely warmly entertain Chen Miaozhen.

Jiang Hongfei thought that he and Chen Miaozhen were just friends and that Chen Miaozhen was his confidant.

Once, Jiang Hongfei and Chen Miaozhen talked about Anjifang, which was promoted by Zhao Ji and Cai Jing during the Zhao Song Dynasty.

What surprised Chen Miaozhen was that Jiang Hongfei did not belittle this policy because it was a policy made by Zhao Ji, a loser. On the contrary, Jiang Hongfei highly praised Anjifang and believed that it was a benevolent policy. He also said that he wanted to promote Anjifang in the Yuan Empire.

After hearing what Jiang Hongfei said, Chen Miaozhen immediately said that if Jiang Hongfei was willing to do this great good deed, she could help Jiang Hongfei.

Jiang Hongfei was very straightforward. He directly called An Daoquan, Kong Hou, and Mou Jie to gather the doctors of the Yuan Empire, recruit 10,000 doctor apprentices, and call the relevant officials to cooperate with Chen Miaozhen to run Anjifang. He was absolutely resolute.

Then, Jiang Hongfei handed all this over to Chen Miaozhen, and told Chen Miaozhen that she could come to him if she had any difficulties.

What Jiang Hongfei didn't notice was that when she saw Jiang Hongfei promoting Anjifang and doing this great good thing, she looked at Jiang Hongfei with bright eyes...

That day, Jiang Hongfei and Chen Miaozhen and others chatted until late.

At the end, Jiang Hongfei personally sent Chen Miaozhen back to her residence to rest.

When the two were about to separate, Jiang Hongfei habitually asked: "Would you like me to come in and sit down?"

As soon as the words came out, Jiang Hongfei regretted it a little. He felt that he had ruined this rare friendship.

Jiang Hongfei quickly made amends: "Well, don't get me wrong, I just want to discuss medicine with you, if you don't want to..."

What surprised Jiang Hongfei was that Chen Miaozhen actually agreed: "Okay."

Jiang Hongfei felt that he might have made things worse, and he hurriedly reminded Chen Miaozhen: "You may not understand what I mean, I..."

Chen Miaozhen smiled and said: "I know what your majesty means."

Jiang Hongfei still didn't dare to confirm whether Chen Miaozhen really understood his thoughts, so he asked: "Then tell me, what do I mean?"

Chen Miaozhen blushed, but she still said generously: "Your majesty wants to sleep with me and let me give birth to your majesty's children, right?"

"This..."

"I am willing."

Jiang Hongfei is a man who dares to sleep with women like the queen and the queen mother, so how can he lack Chen Miaozhen?

So, seeing that Chen Miaozhen was really willing to be with him, Jiang Hongfei didn't hesitate, and without saying a word, he picked up Chen Miaozhen by the waist and went into Chen Miaozhen's room...

Don't say Jiang Hongfei is too bad.

Anyway, as a time traveler, as an emperor who is about to unify the country, and as a man who has mastered the Su Nu Jing, Jiang Hongfei is undoubtedly very confident.

And when it comes to treating women, Jiang Hongfei's principle is always to live up to good women and not waste bad women...

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