Let Yuanqi buy and transfer grain and grass from Sichuan to Tibet? Yi Zhishu thought he had heard it wrong, looked up at Cao Gensheng, who was reading the telegram, and said, "Read it again." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Cao Gensheng smiled bitterly and read it again, and then handed over the telegram, Yi Zhishu swept his eyes twice, and sneered: "Entering Tibet to quell the chaos, the court is trying to pull out a dime. ”

"I can't promise that." Wei Yuan said without thinking: "Sichuan is a large grain-producing province, and there have been no disasters in the past two years, and the price of grain is not high, but from Sichuan to Tibet, the price of silver is extremely expensive." ”

In recent years, Yuanqi has immigrated to the northwest in a large way, purchasing and transshipment grain into the northwest in large quantities, for the difficulty of grain transshipment and expensive freight, it is easy to know that it is clear, Chengdu to Lhasa more than 5,000 miles, and the road is far from being comparable to the northwest, and the price of silver will be as high as at least 15 taels or more! Maybe even more than he could imagine!

An army of 10,000 people, the normal monthly consumption of grain is 450,000 catties, and the bitter cold in Tibet may consume 600,000 catties, and it will take 7 million catties a year, and the foot price alone will cost at least one million taels of silver.

"Sir." Zhao Wenlie said: "This is pure blackmail, the imperial court attaches great importance to Tibet, in the 53rd and 56th years of Qianlong, after the imperial court twice sent troops into Tibet to fight back against the Gurkha invasion, in the aftermath of the matter, the most important measure is to carry out military food reserves in Tibet.

Emperor Qianlong once said, 'Soldiers can not be used for a hundred years, and they cannot be unprepared for a day. Although Sichuan is close to Tibet and the price of grain is low, the actual distance between Sichuan and Tibet is far away, and the road is difficult. ’

Therefore, the imperial court began to store grain in Tibet, and formed a custom, Sichuan-Tibet junction of the arrow furnace, Chamu more two places each stored grain 3,000 stones, Tashilhunpo City built a warehouse to collect and store, perennial quota grain storage of 6,000 stones, to Lali, Batang, Litang and other places are also equipped with grain storage tables.

In addition, when Qianlong conquered Gurkha for the second time, the army also purchased military rations on the spot and from the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama; it is recorded that the minister stationed in Tibet once purchased more than 4,000 barley wheat, 1,100 head of cattle and 10,000 sheep from the Dalai Lama at one time. The barley is only two taels of silver and one stone. ”

Qianlong did a great deed! Tibet has so much grain stored in Tibet, and when an army of 10,000 troops enters Tibet, there is no need to worry about grain and grass at all.

Without waiting for him to speak, Bao Shichen said slowly: "The lord's use of troops in Tibet this time is not only to repel the Gurkhas, the army may enter Tibet for two or three years, in the long run, it is necessary to continuously transport grain into Tibet, if you consider garrisoning Tibet, you can't ...... it a little vague." ”

There was silence in the study, Yi Zhishu nodded slowly, and said: "What Mr. An Wu said is that there is no need to save this bit of silver, and besides, the army's grain and grass cannot be faked by local officials in Sichuan. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Cao Gensheng and instructed: "Call back to the imperial court, enter the storage of grain and grass, and Yuan Qi himself will send people to Sichuan to supervise it, hoping that the government and post stations along the way will fully cooperate." ”

The next day, Xianfeng made it clear to the world, counted the Gurkha invasion of Tibet several times, issued a document on the conquest of the Gurkha, awarded the prince of the county monk Grinqin as the general of Anbian Jingkou, controlled the military and political affairs of Yunnan, Sichuan, Qinghai and Tibet, and led the troops into Tibet to conquer the Gurkha.

Yunnan, Yongchang Mansion, Tengyue Hall, Mengmao Pacification Division.

A gallop arrived, until the rider dismounted outside the gate of the pacification department, the guards outside the door quickly stepped forward to pull the reins, and the county king monk Greenqin lived in the pacification department.

In the lobby, Monk Greenqin was looking at the deployment map on the map and wondering if there was anything missing, and after converging more than 200,000 Taiping troops from Shi Dakai's department into Yunnan, the soldiers entered Burma in two ways, one was Mengmao, and the other was in the car, and he and Yin Youcai each led troops to garrison one side to prevent the Taiping army from killing back the carbines.

Yi Zhi was content and trustworthy, and supported a batch of surprising amounts of ammunition for the Taiping Army, not only Mini guns but also a lot of light artillery, which made the strength of the Taiping Army rapidly improved, and brought great pressure to the two units stationed in the car and Mengmao, even if a large number of fortifications were built, he was still a little worried, for fear that the Taiping Army would suddenly turn the muzzle of the gun after entering Burma.

However, fortunately, all the good news is coming so far, the Taiping army has entered Burma all the way, and the momentum is like a bamboo, and the fight is very easy, at least for the time being, there is no need to worry, so that they can have enough time to deploy defenses.

"Report ——, Yongchang emergency call."

After taking the two telegrams and looking at them a few times, Monk Greenqin unconsciously touched his slippery forehead, General Anbian Jingkou actually asked him to lead his troops into Tibet to conquer the Gurkha!

Seeing the next telegram sent by Yi Zhixiang from Shanghai, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the Eight Banners New Army is 3,000, the Northwest New Army is 7,000, a total of 10,000 troops, that is to say, entering Tibet to conquer the Gurkha is completely Yuan Qi's proposition, with Yuan Qi behind his strong support, this battle is much easier to fight, he is faintly excited, this is completely to give him credit!

Pu'er Province, Cheli, Olive Dam.

Yin Youcai of the Tusi Office ushered in two extraordinary guests - Feng Yunshan, the king of the south, and Shi Dakai, the king of wings, Yin Youcai saw Shi Dakai for the first time, and couldn't help but take a few more looks, seeing that he was tall, with thick eyebrows and hanging nose, calm and heroic, he couldn't help but secretly praise, this winged king who was known for his bravery in the Taiping army was really extraordinary.

In the study room where the two of them were politely entered, Yin Youcai retreated from a group of guards, and Yin Youcai said straightforwardly: "Half of the promised 10,000 Mini guns, 500,000 rounds of ammunition, and 100 mountain howitzers have been ......delivered, and the rest will be delivered one after another within next year." ”

"Next year?" Feng Yunshan didn't frown, "Isn't it delivered within this year?" ”

"Something happened." Yin Youcai said apologetically: "Tibet is in an emergency, the Gurkha sent 20,000 troops to invade Tibet, and the new army in the northwest wants to enter Tibet to conquer...... Therefore, it can only be delayed until next year. ”

Shi Dakai said in a deep voice: "What if war breaks out somewhere next year?" ”

Yin Youcai glanced at him and said, "Wing King, do you believe in Yuan Qi?" ”

"Not really." Shi Dakai said expressionlessly: "Both the Mini gun and the howitzer rely heavily on ammunition, and without a continuous and sufficient supply of ammunition, we may not be able to compete with the British." ”

Yin Youcai got up and opened the curtain on the wall to reveal a large map, then took a wooden pole and said: "This is the full map of the Qianlong Emperor, the two of you came to take a look." As he spoke, he pointed to the map: "This is the Gurkhas, surrounded by British India, once the new army in the northwest captures the Gurkha from Tibet, how will the British react?" ”

Shi Dakai didn't know where the Gurkha was before he looked at the map, and he understood that once the new army of Yuanqi occupied the Gurkha, it would inevitably greatly contain the British forces in India, which was a great thing for the Taiping army to enter Burma.

After a slight groan, he said: "Yi Da shopkeeper plans to garrison troops in Gurkha?" ”

"It's not as simple as a garrison." Yin Youcai said in a deep voice: "The principal said that in order to cooperate with the Taiping army into Burma, the troops entering Tibet will sweep through the two small states of Gurkha and Zhemengxiong, and it is not ruled out that they will move west to recover Ladakh in order to contain the British army to the greatest extent." ”

Shi Dakai looked at the map on the wall with some hot eyes, hesitated, and said, "Can this map be given to us?" ”

"Absolutely." Yin Youcai said simply, as he spoke, he pointed on the map, "This is Assam, the British have opened up a large-scale tea garden here, we need your army to do a small favor and send a partial division to Assam." ”

Shi Dakai said with a puzzled expression: "Isn't Zhe Mengxiong closer to Assam?" ”

"We need an excuse, an excuse to send troops to Assamese." Yin Youcai said with a smile: "When your army arrives in Assam, it turns to Zhemengxiong, and before the new army of Yuanqi arrives, it occupies Zhemengxiong." ”

"No problem." Shi Dakai agreed, and in the future, he wanted to rely on Yuan Qi to continue to provide arms, even if he knew that it was a pit, he had to jump.

"Chiang Mai is a great place." Yin Youcai smiled and pointed the wooden pole at Chiang Mai, saying: "The valley here is wide, the land is fertile, and the grain is abundant, occupying Chiang Mai is enough to threaten Myanmar and Siam, and it is rare that Chiang Mai is now in a state of secession, which is the most ideal foothold for the Taiping army."

In addition to the geographical location of Chiang Mai is extremely strategically important, there is also a trade route with Kunming, and the Hui people and Mabang have long traveled between Kunming and Chiang Mai. ”

Shi Dakai bowed slightly and said, "Chiang Mai is indeed an excellent place to stay, please thank the shopkeeper of Yida on behalf of the king." ”

"There's one more thing I want to say." Yin Youcai said: "Myanmar and Siam have a hot climate, dense forests, many mosquitoes, and are prone to epidemic malaria, so there are two kinds of Western medicines for you - cinchona cream has a special effect on malaria, and one is aspirin, which can relieve fever and analgesic ...... ”

As he spoke, he got up and took out a small cloth bag from the hanging military satchel and handed it over, "This is the seed of the cinchona frost tree that was just sent, try to plant it in Chiang Mai, soak the seeds in warm water before sowing, if it can be successful, it will also be a source of wealth in the future." ”

After leaving the Tusi Office and returning to the Taiping Army camp, Shi Dakai had a worried look on his face all the way, and when he entered the Chinese army's big tent, Feng Yunshan couldn't help but say, "What is the Yiwang worried about?" The war into Burma? ”

"There's nothing to worry about in the war." Shi Dakai shook his head slightly, and said, "The Burmese army that the British can fight is looking for teeth all over the place, let alone us?" Even against the British army, there is nothing to worry about, after all, the British army in Burma is not many. I'm worried about Yuanqi! ”

After a pause, he said in a deep voice: "Since Yuan Qi sent troops into Guangxi to besiege Guilin, attracting us to divide 200,000 troops into Guangxi, we have actually been led by Yuan Qi by the nose, even if we can destroy Burma and Siam?" In the end, it will still be exterminated by Yuan Qi. ”

Feng Yunshan took out a jasper cigarette holder, stuffed a paper cigarette, lit it and took two puffs before saying: "I think too much, Yuan Qi is now going to send troops in the northwest and Tibet, and there is no spare strength to take care of us at all, first fight Burma and Siam, and then say, maybe, we still have a chance to join forces with the British against Yuan Qi." ”

Hearing this, Shi Dakai seemed to have eaten Coptis chinensis with a bitter face, "Myanmar and Siam are both Buddhist countries, and the language, customs, and clothing are different, the worship of God will not work in the two countries at all, there is no military replenishment, just with our existing troops, it is difficult to completely destroy the two countries!"

Yuan Qi didn't have a good heart at all, and when our troops were exhausted, Yuan Qi would inevitably send troops to pick up ready-made bargains. ”

Feng Yunshan glanced at him and said, "What does the Wing King mean, entrenched in Chiang Mai?" ”

"Chiang Mai is a great place!" Shi Da opened his jaw and said: "Concentrating our forces in Chiang Mai should be our best choice!" However, at the moment, the king of heaven and the king of the east, one is in Burma and the other is in Annam....... ”

"Yuanqi wants us to disturb the situation in Southeast Asia." Feng Yunshan said and sighed, "There are two lives of man and earth, even if you want to send someone to contact the Heavenly King, it will not work, let's take one step at a time, and take Chiang Mai first." ”

Shanghai, Zhenhai Mansion, Lotus Garden.

There was a light rain in the sky, Yi Zhixin accompanied Yan Kexin with an umbrella for a walk in the rain, this time was busy, there was almost no leisure space all day long, but every day at dusk, Yi Zhixin would insist on walking, and the women in the house also took turns to accompany him.

Yi Zhixiang has the habit of thinking about problems when walking, he doesn't speak, Yan Kexin doesn't say much, just silently accompanies him, she likes this atmosphere very much, even if she doesn't say a word, she feels satisfied.

Walking around the lotus pond a few times, Yi Zhizhi looked at his watch, and turned to walk towards the garden gate, seeing this situation, Yan Kexin said: "Master, Madame said that she would go to Changle Orphanage to visit the child tomorrow, and asked if you have time." ”

Changle Orphanage is easy to be satisfied with the money to open, the scale is not small, there are more than 600 orphans, most of them are young orphans whose parents died or lost in the famine in various places, a little muttering, Yi Zhizhi said: "Go at noon, I also want to go to see those children." ”

Yan Kexin hesitated for a moment before saying, "Master, there is a sentence that the concubine doesn't know whether to say ..... or not." ”

Smiled, Yi Zhizhi said: "If there is anything you can't say, if you say something wrong, I won't blame you, just say it." ”

"The treatment of the orphanage in every way is too good." Yan Kexin said softly: "Yesterday, Dean Guan said that during this time, there were always people quietly putting baby girls at the door of the orphanage, and there were more and more trends, and the most one morning actually received eight, all of them were baby girls, and it was ...... to go on like this." ”

"What a big deal." Yi Zhizhi said disapprerovingly: "Collect, how much to collect, if you can send the child, you have to have a last resort, and it's not that you can't afford to raise it, so it's a good deed!" ”