Chapter 586: Military Supplies Piled Up in the Streets (Please vote and subscribe)

Jiang Xuan nodded after listening. Dashu's answer was similar to what You Fu had told him at the beginning. Now that he had visited the place they called Liuyang County with his own eyes, it was indeed confirmed that You Fu had not boasted or lied. It was not an exaggeration for a settlement called a county to have a population of more than 20,000.

"Last month, the leader came and went to Weishan County to take a look. Now Weishan County has about 20,000 people. Our two counties add up to at least 40,000.

Ruyang County has more than 10,000 people. The capital of Hanyang County plus the three surrounding counties also have nearly 20,000 people. By the way, there is also Sitong County, the iron mine and the copper mine, and the new base in Jingyan. But if all these are added together, our Han tribe has at least 80,000 to 90,000 people."

Dashu counted the population of several counties with his fingers, but Jiang Xuan didn't understand it very well. He only heard how much here and how much there, and then he found that in just a moment, Dashu said several place names. It seems that the Han tribe is really big.

After a little sigh, Jiang Xuan concentrated on dealing with the food in front of him, trying the delicacies of the Han tribe that he had never seen before. When he first traveled to Youjiang, he only took out some pickled vegetables and meat porridge for them to eat, but that was after all the conditions on the ship were limited. But now it's different. Liuyang County can be said to have everything you want.

There were all kinds of vegetables, fruits, and meat products. Even grains could be divided into several categories. Boiled corn cobs, steamed rice, rice dumplings, pancakes, steamed buns, whatever you wanted to eat, you could take it. The guesthouse provided enough. The food made by frying plant leaves and meat was a wonderful experience. Without iron pans and grease, the Jiang family could not taste the deliciousness of stir-fried dishes.

Just like the dish in front of him, which was fried with leek segments, pork skin cubes, soybeans, peppers, and corn kernels, it looked beautiful and delicious. Jiang Xuan, who was not very good at using chopsticks, was so anxious that he almost dropped his chopsticks when he saw this dish. Fortunately, there was a wooden spoon prepared here, which saved Jiang Xuan from the embarrassment of looking at the dish but not being able to eat it.

As the saying goes, if you want to understand the level of a civilization, you must first look at how they eat. This is indeed true, because from the types of dishes alone, you can see how many kinds of ingredients this civilization has mastered.

Judging from the food on the table, the Han tribe is definitely very powerful. Not only can they eat enough, but they can also eat well and change their food every day. Can those people who worry about what to eat for the next meal every day compare to this? Definitely not.

After a delicious meal, Youfu started to lead them to Hanyang City the next morning. Many crew members in the fleet were locals in Liuyang County, so they were directly given a holiday by Youfu to go home. When the reward would come down and when the fleet would set off again, all of this had to wait for the leader's arrangement, so not many people followed Youfu.

Youfu himself brought 20 or 30 confidants, all of whom rode horses, while the people of the Jiang family and the Li tribe took carriages. The wide four-wheeled carriages had the two sides of the carriages lowered to become two long rows of seats. A carriage could seat ten people and there was still a lot of space left in the middle to put some things.

This way of traveling by car once again attracted people from the Jiang family and the Li tribe. Unlike the previous sailing boats, sailing boats are very stable in the inland river. A little fluctuation is not very obvious. It is just a little crowded when there are many people. However, short-distance transportation on land can better reflect the transportation capacity of the Han tribe.

To be honest, riding a horse-drawn carriage is really not very comfortable. There is nothing wrong with the car, but the main problem is the road. There was originally no road from Hanyang City to Liuyang County. As the saying goes, there is no road in the world. When more people walk, it becomes a road. This road is also created in this way. It is all due to the vehicles coming and going that a road is pressed out. The ruts on the road are very deep. The wheels of the carriage are basically stuck in those ruts. Those who don’t know think it is a light rail. But whether it is

comfortable or not is not important to Jiang Xuan. As long as it can pull things, it’s fine. With such a convenient means of transportation, you shouldn’t ask for more. In other words, people should know how to be content.

However, it is obvious that the Han tribe is a tribe that does not know how to be content, especially the senior management of the Han tribe, in other words, the leader of the Han tribe.

"Our leader plans to dig an artificial canal from Liuyang County to Hanyang County. This will make transportation between the two places more convenient. In addition, more canals can be dug along the canal to create more farmland on the plain west of Liuyang County." You Fu rode a horse beside the carriage and introduced the canal he had just seen to Jiang Xuan.

Jiang Xuan thought about it for a long time but still couldn't understand this theory. Why waste manpower and material resources to dig such an artificial river when there is such a good thing as a carriage? Isn't this just a waste of time? Besides, such a large project, how long will it take to dig this river through?

"Does the Han tribe need to transport a lot of things back and forth? Why do we need to reclaim so much farmland? Doesn't the Han tribe have enough food now?" Jiang Xuan, who couldn't figure it out after thinking for a long time, simply asked directly.

"It is definitely necessary to transport things, and there will be more and more of them in the future. It is better to have one more fast channel than none. It is also necessary to reclaim farmland. Although the Han tribe does not lack food now, it will lack it in the future. Every household is constantly giving birth to children, and our leader also has rewards for having children. As long as you have a child, you can get five acres of tax-free land without paying taxes. Who doesn't want to have more children?

But these children will have to live independently when they grow up, and they will have to be allocated land at that time. There will be no more canals and farmland. What will we do when they grow up? So we might as well start preparing now. Since digging the river is slow, then we can dig it slowly. If I can't dig it through in this lifetime, I still have my son. If my son can't dig it through in my lifetime, I still have my grandson. As the saying goes, my descendants will be endless. The Han tribe will dig this river sooner or later.

Besides, given our leader's impatient temper, he won't wait that long. Don't worry, our leader will find a way to complete it in our generation."

After listening to You Fu's words, Jiang Xuan doubted his life even more, so he listened to him ask again.

"Why do you Han tribe people have so much confidence in the leader? You believe whatever the leader says. If the leader tells you that the carriage can run without horses, will you believe it?"

"Hey, why can't we believe it? As long as our leader says it can, it must work. Besides, who told you that the carriage can't run without horses? Our Han tribe already has windmills and watermills. Those things can really turn around without horses. Isn't the sailboat you took when you came here also driven by the wind? What's so strange about this?"

Before You Fu could say anything, You Zhi, who was riding a horse on the other side, retorted and took the example of the sailboat, which choked Jiang Xuan.

However, this made Jiang Xuan more interested in the leader of the Han tribe. Could it be that this young leader is really omnipotent? This time, we really need to take a closer look.

But his wish was ultimately dashed. When You Fu took them to Sitong County for lunch, they saw a convoy of cars leaving Sitong County and heading towards Hanyang County. When You Fu arrived at one of the cars and lifted the straw curtain, he found that it was loaded with a lot of copper ore.

The scale of these convoys transporting ore was far greater than before, revealing a hint of something unusual.

Hanyang County actually needed so much copper? What did the leader want to do? Was there not enough money?

You Fu couldn't help but speculate, but he didn't care much, and took Jiang Xuan and the others to Sitong County for lunch.

In fact, Luo Chong suddenly increased the demand for copper mines because of the lack of money. Although there was no problem now, after the city on the grassland was built, he planned to promote the currency of the Han tribe to the Xin tribe and the grassland. If so many users were added at once, would he not start preparing in advance and wait until the money ran out before he could make a blind guess?

But the real situation is more than that. When the sunset gradually sank into the western sky and two bright moons rose in the sky, You Fu and his men had already arrived at the Rushui River with torches, but they saw an incredible scene.

The dock of Hanyang City on the Rushui River was still brightly lit. Many people were carrying lanterns and torches and moving things on the dock. There were so many brown linen quilts that they had to be loaded on boats. The cowhide boots were pulled into the city by trucks. The crimson military uniforms were even more conspicuous, and there were too many to count.

How many troops would it take to use so many clothes? What was the leader going to do? Was he planning to take revenge immediately? Well, it was really possible.

The clerk holding a lantern on the dock was also shouting loudly, "Hurry up, hurry up, everyone can go home and rest after unloading this boat. Everyone should be quick, otherwise the city gate will be closed." As he spoke, he did not forget to take the bamboo slip in his hand to record the data.

Jiang Xuan was even more confused by the scene, but seeing so many clothes and shoes, they were also envious, and they didn't know what so many things were for.

But before he could think about it, the carriage had already climbed onto the wooden bridge of the Rushui River. The creaking sound scared everyone in the carriage. Looking to both sides, it turned out to be a road across the water. It was just because it was dark, and it was hard to see the specific shape. It was not until

they arrived at the gate of Hanyang City that Jiang Xuan took the initiative to ask to get off the car and walk into the city. This was the third city he had seen. Whenever he saw a new city, he would walk into it because Jiang Xuan felt that only in this way could he see more things.

But today was obviously not a good time to visit. Hanyang City, which was not very big, looked unusually crowded. The ring road near the city gate was full of large carts loaded with various supplies. There were also people holding torches and standing guard next to the convoy. More supplies were also continuously transported in from the dock outside the city.

All of them were parked on the roadside and not moved into the warehouse, which means that these materials were only temporarily stored for one night. Maybe they would be shipped out tomorrow morning. But these are all military materials, and there are so many of them. Where are they going to be shipped?

You Fu could tell that these were military materials because he had seen the army of the Han tribe and had performed missions with those heavy cavalrymen, so he could tell at a glance.

However, Jiang Xuan, who had never seen the army of the Han tribe, was also shocked by the materials in front of him. Just now, he only saw quilts, clothes and shoes outside, which was nothing. If there was anything strange, it was just that they were all the same. He hadn't thought about the army yet, but just after entering the city gate, he saw other materials, not just clothes and shoes.

Truckloads of arrows, iron armor, steel helmets, shields, if these were still unclear, then bundles of steel guns, spears, iron halberds, waist knives, which were obviously weapons, were enough to explain what these materials were used for.

There was another strange thing, which was loaded on many carts. It looked like a bow but was much more complicated than a bow. No one knew how to use it, but if someone told him that it was a farm tool, he would definitely use it to smash the other person's head off. Even a fool could see that such a sophisticated thing would never be a farm tool.

The long caravan filled two streets. Jiang Xuan walked and looked at the things on the car. When he walked to the end, he suddenly found that even the short-handled small shovels used by You Fu and his men were loaded with several carts.

The Han tribe was too rich. There were so many good things.

Although You Fu was also quite shocked, he didn't catch anyone and ask them randomly. With his identity, if he wanted to know the truth, he might as well ask the leader in person. The leader would not hide it from him, so he asked Jiang Xuan and his men to wait first, and then he went to find Luo Chong.

Luo Chong stayed at home very peacefully. He didn't go anywhere these days. In addition to teaching others to blow the military bugle, he stayed at home to draw the design drawings of the new ship and accompany his two pregnant wives, because starting tomorrow, Luo Chong would live in the military camp again for a while.

Someone knocked on the door of Luo Chong's house.

"Who is it?"

"Chief, You Fu has returned from Liuyang County and is here to report to you." A guard standing at the gate answered loudly.

"Oh? You're back now? Tell him I'm leaving right away." Luo Chong's voice came from the room.

After a while, Luo Chong got dressed and walked out, and saw You Fu standing at the door waiting for him.

"Hello, chief." You Fu immediately saluted.

"Well, you're back so soon? Why don't you rest for a few more days in Liuyang County? Come with me and go to the government office to talk." Luo Chong was very happy to see that this guy was not missing any limbs, not to mention that You Fu had found an important route for the Han tribe this time.

"Chief, I brought the leader of the Jiang family mentioned in the letter, as well as the people of the Li tribe. They are still waiting to see the leader. What do you think we should do now?" You Fu remembered Jiang Xuan and others who were still waiting on the roadside, so he reminded Luo Chong.

"They are coming too? But it's dark now. Since it's so late, let's not meet today. Come, go to the Honglu Temple to find Hongfu and ask him to arrange food and lodging for these people. Let them come tomorrow when I summon them."

Luo Chong looked at the sky and sent these people away with just one sentence. The leader of the Han tribe can't be met whenever anyone wants? You

Fu, who was standing aside, didn't dare to object. He kept his head down and didn't say anything. Then he listened to Luo Chong.

"Did you bring the navigation log I asked you to write? By the way, you haven't eaten yet, right? I'll have someone cook some dishes. You can tell me what happened along the way later."

(End of this chapter)