"The Yellow River has many harms, only rich people are the only way to go." This saying may be familiar to time travelers.

But in history until the Qing Dynasty, the Hetao area was not a granary on the south of the Yangtze River, nor was it a granary outside the border. Apart from the front door, other areas were either arid grasslands or a long yellow sand.

It was not until after "going to the west entrance", thousands of extremely poor farmers flocked to the entrance to make a living and developed Hetao agricultural water conservancy. After more than a hundred years of struggle, they were able to "the Yellow River in the world is rich in Hetao, and the front is rich in the back is rich in the back."

When Sun Chuanting wanted to take Hetao, he also followed the emperor's will. The area to be regained was also the front-end area. He occupied the front-end and rear, and vigorously settled and developed it, thinking that the back-end material base would be regained.

From a larger strategic perspective, occupying Hetao made the northern defense system perfect, making up for the gap between Datong and Ningxia, and preventing the Mongolian tribes from using it as their base to harass the Ming Dynasty.

Hong Chengchou saw that Sun Chuanting had made a decision, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Long live the revival of Liaodong, would he want to use troops to the Mongolian tribes? Or should he take advantage of the major disaster to conquer the Mongolian tribes?"

The Pingliament of the slaves in Pingliao can be said to have solved the problem of the Ming Dynasty. Despite the major disasters, the Mongolian tribes with a single production method must be more difficult than the Ming Dynasty.

The so-called: take advantage of his illness and kill him. It is natural that Hong Chengchou has such thoughts and speculations.

Sun Chuanting hesitated for a moment, but nodded. The emperor did mean that, but he couldn't say it explicitly, you can't guess that there is nothing you can do.

Hong Chengchou let out a long sigh and no longer persuaded Sun Chuanting. If the disaster spreads and expands, there is no need for the Ming army to use force, the Mongolian tribes will also go south to rob and survive according to tradition.

Therefore, the battle must be fought. Taking the initiative first is the strong, and occupying the advantageous position of Hetao is also a clever plan.

Of course, the war is about logistics. How much food and wages can the court solve, how much Shaanxi can save itself in disasters, and how much support the surrounding provinces are, all need to be carefully considered and calculated.

Since the emperor had this plan, he must have arrangements and confidence. He could see the emperor's temper from the battle of Ping Liao. He was quite cautious and quite strategic.

"The grain stored in each granary in Shaanxi can support the recovery of Hetao." Hong Chengchou said slowly: "But it is only one year. If the disaster is not reduced, it will be difficult to maintain peace. We can only wait for the imperial court to withdraw the order."

Sun Chuanting's slight head was already satisfied with him. After all, there was a disaster in Shaanxi Province, and the food storage needs to be saved to the people.

He bowed to the east and said, "Long live the wisdom of the wise, and make arrangements in advance, so that we can deal with it calmly today."

The advance arrangement of major disasters was indeed a wise decision. In the past two years, taxes were collected, but they did not resolve the capital, but stored them on the spot to prepare for major disasters.

Not only Shaanxi, but also northern provinces such as Henan and Shanxi, among the major disasters in history, they were the most severely affected and the most powerful peasant uprisings.

According to the emperor's request, the Inspectorate and the Dongchang supervised the visits from both light and dark aspects. Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, Jin and other provinces must store enough grain to support one year.

During the two years of advance arrangement, the emperor also issued an order to the governors of various provinces to vigorously promote the planting of potatoes. It is both cold-resistant and high-yield, greatly enriching the warehouses of various provinces.

In addition to the official warehouse, the people also have some grain stored and have a lot of potatoes stored in the cellar.

Based on various measures, although there has been a disaster in Shaanxi Province this year, the actual situation can still support it. The people are still able to pass through, and there is no miserable scene of starvation everywhere.

Hong Chengchou also bowed to the east and said, "The food and food transported from Sichuan, Hubei, Henan and Shanxi provinces at the current speed and quantity will be able to support the people's lives next year even if there is no grain harvest next year. It is not enough to continue to supply military use."

Shaanxi is a disaster in the whole province this year, while neighboring provinces have not been affected, or the disaster situation is relatively mild. According to the principle of tax storage on-site, these provinces do have the spare time to provide relief to Shaanxi.

Moreover, if the grain stored in each province is used for less than one year, it can also be adjusted and increased from the grain transported from outside.

In fact, this is also a form of segmented transportation. It is just that the imperial court is dominated by the government and the governments of various provinces are responsible for transportation and garrisoning.

Three parts are natural disasters and seven parts are man-made disasters. The emperor has long known that the demise of the Ming Dynasty in history, and the key reason is not a major disaster.

As long as the court attaches importance to it, the governments in various places will be effective and overcoming major disasters is not an unsuccessful task.

Moreover, while resisting disasters, he was deploying the north and taking the opportunity to conquer Mongolian tribes, the emperor believed that it was a goal that could be achieved.

Sun Chuanting was also full of confidence in this, but the reason was very simple. The elite soldiers and generals drawn from Liaodong greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the Ming army in the northern military towns and had a great advantage over the Mongolian tribes.

During the years of fighting in Ping Liao, the weapons and equipment of the Ming army in various places were improved at least one level. The troops in Liaodong even found tactical methods to deal with nomadic peoples from actual combat.

"Even if there is no war, can the food and money required by the army be in arrears?" Sun Chuanting expressed objection to Hong Chengchou's calculations. "It is not difficult to capture the front convoy, and then it is enough to only supply the food and supplies of three thousand defenders."

The meaning is very simple. The army has to eat no matter what. Can it still tie its neck when there is no war? Therefore, the increased food and supplies are the cost of transportation on the road.

It is almost certain to win the Hetao. The Mongolian tribes could not stop the Ming army's large-scale attack and sharp firepower. The remaining problem was long-term garrison and stable occupation of Hetao.

With flintlock muskets, artillery, and even the relatively simple trenches and chest walls, the Three Thousand Ming Army was enough to severely damage the invading Mongolian tribes. Such troops minimized the logistics supply and greatly reduced the pressure.

What's more, there are many rivers in the Qiantao area, and the natural conditions are very good. "The Chronicles of the Ming Dynasty" says: "The Yellow River is blocked on three sides around the Hetao, and the soil is fertile and can be cultivated." This refers to this.

It is the worst plan. The front area is like Shaanxi. It cannot be cultivated under major disasters, and the army is just a different place to garrison, and the loss is the transportation of money and grain.

"The front condom can be cultivated." Hong Chengchou learned a lot and said confidently: "There is the Sheyan River in the west and the Hei River in the northwest. Through Wei (now Yulin, Shaanxi) and Sancha River in the south, and a big river in the north (i.e. the Yellow River), which is much stronger than Shaanxi with severe drought."

Sun Chuanting smiled and said, "With Brother Heng Jiu's words, I have more confidence."

The two of them were Jinshi in the same subject, but their relationship was still harmonious. Sun Chuanting had a high position, but was not arrogant, and he also admired Hong Chengchou's talents very much.

But the two did not know that the emperor not only wanted to recover Hetao, but also prepared to promote the immigration operation to the west entrance in advance.
Chapter completed!