Turbulent Times Chapter 1082: The opening of the conquest of Goguryeo

In the past half a year, the far-sea shipping capacity of the Fanyang Chamber of Commerce under Yang Kongchan's charge has increased by nearly 100,000 shi, and the increase in shipping capacity per shi represents a huge increase in profits.

In addition to providing a large number of warships for Wang Junlin's navy, Fanyang County Salt Field Shipyard has invested more than half a million taels of Wang Junlin's personal money in the past half a year. The total scale of shipbuilding has now exceeded Three hundred thousand stone.

In particular, iron and steel accessories are gradually becoming popular. In addition to the large-scale use of iron nails for riveting, the Yanchang Shipyard even began to use large-scale iron castings.

In Wang Junlin's impression, an iron sailboat with the same load capacity is heavier than a wooden sailboat. According to actual calculations, a steel sailboat with the same load is even 20 to 30% lighter than a wooden sailboat.

It is entirely necessary to build a steel-hulled sailboat. A thousand-stone boat will use 100,000 catties of good iron, which is not what Wang Junlin can afford today. After all, although Fanyang County is up to him, it is still under the rule of the Sui Dynasty, and in order not to make Yang Guang afraid, he tried his best not to contaminate the resources of Fanyang County, and all taxes were handed over to the court.

What's more, even with the existence of Nie Xiaoyu, the low-cost steel plate manufacturing technology has to mature, and it is difficult to truly grow without more than ten years of accumulation of technology. However, using iron castings to manufacture key components of seagoing ships can The structural strength of the ship is higher, the technology is not complicated, and the cost can be tolerated.

However, with the presence of Nie Xiaoyu, the first primary iron-making blast furnace was also built in the newly-built steel factory in the salt field three months ago, which increased the steel-making efficiency by more than five times. Five more iron blast furnaces are built, and Wang Junlin's refined iron production in the saltworks will increase to 400,000 catties per year.

This kind of output, in later generations, is just the annual output of a small private iron workshop, but in today's Great Sui, it is already one-third of the output of the entire Great Sui.

However, according to the budget, at least one hundred thousand taels of silver is needed to build such an ironmaking blast furnace, which is not a low cost. Fan Yangjun controls the impulse in his hands.

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In the third month after Wang Junlin returned to Fanyang County, that is, the sixth year of Daye, on the sixth day of the first lunar month, Emperor Yang Guang finally couldn't bear it anymore. Regardless of the strong opposition of some ministers, he officially issued an edict announcing the crusade against Goguryeo.

As for the specific battle plan, Yang Guang took care of it all by himself, without the involvement of the Ministry of War, and he didn't even ask the generals and ministers to discuss it.

Yang Guang spent more than a year, looking at the map in the imperial study, and finally believed that 1.5 million people were needed to conquer Goguryeo, including 600,000 soldiers and 900,000 auxiliary soldiers. More than three million laborers will be recruited to transport grain and grass.

According to Yang Guang's plan, he divided his troops into three groups to conquer Goguryeo. The land was divided into left and right wings, with twelve armies on each wing. The Lelang Road leading to the Twelfth Army has been tiled on the map, and the same is true for the Twelfth Army on the Right. , mighty and mighty, sweeping like a tide.

In addition, because Wang Junlin had already written a letter to occupy Dami Island and Baengling Island in Goguryeo, and Zhao Chen, the head of the Fanyang County Navy, also wrote a letter, saying that his 30,000 navy is an elite.

In addition, Yang Guang has always trusted Wang Junlin, because Wang Junlin has never let him down so far, so he set up a water army with the Fanyang County Navy as the main force, and cooperated with the conquest of Goguryeo.

To Zhao Chen's disappointment, Yang Guang actually ordered Wang Junlin to be the main one, with him as the assistant. Although he was depressed, Zhao Chen secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Although he went to the battlefield when the Great Sui conquered the south of the Yangtze River when he was young, compared with Wang Junlin's illustrious military achievements in commanding an army, he really can't compare with Wang Junlin's illustrious achievements. I'm really worried.

Although Wang Junlin is now the main general, but in his opinion, the 30,000 naval forces are under his control, how can he lose his military exploits, and Wang Junlin still has to act according to his own face, but if he loses the battle, he can completely shirk it It is Wang Junlin's responsibility.

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Fanyang County City Taishou Mansion.

Wang Junlin looked at the map of Liaodong and Goguryeo with a helpless and wry smile on his face.

According to the map drawn by Nie Xiaoyu himself, he couldn't find the twenty-four roads that Yang Guang said. After the police sent out, I saw from the map that the high mountains were next to each other, and there were no more than three roads that could be walked together. I am afraid that only the wise and mighty emperor knows how the 24th army marched together to move mountains and fill the sea. .

"When Yang Guang was young, he personally led troops to fight in battle. He didn't want to stay in the palace now, but he made such a low-level mistake of talking about soldiers on paper." Wang Junlin sneered and felt helpless, wondering if he Now send a fast horse to send this map to Yang Guang.

But thinking about Yang Guang, the emperor who loves face the most in history, has the strongest vanity in history, and is the most successful emperor in history. Now he sends the map up, and raises objections to Yang Guang's battle plan, or even completely denies it. Bring yourself a fatal disaster.

The reason is ridiculous, but also very simple.

First of all, Yang Guang has officially issued an edict, and this battle plan has been handed down to all officials and generals. Not to mention the issue of changing orders from day to day, His Majesty the great emperor will never allow such embarrassing things to happen to him.

Secondly, this mistake is too low-level, so low-level that with Yang Guang's personality, he will 100% become angry from embarrassment. Ordinary people will only curse and beat people when they become angry from embarrassment. , This is not nonsense, look at the past few years to dissuade or persuade Yang Guang face to face, the ministers who speak fiercely and who are not euphemistic enough are miserable

The consequences will be known.

According to the information from Xu Jingzong and Shen Guang, Wang Junlin knew that eleven courtiers had already been executed with sticks for admonishing Yang Guang, another nine were thrown into prison, and more than twenty people were demoted from office to rank .

The result of this is that now in the court of the Great Sui Dynasty, no one dares to tell the truth. The so-called "loyal words are harsh to the ears, but good medicine is bitter to the taste", Yang Guang is obviously the person who does not like listening to harsh words and taking bitter medicine, so It is basically impossible for someone to give him good advice and give him good medicine.

Looking at ancient and modern China and foreign countries, no matter how strong the ruler is, when he starts to act arbitrarily, it means that mistakes will happen one after another, the development of the country will gradually take a detour, and then it will fall apart, because there is no Perfect people, history has already proved that "group brainstorming and teamwork" is the kingly way.