Chapter 347

But... as he kept getting drawn deeper and deeper!

For him now to pull out was truly not easy!

Facing Ying Su has already put him and Seeing Xiang Yu on his must-kill list!

And many others knew what he had done!

All of this seemed to bind him tightly together with Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu!

At this moment, to pull out was truly a thousand difficulties, ten thousand hardships!

"Take it one step at a time!"

Fan Zeng shook his head and sighed.

In the end, just like everyone else, he returned to his tent to rest!

They still had to travel at first light tomorrow!.

154. Decisive Battle! The Xiongnu's Destruction! The Yan Yun Eighteen Riders!

On the grassland, the cold wind howled, and goose-feather snow flew!

On the marching route of Ying Su's great army!

After five days of travel, the great army finally crossed over Wolf Ju Xu Mountain!

From here to the Great Snow Mountain was less than eight hundred li in total.

This was roughly the distance from Xianyang City to Taiyuan!

Looking from afar, one could faintly make out the appearance of the distant snow mountains!

Ying Su sat in a sled cart, gazing at the scenery in the distance while taking out a map to examine!

Zhang Liang, Han Xin, Wang Jian — after they had seen this map, they all felt very puzzled!

Because... this map was neither the map of Great Qin, nor the map of the Xiongnu!

But... it encompassed both of these places!

And beyond these two places, there were even more and even larger territories!

Among them were many places that even Wang Jian and Han Xin did not know!

Zhang Liang was also completely at a loss!

"This is..."

None of them understood what kind of map this actually was!

However, Ying Su smiled:

"This is the map of the Huaxia realm!"

"It is the ideal land area of Great Qin in this lone man's mind!"

"What?"

The moment those words left his mouth, everyone was utterly stunned!

The ideal land area in Ying Su's mind?

That large?

Just from the distribution on this map, the area alone was equal to six or seven Great Qins!

Besides that, there were even overseas lands and the Western Regions!

These places... were actually all on this map!

Ying Su... he actually wanted to conquer such a vast land area?

They were all shaken!

Han Xin, Zhang Liang, and the others gazed at this map, then listened to Ying Su's words, and sighed even more — it was too vast!

Truly too vast!

However, Ying Su just shook his head and smiled!

The map he now held in his hands was merely the land area of Huaxia several thousand years later!

If the maps of the Qing Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty were also brought out, how shocking would that be!

Especially the Yuan Dynasty!

Stretching across Eurasia!

How magnificent that was!

However... how should one put it!

These were very hard to achieve!

The problem was not whether it could be conquered!

But rather... whether it could be governed afterward!

Not to mention anything else, just this piece of Xiongnu territory — he and Zhang Liang had discussed many times how, after conquering this Xiongnu territory, this land should be settled!

"Set it aside for grazing, let it become Great Qin's natural horse ranch, and build a cavalry corps of one hundred thousand, or even five hundred thousand men for Great Qin!"

Zhang Liang said this!

Ying Su had also had this idea!

But... he shook his head. Such a large piece of land used solely for raising horses would be too wasteful!

"Then migrate people, migrate Great Qin's subjects here, and grant them preferential treatment in taxation! Use this to control this land!"

He proposed once more! 037

However, it was still rejected by Ying Su!

Ancient society was not the same as modern society!

People in ancient society were very attached to their hometowns, and not many were willing to migrate!

Even when a person dies, there is the saying that fallen leaves return to their roots; how much more so when an entire family migrates?

If there were even the slightest way, who would be willing to come here!

Even tax incentives would hardly make people migrate!

"Then... train an army here and have the military take over the entire grassland?"

Zhang Liang spoke again!

Ying Su still shook his head!

If the military were to take over such a vast grassland, how many troops would be needed!

The imperial court feeding so many armies for free every year is a huge waste of grain and wealth!

Regarding the several methods Zhang Liang proposed, Ying Su rejected them all.

But he himself had no particularly good method either!

Mainly because this has no precedent in all of history.

Even Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, merely scattered the Xiongnu army and never formally took over the management of the grassland!

The Yuan and Qing dynasties cannot serve as references either!

The main reason is that they were originally people of the grassland; this is their stronghold. Such a natural advantage is something we simply cannot compare to!

"Designate this place as a commandery. In the future, when exiling criminals, prioritize sending them here, and station a small number of troops to guard them!"

"Encourage them to have many children, regardless of gender; each person must have at least five children. For every additional child born, reduce their crime by one degree!"

"At the same time, as you suggested, encourage migration by granting special tax considerations, raise Ma Pi, and turn this into the Qin state's horse ranch!"

"What do you think?"

Ying Su asked Zhang Liang.

The moment these words were spoken, Zhang Liang's eyes instantly lit up; he bowed to Ying Su and said, "This method is feasible!"

"Those criminals, no matter how they committed crimes, are ultimately people of the Central Plains. They have been baptized by Zhou Li and educated by Kongmenglaozhuang and the other Hundred Schools of Thought. Taking root here can completely occupy the grassland!"

"Furthermore, this method can be emulated!"

"In the future, whenever other places are conquered, they can all be handled this way!"

Zhang Liang said excitedly.

Although Ying Su nodded, he was still not satisfied!

One Xiongnu might be feasible this way.

The Western Regions might barely work too!

What about Nanyue?

And what about the Roman Empire, which we plan to conquer in the future?