Chapter 636

Due to lethality and range.

In fact, the effect on the battlefield was still not as good as cavalry.

It wasn't until the level of industrialization continued to improve that firearms gradually replaced the original status of cavalry.

This is why some people of the braid dynasty could say such shameless words as "My Great Qing is invincible in the world."

But less than a hundred years later.

The further development of firearms completely tore off the last fig leaf of the braid dynasty.

The cavalry of the old era ultimately became a thing of the past.

But now.

Because technological development was not that fast.

Cavalry was still a very important branch of the military on the battlefield.

So much so that many times it could even play a crucial role in determining victory or defeat!

Bingzhou.

Shangdang Commandery.

The news of Zhang Liao capturing Poor Huchuquan had already been sent to Gu Yi by the Intelligence Guard.

Regarding this, it was actually completely within Gu Yi's expectations.

Zhang Liao plus Xun You, as well as three thousand Flying Bear Army soldiers, and forty-seven thousand elite soldiers of other branches.

With such a luxurious lineup, if they still couldn't take down Poor Huchuquan, they might as well just take a piece of tofu and crash into it.

As for Zhang Liao's expedition to the Southern Xiongnu royal court, Gu Yi felt it was also a sure thing.

And besides the Southern Xiongnu.

The remaining small tribes could just be wiped out along the way.

Gu Yi would not leave hidden dangers for the future.

Since he wanted to "plow the court," he had to plow it clean.

However.

Besides capturing Poor Huchuquan.

Zhang Liao also sent another big gift.

To be precise, this big gift also came from the captured Poor Huchuquan.

What Gu Yi didn't expect was.

Poor Huchuquan had always had business dealings with the Western Regions!

Yes, this has to be talked about from the time when the Xiongnu were at their most prosperous.

In the early Western Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu once established a separatist force with a relatively large geographical area.

The horizontal area reached directly to the Western Regions.

It was equivalent to being on a different route from Liangzhou, but it could also reach the Western Regions.

Compared to the vast desert in the west of Liangzhou, this route undoubtedly appeared flatter.

But because the two forces of the Xiongnu and Southern Xiongnu successively occupied this road firmly, the Han side had never known of the existence of this road.

However.

Now with the demise of the Southern Xiongnu.

All valuable things and human resources had to be spat out.

Gu Yi intended to first send an envoy to the west of the Western Regions, and even to regions like Central Asia and West Asia, to survey the specific strength of each country.

In this way, it would be convenient for Gu Yi to conduct expeditions or trade in the future.

After all.

The knowledge taught in the books of later generations is often limited.

In this era of the late Han, what the specific strength of other countries was like still required a field trip to know.

Just as Gu Yi intended to rest.

Fa Zheng brought an urgent message from outside.

"Chancellor, Yuan Benchu and Ju Gongyu seem to be planning to break the jar and smash it."

"In order to prepare for war, they not only plundered wealth from the common people, but even started to take action against merchants!"

Hearing this, Gu Yi's eyes narrowed slightly.

Scholar, farmer, artisan, merchant—the hierarchical system of ancient feudal dynasties was no joke.

Merchants were at the very bottom of social status.

And the status of merchants in the late Han era was naturally not high either.

Unless it was the kind of "part-time merchant" who could be called an aristocratic family and also did business, this situation would improve.

For example, the Lu family of Juchao, Lujiang in Huainan, and the Mi family of Peng Cheng in Xuzhou.

Lu Su doesn't need to be mentioned; the official positions of his grandfather and maternal grandfather in the Han court were not low.

Mi Zhu's side was not much worse; otherwise, why could he become the Bie Jia of Xuzhou?

That was the second-in-command of Xuzhou!

It was definitely not something that could be achieved just by doing business.

Therefore, rather than saying the Mi family and Lu family were merchants.

It would be better to say they were "part-time merchants" sitting in the position of "scholars."

It's just that their business careers were done relatively well, and they made a lot of money.

While having money, it also played a certain role in consolidating their own "scholar" status.

And speaking of families in similar situations to them.

Jizhou actually had one too.

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