In March, the Beidi Plain had already thawed, and only half of the hundreds of thousands of people who moved south had moved from the pontoon bridge to Huainan, and only half of the cultivated land had been allocated.
On this day, Liu Qi rode into Shouchun in a carriage with lanterns hanging from Wu Wangfu.
"We will meet King Wu."
Under the hall, Zhang Zhao, Chen Gong, Xu Jing, Liu Ye, and Deng Xi were all there.
At this moment, it was Ji Shui, the commander of the Jiujiang Battalion, who stayed behind in Shouchun, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were all guarding the city in Huaibei.
"No courtesy."
Everyone sat on both sides, and Liu Qi glanced at Zhang Zhao, who was the leader, "Zibu, the people who moved in from Huainan today, can there be statistics" Zhang Zhao hurriedly got up and looked towards Liu Qi, "After the report was submitted half an hour ago, the minister immediately ordered the sword and pen officials to count, and so far the people who have moved into the two counties of Huainan have a total of 74,325 households and more than 410,000 people. ” Liu Qi's face was slightly shocked, "In the Central Plains, there are five or six households in each household."
"Lord, in the early years of Emperor Ling, the Central Plains was densely populated, and most of the people were seven people as a household, two in-laws, and three or four husbands and wives.
After the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the conquest of the princes of the Central Plains, most of the elite and strong were recruited by the princes, and many famines escaped, so that most of the people now have no more than five or six people in their families. ” "I see."
Liu Qi bowed slightly, "The people of more than ten counties in Huaibei have already moved back, and before the lonely north went to Xuchang, there were Tuntian captains who entered the counties of Huaibei to reclaim and cultivate the fields, and now there are small successes."
"Returning to the lord, the people who migrated from the Chen State, the northern part of the Pei Kingdom, and the Ren Cheng State have nearly 300,000 people settled in Huaibei, Xiapi and other places."
"Cao Cao's iron cavalry can be killed with the team" "Back to the lord, General Ziyi led 3,000 heavy cavalry to break the Xiahou Yuan Department in Haoxian County the day before yesterday, 10,000 elite cavalry, beheaded more than 3,000 ranks, and captured more than 5,000 war horses."
"The tiger and leopard ride can be moved" "Returning to the lord, Cao Cao seems to have intended to order Cao Chun's troops and horses to cooperate with Zhang He, and after recovering the southern counties of Renchengguo, he will go south to Pengchengguo."
"Zhang He, one of the four pillars of Hebei in the past, you don't want to underestimate it, you can choose Xuzhou to enlist in the army when you are alone, and the Danyang elite soldiers under the command of Tao Gongzu in the past are like this, Xuzhou is the best place for soldiers, I don't know Zhang Wenyuan, who is stationed in Pengchengguo, how many soldiers and horses are there in Xuzhou now" "Back to the lord, the land of Xuzhou can buy horses from the horse dealers in the north, but since our army and Cao Cao and Yuan Tan fought at the same time, the source of horses has been cut off, and now Xuzhou has more than 20,000 horse infantry troops.
The cavalry army and most of them were in battle with Yuan Tan and Cao Cao's army, and our army captured the gains. ” "How many cavalrymen are there" "One person and one horse, composite armor, double crossbow, and simple knife configuration, when there are more than 1,500 people."
"Fifteen hundred horsemen, Wen Yuan's army is hard."
The civil and military forces present were all touched, and Jiangdong war horses were scarce, so that in this Central Plains, it was actually after two southward migrations of hundreds of thousands of people.
At this age, if it weren't for the snowmobile built by Liu Qi, the king of Wu, he could pull a sled with horses in the ice and snow and carry these people south, but I am afraid that even if the Jiangdong sergeants forcibly drove those people out of their homes, they would fall into the snow and freeze before they could walk halfway.
"My lord, in recent years, the sum of money and food consumption of the various armies in Jiangdong is only half of the craftsman's workshop, and many low-level sergeants are really a little envious of our army's cavalry and the elite infantry of the Huainan battalion."
Liu Qi's face showed a little bitterness, "It's okay for the cavalry, after our army enters and occupies Hanzhong, in the spring of the next year, you can wave your army to the north and capture the land of Sanfu. ” "My lord, although there are many war horses in the land of Sanfu, most of them are in the hands of the Qiang people, if we want horses, we are bound to go to war with them."
"Gongtai, you think that after the ballista is equipped, it may be possible to fight the enemy army in the land of Sanfu."
Chen Gong heard the sound and stood up and saluted Liu Qi, "Returning to the lord, it is difficult to go out of the Shu Zhongshan Road, although our army's grain road is supplied with wooden oxen and horses, if you want to advance slowly according to the geographical advantages and encroach on the land of Sanfu, I am afraid that you will need half a load of food from 200,000 troops." ” "Brother, I don't know how the grain of Huainan is" Liu Ye got up and made a series of gestures towards him, "Back to the lord, last year's autumn harvest had nearly 100,000 stones allocated to the Huaibei front line as military rations, and the rest was only enough for the people's families. ” "This must ensure that Huaibei is not lost."
Chen Gong took over and said.
Speaking of this, he raised his hand and said to Liu Qi again, "My lord, since the edict of our army Tuntian was issued to Xuzhou, there are more than 400,000 people in several counties under the rule of our army in Xuzhou. ” "300,000 stone grain and grass Chen thorn history, the people of Xuzhou are similar to the two counties of Huainan, why do you have so much grain and grass" Deng Xi was shocked when he heard this, you must know that there are a lot of battles in Xuzhou, there are 70,000 or 80,000 garrisons all year round, Gao Shun, Zang Ba, Zhang Liao three soldiers and horses are guarding the three counties of the north, every time Cao Cao and Yuan Tan send troops, the three soldiers and horses are going hand in hand, which is the need for half a month, and it also requires more than 100,000 stone grain and grass supply.
"Xuzhou businessmen are very wealthy, and in the spring and summer of last year, the lord ordered Pi and Guangling to implement the policy of drying salt, and more fish and sales in the coastal areas of Xuzhou to all states in the world."
"Since the independent prince ordered the shallow sea shellfish, sea crabs, sea shrimp, sea fish and other seafood to be sent into the Wu Wangfu every month, the scholars from all over the country were curious, and after eating, they immediately followed suit.
"In addition, the gentry of Xuzhou led by Lu Yizu dozens of wealthy families, in the previous donation of grain and lordship took the initiative to ask for help, Lu Yizu's family alone donated 20,000 stone grain and grass, and now there are still 500,000 stone of grain in Xiapi City, which is to respond to the battle of Xuzhou."
Hearing this, Zhang Zhao showed a wry smile, "Gongtai, Ru Xuzhou is so rich, and the land of several counties should be comparable to the four counties in Jiangdong. ” When Chen Gong heard this, he didn't even dare to say it.
The four counties of Jiangdong, the coastal area is more extensive, not to mention that the Liu father and son have been operating in Jiangdong for many years, and now the mountains are gone, and many mountains and forests have also been developed, and Jiangdong fishing fish, mountain delicacies, salt, and shipping trade are cheaper.
Although Chen Gong was in Xuzhou, he also knew that now the garrisons of Yi County and Zhuya County had built sailors to go to sea, go to the South China Sea, occupy islands, collect barbarian people, and found many rare mineral deposits overseas.
For example, the things that were prepared for the battle of Huaibei
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