Lu Bu then summoned Zao Zhi, a fellow villager from Yangdi, Yingchuan, Yuzhou, and Yingchuan, Zao Zhi, jointly recommended by Guo Jia, Xu Shu and Shi Tao.

Zao Zhi is twenty-four or fifteen years old, with an ordinary appearance, but his eyes are deep and wise, he dresses simply and his hands are crude. He looks like he has done farm work before. You must know that Zao Zhi is also a child of a noble family, so it is rare to do such a thing.

Lu Bu looked at Zao Zhi in front of him and asked with a smile: "Zhao Captain, I wonder what you think of the military farming cause of our Central Army?"

Zao Zhi's face was calm and confidently replied: "Donald Fengxian collected a large amount of helpless wasteland generated by the war into state-owned enterprises, and organized the displaced refugees and prisoners of war to arrange them according to the army's organization, and distributed these lands according to the manpower. The Central Army's military farming corps provided them to farm tools and seeds, and built water conservancy at the location of the fields for irrigation, so that these people could distribute the food by the government and the farming farmers in a certain proportion after harvest.

The implementation and distribution method of this military farming strategy gave these refugee prisoners of war who were in hunger to survive, greatly mobilized their enthusiasm, and made them very active in agriculture and water conservancy irrigation. If there was no major disaster, next year would definitely be a bumper year, and the food problem of the Central Army could also be fundamentally solved.

Moreover, the implementation of this policy has caused the refugees who have seen the benefits and heard that this policy has flocked to places controlled by the Central Army such as Jizhou, which has also fully developed this system, and the problem of military and food can be basically solved in the areas under the Central Army. Moreover, the accumulation of refugees will bring a large number of troops to the Central Army.

Duke Fengxian solved the problem of food and military personnel. In the future, in the battle between the princes, he will definitely become stronger and stronger, and become the strongest force."

When Lu Bu heard Zao Zhi say this, he couldn't help but be amazed. It was indeed the Zao Zhi, who first advocated the strategy of farming in history. His knowledge was indeed extraordinary.

Many people may talk about the Wei State in the Three Kingdoms. They all focus on the five good generals of Wei State Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Zhang He, Le Jin, Yu Jin, and the five military commanders Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, etc. However, not many people may know about Zao Zhi, and many people have not even heard of this name, but Lu Bu knew very well. Zao Zhi's contribution during the Three Kingdoms period was not less than that of any famous general and adviser. Even more than that.

Zao Zhi's greatest contribution was that he first implemented the military farm system, which solved the long-hasting food problem for Cao Cao. In the military farm system, the famous Han Hao and Ren Jun were just Zao Zhi's assistant.

In history, due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Dong Zhuo Rebellion, years of continuous melee, famine, plague, and the people were displaced. A large area of ​​fertile upper land was abandoned and deserted. At that time, not only did the people find it difficult to maintain their lives, but even the troops of various warlords were generally short of food. Yuan Shao's army relied on picking mulberries to satisfy their hunger in Hebei, and Yuan Shu's army relied on fishing for water and grass in the Jianghuai River to maintain it. There was even a tragic scene of people eating people. Some of the troops were dispersed because they had no food. During the first few years of war, Cao Cao was often forced to withdraw his troops in the middle because of the lack of food and gave up the soon-to-be-received military victory. Cao Cao's adviser Cheng Yu killed prisoners of war to raise military rations and made jerky as military rations.

Zao Zhi was appointed as the Dong'a Order by Cao Cao at that time. He knew that food was the most important thing for the people and advocated the management of the local area. He must take agriculture as the basis and pay attention to agriculture and sericulture. He devoted himself to the development of the farming and sericulture, which made every family grow mulberry trees and silkworms at that time full of food. Dong'a was so prosperous that some warlords at that time salivated. Yuan Shao once repeatedly persuaded Zao Zhi to join him, and he also paid high officials and generous salaries. Zao Zhi knew Yuan Shao's character well, so he refused repeatedly.

When Cao Cao suppressed the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, Zao Zhi became extremely interested in the integration of soldiers and farmers, which were both fighting and plowing, and was inspired by it. Before this, in order to develop agriculture, Cao Cao adopted the "Cows and Grain Law", which stipulated that the government rented oxen to tenant farmers for use, and the tenant farmers paid the grain for the amount of oxen rented. Although this was also a feasible method at that time, it could not achieve great results as soon as possible. It happened that Cao Cao defeated the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan and Runan and captured a large number of oxen, agricultural tools and labor. Zao Zhi suggested that Cao Cao use these agricultural tools to reclaim land in the Xuchang area and implement military farmland to solve the grain problem.

As soon as Zao Zhi's plan for military farming was proposed, it was opposed by many people. The military priests believed that the military farming system was not worthy and was not profitable for officials and the people. The implementation of military farming was a whim. Cao Cao was hesitant about the issue of military farming. Zao Zhi was not frightened by the criticism of most bureaucrats in the court, lobbying everywhere and promoting the proposal of military farming. He told Cao Cao more than once that the implementation of the method of ox-governing grain was to plant a large amount of crops and harvest, and casting a net everywhere, and the effect was not great. If it was encountered in floods and droughts, it would be impossible to harvest things. Only by implementing military farming, concentrating a large amount of manpower and material resources, collective cultivation and harvesting, can get a better harvest that year, and can quickly change the current situation of insufficient food in the army.

Cao Cao finally adopted Zao Zhi's suggestions and promoted Zao Zhi from Dong'a County Magistrate to the military farming commander. He also equipped Han Hao, who knew how to do agricultural production, as his assistant. In order to do this work, he first took over the barren and unowned farmland to the state, and organized a large number of refugees recruited according to the army. The state provided land, seeds, oxen and farm tools, and they cultivated and cultivated them. The harvest obtained was divided by the state and the farmers in the military farming proportionally. In order to avoid the ministers' remarks, Cao Cao issued an order. The order said: "The fundamental plan for stabilizing the country is to strengthen the army and have enough food. In the past, the rulings of Qin unified the country because of the emphasis on agricultural production. Emperor Wu of Han consolidated the border defense in the Western Regions by implementing the military farming policy. This is a good experience left by his predecessors."

Under the careful management of Zao Zhi and Han Hao, after less than a year of military farming, one million hu of grain was harvested. Even those who opposed military farming gave a thumbs up and praised the military farming as it was indeed good. Therefore, Cao Cao ordered that the counties and counties that belonged to him should be equipped with some officials for agricultural production to widely implement military farming. A few years later, most of the northern China changed from the original "white bones were exposed in the wild, and no rooster crowed thousands of miles" to "nothing to see when going out, and white bones covered the plain" to "all the storage and accumulation were full", which not only solved the problem of military food, laying a solid foundation for Cao Cao to conquer all directions and pacify the world, but also allowed a large number of displaced people to return to their homes and live and work in peace and contentment.

The facts of this system really solve the food problem of Cao Cao's group. At that time, having food was equivalent to having the capital for war. Only when the food was sufficient could the war be truly successful. In many cases, the war might be solved in one month or half a year, but the preparation of food sometimes takes many years. As the saying goes, "Before the troops move, food and grass will go first." The problem of food is also a headache for all warlords. When looking at the Three Kingdoms, it was not just the Three Kingdoms, but also countless wars around the food problem in ancient times. As long as the burning of the enemy's food and grass is basically equal to solving 80% of the war, which fully reflects the importance of food. The implementation of the military farm system helped Cao Cao solve this problem, which helped Cao Cao develop and resolve 80% of the resistance. With food as the foundation, it would be difficult for him to develop.

As the one who proposed and participated in the implementation of this policy, Zao Zhi has undoubtedly become the most important hero of the Cao Cao group. His contributions are more prominent than capturing several cities or killing several enemy generals. Therefore, Cao Cao also favored him, and even made Cao Cao very sad because of his early death. Many years later, Cao Cao still missed Zao Zhi and posthumously named Zao Zhi as a marquis, and asked his son to assassinate his marquis.

Lu Bu knew that Zaozhi was not only proficient in military farming, but also had great military expertise.

In the third year of Chuping, Cao Cao occupied Yanzhou, led the governor of Yanzhou, appointed Zao Zhi as the commander of Dong'a, and guarded Dong'a. During his time in Dong'a, Zao Zhi was committed to urging farming and sediment, and accumulated grain and garrisons. He also diligently cultivated military preparations, organized training of Dong'a military and civilians, and strengthened and repaired the city defense fortifications in Dong'a City. In the second year of Xingping, Lu Bu and Chen Gong took advantage of Cao Cao's opportunity to send troops to Xuzhou and suddenly launched an attack and attacked Yanzhou. All counties and counties rebelled one after another. Only Dong'a, Juancheng and Fan County were still loyal to Cao Cao. After Lu Bu and Chen Gong occupied Yanzhou, they sent troops to attack Dong'a City. Because the walls of Dong'a City were very strong, Zao Zhi led the army and civilians to resist tenaciously, so Dong'a City was never captured. Dong'a became the reliable rear and military base for Cao Cao to counterattack Lu Bu in the future and recaptured Yanzhou.

Lu Bu couldn't help but want to raise his head and sigh, Cao Aman, Cao Aman, I got Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Dian Wei, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Zao Zhi, Han Hao, I really don't know what threat you, Cao Aman, can pose to me in the future!

Lu Bu is now quite proud. He forgot something. Because the aristocratic families monopolized education, most of the capable people in the world came from aristocratic families. Lu Bu's series of policies gradually offended the aristocratic families and forced the children of those aristocratic families to join his opponents. In fact, the world in the future will not be easy to fight.

Zao Zhi is not famous now, and has not been puritanical yet, and he is still a filial official. He himself wonders that he will not be appointed as a high-ranking official, but he has no idea. Because he and Lu Bu are like-minded and have a deep understanding of Lu Bu's plan for military farming, Lu Bu happily appointed him as the Diannong School Captain, and under Han Hao, the Diannong General, he is in line with Chang Lin and Shi Tao.

The official positions of the military farming corps are in line with the local area. The Diannong Duwei can be compared with the county magistrate, the Diannong Zhonglang general can be compared with the prefecture governor, and the Diannong General can be compared with the Grand Chief Governor. Zao Zhi is a white man and is appreciated by Lu Bu. He becomes the Diannong Chief Governor who is comparable to the county magistrate, and has inspired other unknown talents who are waiting in the recruitment hall for more than ten days and are deeply resentful. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!