: Confessing Wife and Shadow

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

: Confessing Wife and Shadow

In this large-scale battle against bandit lairs, Jingbianba gained a lot, making Zhang Yue feel like he was full all of a sudden.

From the bandit's den, more than a thousand gold, nearly a thousand weapons of various kinds, more than 200 horses and mules, nearly a hundred dan of salt, more than 3,000 jin of iron, and more than 2,000 dan of grain and rice were recovered from the bandit's den.

In addition, more than 600 manpower were obtained, and most importantly, more than ten blacksmiths were captured.

Forget about other things, the 3,000 kilograms of iron and the blacksmith made Zhang Yue extremely happy.

Especially blacksmiths, in this era, they are all highly skilled talents.

Especially when Zhang Yue learned that they could actually make iron armor and ring-shou swords, he was even more delighted.

With this group of blacksmiths, Jingbianbang no longer has to worry about not having weapons and armor.

In order to win over these blacksmiths, Zhang Yue not only directly pardoned their crimes, but also reorganized their households and directly gave them Han status.

The victory in suppressing bandits also increased the desire of various ministries to fight, and each ministry regarded the suppression of bandits as an opportunity to make money.

After this battle to suppress bandits, the combat effectiveness of the Han army at the Jingbian barrier was greatly improved. The army that had seen blood was completely different from before in terms of momentum.

However, the impact was that the bandits fled from Longshou Mountain to other places. It was impossible for Zhang Yue to continue to suppress the bandits and make money...

In the blink of an eye, it is already September, and the 5,000 acres of fields sown in the summer have also reached the harvest season.

Because of the great harvest last time, more friendly troops came to observe this time. Han military generals from Zhangye, Wuwei and even Jiuquan all sent personnel to observe.

Even some of the surrendered Xiaoyuezhi and Qiang tribes also followed.

"Open the sickle..."

Zhang Yue gave an order, and the big guy waved his sickle and quickly harvested the millet in the field.

"Hurry up and claim..."

Every time a basketful of millet was harvested, the agricultural officials quickly weighed and counted it.

Under the supervision of agricultural officials, the harvest figures soon came out. From 5,000 acres of fertile land, a total of more than 14,700 shi was harvested.

After being dried and stored in the warehouse, there are at least 12,000 stones.

Although it is lower than the previous average yield of 2,000 acres in Longjiaobao, it is already a very impressive figure.

You should know that although corn can be sown in both spring and summer, the yield of spring sowing itself is higher.

If all crops are sown in spring next year, the yield will definitely be higher.

The land has just been reclaimed this year, and these fields are all new fields. When the new fields become mature fields, the yield will further increase.

Some agricultural officials even speculated that next year the yield of these fields may reach two stones and six buckets per mu.

Some outside officers calculated privately that this small Jingbian barrier now has 17,000 acres of fertile land, and another 7,000 acres should be cultivated in the future.

In this way, there are 24,000 acres of fertile farmland. Even if the grain output reaches not only 2 shi and 6 buckets of grain, but only 2 shi per mu, there will still be almost 50,000 shi of grain next year.

In addition, after the corn is harvested, beans can also be planted. This means that at least another 20,000 shi of soybeans can be harvested.

What does this mean? It means that the food produced by just this small border barrier can support the expenses of an 8,000-strong army.

Even if according to normal farming, half of the harvest belongs to individuals, it can support an army of 4,000.

If this method is fully promoted throughout the Hexi Corridor, then the garrison troops in the Hexi Corridor will not need supplies from the central government at all in the future.

Relying on local food is enough to maintain the life and operations of the army, and can even provide support to the Western Regions.

After this calculation, the representatives of the generals and colleges of the Han Army became very excited. They reported the information to their superiors as quickly as possible, and then began a battle to grab people.

In their eyes, Zhang Yue's half-baked farmers suddenly turned into treasures.

But if they wanted to grab people, they naturally couldn't avoid Zhang Yue. Originally, with Zhang Yue's position, no one would be polite and just ask for people directly.

But now all the captains know that Zhang Yue's candidate is his Majesty's popular consort, Captain Jin Rixi, so they don't dare to mess around. If they want to recruit someone, they have to discuss it with Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue agreed to everyone's request. He was eager to spread the Daitian method to various places as soon as possible.

But Zhang Yue also knew that many people actually don't care about things they get for free.

After careful consideration, Zhang Yue formulated a rule that he could do it if he needed people, but he had to use people to replace him.

If you want to change people, you must change one person out of ten, and each department can only change up to five people.

This price was gladly accepted by the captains, and before the peasant officers left the Jingbian barrier, the captains from each camp came to replace them one after another.

When the reports from the peasant officials arrived in Chang'an City, nobles and princes from various families all inquired about the Daitian Law.

In the end, even the emperor was alarmed. In order to appease the princes, the emperor ordered the princes to send people to learn from the agricultural officials who had mastered the Daitian method.

Of course, you have to pay tuition to learn something. Da Sinong directly set the cost of learning as hardware per person.

Even such high tuition fees did not dampen the enthusiasm of the princes. It is no wonder that in the agricultural era, there was nothing more important than food.

In the end, Da Si Nong gained four thousand gold just for teaching the Daitian method, which greatly alleviated the financial pressure caused by Li Guangli's western expedition.

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"This Zhang Yue is worthy of being the Marquis of Wencheng. How do you think this son should be rewarded this time?" the emperor said to the people in front of him.

This time, besides Jin Rixi, there were two more people discussing Zhang Yue's matter with the emperor. These two people were also the emperor's confidants.

They were also two famous powerful officials in the future. They were Huo Guang and Zhang Anshi, who are currently serving as ministers.

"Huo Guang, can you tell me how I should reward this little guy?"

When Huo Guang heard the emperor calling his name, his mind was racing. It was obvious from the emperor's tone that he liked Zhang Yue more.

However, it seems that they are not planning to promote him immediately. It would be inappropriate not to reward Zhang Yue for his great contribution.

Thinking of this, he finally had an idea.

"Your Majesty, I believe that Zhang Yue has made great contributions to the country, and high rewards are not enough to repay his merits. However, this son is young and weak, and has not been taught by Your Majesty. He suddenly rises to a high position, and I fear that he will be harmed!

"

"Therefore, I believe that only by rewarding my wife and children with my merits can I appease the meritorious officials!"

"good!"

"Does this boy have any relatives alive?" the emperor asked Jin Rixi.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Yue's son still has a younger brother living in Yunyang County, and his stepfather is currently being imprisoned in Tingwei Mansion..."

"In this case, a decree was drawn up to grant Zhang Yue eight rooms in his house, give him the title Zizhan, pardon his later father's sins, and make Zhang Yue's wife Zhang Guo..."

"promise!"

"I'm tired today, so just come here, and you guys can go down too!"

"promise!"

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This section is a transitional chapter, and soon the protagonist will move to the Western Regions to garrison in the fields!
Chapter completed!