Hou Cheng built a cattle farm and donkey farm in Tancheng, which specializes in cultivating local mountain cattle and small donkeys. He is very concerned about breeding. Donghai County has many mountainous areas, and there are many agricultural tools and wheelbarrows distributed, so the overall situation is still improving. The local animal husbandry is mainly based on goats and black pigs, and there are large and retail investors.

"Brother Hou, what are your plans next year? You are the old man who follows your lord, so you have to make some achievements."

Hou Cheng scratched his head: "The military advisor doesn't understand me yet, I am a rough man. It turns out that he raised horses with his lord. The lord asked me to be a county magistrate, which was a politician. However, this past six months is a little experience. The first priority next year is to eat and wear warm clothes. Sweet potatoes are very suitable for mountain planting. It is simply a crop tailor-made for the people of the mountain. A variety of food, less cotton, and more livestock are the key to development next year."

Chen Gong nodded: "Governmental affairs are nothing more than two major items, so that the people can eat and wear warm clothes. They should be achieved next year. However, the mountainous areas of Donghai County are a good place to develop animal husbandry. Goats and black pigs encourage the people to develop more. It is very cost-effective to exchange grass for meat. This year, the official pig farm in Xuzhou has developed rapidly."

"If there are breeding animals, raising cattle and horses is actually the most cost-effective, especially horses, which grow very fast. The Huns on the grassland use cattle and horses as food all year round, and foals can grow into large horses in two years. How fast is this? Unfortunately, we don't have breeding animals. Cattle and donkeys are slow to reproduce, so we can only take it slowly. Pigs and sheep are the key points, using sweet potatoes and corn as feed, and grass with grain for meat. If you don't understand, I will ask the military advisor."

Hou Cheng was a young man from Lu Bu. The two had a close relationship. As long as there was nothing wrong with Donghai County in politics, it would be fine. If he could make some achievements, Lu Bu would promote him.

Hou Cheng understood this and then figured it out. He built roads and water conservancy in winter, and planned to vigorously promote new crops and encourage the people to raise more animals in the spring.

As long as you are not too far-fetched, you will be able to produce high yields next year as the years of severe drought and flooding.

"Farmers must be allowed to plant potatoes in less. Last year's lesson was very profound. Potatoes were kept in the room for two months. The possibility of exporting is very low. Farmers should prepare sweet potatoes in advance to clean the board and slice them. Slice them and dry them to keep them for more than a year. In addition, after a bumper harvest, people should be arranged to increase their efforts to store grain, and each household should save at least two years of food to be safe."

Chen Gong was very good at Hou Cheng and explained the characteristics of these new crops clearly.

Sweet potatoes and corn can satisfy hunger and are most suitable for raising livestock. From straw to grain, it is a good thing for raising livestock. With grain, raise more pigs, more sheep, and grow some cotton, this little life will be done.

Chen Gong left Tancheng and rushed to Langya. The weather was getting colder and colder, and he was so cold that he was snot that he could no longer be decent. He put on a long military coat, which made him feel warm.

Wang Min suggested: "Sir, please change your carriage? The carriage is not that cold."

"Everyone rides a horse, but I can't argue with me. Forget it, let's go like this. We've put on military coats. Don't say it, this thing works really well, it's warmer than bear skin."

Chen Gong took a month to travel from Xia Pi to Lianyun, Donghai, Langya, Dongguan, Taishan, and Rencheng. Chen Gong really didn't want to leave when he arrived in Rencheng, so he took a boat back to Pengcheng and returned to Xuzhou from Pengcheng. The inspection was over.

This trip mainly checks whether the people in various places have enough food and drink, and whether they have clothes during the winter. After sending so many things, will local officials be greedy for ink?

A county magistrate under Langya County actually intercepted more than 100 quilts for his servants. He was taken down on the spot and sent to a quarry to work.

Xiao Jianzhi was so angry that he cursed, embarrassing.

Greedy for disaster relief materials have always been a serious crime, and Xuzhou is still very strict in managing such matters. At least 80% of the materials can be distributed in place, so the officials below will not be too ugly. After all, after experiencing the impact of the Yellow Turban Army, local gentry and powerful people have become much more tactful.

"Ah, Ah, Ah." Chen Gong sneezed, put his hand in his sleeve and walked into the central army.

Lu Bu asked with distress: "Business Station, what's wrong with you?"

Chen Gong shook his head: "Don't worry, lord, I'm fine. It's just that the wind blows along the way. I haven't fought for half a year and I'm weak. I have to exercise well."

"Why would Hua Tuo give you some medicine?"

"No, no. Just soak the big ginger in water and drink it."

Lu Bu waved his hand and asked the tea-filling soldiers to give Chen Gong a bowl of big ginger tea.

"How about this round? Our Xuzhou is okay."

Chen Gong slapped the table: "Okay, so good. It's beyond imagination. Even Hou Cheng's big chunky man has a great deal in the East China Sea. The cattle farm and donkey farm are well run. I have to say that the tens of thousands of sets of steel tools, tens of thousands of carts and wheelbarrows delivered by the lord have now thrown away Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. Next autumn, our Xuzhou food and clothing problem will be completely solved."

Lu Bu just took a sip of tea and almost spit it out.

"I said, you are too optimistic. Food and clothing have always been a big deal. A few days ago, when Qin Yilu was taking stock, he found that there were fewer fertilizer bags in the Tunding warehouse, so he asked Tunding who took it. What do you think?"

"Why, someone took it home to make clothes?"

"You guessed it, that was a middle-aged man with four children in his family. He served as a garrison for 200 kilograms of grain per month. He barely maintained his family's meals. In summer, it was fine. In winter, there were only a few pieces of coarse cloth clothes, and only one set of cotton clothes. He stole a bag of fertilizer to make winter clothes for the children."

"Individual phenomena, generally speaking, once new grain crops are promoted, there will be no famine. When cotton is promoted, there will be no problem with clothes. Wouldn't our Xuzhou be solved by food and clothing? Yuan Shao and Cao Cao cannot solve the problem, and we are much better than them. Lianyun County's fish and shrimp resources are enough to provide our army with hard vegetables. With hard vegetables and military rations, expanding the army is the top priority. Why haven't the lord recruited soldiers recently?"

Lu Bu shook his fist: "The ratio of fists to the body is proportional. Now, including Rencheng, the registered population is about 2.8 million. We raise 50,000 soldiers, which is equivalent to six people raising one soldier. This ratio is already quite high. If it weren't for soldiers to farm, 50,000 soldiers would be quite difficult. What's more, thousands of new naval troops will be built next year, which is a money-making monster, so infantry and cavalry will be expanded. We will be equipped first and discuss other things."

Chen Gong thought it was true that soldiers were more important than elites. The Xuzhou army was strong and strong. As long as the generals and generals worked together, it would be fine to defend this acre of three-point land in Xuzhou.
Chapter completed!