Chapter 45: Achievements and Hidden Worries (Available now, please order first, thank you)
After returning to Daying, Shao Shude looked through the information about the eight counties of Fuping that Chen Cheng had compiled for him.
After reading it, I just let out a long sigh.
In eight counties, crops are harvested twice a year. Even if there are war factors that require the deployment of people, the annual grain output is still more than 3 million dendrobium. Of course, this is an estimated number, but the actual number should not be far from it.
To exceed. In comparison, the five counties of Suizhou only produced 200,000 to 300,000 dendrobium of grain the year I first arrived. The gap is so huge!
Judging from the tone of Chen Cheng's writing in the document, he must be envious and jealous.
The Guanzhong Plain is really a property of the emperor! There are more than 20 counties in Jingzhao Prefecture, with a population of about 1.5 million, and there are also two prefectures of Assimilation. Alas, if it is managed well, it is worth two Hedongs.
However, it is very expensive to support the emperor's hundreds of officials and 200,000 Shence Army here. Shao Shude once learned that the income of the Shence Army sergeants is several times that of ordinary sergeants in feudal towns, and the income of mid-level and senior officers above ten generals.
The income gap is more than ten times higher. Even if the factors of abnormally high prices in Chang'an are removed, the life of the sergeants can still be said to be comfortable.
The emperor is actually worthy of the sergeants of the Shence Army, but the Shence Army is not worthy of the emperor.
Just imagine, if the Guanzhong Plain does not need to support the emperor's hundreds of officials and Shence Army, but organizes and trains the army according to the ordinary vassal town system, this should be the most powerful town in the world, right?
Forget it, this is impossible. Without thinking about this, Shao Shude continued to read the information.
The eight counties of Fuping, under today's semi-military control system, can provide at least nearly two million hu of military rations a year, as well as a large amount of firewood, melons, beans, cloth, and copper coins. Although it is impossible for the northern camp to take away all these rations,
But under the pressure of the warriors, it was not a problem to obtain the part that maintained the operation of the army.
Such a good place, I don’t want to leave.
But then he smiled bitterly. If he didn't leave, where would the emperor go? Where would the officials go? There are more than 20 counties in Jingzhao Prefecture, plus seven or eight counties in Tonghua Prefecture. They have always been directly in the hands of the imperial court. How could he let himself go?
A piece of it is torn apart?
Although Zhu Wen was named the military governor of Tonghua, he would not be able to sit there for long and would have to move sooner or later. According to the memory of later generations, he went to Xuanwu and fought with Huang Chao. The court was actually quite shady and did not take him seriously at all.
own people.
Shao Shude reluctantly put aside the information on the eight counties of Fuping and turned to the letter Song Le wrote to him.
This year, more than 2,000 hectares of farmland have been opened in the prefecture, which has just been completed. However, the easy land has been cleared. At least half of the newly acquired fields this year are irrigated by non-artesian canals. Considering that the spring drought in Suizhou has always been serious, there is not enough water.
If a car is used, field irrigation will be a big problem. At present, the state is working hard to make such equipment, but the number of craftsmen is seriously insufficient. Even if many apprentices are recruited, they are still difficult to use and cannot be used in a short time.
This again has to be found in Guanzhong.
The people of Guanzhong provided food, money, silk, craftsmen and households for their construction of Suizhou, and also supported their own army. If I did not protect them and give them a stable life, I would be worse than a pig or a dog.
“Fetch Li Yanling.” Shao Shude said to Wei Boqiu.
“Stay behind.” Li Yanling arrived quickly and saluted.
"The three counties of Gaoling, Yueyang, and Jingyang have experienced repeated wars. Please recruit more people to go to Suizhou. The harvest in the eight counties of Fuping this year is pretty good. Li Xiang also reported that there is still some food in the Weiqiao warehouse, so he recruits more people.
The upper limit is three thousand households. Together with these captives from the Chao clan, they will all be brought back to Suizhou." Shao Shude said: "Qiang Quansheng just came back and let him rest. This time, Li Renjun will go with a thousand auxiliary troops and five prisoners.
Don’t make any mistakes with the rewards of tens of thousands of grains and some of the soldiers who brought them home."
"General, I obey." Li Yanling responded, and then he couldn't help but suggest: "After staying, we can actually get more people. In the eight counties of Fuping, the people still have some surplus food. Let's lead the troops to conquer and get thirty
Tens of thousands of dendrobium is no problem. If you can’t bear to harm the people and send donations to large households, you can get more than 100,000 dendrobium, which is enough to support 20,000 to 30,000 people.”
"It's better not to give it up now. When we are really short of food in the future, we will send out donations and let them relax first. Besides, there are not so many fields for them to plant. Song Biejia has informed a certain person that the reservoir will be overhauled.
Water, the number of fields to be opened next year will not exceed 2,500 hectares. We will act within our capabilities and let’s do this for now,” Shao Shude said.
This year, of the more than 2,000 hectares of land, 800 hectares will be allocated to the sergeants first. Each person has 20 acres, and each acre costs 400 yuan. 40,000 yuan can be recovered as a reward in the army, which solves many difficulties and avoids the need to go back to the army.
Exploiting the people in the eight counties of Fuping. At this point, all the nine thousand soldiers of the Tielin Army had land, although twenty acres was indeed not enough.
Among the remaining land, another 800 hectares were allocated to military farms. In this way, there are 1,400 hectares, which require 7,000 captives to cultivate. Song Biejia also mentioned that this year’s autumn harvest, the military farms will receive 49,000 grains.
With more than a thousand huks of dendrobium and some bean ingredients, initial results have been achieved, and this matter can be continued.
Shao Shude did the math and found that there were 10,600 Chaos who had been transported back in batches. It was said that hundreds of people were killed when they opened the river, and hundreds more were killed by the state soldiers in suppressing the riot. There should be more than 9,000 people. By the beginning of next year, at the earliest
A group of people should be classified as civilian households. They do not have the financial conditions to buy land for the time being, so they can continue to rent land on military farms.
This is not a soldier in the field, but a type of tenant farmer. One acre of land can be rented at a fixed rate or divided into rents. The fixed amount is 150 yuan per acre, and the divided rent is 35%. It is up to them to choose.
But overall, it’s more cost-effective to give priority to “free” Chaozhong.
In the end, there were about 500 hectares left, which could be sold to households at a price of 600 yuan per acre. However, considering the economic situation of the people in Suizhou, it was better to rent it as public land in the state in the short term. The people of Guanzhong who were waiting to immigrate there
Once you have the ability, you can slowly sell it to them, and then you can lower the price appropriately.
Don't be reluctant to give up this little profit, so what if you sell them 400 yuan per acre? It is their own source of taxation, so naturally they have to increase their enthusiasm. Shao Shude even considered allowing the immigrants from Guanzhong to buy the land in installments, so that they could settle down and live as soon as possible, so as to avoid them racking their brains
Want to run back.
I really want to go back and take a look now! Shao Shude was a little excited.
I led my troops to fight life and death in Guanzhong, firstly to exterminate the bandits and protect the people, and secondly, to make some money for my own territory. It has been almost two years since I set off on the expedition, and I don’t know what it is like now.
In the five counties of Suizhou, a total of 4,200 hectares were sown this year (the fields opened this year have not yet been used), and more than 400,000 dendrobiums of grain, cloth, fodder, and beans were obtained. Compared with the original total output of more than 200,000 dendrobiums,
The degree of improvement is astonishing. It seems that as long as there is a stable environment, nothing is impossible! Later Zhu Wen farmed in Luoyang. At first, there were only a hundred households, which was almost the same as Bai Di. After a few years, the household registration increased sharply and it became a stable
Qian Liang Base.
Be careful not to be arrogant and impatient, and keep working hard!
“Fetch Judge Chen.” Shao Shude shouted again.
“Stay behind.” Chen Cheng saluted.
Shao Shude put away the papers on the table that were full of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and said: "Judge Chen, I have been thinking about it for a long time. The current achievements in Suizhou are still not enough to support the sergeants. If there is really no deficit, I am afraid that
It will take a few more years.”
"After staying here, in the past, Cao Gong's farming was not accomplished overnight."
“Time.” Shao Shude emphasized.
His meaning is very clear. The nest thief will probably not be able to survive for long. How many years do he have? Where will his army go to eat in these few years? This is a question.
“Before leaving, do you want to search the people in the eight counties of Fuping?” Chen Cheng came up with an idea.
“We can levy a little, but it’s far from enough.” Shao Shude said.
In fact, he has thought about exporting war, but the risk is a bit high, and he needs to think about it carefully. At present, after two years of development, the four states of Xia Sui have almost enough to support the previous nine thousand government troops, and there is still one more
How to deal with the shortage of money and food for an army of more than 10,000 people? Even if Tuoba Sigong is killed, will the money and food collected from the raids be able to make up for the shortfall? He was unsure.
The imperial court will probably have to reorganize the Shence Army, the saints will need to repair palaces, select officials, eunuchs, concubines, and choose a bunch of things. What can you do without spending money? It is no longer possible to transfer money and food to Xia Sui. Even if there is, it will be a drop in the bucket!
In the eight towns northwest of Beijing, life is difficult.