"I thought about it for a while, but I didn't get anything from this expedition. I also brought in a lot of money, so I was in a panic." Near the Bogulu Canal, Shao Shude said while strolling: "Lingzhou crossed the river to the west.
There is a party within ten miles. These tribes do not know how powerful a certain person is, and they do not pay tribute or perform military service. They must be taught a lesson."
"What does Marshal mean..." Chen Cheng asked.
"The old rule is to pick a few to establish their authority first, and then let the rest come to Lingzhou to meet them."
There are both nomadic and agricultural tribes in Hexi Dangxiang. Those who live on the plains plant corn and wheat, and those who live on the grasslands herd cattle and sheep. My goal is still to conquer the farming Dangxiang tribe. If I can control the grassland Dangxiang, then
It's perfect.
"Commander, according to the captured Dangxiang soldiers in Hexi, some tribes have already run away after hearing about the war in Lingzhou. General Zhe defeated Dangxiang in Hexi and broke the ugly situation. Mi Qin and other tribes would probably tremble in fear. If they didn't come to visit,
You must run away."
"This matter should not be delayed too late. When we get back, we will mobilize the cavalry and soldiers from various ministries and divide them into several groups. Taking advantage of the Hexi Party Xiang's fear, they will go deep into looting. As much as you can rob, even if you can get back tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, it will be good.
Not too little." Shao Shude said.
The river water in the Bogulu Canal flows quietly. The tens of thousands of people in Huile County mainly rely on the thousands of hectares of farmland irrigated by this canal to survive.
Previously, when a large army besieged the city, the people had nowhere to escape and could only hide in their homes in fear. However, the army did not disturb the people. Now that the war was over, they hurriedly returned to work in the fields. Some village elders also organized people to send tens of thousands of people to the city.
When the fodder was bundled into the camp, no one came to ask for it.
At this time, the people were really frightened by the insurgents!
"What's the situation now at the Water Transport Envoy's Office in the Six Cities? When we entered the city, there was almost no one there." Shao Shude asked again.
"During the rebellion in Lingzhou, many people fled. When they heard that the generals were coming to attack, they were afraid of disaster and almost all of them ran away. After a while, some people should come back." Chen Cheng replied: "But there are still some left.
There are some ships, boatmen, and about two hundred people."
The Six-City Water Transport Envoy was in charge of water transport up and down the Yellow River for more than 2,000 miles. It began to develop during the Northern Wei Dynasty. Diao Yong built 200 ships in Lingzhou to transport grain to the military towns in the Yinshan area. According to what he said at the time, two ships were one ship.
, a boat of ten people, transporting three thousand dendrobium of grain. When starting from Lingzhou, you can go down the river and reach the vicinity of Woye Town in five days. Woye Town is now abandoned and is located on the grassland dozens of miles north of Tiande Military City.
, during the Northern Wei Dynasty, heavy troops were stationed.
When returning from the Tiande Army area, go upstream and return to Lingzhou in ten days. In other words, it takes a total of fifteen days to go back and forth. Excluding the time of waiting and transporting goods, it can be transported several times a year. From San
From January to September, water transportation can be carried out for six or seven months. Two hundred ships can transport more than 200,000 and up to 300,000 dendrobium grains to the Tiande Military City area at a time. They can transport three or four times a year, hundreds of
Tens of thousands of dendrobium can be transported.
The cost is very low! Two hundred ships, a total of one thousand boatmen, and it is safe. There is no risk of someone intercepting the grain channel on the road!
In the early years of the imperial dynasty, there was a large-scale shipbuilding in Liangshidu, Lingzhou, and Fengzhou. After the mid-Tang Dynasty, many supplies transported from the east of the river to the eight towns in the northwest of Beijing were also transported by water along the Yellow River at a low cost.
Shao Shude calculated that from Lingzhou to the bank of the Yellow River in Suiyin, it would be about a thousand miles by land. By water transport on the Yellow River, it would be more than two thousand miles. It seems to be more than twice the distance, but
The cost is reduced by more than 90% and the speed is still fast.
During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Diao Yong said that the land route from Lingzhou to Woye Town was 800 miles, and if a carriage was used to transport grain, it would cost twenty-five bushels of dendrobium per cart. It was also very troublesome to cross the Yellow River. After crossing the Yellow River, there were light sand in some areas.
The wheels often got stuck. Five thousand trucks transported more than 100,000 hu of dendrobium, and it took more than a hundred days to return. Agricultural production was also affected because of the large number of manpower requisitions. Only two shipments a year were possible, and 300,000 hu of dendrobium was maxed out. The cost was ten times higher.
More than twice as much.
"The water transportation in the six cities must be restored and expanded. In the future, communication between Lingzhou and Suiyin, whether it is transporting troops, grain or equipment, will all rely on water transportation," Shao Shude said.
"Commander, we must capture Lin, win, and Feng Sanzhou."
Indeed, if these three states are not captured, the Yellow River water transportation network will be incomplete, then the significance of the Lingzhou granary will be greatly reduced, and the transportation cost will increase more than ten times.
"Not only do we need to capture these three states, but we also need to have naval forces. Judge Chen, do you still remember Huang Ye and Zhu Wen when they attacked Huang Chao? They have naval forces." Shao Shude asked.
"Commander, it's true. They were all navymen of the previous imperial court. Their boats were not big. They sailed on the Wei River and the Luo River, helping to transport food and troops. After the nest thieves entered the pass, they all surrendered and became Huang Ye.
Zhu Wen used it, but now I don’t know where it is." Chen Cheng replied.
"We have to find an opportunity to go to Guanzhong to recruit people. There are naval forces on the river, Hedong, and the towns in the river, so the threat to our grain transport fleet is much smaller. Don't be too hasty about this matter, collect slowly, and then
Sent to Lingzhou to form."
The cost of the navy was actually quite large. Chen Cheng and Guo Xiao looked at each other and felt that their lord might be too idealistic. When the money was actually spent, they would know how powerful it was.
A few people walked around outside the city again, and during the period they also asked about the grain harvest here. After learning that one acre of land can harvest six or seven bushels of wheat per year, and no miscellaneous grains are counted, they were greatly moved. This place is comparable to Suiyin.
Erzhou is much stronger!
Lingzhou now has a total of more than 5,000 hectares of farmland, most of which is planted with wheat, and a small part is planted with rice. The annual harvest of rice and wheat is 900,000 dendrobium, and more than 400,000 dendrobium of miscellaneous grains. How many people are there? Even if you include hermit households.
, it is only worth 10,000 households, but it has such a strong agricultural output - I think back in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Bogulu Canal could irrigate more than 40,000 hectares of farmland, but now it only has more than 1,000 hectares. What would happen if all of them were restored?
What a grand scene!
After returning to Lingzhou, Shao Shude immediately found Zhe Siyu, Wei Mengbao, Li Tangbin and others, and asked them to each take their own cavalry, and first defeat some Dangxiang tribes outside Lingzhou City to establish their authority. There is Dangxiang thirty miles outside the city.
Is it still true?
The captured cattle, sheep, horses and camels were all confiscated and used as military rewards, while Dingkou repaired roads in Lingzhou. Although he had made up his mind to develop water transportation, land transportation could not be neglected. There was a five-hundred-mile post road from Lingzhou to Yanzhou.
, it is indeed very dilapidated and needs to be reorganized. More than 3,000 party prisoners were captured in Hexi earlier. From tomorrow onwards, we will build the road. After the road is built, we will dig coal. In short, we cannot be idle.
After the group entered the city, they went straight to the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion. Before entering, Shao Shude saw mugwort hanging on the door and immediately smiled bitterly and said: "I almost forgot that today is the Dragon Boat Festival."
He thought of his wife and children who were far away in Xiazhou, but he couldn't go back now. He still had to wait for Li Shao to come, and Hexi Dangxiang to surrender, and he had to make a series of arrangements. It is not easy to send troops at once, unless everything is arranged
I can't leave with peace of mind.
"Commander, the rice dumplings have been prepared in the kitchen. Fortunately, Lingzhou produces rice, otherwise it would be difficult to make." After sitting down in the hall, Lu Siye walked in from the outside and said with a smile: "There is also calamus wine, today.
You can drink it.”
"Very good!" Shao Shude smiled and said: "Han Xun's dedication to the city was just right. If it had been two days later, the Dragon Boat Festival would not have been celebrated. Did the people in the city celebrate the festival?"
"Yes. The general's army will not disturb the people, and the people will be at peace. Yesterday, I saw mugwort hanging in every house. It must be a festival." Lu Siye replied.
"Secretary Lu should have written the peace notice well. This year is enough. Next year we must make the lives of the people of Lingzhou better." Shao Shude said: "Working all day long, there are only a few festivals a year to be relaxed. Lingzhou is here.
Don't be too busy walking around. Only after you have taken care of everything can you walk with peace of mind. A common household has dozens of acres of farmland and raises one cow and several sheep. The five-acre home garden is either a fruit orchard or a mulberry forest.
, I feel relieved when my children can have enough to eat and their lives can go on. It may be difficult to do this in other places, but it is not difficult in Lingzhou.”
In fact, what Shao Shude wants to say is to let the people live a good life in peace and security, with no worries about food and clothing, and I can play with women in fine clothes and have no guilt in my heart.
"Commander, there is a lot of land in Lingzhou. If you immigrate to a real household, you will have a lot of potential." The rice dumplings were brought up, and Shao Shude greeted everyone to take them and eat them. Guo Fu peeled the rice dumplings and said with a smile: "The party who farms the land can do it."
Follow the old rules of Suiyin, organize households and people, change customs, and then apply them to the Han people in Guanzhong and Guandong, and great achievements can be achieved."
"I hope you will remember what I said today. From now on, I will come to Lingzhou once a year to see if there are any changes in the people's lives." Shao Shude also said with a smile: "I am going to go north to 'hunt' in a few days to organize households and bring order to the people."
, you gentlemen, go together and take a look at the scenery of Lingzhou. There are still few cattle and sheep in the state."
Shao Shude once thought that if a household has sixty acres of land, if they want to maintain the fertility of the land and ensure production, there is actually a method that can be tried. This method will not work in other areas, but it will work in a vast area with few people and many livestock.
You can try it in Lingzhou.
The sixty acres of land are divided into three parts, each of which is twenty acres. Twenty acres are planted with rice and wheat, twenty acres are planted with alfalfa, and twenty acres are planted with soybeans. In the second year, crop rotation will be implemented again, and those originally planted with rice and wheat will be planted with alfalfa or alfalfa.
Soybeans, in this way, a piece of land is used to grow the staple food only one year out of three years, which has a certain fallow effect.
Soybeans can fix nitrogen, and alfalfa can feed livestock. With twenty acres of alfalfa and some grass cut outside, it is no problem to feed twenty large livestock a year. And the manure produced by twenty large livestock can be used to fertilize those twenty acres.
Fields where staple crops are grown further maintain soil fertility.
Energy is conserved.
Food in the ground will not be produced out of thin air. In addition to air, sunlight and water, it also requires various nutrients. There are sufficient nutrients in the black soil, but if you do not take good care of it and consume it wantonly, the black soil layer will also become
Thin, in the era without chemical fertilizers, the soil will become increasingly poor and food production will become lower and lower.
Hundreds of thousands of livestock were seized in the state before, but 80% of them were sheep, and they had been or were about to be distributed as rewards, so they could not be touched. So, he planned to conduct an experiment in Lingzhou, even on a small scale first, to see how effective it was.
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If it goes well, it can be promoted on a large scale in the plains of the six counties of Lingzhou. In this way, the production of grain, meat, milk, and leather will increase greatly, which will greatly promote the growth of the Dingnan Army's strength.
This is a model that is destined to be impossible to replicate elsewhere, and Shao Shude very much hopes to succeed.
"The commander-in-chief has your orders, and we dare not disobey him." Chen, Guo, and Lu said in unison.
Of course they didn't know what Marshal Shao was thinking, but they didn't get much money from this expedition, and they didn't catch a few Dingkou. Overall, it was a loss, and they really needed to work harder.
As for "hunting", what you are hunting can be foxes and rabbits, but it can also be people or property. You just don't know who will hit you.