With the first harvest of grain, the three counties of Guangling, Lujiang and Jiujiang have been completely stabilized.
No matter how good the policies implemented by Chu Nan seemed to be in the past, until the actual benefits were realized, they were all castles in the air. The people would appreciate Chu Nan's good work, but who knows how much taxes will be paid this year, and whether it is really like the decree.
So tempting?
Another point is, can Chu Nan or Lu Bu's forces always occupy Lujiang and Jiujiang? If not, wouldn't this decree become empty talk?
But as the first harvest of grain matured in just one and a half months, and more grain was harvested than in previous years, this worry was completely settled.
You know, this kind of food can be grown four seasons a year. If you work harder, you might be able to harvest five seasons.
In addition, the government offices have been continuously introducing various new types of equipment these days, such as curved shaft plows, seeders, harvesters, etc., which are distributed to the private sector on a lease basis.
Although not everyone will use this thing, as long as people see the changes they bring, how can they not use it unless they have no brains?
This season's grain is equivalent to the harvest of the past year. Now that we can harvest four seasons a year, doesn't it mean that the harvest is four times as much as before?
Except for those like Qiao Rui who fell from the gentry clan and couldn't bear the hard work, most of the people were overjoyed when facing the four seasons food, and the people's hearts also followed.
Beside the fields, Qiao Rui watched her two daughters harvesting grains, but she had mixed feelings in her heart, something was going to happen!
Not only him, many Jianghuai nobles who were lucky enough to escape the disaster were confused after realizing this scene.
There is a sudden increase in grain production. We don't know how it will work in the long run, but we can be sure that in the short term, Lu Bu will never worry about food problems. If all the people can save so much grain, there will be no need to sell land in the event of natural or man-made disasters.
Selling yourself?
Is the influence of powerful noble families still that high in the local area?
People respect you most likely not because of your charisma, but because you can control their livelihood. But when people's livelihood is not controlled by others, how much charisma does it take for people to respect you?
The era of the gentry may have begun and ended completely, but it may not be a bad thing.
A bold idea arose in my mind.
"Dad?" Qiao Shu kicked his father's leg, with dissatisfaction written all over his pretty little face. The two eldest daughters were sowing new seeds! If you don't help, don't be an eyesore here!
"Stop it!" Qiao Rui came back to his senses and glanced at his two daughters, with an indescribable smile in his eyes.
Qiao Shu looked at this scene and subconsciously took a step back. His father's smile was inexplicably oozing. Hearing this, he subconsciously retorted: "Who will support you if you don't do this!?"
Qiao Rui: "..."
"Go find the daughter of the Lu family and tell her that she is willing to be loyal to Marquis Wen as a father! But as a father, you will not serve as an official!" Qiao Rui sighed.?
Qiao Ying and Qiao Shu looked at Qiao Rui inexplicably after hearing this: "Dad, how can you be loyal if you don't serve as an official?" Qiao Ying couldn't help but ask.
"Businessmen!" Qiao Rui's eyes were bright and scary as he said, "The people are abundant, the gentry will decline, and the merchants will prosper!"
The two pretty daughters didn't quite understand the meaning of their father's words, but it was obvious that his father was ready to turn to Lu Bu's side. In other words, could they agree to Lu Lingqi and do things with her?
In fact, the two women had already fallen in love that time before, but Lu Lingqi left directly. Now she wants to go directly to find her. She is somewhat ashamed to speak. After all, when someone came to her before, she said "please", but now she comes to her door and she calls "begging". There is a big difference between the two.
of.
But if they don't go, God knows when the other party will come next time. With Qiao Rui's urging, the two women can only take the initiative.
…
Chu Nan has no control over things here. He is currently busy training new recruits. Wei Yan and Huang Zhong each train one, and Chu Nan trains another one. The training of 30,000 new troops, except that it was relatively harmonious at the beginning,
In the following time, the rivalry between Wei Yan and Huang Zhong became more and more serious.
The new recruits trained this time were to be taken directly to the battlefield. When Chu Nan said this, he was just letting the two of them understand the importance of this matter, and he had absolutely no intention of provoking trouble.
However, the two generals under their command obviously didn't think so, and they were working hard to train an elite force and become famous in the world.
In fact, the primary goal of military training is not physical fitness and martial arts, but military formation and cooperation. To put it bluntly, it is military discipline. Chu Nan trains troops. In addition to cultural edification, almost every day is training in formation, forming various formations in the shortest time.
Formation.
As for skills, you can set aside at most one hour every day to practice your respective professional skills.
For example, spearmen are trained to thrust, shield soldiers are trained to perform shield strikes one-on-one, and how to make a group shield formation indestructible. How do archers understand military orders and know how to shoot a hundred steps, two hundred steps, three hundred steps, and five steps?
The angle at which the bow string is raised at a hundred steps, and how to judge the distance after forming a military formation?
Of course, the most important thing is the one-hour cultural class every morning and evening, about how to unite and love, what we want to protect, what is the purpose of taking up weapons, and military discipline, military discipline, military discipline!
This is also what the soldiers like to hear most. Chu Nan will make these things into stories and tell them to them, which is not boring at all.
Compared with Wei Yan and Huang Zhong's daily heated and competitive training, Chu Nan's training here can be said to be much gentler. However, what makes Huang Zhong and Wei Yan incredible is that the time it took for Chu Nan's recruits to gather into battle formation was different from the two of them.
It’s almost the same, less than two days apart!
"Lord, is there something good!?" On this day, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan collectively let the new army rest and ran to Chu Nan.
In their opinion, Chu Nan must have come up with something good that allowed the soldiers to form a battle formation so quickly.
Of course, this is not to underestimate Chu Nan, but Chu Nan’s achievements in the art of war are indeed still far from their level. Even if they are not generals who are good at military training, it is impossible for Chu Nan to be exposed to military training for the first time.
It's time to catch up!
"You two don't believe what I say, right?" Chu Nan was a little helpless. Everything in the three armies was treated equally, and the strengthening effects were similar.
"My lord, I believe in you." Wei Yan sighed and said, "That's why I came here because I believe that my lord will not be stingy."
"My lord, the last general also believes in my lord." Huang Zhong nodded and said: "My lord doesn't want to see the veteran lose to the younger generation because of some extraneous things, right?"
"Old man, what do you mean?" Wei Yan turned around and looked at Huang Zhong in shock.
"Although I'm not good at military training, I've fought for decades in my life. How can I be just a little better than you?" Huang Zhong stroked his beard and said proudly. He was only one day faster than Wei Yan in gathering the battle formation. Huang Zhong felt that Wei Yan was currying favor with Chu Nan.
, cheated.
"It's ridiculous. My military training method is based on the soldier training method passed down from the Wei Kingdom in the past. How can I be worse than you!?" Wei Yan said angrily.
"Although the Wei soldiers are strong, they are just defeated by the Qin soldiers. I am not talented, so I use the same training method as the Qin soldiers." Huang Zhong said proudly.
"When did the soldiers of Qin defeat Wei Wu!?" Wei Yan was furious when he heard this.
"The history books have explained everything!"
"What does the history book say?"
"Wei is dead!"
"you……"
"That's enough!" Chu Nan had a headache. Although the relationship between the two didn't seem very friendly, Huang Zhong was introduced by Wei Yan. In fact, the relationship between the two parties was good, but they were both very arrogant people. Huang Zhong was older.
Advantage, Wei Yan has a rebellious character and refuses to admit defeat to anyone, which leads to the current situation.
"If I say that the utensils I use are just like the two of you, do you think you don't believe me?" Chu Nan looked at the two of them and asked.
"Don't dare." The two people said quickly, but their eyes had already betrayed their thoughts.
"So, how about today's training, you two observe it, and then evaluate it later?" Chu Nan, as a peerless wizard in the art of war, did not allow others to question his talent.
"Of course!" They both nodded at the same time.
"please!"
"please!"
The next day, the two of them let their soldiers train in their respective military camps, while they came to Chu Nan to observe Chu Nan's military training.
In addition to Chu Nan himself, there were several people on Chu Nan's side, including Zhou Cang and Wu Shuang from the Qiren Pavilion, who all participated in the military training.
After running around in the morning, Chu Nan told everyone a story. He followed it with words so that everyone could hear the story clearly.
This story lasted an hour. Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Huang Zhong and Wei Yan found this story quite interesting. When they heard that the story will be continued next time, they both felt bad.
The next step is regular training, but Chu Nan's training for the team is more stringent. On the contrary, the training on physical fitness, martial arts and other things is a bit perfunctory.
However, it was precisely because of this that both of them realized that Chu Nan's troop gathering speed and reaction during formation changes were much stronger than their troops and horses, and finally understood why Chu Nan's military formation appeared so quickly.
Chu Nan trained specifically for this.
In the evening, study military discipline, then eat and sleep.
"Lord, why do you only practice Feng Zi Mi?" Wei Yanjue's Chu Nan was a bit biased.
"It's better to know everything than to be equally skilled!" Chu Nan motioned the two of them to sit down, looked at them and said, "How? You still think I was trained with treasures?"
"The general should not question the lord, please punish me!" Huang Zhong and Wei Yan sighed, clasping their fists towards Chu Nan. Naturally, they understood the principles of Chu Nan's military training. Chu Nan paid more attention to the discipline and discipline of the entire army.
Formation and formation changes require very little martial arts skills from the soldiers, as long as they know how to use them. However, on the battlefield, these two things are complementary and indispensable, and it is not always possible to form a formation.
"It's okay, just understand." Chu Nan waved his hand and said: "Next, there are still two months, but this time is not fixed. Cao Cao may attack at any time. Our three troops are now three, but next
We need to train a team. In the next few days, the three teams will train together. I will be responsible for the formation, military discipline and cultural instruction in the morning and evening, and the two will be responsible for other training. What do the two generals think?"
"I obey my lord's order!" The two of them looked at each other and bowed to Chu Nan.