074, how dare the barbarians to be rude to my general?
The policy of farming has actually been in existence for a long time.
Before the Qin Dynasty, each war lasted only a short time, so there was no need to establish a grain production logistics base.
Qin Shihuang first encountered this problem when he was fighting with the Xiongnu.
"The First Emperor sent Meng Tian to lead a hundred thousand troops to attack the Hu in the north. They found out about the Henan area. Because the river was a blockade, they built forty-four county towns near the river, which were suitable for garrisoning." This can be said to be the predecessor of farming.
In the 11th year BC of the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty used criminals, slaves and recruited peasants to garrison the borders and farm the fields. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty dispatched a large number of soldiers to garrison the fields in the Western Regions.
But at that time, farming was mainly concentrated in the western and northern border areas, and the main form was military farming, and the scale was small.
It was Cao Cao who promoted farming and profited from it. Cao Cao adopted the suggestions of Zao Zhi and Han Hao and carried out farming near Xudu (now Xuchang, Henan).
The land used for farming is ownerless and barren land.
The labor force, cattle, and farm tools were captured during the suppression of the Yellow Turban Uprising. Some of the labor force was claimed to be recruited but was actually forced to work in the fields and harvest millions of grains.
"So the prefectures and counties set up field officials, who were responsible for accumulating grain and conquering all directions. Without the labor of transporting grain, they merged with the bandits and brought peace to the world."
In short, farming provided Cao Cao with a strong food foundation to conquer the world. Without farming, how would Cao Cao have the capital to feed an army of hundreds of thousands.
Chen Yuan was ready to imitate Cao Cao's strategy of farming. Xiangyang happened to be a county now, and Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng were almost in trouble because of the powerful people in the county. There was a lot of unowned and barren land that could be used for farming.
As for the population, these clan thieves are the best labor force for farming.
However, Chen Yuan does not intend to be as ruthless as Cao Cao, with 7 officials and 3 civilians, or even 8 officials and 2 civilians. This simply gives people no way to survive.
Chen Yuan planned to divide the government into 500, and the government would provide oxen, farm tools, and seeds, and the grain harvested next year would be divided in half.
With the powerful tool of Baojia Law and Gu Yong, a first-rate political talent, Chen Yuan only needed to make the general arrangements.
Gu Yong can naturally handle the remaining things properly.
The intelligence and farming matters were all arranged, so Chen Yuan didn't have much to do, so he thought of other things.
Otherwise, invent something?
There are many canals in Xiangyang, so water trucks are perfect for irrigating the land.
Chen Yuan asked someone to ask, and then he found out that the waterwheel had already existed.
The inventor was also a eunuch.
Bi Lan, one of the ten regular attendants.
Chen Yuan was speechless after hearing this.
What's going on with the eunuchs of the Eastern Han Dynasty? Why do they all want to be inventors?
There is Cai Lun in front of you and Bi Lan in the back. If you don't go to trouble Chao Gang, what are you doing as inventors? Isn't this robbing other people's business?
Forget it, it would be better if you have it.
At that time, Chen Yuan ordered many waterwheels to be built and then erected in various canals to irrigate the land.
In fact, the waterwheel was invented seven or eight years ago, but it was not used to irrigate the land at first, but to clean the roads.
"He also overturned the car and was thirsty for crows. He circled to the west of the bridge and used it to sprinkle the roads in the north and south suburbs to save the people the expense of spreading roads."
Did you see it? It was the so-called water purifier that poured water on the street to clear the way for Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.
It’s really unreasonable to have a sharp agricultural tool that is not used for agricultural production but used to clean the streets for the emperor.
Now that we have a waterwheel, what else can we do to increase food production?
Right rice seeds!
Good guy, Chen Yuan almost forgot this thing.
Champa rice!
This is a good thing.
Champa rice has three major characteristics.
"Drought tolerant", "Growing regardless of the location", "It only takes more than fifty days from planting to harvest".
I just don’t know if this Champa Rice still exists in this magically modified world.
The so-called Champa is Vietnam, and this era should belong to Jiaozhou.
It doesn't matter if it's there or not, just send someone over to take a look and you'll know.
Chen Yuan told Liu Bei about the matter, and Liu Bei heard that there was such rice and he could still sit there.
If this thing really exists, then the food problem will not be a problem in the future.
Immediately, Zhao Yun was dispatched and flew directly to Jiaozhi to look for rice.
As a second-grade expert, Zhao Yun will not take long to get to Jiaozhi.
As expected, Zhao Yun came back within a few days.
Still came back carrying a big pile of rice.
Upon hearing that Zhao Yun was back, everyone in Liu Bei's group gathered in the county government office.
Zhao Yun knelt down on one knee and said to Liu Bei: "My lord, Yun is lucky to have fulfilled his destiny and come back with the rice seeds."
However, Zhao Yun's situation was not very good at this time.
The breath seems a little disordered.
Liu Bei quickly helped Zhao Yun up: "Zilong, why are you here?"
Zhao Yun took the rice behind him and said, "My lord, I don't know. This rice seed is not an ordinary thing. It is the sacred object of the local tribe. Yun wanted to take the rice seed, but the people in his tribe did not allow it. There was some conflict.
The tribe seemed to believe in an evil god, and Yun fought with it for hundreds of rounds before getting rid of the evil god's entanglement. However, Yun was eager to turn around and suffered some losses."
"Fortunately, Yun fulfilled his mission and brought back the rice seeds that the general wanted."
With that said, Zhao Yun offered the rice behind him to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei did not look at the rice, but looked at Zhao Yun with concern: "Is Zilong in serious trouble?"
Zhao Yun shook his head: "Thank you so much, sir, Yun Wuzhen, you can recover in a few days."
Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay."
After finishing speaking, Liu Bei's face surged with anger: "In the remote area of Zuo'er, the barbarians dare to be rude to my general. They are so audacious. They will be destroyed soon."
With that said, Liu Bei ordered his generals to destroy the tribe.
There were four second-grade generals, so it would not be easy to destroy that tribe.
Seeing this, Chen Yuan quickly came out to stop him: "Lord, wait a minute!"
Liu Bei looked at Chen Yuan angrily: "Zi Chu, are you trying to stop me?"
Chen Yuan nodded: "My lord, please don't raise troops out of anger. That tribe is thousands of miles away from us. Even if your lord sends out generals to destroy it, the benefits will be taken away by others because we can't attack it for the time being."
When the soldiers go there, since they cannot seize the land or take advantage of it, they still have to make wedding clothes for others. This is an unwise move."
After hearing this, Liu Bei was still very angry: "Then how should you deal with it?"
Looking at Liu Bei's angry look, it seemed impossible to prevent him from taking such a breath.
Liu Bei is a Han chauvinist. In fact, not only Liu Bei, but all the Han people of this era have this idea. One Han is like the five barbarians, gathering barbarians. If he dares to attack the people of the Celestial Dynasty, he deserves to die.
Chen Yuan thought for a moment: "Let's do this. Let the second brother, Zilong and Ziyi go. As long as the barbarian tribe is willing to pay compensation, they can be forgiven for offending Zilong. If they don't agree, just destroy them.
Lord, what do you think?"
Liu Bei finally nodded: "How should the amount of compensation be calculated?"