In less than five days, all the principals of the fifteen counties had arrived, and all the officials were arranged to rest in the post office, and all the sergeants with them set up camp outside the city.
Liu Hui, the county magistrate, also came to Xiaquyang and took action, leaving only Zhang Nan to guard the city. Wang Li also followed them to Yingtao. He did not return to Xiaquyang for five months. Wen Yuan was quite anxious. When he heard that the two men had arrived, he was busy with his life.
Zhang Yu went to stay in the mansion and asked about Qu Yang's current situation.
Wen Yuan led the army to leave Xia Quyang in January, followed Han Fu to campaign in March, returned to Jizhou in April, and then led the army in Yecheng for more than a month. By counting on his fingers, Wen Yuan had already left Xia Quyang for five months.
Liu Hui's visit this time was very different from what he had done five months ago. He was much more energetic, and his eyes were a little more eager. After seeing Wen Yuan, he hurriedly bowed his hands and saluted, and happily reported about Quyang.
Come work.
First of all, due to the military household system implemented by Wenyuan, relatives of military households migrated from various counties in Jizhou one after another. In just five months, more than 2,400 military households and their relatives moved to Xiquyang City, with a population of tens of thousands!
Liu Hui arranged for them to live in the city properly. Those who did not have any money in the family lent rice and grain as usual in Wenyuan. At this time, Liu Hui encountered the first problem after taking office. The 120,000 acres of land gained from the early land reclamation had been distributed.
In the future, as the number of military households moved in increased, the families of the newly resettled military households could not divide their fields.
Seeing that the weather was getting warmer and other military households were happily preparing for spring plowing, the families of these later military households were dissatisfied and encouraged thousands of soldiers to come to Zhang Nan. Zhang Nan, a big man who didn't know what to do, had no choice but to go to the county.
The government asked Liu Hui to come forward.
Liu Hui had been working on the government affairs in Quyang for more than a month. Apart from admiration and emotion, he had already figured out Wen Yuan's political strategy. At this time, Wen Yuan and his chief officials were not in Quyang. As a county magistrate, although he had just arrived, he was already a senior official.
The highest official in Xiaquyang.
It happened that Qianzhao was also in Quyang at this time, and the two of them combined their efforts and decided to go all out to open up wasteland and farmland!
In February, Liu Hui and Zhang Nan summoned all the laborers in the army and military families, and temporarily recruited more than 2,000 men from Quyang, totaling nearly 8,000 people. They worked hard for a month and reclaimed 160,000 acres of fertile land.
In this way, together with the previously cultivated land, Wenyuan obtained a total of 280,000 acres of fertile land. At this point, Wenyuan's 2,800 regular soldiers and 2,700 supply troops were allotted fertile land.
Originally, 8,000 men could produce far more than 160,000 acres per month, but now Quyang has developed not only the land in the north of the city, but also the fertile farmland in the other three suburbs. Therefore, compared with Wenyuan's previous results, the speed is full.
Quite a few.
Secondly, as the influence of Wenyuan's implementation of the military household farming system spread, thousands of refugees came to Xiaquyang with their families in a few months. They were all poor people who had lost their land and left their homes. It was said that as long as they came to Xiaquyang
If you join the army, you will get fifty acres of land.
Recruiting soldiers was a major matter. How could Liu Hui dare to act arbitrarily? He summoned all the refugees who came to Xiaquyang and formally refused. However, these refugees had already seen the stable life of the military households in the city, and they also heard that the county magistrate here loved the people like his sons.
, how are you willing to leave? The confrontation with the more than a thousand soldiers brought by Zhang Nan is about to trigger a civil uprising.
Liu Hui got wise in his desperation and agreed to resettle the refugees in the city, select the strongest to help the military households in Quyang to farm the land, and provide them with two meals a day. As for the elderly and the weak, they would be provided with porridge and rice every day.
So busy that during the slack period, Liu Hui asked these refugees to go mine in the northwest of Xiaquyang, and they have been busy until now.
Today, there are more than 9,000 military and civilian households in Xiaquyang City. I believe it will soon reach tens of thousands, with a population of more than 53,000. This scale is only eight times smaller than when Wen Yuan first arrived in Xiaquyang.
In just a few months, the population has more than doubled!
After listening to Liu Hui's report, Wen Yuan was secretly happy. This famous Hebei scholar really had two skills in governing politics. He was calm in times of trouble and had the courage to take on the tasks of opening up wasteland and recruiting refugees. His talents were fully demonstrated. Such a famous scholar was only ranked in a county.
Cheng, it is really a waste of talent.
Thinking of this, Wen Yuan smiled and said: "Mr. Zihui is a great talent. A small county with a hundred miles is definitely not a place for him to take revenge. The matter of farming and land reclamation is related to the people's livelihood. Liao wants to invite Mr. Zihui to serve as the captain of Diannong.
I wonder if you, sir, are willing to give in to the matter of establishing farmland and clearing up wasteland for military households in Si Julu County?"
Liu Hui saw that Wen Yuan still respected and loved him so much even though he was in the high position of the prefect, and entrusted him with this important task. Liu Hui respectfully said, "Hui will devote all his loyalty and wisdom to serve the lord with his own life!"
Wen Yuan helped Liu Hui get up and sit down, then turned to look at Qianzhao.
"After seeing each other for several months, is Zijing okay after seeing you again?"
"Thank you, Lord, for your concern. Zhao has been here in Quyang for a few months. What he has seen and heard is really eye-opening." Qian Zhao had a lot to say for a long time. When he saw Wen Yuan greeting him, he hurriedly bowed and bowed.
After Qianzhao returned to Guanjin to attend to the funeral of his late master, he immediately moved his family and his family to Xiaquyang with Zhang Nan. He had been observing carefully and was amazed by the sights and scenery of Xiaquyang. He was full of enthusiasm for Wenyuan's military and political affairs.
sigh.
Originally, Zhang Nan was temporarily in charge of all military affairs. However, Zhang Nan was able to lead troops in drills and charge into battle. He was overwhelmed with handling trivial matters. He was overwhelmed with food, grass, and logistical support.
He made some comments.
When escorting Qianzhao to and from Tianjin, Zhang Nan knew that Qianzhao was a talented person, and had seen his master treat him so kindly. In a state of panic, he simply tried to let Qianzhao share some of the burden for him, but Qianzhao got used to it very quickly.
, within a few days, the trivial matters in the camp were handled in an orderly manner.
When Wen Yuan left, he left behind a total of two thousand gold, one million and three hundred thousand money, 120,000 hu of grain and grass, and 10,000 jins of pig iron. In May, soldiers were trained and exhausted, refugees were recruited to open up wasteland, mines, and porridge were borrowed from the army.
Household seeds, rations, etc., cost nearly 100,000 yuan in military rations. Although Zhang Nan earned thousands of dan from suppressing bandits here, it was only a drop in the bucket. Fortunately, the remaining military rations were barely enough to last until the autumn harvest, including the land gained from the autumn harvest.
By renting and repaying the loan, military households can get 200,000 dendrobium of military rations.
In terms of weapons and baggage, all 10,000 kilograms of pig iron were smelted by the beginning of February. In addition to the 500 pairs of pig iron pockets, the rest were forged into mature iron armor leaves. By the beginning of March, a total of more than 180 sets of iron armor were produced.
, more than 10,000 arrows, and all the pig iron has been used up.
At this time, Qianzhao had already begun to deal with political affairs. However, it was the spring plowing and sowing season, and the army sergeants and soldiers were all going to help with the farming. There was no way to allocate manpower to mine and smelt iron. Seeing that the craftsmen had nothing to do all day, Qianzhao asked Zhang Nan to go to the nearby county.
It took more than ten days to purchase pig iron, and more than 10,000 kilograms of iron were obtained, so that the blacksmith could continue smelting.
In April, Qianzhao ordered to recruit more than 2,000 strong men in the city, led by military craftsmen, to mine thirty miles northwest of Xiaquyang. In order to protect Yiyi Mining and the world where seeds had been sown, Qianzhao moved the camp to Xiaquyang.
To the west, 800 regular soldiers were left to guard the city, while the rest of the supply troops guarded the city wall.
By the end of May, the blacksmith's workshop had produced more than 800 daggers, more than 320 sets of iron armor, 13,000 arrowheads, and more than 300 ring-headed knives. The carpenter's workshop also produced 500 license plates.
, more than 200 baggage vehicles, more than 300 strong bows, and more than 100 horn bows.
After listening to Qianzhao's report, Wen Yuan was also very emotional. Although Qianzhao was only twenty years old, his literary, Taoist and military skills were already emerging. In the future, he only needed a little training to be able to stand alone.
Thinking of this, Wen Yuan narrowed his eyes and smiled and said: "Zijing is good at running the army. He is really a rare talent. A certain person wants to worship Zijing as the chief of the army, specializing in handling trivial matters in the army. Will Zijing be willing to do so?"