Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 663

This year's harvest is indeed good, and it solves the current predicament, but Mujing is still greedy, and feels a little regretful in his heart: "Even if such a high yield is hard to come by, it is still impossible to solve the problem of food and clothing. !"

In this era, even the so-called prosperous age cannot solve a problem of food and clothing.

There are several reasons why the problem of food and clothing cannot be solved.

First, the times are backward, farming is difficult, and the yield per mu is still not high enough.

Second, the annexation of the land by the gentry and the wealthy is very serious. Even if Mujing suppresses it time and time again, unless it is fundamentally changed, this phenomenon cannot be changed.

"How about finding some high-yield crops!"

Mujing thought about it again and again, and wanted to split the road to see if he could solve the problem of eating.

In the final analysis, calling back and forth is also a matter of eating.

The Yellow Turban uprising was due to lack of food.

The princes of all parties can separate their regimes because the people can't eat enough. Since they can't eat enough to follow the court, they can change their masters.

After all, it is a matter of eating.

If Hanzhong can solve this problem, it will be invincible. At least the people in Hanzhong will wholeheartedly support Mujing and Mujun, and if necessary, all the people will be soldiers.

Why can all the nomads be soldiers, because only in this way can they defend their food.

"If you want to say that the harvest is high, potatoes and sweet potatoes are actually magic weapons. Any one born in the world can completely solve the problem of food and clothing in this world, but at present, it is not at all necessary to get those sweet potatoes from the land. Possible things!"

Mu Jing was just thinking about it.

This is a luxury.

Because these things are not in the Central Plains at all, far away in South America, with the backward ocean-going technology of this era, it is impossible to build a ship that can cross the sea in 100 years.

So this idea was quickly discarded by Mu Jing.

"In my memory, sorghum seems to be a high-yield crop, and it's easy to grow. You can think about it!"

Mu Jing pondered for a long time, constantly recalling the somewhat hazy memories in his mind, history is really not his forte.

"When did sorghum appear?"

He really couldn't remember the question.

However, he vaguely remembered a little bit: "Sorghum seems to have a name in this era, what is it called... remember, sorghum!"

"That's right, that's the name!"

His memory became clearer and clearer: "The place of origin seems to be the land of Bashu, so you can think about it!"

As soon as Mu Jing thought about it, he thought about it.

He went directly to Nongcao Yamen.

The Nongcao Yamen is located to the northeast of the South Study Room. It is a two-story wooden building. The first floor is made of stone, and the second floor is a wooden building with red tiles.

At this time, it was still busy with the autumn harvest, and Nong Cao was very busy up and down.

Even when Mujing came in, few people noticed, everyone looked down at the papers, and some people came in and out without thinking that a stranger came in. In this Minghou Mansion, it is very safe and there will be no danger. So their vigilance is low.

In the end, he was engaged in Ye Zhi and discovered Mujing.

"My subordinates meet the lord!"

After Ye Zhi saluted, everyone came back to their senses.

"This subordinate is waiting to meet the lord!"

Liu Ling hurriedly came out from the main office and led the crowd to salute.

"Don't be too polite!"

Mu Jing waved his hand, sat down on Ali's seat, and said, "I'm here today on a whim, but I'm very satisfied with the attitude of Nong Cao Yamen!"

"Thank you, my lord, for your praise!"

Liu Ling breathed a sigh of relief. Ever since Tang Ming was transferred out of Nong Cao, Nong Cao was the only one in his family, but he was the only one responsible for it. If something happened to Nong Cao, he could only take the blame.

"I came this time because I actually have something to discuss with you!"

Mu Jing said: "Feng Ren, you gathered all the people from Nong Cao, I have something to ask!"

"promise!"

Liu Ling quickly gathered Nong Cao's officials, big and small, in the lobby of Nong Cao's Yamen except those who were away from home.

In addition to Nong Cao's principals, employees, civil servants, etc., there are also farmers, who are actually Nong Cao's technical experts. These people were gathered by Nong Cao after a lot of effort.

"Actually, I just want to ask, have you ever seen this kind of crop?" Based on his impression, Mujing drew the sorghum, which is somewhat abstract, but it also looks somewhat similar. If someone has seen the real thing, it will be easy to recognize.

"This seems to be sorghum!"

A middle-aged man in a green robe stood up and spoke.

"Have you seen it?" Mu Jing's eyes lit up, and he asked, "What's your name?"

The name is correct, it seems that my memory is correct.

"Subordinate Tong Yu!"

The middle-aged bowed their hands in salute.

"My lord, Tong Yu is the number one farmer in our Nongcao. We encountered many problems when we were implementing the lord's method of raising seedlings, so we invited Tong Yu from the people. It was he who helped us overcome the problem of seedling growth!"

Liu Ling said.

"Tong Yu, where have you seen this sorghum?" Mu Jing asked.

"This thing is not uncommon in Bashu. It seems that Jiange has it. It's just that there are relatively few in Hanzhong. In fact, it is also available in Hanzhong. It is generally useless. In a year of catastrophe, there is really nothing to eat. People will use these things to satisfy their hunger!"

"Are you sure there is one in Hanzhong!"

"Sure!"

"it is good!"

Mu Jing was overjoyed: "Tong Yu, now I will give you a task. If you do it well, it will change the food problem in our entire Hanzhong!"

"Please tell me, my lord!"

"Find the sorghum, then cultivate it, and cultivate it on a large scale!" Mu Jing said in a deep voice: "If you want people, I will give you people. If you want money, I will give you money. I only want one result. Next year Hanzhong Wudu Shu millet can be grown in Nanyang!"

"My lord, think twice!"

Liu Ling didn't care about other things, he quickly cupped his hands and said: "As far as I know, this thing can't be used as food. Isn't it a waste of the power of the farmer if we spend so much time and effort!"

"Who says it can't!" Mu Jing said softly: "Fengren, as a farmer, you must have the idea of ​​Shennong. There is a lot of food in the world. We can't be limited to rice and wheat!"

"Shen Nong's thoughts?"

Everyone in Nong Cao peeped at each other.

"Shen Nong tastes all kinds of herbs!"

Someone said in a low voice.

This is the spirit of Shennong. Only after you have tried it can you know whether you can eat it or not.

"Subordinates take orders!"

Tong Yu himself resisted a little bit, but when he heard Mu Jing’s words, he immediately became full of fighting spirit, yes, no one said that sorghum can’t be eaten, and in times of famine, many people ate it and didn’t die of.

After the task was handed over, Mu Jing left in a hurry.

As a feudal lord, he can't put his energy into one place. The Minghou Mansion is like a ship that has just started. Whether it can sail out and sail the sea depends on him as the captain at the helm. There are too many things he needs to steer. There are countless major military and political issues awaiting his verdict.

"How is the situation of the Violent Bear Army?"

A few days later, Hu Zhao sent a message, and Mu Jing directly summoned Xi Zhicai to discuss military affairs.

Since last year, disarmament, reorganization, rectification, training, under the command of Mu Jun, Jingping First Army, Jingping Second Army, and Yellow Turban Army have basically completed the rectification. In the First World War, it has already been reflected.

The strength of the Second Army and the Yellow Turban Army is still supported by some data. The Jingping Second Army participated in the battle of Nanyang with the navy, and the data came back one after another, which shows that the combat effectiveness has improved. The strongest, after all, the Yellow Turbans have cut down the most troops, they have merged with the elite of the Baibo army, so it is absolutely no problem to guard Wudu.

It's the Violent Bear Army.

The war in the past was too tragic, which resulted in the loss of the main force of the Violent Bear. Mu Jing also took out the Vanguard Battalion and lost part of his strength. It is really unknown whether he can cheer up.

"Zhou Cang still has some ability!" Xi Zhicai said: "The reorganization and training of the Violent Bear Army have been completed, but the actual combat effectiveness still needs to be tested on the battlefield!"

"Have Zhou Cang and Zhang Liao cooperated on the battlefield?"

"No!" Xi Zhicai shook his head: "Jingping's second army has always focused on preserving the main force when attacking Nanyang. If the Violent Bear Army is mixed in, it will be a big trouble, and it will probably trigger Yuan Jun's main force! "

"If the battle of Jingzhou breaks out, let Zhou Cang be the vanguard!"

Mu Jing said: "I need to consider the strength of the Violent Bear Army!"

"In fact, your training method is very regular. I doubted it before, but now I think that regular soldiers and professional soldiers are more useful than all the people in numbers!" Xi Zhicai said: "Participating in the battle of the wolf tribe , Let me see one thing clearly, the battlefield is always not suitable for those young and strong who go to the battlefield after training casually, I even thought, if the army is expanded under the same combat power, there are [-] troops, I dare to fight back to Guanzhong! "

"How can things be so simple!"

Mu Jing smiled wryly: "Hu Zhao and Liu Jin have an idea of ​​how much we spend on training soldiers. Others can train hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, but we can only train tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. This is not a matter of armor. , the weapon equipment is okay, but the battle armor is always a big problem!"

It is even more extravagant to make armor and weapons. Those fine and light iron armors in the army can only be equipped with officers.

"I'm just thinking about it!"

Xi Zhicai doesn't know the cost of military training. He is in charge of the Beiwutang, and the training will be under the management of the Beiwutang. No one knows this matter better than him. Given his amazing fighting power, he might not even agree with Mu Jing's extravagant training method.

Ordinary soldiers, most of them are half peasants and half soldiers, do more when they are free, and practice a little or two.

Even if it is an elite soldier, it is not bad to practice once every ten days.

But now the soldiers of the herding army, the professional soldiers, all the soldiers who are registered and recorded in the military register have to practice every day, which consumes so much money and food that ordinary people must not be able to bear it.

Xi Zhicai thought about it, and suddenly said: "You are anxious to know the combat power of the Violent Bear Army, have you reached an agreement with Yizhou?"

"We're almost done talking!"

Mu Jing said: "Yizhou has already started to send troops. Before the cold winter, there must be a battle, but Yizhou is a bit stingy. The first batch of grain and grass provided is only [-] shi. Hu Zhao is going to talk about it to see if he can benefit from it." The state gets more!"

"Already good!"

Xi Zhicai said: "Liu Yan is considered arrogant, which also shows that he is impatient and wants to fight. I am a little surprised. Logically, Liu Yan is not such an impatient person. Why did he make such a big concession? Also attack Jingzhou!"

"I'm thinking about it too!"

Mu Jing narrowed his eyes.

(End of this chapter)