Overlord!

Yuzhou, Jingzhou, and Yanzhou recruited 35,000 troops, and the remaining 13,000 were easily collected.

Gu Yong, the governor of Qingzhou, spoke first and said, "Qingzhou can also recruit five thousand troops."

Qingzhou looks inconspicuous. It seems that during this Northern Expedition, Jiangdong only attacked Beihai and Donglai counties. But in fact, due to the fragmentation of Qingzhou counties, there are only a few counties in Qi State, Le'an and other counties, and the main counties in Qingzhou are The country is Beihai and Donglai in the east and plains and Jinan in the west.

Therefore, the current situation can be said to be that Yuan Shao and Sun Ce each occupy half of Qingzhou, especially as there are a large number of northern refugees floating southward. Therefore, after the Qingzhou governor Gu Yong finished recruiting troops, he said: "When I was in Qingzhou, I saw several Fuyu and Goryeo troops. Wait for the people from Liaodong to come from the sea and sell ginseng, animal skins, famous horses, etc. I ask the Third Division to pay an extra sum of money. I will definitely get something from Qingzhou City Horse."

"If people can float across the sea and take refuge southward, they can trade horses between the two places. Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man!"

Sun Ce directly agreed to this proposal and said: "If a horse has ten reins, the people will be moved. If a horse has twenty restraints, the people will not care about life or death. If a horse has thirty restraints, even if there is a risk of nine deaths, There must be a brave man who sells horses for me!"

Now it is not a situation where Sun Ce is blocked from trading horses outside the Great Wall. On the contrary, many princes are willing to trade with Sun Ce to relieve the bitter cold outside the Great Wall.

Now the difficulty lies in transportation. It may be difficult for ordinary people to transport dozens of horses at a time, but it is definitely not difficult to transport one or two horses at a time!

When a horse costs twenty min, it is enough to make ordinary people crazy. Twenty thousand yuan is equivalent to 20,000 yuan, which can buy six hundred shi of grain. The salary is equivalent to that of a county king, but the county king also has to support the governor, guests, staff, wives and concubines and other dependents. This six hundred stones of food is enough to feed a hundred people for half a year!

This also shows that the cost of cavalry is ten times that of infantry.

But when viewed from the perspective of a military-state weapon, this cost is actually very cheap. A horse costs thirty thousand coins, and ten thousand war horses only cost three hundred thousand coins.

As long as Qingzhou starts selling horses, people will definitely bring good horses to sell to the government.

Sun Ce currently does not have the strength or plan to recruit 200,000 war horses. Only 20,000 to 30,000 horses are enough to smooth over the current troubled times.

One hundred thousand troops were dispatched for the Northern Expedition, including twenty to thirty thousand cavalry, which was already a very large scale.

So Sun Ce looked at Bu Zhi and said: "Allocate 300,000 yuan to Qingzhou. These 300,000 yuan should be used for at least 10,000 horses in Gushi."

Sun Ce has set a very clear goal. If it is less than this number, then Sun Ce will definitely be held accountable.

If the goal is achieved, Gu Yong can choose to settle the funds and keep them in Qingzhou's treasury, or he can continue the city horse and increase his political achievements. Of course, if he is a little greedy after achieving his goal, Sun Ce will not pursue him strictly.

As the provincial governor's departments claimed the amount of soldiers recruited, the remaining amount of soldiers to be recruited was very easy. Even a broken county like Xuzhou claimed two thousand.

Xuzhou does not have a population of only tens of thousands. Under the rule of the Xuzhou Governor, Guangling County is relatively well-preserved. In a large state with hundreds of thousands of people, it is relatively easy to recruit two thousand soldiers.

The remaining places were taken by the Jiaozhou Governor's Department and the Yangzhou Governor's Department. Both states would try to recruit troops from Hu Yue.

Now that each state has taken over the task of recruiting troops, the scale of Jiangdong's 120,000 elite troops is just around the corner.

Sun Ce then looked at the generals and said: "The current situation is that Jiangdong will definitely be at peace for a while. When Lu Meng pacifies the Yuzhang bandits, Jiangdong will gather 120,000 troops to strengthen their troops, accumulate grain and train their troops, in case they take advantage of the provocation. Clean up the world!"

"The matter of military training is left to General Zhuge Liang to coordinate. The matter of defense is left to General Zhou Yu. All the ministries are working hard according to the order, striving to work hard to govern, and to rule the world as soon as possible, in Hunyuan Yunei!"

Everyone bowed their hands and said, "No!"

With the consensus reached at the court meeting, military training in Jigu has become the most important thing in Jiangdong right now.

But as the literal meaning says, accumulating valleys and training troops are divided into two things: accumulating valleys and training troops.

Since ancient times, the Central Plains has wanted to unify the four seas, six regions, and eight wastelands, and all methods have been farming and warfare.

Therefore, after recruiting soldiers, the most important thing is farming.

After recruiting troops, Sun Ce recommended the new calendar to all the ministers. From today on, Jiangdong will implement a new calendar to replace the "Four-Point Calendar of the Later Han Dynasty", and the new calendar implemented was created by Liu Hong, the prefect of Shanyang. "Qianxiang Calendar".

Liu Hong, the prefect of Shanyang, had always had political achievements. When Zhuge Liang's troops entered Changyi and headed for Dingtao, Changyi decisively surrendered to Kaicheng.

This mathematician and astronomer, who is known as the sage of calculation, can be said to be a well-read in the six arts. He is knowledgeable, especially astronomy and calendar. He, the great scholar Zheng Xuan, the famous scholars Sima Hui, Chen Ji and others each had hundreds of disciples, and participated in the review and revision of the calendar.

This calendar has many innovations. It not only refreshed the traditional calendar, but also ushered in a thousand-year era of the Central Plains calendar. Basically, the later Central Plains calendar system was developed on the basis of the Qianxiang Calendar.

This calendar not only includes astronomy, solar terms, priests, marriages, etc., but also includes navigation, wind direction, climate, etc. It can be said that it is closely related to the current agriculture, navigation, animal husbandry and other livelihood industries in Jiangdong.

Especially now that we are in the Ice Age, and the weather is getting colder every year, the Han Dynasty calendar is no longer suitable for guiding today's agricultural production solar terms. Not to mention the new moon, solar terms, etc. cannot be determined.

The people of the world have long needed a new calendar. This is also a necessary process for the new dynasty to replace the old dynasty.

Each dynasty was in a different period and had different climates, so naturally they needed to preside over and implement a new calendar that suited them.

And whoever can preside over the implementation of this calendar will obviously be more able to gain the legitimacy of the dynasty.

Yuan Shao has not yet proclaimed himself emperor rashly, and an important aspect is also stepping up the compilation of his own calendar.

The most important thing in the calendar is the determination of spring plowing. Spring plowing in the Jiangdong calendar is on the third day after the end of the court meeting.

Zhu Xia built its country on agriculture, and spring plowing was the top priority of the year.

On the day of the Beginning of Spring, the etiquette is even more grand than the Spring Festival.

Before dawn, Sun Ce was awakened by his attendants. Instead of wearing his usual comfortable brocade robes, he changed into a set of linen and brown robes.

The thorns on his linen clothes made Sun Ce feel uncomfortable all over, but he could bear it. The most outrageous thing was that Chen Yue held a green scarf and tied it to Sun Ce's head.

Its name is Qinggu. Today, all the officials in Jiankang, from Sun Ce down to Doushi, take this medicine.

The so-called "Spring Xiaoling Flag has its tail slanted, and Han officials are waiting for the morning glow." This is the description of today's scene.

If Sun Ce hadn't been so open-minded, it would have been a little hard to accept that he had such a green turban on his head.

After leaving the general's mansion, Sun Ce saw countless officials tied with green turbans and standing in neat queues on the street.

It looked green, and Sun Ce couldn't help but smile.

The cold wind in the early morning blew through, bringing with it a chill that made people shiver.

It is this pain that also reminds all the bureaucrats and subordinates present that the importance of the beginning of spring and the importance of spring plowing.

The person in charge of the command at the scene was General Shi and Yangzhou Mu, and he should be responsible for this important task.   And being able to implement this kind of calendar and priestly rituals would be of great benefit to Jiangdong's hegemony.

Therefore, he was very excited compared to Sun Ce. When he saw Sun Ce walking out of the county government, he asked him to stand at the head of the queue of officials.

When Sun Ce entered the queue, Zhang Zhao raised his voice and shouted: "All officials are here, set up green banners!"

The sound seemed to spread throughout the city in the quiet morning.

Then dozens of subordinate officials in the queue held high green flags. The team composed of a group of civil servants also looked quite majestic.

"Leave the east city and greet Emperor Qing."

Following Zhang Zhao's order, thousands of officials, including the governors of the seven states, the prime ministers of Yangzhou counties, and the subordinate officials of Jiankang, walked out of the county on foot.

As the leader of Jiangdong, Sun Ce walked at the front of the team.

I wasn’t worried about getting lost, because all the way east, even out of the east gate of Jiankang, there was a soldier with a flag and a sword standing on the side of the road every few dozen meters.

It spread to the eastern suburbs of Jiankang, on a well-maintained plain, with hundreds of guards guarding the surrounding area.

In the middle of the plain is an altar with a cyan flag.

This is the place to welcome the spring and worship the Qing Emperor Jumang.

Kong Rong said that Liu Biaojie was rebellious and unruly, and his behavior was unethical. He even went to the suburbs to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth in order to prepare rituals for the country. That's it.

This journey lasted for six or seven miles. When everyone arrived, the rising sun was rising and the morning light was shining.

A group of officials and subordinates stopped in front of the altar, and Sun Ce personally held the sacrificial inscription and climbed onto the altar.

Various sacrifices such as wine, preserved fruits, dates, chestnuts, and animal coins have been placed on the altar, which is very grand.

At this moment, all the officials were solemn. Even Sun Ce, the soul of a later generation, was touched. He looked upright, raised the sacrificial inscription and praised loudly:

"In the sixth year of the reign of Jian'an, on the third day of the first lunar month, on the third day of Renwu and the first day of the first lunar month, Da Sima led Yuzhou Mu, Nanchang Marquis, Kaifu, Jiejie, Du Yan, Yu, Qing, Xu, Jing, Yang, Jiao, and Yi In the eight-state military affairs, Sun Ce offered sacrifices to the Qing Emperor Jumang and said: Look up to the Holy Spirit, set your mind for heaven and earth, establish your destiny for the people, create peace for all generations, and your achievements will be prosperous and safe forever. I only inherit the order of heaven, and use it with care. Sacrifice and report. But God Zhaojian, my country's family, enjoy it!"

Sacrifice to heaven was not only to show the solemnity of the beginning of spring, but also to enhance the national legitimacy of Jiangdong and prepare to replace the Han Dynasty.

The major affairs of the country are only sacrifice and military affairs.

Now Sun Ce specifically emphasized that the military affairs of the eight states in the world would be under his supervision. Sacrifice ceremonies were also held in eight states.

It can be said that among the eight states, Sun Ce's legitimacy is higher than that of the Han Dynasty.

Now Sun Ce personally offered sacrifices, and hundreds of officials saluted. Officials, troops, and gentry all seemed to see an emperor of the new dynasty offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, praying to gods, mountains, and rivers.

At least in Jiangdong, counties and counties were under Sun Ce's command to offer sacrifices to the Qing Emperor Jumang. In a certain sense, this was the divine right of kings. It will greatly increase people's recognition of Sun Ce's rule.

Therefore, the sacrificial ceremony is far more solemn in Jiangdong County than in other counties.

After the sacrifice, the group turned to the fields.

Beside the plowing fields, Sun Ce gave instructions to the officials behind him, saying: "During spring plowing, all the kings must work together to encourage farmers to cultivate. Anyone who dares to neglect their duties will be demoted to common people and will never be used again."

All officials are awe-inspiring about the importance of spring plowing.

Then Cao Wei Jing of the Third Division, Tian Cao, personally led the cow in front of him, and Bu Sta, the envoy of the Third Division, presented his long whip.

This is the gift of catching spring cattle.

Sun Ce personally held the plow and worked with Wei Jing for dozens of steps.

Fortunately, the two of them had practiced in the countryside for several days before, and the spring cattle drive went very smoothly.

Sun Ce, the lord of Jiangdong, was still able to support oxen in plowing for dozens of steps. Officials from Sun Ce on down had no excuses.

They attach great importance to farming and go to the fields in person to encourage farming.

Wei Jing, the newly appointed chief of Tiancao of the Third Division, is even more ambitious. He vows to build Tiancao into the most powerful Caosi in Jiangdong. He must not only do his best to persuade farmers and mulberry trees under his rule, but also thoroughly investigate the affairs of all states and counties in the world. Hide household registration.

All the officials were very motivated at the moment. After this suburban festival, the officials all saw that it was the general trend for Jiangdong to replace the Han Dynasty.

At this time, Sun Ce gracefully sat in the south of the Yangtze River and watched the changes, thinking that Uncle Xi could regulate it. If the officials work together and work together, the people will be safe and prosperous. The rivers and lakes are bordering each other, and the Qing Dynasty is prosperous.

It has been said among the people that there was a prince named Sun Lang, who was young but wise and wise, and long and powerful. In the past, the ancestors were in chaos and the land fell apart, wars broke out, and everyone was poisoned. However, Sun Lang had a long-term vision, showed great mercy, saved the world, pacified the sea, taught the people, and the virtues were far away, and he was in a foreign land. When he is called a minister, he is raised in the pavilion by the common people, and he is praised in salty songs. I have heard his elegant praises for a long time.

Officials all knew that once Sun Ce came to power, their status would take off instantly. A large number of people would join the court as ministers and ministers, and a large number of high-ranking positions would be vacated in the local area for ordinary officials to be promoted.

Therefore, a large number of outstanding people have appeared in the selection of officials in various counties this year.

By March, a large number of famous people with a long history, such as Shi Tao, Xu Shu, Liang Xi, Zhu Ran, Cheng Bing, Liao Li, Guoyuan, Liang Mao, etc., were working in Jiangdong.

There are even more famous generals in the army. For example, Lu Xun, whom Sun Ce paid most attention to, relied entirely on his qualifications to obtain the official position of Xingpinglu Colonel in the New Army.

In addition, a large number of civil and military personnel from Cao's army also joined Sun Ce, which also greatly enhanced Sun Ce's strength. Man Chong, Mao Jie, Jiang Ji, Zang Ba, Li Tong, Sun Guan, Lu Qian, Li Dian, Xu Ding and other generals who had been forced to surrender before Yu Jin and so on.

If these civil and military skills were given to Liu Bei, they would be enough to support his early team!

Even in Jiangdong, where there are many powerful generals and advisors like rain, these people can be regarded as a generation of talents.

A capable minister and cool official like Man Chong, even if they were not in troubled times, would still be qualified to leave their names in the history books during the peaceful years of the dynasty.

Sun Ce usually called these people from other places, and most of them were sent to Huainan and Jingchu. Only Zang Ba and others Sun Ce needed to use their reputation to fight against Yuan Shao, so they stayed in the Qingxu area.

These people are even enough to support the government office of a state pastor. By selecting and promoting talented people, they can make the territory of a state peaceful and the politics clear.

Due to the pioneering and enterprising forces, the scholars in Jiangdong all benefited from the development, and there was no political struggle between the Nangui faction and the local faction.

The overall force was full of vigor and forge ahead, and the recruitment work was basically completed by April. In April, as a news came, the entire world finally entered an epoch-making chapter, which also meant the sad end of an era. (End of chapter)