Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 37 Two big gifts
Zhou Shang, the governor of Danyang, was recommended by Yuan Shu. He also had a famous nephew named Zhou Yu, who was Sun Ce's sworn brother.

It is precisely because of this relationship that Sun Ce's ministry is now dependent on Yuan Shu, and because the Zhou family is also a prominent family in Jiangdong, Yuan Shu lists Zhou Shang as the governor of Danyang.

After Sun Jian's death, Sun Ce led his father's remaining troops to join Yuan Shu. It was regarded as a branch under Yuan Shu's command, similar to how Lu Bu had joined Liu Bei before, but the dependence relationship was clearer.

Yuan Shu accepted Sun Ce, firstly to take advantage of his bravery and the strength of Sun Jian's remaining troops, and secondly, for the jade seal that was said to have fallen into Sun Jian's hands. Naturally, he would not really let Sun Ce become bigger.

The governor of Jiujiang who initially promised Sun Ce failed to fulfill his promise, and the governor of Lujiang who promised later also changed his mind, making Sun Ce very dissatisfied with him.

At this time, Zhou Shang replied to Bai Tu that in addition to the military and civil affairs situation in the counties of Danyang County, he had also allocated 20 manpower!
What is the concept of 20 manpower?After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Danyang County had a total population of less than 60 people. Excluding those who needed to be detained at the county and county levels, they basically had to turn over the military service to the state capital in winter. Not only did Zhou Shang not mean to shirk it at all, but he also carried out certain measures. Overdraft!

What's more important is that this is the manpower of Danyang - Danyang is a place with dangerous mountains, a large number of people and vigorous people, good at martial arts, noble strength and elite soldiers!
Bai Tu has also seen that Zhou Shang intends to cause trouble for Yuan Shu, and also to demonstrate to Yuan Shu.

If he really wanted Zhou Shangju County to surrender to Bai Tu, he really didn't have that much appeal, and he might just have his head cut off by his men. After all, Danyang was the radiation area of ​​Yuan Shu's influence.

What's more, Zhou Shang didn't really want to put himself and the Jiangdong Zhou family on Bai Tu. Now he just used the excuse of "the state pastor has a destiny" to directly transfer people to Bai Tu before Yuan Shu could react.

After all, everyone was still a minister of the Han Dynasty in name, and Yuan Shu didn't have time to give him any instructions, so Zhou Shang could have shied away from knowing.

Even if Yuan Shu was dissatisfied, at most he would just find an excuse to slap him off...

With these 20 manpower, Baitu can quickly train [-] elite soldiers - the characteristic of Danyang's manpower is that after training as soldiers, it has the effects of "doubling the training efficiency" and "improving toughness".

The so-called "toughness" refers to the ability of soldiers to resist the decline in morale when dealing with defeat, decline, food shortages, defeat of generals, etc. "Toughness improvement" means that the army is less likely to have morale drop or camp collapse, which is also the most important thing for recruits. needs!

"Danyang elite soldiers" does not refer to a specific military unit, but refers to Danyang's military sources, which can quickly pass through the recruitment stage, have a certain combat effectiveness, and can grow faster.

Although four thousand soldiers is not a lot, but after having the psychological expectation of Kou Kou Baba, Bai Tu feels that with the military service of these four thousand soldiers, his manpower suddenly has the illusion of "abundance" - Danyang's manpower , Baitu is not going to use it for other purposes.

As for the 5 manpower in Qu Asan County, all of them can be invested in the process improvement and production of city defense equipment.

The good news for Yuzhang is that Hua Xin sent him [-] yuan of food and grass!
Although Yuzhang County had been controlled by Yuan Shu, it was not taken by force through war. Hua Xin did not confront him head-on, but to a certain extent, acquiesced in Yuan Shu's infiltration of Yuzhang.

However, at the critical moment, Hua Xin also gave Bai Tu a big gift in the name of "normally allocating food and salary to Zhou Mu"!
What is the concept of [-] grain and grass?
The most basic grain and grass are pure grains that have been "taxed" by Chengji. One hu of rice can form "1 grain and grass", and [-] grains and grass are roughly [-] hu of rice.

Of course, there are also some grains and grasses that are not pure grains and need to be mixed with other meats and vegetables, and they are all different.

Bai Tu has now discovered that Cheng Ji's "training" and "taxation" of manpower and material resources can actually be regarded as a quantitative synthesis, and although it looks fantastic, it also has its own inherent laws.

For example, 50 manpower can train one soldier, and at the same time, 1 people are needed to maintain it every year. Indeed, without harming the people, sending one soldier from ten people is already quite extreme and will affect corvee service.

And if this limit is exceeded, the "overdraft of manpower" of the Chengji system will lead to a decline in the population over the years, that is, each common person will not be able to provide 1 population in a few years, but 0.9, 0.8 or even less - in Without considering the Joji system, exceeding this limit will also harm the people.

However, if you can win consecutive battles, you don't need to consider the issues of food, grass, and corvee, and you can maintain one to five. Regardless of the Chengji system, the Qin State in history also reached 500 million people when the martial arts was at its peak. To the extent of raising an army of millions...

The establishment of these standards actually reflects reality to a certain extent. Cheng Ji... just plays a role in integration!
The same is true for grain and grass. To maintain the army's normal state, the consumption is 1 grain and grass per soldier and per month.

One unit of ordinary grain can be roughly regarded as the conversion of one dendrobium of grain, and one dendrobium and one stone are the same unit, that is, ten dou. One dou in the Han Dynasty was probably more than two liters in later generations.

In other words, one bushel of rice is the rice of two large Coke bottles, and one bushel of rice is the rice of 20 large Coke bottles - considering that the soldiers are all adult men and exercise a lot, they would eat 20 large Coke bottles in a month The rice is also reasonable.

As for battles and high-intensity training, this number will fluctuate upward. However, when military rations are insufficient, the morale and strength of the soldiers will be consumed, and the supply can also be reduced.

At the same time, the synthesis and matching of richer and more scientific grain and grass can quickly increase the strength of soldiers. Some special training methods also have requirements for the synthesis formula of grain and grass!
For example, in the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, each soldier can be regarded as a collection of cavalry, cavalry followers, and horse herders. The actual number of one thousand cavalry is definitely more than two thousand, so the amount of manpower, food and grass consumed is more than twice as much.

Fifty thousand grains and grasses was already a considerable amount - Lu Kang and Yuan Shu fell out because he refused Yuan Shu's request to allocate [-] grains and grasses.

In order to avoid long nights and long dreams, Hua Xin blocked the main road before Yuan Shu could react, so he ignored the high consumption and quickly transported grain and grass. The distance was obviously not too far, but the consumption was as high as three-fifths - [-] grain and grass, Bai Tu There are only [-] in hand!
This can be regarded as inevitable consumption. Even if food is transported normally by manpower, the consumption of humans and animals at this time, that is, transportation consumption, is also huge. Unless food is eaten locally, it is normal for military food consumption to double. Once the front line is extended, it will be even more Five or six times the consumption is not unusual.

In wars at this time, the attackers often retreated due to lack of food and pay. This was not because of hypocrisy, but because the army consumed too much when attacking!
[-] yuan is enough for Bai Tu to use for three months...

Bai Tu also understood that now he was taking advantage of Yuan Shu who didn't know he had arrived in Jiangdong before.

Now that Yuan Shu knows Bai Tu's movements, he must be sending troops to station and block the official road. By then, manpower, food and grass will no longer be allocated directly through Cheng Ji.

That's why Zhou Shang and Hua Xin stuffed so much for themselves like a one-shot deal.

For example, Wang Lang from Kuaiji County had to pass through Yan Baihu's territory in Wu County if he wanted to come to Qu'a. Yan Baihu had already blocked the road, so Wang Lang only sent documents on various aspects of Kuaiji's military and political affairs. , but cannot directly allocate manpower and food.

With the emergency manpower and food, Bai Tu also heaved a sigh of relief, and chose the type of troops that the four thousand Danyang elite soldiers would train...

(End of this chapter)