I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 296 When I fight, I always pile up money and burn it!

"The current situation is still turbulent." Cao Rui sighed.

After being silent for a long time, he said: "Let the Marquis of Shaoling and Sima Zhongda be the prime ministers and assistant ministers."

Liu Fang still wanted to say something, but he knew that if he continued to oppose Sima Yi's inclusion in Tuogu, he would force Cao Rui to fall out.

"Your Majesty is holy."

Liu Fang had a conversation with Sun Zi.

"Go back."

"My minister retire."

On June 15, Du Yu went to Xiangyang to report on his work.

Du Yu said: "Nanjun has a total of 50,000 households and 3 million acres of fertile land. Judging from this summer's wheat harvest, each acre of land can harvest 180 kilograms of wheat, which is five times higher than the harvest in Guanzhong. Ten pounds.”

Thinking of this, Li Heng felt slightly relieved.

Du Yu was startled, and said with some surprise: "I can completely understand the general's feeling that he loves his soldiers as his own children, but if the general calculates this account carefully, he may have other ideas."

Having said this, Li Heng paused, looked at Du Yu, and said, "I want to equip every soldier who goes on the battlefield with armor."

"Reduce Nanjun's manpower resources to ten thousand." Li Heng suddenly said.

Theoretically speaking, Jiangling's 50,000 households can raise 30,000 troops and horses, which is more than enough.

There are three million acres of fertile land. According to this yield, the wheat production will be 5.4 million kilograms.

"After the government deploys 20,000 soldiers, can the farming labor force still be guaranteed?"

Including losses, the average person consumes two kilograms of grain a day, and 2100 people consume 2.5 kilograms of grain a day, which is million kilograms of grain a month, which is almost million kilograms of grain a year.

He didn't quite understand that now that Jingzhou was occupied, a larger-scale war would break out sooner or later.

"General, there are currently three thousand pairs of infantry armor in our army. Do you know how much a pair of infantry armor costs?"

Of course, Jiangling currently has 2190 troops and horses. According to the consumption of two kilograms per person per day, it is kilograms per day and million kilograms per year.

The remaining 90 million kilograms of grain can be used to make wine, make other foods, and turn into processed goods.

"Why?" Du Yu asked.

"According to your calculation of food just now, Jiangling City can become the next Chongqing, or even bigger than Chongqing. At that time, more people will definitely be needed. The prosperity of business can, to a certain extent, enhance military strength and save military expenses."

There are 50,000 households, with an average of seven people per household, about 350,000 people.

"We only want children from good families, and we must strictly control the sources of troops. We must have the best troops, not too many."

"But there are a large number of people willing to join the army." Du Yu said with a sigh.

After hearing this, Li Heng's mind started to count numbers.

"Four million dollars."

"I was serious."

"There is no military activity at the moment. The government soldiers are working in the fields and practicing in their spare time. If a war breaks out, the government soldiers can go into battle and keep fighting for a long time. It will not affect the farm work, because this batch of government soldiers are at home. They are all more than a strong man."

Du Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "Since the general knows, how many more infantry armor do you plan to add?"

"Ten thousand infantry in infantry, and a thousand cavalry in infantry."

Du Yu was even more shocked: "General, even the cavalry must be equipped with heavy armor!"

"Jiangling defeated Xiahou Ru. We captured 3,000 cavalry and 5,000 war horses. We can quickly apply the cavalry to our army."

"I agree with the general to put the cavalry into our army, but one thousand heavy armored cavalry, General, I'm afraid..." "One thousand heavy armored cavalry and two thousand light cavalry, combined with infantry armor, this is mine. Idea." Li Heng said.

Du Jiajie understood clearly that Li Heng planned to allocate more resources to a small number of people to build a stronger army.

This involves the theoretical issues of professional military leadership.

The elite are always only a minority, and because of management boundary issues, it is more difficult to manage a large army.

Assuming that most of the resources are allocated to more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, management costs can be greatly saved.

Management cost is actually not money, but efficiency.

"Then what does the general mean when he says that every soldier should be covered with armor?"

"Army armor can be divided into three levels, one is infantry armor, the other is sleeve armor, and the third is leather armor."

"Soldiers in the logistics department also need to wear armor?"

"Phi!"

Du Yu couldn't help but take a breath of cold air: "General, does he know how much money it will cost?"

"Ten thousand pairs of infantry armor requires 40 million strings. Fifty thousand sleeve armors require 20 million strings. Fifty thousand leather armors require 10 million strings."

Du Yu was even more surprised, Li Heng knew the cost clearly.

Since it is so clear, how dare he play like this?

"General, do you think we have so much money?" Du Yu said, "This is just for armor, not counting other weapons."

“We don’t have it now, so I said we should leave a lot of manpower in both Nan County and Xiangyang County.

"We now need to mint more money, mine more mines, and build more factories and ships. These all require people. Unlike in the past, we need more than just farming."

"I have calculated that if the business in Jiangling and Xiangyang is opened, plus Chongqing, the income will be enough to support us to replace the armaments of Jingzhou's troops and horses."

"What kind of business scale will it have to reach?" Du Yu still felt that doing this was really a waste of money and there was no need to fight like this.

But Li Heng was very persistent. With a smile on his face, he said: "If it goes as expected, Sun Wu's envoy will come again within half a month. At that time, we and Sun Wu can reach a preliminary agreement and comprehensively Open new salt and silk output."

"In addition, I have met the envoys of the Wei State before, and business dealings with the Wei State have already begun in the Xiangyang area."

"There are now a lot of voices opposing commerce in Wei State." Du Yu said.

"I know, but the situation will be favorable to us next, at least in a short period of time. Let's make a lot of money first, and when we have enough, it doesn't matter if Cao Wei doesn't want us. Even if Cao Wei is willing, I won't be willing. "

"It seems that the general has arranged everything."

"The bigger part must be the trade with Sun Wu. When Sun Quan takes the new salt, he will definitely sell it to Yangzhou, Xuzhou, and Qingzhou in the north. Therefore, it is destined that the amount of salt Sun Quan takes will not be small, and this trading point is in Jiangling , this is the reason why I kept you in Jiangling."

At this time, an announcement came from outside: "General, Ma Yushi wants to see you."

"Let him in."

Ma Yong hurried in with a bright smile on his face: "General, the fat sheep is here!"

"Ok?"

"The envoy from the Kingdom of Wu is here. Oh, Mr. Du is here too!"

"I've met Ma Yushi."

"It's polite, it's polite."

"Is the envoy from the Kingdom of Wu coming again so soon?"

"Urgent!" A treacherous smile appeared on Ma Yong's face, "Sun Quan must have been anxious when he learned that we had a happy chat with the Wei envoy."

(End of this chapter)