I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 59 What I want is that Sima Yi is beyond his reach

Dong Hong only felt that what Li Heng said was a bit strange, but recalling it, Sima Yi had indeed behaved very meekly before.

The two of them walked all the way towards the manufacturing plant.

The autumn wind blows, and the fragrance of rice floats in the air. The seeds sown in May this year have now grown into full grains.

At a glance, the golden color is connected into pieces.

A group of people in front gathered under a big tree, and under the organization of the officials, they were distributing fish.

Not only was the food harvested, but the fish fed were also harvested.

When the people saw Li Heng and Dong Hong passing by, they quickly became enthusiastic.

"Mr. Li, I'm preparing to deliver the fish to your Yamen." An old man shouted loudly while carrying a wooden bucket.

"And me, I caught a lot of fish this year," another shouted.

"Thank you for your kindness. Keep it for yourself and give more to the children at home." Li Heng responded, "Remember to cook it and eat it!"

Li Heng and Dong Hong continued to walk forward, and he asked: "How many people are there now?"

"There are already more than 8000 people." Dong Hong replied in a relaxed tone, "This year's harvest is good. I heard from Wang Fugui that the grain yield of every acre of land he planted has increased compared with before. God bless me!"

Li Heng smiled and said nothing.

That's because the Quyuan plow plows deeper.

It's deeper, so it won't be easily pushed out when inserted.

Better results!

The nutrients inside are also fully absorbed.

Li Heng didn't explain much, and the two quickly arrived at the manufacturing plant.

"Xue Liang."

"Lang Jun, you are here."

"How's the engineering shovel I asked you to make last time?"

"Oh, wait a minute, I'll get it!"

Xue Liang hurried in and came back soon with a shovel in his hand.

"Mr. Lang, please take a look." Li Heng took it and immediately felt familiar with the item in his hand.

The ordnance shovel only appeared in the 19th century and was very popular with soldiers during World War I.

Li Heng waved it a few times and said to Dong Hong: "Look at this, it can be used as a weapon and can be carried with you. When you need to dig a trench, you can dig it at any time."

Dong Hong was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Mr. Li has so many wonderful ideas! From now on, trenches can be dug everywhere to surround the fields!"

"Xue Liang."

"Mr. Lang, what else can I do?"

“How many craftsmen are making everything now?”

"100 carpenters, 100 blacksmiths, 50 weavers, and five civil servants."

"Are those drawings of manufactured objects recorded every day?"

"we have everything."

"Okay, those are very important." Li Heng suddenly asked, "In the past few months, you have participated in all the construction of Chencang County. If you are asked to take the lead in building a city next year, will you be qualified?"

Xue Liang was stunned for a moment and said nervously: "I'm afraid..."

"Be confident in yourself."

"I'll try my best."

"This year's manufacturing plant and Xiangxu are very important. If we can train a group of craftsmen, our march north to Chencang next year will be smoother." Li Heng said seriously, "Whether our city construction in Chencang goes smoothly next year will depend on our success. The key to the army's westward march to seize Longyou must not make any mistakes!"

Hearing this, Dong Hong felt a little stressed.

“Is this the year of defense?”

"Yes, this year is a year of defense. We need to lay a solid foundation. Our main army will buy time for the officials in the rear. Crossing the river and building a city next year will be the top priority!"

Li Heng was thinking that if he could mobilize [-] craftsmen at once while ensuring the normal operation of Chencang County, and each craftsman would be assigned [-] civilians, he could effectively manage [-] civilians.

When the time comes, ask the Prime Minister to allocate a group of labor force.

Under the cover of an elite army, it is enough to complete the preliminary construction of a city wall efficiently.

Once a walled city is established next to Chencang County, the Han army can cut off Chencang County's grain road without any worries.By then Guo Huai will send troops to rescue, and the decisive battlefield will be moved to Chencang.

Sima Yi's main force is beyond reach!

Of course, this is something.

"When will this year's war end?" Dong Hong asked again.

"I'm afraid it will last for a while." Li Heng's tone was a little solemn, "Master Wei will not give up, and we will also be attacked. By the way, our enclosure is in good condition. Are there any flaws?"

"Everything is fine."

"Are they all surrounded?"

"Everyone has been surrounded. Every time some people are registered, we will arrange to receive farm tools and divide the fields. But the most urgent thing now is to build houses."

Dong Hong said with some pride.

He is indeed worthy of pride. In just over two months, he has gathered nearly [-] people.

The first step of gathering people together is not difficult.

After all, it doesn’t matter whether the cloth is good or not. What is important is that even by jumping into the river, we must respond to the great cause of the revival of the Han Dynasty.

When there are more people, governing the people is the most difficult thing.

A large number of warm-hearted people gathered in a short period of time. Housing, farmland distribution, food distribution, and public security were all major issues.

The bigger problem is that it is impossible for a county to actually enclose so many fields.

8000 people are equivalent to 1600 households, each household has 50 acres, which is equivalent to [-] acres of land.

Calculated according to the area units of later generations, a county in ancient times was at most two or three square kilometers.

Eighty thousand acres of farmland is equivalent to 54 square kilometers, which is the size of more than [-] counties combined.

Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty was 87 square kilometers, but it was the largest city in the world in the medieval times.

In this case, what strategy was adopted?

A two-pronged strategy of besieging the city and besieging the fields.

To besiege a city is to build a city. People live in the city and build an earthen wall about two feet high.

To encircle the fields, ditches were dug and mounds of soil were piled on the edges of the open fields, just like what Faji did on the east bank of Xieshui.

Moreover, this kind of mound is also roasted with fire.

Do trenches and mounds work?

it works!

Trenches and mounds of earth are of no use if they are to block a few, or dozens, of people.

But it's useful if you want to hold off the army.

Because the organization's ability to act slows down as the number of people increases.

For example, if there are dozens of people, if the leader shouts, everyone starts running.

But if there are 1 people and the leader shouts to break his throat, he can only break his throat.

Suppose thousands of Wei troops appeared in front of a mound and began to browse the mound and cross the trench. They would have to shovel the mound or climb over it.

It takes time to shovel away the mounds of soil, and the probability of being discovered by Han army scouts is extremely high.

Once the Han army scouts discovered that thousands of Wei troops were shoveling soil there, they immediately sent an army over. The Wei troops shoveling soil had no time to react.

If you climb over the mound, the process will be even more deceiving. How can the halberd get over it?

Throw it over?
Again, this process was discovered by Han army scouts, which was more serious than the first situation.

In fact, the defense theory of the Great Wall and the mound defense theory here reach the same goal by different routes.

There are few records in history of nomadic people choosing a point on the Great Wall, knocking it down and then heading south to the Central Plains.

There are sentries on the Great Wall, and the process of cutting through the Great Wall is enough for the patrols of the Central Plains Dynasty to send information to the camp of the frontier commander.

When a group of nomads came in after tearing down a certain point of the Great Wall and announcing that they could finally go south, the elite coaches of the Central Plains Dynasty might have been watching for a long time.

He even clapped his hands and pulled out his knife: Well done, thank you for your hard work!
Just wait for you to come in, and then I will cut you hard!

While several people were discussing, a notice came from outside: "Li Gong, the main force of the Wei army has attacked. The prime minister summons you to go to the commander's camp quickly!"

(End of this chapter)