The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 263 Strange Spring Plowing ([-])

"My lord, the results of our army's battle losses have been calculated. In today's battle, the total number of missing and killed is more than [-] people, and more than [-] people are slightly or seriously injured."

"Hey, this is another 2 people... plus the [-] people who removed the obstacles in the early stage. Such a fortress, even if it has a million troops, what can it do?"

Seeing Xun Kai who was clearly spreading the emotion of failure, Sima Wang didn't even have the strength to reprimand him: he was also full of despair.

Compared with a straight city wall, the multi-edge fortress is countless times more difficult to siege.Direct attack is definitely not a good choice.Although people in the Sima family don't take the lives of other people seriously except for their own relatives.But the soldiers died a lot, so they wouldn't just follow orders and queue up to die.Besides, even if the soldiers are obedient, if all the soldiers are dead, where will the Sima family become kings?

Therefore, until a reliable method of siege is found, the ant-attached siege cannot be used.

So, what about other methods of siege?The tunnel is not good, and the trebuchet is not good because the range is not as good as the opponent.Cut off the enemy's water source?The two cities are on the banks of the Wei River, how can they be cut off?

At present, it seems that there is only a long siege, and the enemy is starved to death in the city.

To starve the enemy to death, you first need to ensure one thing: you have more food than the enemy.Now, Guan Yi has more than 100 million shi of grain in the city.Enough for more than 3 people to eat for two years.And what about Sima Wang?Chang'an's warehouse is said to have 300 million shi of grain.But he has more people to support than Guan Yi.

Moreover, what he needs to support with the 300 million shi of grain will soon not only be the nearly 20 Guanzhong Army.

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April 268 AD, Yizhou, Chengdu, Da Sima Mansion.

"Report to Changshi, this is His Majesty's itinerary report from yesterday."

"Well, let me take a look." Jian Wushuang, who has always walked around the world with a cynical face, at this time, if someone who doesn't know him see the appearance of Uncle Jian: he is fully focused, extremely serious and meticulous.

As a time traveler, Guan Yi has no illusions about Liu Chan at all.So he did not relax his surveillance of the emperor at all.In the past, this work was a daily routine for horses, but now it is a simple daily routine.

"Huh? Huh~~! His Majesty received Qiao Xi again yesterday? I remember, this is the fourth time Your Majesty has received Qiao Xi in the last three months, right?"

"Yes, Jian Changshi. The first time was on December [-]th last year. At that time, it was just Qiao Xi's ordinary meeting, which lasted only one breath. The second time was... yesterday was the fourth time in three months, It lasted about a quarter of an hour."

"What did you say?"

"Here is the record relayed by the eunuch next to His Majesty. But because this eunuch is illiterate, what he said is not very detailed. And this time, only this eunuch is by His Majesty's side, so there is no mutual proof. So..."

"Hmph, just because this guy is Da Sima's brother-in-law, do you think I can't do anything about him? Go, ask him to issue a transfer order, and then take it to Shangshutai to let Uncle Zhang use his seal, and directly assign this guy to the Anding County to be the county magistrate."

"No! But Chang Shi, I want to remind you that An Ding County is not in my hands now."

"That's the way it is! Isn't he Qiaoxi very capable? In the great situation where my big man is sweeping Longxi, can't he come and ride An Ding alone?"

"Understood. I will deal with it later."

"Yeah." After carefully reviewing Liu Chan's daily whereabouts report again, he simply raised his head: "Is there anything unusual about King Zhu Ti?"

"Reporting to Changshi, this is the daily report of King Zhu Ti just delivered. Due to the reason of the journey, this report was made ten days ago."

"Hey, is the pigeon station between Zhu Ti and Chengdu still unstable?"

"Yes, ten carrier pigeons deliver messages, but usually only two or three can arrive. Sometimes there is not even one. People in the Wumeng family speculate that there may be too many raptors near the Hengduan Mountains, which makes it very risky for the carrier pigeons to fly over. risk. Therefore, human transmission is more reliable.”

"Okay." For King Zhu Ti's daily life, simplicity is not particularly important.After all, Liu Sui's political life can be said to have ended from the moment he was despised by the soldiers and civilians across the country because he did not dare to take part in the battle in Chengdu.

Next, he simply and very carefully reviewed the comprehensive reports of the members of the royal family. After all this work, the sun was already rising and it was almost noon.

He raised his hand, stretched his waist, yawned, and said simply: "Do you have anything special to report?"

"Looking back at the long history, there is no such thing today."

"Well, that's how it is. Let's eat first, and then I will take a lunch break. When it's late in the afternoon, ask Ling Xu to come see me."

"No! I will resign!"

The so-called Lingxu is Pei Yue's expression.And Pei Yue is the eldest son of Pei Jun, the predecessor of Shu Han Guanglu Xun.

Pei Jun, like Pei Xiu, the current minister of the Jin Empire, came from the Wenxi Pei family.The relationship between the two is: Pei Jun's elder brother is called Pei Qian, and Pei Qian's son is called Pei Xiu.Pei Xiu of Jin called Pei Jun of Shu Han his uncle, and Pei Yue his cousin.

It is said that when Pei Jun was still a child, because his brother-in-law was appointed as the governor of Yizhou, he happily followed his brother-in-law and sister to Yizhou to play.As a result, after going there, Liu Yan deliberately sent Zhang Lu to block the traffic between Yizhou and Guanzhong, so he couldn't go back.Had to stay.It is precisely because of this that there is also Wenxi Pei's family in the Shu Han.

(There is also the Sima family in Hanoi within the Shu Han. Because of Liu Yan's relationship in the early years, the first generation of the Dongzhou faction was actually the best from all over the country.)
Pei Jun died early.His eldest son, Pei Yue, first served as the governor of the Shu Han Yulin Army.Later, when Guan Yi opened the mansion, the entire Dongzhou faction was the first to move closer to Fuxingshe. Pei Yue then entered the Da Sima mansion and became the Diannong Xiaowei under Ma Guo's command who was in charge of agriculture.

"This subordinate pays homage to Jian Changshi. I don't know if Changshi is recruiting. What errands do you have?"

"Hehehe, Ling Xu is here. Sit down, please sit down." What Jian Wushuang dislikes the most is the children raised by these super aristocratic families, who pay attention to etiquette to the point of perversion. do not adapt.

But work matters.So Jian Wushuang kept his legs together, which is rare, and put his butt on his heels straightly: "I'm asking Ling Xu to come over this time, just to ask, is this year's spring plowing almost over?"

"Chang Shirong, at present, in addition to the four counties of Longxi and Liangzhou, among the original 22 counties, Wudu, Yinping, and Wenshan are mainly planted with winter wheat, so there is no problem of spring plowing. In the lower nineteen counties, the large-scale spring plowing has all ended. The cultivation of seedlings has begun in various places. By the middle and late next month, we will start transplanting rice seedlings."

"Good, what is the expected area of ​​rice fields in the nineteen southern counties this year?"

"Uh... I'll look it up... Oh, the nineteen counties in the south, the estimated paddy fields this year are 900 million mu, an increase of 400 million mu compared to last year."

"It has increased so much? Is it because of the land occupation order?"

"This is one of them. The other is that Da Sima moved 5 people from Soochow at the end of the year before last. Among them, 4 people were included in the national register. With just these 4 people, the newly reclaimed land is no less than 100 million mu. .”

"Very good! Calculated in this way, we can have at least 2000 million shi in grain tax revenue in July this year. After deducting various salaries, no matter how we have 800 million shi in grain storage."

"Yes, as long as there are no major disasters this year, theoretically it should be so."

"Hehehe, after all, Yizhou is the land of abundance. There are not so many agricultural disasters throughout the country in Yizhou. Well, how many acres of potato planting have just started this year?"

"Uh... Changshi forgives the crime. Because this product has just been promoted to the whole country, many farmers have doubts. Although the Diannong Yamen organized several rounds of on-site persuasion with the cooperation of Si Wencao, the effect was not very good And the planting of this thing actually conflicts with the rice seedling raising time, so the energy of farmers in various places is also very limited...During March and April this year, a total of 300 million mu of potatoes were planted."

"Hehehe, this thing is a little south of my Yizhou, and it can be planted all year round. That is to say, this year's brother's order was a little late, otherwise Nanzhong would have planted it in October last year. It’s all harvested for one season now... It’s okay, if you plant it this spring, it’s time to harvest the rice when it’s harvested in summer, and then the common people will know how amazing the thing Da Sima brought out is!”

"Hehehe, I'm also looking forward to this. I don't know how much the output of this thing will be, but what I know is that this thing can be planted in any mountainous area or sandy land. If it is as long as Chang Shi said If the yield is extremely high, next year at the most, my man's arable land can be doubled!"

"You will see. My brother said that even if Dahan's arable land area is only the existing 22 counties, as long as there is enough manpower, it is not surprising that he can develop [-] million mu of arable land."

Looking at Pei Yue, whose mouth was so big that he could stuff an egg, he simply smiled and brought up another topic: "This time, my country's Northern Expedition has mobilized about [-] civilian workers. There is no shortage of labor for spring farming in various places, right?"

"Fortunately, Da Sima and the Great General are people who care about the common people. In February of this year, a large number of civilian husbands who accompanied the army were released back to their hometowns. So it's just that the spring plowing time is a little later in some places, and there is nothing else. hinder."

"That's good. Well, by the way, have you visited Kong Shuo (Wang Qi)?"

"Xiaguan originally planned to go there when the rice seedlings started to grow in February this year, but Wang Zong said that there are only rice seedlings now, and there is nothing to see. I just ask Xiaguan to come before the harvest in July this year."

"Hey hey, this Wang Kongshuo really has a childish temper. Do you want to hide this treasure? Hey, speaking of it, there are still many shortcomings in this potato. I tried to use potatoes as my staple food for a month before. All kinds of discomfort. So this thing can be used to feed the hunger. If I really want everyone in my big man to eat well, it depends on Kong Shuo's results!"

(End of this chapter)