In fact, we can’t blame Quintu for not seeing the world.

Even Lu Jia felt that Chen Hua's boasting was a bit excessive.

What is the concept of millions of soldiers?

When I brag freely in the Western Regions, I only dare to brag that the Han Dynasty has 700,000 soldiers.

In the end, he just gave Chen Hua a look. Now, there are 780,000 field troops that can be used for combat at any time. The sum of the miscellaneous other armies is over a million with just one mouthful?

"Chief Chen, I remember that when we left the Han Dynasty four years ago, we only had more than 600,000 soldiers?" Lu Jia reminded with a somewhat embarrassed look on his face.

"Hey, when did that happen? Ambassador Lu didn't know. In recent years, the enthusiasm of the Han people to join the army has been very high. Every year, there will be fierce quarrels over the issue of quotas." Chen Hua smiled calmly and said

What do you think the problem is?

Is love just such a trivial matter?

Doesn't exist.

"Let's just say that Sanchuan County, where I served before, is the core of the empire. Does Ambassador Lu know how the quotas are allocated to the counties in Sanchuan County?" Chen Hua couldn't help but have a look of pride on his face.

"How are they distributed?" Lu Jia thought for a while, he knew something.

Besides, I am also from Sanchuan County, okay?

"The first two years were not so eventful, but later, with the improvement of production capacity, the empire had a lot of young people with idle talent at home. The land at home could be cultivated at will, and there was not so much work for them.

Do, if you want to improve your family living environment, what should you do? You can only sign up to join the army."

"But His Majesty has expressly stipulated that recruitment must be based on local conditions, and the ratio is basically controlled below thirty to one."

"What does this mean? In fact, it is very simple. The Ministry of War needs to find out how many idle talents have been released from various places through the Ministry of War, and then calculate the proportion of idle talents based on the total local population. Finally, based on this ratio, based on

The situation across the country is summarized and then the quotas are allocated."

"In other words, the quota of 135,000 recruits a year is fixed, and these 135,000 quotas are divided into thirty-six counties, with an average of only 3,750 per county.

However, some counties have more people and some counties have less people, and the recruitment quotas cannot be equal for all. In this way, counties with fewer people will not be able to produce agriculture in the future."

"So, counties with a small population basically only have a quota of 5,000, such as Sanchuan County, Yingchuan County, Dang County, Chen County, Hedong County, Guanzhong and other places with a large population? They can often get about 10,000 places.

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"But even so, the quota is still not enough to allocate. Xingyang Ling and Cheng Gao Ling once argued with each other in the county government? They accused each other of taking too many quotas and not respecting martial ethics."

"As a last resort, we can only decide based on the number of people, the amount of agricultural output, the number of idle young people, and the number of new people. Whoever has good political performance will get more quotas."

What Chen Hua said was vivid and vivid? These were all things he had personally experienced? He even led people to assess some of the original projects.

So he is very clear about some of the rules and regulations here.

As for why the people have such high enthusiasm, it is naturally the same as what he said before.

The amount of cultivated land is limited. As a county with a large population, the amount of official land is also very limited.

The young and strong labor force released in the past few years has already participated in other projects? With a fairly stable income.

And the labor force released in recent years has nothing to do.

In the past, spring plowing had to be done from start to finish without any pause in between. If you delay your work for just two days, you might delay this year's farm work.

What now?

Not to mention working one day and taking one day off, or working one day and taking half a day off, in the end the work can be completed about ten days in advance.

Especially for families with a large population, when it comes to farming, the theory that one plus one equals two is absolutely incorrect.

A family of ten can farm almost 20% faster than a family of four.

In the past, so many people were needed, but now that we have better-fitting farm tools, we no longer need so many people.

Or they choose to move out to a county with fewer people, where they can redistribute farmland and get more.

Or we can only rely on these cultivated lands to make a living, and then think of ways to find other jobs.

Maybe everything you have done has been robbed, so what can you do with the rest?

I have no choice but to become a soldier.

In the past, being a soldier was voluntary labor and you had no money for it. Now it is a profession. Not only is it rich, but you can also earn more than going out to sell your physical strength.

As for whether it is dangerous or not, people in this era are actually quite open-minded.

After all, some of the older people had experienced the war in which Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms.

Even young people have experienced two emperors, Qin Shihuang and Qin II.

One is under great pressure, and the other is simply a fool.

For them, life and death are indifferent. Anyway, life is good now. If they want to improve their life, they have to find a way.

Of course no one wanted to go if they didn’t give money before, but now that they have money, who would calmly refuse to go?

"Well, Governor Chen, this place recruits 10,000 people a year? This... this is simply unimaginable..." Kuntu became more and more confused as he listened. He didn't know enough about how big the Han Dynasty was.

But in Wusun, he knew that the only one who could provide 10,000 troops was Wang Ting.

The other tribes below, the stronger ones can put out three to five thousand troops, while the weaker ones can only have one or two thousand troops.

No matter how small a tribe is, it can only survive by relying on other tribes.

And the Han Dynasty could recruit 10,000 people in one place a year?

And it’s the common people who rush to sign up?

In order to get more quotas, officials actually scolded each other in front of their superiors?

This is completely beyond my thoughts and cognition...

"Haha, do you know how many people there are in Sanchuan County?" Chen Hua laughed and asked.

Kuntu shook his head subconsciously, he would be a ghost if he knew.

"There are more than 2.6 million people in Sanchuan County now!" Chen Hua continued.

When it comes to explosive weapons, no one can beat the big man these days.

Because it has not reached a critical moment and the country has not yet reached its most difficult stage, it does not need so many troops.

In addition, in order not to affect agricultural production, the emperor had strict requirements on the number of soldiers recruited.

If the number of soldiers recruited suddenly increased in any year, it was not because the emperor wanted to go on a military rampage.

Rather, it shows that agricultural production technology has improved again, and the Han Dynasty released a group of young and strong labor force.

And the current business development cannot accommodate so many people.

Therefore, in order to prevent so many people from being idle and looking for work, it is natural to absorb them into the army.

One is to guard the border for the country, and the other is to give these people a patriotic education class.

Although the cost of raising troops is high, the Han army now implements a military reclamation policy. Everywhere the troops go, they either cultivate land or herd cattle.

Anyway, it is the beginning of the establishment of a new military camp, and it will become self-sufficient in terms of supplies within three years.

The imperial court was able to save a lot of money by eliminating the need for long-distance transportation of grain and supplies.

In addition, the copper mining intensity has been increased and the smelting technology has been improved, so the income has increased dramatically every year, which can fully support this kind of consumption.

Seemingly seeing these people being frightened by what he said, Chen Hua felt very satisfied.

This is the effect you want.

Looking at it again, Lu Jia seemed to be very satisfied with his statement.

Of course, Chen Huake didn't think he was bragging, because what he said now was all true.

But now that we have said this, if we don’t brag, how can we be worthy of these guests who have come from afar?

"The total population of Han Dynasty totals more than 20 million people, and it is growing at a rate of nearly one million every year. From now on, this population will only increase!"

"It is said that His Majesty is planning to develop the Han army to two million within ten years, and then maintain it at this limit."

"Of course, if we encounter any major crisis, with the population base of the Han Dynasty, the upper limit of the number of troops can be increased to five million in a short period of time."

"Well, that's pretty much it. Those young men who are not soldiers must spend half a month every year for military training."

"..." Kuntu looked confused. There are more than 20 million people in the Han Dynasty??

Edi Niang, Wusun and I together don’t have as many people as Sanchuan County.

What is this?

However, if this is the case, doesn't it mean that the Han Dynasty had enough strength to invade the Western Regions?

Even if there is a natural barrier like Bailongdui, it is nothing to the Han army.

As long as they can get there, they can be allowed to herd sheep or farm. Anyway, the Western Region is vast and sparsely populated, and it is no problem to place one or two hundred thousand Han troops.

At the worst, Wusun can provide some cattle and sheep and help them find a piece of land suitable for farming.

As for whether the Han Dynasty would take this opportunity to annex the Western Regions.

What can I say, King Wusun has already considered this, otherwise why would he send his daughter here?

Isn't the meaning obvious enough?

Doesn't this just tell the Emperor of Han that you can enter the Western Regions, but you are still my son-in-law anyway. When the time comes, you can give your father-in-law some face and don't make it impossible for your father-in-law and I to come to Taiwan.

It seems very cowardly and spineless, but at this time, this seems to be the only way to save Wusun.

Anyway, they can't defeat anyone on either side. If they don't want to be slaves to the Huns, they can only come to the Han Dynasty to see if they can become human beings.

"Han Envoy, when are we leaving? I can't wait to go to Luoyang to meet His Majesty the Han Emperor. How about we leave tomorrow? If we arrive in Luoyang earlier, His Majesty the Han Emperor can send troops to the Western Regions to kill the Xiongnu one day earlier.

Those bastards..." Kuntu looked at Lu Jia eagerly and asked.

Chen Hua, who had just finished bragging, was immediately confused. Isn't the Chinese of Prince Wusun too authentic?

Needless to say, he has a perfect Luoyang accent. He must have learned it from Lu Jia.
Chapter completed!