Of course Xu You knew that banknotes were worthless, but he still sneered: "We can't resist the Thunder Lord. Yuzhou and Sili belong to the Thunder Lord, so why should we worry about the Thunder Lord's territory!"
Guo Tu immediately retorted: "If we resist Lei Gong, but Yuzhou and Sili are brought into chaos by you, Xu Ziyuan, you will be the eternal sinner of Yuzhou!"
But Xu You sneered and said: "Ordinary people have fields and food. No matter how heavy their losses are, how much can they lose? But merchants and their like are just fat sheep. Dong Zhuo can kill them, but we can't!"
Yuan Tan said: "Uncle Xu is right. Now we are mainly focused on protecting Yuzhou and Sili. All we are doing is to ensure that Yuzhou and Sili are not baptized by the flames of war. The people will understand our difficulties.
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Yuan Tan still cares more about his own rights than ordinary people. The people can't help him resist the Thunder Lord, but with tens of billions of money, he can definitely resist the Thunder Lord's attack!
Then Yuan Tan took Xu You's hand and said sincerely: "Please ask uncle to raise another 5 billion for Yuzhou within half a year!"
Xu You said to Yuan Tan: "Old minister, I will definitely die of exhaustion!"
Seeing this scene, Xun Kan helplessly thought to himself, Yuzhou will be destroyed now!
July of the third year of Xingping (AD 196)!
Youzhou,Jixian County,
When Liu Bei and his team had a good harvest, Dagan's winter wheat also experienced an unprecedented bumper harvest!
Yang Feng and Huang Long from Yanzhou reported a great harvest in Yanzhou, and the food was enough for the people of Yanzhou for two years. The two of them even proposed a battle plan to attack Yuzhou, but Xu Wei rejected it!
The Wang Guojun in Jizhou also reported a good harvest to Xu Wei. The Wangguojun took over Zhang Baiqi's training. When Zhang Baiqi was the state herdsman in Jizhou, he built new water conservancy, waterwheels and canals. In addition, Jizhou is a flat terrain.
The cost of building water canals is the lowest.
It’s just that droughts broke out in Dahan one after another in the past three years, so what Zhang Baiqi did was not revealed. It shouldn’t be said that it was because of Zhang Baiqi’s actions that most of Jizhou’s grain output was preserved! It gave Daqian the ability to survive major disasters.
During the year, he continued to plunder Xiliang and Yanzhou.
This year, the weather has been good throughout Jizhou, so the role of the water canals built by Zhang Baiqi in recent years has been revealed. Jizhou has an unprecedented bumper harvest. In Jizhou alone, the entire Daqian has harvested hundreds of millions of shi of grain. It can be said that this
The numbers shocked the entire top management of Daqian!
Xiliang, which has been in turmoil for more than ten years, also had a bumper harvest this year. The grain output was enough for the local people in Xiliang to be self-sufficient. This is already a very big progress. It can be said that this is the first year of Zhongping (184 AD).
), Xiliang was able to feed the local people for the first time without importing food from outside!
The harvests in Youzhou and Liaodong were the first to arrive at the Jixian court. It can be said that the news of bumper harvests this year made the entire Daqian extremely happy! Tribes were everywhere celebrating the harvest.
The ruling government!
The entire Daqian high-level officials gathered here. At this time, there were dozens of officials holding abacuses and calculating the grain taxes reported from various places!
When everything is calculated, everyone reports the total to Niu Gui!
After seeing the figures, Niu Gui said excitedly: "In power, our tax revenue for the entire Daqianxia this year is 250 million shi of grain!"
This number made everyone in an uproar, and even a little unbelievable!
Old man Wang even stood up and asked: "Isn't it because someone is arbitrarily reporting for political achievements?"
It’s no wonder that Old Man Wang would be like this regardless of belief. This number is too high and unbelievable. In this way, the population of the entire Daqian is almost the same. In other words, according to the minimum survival standards, this year’s summer harvest can barely feed the entire Daqian. Tribesmen, you must know that Da Gan collects taxes based on 30%, which means that the entire Da Gan has three times the grain output this year. If the autumn harvest is included, the entire Da Gan can produce enough food in a year without starving people to death. , can feed the entire Daqian people for six years, and even based on the standard of 20 dan per person, the grain output of Daqian this year can feed the entire Daqian people for three years.
You may not know what this means! In this feudal era, even if the weather was good, it would take three years to accumulate one year's worth of food, and to accumulate three years' worth of food, it would take nearly 10 years of good weather, but this is almost It's impossible, but now they have done in one year what originally took ten years to do. It's no wonder that Old Man Wang can't believe this number!
Xu Wei also followed up and said: "Immediately send censors to various places to monitor the county magistrates and prevent them from embezzling the people's food for political achievements!"
At the same time, Xu Wei also looked at Xiangkai and said: "Master, please contact the parliamentarians from various places in Daqian and ask them to collect information on tax violations by officials. If such a thing happens, please notify the ruling government as soon as possible!"
Xiangkai nodded and said: "Don't worry about being in power. I will immediately contact the representatives from all over the world and ask them to focus on the food issue this year!"
When Xu Wei heard such a huge number, he was not happy but terrified. This kind of thing has happened in history. He didn't think the bottom line of his officials would be very high!
But Niu Gui said: "It should be true. Such a large number this year is mainly due to Jizhou's bumper grain harvest. Jizhou is the world's granary, and Zhang Baiqi has invested tens of billions in Jizhou's water conservancy facilities alone in recent years. Moreover, there are a large number of government-run farms in Jizhou. Most of the food harvested this time was provided by these farms. The workers on the farms are all our retired soldiers. If the Royal Army invades, the general staff will know the news!"
Wang Ge stood up and said: "The armed forces in Jizhou did not send any news of soldiers complaining about injustice! Moreover, military reclamation farms everywhere will also receive news of an unprecedented bumper harvest. From this point of view, Jizhou's bumper harvest this year is true!"
Although the land in Jizhou was divided, one household was only allocated 30 acres. The current number of people in Jizhou was simply not enough to divide all the land in Jizhou, so about half of the land in Jizhou belonged to the Dagan government.
Xu Wei did not abandon these lands. He established military reclamation farms and retired soldiers became farm workers. They had the most advanced agricultural tools and a large number of cattle and horses. Among them, the most powerful eight-oxen plow required 20 farm horses to pull it. , it can cultivate hundreds of acres of land in one day! It can be said that the efficiency is not inferior to that of a small tractor.
Moreover, they still have a large amount of struvite fertilizer land obtained from Jizhou Island. In addition, Jizhou is the most fertile land in the Han Dynasty. The water conservancy facilities have also caught up with the construction of Zhang Baiqi. In addition, the climate this year is also good. , it can be said that the right time, right place, and various factors all came together to achieve Jizhou’s great harvest this year!
The grain output in Jizhou is not as high as Xu Wei imagined. After all, except for a small amount of food, most of the remaining grain on the military reclamation farms is handed over. This is because the military reclamation farms in Jizhou, and even the military reclamation farms in the entire Han Dynasty, This has pushed up taxes on grain this year.
Niu Gui said again: "In addition, the winter wheat harvest in Liaodong has also been bumper. After our army occupied Buyeo, a large number of military reclamation farms were established. This year, the grain handed over by these farms exceeded 30 million shi. It can be said that It is because these two places provide less than half of the grain production that we have this year’s bumper harvest!”
Xu Wei was relieved. The development of Liaodong has been going on for several years. These achievements should be true. Although the grain in Jizhou has doubled, Jizhou has not suffered from drought this year, and the increase in grain production is also very reasonable!
Wang Ge said: "Every place in our Dagan region is reporting on the harvest of this year's grain. Someone in one place may be committing fraud, but it is impossible that all our officials in Dagan are committing fraud. If this were true, I would have been dead long ago!" "
Old Man Wang also followed up and said: "This year's grain production in Ji County has indeed more than doubled. Judging from the reports from various places, the weather is generally good in various places this year, so there is such a bumper harvest!"
Daqian senior officials gathered the news they found locally. Only then did Xu Wei believe that this year's explosive growth in grain production in Hebei was probably true, and he breathed a sigh of relief!
Then he said to Niu Gui: "This year Daqian has a bumper grain harvest. Niu Gui, you have done a great job. We applaud Niu Gui to express our congratulations!"
After saying this, Xu Wei applauded Niu Gui! Others followed Xu Wei and applauded to congratulate Niu Gui for his achievements!
Niu Gui was even more excited. Being recognized by everyone was the happiest thing for him!
After the applause ended, Wang Ge said: "In power, we now have plenty of food and grass. Should we launch an attack on Yuan Tan's forces in advance? After all, the earlier we attack Yuan Tan's forces, the less Yuan Tan's forces will recover and the greater our losses will be." few!"
After the Central Plains War last year, the war and the relief for the people of Yanzhou basically depleted Daqian's granaries, while Jizhou provided hundreds of thousands of soldiers and millions of civilians, which affected the entire autumn harvest of Jizhou.
Therefore, after the Central Plains War ended, the senior officials of Daqian estimated Daqian's grain reserves. They all felt that if there were no natural disasters that affected Hebei's grain output, they could only launch a full-scale attack on Yuan Tan's forces after accumulating grain for a year. But if there is another natural disaster in the Han Dynasty, then he will accumulate two years of food before launching an attack on Yuan Tan!
But even the most confident Xu Wei did not expect that the land in Hebei had only accumulated enough grain for one season, which was enough for Hebei to launch hundreds of thousands of troops to annihilate Yuan Tan!
At this time, Xu Wei also looked regretful. If he had known about this year's grain harvest in advance, and it was such an explosive harvest, he should have prepared for the army a few months earlier. Now he can take advantage of the summer harvest to launch an attack on Yuan immediately. The attack of Tan's forces, considering the heavy losses suffered by the Yuan Clan in the Central Plains War, is probably impossible to resist his attack!
But it's too late now. To launch a war involving hundreds of thousands of troops, even Xu Wei would have to prepare for more than half a year. But now they have no preparation at all and can only waste such a good opportunity.
And even if they are preparing to launch an attack on Yuan Tan now, the entire land of Hebei will usher in the autumn harvest in two months. This time is not enough time for Daqian to complete the preparations for accumulating hundreds of thousands of troops, so Xu Wei and the others also It is difficult to assemble and complete it after the autumn harvest.
And after the autumn harvest comes winter, which is not the season for marching and fighting at all, so Daqian will not be able to launch an attack on Yuan Tan until next spring at the earliest!
But it is not too late to prepare now, so Xu Wei said to Wang Ge: "From now on, your staff will make a battle plan against Yuan Tan's forces! After the spring plowing next year, we will launch an attack on Yuan Tan's forces. Strive to completely eliminate Yuan Tan’s forces in one battle!”
Wang Yong suggested at this time: "Why don't we start discussing the battle plan against Yuan Tan now!"
Most of the senior officials in Daqian are military generals. Compared with the boring government affairs, they still prefer to think about where to conquer in front of the sand table! So Wang Yong's words won everyone's attention!
Xu Wei thought for a while and agreed with Wang Yong’s idea!
So everyone came to the conference room with a giant sand table!
Then Wang Ge looked at the sand table with his baton and said: "After our army captured Yanzhou, it has divided Yuan Tan's power into two parts. Among them, Sili has about 60,000 troops stationed, and most of them are Yuan Tan's new recruits. It can be said that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is not strong. Now Sili is surrounded by our army on three sides. As long as Yingchuan County is captured again, Yuan Tan's contact with Sili will be completely cut off, allowing our army to isolate Sili's enemies, but Sili is concerned Zhongzhigu, Luoyang City has eight passes of danger, and the difficulty of attacking Sili is still greater than that of Yuzhou!"
"Yuan Tan has 140,000 troops stationed in Yuzhou, most of whom are veterans with relatively strong combat effectiveness. Although Yuzhou is suitable for our cavalry to gallop, all of Yuan Tan's elite troops are in Yuzhou, and Yuzhou is too close to Jingzhou. We attack Yuzhou, and Yuan Tan Tan Yiyuan has Liu Bei’s full support!”
Wang Yong said: "With the strength of our army, we can attack Sili and Yuzhou at the same time, and this will easily make it difficult for Yuan Tan to take care of him. Our army in Yuzhou is galloping with cavalry, so what if Liu Bei supports Yuan Tan! The cavalry in his hands will fight in the Central Plains." We have almost wiped them out by then, and I'm afraid we don't even have a thousand cavalry now. It would be better for him to support Yuan Tan. We have eliminated Liu Bei's main force in Yuzhou, which will make it easier for us to attack Jingzhou in the future!"
But Li Gang said: "If we really want to attack Yuzhou, I'm afraid Cao Cao will also gather troops to threaten our Jizhou to support Yuan Tan. After all, Cao Cao will definitely not watch us destroy Yuan Tan!"
Wang Yong said disdainfully: "The most they can do is to unite the princes again. They were not our opponents when they were the strongest. How could they be our opponents now? We don't deal with Cao Cao not because we are afraid of him, but because he is Yuan Tan." It’s just the next dish after that.”
"Cao Cao wants to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, then we will mobilize 200,000 troops in Jizhou to station on the north bank of the Yellow River, and at the same time mobilize 50,000 troops in Yanzhou on the line of Mount Tai and Xuzhou. Cao Cao will attack Xuzhou if he dares to mess with our cavalry. As long as there are 10,000 cavalry. Xu Wei can turn Xuzhou upside down. I don’t believe that Cao Cao dares to support Yuan Tan when he cannot protect himself in such a situation!"