The soldiers rode horses, intending to train the prisoners whose hands could not support their shoulders in advance, and then slowly increased their speed.
The prisoners went from trotting to running in an instant.
After running for only a short distance, some people started wailing uncontrollably. The soldiers looked at their useless physiques with disdain, drank the people, and slowed down a little.
Gongsun Baoyue was sitting on the bumpy prison car. She no longer felt resentful that she couldn't be a man. She was extremely happy that she was a woman.
The prison car drove through the fields in the suburbs. Only then did Gongsun Baoyue understand why the Xu family's army in the city were almost all female soldiers and not many male soldiers.
It turned out that the male soldiers were all taken to the fields.
They are teaching farmers who have been reassigned their fields how to care for the crops in their fields.
The farmers were all smiling, looking at the fields they had been assigned, and the countryside was filled with joy.
Gongsun Baoyue had never seen a farmer who smiled so happily. In the past, when she went out to inspect the palace, her eyes were full of melancholy, and she numbly hoeed the land beneath her, as if she was an empty shell without a soul.
She kindly stepped forward to strike up a conversation, but the other person knelt down in fear and said, "Well, my dear," and continued to remain silent.
Because no matter what they do, it's all in vain.
The fields are not their own, and the food grown does not belong to them either. There is no hope in such a life.
Zhao was injured in the previous battle in Jizhou, so he stayed in Jizhou to deal with the old men of the Runan Group with Lu Meng who came to join him.
Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei followed Xu Yue and Xu Dalang to Bingzhou.
After the defeat of the northern capital, Sun Ashan and other rebels were divided into two, and one part followed Xu Da to pursue the fleeing Zhao Yuanji and others.
The other half, under the leadership of Xu Dalang, quickly cleaned up the leadership teams of the counties and counties in Bingzhou and took over the transformation tasks of the counties and counties in Bingzhou on the spot.
It is now April, and it is not too late to plant hybrid rice. Therefore, the most urgent task for the rebels is to replace low-yield grains such as corn with hybrid rice in places suitable for planting hybrid rice in Bingzhou.
If people want to eat, they can transport grain from Youzhou to feed millions of people in Hebei and Jizhou this year, but it is absolutely impossible to feed food to Jizhou next year.
If you want to eat enough, you have to rely on yourself.
There are many places suitable for growing rice in Jizhou, and the natural geographical advantage lies here. Gongsun An (cousin), who is responsible for the Xu family's food supply, does not agree.
However, Bingzhou does not have as good water conservancy conditions as Jizhou. All the Xu Jiajun on the outskirts of Bingzhou's northern capital are just instructing farmers on how to better cultivate drought-resistant wheat and corn.
At the same time, they were also asked to clear out the vacant land in advance, waiting for the seeds of new crops from Youzhou to be delivered, and they would start farming immediately.
The new crops include potatoes that Xu Yue redeemed before, and cotton that has been planted in Youzhou for a long time.
These two crops will be delivered in mid-April. If the speed is fast enough, they can barely make it in time.
The land in Bingzhou is not suitable for growing rice, but it is very suitable for growing potatoes and cotton.
They can exchange potatoes and cotton for rice flour from Jizhou and Youzhou, and they can also have enough to eat.
The Little Glacier has not yet arrived, and most areas north of the Yellow River have abundant rainfall and a warm climate. Jizhou can definitely grow two crops of rice.
Not to mention Youzhou, which owns the Northeast Plains. Even if it is only planted for one season, the high yield of hybrid rice is enough to support itself, and there is still a surplus to support Bingzhou.
Xu Yue, who has calculated economic accounts, understands why the heroes from all sides want to take over Ji, You, and Bingzhou, because during this historical period, the north was richer and more populous than the south.
With population and land, more retired soldiers can be fed. In this era of manpower warfare, the side with more troops has a natural advantage.
During the Three Kingdoms period, why did Shu fail despite Zhuge Kongming? It was because the territory of Shu was too small and it could not defeat Cao Wei who occupied the five states in the north.
Innate conditions determine the failure of the Shu Kingdom, and sometimes fate is so helpless.
Gongsun Baoyue, who was sitting in the prison car, didn't know what happened in the other parallel world. She only knew that if Zhao Yuanji and others who escaped could not successfully obtain assistance from the Ma family in Xiliang, the world would really fall into Xu's hands.
The family has it in their hands.
The Xu family's army now controls three states, which is enough to fight against the largest force in the south, the Cao family.
Cao De would not sit idly by and allow the Xu family army to grow. Now, Xiliang has become critical.
Whoever captures Xiliang first will be able to put the other party to death!
The Ma family in Liangzhou is in danger.
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Xuzhou Xudu.
The temperature is rising in April, and in the bustling Xudu, pedestrians have put on cool single clothes and are busy working for their livelihoods.
At this time, it had been two days since Sima Fang got off the boat from Qingzhou and arrived in Xudu by car.
He first disembarked at Qingzhou Pier. After leaving the comfortable ship, he took a carriage back to Xudu.
Sima was on guard against seasickness at first, but now that his seasickness has gone away, he actually started to get motion sickness.
On the way back to Xudu, Sima Fang couldn't bear the jolting of the carriage and lost five pounds.
Originally, on the first day he arrived in Xudu, he should have burned incense and bathed, then entered the palace to pay homage to the emperor and the prime minister, and report to them what he had seen and heard in Youzhou.
However, His Majesty was merciful and, considering his age, asked someone to come and inform him that he should go home and rest first, and then go to the palace to see him after he recovered.
After lying at home and resting for two days, Sima Fang finally regained some energy.
The superiors were generous, but he did not dare to rest anymore. Seeing that the weather was just right today, he ordered someone to deliver a message to the palace early in the morning. At this moment, he finished his breakfast, arranged his clothes a little, and prepared to enter the palace.
"Sir, if you go to see the Prime Minister dressed like this, the Prime Minister won't blame you, right?" Mrs. Sima looked worriedly at the strange clothes on her husband and reminded her.
This is a linen garment that Sima Fang brought from Youzhou. It is divided into two parts. The top is a buttoned short shirt with narrow sleeves and a double placket. It is somewhat similar to the Tang suit worn by old men in later generations.
The lower body is just a pair of ordinary trousers with wide and wide legs, and the linen is breathable and very cool.
The only special thing is that you don't need to wear a belt on the trousers. You just need to button the side wooden buttons, which is very light.
Sima Fang spent a winter in Youzhou. At first he disliked the strange uniforms of Xu Jiajun, but later he became really comfortable wearing them.
On my return trip this time, I saw the spring and summer clothes for sale in advance in a clothing store in Youzhou, so I bought a lot of them.
Not only does he have the one he is wearing now, but his entourage also brought two sets, which he will present to His Majesty and the Prime Minister later.
They are all similar in style and are very comfortable to wear at home in the hot summer.
Hearing his old wife's worried question, Sima Fang waved his hand and said it was okay. After a while, he put a Confucian shirt over his head and went out.
"No one will see it, my wife, please rest assured."
He was able to bring the Sima family to its current position. He knew clearly what he could and could not do.
