No one dared to be careless. Even Liu Xie was invited to the top of the city to observe on the first day.
Anyone who dares to obstruct the autumn harvest will be convicted of a major crime and imprisoned in prison.
If any officials neglect their duties and delay the autumn harvest, they will also be punished.
Wang Ding also held a sickle, and together with a group of soldiers, he rolled up his sleeves and turned his arms to cut off the ripe ears of wheat in the wheat field.
Not only Wang Ding, but also other officials, whether they were pretending or sincere, many people came to the fields in person and cut off a handful of wheat ears.
Unlike those officials who pretend to harvest only a handful of wheat ears and then go back to the Yamen to rest, Wang Ding really spends the whole day soaking in the fields.
Harvest wheat with the soldiers.
In the wheat field, someone here sang a line - the smoke rises, and the mountains and rivers look north.
Someone on the other side shouted: "The dragon flag rolls, the horse neighs, the sword energy is like frost——"
Wang Ding leads by example, and the soldiers are also very motivated.
These wheats were sown by them in the spring.
Now that I have harvested it, I feel full of a sense of accomplishment.
I was bent over all day long, very tired, and the wheat straw pricked my skin, which was even more uncomfortable.
But no one said they were tired. When they were tired, they would go to the field and drink a bowl of strong tea.
This autumn harvest lasted for half a month.
The fields outside Chang'an City are completely bare.
But there is still a large area of rice that has not yet been harvested.
Guanzhong is suitable for growing wheat, but there are also some fields that are more suitable for growing rice.
After the rice is harvested, a batch of winter wheat can be planted before winter comes.
We cannot plant all the fields with winter wheat, otherwise it will affect next year’s spring plowing.
After the wheat harvest, Gao Shun took 5,000 people into the camp and set out from Chang'an to Chencang. Along with him, 30,000 shi of grain and grass were escorted to Chencang.
In addition to the batch of food transported by Fan Chou before, the food in Chencang is temporarily enough for Gao Shun's 5,000 troops, which will be consumed in half a year.
However, the consumption of grain and grass transportation from Chang'an to Chencang is not huge, and most of it is transported by the army sergeants themselves. There is no need to recruit civilians, so this part of the consumption is reduced.
But the real places where food and grass are consumed are from Chencang to Sanguan, Wudu and Yangpingguan.
Along the way, there were only 5,000 trapped camp soldiers. If we wanted to supply them with food and grass, we would need to recruit at least 10,000 civilians to transport the food and grass.
These ten thousand people ate more food and grass than the soldiers trapped in the camp.
Wang Ding just made a little calculation and felt his scalp numb. This war is really difficult to fight and cannot be fought.
Having just harvested hundreds of thousands of shi of wheat, Wang Ding feels that when the Hanzhong War is over, his pockets will also be emptied.
It’s really difficult to save some food and grass.
In the conquest of Hanzhong, the consumption of food and grass will be several times or even ten times that of the previous conquest of the Qiang people.
It depends on how long it will take Wang Ding to capture Hanzhong.
Wang will not be in a hurry to leave.
The spies sent by Sima Lang to Hanzhong finally came back and brought the latest news.
Sima Lang said: "My lord, the spies sent to Hanzhong are back."
Wang Dingdao: "Is there any news?"
Sima Lang said: "Zhang Lu occupied Hanzhong and cut off the Xiegu Road. He has no other actions now. He is just promoting his Five Dou Rice Religion in Hanzhong. Those who join the religion need to pay five Dou Rice, and then they can get the protection of the Celestial Master." This Wang Ding still has memories, he really needs to capture Hanzhong as soon as possible.
Regardless of the religion, believers are easily brainwashed and become crazy.
Wang Ding doesn’t want to fight with a group of crazy people in the future.
Sima Lang said: "Now it can be confirmed that Zhang Lu is Liu Yan's subordinate, and the two parties are still in contact."
Wang Dingdao: "How to determine?"
Sima Lang said: "The spies were in Hanzhong and found out that Zhang Lu's mother is still in Liu Yan's residence in Yizhou."
Wang Ding looked a little strange and said, "Is Zhang Lu's mother very beautiful?"
Sima Lang shook his head, but he was not surprised by this.
What is the relationship between Liu Yan and Zhang Lu's mother? Now the outside world is just guessing. The only thing that can be confirmed is that Zhang Lu's mother is indeed in Liu Yan's mansion.
Wang Ding is not curious either. If he remembers correctly, Liu Yan will not live long. Yizhou will soon be handed over to Liu Zhang, and it should be easier to deal with him then.
Sima Lang then mentioned a few more names, which were the main generals under Zhang Lu.
The one Zhang Lu values most highly is his younger brother Zhang Wei, and the other four are his subordinates.
They are the counselor Yang Song, his third Yang Bai, and Yang Ren and Yang Ang.
These generals are also somewhat capable, but whether it is their own strength or strategy, they are still far behind the famous generals in the Central Plains.
In addition, Hanzhong now has a population of 300,000, including 30,000 soldiers.
However, Zhang Lu has received news that the imperial court is about to attack Hanzhong, and has already begun recruiting soldiers.
Of the 300,000 people in Hanzhong, tens of thousands fled from Guanzhong to Hanzhong when Dong Zhuo was in chaos.
The current Zhang Lu is not at his strongest yet.
At least Ma Chao Pangde hasn't taken refuge with him yet.
But Ma Chao is probably still young now.
Wang Ding basically understood the current situation in Hanzhong.
The spies sent by Sima Lang were quite good. They were able to find out Zhang Lu's mother even when she was in Liu Yan's mansion.
I don’t know what Zhang Lu’s attitude is towards this.
After Gao Shun arrived at Chencang, he was followed by Duan Xuan, who escorted another batch of grain and grass to Chencang.
Then Gao Shun also began to march to Sanguan.
Now there is no need for Wang Ding to worry about the Qiang people in the north. Zhang Ji is also guarding the east.
Wang Ding can transfer all the main generals to the south to conquer Hanzhong, assemble a large army and the main generals, and capture Hanzhong in the shortest time.
However, Wang Ding's eyes are on the west on the map.
"Liangzhou, Ma Teng and Han Sui, what's going on now? Will they take the opportunity to attack us?" Wang Ding asked in a low voice.
Jia Xu said: "We do need to be on guard, but with Duan Xuan guarding Chencang and Gao Shun still at Sanguan, Liangzhou soldiers and horses cannot get through."
Wang Ding nodded.
Liangzhou can make him worry, that is, Ma Chao.
However, Ma Chao is still young and has not yet led the army, and I heard that Ma Teng does not like his son.
Ma Teng and Han Sui rebelled several times, but all failed.
But Wang Ding still asked Sima Lang to send people to Xiliang to make inquiries and closely monitor Ma Teng and Han Sui's movements.
Yang Xiu brought several old farmers to see Wang Ding.
Yang Xiu said excitedly: "Lord, the results are here."
The wheat has not been harvested yet, and the specific yield is only estimated by experienced farmers based on experience and cannot be accurate.
But now the wheat has been harvested, and the yields of several old farmers have been weighed.
Yang Xiu got the first-hand data, so he brought a few people over to report to Wang Ding.