Chapter 309: A topic suitable for Chinese New Year
"Hard disk, you have to persuade Bo Fu. He obviously gets along very well with the daughter of the Qiao family in Wan County, but he insists on saying that the Chu land is not peaceful and there is no way to have a family... He can afford to wait, the Qiao family
Can you wait for him? Ahem..." Mrs. Sun said, still out of breath.
Mrs. Sun fell seriously ill last year. If it had not been for the consultation of a doctor from the medical school, she might have passed away.
Historically, Mrs. Sun did pass away five years ago in Jian'an. She later advised Sun Ce that Sun Quan's "Wu Guotai" was not their biological mother, but Mrs. Sun's second wife.
It is said that when Mrs. Sun died, Sun Jian had already died. Wu Guotai theoretically did not have the status of a head wife, but... Wu Guotai and their biological mother were biological sisters, so they treated her like a mother.
"Yes, my sister's body... that child is so ignorant! You also said that marrying a wife before the battle is not good for the morale of the army... It is clear that you try your best to encourage marriage among the army lieutenants." Mrs. Sun Er also said
He said with some dissatisfaction towards Sun Ce.
That's right, Jiangdong's army now has more than 100,000 soldiers, and there are nearly 30,000 real human generals.
Bai Tu has always encouraged warriors to get married. Now that the world is in chaos and the number of troops has increased greatly, the demand for warriors has also increased greatly. Moreover, the treatment and safety of grassroots warriors can no longer be guaranteed. For this reason, the princes from all over the country need to forcefully recruit a group of warriors.
War general's.
Many of these compulsorily recruited generals are still young - because they are too old and are civilians, they may no longer be able to awaken their military symbols due to manpower extraction.
Normally, 1 manpower is drawn per population per quarter. This is just an average. In fact, young adults draw more manpower, while children and the elderly draw much less.
According to the rules of the Han Dynasty, starting from the age of twenty-three is considered the peak period of manpower extraction.
Most of the people at this age are already married, have children, and have been engaged in farming for several years, so their families have enough food.
Extracting manpower will not affect the fertility rate or the most basic labor efficiency.
At the same time, if you want to train generals among civilians, you only need to choose those under the age of twenty-three. However... because princes everywhere have overdrafted manpower, the age of twenty-two, twenty-one... is also constantly moving down.
This makes many minors feel weak.
If things go on like this, it will even affect the fertility rate.
Moreover, the age for compulsory recruitment continues to decrease, which also leads to the emergence of some warriors who have not yet married - this is a common thing in troubled times.
These generals generally come from poor backgrounds and are treated as consumables at the bottom of the class, and usually do not have the opportunity to get married.
Yizhou should be the only prince who still maintains the rule of "serving at the age of twenty-three". As for Hanzhong... Zhang Lu is determined to cultivate people's power, but most of the people in Hanzhong are from Guanxi and Guanzhong. Before settling in Hanzhong, they
The manpower has already been overdrawn!
Bai Tu is also facing the same dilemma. The manpower in Huainan and Danyang is still recovering, so Bai Tu also has a group of underage generals.
However, Bai Tu tried to raise the recruitment age as much as possible, and tried to promote reserve and rotational military service systems to encourage soldiers to start families.
Not just for population growth…
This is also to improve the general’s sense of belonging!
A general who has his family behind him will always be more loyal than a general who "has enough to eat but the whole family is not hungry".
The General's Mansion also has a plan to help orphans, but it never dares to select generals among the orphans, and instead allows them to contribute in other ways.
If you really raise a group of orphans to be warriors, I'm afraid that if you go against the odds a little bit, people's hearts will disperse, even if it's the orphans you support...
The only exception is the orphans of martyrs. For orphans whose father is a fallen general from the General's Palace, and whose mother chooses to remarry due to accidents or other reasons and is unable to raise them, the General's Palace not only provides full board and lodging, but also studies in a school affiliated with the Privy Council since childhood.
The bones of their fathers were buried in Yangzhou, their souls were enshrined in the Jinling Humin Temple, and their names were engraved on the loyalty monument in their hometown...
If they need to take to the battlefield in the future, their loyalty will be unquestionable.
"Two old ladies, don't worry. Elder brothers are like fathers... Not only Bo Fu, but also Gong Jin's marriage will be taken care of by me. When the troops withdraw in winter this year, they will come back to arrange the wedding." Bai Tu said directly.
promised.
"As you said with the hard drive, we two old ladies will feel relieved! By the way... Taoist priest, I want you to show me the horoscopes of Bo Fu, Gong Jin, and the two Qiao daughters." Sun
The old lady was also very warm to Yu Ji beside her.
When Yu Ji heard about this, he naturally agreed repeatedly. He didn't even need to look at Yu Ji to know that the horoscopes matched perfectly.
"This also solves Zhou Shang's headache. His nephew...Gong Jin's child has been making excuses before. Before his brother gets married, he will never...ahem, it's nothing." Mrs. Sun Er said.
Then, something suddenly came to my mind.
Does the "brother" mentioned by Zhou Yu only include Sun Ce, or does it also include Bai Tu?
seem……
Bai Tu never got married?
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's marriage is at best a matter of two families, but Bai Tu's marriage is a big problem!
Bai Tu was also stunned when he heard this. According to his understanding of Zhou Yu, when the other party thought of "brother", he probably did not include him, Bai Tu.
only……
Suddenly mentioning this matter, Bai Tuye felt a sudden realization. Unknowingly... I have reached the age of marriageable age to some extent, right?
Thinking like this, Bai Tu instinctively looked at Lu Lingqi.
However, as the captain of the Su Guard, Lu Lingqi just turned red, turned her head, and looked around, as if intending to find an assassin.
"Neither Bo Fu nor Gong Jin can find an excuse this time!" Bai Tu said seriously.
Lu Lingqi, who was on the side, let out a vague "hum".
…
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, who still didn't know that they were regarded as "eldest brother like father", were still fighting with the Jingzhou Navy on the river between Wuchang and Zhu County.
After conquering E County last year, Bai Tu followed the trend and renamed E County Wuchang, and Wuchang at that time was renamed E County, just like in history.
Zhu County is also a county in the northern part of Jiangxia and can be regarded as the front station of Xiling.
At this time, Cai Mao lived in Xiling. He had taken advantage of the New Year holiday to move people from Zhu County to Xiling. At this time, the population of Zhu County was less than 20% of the previous one, and spring plowing had basically been delayed...
It was precisely to use the land of one county as a strategy to strengthen the wall and clear the wilderness. Although the battle was fought in the waters near Zhu County, they did not care about the gains and losses of Zhu County. They only aimed to block the Yangzhou warships and compete for control of the waterway.
Given the richness of the water system in the Xiling area at this time, advancing only with infantry would easily cut off the retreat, so the navy must be relied upon.
Moreover, Cai Mao was very "cowardly" in using troops. Zhou Yu made several attempts, but Cai Mao had no intention of expanding the results of the battle, but was focused on defense.
They are obviously defending, but they show no concern for their own side. It seems that the land in Zhu County is thrown away at will, the people are accommodated at will, and the fields are destroyed at will. This kind of destructive defense gives Sun Cejun a headache...