Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 62 State Love ([-])

The matter of the generals of Tielin's army going to death went very smoothly.Shao Shude went to the Military Academy to visit Xiaqiu Weidao, then chatted with Song Le for a long time, and finally asked him to help write a list on his behalf.

Of course, the military envoy of Tielin was Shao Shude.He now has four titles, namely, the military envoy of Tielin, the deputy envoy of Xia Suiyinyou Jiedu, the envoy of troops and horses of Suizhou town, and the governor of Suizhou.With this status, it is estimated that there is no need for a dowry to marry a daughter-in-law, and a large dowry will still be received.

The deputy envoy gave it to Li Yanling, still in charge of the baggage camp, and Li Renjun is now following him.Lao Li is a good hand in general affairs. With him in charge of the logistics department, Shao Shude can rest assured.

Lu Huaizhong was promoted to Marquis of Yu of the Iron Forest Army, and You Yishi was handed over to Zhu Shuzong, a newcomer who had only been here for a few months, making many people jealous.

But there is no way, this position is more professional, and others are not suitable.From now on, the cavalry (if any), the scouts, the patrols, the cavalry, etc., are all under his control.His original position of pro-military deputy general was replaced by the newly promoted Xicheng old man Fan He, who was in charge of the pro-military troops, patrols, and military law teams.

The chief officers of the four battalions underwent a rotation.Cai Songyang, Xu Hao, Qian Shousu, and Guan Kairun were divided into four battalions. Ren Yuji was transferred to the state military system to replace Zhen Xu. He was the leader, Zhen Xu was the deputy, and he was in charge of this local armed force for Shao Shude— - This position must be done by someone you trust.

There are also some civilian staff in the Tielin army, a total of more than [-] people.Among them, the most crucial military judge is held by Chen Cheng. The military Confucian Confucian Officer is recommended by Chen Cheng. A scholar named Guo Chu looks quite elegant, but he doesn't know if he can do this heavy work - accounting , cashier, audit, document sending and receiving, mainly docking with Li Yanling.

Other important officials and the like are all small roles, but there are also requirements, that is, they can write.The compilation of Tielin army archives and military history, the registration of pensions, the list of retired personnel, and the military farms that they want to develop in the future all need to be handled by cultural people.

After such an adjustment, the Tielin Army will have 300 personal soldiers, [-] battalion soldiers, [-] auxiliary soldiers, more than [-] miscellaneous soldiers, and dozens of civilian personnel, filling the [-] army quota.Shao Shude also has a sense of accomplishment in this regard. The army has become more and more regularized. It's like watching your own children grow up slowly. It feels very good.

On August [-], the group returned to Suizhou.Shao Shude sent Li Yanling to take five hundred Heyang veterans to the prefecture city to collect money and food. When the rice was in the pot, he couldn't drag it on.

By the way, these five hundred Heyang veterans were brought here by Xu Hao in advance.They did not enter the iron forest army system, and Shao Shude planned to incorporate them into the state army and eliminate hundreds of old and weak from them.Old and weak, without fighting power, naturally unable to resist.However, Shao Shude will not ruin other people's jobs. They will become outsiders of the Tielin Army and will be responsible for setting up military farms.

Part of the land needed for the farm uses unowned wasteland, but it is not enough. The good land along the river has already been owned, and the land that does not rely on the river is difficult to irrigate and the output is limited.How to get land for the military farms, Shao Shude has a plan, that is to use the monk's production to operate.The temple jungle, the incense is extraordinary, the monks are all fat and big, and the land is crisscrossed. Shao Shude has long been disliked. In the future, he will find a way to clean it up and provide some protection for the brothers.

The output of the military farm is mainly used to subsidize the martyrs, disabled soldiers, etc. who have difficulties in living.

On August [-]th, Shao Shude took his own soldiers to inspect the townships, mainly in Longquan and Dabin counties.

Sima Qian once divided farming and animal husbandry areas.He believed that there was a line from Jieshi Mountain in Hebei (in present-day Changli, Hebei) to the southwest to Longmen Mountain between Qin and Jin.However, on both sides of this line, in terms of natural conditions, it is actually suitable for animal husbandry and farming.Whoever is stronger, the line will deviate a little towards the other side.

Since the Kingdom of China, due to the warm and humid climate and the continuous northward expansion of the territory in the early Tang Dynasty, the farming line has moved to the north.In the eastern section, it moved northward to the foot of Yanshan Mountain, and the northeastern end even reached the lower reaches of the Liaoshui River.The western section has broken through to the west of Longshan Mountain.In the northern section, advance to the line of Yinshan and Daqingshan.

That is to say, the northwestern part of Guannei Road is basically a farming area, and even the Dangxiang people living here are mainly farming, supplemented by nomadic herding, which is almost the same as the way of work of the Han people. There are also Han people in the northwest. A small number of people engaged in nomadic herding, which was what was called "Hu Hua" in the early Tang Dynasty.

Longquan and Dabin counties are adjacent to Wuding River and Dali River. There are continuous mountain ranges in the north and south, but a huge valley plain was washed away by the river in the middle, and the area of ​​cultivated land is actually quite considerable.In contrast, although the two counties of Chengping and Suide in the south are also located on the flat land of the river valley, their area is far less than that in the north.Of course, the worst is Yanfu County, where more than [-]% of the area is mountainous and very poor.

"Song Biejia, Xia Sui Town has so many silks and hemps. This envoy really didn't expect it." Looking at a village by the river below the mountain, Shao Shude pointed at the large mulberry forest and said in surprise.

"The general is a warrior. He is good at fighting in battle, persuading farmers to teach, supplying food and grass, and formulating strategies. Song must do his part." Song Le, who was begged by Shao Shude from the Military Academy, is now Suizhou Biejia, with a fifth grade official body.Originally, I wanted to bring Song Le with me from time to time to ask for advice, but considering that there is still a lack of reliable people in the state to stay behind, I decided to let Song Le stay, and all the five counties in one state were appointed, and the state generals Ren Yuji and Zhen Xu The two also obeyed his command, almost the rhythm of the confidant.

"Wang Jiangning once had a poem saying, 'Cicadas sing in the empty mulberry forest, Xiaoguan Road in August', so that you can know where Xiaoguan County is?" Song Le asked.

"But Wonju?"

"Of course." Song Le said with a smile: "Xiaoguan is close to the Great Wall, and there are still large mulberry forests. We have silkworm mulberry in Suizhou. As usual, even Youzhou Town has large mulberry forests."

Shao Shude is humbly taught.This is the consequence of not doing anything about production and only knowing the consequences of fighting and killing.With the sericulture industry, it is equivalent to having money, because silk and silk in this era assumed part of the monetary function.Moreover, mulberry can also be used to make bows, which is one of the raw materials for the military industry. Coupled with cheap horns, cowhide, and beef tendons, at least it can be said that the production cost of cavalry bows is much lower than that of other places.

"Song don't drive, there is so much flat land over there, why let it grow grass and graze cattle and sheep?" After walking forward for a while, Shao Shude pointed to a riverside plain and said.

The aquatic plants there are very rich, and it seems that a lot of nutrients are washed up because of the flooding of the river during the flood season.After the flood receded, the pasture grew wildly, and it became an excellent grazing land. The beef and mutton produced should also taste good.

"One of the river embankments is missing, and the flood season floods the farmland; the other lacks a diversion canal and cannot be irrigated." Song Le explained.

Shao Shude nodded, he understood this truth.It is not possible to irrigate farmland by relying on the river, because the terrain is always high and low.Only a few places with just the right topography can use ready-made water for irrigation, and these lands are generally already developed.

"In the seventh year of Zhenyuan, Xiazhou opened the Yanhua Canal, diverted Wushui into Kudize, and irrigated more than 30 hectares of fields. In the next [-] years, the wider the canal was opened, the more fields. In the seventh year of Yuanhe, Xiazhou The millet stored in the state was as high as [-] dendrobium. Later, Tubo surrounded Lingzhou, and the army was exhausted. Xiazhou transported more than [-] dendrobium of rice to Lingzhou with cattle and horses." Song Le talked eloquently: "Yuan Hezhong, Zhenwu army cultivated fields, Water from the Jin River was used to irrigate [-] hectares and more than [-] dendrobiums were harvested. Your lord, if you want to obtain grain, you must first open canals. Now, how many irrigation canals are there in Longquan and Dabin counties?"

"Not much, very little." Shao Shude shook his head.

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in order to increase agricultural production, a major measure was to mobilize the public to overhaul water conservancy, use the natural terrain to dig a large number of small reservoirs, store water in flood seasons, and then dig channels to irrigate farmland. The results are remarkable.Even until the 90s, Shao Shude had the impression that during the slack season in winter, the villages would send people to the river to dredge the silt.

This network of reservoirs and irrigation canals is indeed an inescapable hurdle for agricultural development.In Longquan and Dabin counties, if the people's efforts are spared to excavate reservoirs and ditches, many idle fields that cannot be used will be put to use, and food production will inevitably increase greatly.But this matter, how can I say it, it is easy to cause people's revolt!If possible, it's better to have someone else do the digging for them, at their expense.

Shao Shude knew what to do, and continued to listen to Song Le's introduction to farming.

"Song Biejia, recently I was reading history books. It was said that in the autumn of 14 years in Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong wanted to go hunting in Tongzhou. Liu Rengui suggested 'retire and delay the day' because the farming was not finished, and 'wheat began to be planted'. This should be Is it overwintering wheat? Why don’t you see Xiasui Zhuzhou planting it?” After listening for a long time, Shao Shude suddenly thought of a question, that is, Guanzhong can harvest twice a year at this time, and even the remote Hexi Corridor, the southern foot of Yanshan Mountain and the Yellow River in Lingzhou Rice fields have been developed in the river basin, but the Xiasui states have not done so?
"I'm afraid it's cold in winter and hot in summer, so it won't work." Song Le also thought about it for a long time, and finally gave such an ambiguous answer.

Shao Shude also sighed when he heard the words.The two counties of Longquan and Dabin should be located on the Yulin Plain of the later generations. The area is very vast, more than 10,000 square kilometers, but the climate is not as good as Guanzhong.

This will have more precipitation throughout the year than in later generations. After all, the Tang Dynasty belonged to the warm and humid period in history, and the annual precipitation should be more than 450 mm.It is a pity that the distribution is uneven, the spring drought is severe, and the transition from summer to autumn will cause heavy rains. Most of the rainwater is lost in a short time and cannot be used for agricultural production. Therefore, reservoir adjustment is urgently needed.

If this happens, food production will definitely increase a lot.But this is also a project that consumes huge resources, and Suizhou currently does not have the ability to do it.The labor force and food alone are insufficient, where can they be obtained?
(End of this chapter)