The Three Kingdoms began with the rescue of Mrs. Mi

Chapter 211 Farming and mining, Zhang Fei was stabbed
Liu Feng opened a government office in Hanzhong County.

The sycophants in Chengdu are now staring at the fertile Tianfu Plain, and have no interest in Hanzhong, where the war has just subsided and the people's livelihood is dying.

Liu Feng is very satisfied with the situation where no one cares and no one cares. He works hard and makes money silently. This is the most ideal state for the people who travel through.

To govern Hanzhong, the people are the most important.

When Zhang Lu ruled, the number of households in Hanzhong County reached its peak, that is, more than [-] households, counting five households per household, that is nearly [-] people. The battle between Cao and Liu caused the people's livelihood in Hanzhong to wither, the people were displaced, and people were killed and injured. Very many.

Liu Feng tried his best to establish Zhang Min as the fourth generation of heavenly masters, and Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, Yang Ang and others assisted him, leaving half of the people.

This time when Liu Feng returned to Hanzhong, there were about [-] households who were willing to return to the north with him. There were still [-] households who did not want to return. They either stayed in Brazil County, or continued to move south to Shu County.

Governance is different from leadership.

Liu Feng used to lead the prefect far away, and the station often changed. He didn't need to consider the supply of food and fodder, and the issues of people's livelihood, but now he needs to think seriously.

As in history, if Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang are expected to transport grain, fodder and luggage from the Chengdu Plain to Hanzhong, they can only try to protect Hanzhong like Wei Yan and Wang Ping.

To make a difference further, the self-sufficiency of Hanzhong County must be enhanced.

Liu Feng thought about it again and again, and finally put the growth point on agriculture and mining. Agriculture means farming. If there is no food to eat, the people will become refugees, and the hungry people can only starve to death. This is a fundamental problem.

The arable land in Hanzhong County is mainly concentrated in the Hanzhong Basin, that is, the Nanzheng area. The climate here is warm and humid, which is conducive to crop production. It is a famous granary. Zhanglu supports [-] religious households. here.

During the battle between Cao Cao and Liu Bei, the Nanzheng area was the main battlefield. The two sides fought for nearly two years, so many acres of land were barren, and the people even fled.

After Liu Feng arrived with the people, he began to divide the land into households according to the number of people. In order to encourage farming, Liu Feng issued an order in the name of Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, to reduce the tax rate of land tax to [-] within three years. Taxes are collected according to the fifteenth tax.

Gou Zheng is fiercer than a tiger.

The reason why the Yellow Turban Uprising erupted was mainly due to serious land mergers and increased taxes, which caused the people to live in dire straits. Liu Feng now cuts taxes to open up wasteland and encourages the people to grow rice, wheat, and rapeseed. situation.

This time, Liu Feng is going to focus on stability, and learn the lessons of Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei who used offense as defense in history, and the Northern Expeditions in successive years, which led to frequent wars in Hanzhong.

Anyway, Liu Feng is still young, and time is with him.

The current Shu Han straddles the two big states of Jing and Yi, and its strength is second only to Cao Wei and stronger than Soochow. Liu Feng prefers the strategy of slowly developing Xu Tu's growth.

Of course, if it were Liu Bei, he would definitely not have the same idea as Liu Feng.

Liu Bei was old, and wished he could go to Xudu and Yecheng within a year or two. This must be an unrealistic idea, but Liu Bei was still obsessed with it.

After the deployment of the civil affairs, Liu Feng handed over the full responsibility to Ma Zhong and Cheng Ji. Ma Zhong was a talented person in politics.Cheng Ji served as the head of Han Chang when Liu Zhang was in office. He had rich experience in governing the local area and was a rare political talent.

Mineral mining is a professional skill, and Liu Feng doesn't bother the two masters.He directly asked Zhang Min and borrowed the wine from Yang Ren and Yang Ang.

Yang Ren was in charge of iron smelting. The reserves of iron ore in Nanzheng were astonishing, and the various tributaries of the Han River could provide convenient conditions for mining. At that time, the country established a complete set of standard Han Dynasty weapon production lines in the military building on the banks of the Weishui River.

Yang Ang is in charge of alchemy. Of course, this pill is not the elixir of immortality, but gunpowder.During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the emperor was obsessed with longevity, and the alchemists followed suit and practiced alchemy in the Zhongnan Mountains of the Qinling Mountains.

The main raw materials for alchemy are actually sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal, mixed with mercury and other substances.

After these things are mixed, through operations such as melting, steaming, condensation, and coagulation, sometimes combustion and explosion will occur. This is the original method of making gunpowder, but the alchemist does not understand the chemical principle and regards it as punishment from the gods.

What Liu Feng wants is to summarize the experience and methods of gunpowder ratio and explosion, and try to solidify the formula through many studies to form black powder for military use.

This process will be very long, and it may even take five, ten, or twenty years.

Liu Feng was willing to wait, and he could afford it too.

While Liu Feng was busy governing Hanzhong, while preparing for pregnancy with his wives, a major event happened in the three counties of Xicheng, Fangling, and Shangyong east of Hanzhong County.

Zhang Fei was assassinated.

The assassin is a subordinate of Shuai Sun Lang, a refugee from Nanyang County.

Just as Liu Bei and Cao Cao were fighting fiercely in Hanzhong, Zhang Fei led Zhou Cang and Liao Hua out of the Shangluo Mountains and appeared in the Nanyang Basin. Cao Pi, who stayed behind in Xudu, quickly summoned Cao Ren, Yu Jin, Xiahou Dun and other ministries to deal with them. The two sides surrounded Wancheng Big and small wars continued.

With two generals Zhou and Liao, and Sun Lang to support him, Zhang Fei continued for several counties in Nanyang County, and Cao Jun's generals dared not fight against him.

In addition, Hu Xiu, the governor of Jingzhou and Fu Fang, the prefect of Nanxiang, who were placed by Cao Cao defected to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei respectively. Cao Ren and Lu Chang could only stay in Xiangyang, Fancheng, Wancheng and other places.

But at this moment, Zhang Fei relapsed into his old problems under complacency, and got drunk after being addicted to alcohol. As a result, he was instigated to whip Sun Lang, and then was stabbed in the lower abdomen by angry Sun Lang's subordinates.

If Zhou Cang hadn't tried his best to rescue him, Zhang Fei would have to confess his life.

Zhang Fei was seriously injured, Sun Lang rebelled again, and the situation suddenly reversed.

In desperation, Zhou Cang and Liao Hua had no choice but to fight and retreat, and retreated back to Fangling with less than a thousand defeated soldiers to rest and recuperate.

Cao Pi's flag was victorious, and he immediately ordered Yu Jin to lead his troops to attack the emptiness of the three eastern counties. General Zhu Ling of the Cao Army fought against Fangling and captured Kuai Qi, the prefect.

At this time, there were two troops closest to the East Three Counties.

One is Guan Yu's army that is besieging Xiangyang from Jingzhou, and the other is Liu Feng's army in Hanzhong and Brazil counties.

Together, Liao Hua and Zhou Cang decided to retreat to Xicheng, the last city in the three eastern counties, while urgently asking Guan Yu and Liu Feng for help.

Liu Feng had just settled down in Hao Hanzhong, when he heard that Liao Hua had sent someone to report that Zhang Fei had been assassinated and that Dongsan County was in critical condition, he shook his head and was speechless.

The three generals who were famous for their bravery avoided the defeat in the battle of Xiabian, and they still did not escape after being transferred to Nanyang County. It seems that Xiahou's pillow wind was too strong, which made Zhang Fei too depressed.

"Come here, beat the drums and gather the generals for an urgent military discussion!"

With Liu Feng's order, the generals and schools of the various ministries who had been resting for nearly a year gathered together again. This time, they will move their troops eastward and recover the three eastern counties.

　General Zhang San is weak, there is no other way, and he needs to be rescued again. This time, it is impossible for the third general not to marry his daughter.

　　
　
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