Hanbo

Chapter 282 Divide the territory and prepare to open up wasteland (4.4K)

Just on May 95th, Huo Shan led [-] people to the destination.

Originally including soldiers and horse herdsmen, it should be 1105 million people, but a population of 20 was left in Dunhuang, which has been used to enrich Dunhuang.

Huo Shan looked at the oasis in front of him and nodded in satisfaction. The scope of the oasis in this area at this time is much larger than that in later generations. Although there is not enough land for 95 people, it is more than enough to live here.

At this stage, we can only stay in this oasis and plant the surrounding land, and we have to lay a basic foundation for outward development.

And if he remembered correctly, this area has a lot of mineral resources, such as coal, iron, copper, salt and so on.

There are many grasslands, and there are also many wastelands that can be cultivated.

The water source at this time is mainly snow water from the Tianshan Mountains, but Huo Shan knows that there are a lot of water resources under this place.

And the climate of this place in this era is also very good.

When it develops, there will be no shortage of water, pastures, meat, various mines, iron, coal, and salt, and it will be able to support many people!

And the geographical advantage of this place is also very good. If you don't want to go to the Gobi Desert, or go over the mountains, then this is the main way for the Han and the Huns to go to the Western Regions.

And at this time, it is easier said than done to cross the continuous Gobi Desert!

However, although it is an important way for the big man, the Huns still have a way to go.

Their territory is very large, and the Tianshan Mountain is blocked. They pass through their own territory on the north side of Tianshan, and they can enter the Western Regions from the West.

So, this place is a perfect frontier. The only downside is that there is no danger to defend, but it's okay.

.........

"From today onwards, this place will be called Yiwu!"

Sun Shang made a mistake these days, and made Huo Shan feel a little unhappy, so he quickly echoed and asked:

"I don't know why it is called Yiwu?"

Huo Shan glanced at him and said lightly:
"Because I want to be called Yiwu, so I can only be called Yiwu."

Sun Shang quickly raised his thumb:
"The lord is mighty, the lord is domineering."

Huo Shan saw Sun Shang's dog-legged appearance, and laughed and scolded:
"Get out of here!"

"okay!"

Sun Shang immediately ran a little farther away.

This place is not called Hami now, it was called after the Ming Dynasty, and Hami means gate in Uyghur language.

It is indeed very suitable, the throat of the Western Regions, the east gate of the Western Regions, and the west gate of China.

Although Huo Shan is called Yiwu, the specific location of Yiwu City is not here, but a little bit to the east.

But now that Huo Shan is here, naturally he has the final say on this place.

After clearing the wasteland and planting the land, Huo Shan will set up a county for him to enhance the sense of belonging of the military households, and this place is also a corner with Jiuquan and Dunhuang, which is not bad.

In the evening, Huo Shan called everyone together and began to discuss things.

"After several months, we finally arrived at our destination. How is this place? Tell me."

Zhao Ponu smacked his lips:

"Okay!"

Huo Shan laughed dumbfoundedly:

"It's okay? Don't compare it with Dahan. This place is already very good in the Western Regions. The terrain is not too high, the terrain is flat, an oasis, and there are many lands and pastures around. What else do you want?"

In fact, it’s not to blame for their high vision, it’s because Huo Shan almost called this place a sacred place on the way along the way, and his expectations were too high.

"Okay, no matter what you think, this is the place."

Huo Shan chose a place to sit down, Zhang Anshi and Xiao Lizi spread out the simple map drawn by the scouts, and a group of people sat around for a week.

"When we get to the place, we have to move. It's the middle of May and there is no land, so we have to open up wasteland, and we can't grow other crops.

What can be planted is the wheat that will be harvested next year, and it will be more than two months before the wheat is planted.

In the past two months, at least 200 million mu of land will be developed. "

Hearing this number, everyone's expressions immediately turned serious.

Huo Shan laughed, and then said:

"Don't worry too much, 95 people, in addition to the army, the herdsmen who obeyed the Huns, as well as the elderly and children, the strong labor force is also about 50 people.

If ten people cultivate one mu of land every day, they will have to cultivate 300 million mu of land in two months.

However, we are short of everything except food until June next year. We have to prepare, and it will definitely delay some time, so we have to make detailed calculations. "

Everyone's expressions softened slightly, and Huo Shan went on to say:

"Let's not talk about this first, let's talk about the army first. This place is not our ancient territory in the Han Dynasty, it is a new occupation. The northeast is the Huns, and the west is the Western Regions. It is not peaceful!
I originally thought about letting the army participate in land reclamation, but after thinking about it, the most urgent task is to open up wasteland, and the fortifications have fallen behind, so the army needs to protect the people.

Moreover, they are all a group of Huns and Qiangs, and there is not much work to open up wasteland, so the army can just do a good job of defense. Whether we need the army to do other things later, let's watch as we go!
At this stage, you only need to do a good job of defense, find out the surrounding terrain thousands of miles away, and figure out which places are suitable for building fortresses.

Of course, basic training must not be left behind. "

A group of people nodded solemnly, and Huo Shan clapped his hands:
"Okay, let's arrange it, Zhao Chongguo, you lead the former army to the west, and the three divisions are stationed in the southwest, west, and northwest directions.

Everything is in accordance with wartime standards. Let me investigate the situation within [-] miles to the west. Call me a big man and I don’t need to avoid the countries. I want to see who dares to do it.

There is one more thing I want to leave to you to deal with. I will destroy the Pule Queen Kingdom and come to see me with the head of the king. "

Zhao Chongguo stood up and arched his hands vigorously:

"The last general takes orders."

"Well, Li Ling, you lead the rear army to the east. The three troops are stationed in the north, northeast, and east. The main defense is the Xiongnu. The scope of exploration is [-] miles.

Send a small group of soldiers and horses to race horses with the Huns, and cut down more Huns for me. When I put the wheat on the ground, I will use their heads to sacrifice to the world.

Let God know that this piece of land is also owned by me, Yanhuang. "

Huo Shan's words aroused Li Ling's blood, and he stood up and shouted loudly:

"The last general takes orders."

Huo Shan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and pressed his hand:

"Sit and sit."

Huo Shan looked at the map again:

"Zhao Puonu, you are leading [-] Huang Zhongyi Cong, stationed in the northwest and northeast of the oasis, wandering at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, to prevent the Huns from jumping over the Tianshan Mountains to make a surprise attack."

"The last general takes orders."

Finally, Huo Shan looked at the representative of the Qiang people to enshrine the leader of the Qiang people:

"For the Qiang people, let's herd horses in the pastures near the Gobi in the south, let me wander around, and don't let the enemy army touch them.

I will send Habayashi to investigate from time to time to see if you are working seriously, if not, then wait and watch your heads! "

The leader of Fengyang Qiang stood up and quickly promised:

"Please rest assured, Chief Governor, we will definitely pay attention."

With a good attitude, Huo Shan nodded in satisfaction:
"As for Habayashi Huben, let's set up camp in the south of the oasis."

Everyone nodded, indicating that they knew the location of the Chinese army.

"After the soldiers and horses are arranged, let's talk about land reclamation, and let's talk about the herdsmen first.

Fu Kedu, you lead [-] herdsmen to drive your cattle and sheep, as well as all the army's cattle, sheep and horses, including the Qiang people's cattle, sheep and horses, to graze on the pasture on the west side of the oasis.

Be sure to feed our cattle, sheep and horses fat! "

Fu Kedu stood up confidently and saluted:

"Please don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, I promise to raise fat ones."

Huo Shan scratched his head, breathed a sigh of relief and continued:
"Next is military households. With a population of 80, there are almost 50 laborers, 20 semi-laborers, and [-] light laborers."

This is Huo Shan's division, sixteen to forty-five is a strong labor force, regardless of gender.

Twelve to sixteen, 45 to 55, is half labor.

Others under the age of 12 and over 55 are considered light laborers and can only do some chores.

The ratio is a bit abnormal, like too much labor, but this is normal, after all, they are all military households, and old man Wei specially let the counties choose them!

Huo Shan touched his forehead, feeling a little headache, it's not easy to handle!

"Well, let's classify these people first.

16 households, [-] households in the central oasis, and [-] households in the east and west.

A team of one hundred households, a mile of one thousand households in ten teams, a township of [-] households in five miles, and a county of [-] households in four townships.

There are four counties in the central part, named one, two, three and four, two in the east and the west, named one or two, Lu Bode, Wang Wei, you two understand, right? "

"understand!"

Wang Wei just finished writing it down in the notebook, and the two nodded together.

"Then let's divide it like this first. There are too many people and the place is too small. Although it is enough to live in, it is not good to gather together. There will be a city built here in the future, and it will definitely change."

"The terrain here is wide in the middle and narrow at both ends, so let's divide it like this.

In the central region, there is one county in the central part of the northwest, two counties in the northeast, three counties in the southwest, and four counties in the southeast. They are arranged in four corners and divided into squares.

In the middle, leave me a piece of land twenty miles square. I want to build a city here, and a market outside the city.

The west is close to the central part, which is the area of ​​one county in the west, and the area close to the west is the area of ​​two counties in the west. The same is true for the east, understand? "

The two nodded again and again.

"After the division of the residential area is over, let's talk about the next work, the military generals don't talk about it, it's none of your business, you just need to do a good job of defense.

Zhong Gan, besides supplying food and grass for soldiers and horses, you still have a lot of tasks. I will tell you about this later.

Today is May [-]th, until June [-]th, we don't open up wasteland, we make preparations.

This is just like fighting a war. Only when you sharpen your sword can you kill the enemy better, not to mention that we don’t have swords yet, so we still need to forge swords and farm tools for opening up wasteland! "

Speaking of this, everyone's faces were very troubled.

Huo Shan smiled again, everyone relaxed a little when they heard Huo Shan's laughter, and sure enough, Huo Shan said next:

"There is a lack of trees here, but there are a lot of iron ore and coal mines, and we have a lot of labor and craftsmen. Let's use all-iron tools as a luxury."

Zhang Anshi said with some concern:

"Is the iron a bit too heavy?"

"Shen Na is better than nothing, and iron is durable, it is impossible to make it like wood, so it can be lighter."

Zhang Anshi nodded and stopped talking.

"Today is the fifteenth, and in the next three days, the soldiers and horses will start to take their positions.

You two, Lu Bode and Wang Wei, divided the military households, divided them into their respective territories, and elected the chiefs of each county and township, and you, Gongsun Jingsheng, will assist you.

After they are divided, there is no rush to build a house. There is not much wood here, but there are a lot of stones, so there is no need to worry about materials.

The most urgent task is to open up wasteland to cultivate land and rush to grow food.

First set up the camp tents and divide them into each other, and then after a few days we have finished marking the cultivated land, we can act together. "

"The minister takes orders."

At this stage, we are only discussing the arrangement of personnel. As for the division of cultivated land, that will come later.

This thing is the thing that really troubles Huo Shan. The main thing is that the land that can be planted needs to be carefully screened, but it is not a headache. The main thing is that it is a little more troublesome.

There are a lot of sandy land here. After the waterway is established, it is very good to grow melons and fruits, but it is better to forget about growing food on the sandy land.

If there is not enough nutrients, it will be sand and stones, and as many as you plant will die.

So we still need to find a suitable place, which is relatively easy to find, the place is huge!
As for the oasis, it is inhabited by people. It can be planted, but where will people live?

And just this oasis, fully opened is not enough for hundreds of thousands of acres.

Huo Shan's goal is to have 200 million mu of land. With so many people, it is very easy to develop 200 million mu of arable land.

Although relying on these 200 million acres of self-sufficiency, it is not possible at all, but we have to plant, and it is a little bit less.

If this place wants to really develop, to be honest, it is impossible in this era, no matter what direction it is.

It is possible to develop into a small city by relying on commerce, but food is a big problem to feed millions of people.

If a big man wants to feed a million people here, this place alone can drag down the whole big man.

This is just a base area, garrison, garrison, it is impossible to garrison in one place, and one place cannot support so many people.

Huo Shan hasn't thought about this aspect yet, but in his rough idea, of the 16 military households, [-] will be arranged within a thousand miles around Yiwu, and the remaining [-], Huo Shan will take them to the depths of the Western Regions.

Urumqi is a good choice. Huo Shan intends to build the Governor's Mansion of the Western Regions in that place, but that place is not very central, and it is a little far away from Dawan and other countries. Let's see!
And before these people develop, they will eat the countries of the Western Regions.

As for whether they are willing or not, Huo Shan doesn't think about it, it doesn't matter if you don't give it, I will take it myself, if there is no food for me, then I will eat your cattle and sheep.

After Huo Shan finished talking about the division of military households, he looked at Zhong Gan again:

"Your side is the most important thing. I need you to send craftsmen to find mine veins for me under the protection of Habayashi Huben.

You don't need to look for others at this stage, you only need to find iron ore and coal mines. I will give you ten days to find them.

Even small iron mines and small coal mines are fine. People can’t sit idle. When we find them, we will open mines, smelt iron, and make farm tools.

As for the other salt mines, that will all come later. "

Zhong Gan stood up solemnly:
"The minister takes orders."

Finding ore veins at this time is not so simple, not to mention the time limit given by Huo Shan. The good thing is that there are many professionals.

Huo Shan turned his head to look at Lu Bode and the others again:

"It's still the same sentence, people can't be idle, you do your things, I will also do mine, I will find land.

After the division of military households is completed, you will first find water veins in the oasis and dig wells under the leadership of craftsmen.

After I find the land, I will also inform you that wells will also be drilled on the edge of the land. This is not a matter of one or two wells, it will not be a small amount.

Therefore, in the next month, we only need to do two things, find mineral veins to make farm tools, and find water sources to dig wells.

As for the cattle, we have a lot of horses, but they are all army horses and cannot be used for farming.

We also have the method of taming cattle, but there are not many cattle, which are the livelihood of the Huns, but I will also transfer a batch of them as cattle, and I will replenish them in the future.

Therefore, the main force must be human! "

Finally, Huo Shan stood up and looked around, smiling brightly:
"Gentlemen, let's work hard together. It's so easy to take root in the unfamiliar Western Regions!"

(End of this chapter)